Shaboozey Is Playing a Free Show in San Francisco

Country star Shaboozey is scheduled to play a massive all-ages show at San Francisco’s Civic Center on Saturday, Sept. 13, and it’s free to attend with RSVP.

The performance is part of EMPIRE 15, a 15th anniversary concert for the San Francisco record label EMPIRE, which began as a humble hip-hop distribution service in 2010 and has since grown into the largest privately held label in the United States. Over the past decade and a half, EMPIRE has helped break major acts like Migos, XXXtentacion and Shaboozey, whose inescapable 2024 hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tied with Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” as the longest-running No.1 hit of all time with 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100.

Joining Shaboozey on stage at EMPIRE 15 will be Fireboy DML, a Nigerian singer-songwriter who recorded his 2021 Ed Sheeran-featuring hit “Peru” at EMPIRE’s San Francisco studio, expanding the label’s influence in the West African music scene. Red Leather, a country artist from Nevada, is also on the lineup, with more acts to be announced.

EMPIRE 15 is sponsored by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office, along with Outside Lands concert producer Another Planet Entertainment and others. Before Shaboozey takes over the Civic Center, disco-pop band Poolside will also play a free show supported by the same organizers on Sunday, Sept. 7 at Union Square in San Francisco.