NOISE POP’S FLAGSHIP MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS
FEBRUARY 21-27, 2022 TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
20TH STREET BLOCK PARTY ALSO RETURNS
THIS OCTOBER TO SF’S MISSION DISTRICT
-- Super Early-Bird Tickets On Sale Now --
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 28, 2021) - Noise Pop Industries is excited to announce the return of two of the biggest and most beloved annual events in the San Francisco Bay Area - Noise Pop Festival 2022 and 20th Street Block Party 2021. A limited number of Super Early-Bird badges for Noise Pop Festival as well as Headliner Lounge passes for the Block Party are on sale now at noisepopfest.com and 20thstreetblockparty.com, respectively.
San Francisco Bay Area’s premier indie music and arts festival, Noise Pop Festival will officially return for a 29th year on Monday, February 21 through February 27, 2022. Early next year, Noise Pop Festival will once again transform the entire SF Bay Area into sprawling festival grounds as multiple events take place each night at various venues across the city over the course of a week next February.
The city-wide celebration of independent culture regularly spans across more than 20 of the Bay Area’s most iconic music venues while also hosting art shows, film screenings, happy hours, after-hour parties, and more. Through a continued effort to offer attendees ample opportunities for music discovery, the festival regularly offers a meticulously curated lineup chock full of exciting up-and-coming and underground artists performing alongside some of the most sought-after musicians and creative artists in the world.
As a special thank you to supporters of Noise Pop, especially during the unprecedented events of the past year, an extremely limited number of Super Early-Bird festival badges to the city-wide, multi-venue event are on sale now at noisepopfest.com for the low price of just $99. Once these initial badges are sold out, the festival’s tiered pricing structure will continue to reward those who buy early with badge prices going up as the festival approaches and as future waves of artists are announced. All badges grant access to all general admission (non-reserved seating) music concerts, badge-only happy hours, and some very special events to be announced, as well as all film screening events throughout the weeklong festival.
“It’s been a long, strange year but it’s great to finally be getting back to normal,” said Noise Pop Founder Kevin Arnold. “One of the positive things that came out of quarantine was a bunch of great music, and we can’t wait to help bring live entertainment back to the Bay Area. With a continued focus on supporting indie musicians and the local arts community, our team can’t wait to roll out our next big event!”
While fans await the return of Noise Pop’s flagship music festival next year, the team is also preparing for a much sooner return of the 20th Street Block Party on Saturday, October 16, 2021. This fall, the 20th Street corridor between Harrison and Bryant Streets will once again be transformed into a daylong admission-free all-ages party while bringing together some of the best music acts from the Bay Area and beyond to the heart of San Francisco’s historic Mission District.
Part street food festival, part music festival, and part local shopping bazaar, the community-wide event helps to showcase the diverse neighborhood that was home to the Noise Pop offices for over a decade. With a focus on all things local, 20th Street Block Party highlights the small businesses, food, music, art, and culture that inspires the 20th Street community and beyond.
Although the event will once again be free to attend, Noise Pop is offering a limited number of Headliner Lounge passes available for purchase today for just $49 at 20thstreetblockparty.com. Headliner ticket-holders will be treated to a private lounge and bar, exclusive outdoor viewing areas, complimentary adult beverages (21+ only), bites from some of the best restaurants in the Mission District, and other perks to be announced closer to the event date.
Both of these events mark the latest public offerings from the Noise Pop team who for nearly three decades have become cultural arbiters and community advocates of the local SF music scene while promoting thousands of concerts and producing popular music festival properties. Although the 2020 iteration of each of these in-person events was put on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Noise Pop team has continued to innovate and identify new opportunities for growth over the past year.
Most notably, the team successfully launched a live stream concert series entitled “No Place Like Home” that raised funds for independent music artists and local venues, while promoting awareness of each of their cultural contributions to the city. All funds raised for the virtual event series were later shared between the co-promoting venue and artists. In total, over 240,000 online viewers in the Bay Area and beyond participated in the virtual event, while raising over $25,000 for the SF music community.
While in-person concerts were put on pause, the Noise Pop team also created a custom Patreon membership club last year that provides donors with year-round access to everything Noise Pop has to offer as well as special member-only perks.
Both local residents and music lovers from all across the country are encouraged to plan ahead, purchase tickets today, and show their support for one of the longest-standing independent music promoters in the country. Learn more about Noise Pop by visiting NoisePop.com, as well as follow along on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter for future news and events.
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ABOUT NOISE POP INDUSTRIES:
Established in San Francisco in 1993, Noise Pop Industries is one of the nation’s leading independent music promoters. Over the last 20+ years, Noise Pop’s namesake festival has featured early-career performances by then-emerging artists such as The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Joanna Newsom, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, Grimes, and more. Noise Pop also co-founded the celebrated Treasure Island Music Festival with Another Planet Entertainment.
Today, Noise Pop produces hundreds of unique events annually throughout the Bay Area and Northern California including more than two dozen of our favorite venues throughout the region. NPI also throws free community celebrations like the food-and-music centric 20th Street Block Party, while partnering with local organizations and institutions including the California Academy of Sciences, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and the Oakland Museum of California to produce cultural events throughout the year via its NPI WHTLBL services brand. Noise Pop is also the operating partner of DoTheBay.
Please visit NoisePop.com for more information.
