NOISE POP FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ANCILLARY PROGRAMMING
INCLUDING RETURN OF FILM SCREENING SERIES,
PLUS CAL ACADEMY PRE-PARTY, CANNABIS HAPPY HOUR,
PHOTO RETROSPECTIVE, AFTER HOUR CONCERTS & MORE
LOCAL SF BAY AREA ARTIST LINEUP ALSO ANNOUNCED FEAT. NEW ADDITIONS SAMARIA,
MICHAEL SNEED, JORDEE, MOSSMOSS, MOZAIC & MORE
-- FESTIVAL BADGES & TICKETS TO ALL INDIVIDUAL SHOWS ARE ON SALE NOW --
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 5, 2020) – Noise Pop Festival unveiled today the ancillary programming for the 28th annual event including a film series, festival pre-parties and afterparties, happy hours and more. Along with live music from 150+ artists at various venues across the Bay Area, these newly announced events will take place prior to and during the week-long, city-wide festival from February 24–March 1, 2020. General Admission, festival badges and individual tickets for all festival events are on sale now at www.noisepopfest.com.
Noise Pop Festival will once again kick things off this year with an Official Festival Pre-Party on Thursday, February 20 at California Academy of Sciences during their ongoing NightLife event series. The evening will feature a rare DJ set from Washed Out, as well as other music performances from Bad Girl Bailey and femmelectric. Attendees can also enjoy a special NightLife screening of Vortex 2.0, an immersive visual and sonic feast designed especially for the Morrison Planetarium, and featuring a soundtrack by 2020 festival performer Shigeto, among music from other local artists.
After a successful inaugural event last year, the festival in partnership with greenRush will again be offering a Pre- Festival Cannabis Happy Hour at Hotel Kabuki on Friday, February 21 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Adult guests (21+) are invited to enjoy on-site cannabis delivery, a 420-friendly outdoor garden, exclusive discounts and deals, the opportunity to meet budtenders from a variety of cannabis brands, plus music from local acts. This event will be free with RSVP. More information will be announced soon.
The fan-favorite Festival Photo Retrospective is set to make another appearance with the event this year taking place at Hotel Biron on Monday, February 24 beginning at 6:00 p.m. The photo retrospective will again feature a collection of some of the best moments captured over more than two decades by Noise Pop’s own festival photographers.
The popular Bender’s Happy Hours event series will also return this year offering free performances and drink specials beginning Tuesday, February 25 through Saturday, February 29 at Bender’s Bar & Grill. Each day will feature a different presenting sponsor (DoTheBay & San Franpsycho, Fast Times.!, BFF.fm, Text Me Records, and Bender’s) and will include a variety of local music acts including Juan Wayne, Dawn Riding, Doncat, Sarchasm and more.
From Wednesday, February 26 through Tuesday, March 2, Noise Pop Festival will welcome back its beloved and highly-curated film screening series, which will feature music-related films along with Q&A sessions from notable filmmakers, producers, musicians and more. Presented by Fernet-Branca, films featured in the 2020 series include the following:
- Pavement: Slow Century
- Wednesday, February 26 at The Roxie (7:00 p.m.)
- Feat. Q&A with filmmaker Lance Bangs and Pavement bandmate Bob Nastanovich
- Synopsis: Documentary featuring interviews and live concert footage tracing the existence of noted rock band Pavement from 1989 to their final performance held in London in late 1999
- Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
- Thursday, February 27 at The Roxie (7:00 p.m.)
- Feat. Q&A with director Lance Bangs and Sonic Youth drummer Steven Shelley Skype
- Synopsis: Concert performance film featuring footage of the band performing in Glasgow in 2007 their iconic Daydream Nation album interwoven with additional video clips of interviews, concerts and candid interactions of the band through the decades
- Other Music
- Saturday, February 29 at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission Theater (4:00 p.m.)
- Synopsis: Documentary highlighting 20+ year history of the iconic NYC indie record store Other Music, while featuring interviews with Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, Interpol and more
- CRIME: 1978 & THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
- Sunday, March 1 at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission Theater (Noon)
- Feat. back-to-back screening including Q&A with Jon Bastian
- Synopsis of Crime: 1978: A short 35-minute feature featuring the Bay Area punk band Crime in its heyday of the late 1970s
- Synopsis of The Invasion of The Body Snatchers: A classic 1956 American science fiction horror film set to the backdrop of an extraterrestrial invasion that begins in the fictional California town of Santa Mira
- El Duce Tape
- Monday, March 2 at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission Theater (9:30 p.m.)
- Synopsis: Documentary examining life and art of El Duce, lead singer of the notorious shock-rock band The Mentors who became famous for taking the stage in black executioner hoods and whose musical lyrics were denounced by the American government in the early 1990s
On Friday, February 28 Cafe du Nord will host an official late-night After Party in partnership with Jack Daniel’s. Cafe du Nord is also hosting a second festival after party on Saturday, February 29 in partnership with Ketel One Vodka. Both events will feature specialty cocktails from each respective partner as well as performances from surprise musical guests. Both events will be free with RSVP, though priority access will be granted to Noise Pop Festival badge-holders. More details (including artist clues) to be announced in the lead-up to the festival.
As continued champions of supporting local Bay Area culture, the festival is also proud to reveal this year’s full slate of local and regional talent. In addition to previously announced local artists like Raphael Saadiq, Duster, Imperial Teen and The Seshen, Noise Pop has also unveiled even more musical acts who hail from the greater SF Bay Area including Oakland-based R&B artist Samaria; up-and-coming rapper Michael Sneed; Scottish born DJ Mossmoss; high energy “party band” Mozaic and more. See below for the full list of locally based performers on the 2020 lineup:
Raphael Saadiq
Duster
Imperial Teen
The Seshen
The Stone Foxes
Tim Atlas
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review
Destroy Boys
San Cha
Salami Rose Joe Louis
awakebutstillinbed (solo)
The Onyx
Barrio Manouche
Small Crush
Boy Scouts
Rose Droll
Stephen Steinbrink
ZOLA
The Band Ice Cream
COMPUTER DATA
8ULENTINA
DJ Aaron Axelsen
Emily Afton
Mahawam
Eric Silverman
Kendra McKinley
Max Gardener
Diners
Zelma Stone
Babewatch
Sour Widows
Meernaa
Samaria
Michael Sneed
Katie Cash
The Y Axes
Wander
Blues Lawyer
Fast Times
Kamikaze Palm Tree
Torrey
World Smasher
Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue
Pendant
Heno.
Experimental Housewife
Run The Length Of Your Wildness
Jordee
Mossmoss
Mozaic
Bad Girl Bailey
femmelectric
Teeyam
Hangtown
Mint
The Live Oaks
affectionately
King Isis
Commissure
The Feelings Parade
Nobody's Baby
MARINERO
SELIM X
Tyler Holmes
Seablite
Sandu Ndu
888
Matt Perkins
Tyler Jurich
Torie
Sam Drank
Adam Brookes
Baybs
Billie Gale
Bobby
Buzzed Lightbeer
EllaHarp
Nakazo
NU NORMOL
Twompsax
The Turnouts
Zachary Carroll
Sore Thumb
Festival badges are still available for purchase for $199, and Student badges are on sale for $129. Those interested in attending are encouraged to purchase now as badge prices will increase as the festival dates approach - the first three tiers of badges have already sold out with all badges expected to sell out in advance. Badges grant access to GA (non-reserved seating) concerts, badge-only happy hours, NPHQ and other special events soon to be announced. Badge-holders will also have access to all film screenings throughout the festival. Badges are non-transferrable with age-restrictions for select events, and those with badges must arrive within 60 minutes after club door times to guarantee entrance.
Stay up to date on the latest Noise Pop Festival news by following along on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The official hashtag for the festival is #NoisePop2020.
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