Mosswood Meltdown returns July 18 – 19, 2026, but you can start your weekend a day earlier with Pavement.

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Mosswood Meltdown returns to Oakland’s Mosswood Park on July 18th and 19th. And while the beloved festival “is known to traffic in legends, popular punk and punk-adjacent groups, and highly anticipated reunions,” (KQED), this year they’ll be kicking off with an indie-rock driven pre-party at the park on July 17th. The evening will feature the endlessly inspirational rock legendsPavementWednesday, “one of the best indie rock bands around” (Pitchfork), and reverb-loving and cool as hell punks Vivian Girls. And, it wouldn’t be a proper Mosswood Meltdown without its fearless and subversive host, John Waters.

Mosswood Meltdown is an eccentric, one of a kind weekend. As SF Gate kindly sums it up, “at Mosswood Meltdown, the concept of a beautiful world looks quite different from other festivals, and it’s better for it.” Tickets for the pre-party are separate from the regular festival tickets and go on sale today (Tuesday, January 6th) at 10am PST. The full festival lineup will be unveiled in the coming weeks and won’t disappoint.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

FRIDAY, JULY 17TH PRE-PARTY LINEUP
Pavement
Wednesday
Vivian Girls

PRE-PARTY TICKET PRICES
GA – $99
VIP – $165
(VIP tickets come with ins and outs privileges,
and access to VIP viewing areas)

Keep your mind open.

[Don’t forget to subscribe before you go!]

[Thanks to Jaycee at Pitch Perfect PR.]

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Nik Havert

I've been a music fan since my parents gave me a record player for Christmas when I was still in grade school. The first record I remember owning was "Sesame Street Disco." I've been a professional writer since 2004, but writing long before that. My first published work was in a middle school literary magazine and was a story about a zoo in which the animals could talk.

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