Noise Pop Festival 2011

Noise Pop is San Francisco’s premiere celebration of independent music, film and art since 1993. It attracts over 20,000 music fans and features performances from more than 150 bands. Opportunities vary from opening up for headlining acts to playing other Noise Pop events.

This year, there are at least two performance slots reserved for Sonicbids artists. The selected artists will be paid $500 each./n/nNoise Pop is San Francisco’s premiere celebration of independent music, film and art since 1993. The festival attracts over 20,000 independent music fans and scores of bands each year to San Francisco. Over 150 alternative bands will play Noise Pop 2011 - situations vary from opening up for headlining acts to playing other Noise Pop events, and pay varies depending on the situation.

This year, Sonicbids has worked with Noise Pop to reserve two performance slots for Sonicbids artists. The selected artists will be paid $500 each. In 2010, Noise Pop selected 6 artists from Sonicbids to perform.

The festival will take place February 22 - 28, 2011 and will take place in various venues around the city (including The Bottom Of The Hill, Bimbo's, and Great American Music Hall). In addition to the music festival, Noise Pop also includes a film festival, gallery art shows, a craft fair and a music industry conference.

Noise Pop has hosted the most influential artists of our time including The White Stripes, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, The Flaming Lips, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Wolfmother, Spoon, The Magnetic Fields, Antony and the Johnsons, and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, to name a few.