San Francisco is gearing up for a new season of blockbuster concerts, with Mayor Daniel Lurie declaring it is the city’s “Winter of Music.”
The lineup includes a slate of high-profile electronic music acts, including the return of Skrillex.
“More music is coming to San Francisco,” Lurie wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday, Oct. 30. “These concerts are unlocking venues that are normally quiet during December, drawing out locals and visitors to enjoy great music. Let’s go, San Francisco.”
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, pictured on Wednesday, Oct. 29, declared a “Winter of Music” in San Francisco, bringing top electronic acts like Skrillex, Four Tet and Swedish House Mafia to Pier 80 and Moscone Center. (Stephen Lam/S.F. Chronicle)
The Moscone Center, better known for tech conferences, plans to host its first major electronic dance event headlined by Australian DJ Fisher on Dec. 19-20.
Then Pier 80, the 200,000-square-foot industrial venue in the city’s southeast waterfront, will host two major year-end shows presented by Goldenvoice and NPU Live.
On Dec. 30, Grammy-winning producer Skrillex and experimental electronic artist Four Tet will share the decks for an “open-to-close” performance.
The following evening, Swedish House Mafia will headline a New Year’s Eve show – their only confirmed U.S. performance before 2026. The trio of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso rose to international fame in the 2010s with arena-scale house anthems like “Don’t You Worry Child” and “Save the World.”
In a Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, Swedish House Mafia, from left, Axwell, Steve, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello arrive at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
The back-to-back events solidify Pier 80 as a hub of San Francisco’s electronic music revival since the launch of Portola Festival in 2022 by Goldenvoice, the producers behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Southern California.
The announcement follows a summer of major concerts in the city’s parks and venues – Dead & Company, Outside Lands and Zach Bryan – which, according to city data, injected more than $150 million into San Francisco’s economy.
“Arts and culture are helping to drive our city’s comeback,” Lurie said in August after the series of Golden Gate Park concerts drew nearly half a million visitors.
City leaders and promoters hope the same formula can work during the typically slow winter season.
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