The Rock the Bells show rang loud in San Bernardino on Saturday with festival veterans including A Tribe Called Quest and Lauryn Hill performing for a crowd estimated at 20,000. Here, fans get cooled down by a hose that concert promoters used between sets. Those lucky enough to have front row seats paid the price by enduring the heat and sun for most of the day. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Fans enduring the heat seek relief with a cool, between-sets hosing-down at Rock the Bells. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Michael Rahtsachack and his girlfriend, Sean Tolan, both from San Diego, found a small piece of grass to relax on between sets. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
The Freestyle stage, which featured DJs, was not as heavily attended as the other stages but offered fans plenty of room to dance and chill out. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Fans scream as A Tribe Called Quest hits the stage. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Lauryn Hill performs for the Rock the Bells crowd. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A Tribe Called Quest keeps the crowd entertained. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A Tribe Called Quest is silhouetted during its performance. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
J.Arch of Wyld Elephants performed with Immortal Technique. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Rock the Bells featured two stages, the second of which was indoors and offered the crowd a break from the sun (but not the heat). (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
DJ Premier spun discs during a set on the main stage. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A Tribe Called Quest (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Immortal Technique (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Trash litters the ground of the second stage as it emptys out following a set by Street Sweeper Social Club, a side project of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. As the headliners took to the main stage most fans mirgrated there. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
An eclectic mix of people attended the annual hip hop festival, which made its way to San Francisco for a concert Sunday and is bound for New York and Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28 and 29, respectively. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
