Nezza performs at the Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. 

Although she now lives in Los Angeles, San Jose-raised Vanessa Hernández, who performs under the name Nezza, began her second set of the day at Outside Lands in typical homegrown fashion — by screaming out “Bay Areaaaaaaa.”

She kicked off the festival Friday on the Twin Peaks stage in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, and barely an hour later made her way over to the Duboce Triangle stage for an encore set where she commanded a dedicated set of fans, one of whom held up a sign that said, “The Bay loves Nezza.” 

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“This is my first-ever festival,” Nezza told the crowd. “What better place than the Bay? Whether you know me from my YouTube days, or........

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