SFEMF's 25th anniversary gala put Carl Stone on the bill
The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival took over Gray Area on Aug. 22 with Kush Arora, Luciano Chessa, Wobbly and Sly Ida.
The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival held its 25th Anniversary Gala at Gray Area's Grand Theater on Aug. 22, 2026.
Carl Stone played. Stone has performed live computer music on a laptop since 1986. Kush Arora, who records as Only Now, mixes deconstructed Punjabi music with industrial, dancehall and noise.
Luciano Chessa and Wobbly (Jon Leidecker) gave a live realization of Desert Ambulance by Ramón Sender Barayón. Sly Ida closed with a DJ set.
Tickets ran from $30 to $250, according to the festival. The top tier included a pass to its September concerts at The Lab.
SFEMF is artist-run. Eight Bay Area musicians and sound artists founded it in 1999, and the first festival took place in 2000.
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