{"id":171145,"date":"2026-02-10T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171145\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:24:08","slug":"here-are-5-awesome-shows-to-catch-at-the-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171145\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are 5 awesome shows to catch at the festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are five shows worth catching at the 2026 Noise Pop Festival<\/a>, which runs Feb. 19-March 1 at a plethora of venues mostly located in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The picks<\/a> are listed in chronologically order, which has the added benefit of lifting one of our favorite local artists \u2014 the South Bay\u2019s own Giraffage \u2014 right to the top.<\/p>\n

For more information \u2014 and to purchase tickets \u2014 visit noisepopfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Giraffage<\/a>, Chrome Sparks<\/p>\n

Giraffage<\/a> (aka, Charlie Yin) is a tremendously talented electronic music producer, who grew up in San Jose and graduated from UC Berkeley. Also on the bill is Brooklyn-based Jeremy Malvin, who is at the helm for the electronic music project known as Chrome Sparks.<\/p>\n

Details: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Public Works<\/p>\n

2. Stephen Malkmus<\/a><\/p>\n

The Stockton product has a big show with his band Pavement on the books for later in the year (July 17 during the Mosswood Meltdown festival<\/a> pre-party concert in Oakland). First up, however, he\u2019ll perform a solo Noise Pop gig in a much more intimate setting.<\/p>\n

Details: 8 p.m. Feb. 23, Great American Music Hall<\/p>\n

3. The Fiery Furnaces<\/p>\n

The indie-rock duo, consisting of siblings Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, are revisiting the acclaimed 2004 album \u201cBlueberry Boat\u201d for this gig. The opening act is Spacemoth\u2019s Maryam Qudus, an Oakland-based artist who will be performing solo for this date.<\/p>\n

Details: 8 p.m. Feb. 26, The Chapel<\/p>\n

4. Sun Ra Arkestra<\/p>\n

Keyboardist-composer Sun Ra founded this pioneering avant-garde jazz ensemble in Chicago way back in the 1950s \u2014 and it\u2019s still going strong some 70 years later. Indeed, the group \u2014 which was led by Sun Ra until his death in 1993 \u2014 was just nominated for a 2026 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.<\/p>\n

Details: 8:30 p.m. Feb. 28, 7 p.m. March 1, The Chapel<\/p>\n

5. Rogue Wave<\/p>\n

The Oakland pop-rock act, led by Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Zach Rogue), is playing two shows in one night. Rogue Wave is set to perform the 2003 debut \u201cOut of the Shadow\u201d during the early show and the 2005 \u201cDescended Like Vultures\u201d in the nitecap.<\/p>\n

Details: 5:15 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. March 1, Swedish American Music Hall<\/p>\n

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