Psyched! Fest 2026 runs October 11 through November 1, with every show announced individually. Five years in, we remain independent, community-built, and committed to creating space for the artists and scenes shaping the future of San Francisco and beyond.

Rooted in years of work across the independent music communities of San Francisco, the Bay Area, and beyond, Psyched! Fest 2026 returns for its fifth year from October 11 through November 1. Built around live music, art, collaboration, and community, the festival brings together local, national, and international artists across a series of independently curated shows and gatherings throughout the region.

Presented by Psyched! Radio San Francisco, Psyched! Fest grew out of years of organizing concerts, tours, radio programming, and cultural exchanges between artists and underground scenes. Since its first edition in 2022, the festival has developed as an extension of that work: creating opportunities for artists, connecting scenes across cities and countries, and building spaces where independent music can exist outside traditional industry structures.

The fifth edition continues that vision with a program that reflects the world Psyched! has helped build around it—one where punk, psychedelia, experimental music, indie rock, electronic sounds, visual art, and emerging movements can exist side by side. At its center is the same belief that has guided the festival from the beginning: independent culture survives when artists, audiences, promoters, venues, DJs, volunteers, and communities build something together.