Talib Kweli and Zakiya Harris at Stern Grove Festival

With nearly 20 years of spinning socially-conscious lyrical gold with collaborators as name-drop-worthy as Mos Def and Kanye West, Talib Kweli is a fitting choice to represent the hip hop scene at a music fest that also plays host to Randy Newman and the San Francisco Ballet. He’s an artist. Catch a special talk with Kweli at the Trocadero Clubhouse at noon, but be sure to have your picnic spread in place in time to see Bay Area artist Zakiya Harris and her electronica-soul group Elephantine open the show.