Gram Parsons is finally entering the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with an all-star tribute in Los Angeles featuring Emmylou Harris and Elvis Costello. San Francisco is throwing its own party: Sleepless Nights, a homegrown Parsons tribute at the Chapel, turns 20 on Nov. 27 with an all Bay Area lineup. Here is who is playing, how to go, and a bigger question: can tribute nights keep San Francisco's musical history alive?

Noise Pop is back for its 34th year, Feb. 18 to 28, 2027. The first lineup puts hometown band Deerhoof at the Great American Music Hall, Lambchop and Free Key Choir inside Grace Cathedral, 19-year-old Oakland saxophonist Ayo Brame at SFJAZZ and Gibby Haynes on Butthole Surfers songs. Here is what was announced, how to get in, and a bigger question: can independent festivals keep San Francisco's music scene alive?

For one weekend in Burlingame, San Francisco Opera opened its scene shop and sold off decades of costumes: Victorian gowns, Renaissance doublets, soldiers' uniforms and a $14,000 Bob Mackie jumpsuit from a 1998 production. Saturday sold out. The money goes toward a company carrying a $15 million structural deficit and fresh off an orchestra strike. Is selling the archive a one-off, or the new way Bay Area arts institutions pay the bills?