{"id":264087,"date":"2026-04-12T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264087\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:23:09","slug":"dj-skip-of-s-f-s-new-wave-city-dies-after-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264087\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Skip of S.F.\u2019s New Wave City dies after illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grant Medeiros<\/a>, the San Francisco DJ and promoter known as DJ Skip, whose long-running New Wave City<\/a> dance party became a fixture of the city\u2019s nightlife, has died after a long illness.<\/p>\n

Steve Indig, his longtime collaborator and fellow co-founder, announced Medeiros\u2019 death in a post to the New Wave City community <\/a>on Friday, April 10, saying Medeiros died that morning in Portland, Ore., where he had lived for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe last saw him at New Wave City in March 2025, playing some of his favorite New Wave tracks for the dance floor, as he had done for 33 years,\u201d Indig wrote. \u201cHe revealed before that visit that he had been dealing with a rare blood cancer, for what is now 9 years ago. Even a year ago, the disease and its treatment was taking their toll on him, but he was happy to be in the midst of the people and environment he loved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medeiros and Indig started New Wave City in 1992 as an \u201980s alternative dance night inspired by San Francisco\u2019s early club scene. Over the years, it grew into one of the city\u2019s most durable parties, drawing generations of fans with its mix of new wave classics, themed nights and welcoming atmosphere.<\/p>\n

According to the New Wave City website<\/a>, the event focused on alternative dance music from the late 1970s and early 1980s, with tributes to acts including Depeche Mode, the Cure, New Order, Duran Duran and Siouxsie and the Banshees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The parties also featured vintage visuals, guest DJs and special events that helped build a loyal following.<\/p>\n

In his post, Indig said New Wave City grew out of conversations the two had while planning a themed DJ night. Medeiros, who had immersed himself in San Francisco\u2019s club culture in the early 1980s, pushed for a party centered on the new wave era<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Their first event was held at the former I-Beam nightclub on Haight Street.<\/p>\n

The party endured far longer than either founder expected. In a 2012 Chronicle story<\/a> marking New Wave City\u2019s 20th anniversary, Indig said he and Medeiros created the event because \u201cwe really liked to go out, but didn\u2019t care for most of the DJ club scene in \u201992.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Medeiros told The Chronicle then: \u201cI feel like the Peter Pan of new wave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indig remembered Medeiros for his sense of style, from skinny ties and band T-shirts to costumes, wigs and, on one occasion, a full Boy George costume.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkip remained a private person even to me, and in some ways, I did not know him well,\u201d Indig wrote. \u201cWe spent a lot of time and energy together producing New Wave City, and having fun at the event each month. We gave each other grace, never quarreled, and supported each other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grant Medeiros, the San Francisco DJ and promoter known as DJ Skip, whose long-running New Wave City dance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[329,7,330,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-264087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-arts-and-entertainment","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","13":"tag-san-francisco-news","14":"tag-sf","15":"tag-sf-headlines","16":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}