NOISE POP FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FINAL WAVE OF EVENTS WITH NEW SCHEDULE & ADDITION OF 50+ LOCAL BAY AREA BANDS

NOISE POP FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FINAL WAVE OF EVENTS 

WITH NEW SCHEDULE & ADDITION OF 50+ LOCAL BAY AREA BANDS

EXPANDED FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDES PRE-PARTY AT CAL ACADEMY,

LOCAL LABEL HAPPY HOUR SHOWCASES AT BENDER’S

KEXP-FM LIVE AT NOISE POP, SF MUSIC WEEK & MORE

Multi-Genre Music Festival Boasts 100+ Concerts & Events

Across A Dozen SF Landmark Venues Beginning February 20 Through March 2, 2025

Individual Concert Tickets & Festival Badges On Sale Now NoisePopFest.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 18, 2025) – Noise Pop Festival, the Bay Area’s premier independent music and arts festival, has just unveiled an expanded and final schedule of events as the citywide music festival returns for its 32nd anniversary beginning Thursday, February 20 through Sunday, March 2, 2025. Tickets and badges are on sale now at www.NoisePopFest.com. 

Expanding upon its long-standing tradition of blending together music, film, art, and authentic Bay Area culture, this year’s edition will feature an even more dynamic and diverse mix of live performances, exclusive pop-up events, rare reunions, and immersive cultural experiences across the San Francisco Bay Area.

LOCAL ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

This extensive slate of community-centric programming is hosted alongside an impressive lineup of 100+ diverse music artists performing at iconic venues citywide. Festival-goers can look forward to watching Soccer Mommy, American Football, and Earl Sweatshirt perform alongside the likes of Danny Brown, DIIV, Lankum, Mercury Rev, Cymande, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Chat Pile, and many more, not to mention the very first West Coast performances from The American Analog Set following the indie-rock pioneers’ 20+ year hiatus.

Joining the dozens of national touring acts on this year’s bill is a lengthy list of more than 50 newly-announced acts representing the Bay Area’s best with the full lineup of local musicians, bands, and DJs included below:

Al Harper / Aluminum / Arts & Crafts  / August Lee Stevens / Badvril / Body Double

Byron Mayhew / Cardboard People / Chorus Pedal / Christina’s Trip / Credit Electric / Dani Offline

Deon Brown / DJ LadyRyan / Fake Your Own Death / Fantastic Negrito / Flamin Groovies

Gem777 / Gumby's Junk / Habitaat / HEAT / HIGHWINDS / Horrhaus / ISSBROKIE / Jacob Aranda

James Wavey Band / Loco Tranquilo / Lucky / Mad Menace and The Murder Dogs / Marika Christine 

Melodious / Michael Michael Motorcycle / Milk For The Angry / Pocket full of crumbs / Poppy Patica

Prophet Martian / Repeater / Sadie Alan / Same Girls / Seablite / Sharpie Smile / SWISS.

The Fell Swoop / The Futurelics / The Goods / The Moondrops / The Wind-Ups / Theya 

Town Bully / Tricky FM / Uncle Chris / Uni Boys

SPECIAL EVENTS AT THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL

2025 Festival programming highlights this year include the return of several beloved traditions, such as admission-free live happy hour shows at Bender’s Bar & Grill and the Cal Academy’s pre-party kickoff featuring DāM-FunK.

Of note, this year’s Happy Hour lineup at Bender’s Bar & Grill features a curated mix of like-minded, independently-owned, and SF-based institutions including record labels, apparel brands, and music collectives, furthering Noise Pop’s investment in the local community.

Noise Pop Festival will also make a triumphant return to Kilowatt with a string of eight epic concerts featuring a two-night takeover from the king of power-pop Paul Collins (February 21-22), as well as Uncle Chris (February 23), The Futurelics (February 26), Horrhaus (February 27), Seablite (February 28) and Period Bomb (March 1).

Plus, for the first time ever, Noise Pop has invited Sketchfest to partner together to co-present a special tribute concert called Red Room Orchestra: A Tribute to David Lynch at the Great American Music Hall which will feature iconic tracks from the filmmaker’s most popular films and TV shows. Ticket proceeds from this one-night-only event to benefit Carel Struycken, known for his role as The Giant in the cult classic TV show “Twin Peaks”, who recently lost his home in the Los Angeles fires.

Local Noise Pop organizers are also partnering with KEXP to bring “Live on KEXP” to Bay Area music-lovers. From February 24-28, KEXP will host a series of in-studio artist sessions featuring acts from this year’s lineup, broadcasting live from the 25th Street Recording Studio in Oakland daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PST, with KEXP’s Cheryl Waters and Larry Mizell, Jr. also set to broadcast their shows live from the city as well. While passes to these sessions are not available for purchase, fans will have a chance to win exclusive backstage access to the in-studio music sessions through a giveaway with more details will be announced soon via @Noisepop and @KEXP.

If that wasn’t enough, Noise Pop is also working with SF Live and the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) to celebrate the past, present, and future of San Francisco’s renowned music scene with a series of educational panels, workshops, studio and venue tours, and more via the inaugural SF Music Week.

The SF Music Week’s Industry Summit on February 28 will feature conversations with industry thought leaders, while the Artist Development Day taking place the following day on March 1 will offer an engaging afternoon designed specifically for independent artists and bands offering discussions, workshops and 1:1 professional consultations with industry leaders.

Each of these events will soon unfold across many of the Bay Area’s most popular music venues such as Great American Music Hall, Bottom of the Hill, The Chapel, Rickshaw Stop, SFJAZZ, August Hall, Gray Area, Bender's Bar and Grill, 1015 Folsom, Kilowatt, Swedish American Hall, and the list goes on with nearly 20 venues participating this year. 2025 will also mark Noise Pop’s return to the Grace Cathedral with extremely intimate concerts from returning festival alum St. Vincent and Benjamin Gibbard; along with a long-awaited return to The Independent.

Highlights from Noise Pop Festival 2025 newly-announced events schedule are listed below, with both tickets and badges on sale now via www.noisepopfest.com:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19:

Red Room Orchestra: A Tribute to David Lynch, In Partnership with SF SketchFest

Great American Music Hall (859 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94109)

Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

Featuring Red Room Orchestra and band members like

Tom Ayres (Persephone's Bees)

Allyson Baker (Dirty Ghosts)

Marc Capelle (American Music Club)

Karina Denike (Dance Hall Crashers; NOFX)

Jordan Glenn (Tune-Yards)

Ben Goldberg (Nels Cline)

Petra Haden (Bill Frisell; That Dog)

Scott Larson (Dizzy Gillespie)

Beth Lisick (Porchlight)

Dina Maccabee (Julia Holter)

Larry Mullins (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Swans; Stooges)

Kelley Stoltz

Pete Straus (The Dwarves; Robyn Hitchcock)

About: Noise Pop Festival is joining forces with long-time local comedy festival SF Sketchfest to host a one-night-only tribute concert to honor the late David Lynch featuring the Red Room Orchestra and special guests. Presented alongside Vinelands on KEXP-FM and Great American Music Hall, ticket proceeds will be benefit Carel Struycken, known for his role as The Giant in the iconic cult TV show “Twin Peaks”, who recently lost his home in the Los Angeles fires.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20:

Official Festival Pre-Party at NightLife

California Academy of Sciences (55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118)

Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

Featuring DāM-FunK

About: In an ongoing partnership of 10+ years, DāM-FunK will headline this year’s official festival pre-party which will include tabling from festival partners Waterloo, KEXP-FM, SFJazz, SF Symphony, and Crossroads Trading.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25:

Bender’s Happy Hours, Presented by Noise Pop, DoTheBay & San Franpsycho

Bender's Bar & Grill (806 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Featuring: Fake Your Own Death, Lucky, Town Bully

About: Join the Noise Pop team for daily happy hours at this iconic SF bar, featuring admission-free entry (21+ only), performances from local bands, and drink menu specials from special sponsors.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26:

Bender’s Happy Hours, Presented by White Crate

Bender's Bar & Grill (806 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Show at 5:30pm

Featuring: Jacob Aranda, Credit Electric, Sadie Alan

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27:

Bender’s Happy Hours, Presented by Bright Antenna

Bender's Bar & Grill (806 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Doors open at 5:30pm

Featuring: Akira Galaxy, Khatumu, Meg Elsier

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28:

Bender’s Happy Hours, Presented by Text Me Records

Bender's Bar & Grill (806 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110)

$0 (free entry, 21+ only)

Doors open at 5:30pm

Featuring: Loco Tranquilo, Badvril, Same Girls

SF Music Week Industry Summit

Swedish American Hall (2174 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114)

Doors open at 9:00 a.m.

Featuring conversations with various industry thought leaders. 

More Info: Ghazi, CEO and Founder of San Francisco’s EMPIRE, the US's largest privately held independent record label, distributor, and publisher, will participate in a keynote conversation to kick off the summit. Grammy-nominated producer David Katznelson, award-winning journalist Emma Silvers, and others will moderate panels exploring the San Francisco's music scene.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1:

Bender’s Happy Hours, Presented by Cherub Dream

Bender's Bar & Grill (806 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Doors open at 5:30pm

Featuring: Tricky FM, Christina’s Trip, Slake (fka Mary Claire), Softie

SF Music Week Artist Development Day

Music City SF (1355 Bush Street San Francisco, CA)

Doors open at Noon

Featuring conversations with various industry thought leaders. 

More Info: An engaging afternoon designed specifically for independent artists and bands tailored to empower independent musicians with the knowledge and tools needed to advance their careers and protect their creative interests.

“Each year, Noise Pop Festival continues to push the envelope and become more creative. Not only in terms of talent buying, but also programming and partnerships, as demonstrated in this year’s events schedule,” said Noise Pop’s CEO Michelle Swing. “As this citywide event is really meant to be a celebration for everyone in the Bay Area to enjoy, I heartedly encourage all music-lovers to come out to at least one of our events this February. See firsthand what makes our event so special while helping spend your dollars locally within the SF arts community.” 

Organizers would like to show appreciation for the many sponsors supporting this independently-produced festival including Montucky Cold Snacks, Fords Gin, Slane Whiskey, Diplomatico Rum, Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur, and Z Hotels including Hotel Zelos, Hotel Zetta, Hotel Zeppelin.

As part of Noise Pop Festival’s 30-year-plus tradition of supporting artists, celebrating fans, and creating community, organizers will be donating a portion of proceeds to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, a nonprofit that assists all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are facing financial challenges amidst physical or mental health issues or disability. Since 2020, the organization has provided over $450,000 to Bay Area residents working in the music industry with more information available at sweetrelief.org.

Stay tuned for more festival announcements by visiting the official festival website at www.noisepopfest.com and following along on social media channels at @NoisePop.