Festivalgoers wait for ride-hailing rides at 27th and Irving avenues during the Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.

With 75,000 people a day flooding San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands, it’s only natural that finding a way home would become a nightmare. And on Friday night, as one might expect, it also became a bank-breaking endeavor to hail a ride home from the festival.

The weather on Friday left something to be desired, with cloud cover and fog making for a cold start to the weekend. But depending on whom you ask, it had the most stacked lineup of the whole weekend. Hip-hop heads had to make the tough choice between GloRilla and Tinashe, and then make their way over to Clipse. San Jose-raised Nezza performed two sets early in the day. Rock fans were satiated by huge performances from trending indie rockers Geese and hardcore flag-bearers Turnstile, as well as recent rock music convert Charli XCX, who drew the biggest........

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