As the days become longer and louder, there's a multiact bill in the middle of nowhere with a triple-figure price tag calling your name. Find your summer music bliss with our list of major Northern California festivals and tours.

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Through Oct. 26, San Francisco: Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Ensemble Mik Nawooj, André Thierry & Zydeco Magic, the Tiffany Austin Quintet, DakhaBrakha, Kitka, Shotgun Wedding Quintet & Associates, Destani Wolf, Les Gwan Jupons, others. www.ybgfestival.org.

Lightning in a Bottle

May 22-26, San Antonio Recreation Area, Bradley (Monterey County): Moby, Phantogram, Little Dragon, Beats Antique, Gramatik, Amon Tobin, Baauer, Gold Panda, Simian Mobile Disco, Claude VonStroke, the Polish Ambassador, Damian Lazarus, Ana Sia, Behrous, others. www.lightninginabottle.org.

California Roots Music & Arts Fest

May 23-25, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey: Steel Pulse, Soja, Ziggy Marley, Rebelution, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, 311, Pepper, The Green, Groundnation, Zion I, Alborosie, Cisco Adler, others. www.californiarootsfestival.com.

Shoreline Amphitheatre

May 25-Sept. 6, Mountain View: Backstreet Boys/Avril Lavigne (May 25), Toby Keith (May 31), OneRepublic (June 6), Vans Warped Tour (June 21), Lady Antebellum (June 15), Motley Crue/Alice Cooper (July 23), Journey/Steve Miller Band (July 26), Santana (July 27), Arcade Fire (July 30), Boston/Doobie Brothers (Aug. 2), Miranda Lambert (Aug. 9), Nine Inch Nails/Soundgarden (Aug. 24), others. www.theshorelineamphitheatre.com.

Mountain Winery

May 28-Oct. 3, Saratoga: Il Volo (June 6), Maxwell (June 23), Steve Winwood (June 25), Joan Baez/Indigo Girls (July 1), Steely Dan (July 8 and 9), Jewel (July 18), Goo Goo Dolls/Daughtry (July 21), Chris Isaak (July 23), Bret Michaels (July 27), Foreigner (July 28), Beach Boys (Aug. 1), Nickel Creek (Aug. 4), Sarah Brightman (Aug. 7), Lynyrd Skynyrd (Aug. 17), others. www.mountainwinery.com.

BottleRock Napa

May 30-June 1, Napa Valley Expo, Napa: The Cure, Outkast, Eric Church, Weezer, LL Cool J, Matt and Kim, the Fray, Heart, Sublime, Third Eye Blind, De La Soul, Cracker, Blues Traveler, Smash Mouth, Mayer Hawthorne, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, Camper Van Beethoven, Moonalice, others. www.bottlerocknapavalley.com.

Healdsburg Jazz Festival

May 30-June 8, Healdsburg: Marc Cary, Groovemasters with Rhonda Benin, Mads Tolling Quartet, Marcus Shelby and the Freedom Jazz Choir, Ron Carter Quartet, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, others. www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org.

SAP Center at San Jose

June 3-Aug. 15: Lady Gaga (June 3), Queen/Adam Lambert (July 1), Cher (July 2), Jesus Christ Superstar (July 18), Justin Timberlake (Aug. 11), Bruno Mars (Aug. 15), others. www.sapcenteratsanjose.com.

Huichica Music Festival

June 13-14, Gundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma: David Longstreth, Mount Eerie, Vetiver, Kelley Stoltz, Magic Trick, EDJ, Michael Hurley, Meg Baird, the Cairo Gang, Extra Classic, Light Fantastic, the Blank Tapes, Houndstooth, others. www.huichicamusicfestival.com.

San Francisco Free Folk Festival

June 20-21, Presidio Middle School, San Francisco: American Gypsy, the Wronglers, Banjo Babes Review, Diego the Whistler and Jeff Pierre, Julian and the Upside Sound, Maurice Tani and 77 El Deora, the Rowan Brothers, others. www.sffolkfest.org.

Sierra Nevada World Music Festival

June 20-22, Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville: Shaggy, Rebelution, Seun Kuti, Barrington Levy, Tarrus Riley, Mykal Rose, Bitty McLean, Horace Andy, Sly and Robbie, U Roy, Ozomatli, others. www.snwmf.com.

Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley

June 20-Sept. 5: Matt Nathanson/Gavin DeGraw (June 20), Michael Franti and Spearhead (June 21), Sarah McLachlan (June 27), Jurassic 5 (July 11), Slightly Stoopid/NOFX (July 18), Sara Bareilles (Aug. 14), Counting Crows (Aug. 15), Dave Matthews (Aug. 22-24), Jack Johnson (Aug. 26), others. www.apeconcerts.com.

Stanford Jazz Festival

June 20-Aug. 9, Palo Alto. Chick Corea, Kenny Barron, Jack DeJohnette, Larry Coryell, Arturo Sandoval, Kenny Burrell, Fred Hersch, Joe Louis Walker, Jimmy Heath and the Yellowjackets. www.stanfordjazz.org.

Stern Grove Festival

June 22-Aug. 24, San Francisco: Smokey Robinson and Patti Austin (June 22), Allen Stone (June 29), Funky Meters (July 13), Rufus Wainwright (July 27), Andrew Bird (Aug. 3), Darlene Love (Aug. 10), the Zombies and Vetiver (Aug. 24), others. www.sterngrove.org.

Kate Wolf Music Festival

June 27-29, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville (Mendocino County): Joan Baez, Indigo Girls, Los Lobos, Darlene Love, Jackie Greene, the Blues Broads, Tom Paxton, Eliza Gilkyson, Amy Helm, Rodney Crowell, the Wood Brothers, others. www.katewolfmusicfestival.com.

Robert Mondavi Winery

June 28-July 19, Napa Valley: Preservation Hall Jazz Band (June 28), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (July 5), Five For Fighting (July 12), Dave Koz (July 18), Colbie Caillat (July 19). www.robertmondaviwinery.com.

Fillmore Jazz Festival

July 5-6, Fillmore Street, San Francisco: Kim Nalley, Beth Custer Ensemble, John Santos Sextet, Crystal Money Hall, Renee Wilson, Afrolicious, Will Bernard Band, Lloyd Gergory, Future Perfect, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, others. www.fillmorejazzfestival.com.

High Sierra Music Festival

July 3-6, Quincy (Plumas County): Widespread Panic, STS9, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Beats Antique, Trampled By Turtles, Lord Huron, the Del McCoury Band, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Punch Brothers, That and the Get Down Stay Down, others. www.highsierramusic.com.

The Concerts at Wente Vineyards

July 9-Aug. 27, Livermore: Chris Isaak (July 9), Wynonna and the Big Noise (July 16), Tony Bennett (Aug. 6), Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (Aug. 14), Earth, Wind and Fire (Aug. 26), the Beach Boys (Aug. 27). www.wentevineyards.com.

California Worldfest

July 10-13, Fairgrounds, Grass Valley: Los Lonely Boys, Ozomatli, Delhi 2 Dublin, Claire Lynch Band, the Kruger Brothers, Perla Batalla, Matt Andersen, Una, Hapa, Matuto, others. www.worldfest.net.

Napa Valley Festival del Sole

July 11-20, various locations, Napa: Maria Agresta, Joshua Bell, Julia Bullock, Xavier Foley, Sarah Lane, Monica Mancini, Carlo Ponti, Arturo Sandoval, James Valenti, others. www.festivaldelsole.org.

Wanderlust California

July 17-20, Squaw Valley, Tahoe: Big Gigantic, the Polyphonic Spree, Nahko and Medicine for the People, RJD2, DJ Krush, MC Yogi, Bluetech, DJ Chakra Khan, DJ Drez, others. www.wanderlustfestival.com.

SFJazz Summer Concerts

July 17-Aug. 24, SFJazz Center, San Francisco: Eric Bibb and Maria Muldaur (July 17), Jacqui Naylor (July 18), Omar Sosa Quartet (July 19), Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers (Aug. 1-3), Lavay Smith (Aug. 8), Yemen Blues (Aug. 10), Christian Scott (Aug. 21), others. www.sfjazz.org.

Beyoncé and Jay Z

Aug. 4, AT&T Park, San Francisco. www.beyonce.com.

Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

Aug. 8-10, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco: Kanye West, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Tiesto, Disclosure, Death Cab for Cutie, the Flaming Lips, Tegan and Sara, Atmosphere, Ray Lamontagne, others. www.sfoutsidelands.com.

Paul McCartney

Aug. 14, Candlestick Park, San Francisco. www.paulmccartney.com.

First City Festival

Aug. 23-24, Monterey County Fair and Event Center: Beck, the National, the Naked and Famous, Phantogram, Best Coast, Dawes, Cults, Cocorosie, Blind Pilot, Lake Street Dive, Tokyo Police Club, Geographer, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Midlake, others. www.firstcityfestival.com. {sbox}

Aidin Vaziri is The San Francisco Chronicle's pop music critic. E-mail: avaziri@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @MusicSF