Now in its 9th year, Northside has slowly grown into its own with each passing iteration. Branching off into technology and content creation in recent years, the festival has developed into a week-long celebration with music closing it out (June 7th - 11th).
Here are our tasty picks for showcases and bills:
Meatbodies w/ Surfbort and Stuyedeyed @ Alphaville | $12 TICKETS
Meatbodies Surfbort Stuyedeyed
HOOPS w/ Joy Again and Purr @ Baby’s All Right | $12 TICKETS
PopGun Showcase @ Brooklyn Bazaar | $17 TICKETS
Nochebuena Northside Party @ Gold Sounds | $10 TICKETS
Salt Cathedral Dirty Dishes Fruit & Flowers Yucky Duster Parrot Dream
Olden Yolk w/ Nassau and Crosslegged @ Main Drag | $5
Dirty Projectors w/ Kamasi Washington and Jay Som @ McCarren Park | $35 TICKETS
Dirty Projectors Kamasi Washington Jay Som
Mild High Club w/ Cut Worms @ Music Hall of Williamsburg | $16/$18 TICKET
France Rocks Summerfest x POP Montreal Showcase @ National Sawdust | $22/$25 TICKETS
Lætitia Sadier Emel Mathlouthi Un Blonde
Aldous Harding w/ Tiny Hazard and M. Lamar @ Park Church CO-OP | $12/$15 TICKETS
Aldous Harding Tiny Hazard M. Lamar
Already Dead Tapes x GIMME TINNITUS Showcase @ The Gutter Bar | $5 TICKETS
The Flag Anybody But The Cops Video Daughters Canter Fat Heaven Cop Funeral
Tiny Engines x Golden Parachute Showcase @ Gold Sounds | $10 TICKETS
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart w/ Beverly and Ablebody @ Music Hall of Williamsburg | $18/$20 TICKETS
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Beverly Ablebody
William Basinski w/ Julianna Barwick @ National Sawdust | $25 TICKETS
William Basinski Julianna Barwick
Big Thief w/ Mega Bog @ Rough Trade | $16 TICKETS
Downtown Boys w/ Kelsey Lu, Flesh World and Field Agent @ Saint Vitus | $15 TICKETS
Downtown Boys Kelsey Lu Flesh World Field Agent
Ears To Feed + Impose Showcase @ Terra Firma | $8 TICKETS
YVETTE Pop. 1280 Wildhoney GROOMS Big Bliss Monograms Russian Baths PC Worship (solo)
The Wild Honey Pie Showcase @ The Well | FREE w/ RSVP
The Dig Pavo Pavo Uni Ika Ai Frances Cone Salt Cathedral Wilsen Adam Schatz (of Landlady) Monogold Blaire Alist & the Bombshells Pearla
Ricky Eat Acid w/ Kate Nv and Oracles @ Union Pool | $12 TICKETS
Ricky Eat Acid Kate Nv Oracles
Girlpool w/ Ian Sweet and Lexie @ Warsaw | $18/$20 TICKETS
Girlpool Ian Sweet Lexie
Dull Tools Showcase @ Alphaville | $10 TICKETS
Future Punx Eaters Heaven’s Gate Bodega PC Worship (solo) A. Savage (Parquet Courts)
Fire Talk Showcase @ Alphaville | $8
Weeping Icon Media Jeweler GOLD DIME The Spookfish
Flock of Dimes w/ Ancient Ocean @ Baby’s All Right | $12/$15 TICKETS
Flock of Dimes Ancient Ocean
Sacred Bones 10th Anniversary Showcase @ Brooklyn Bazaar | $20/$25 TICKETS
Destruction Unit Pharmakon Institute Pop. 1280 The Hunt Gary War Cheena
Elvis Depressedly w/ Horse Jumper of Love and Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else @ Knitting Factory | $15/$17 TICKETS
Elvis Depressedly Horse Jumper of Love Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else
GP Stripes x NYCDIY.XYZ Showcase @ Little Skips | $5-$10 DONATION
SIC TIC Holy Tunics Def.GRLS Kate Mohanty Dumb Wolves Fraidycat The Mells
Iron Pier Showcase @ Bar Matchless | $7/$10
Wildhoney Neaux Other Houses Super Natural Psycho
Invertebrate Showcase @ Muchmore’s | $8 TICKETS
Lady Pills Your Dog Goodman Saint Marx The Misters
Timber Timbre w/ Ohtis @ Music Hall of Williamsburg | $17.50/$20 TICKETS
Timber Timbre Ohtis
PopGun Northside Roof Party @ Our Wicked Lady | $5/$10/$12 TICKETS
Psychic Twin Suburban Living Pearer Den-Mate Jacky Winter Fern Mayo Grim Streaker Colatura
Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 Series Showcase @ Rough Trade | $22/$25 TICKETS
Lower Dens performing ABBA’s Gold: Greatest Hits Tony Molina performing Dinosaur Jr’s You’re Living All Over Me Tredici Bacci performing Dusty Springfield’s Dusty In Memphis
Ramp Local Records + Wharf Cat Records Showcase @ Union Pool | $10 TICKETS
The Sediment Club Buck Gooter Snakehole Pat Keen Macula Dog Old Maybe
Exploding In Sound x Golden Parachute Showcase @ Sunnyvale | $10 - $12 TICKETS
BIG UPS Two Inch Astronaut Washer Baked gobbinjr Kal Marks Fond Han Peaer Thelma Tall Friend Stove