The Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco will announce the first round of acts for the 2025 edition next February

The annual Noise Pop Festival will mark its 32nd anniversary in 2025 and on Tuesday announced its first round of artists performing at its Feb. 20 kickoff, including American Football, Soccer Mommy and more.

A San Francisco institution since it started in 1993 as an evening of loud, melodic local bands, the festival has grown into eleven days of music, film and art featuring some of the most respected names in independent music.

The 2025 edition of the Noise Pop Fest, which begins on February 20 and continues through March 2, will bring a wide range of artists from around the world to the Bay Area, including a return performance from festival alumnus American football celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album with a pair of festival-closing shows at the Great American Music Hall, acclaimed singer-songwriter Sophia Regina Allison, aka Soccer momwho recently released her latest recording Evergreen and Buffalo-based experimental band Mercury Rev get music from Born horsestheir first new effort in almost a decade, for the indie monthly Popscene at the Rickshaw Stop.

Other expected highlights include heavily sampled British funki icons Cymandecontemporary Irish folk group LankumBritish songwriter and great pub rock Nick Lowe — who continues his collaboration with masked surfing combo Loose restraint jackets — Oklahoma City noise-punk outfit Chat Stack and artist from San Francisco Geographerwho will headline August Hall in celebration of the 15th anniversary of his EP Animal shapes. More than twenty acts were announced on Tuesday and dozens more bands and festival events will follow in the coming weeks.

Tickets for each individually announced concert go on sale Friday, November 15 at 10am PST via www.noisepopfest.com. Festival badges are already available for purchase.