NOISE POP Historic Multi-Venue Music Festival Takes Over San Francisco Bay Area on February 20-26

NOISE POP FESTIVAL EXPANDS PROGRAMMING WITH NEW FILM LINEUP

IN CELEBRATION OF 30TH ANNIVERSARY

MUSIC-INSPIRED DOCUMENTARIES & SHORT FILMS, 

PLUS ANNIVERSARY SCREENINGS & THEATRICAL PREMIERES 

JOIN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED LINEUP FEATURING 100+ MUSIC PERFORMERS

Historic Multi-Venue Music Festival Takes Over San Francisco Bay Area on February 20-26 

Badges & Tickets On Sale Now Via NoisePopFest.com 

Noise Pop Festival, San Francisco Bay Area’s premier independent music and arts festival, has announced today the film lineup as the multi-venue festival returns February 20-26 for a special 30th-anniversary celebration. Tickets to each of these newly announced film screenings are on sale now via www.noisepopfest.com in addition to full festival badges and concert tickets. 

In the spirit of supporting all forms of modern-day music culture, Noise Pop will bring back its beloved film program for the 2023 festival, which will include a variety of music-focused screenings with several premieres as well as special guests who are traveling from across the country to participate in this year’s week-long fest. Plus, Noise Pop Festival will help celebrate the return of The Cut Outdoor Cinema, the Bay Area's first year-round outdoor cinema located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, following a brief pause in programming this winter season.

The new film screening lineup scheduled at Noise Pop Festival 2023 is listed below **:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Film(s): The Runner (2022) / Der Fan (1982)

Location: Alamo Drafthouse New Mission (2550 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Time: 9:30 p.m.

Notes: Theatrical premiere of the Director’s Cut of Boy Harsher’s new short film “The Runner” followed by a 40th-anniversary screening of the German horror cult classic “Der Fan”

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Film: CB4 (1993)

Location: Alamo Drafthouse New Mission (2550 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Notes: 30th-anniversary screening of the comedy mockumentary that served as one of the breakout roles for standup legend-turned-actor Chris Rock

Guests: Director Tamra Davis

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Film: The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (2022)

Location: The Cut Outdoor Cinema (250 Main St, San Francisco, CA 94105)

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Notes: West Coast premiere of the new film that shares the unique inside story of the collective creative evolution behind the sounds of 1990s psychedelic rock revival bands Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, and The Apples in Stereo

Guests: Producer Rob Hatch-Miller

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Film: The Flaming Lips Space Bubble Concert: Live in Oklahoma 2021 (2022)

Location The Cut Outdoor Cinema (250 Main St, San Francisco, CA 94105)

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Notes: New concert film offers a first-hand look at the Flaming Lips socially-distanced live performance which took place in 2021 in Oklahoma City where both performers and attendees were placed inside individually inflatable balls throughout the show

Film: Wattstax (1973)

Location: Alamo Drafthouse New Mission (2550 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Notes: 50th-anniversary screening of the documentary that covers a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Film: Free Tibet (1998)

Location: The Cut Outdoor Cinema (250 Main St, San Francisco, CA 94105)

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Notes: 25th-anniversary screening of the documentary that chronicles the 1996 San Francisco Tibetan Freedom Concert, the largest benefit concert since Live Aid, that featured performances from A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Beck, Björk and more

Guests: Deyden Tethong of Milarepa Fund and co-producer of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts Stacy Horne

** Film screening schedule subject to change

Serving as a cultural arbiter and community advocate within the local arts scene for three decades while promoting thousands of concerts and creating unique festival properties across Northern California, Noise Pop looks forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary of the team’s flagship festival brand - Noise Pop Festival - in just a few short weeks.

Over the course of a full week this coming February, Noise Pop Festival will once again transform the entire San Francisco Bay Area each night into sprawling festival grounds with music concerts, art shows, film screenings, happy hours, secret after-hour parties, and more taking place all across the city. Participating venues next February will once again include a number of historic concert halls and landmark venues like Great American Music Hall, Bottom of the Hill, The Chapel, Rickshaw Stop, The Regency Ballroom, August Hall, The New Parish, The Ivy Room, Public Works, and 1015 Folsom, among others.

The 2023 music lineup will offer fans a meticulously curated selection of iconic indie-rock darlings, boundary-defying up-and-coming acts, rare reunion shows, anniversary album plays, and Bay Area debuts from international performers, along with more than 100 local performers from across the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Beyond music and film, the long-running Bay Area comedy showcase "The #HellaFunny Comedy Night” makes its Noise Pop Festival debut, although other non-music and alternative programming events including festival happy hours, after-parties, and more will be announced soon.

Weekend badges are on sale now, along with tickets to each individual concert and film screening via www.noisepopfest.com. All badges grant access to all general admission (non-reserved seating) music concerts, happy hours, after-hours, and film screening events throughout the weeklong festival, although fans are encouraged to act fast as limited quantities remain.

This year's festival's artwork was designed by none other than Shepard Fairey, considered one of today’s most accomplished and sought-after contemporary artists. Learn more about his incredible artwork by visiting his company Obey Giant at www.obeygiant.com.

Stay tuned for more festival announcements through the official festival website at www.noisepopfest.com. Any corporate sponsors looking to get involved in next year’s event are encouraged to contact brett@noisepop.com.  

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