Noise Pop Festival
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From its humble beginnings—one night, 5 bands at The Kennel Club (now The Independent)—to the present: 11 Days, 160+ bands, 80+ events, 25+ venues—the Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival has become a San Francisco staple.

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Noise Pop Festival returns Feb 19-Mar1, 2026! Featuring non-stop music from electronic to jazz to good ol’ rock n’ roll, the festival offers an opportunity for everyone and anyone to enjoy the celebration. Complemented by art shows, film scores, talks, happy hours, after hours and more, Noise Pop truly champions independent culture.

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About Us

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.

NPI also partners with local organizations and institutions like the California Academy of Sciences, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce to produce and promote cultural events via its NPI WHTLBL event + marketing 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.

noise pop presents

Noise Pop Presents 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.

whtlbl

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Built on a foundation of transformative events, creating local culture, and genuine community building, WHTLBL partners with you to bring your vision to life. We provide a fresh take on traditional business strategy by infusing our event programming and production background over decades to bring what we’ve learned to do best for ourselves to our clients. Our experts will work with your business, nonprofit, civic organization, or any other group to create singular events that are authentic to your brand and identity. We’ve made a name for ourselves in the Bay Area, and we can’t wait to partner with you. 

do the bay

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DoTheBay is the San Francisco Bay Area’s premier event discovery platform and is part of the DoStuff network that includes 20 cities across North America. DoTheBay works with artists, venues, brands, and influencers to bring you the best locally-curated events in the Bay Area and answer the question "what should we do in the Bay today?". We keep you up to date with all things music, art, food, drink, theater, comedy, culture, and more.

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Interested in becoming a vendor at one of our events? Simply choose from our events below that spark your interest. Please follow the application process on each dedicated website.
Noise Pop Festival