"For one weekend every year, Mosswood Meltdown turns Oakland's Mosswood Park into the Bay Area's noisiest patch of grass. It's a somewhat atypical music festival, a gathering that has more in common with a show at Thee Stork Club than with Outside Lands. The crowd is a colorful mix of patched punk jackets and gauges; the talent is a grab bag of left-field groups and nostalgia acts."
"Perhaps the biggest surprise on the party's roster is Pavement, a beloved '90s outfit that tours only sporadically. Formed in Stockton, Pavement perfected a style of indie rock that was refreshingly free of malaise, with jagged song structures and lyrics like riddles. Although the California group achieved little in the way of commercial success, critics lauded its short run of albums, and decades later, TikTok users are rediscovering Pavement's B-sides."
"Mosswood Meltdown, Oakland's loosely punk-styled music festival, is tacking on an additional concert to its festivities. The bands Wednesday, Pavement and Vivian Girls are scheduled to play at Mosswood Park on Friday, July 17, the day before the festival begins. Mosswood Meltdown has held pre-parties before, but July 17's event will be the first time the concert takes place in the park. Evidently, that venue change gave bookers leeway to reel in some big acts."
Mosswood Meltdown will add a park-based pre-festival concert on Friday, July 17, with Wednesday, Pavement and Vivian Girls performing the day before the main festival. The main festival remains scheduled for July 18–19 at Mosswood Park. The event mixes punk-adjacent style, left-field groups and nostalgia acts, drawing a colorful crowd in patched jackets and gauges. John Waters hosts the festival. Past highlights include the B-52s headlining in 2024 and Kreayshawn's 2025 comeback. Wednesday blends indie angst and country twang while Pavement retains critical acclaim and renewed attention on social platforms.
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