The annual Noise Pop Festival, which is celebrating its 32nd year in 2025, revealed on Thursday the complete lineup of performers that will perform next month, including St. Vincent, Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service leader Ben Gibbard, and more.
Since its inception in 1993 as a single evening of boisterous, melodic local bands, the festival has expanded to include eleven days of music, film, and art, showcasing some of the most prestigious names in independent music.
The final round of artists announced for the 2025 edition of the Noise Pop Fest includes performances by St. Vincent and Ben Gibbard at Grace Cathedral, as well as critically acclaimed Odd Future member, rapper Earl Sweatshirt, and local modern blues troubadour Fantastic Negrito, who will play a pre-festival show at the 4 Star Theater on Valentine’s Day.
The David Lynch tribute by veteran bandleader and keyboard/trumpet player Marc Capelle and his Red Room Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, which will be Noise Pop’s first partnership with the SF Sketchfest, is another recently announced pre-festival performance before the main schedule kicks off on February 20. The innovative filmmaker, who oversaw surrealist masterpieces like Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Mulhol, and Drive, passed away in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Since Capelle and company’s first performances at the Chapel in 2017, the group has been performing the music from Lynch’s landmark television series “Twin Peaks” and fantastical films, as well as the soundtracks to several other films. Although the band has performed tributes to “Twin Peaks” at SF Sketchfest with cast members (such as the incredible sold-out performance with Agent Dale Cooper himself, Kyle MacLachlan, last year), the 2025 comedy festival was the first time in a long time that the RRO did not honor the popular television show. In addition to helping “Twin Peaks” actor Carel Struycken (“The Giant” in the series), who lost his house in the Eaton Fire, this concert on Wednesday, February 19, will address that.
Two sold-out nights by festival alumni are among the other highlights of this year’s Noise Pop.In addition to sold-out performances by celebrated singer-songwriter Sophia Regina Allison, also known as Soccer Mommy, Midwestern noise-rock group Chat Pile, British pub-rock legend Nick Lowe, backed by masked surf rocker Los Straightjackets, and experimental contemporary Irish folk group Lankum, American Football is commemorating the 25th anniversary of their debut album at the Great American Music Hall. On Friday, January 24 at 10 a.m. PST, tickets for the recently announced concerts will go on sale at www.noisepopfest.com. Badges for the festival are already available.
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