Michael Franti & Spearhead Concert History

Michael Franti (born April 21, 1967 in Oakland, CA) is a gifted and much-heralded spoken word artist and political activist from San Francisco, CA. As leader of the politically and socially-charged group Spearhead, Franti is at the forefront of hip-hop's renaissance, expanding the music's boundaries as he draws on funk and soul-driven beats. Through his music and poetry, Franti tackles a range of issues--the criminal justice system, corporatization of our daily lives...

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Michael Franti & Spearhead Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 78)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 28, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead
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Effenaar Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Aug 26, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead Luxor Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Aug 25, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead KATO Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Aug 24, 2008
Chiemsee Reggae Summer
"Chiemsee Reggae Summer" / Stephen Marley / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Morgan Heritage / Dr. Woggle And The Radio / Miss Platnum / Perfect / Ce'Cile / Culcha Candela / Iriepathie / Derrick Morgan / Clueso / Panteón Rococó
Open Air Almfischer Ubersee, Germany
Aug 22, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead Greenbelt Arts Fest Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Aug 21, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead KOKO London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 20, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead / OneRepublic / Kristin Hersh Liquid Room Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aug 19, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead The Leadmill Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Aug 16, 2008 –
Aug 17, 2008
V Festival 2008
Muse / Calvin Harris / OneRepublic / The Script / The Kooks / Taio Cruz / Sia / The Prodigy / The Chemical Brothers / Lenny Kravitz / The Verve / Alanis Morissette / Hot Chip / Passenger / Kaiser Chiefs / Robyn / Noah and the Whale / Duffy / Stereophonics / Estelle / Travis / Michael Franti & Spearhead / You Me At Six / Tokyo Police Club / Sugababes / The Pogues / Scouting for Girls / Jamie T / The Stranglers / Sam Sparro / Maxïmo Park / Lostprophets / Frank Turner / Amy Macdonald / Girls Aloud / Newton Faulkner / The Presets / Squeeze / The Futureheads / The Feeling / The Charlatans / The Charlatans UK / Will Young / The Zutons / Ian Brown / The Hold Steady / Alphabeat / The Hoosiers / Gabriella Cilmi / Roots Manuva / The View / Drive-By Truckers / Guillemots / Richard Hawley / Courteeners / Amy Winehouse / Reverend and the Makers / Michael Franti / The Rifles / Shed Seven / Air Traffic / The Twang / Fightstar / Young Knives / Delays / The Long Blondes / The Like / Infadels / Goldie Lookin Chain / Cult of Luna / Beth Rowley / Tom Baxter / Little Man Tate / Siouxsie / David Jordan / Jack McManus / The Dykeenies / Cap'tain / Paul Heaton / Leon Jean-Marie / Royworld / Sam Beeton / Team Waterpolo / The Runaway Sons / Kings Of Leon / The Pigeon Detectives / Echo & The Bunnymen Show all bands
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Weston Park Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Aug 16, 2008
Aug 15, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead

Pukkelpop

Domein Kiewit Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Aug 14, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead
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Grote Zaal, Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Aug 14, 2008 –
Aug 16, 2008
Pukkelpop 2008
Deadmau5 / Dusty Kid / Hot Chip / Dr. Lektroluv / Étienne de Crécy / One Night Only / Witchcraft / A-Trak / DJ Hype & Daddy Earl / State Radio / Tricky / The Unseen / Kaizers Orchestra / Pfadfinderei & Modeselektor / Sons Of Albion / DJ Hype / The Black Box Revelation / Miss Kittin & The Hacker / Nina Nastasia / The Casualties / Less Than Jake / The Rones / The Bloody Beetroots / Uffie / De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig / Motek / Drive-By Truckers / OneRepublic / The Sword / Coem / Midnight Juggernauts / Feadz / Martina Topley Bird / High Contrast / Monza / Stereo MCs / Hifi Handgrenades / A Storm of Light / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Crystal Castles / Carl Craig / Shackleton / Dirty Pretty Things / Jamie Lidell / SebastiAn / Those Dancing Days / Chase & Status / Chrome Hoof / Black Light Burns / Fuck Buttons / The National / Surkin / AutoKratz / Lightspeed Champion / TC / MaxNormal.TV / The Cribs / Kitty, Daisy & Lewis / Erol Alkan / Have Heart / Cult of Luna / Benga / Late of the Pier / Soulwax / The Dodos / Radioclit / Holy Fuck / The Shoes / MxPx / Caribou / DJ Mehdi / Dan Le Sac / Joan As Police Woman / As I Lay Dying / The Heavy / Freaky Age / Plain White T's / Volbeat / Pendulum / Disco Ensemble / Junkie Xl / Louis XIV / XX Teens / Black Mountain / Girl Talk / The Like / Lykke Li / Das Pop / Bob Mould / Black Kids / Tim Vanhamel / Simian Mobile Disco / El Guincho / Ian Brown / Yeasayer / Red Light Company / Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong / 2manydjs / The Germans / Count & Sinden / Little Dragon / The Subs / The Hickey Underworld / Flying Lotus / Mark Lanegan / Alkaline Trio / Lady Linn And Her Magnificent Seven / These New Puritans / Headman / Pete and The Pirates / A Brand / Scroobius Pip / Brodinski / Yelle / Dan Deacon / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Móveis Coloniais de Acaju / A Wilhelm Scream / Anti-Flag / Yuksek / This Is Menace / Boys Noize / Arsenal / Robyn / M83 / Operator Please / Amenra / The Whip / Headphone / Tocadisco / Daddy Earl / Infadels / Le Le / Two Gallants / Diplo / Creature With the Atom Brain / The Ocean / The Breeders / Metallica / Killswitch Engage / PVT / Leila / Iron & Wine / DJ Friction / Uffie & Feadz / Crookers / MGMT / Alela Diane / The Futureheads / Epica / Year Long Disaster / Be Your Own Pet / Tunng / Kid Harpoon / Kid Sister / Ricardo Villalobos / A Mountain of One / White Lies / Manic Street Preachers / The Killers / Sigur Rós / Foals / Cold War Kids / Bloc Party / The Flaming Lips / Santigold / The Ting Tings / The Wombats / Stereophonics / Editors / Elbow / Dropkick Murphys / The Dresden Dolls / Michael Franti & Spearhead / We Are Scientists / Amy Macdonald / Thrice / Serj Tankian / Within Temptation / The Subways / Los Campesinos! / Róisín Murphy / Clutch / Meshuggah / Hadouken! / Mercury Rev / British Sea Power / Soko / Blood Red Shoes / Soulfly / Menomena / Tindersticks / Danko Jones / Neurosis / Switch / Sons and Daughters / Henry Rollins / The Gutter Twins / Animal Alpha / Girls in Hawaii Show all bands
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Unknown venue Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicate for Aug 14, 2008
Aug 10, 2008
Regina Folk Festival
"Regina Folk Festival" / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Claire Jenkins / Owen Pallett / Great Lake Swimmers / Ndidi Onukwulu / Rock Plaza Central / Old Man Luedecke / Jill Barber / Jim Bryson / Abigail Washburn / Kobo Town / The Choir Practice Show all bands
Folk Festival Grounds Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aug 09, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead

Edmonton Folk Festival

Gallagher Park Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Aug 08, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead
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Mason County Fairgrounds Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States
Aug 08, 2008 –
Aug 10, 2008
All Points West Festival 2008
Coldplay / Radiohead / Kings Of Leon / Arctic Monkeys / Sia / MGMT / The Black Keys / Jack Johnson / Vampire Weekend / Cage The Elephant / The National / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Fleet Foxes / Lykke Li / Grizzly Bear / La Roux / Metric / The Roots / Crystal Castles / Tool / Cat Power / Animal Collective / St. Vincent / The Ting Tings / Silversun Pickups / Andrew Bird / Flying Lotus / Chromeo / Duffy / Elbow / Mogwai / Echo & The Bunnymen / K'naan / Q-Tip / Underworld / Ra Ra Riot / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Pharcyde / The Gaslight Anthem / Tokyo Police Club / The New Pornographers / Chairlift / My Bloody Valentine / Girl Talk / Beastie Boys / Rogue Wave / We Are Scientists / Neko Case / Gogol Bordello / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Grace Potter / CSS / Xavier Rudd / MSTRKRFT / The Black Angels / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Black Kids / The Go! Team / Bo Burnham / Matt Costa / The Cool Kids / Heartless Bastards / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Seasick Steve / Amadou & Mariam / Ghostland Observatory / The Virgins / White Rabbits / …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Mates of State / Étienne de Crécy / Youssou N’Dour / Spank Rock / The Felice Brothers / Secret Machines / Little Brother / Shearwater / Akron/Family / The Duke Spirit / Rye Rye / Trey Anastasio / Alberta Cross / Kitty, Daisy & Lewis / Nicole Atkins / Kool Keith / Juana Molina / The Knux / Neil Halstead / Black Gold / Steel Train / Kitty / The Postelles / Telepathe / Eugene Mirman / Ben Jelen / Jim Jefferies / Your Vegas / Todd Barry / Electric Touch / Forro In the Dark / Tim and Eric / Earl Greyhound / De Novo Dahl / The Honey Brothers / Michael Showalter / Arj Barker / Janeane Garofalo / Lowry / Organized Konfusion / Lily Holbrook / Pawnshop Roses / Judah Friedlander / Exit 105 Show all bands
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Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Show Duplicates for Aug 08, 2008
Aug 06, 2008
Michael Franti & Spearhead / Pictures And Sound / Amy Macdonald Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado, United States
Jul 27, 2008
Fuji Rock Festival
"Fuji Rock Festival" / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Futureheads / The Breeders / Jason Mraz / Melee / Imawano Kiyoshiro / Ellegarden / Jakob Dylan / Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks / Mystery Jets / Wrench / Mono / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Lee "Scratch" Perry / Seasick Steve / Double Famous / Tengusa / Janet Klein / Sim Cass / Flying Padovanis / Richie Hawtin Show all bands
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Naeba Ski Resort Niigata, Japan
Jul 24, 2008
10,000 Lakes Festival
"10,000 Lakes Festival" / Dub Trio / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Parliament-Funkadelic / TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds / U-Melt / Bonerama / Eoto / The Hue / Ultraviolet Hippopotamus / Lynx / Solution / The Limns / Jpetty / Uncle Boogie Pants / George Porter Jr. / Kelly Richey / Mickey Hart Show all bands
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Soo Pass Ranch Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States
Jul 23, 2008 –
Jul 26, 2008
10,000 Lakes Festival 2008
The Flaming Lips / Slightly Stoopid / Michael Franti & Spearhead / George Clinton / Moon Taxi / The Wood Brothers / JJ Grey & Mofro / Medeski Martin & Wood / Lotus / The Bad Plus / The New Mastersounds / Eoto / Leftover Salmon / Dark Star Orchestra (Tribute to Grateful Dead) / Stretch / Phil Lesh & Friends / Mickey Hart / Secret Chiefs 3 / Wookiefoot / Dub Trio / Lynx (UK) / Bonerama / Solution / Hue / All Good Things / Cornmeal / Extra Golden / Pert Near Sandstone / Mirror / The Waybacks / Everyone Orchestra / Papa Mali / Deep Banana Blackout / Heatbox / U-Melt / Roster McCabe / Ultraviolet Hippopotamus / Kinetix / family groove company / Sovereign Sect / Bill Smith / TR3 / ReDuX / Dead Larry / White Iron Band / The Twin Cats / The Limns / Teddy Presberg / The Kelly Richey Band / God Johnson / The Gold Standard / Gypsyfoot / The Blue Martian Tribe / New Primitives / Springdale Quartet / The Histronic / One Under / Panjea / Enchanted Ape / The Rhinestone Diplomats / The ComoSapiens / WBPN / Dred Dread / Phix Show all bands
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Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Jul 20, 2008
"Vancouver Folk Music Festival" / Michael Franti & Spearhead

Vancouver Folk Music Festival

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Jericho Beach Park Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 19, 2008
Mile High Music Festival
"Mile High Music Festival" / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers / O.A.R. / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Steve Winwood / Spoon / Jason Mraz / moe. / Citizen Cope / Lupe Fiasco / Andrew Bird / Mike Gordon / Josh Ritter / State Radio / JJ Grey & Mofro / Bob Schneider / Hill Country Revue / Newton Faulkner / Meese / Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers / Born In The Flood / The Railbenders / Eric Hutchinson / Gavin DeGraw Show all bands
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Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado, United States
Jul 19, 2008 –
Jul 20, 2008
Mile High Music Festival 2008
Rodrigo y Gabriela / moe. / JJ Grey & Mofro / Rose Hill Drive / Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers / O.A.R. / State Radio / Tea Leaf Green / Andrew Bird / Flobots / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Photo Atlas / Born In The Flood / Railbenders / Citizen Cope / Pinback / Eric Hutchinson / Newton Faulkner / Colbie Caillat / Steve Winwood / Jason Mraz / Grace Potter / The Roots / The Black Crowes / Meese / Martin Sexton / Lupe Fiasco / Ingrid Michaelson / OneRepublic / Gavin DeGraw / Ferras / Spoon / Josh Ritter / John Mayer / Brett Dennen / Dave Matthews Band / Bob Schneider / The New Mastersounds / Leftover Salmon / Serena Ryder / Flogging Molly / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Show all bands
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Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado, United States
Show Duplicates for Jul 19, 2008

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Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Kopecky Family Band
Sep 17, 2013
 Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
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May 26 - 28, 2017
 Napa, California, United States
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 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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  8. Summertime Is In Our Hands
  9. I Got You
  10. Big Big Love
  11. Work Hard and Be Nice
  12. Reason to Breathe
  13. Happy Again
  14. Heaven With You
  15. Hella Good
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  18. Life Is Better With You
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