Metallica to play huge benefit concert at Chase Center in San Francisco
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Metallica and Benson Boone will perform at Dreamfest on Oct. 15, 2025, with proceeds benefiting UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. The event takes place at Chase Center and Bayfront Park in downtown San Francisco as part of Salesforce's Dreamforce 2025. Metallica will perform inside Chase Center with reserved seating while Benson Boone will play outdoors in a standing-room setting at Bayfront Park. The evening begins with an award presentation honoring 25-year-old UCSF patient Andrew Santos with the Colin Powell Medal of Courage for his triumph over adversity and commitment to the community. The concert follows the ceremony and the night includes an after-party with live music, DJs and a late-night buffet. Tickets start at $1,500 via www.theconcertforkids.org.
The Metallica/Boone concert, which is part of Salesforce's mammoth Dreamforce 2025 event in downtown San Francisco, benefits UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals and takes place at Chase Center and Bayfront Park. Tickets start at $1,500, www.theconcertforkids.org. It's another incredible booking for this annual benefit concert, which has previously hosted the multiplatinum likes of Fleetwood Mac, Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, Imagine Dragons, Foo Fighters, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, U2, Green Day and Bruno Mars.
The event will begin with an award presentation inside Chase Center "where 25-year-old UCSF patient Andrew Santos will be honored with the Colin Powell Medal of Courage for his triumph over adversity and commitment to the community," according to a news release. "Each year, the hospital awards the special medal to a patient who has demonstrated outstanding courage, empathy, and leadership during their treatment process."
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