See Moir Music: June 2025
Quick recap
I'm almost back to walking completely unassisted, so that's the latest news for me!
What's next for me?
Walking longer distances unassisted 😂 Still counting my steps, so any shows that aren't sitting are definitely not an option.
Other shows going on
What I'm not going to, but might if I had unlimited energy... bold shows are ones that I highly recommend...
June
I expect we'll see more June bookings soon as festival bleedover continues, but most summer shows will be at Hard Summer, Life is Beautiful, Movement, and more!
- Friday, June 6 — Luttrell at Audio
- Monday, June 9 & Tuesday, June 10 — Mumford and Sons at the Greek Theatre
- Tuesday, June 10 — Mae Martin at the Independent
- They were great on Taskmaster and I guess they sing too?
- Friday, June 13 & Saturday, June 14 — TOKiMONSTA at the Indy
- Friday, June 13 — Panjabi Hit Squad at Audio
- Friday, June 13 — Nikki Nair at the Midway
- Saturday, June 14 — Bloc Party and Blonde Redhead at the Greek Theatre
- Saturday, June 14 — Jialing, Nightware, and more at Monarch
- Saturday, June 21 — HUGEL and AMÉMÉ at Gold Bar at Treasure Island
- Sunday, June 22 — Hayden James at Phoenix Hotel
- Friday, June 27 — Super Flu at Madarae
- Unfamiliar? Listen to Super Flu \<3 Isaac
- Friday, June 27 — DJ Heartstring at 1015 Folsom
- Part of squish pride so it's sure to be an excellent lineup
- Saturday, June 28 — Kehlani, Tinashe, Kim Petras, and more for SoSF at Pier 80
- Sunday, June 29 — Purple Disco Machine and more for a Block Called Rhonda at the Great Northern
July
- Thursday, July 10 — Main Phase at Public Works
- Friday, July 11 — Ross from Friends as BUBBLE LOVE at the Great Northern
- Friday, July 18 — Gilligan Moss, bad tuner, and warner case at the Independent
- Saturday, July 19, Monday, July 21, & Tuesday, July 22 — Paul Simon at Davies Symphony Hall
- Saturday, July 19 — Chromeo (DJ set) at Space 550
- Saturday, July 19 — Chet Faker (DJ set day party), 3KELVES B2B DYLAN C. GREENE, and more at Audio
- Friday, July 25 — Tiësto at Frost Ampitheater
- Tuesday, July 29 — Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion at Fox Theater
August
- Saturday, August 2 — Less Than Jake at the Regency Ballroom
- Friday, August 8 – Sunday, August 10 — Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park featuring Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, Baalti, Bakar, Banksia, Big Freedia with SF Gay Mens Chorus, Black Coffee, Bleachers, Blond:ish, Claptone, DJ Koze, Doechii, Doja Cat, Dombresky, Floating Points, Gesaffelstein, Hozier, Jamie XX, John Summit, Mayer Hawthorne, NOTION, Sammy Virji, Tyler, the Creator, and Vampire Weekend.
- Saturday, August 16 — Nora En Pure at Gold Bar on Treasure Island
- Thursday, August 22 — A. Deeplove (Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT) at Monarch
- Sunday, August 27 — Elderbrook in Napa somewhere
The distant future
- Saturday, September 6 — Booka Shade (DJ set) at the Great Northern
- Sunday, September 7 — The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse at the Greek Theatre
- Friday, September 12 — MJ Lenderman at the Fox Theater
- Friday, September 12 — Bomba Estereo and Rawayana at the Greek Theatre
- Thursday, September 18 — Magdalena Bay at the Warfield
- Saturday, September 20 & Sunday, September 21 — Portola Music Festival at Pier 80, featuring: ¥ØU$UKE ¥UK1MAT$U, 1tbsp, 2manydjs b2b Erol Alkan, Blawan, Bob Moses, Caribou, Christina Aguilera, Confidence Man, Despacio (all day long), Dom Dolla, Duke Dumont, HAAi, Hamdi, KI/KI, LCD Soundsystem, Magdalena Bay, MALUGI, Maribou State, Marie Davidson, Moby (Live), Oppidan, Peggy Gou, Prospa b2b Kettama, salute, SHEE, The Blessed Madonna b2b Tiga, The Chemical Brothers DJ set, The Prodigy, The Rapture, Villager, X Club., and more.
- Monday, September 22 — The Prodigy at the Warfield
- Tuesday, September 23 — Alex G and Nilüfer Yanya at the Fox Theater
- Saturday, September 27 — Patrick Wolf at The Lodge at the Regency Center (one of the venues at Regency Ballroom apparently)
- Thursday, October 2 — Polo & Pan at Frost Ampitheater
- Saturday, October 4 — PUP & Jeff Rosenstock at Fox Theater
- Monday, October 6 — Mates of State at August Hall
- Friday, October 10 — Yelle at the Regency Ballroom
- Friday, October 10 — Wolf Alice at the Fox Theater
- Saturday, October 11 — Bonobo DJ set in Napa somewhere
- Sunday, October 12 — Bob Moses (Club set) in Napa somewhere
- Thursday, October 16 — Rilo Kiley and Waxahatchee at the Greek Theatre
- I'll be out of town for this show and I'm low key devastated.
- Saturday, October 18 — LP Giobbi in Napa somewhere
- Sunday, October 19 — Lorde and Empress Of at the Greek Theatre
- Friday, October 24 — The Magician at Audio
- Friday, October 31 — Midland at F8 for squish
- Saturday, November 15 — Booka Shade at the Great Northern
- Wednesday, November 19 — Grizzly Bear at Fox Theater
- Friday, November 21 — Jack's Mannequin at the Warfield (MFEO tour)
Other SF events
If book talks, history walks, music-making classes, or public lectures are more your speed, here's what's going on this month:
- Thursday, June 5 — Michael Pollan & Gül Dölen on the future of psychedelics at Sydney Goldstein Theater
- Thursday, June 5 — Tyler Malek - America's Most Iconic Ice Creams at Ferry Plaza Book Passage
- Friday, June 6 — Now that's what I call Italo Disco at Rickshaw Stop
- Saturday, June 7 — First Saturday at Minnesota Street Galleries
- Sunday, June 8 — Pub Choir at August Hall
- Monday, June 9 — The Back Room Party at Cushion Works
- Monday, June 9 — Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand on A Different Kind of Power in conversation with Maya Shankar at Sydney Goldstein Theater
- Thursday, June 12 — Chat Room: Food at Swedish American Hall by Gazetteer SF
- Thursday, June 12 — Taller. Denser. Better? What SF's Housing Plan Means For Your Neighborhood at Manny's
- Thursday, June 12 — Cumbia y Cultura, feat. Ritmos Tropicosmos, Bululú, DJ Sizzle Fantastic, and more at Crybaby
- Sunday, June 15 — Exploring “ FOToS”: Music and Discussion at Manny's
- Tuesday, June 17 — The State of…. SF Rec and Parks at Manny's
- Tuesday, June 17 — Tiles and Tales: Mahjong, Dumplings and Family Traditions at The Commons at KQED
- Wednesday, June 18 — Chronicle Live: Can the Bay Area save public transit? at Manny's
- Wednesday, June 18 — Water Grab by Bloomberg News at the Main SFPL Library
- Sunday, June 22 — Butter Block Bakeshop pop-up at Blackbird Books
- Sundy, June 22 — Bay Curious Walking Tour: Lick Observatory at James Lick Observatory
- Monday, June 23 — Niko Stratis on her essay collection, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, with Carvell Wallace at Green Apple Books on the Park
Music lately
You can always follow me on bandcamp to see what I've bought lately…
Shoutout to ARTE for posting full sets from some of the greatest performers I've ever seen live:
Some favorites of my recent bandcamp purchases:
- Do It For Yourself - Gilligan Moss
- Y U QT x Bullet Tooth - Technique ft. FlyDat
- Beyoncé - Sweet Dreams (Debba's Spring Bloomer Edit)
- Bushbaby - Take No Chat EP
- takemyhand - kasp
- she can | La La | ATW Records
- Staring Into The Sun | DJ HEARTSTRING
- Are U The One - SWIM
Also have been having a lot of fun with the tracks on Volume 11 | Now That's What I Call Bootlegs, especially:
- 31. Too $hort - Blow the Whistle (black panda x seanathan remix)
- Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (Oliver Heldens Remix)
- sparkle - sail away (enya edit)
Aside from all that, I'm waiting for HAAi's new album HUMANiSE to drop, and for Interplanetary Criminal's track Slow Burner to make its way to Bandcamp.
Other notes
Festival lineups! Portola is starting to feel like an every other year festival for me based on how the lineups have shaken out. Outside Lands feels like they built up a very solid lineup after the uneven/randomness of last year.
We'll see if I end up trying to go to Portola this year — I'm very excited that Villager and SHEE are making it here, and would LOVE to see the Rapture again (I went to the inaugural year of Just Like Heaven down in Long Beach because of them) but not feeling super enthused about the rest of the lineup.
It's not because the lineup is weak, but because it's tired! I read through the list and was like, wait, all of these artists have been here recently — so I did a quick count and well, more than 45 of the artists have been here in 2023 or since — or are coming here between now and September.
I know that artists have been struggling to get visas with the current US government policies, so maybe Goldenvoice focused more on US artists? Who knows. Either way, I'll make a YOLO choice in September I think!
I'll definitely be crossing my fingers for some cheap Sunday tickets, an afterparty with the Rapture, and/or a preparty with Villager.