Friday was a cold, blustery night. Especially so at the Presidio Tunnel Tops park, where the San Francisco Bay’s chilly winds blew hair in faces and left goosebumps on bare arms. That didn’t seem to bother fans of pop star Kesha, though, who flocked to the park to catch the singer give a 30-minute DJ set as the day turned to night. 

The singer, whose autotune-heavy, hedonistic pop songs were 2010s radio staples, took to the stage with a full entourage. Surrounding her were a posse of drag queens, a photographer, a videographer and several other people, possibly ordinary fans, who danced along as best they could. Dressed in a cow print fur coat, Kesha stood behind the decks with electropop duo MGNA CRRRTA, who occasionally lent a helping hand on the DJ mixer.

“Let’s speed this bitch up,” she said after transitioning into a “Timber” remix, pushing a slider on the decks to accelerate the track. 

Kesha’s appearance was something of a surprise. Live Nation, the promoter behind Kesha’s upcoming tour, announced the show the previous night. She performed on a small stage on a grassy area that had been encircled by pop-up barricades. (While the Presidio Tunnel Tops may seem like an unusual venue for Kesha, the East Meadow hosts outdoor events.) The crowd — several hundred people, probably — was unusually intimate for the artist; when Kesha returns to the Bay Area at the end of the month, she’s scheduled to play the 12,500-person-capacity Concord Pavilion.

Aside from working the decks and dancing around on stage, Kesha only occasionally sang along to the EDM remixes of her songs. She rapped along to a verse on “Your Love Is My Drug” and “Sleazy.” She also debuted a new track, “Origami,” which went over well.

“There’s some new words to this song,” Kesha announced as she transitioned into “Tik Tok,” arguably her biggest hit. She took the microphone to dub over her original line: “Wake up in the morning like, f—k P. Diddy.” (The original line was “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.”)

At several moments in her half-hour appearance, Kesha alluded to plans to relocate to the city. “I’m moving to San Francisco,” she said in the middle of “Your Love Is My Drug,” prompting cheers.

“Are you guys ready for Kesha in San Francisco or what?” she asked at another point. 

After dedicating her last song, “We R Who We R,” to her queer community, Kesha asked the crowd where the best gay bars in San Francisco were. She resolved to head to the Castro, much to the chagrin of one vocal man in the audience, who urged her to drink in the Mission instead. But if Kesha is serious about moving to the city, she’ll have plenty of time to explore.