Next show · Automatic @ Belly Up 10/21

Just announced · NoSurf presents

Winter Swell

OceansideSat 12.05.26 · 4–10pm · Sound by the Sea

We’re back, wetter and better than ever. NoSurf is taking over Oceanside’s coolest listening bar for a day of live music, familiar faces and semi-functional behavior. Four emerging bands, DJs spinning all day, and we’re keeping it small on purpose. *winter storm approaching

Buy tix · Winter Swell 12/5
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Swell reportOceanside, CA
Arrives
Sat 12.05.26
Session
4pm – 10pm
Sets
4 bands + DJs all day
Break
Sound by the Sea 325 N Coast Hwy
Crowd
Small, on purpose
Entry
21+ · bring ID
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Get tickets from $25 Directions

Presale is $25 plus fees until it sells out, then general admission goes to $33, then $38. 21+ with ID, no refunds. Your ticket gets emailed with a QR code that scans once at the door. Checkout runs through Humanitix, which gives its booking-fee profits to charity. Full event page

The lineup tap listen, then thank us

  1. Tiger Lewis01

    Tiger Lewis

    Top of the bill. Start with “Mr. Right Now” and you’ll get it.

  2. Worn-Tin02

    Worn-Tin

    Santa Monica songs made in a backyard shed. Sad lyrics, circus-sized live show.

  3. Floats03

    Floats

    Mark Perez’s project, San Antonio to LA. Raw, emotional, punk at heart.

  4. Swede and Skogen04

    Swede & Skogen

    Honest, ’90s-leaning folk rock off their second record, “Bullseye.”

Just announcedWinter Swell · Oceanside · Sat 12.05
Next show · Wednesday NoSurf presents

Automatic

with special guests Nuovo Testamento

wednesday is the new friday, ok.

  • Wed 10.21.26Wednesday, October 21
  • Doors 7pmShow at 8pm
  • 21+Bring your ID
  • Belly UpSolana Beach, CA
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till doors.
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Get tickets $24 adv Directions

General admission $24 in advance, $28 day of. Reserved loft $42. Fees apply online; GA and loft are also sold at the Belly Up box office. Tickets get emailed 72 hours before the show.

Homework for 10.21

Hear ’em
before you
see ’em

Automatic’s most-watched video, the opener’s biggest one, and their most popular tracks. Learn the words, then come scream them in Solana Beach.

Automatic — “Too Much Money”

Their most-watched music video. Stones Throw, off the debut album Signal.

500K+views

Who’s Automatic?

An LA post-punk band on Stones Throw. The new album Is It Now? is all danceable grooves and pop hooks with some very pointed opinions about automated warfare, consumerism and the oil industry. Bring dancing shoes and opinions.

fun fact: Hedi Slimane put their song “Calling It” in a Celine runway show.

Nuovo Testamento — “The Searcher”

The openers’ most-watched video, on AVANT! Records.

300K+views

Who’s Nuovo Testamento?

Two Italians who’d never touched a synthesizer set out to make pop music, played everything on the wrong end of the keyboard and accidentally made a darkwave record instead. They found their audience entirely by word of mouth. Get there early.

Ok I’m in. Tickets Also watch “Calling It”

Shows

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Belly Up · Solana Beach

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Winter Swell

12.05.26

Sound by the Sea · Oceanside

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Sold out

Rio Kosta

08.20.26

Music Box · Downtown SD

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INJI

05.31.26

Music Box · Downtown SD

Sold out

NoSurf Casbah

02.28.26

The Casbah · San Diego

2,500 deep

NoSurf Fest ’25

08.23.25

The Soap Factory · San Diego

Sold out

NoSurf Fest ’24

12.07.24

Oceanside Museum of Art

Watch the
chaos

Straight off our camera rolls. Hover to peek, tap to watch with sound.

“what did nosurf fest 2025 feel like? this.”
the official recap · 69 seconds

We’re a DIY festival. Building community is the whole point, and showcasing up-and-coming indie and electronic talent is why we do it.

more reels →

A very important game

Spin a
NoSurf
lineup

Every name in here has actually played a NoSurf show. Pull the lever and we’ll build you a bill. Booking it is a different story.

screenshot it and tag us

Headliner
Direct
support
Late night
DJ

Three reels, one dream bill.

Everybody who’s
played NoSurf

Bands, DJs and collectives, from the first Local Lineup in 2021 to now. Hover or tap a name to see when.

+ visual artists at Fest ’24

Bella Bowman Knetics Art There Alongside JC in the Sea Reid Nikolaieff SD Liquid Light Society Adam’s Creating
The Red Pears poster, NoSurf Fest 2025
Krooked Kings poster
Death Valley Girls poster
Mexican Slum Rats poster
Spaceface poster
Where’s West? poster
Loods poster
Shaking b2b Clearcast poster
Hotbed House stage takeovers poster

The ’25 poster series

Every act got
their own poster

Halftone, blue, a few too many stars. Flick through the stack.

We used to be
a surf app.
Now we throw
festivals.

NoSurf started as GoSurf, an app connecting surfers with instructors and photographers. Turns out the best part was never the app. It was the people, so we started throwing them parties.

2021Oct 23

Local Lineup 1.0

1835 Studios · Downtown San Diego

Our first real event: surf art, local surf brands and live music under one roof. 250 tickets, sold out two days before the doors opened.

  • Sold out
  • 250 tix
  • 7 surf artists

Bands: No Car Garage · Dark Dazey · Sideyard · Wes Chiller

Friends on film at Local Lineup 1.0
2022Nov 12

Local Lineup 2.0

The Soap Factory · San Diego

Ticket sales got so big we had to move a mile down the road to a bigger venue. We sold 420 tickets (for the meme) and maxed out The Soap Factory.

  • Maxed capacity
  • 420 tix

Bands: Saint Luna · The White Collars · No Car Garage · Chorduroy

The crowd at Local Lineup 2.0 on film
2023Jul 22

Local Lineup 3.0

The Soap Factory · triple the size

Two stages for the first time: bands on one, house and disco DJs on the other, surf art everywhere. Tickets were $25 and thousands of you came.

  • Sold out
  • 2 stages
  • Sierra Nevada + Passion Tree

Indie: Alexsucks · Saint Luna · Buddha Trixie · No Car Garage · Dolphins on Acid House: Kairos · A La Mode · Max Weber · Untitled Shrimp Co · Kieran Ishimaru

A band playing to a packed lot at Local Lineup 3.0
2024Dec 7

NoSurf Fest ’24

Oceanside Museum of Art

No one expected a DIY day festival to sell out a museum. Indie bands in the courtyard on the 805 stage, house DJs in the “Rhythm Gallery,” and seven artists’ immersive installations in between.

  • Sold out
  • 4 bands · 6 DJs
  • $2,000+ to ECAA

Indie: Ashes to Amber · Buppy · Creature Canyon · Faith Floyd House: Güd Karma x Schmidt · Dejavú · Vato x Dutchy · Monción

A packed gallery dance floor at the Oceanside Museum of Art
2025Aug 23

NoSurf Fest ’25

The Soap Factory · 1–10pm

We scaled it all the way up: 2,500 of you, the NoSurf Lot for open-air indie, Hotbed House for the warehouse, a VIP speakeasy, and a near zero-waste setup with Sustainabeat. Then afters at 1060 Garnet for anyone whose knees still worked.

  • 2,500 people
  • 2 stages
  • near zero-waste

Lot: The Red Pears · Krooked Kings · Mexican Slum Rats · Spaceface · Death Valley Girls · Where’s West? Hotbed House: Loods · Shaking b2b Clearcast · Yoon · Booty Dew · Funk Around Crew · Hotbed

Collage of NoSurf Fest 2025: the crowd, the stage and the giant NoSurf sign
2026club era

Festivals take too long

The Casbah · Music Box · Belly Up · Sound by the Sea

We missed you, so we started throwing shows between festivals. A sold-out six-band showcase at the Casbah with Ground Floor, INJI turning Music Box into a club, Rio Kosta selling out a very good Thursday, Automatic at Belly Up, and Winter Swell to bring us back to Oceanside in December.

  • Casbah sold out
  • Rio Kosta sold out
  • Automatic 10.21
  • Winter Swell 12.05
Overhead shot of the drummer at a sold-out Rio Kosta show

Camera roll

Five years of sweaty rooms, golden-hour lots and one museum. tap one to blow it up

Music & art for the ocean

It’s literally just us, broke 20-somethings throwing everything we have at making every NoSurf better than the last.

NoSurf is rooted in San Diego’s indie music, surf and art scenes. We curate lineups that mix indie and alt rock with electronic music, then add immersive art and a lot of community.

Every festival partners with nonprofits. We run near zero-waste, and we give back to local groups working on ocean conservation and creative communities in Southern California. San Diego venues are tricky, so sometimes we build our own.

  • 2,500people at NoSurf Fest ’25
  • $2,000+donated to the East County Art Association from Fest ’24
  • 47bands, DJs and collectives booked since 2021
  • 56K+of you following along on TikTok and Instagram

Who we give back with

Sustainabeatour zero-waste festival partner
East County Art Association$2,000+ from Fest ’24 for local artists
 SD
San Diego Riverour nonprofit partner at Fest ’25
 HB
Hotbedthe SD collective behind our electronic stage

Brands that have
poured, sponsored
& showed up

Thank you for keeping the drinks cold and the tickets cheap.

Put your brand in front of the pit

Festivals, club shows, brand takeovers and drink partners. Thousands of San Diego music fans, plus a good cause.

Sponsor a show

Booking · sponsors · press · whatever

Say hi

nosurf.fest@gmail.com
BookingArtists, agents and collectives who want in on a NoSurf bill. SponsorsBrand takeovers, drinks, stages. Let’s make something. PressInclude your outlet, contact info and any deadlines.

Know before you go · Automatic at Belly Up

Is it all ages?

No, this one is 21+. Bring a valid ID.

When do my tickets show up?

TicketWeb emails them 72 hours before the show, so don’t panic if your inbox is empty this week.

How much are tickets?

General admission is $24 in advance and $28 day of. Reserved loft is $42. Online and phone orders have fees; GA and loft tickets are also sold at the Belly Up box office.

What time should I get there?

Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm. Nuovo Testamento opens and you don’t want to miss them.

Refunds?

No refunds or exchanges, unless the show gets rescheduled or cancelled.

Where is it?

Belly Up, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Open in Maps.

Know before you go · Winter Swell in Oceanside

Is it all ages?

No, this one is 21+, and IDs are required for entry.

How do I get in?

Your ticket gets emailed to you with a unique QR code. It scans once at check-in, so keep it to yourself.

How much are tickets?

Presale is $25 plus fees until it sells out. Then general admission is $33, and $38 once that tier’s gone. Grab yours.

Where do I park?

Street parking in the surrounding neighborhood. People live here and are kind enough to share it with us, so don’t block driveways, leave trash or cause trouble. Be cool to our neighbors so we can keep doing cool things here.

Can I bring a bag?

Skip it if you can. Small purses, bags and fanny packs up to 12" × 10" × 6" are fine. No backpacks, coolers, briefcases, luggage, laptop bags or camera bags.

Refunds?

No refunds.

Where is it?

Sound by the Sea, 325 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054. Open in Maps.