OffBeat Music Festival

Oct 2-4, 2025 • Reno, NV • 3 days. 60+ performances. Dozens of groovy artists. From psych to soul, funk to punk, and beyond — “Lend Your Ears, Lose Your Fears!"

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You were patient, you did your breathing exercises, you even made sure to go to the bathroom when the bill came at din-din last Weds. Time to reward yourself for such disciplined behavior…

EARLY 🐦 TIX ON SALE NOW! 🎟️🤘😼

https://t.co/GfVdKDDceC • 9/30–10/2 • #offbeatfest

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Basically, 2020 ate some of our venues and cut our fest capacity in half. So if you want to guarantee yourself a rip-roaring weekend at OB21, you have to buy a wristband. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ Might as well snag an early bird ticket and save yourself some beerbucks. Cheep cheap, baby sheep!

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WE’RE BACK, BOO-THANGS. Peep the bio for dates. We promise never to skip another year of OffBeat Music Festival… EVER!! (I mean, unless one of you skunknuts eats something weird and the whole world has to go on timeout again).

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Happy mid-Jan! Now that we're all back to our frightfully boring lives and regular drinking habits, let's talk OffBeat. We're coming in hot 10/1–10/3 this year. That means there's time to book your fave up-and-coming bands. So tell us, baby boids: who do you wanna see at OB2020?

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Thank you all. Artists, venue peeps, volunteers, and all you crazy cats who come out and give us a reason to do this thing.

You made this the best year yet. Until next time.

Now get some rest, babes.

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Mestizo Beat will take you to Parliament meets the Meters meets Fela meets WAR meets pre-Rob-Thomas Santana territory w/o having to suffer through a night of your buddy repeating "Oh wait, you gotta hear this entire record first." Sat nite @ @CraftReno! https://t.co/PjeXsiPUpN

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LA math rock monsters @wearestandards don't just give it a little tappy tap-tap tap-a-roo and call it a freakin' day. This LA duo ensures the angle of their jangle gets wild, melodic, and even hip-swayably dancy, to boot.

Catch their all-ages groove at @hollandproject Sat nite!

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ONE WEEK OUT! Ready to party? NOT if you don't have your wristband, goofball! 🙀 Do yourself a favor and save yourself some trouble and avoid yourself the hassle and nab yourself one right now!*

🤘: https://t.co/PjeXsiPUpN

*Sorry, that was supposed to be "meow"

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If you took SoCal beach ska, slathered a tube of early punk on its patchy-haired chest, then wore a stanked-out cowboy boot made of 70s proto-stoner rock and kicked its bong-brain square in the bum, you might end up with @NOWHERELANDUSA.

Fri 10/4: 40 Mile
Sat 10/5: Rec'd Recs

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Thankfully, @CraftReno doesn't sell that calorie-shaming @skinnygirlvodka stuff b/c 2nd up for Off Beat's 10/5 Funk Friday showcase is @MoreFatter who will fill that back room with their brassy, sassy, bumpin', thumpin' funk-rock-jazz fusion. Wanna get your steps in? Come groove.

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If an angel got sent to Earth to save pound puppies, puff Camels, and stare misty-eyed—yet still smiling—down dusky Reno alleyways, we think it'd sound like @werewolf_club kicking off Saturday night 10/5 at the Cup.

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Grab those wristbands: https://t.co/PjeXsiPUpN

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After touring the world for over a decade with his band of cowboys, @brentamaker has turned to a group of female assassins as his next generation of musical comrades. His DeathSquad are coming to TLC Sat 10/5 to deliver the hurt and take no prisoners.

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CA's @whiskermanlives ain't your step-granddad's psych-pop freak-folk sitar-soul freak-violin rock.

What, he doesn't believe us? Show him this. Then bring him to see these aural sorcerers close out Friday's soon-to-be-legendary showcase at The Saint. https://t.co/czfY4GTgza

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Meet @The_Black_Tones.

Fuzzy. Rowdy. Rock n Roll. Saviors.

Don’t miss these grunge-soul superstars showing you the future of rock at St. James Infirmary on Saturday, October 5th with @TheShivas , Tino Drima, and MELK.

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Surf’s up at @SheasTavernReno. Snag your tix at https://t.co/GfVdKDDceC or forever be known as a “goober”. “@GuantanamoBW conjures up a swampy fusion of surf, garage rock, and rockabilly that suggests the Cramps hitting the beach midway through a drunken bender.” - Mark Deming

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In case you didn't know we loved you, we've booked psychedelic/cumbia/spaghetti western superstar cantantes @TropaMagica to deliver you from all the boring dumps you've been listening to lately. Snag your wristbands to see these sonic trailblazers at https://t.co/GfVdKDDceC

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Hometown Tahoe folk heroes @dwcarpenters have been proving for years that their energetic brand of Americana is not to be missed—even at @highsierramusic Fest—and now they’re finally playing Off Beat. Get ready to get rowdy, Reno. Snag those wristbands! https://t.co/PjeXsiPUpN

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Be early for this one! Ezra Lipp (ALO, Phil Lesh & Friends, Sean Hayes) + Steve Adams (ALO, Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers) + Roger Reidbauer (Jolie Holland, Mercury Falls) = @MagicInTheOther and let's just say it's definitely gonna be your jam. Sat nite at @ChapelTavern, cuties!

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🌈👩‍👧‍👧 "@rainbowgirrs are an eclectic trio comprised of 3 unique musical talents—Vanessa May, Erin Chapin, and Caitlin Gowdey—who seamlessly combine heart-wrenching harmonies, emotive guitar work, and poignant lyrical content into an unusually beautiful sonic tapestry.”

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We're thrilled to have one of the hardest working bands in the world grace the fest. Feat. 2 local musicians, "@ylabamba suffuses their dream pop soundscapes with beguiling cumbia and mariachi rhythms"
@RollingStone

So buckle up, buttercup. It's party time.