Sponsored link
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Sponsored link

Noise Pop diary: Big snaps from the festival’s 20,000-attendee return

The Damani Rhodes Experience and Charlotte Dos Santos were among 130 artists who took the stage. We caught their live-show glitter.

There was no denying that Noise Pop’s 29th year was a historic edition. Azealia Banks became the music festival’s first Black woman headliner, and 20,000 attendees checked out more than 130 artists at a 10-pack of San Francisco’s notable venues. (You know, the spots that survived the last two years of sparse opportunities for live events—and they more than deserve their time to shine.) People came ready for this return: For the first year ever, a Noise Pop representative says, the festival sold out every single one of its badges. Photographer Jon Bauer was there for many of the most magical moments. Here’s some of his favorite snaps.

48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit here. We also invite you to join the conversation on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Sponsored link

Sponsored link

Latest

Rachel Simon Marino’s off-kilter Day Glo world aims to overwhelm

'Running on Air' at Berggruen Gallery inundates viewers with uneasy cliffhangers and bright 'Trojan Horse' colors.

Win a pair of VIP tickets to Opulent Temple’s Sacred Dance ‘White Party’

The annual Burning Man camp tradition—this year on Sat/4 at Regency Ballroom—draws thousands of revelers.

Four decades later, seminal queer punk zine ‘Homocore’ blasts back into view

New anthology collects the DIY publication's precious few issues, which gave voice to anti-assimilationist sexual outlaws.

The false narrative about SF’s real estate tax measure starts to emerge

Plus: Why Lurie's Charter reform would hurt tenants

You might also likeRELATED