"Here are five shows worth catching at the 2026 Noise Pop Festival, which runs Feb. 19-March 1 at a plethora of venues mostly located in San Francisco. The picks are listed in chronologically order, which has the added benefit of lifting one of our favorite local artists the South Bay's own Giraffage right to the top. For more information and to purchase tickets visit noisepopfest.com."
"Keyboardist-composer Sun Ra founded this pioneering avant-garde jazz ensemble in Chicago way back in the 1950s and it's still going strong some 70 years later. Indeed, the group which was led by Sun Ra until his death in 1993 was just nominated for a 2026 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Details: 8:30 p.m. Feb. 28, 7 p.m. March 1, The Chapel"
Noise Pop Festival runs Feb. 19–March 1 at numerous venues mostly in San Francisco. Five highlighted shows include Giraffage with Chrome Sparks (9:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Public Works); Stephen Malkmus solo (8 p.m. Feb. 23, Great American Music Hall); The Fiery Furnaces revisiting their 2004 album Blueberry Boat with opener Maryam Qudus (8 p.m. Feb. 26, The Chapel); Sun Ra Arkestra (8:30 p.m. Feb. 28 and 7 p.m. March 1, The Chapel), a long-running avant-garde jazz ensemble recently nominated for a 2026 Grammy; and Rogue Wave performing two album shows including Out of the Shadow and Descended Like Vultures. Tickets at noisepopfest.com.
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