A Force to Reckon With

A quick reference to Dreamforces by year, #, and band:
Note starting in 2013, Dreamforce gala and the Benefit for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital were combined. Prior years, the benefit was a separate event.

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 – Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys
2018 – Dreamforce 16 – Metallica (second returning band)
2019 – Dreamforce 17 – Fleetwood Mac
2020 – Dreamforce 18 – First Virtual Dreamforce due to pandemic
2021 – Dreamforce 19 – The Foo Fighters (first 3-peat band)
2022 – Dreamforce 20 – Red Hot Chili Peppers
2023 – Dreamforce 21 – TBD

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, Jessica Alba, Susan Wojcicki, Goldie Hawn
2016 – Dreamforce 14 – Melinda Gates, will.i.am, Nancy Pelosi, Robin Roberts, Lilly Ledbetter, Deborah Dugan, Mary T Barra.
2017 – Dreamforce 15 – Michelle Obama, Ashton Kutcher
2018 – Dreamforce 16 – Al Gore
2019 – Dreamforce 17 – President Barack Obama
2020 – Dreamforce 18 – First ever Virtual Dreamforce due to global pandemic
2021 – Dreamforce 19 – Jane Fonda, Will Smith
2022 – Dreamforce 20 – Jane Goodall, Earvin “Magic” Johnson
2023 – Dreamforce 21 – TBD

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