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30+ years of championing independent culture
What is Noise Pop Festival?

One of the last of its kind - Noise Pop Festival is a true celebration of independent music and arts. Taking place across multiple venues throughout the city of San Francisco, Noise Pop Festival is a way to explore new artists, venues and nightlife the old fashioned way… by hopping from one show to the next, all week long! Noise Pop is for the music nerds, Where else can you say you saw Carly Rae Jepson and American Football at the same festival?? Our specially curated lineups bring together people from all over who share one common interest - we like GOOD music.

What is Noise Pop Festival?

One of the last of its kind - Noise Pop Festival is a true celebration of independent music and arts. Taking place across multiple venues throughout the city of San Francisco, Noise Pop Festival is a way to explore new artists, venues and nightlife the old fashioned way… by hopping from one show to the next, all week long! Noise Pop is for the music nerds, Where else can you say you saw Carly Rae Jepson and American Football at the same festival?? Our specially curated lineups bring together people from all over who share one common interest - we like GOOD music.

It started in 1993

From its humble beginnings in 1993 as a single night, 5 band bill at The Kennel Club (now The Independent), Noise Pop Festival has remained a cultural arbiter and community advocate within the local SF music scene. After 31 years of championing independent arts and culture, Noise Pop Festival has since blossomed into a one week, 160+ band, 80+ event, 25+ venue music and arts festival that remains a staple in the San Francisco bay area. Relive 31 years of beer soaked band tees, permanent hearing damage and 'knowing that band before they were cool!

It started in 1993

From its humble beginnings in 1993 as a single night, 5 band bill at The Kennel Club (now The Independent), Noise Pop Festival has remained a cultural arbiter and community advocate within the local SF music scene. After 31 years of championing independent arts and culture, Noise Pop Festival has since blossomed into a one week, 160+ band, 80+ event, 25+ venue music and arts festival that remains a staple in the San Francisco bay area. Relive 31 years of beer soaked band tees, permanent hearing damage and 'knowing that band before they were cool!

2000-2010
2000-2010
2012-2023
2012-2023
Noise Pop Industries

Noise Pop Industries is the oldest home-grown independent music and arts event promoter in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1993, Noise Pop’s namesake festival has pioneered the multi-venue festival landscape and focused on showcasing early-career performances by then-emerging artists such as The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Joanna Newsom, The Flaming Lips, Courtney Barnett, Death Cab for Cutie, Grimes, and many more. 

Today, Noise Pop produces hundreds of concerts and unique events annually throughout the Bay Area and Northern California at more than two dozen of our favorite venues throughout the region. NPI also partners with local organizations and institutions like the California Academy of Sciences, SF Parks Alliance, Fort Mason, and the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce to produce and promote cultural events via its NPI WHTLBL services brand. Additionally, NPI operates the Bay Area’s leading local nightlife and entertainment guide DoTheBay, helping hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents find out what to do in the Bay.

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Noise Pop Industries

Noise Pop Industries is the oldest home-grown independent music and arts event promoter in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1993, Noise Pop’s namesake festival has pioneered the multi-venue festival landscape and focused on showcasing early-career performances by then-emerging artists such as The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Joanna Newsom, The Flaming Lips, Courtney Barnett, Death Cab for Cutie, Grimes, and many more. 

Today, Noise Pop produces hundreds of concerts and unique events annually throughout the Bay Area and Northern California at more than two dozen of our favorite venues throughout the region. NPI also partners with local organizations and institutions like the California Academy of Sciences, SF Parks Alliance, Fort Mason, and the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce to produce and promote cultural events via its NPI WHTLBL services brand. Additionally, NPI operates the Bay Area’s leading local nightlife and entertainment guide DoTheBay, helping hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents find out what to do in the Bay.

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