Dreamforce through the years — bands and speakers

I first wrote this post last year as I was preparing for Dreamforce 16 and have been updating it regularly since. It’s amazing to think that Dreamforce is celebrating 20 years this year. It’s certainly a long journey from Ireland to San Francisco but it worth it for four amazing days of technology, customer meetings, giving back and of course parties! Getting excited about it now and started to reflect on the bands and speakers at Dreamforce down through the years

I joined Salesforce in 2008 — I’m still gutted I missed Foo Fighters that year as my first DF was in 2009.

Let me know if you can help fill any of the gaps below

Bands at Dreamforce:

2003 — Dreamforce 1 –
2004 — Dreamforce 2 — Motown and Soul from Pride and Joy
2005 — Dreamforce 3 –
2006 — Dreamforce 4 — Train
2007 — Dreamforce 5 — INXS
2008 — Dreamforce 6 — The Foo Fighters
2009 — Dreamforce 7 — Black Crowes
2010 — Dreamforce 8 — Stevie Wonder & Will.I.Am — Benefit: Neil Young
2011 — Dreamforce 9 — Metallica — Benefit: Alanis Morrisette
2012 — Dreamforce 10 — Red Hot Chili Peppers — Benefit: Lady Antebellum
2013 — Dreamforce 11 — Green Day (Blonde opening)- combined with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
benefit at AT&T Park. Tony Bennett with Jerry Seinfield
performed at a private party hosted by Benioff.
2014 — Dreamforce 12 — Bruno Mars (combined with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital benefit)
2015 — Dreamforce 13 — The Foo Fighters (first returning band)
2016 — Dreamforce 14 — U2

2017 — Dreamforce 15 — Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz

2018 — Dreamforce 16 Metallica

2019 — Dreamforce 17 Fleetwood Mac

2020 — Dreamforce 18

2021 — Dreamforce 19

2022 — Dreamforce 20 Red Hot Chilli Peppers

2023 — Dreamforce 21 Foo Fighters

2024 — Dreamforce 22 Pink and Imagine Dragons

Speakers at Dreamforce:

2003 — Dreamforce 1 –
2004 — Dreamforce 2 –
2005 — Dreamforce 3 — Chris Anderson
2006 — Dreamforce 4 — Colin Powell
2007 — Dreamforce 5 — George Lucas
2008 — Dreamforce 6 — Michael Dell & Neil Young
2009 — Dreamforce 7 — Colin Powell
2010 — Dreamforce 8 — Bill Clinton
2011 — Dreamforce 9 — Eric Schmidt, Gary Vaynerchuk
2012 — Dreamforce 10 — Colin Powell & Jeff Immelt, Tony Robbins, Sir Richard Branson
2013 — Dreamforce 11 — Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, Deepak Chopra.
Also speaking Sean Penn and Alec Baldwin.
2014 — Dreamforce 12 — Hillary Clinton, Al Gore
2015 — Dreamforce 13 — Satya Nadella

2016— Dreamforce 14 — Melinda Gates

2017 — Dreamforce 15 — Michelle Obama, Ashton Kutcher

2018 — Dreamforce 16 — Al Gore

2019 — Dreamforce 17 — Barack Obama, Megan Rapinoe

2020 — Dreamforce 18

2021 — Dreamforce 19 Jane Fonda

2022 — Dreamforce 20 Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jane Goodall, DBE

2023 — Dreamforce 21 Sam Altman Open AI