KCSB Raves: The First Annual Portola Music Festival in Pictures

05 October, 2022

Yousef Srour, the former Internal Music Director, went to Portola Music Festival to watch the best artists in electronic music perform. He just so happened to bring his camera and a flip phone. Here’s a photo essay of San Francisco’s First Annual Portola Music Festival.

DJ Holographic

DJ Holographic Portola Festival

Ross From Friends

Welcome to San Francisco

Caroline Polachek

Pier Stage

Kaytranada

Arca

DJ Shadow

James Blake

The Blessed Madonna

Peggy Gou

Oneohtrix Point Never

Four Tet x Floating Points

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