Total Accord Fest Returns for Year Two Across San Francisco

Total Accord Fest is back for its second year, taking over venues across San Francisco from June 3 through June 20, 2026. What started as a bold experiment in 2025 has quickly become a cornerstone of the Bay Area's summer calendar—a sprawling, multi-venue celebration of music, culture, and community that refuses to be pinned down to a single stage or sound.

The festival is the brainchild of Total Accord Agency, a San Francisco-based creative agency founded in early 2024 by Tyla Jones. With roots in the city's underground scene—previously involved with El Rio, The Chapel, and the Join the Movement Coalition—Jones built Total Accord around a simple but radical idea: artist representation should be about uplifting talent, not extracting it. The agency focuses on artist bookings and management, advocating for Bay Area artists to reach wider audiences while staying true to their values and their unique approaches to music.

This year's lineup reflects that philosophy. The Seshen, the Oakland-based band known for their hypnotic blend of R&B, electronic textures, and live instrumentation, headline a roster that spans genres and generations. Brijean, the percussion-forward project from Brijean Murphy, brings her signature tropical-influenced dance grooves to the bill. Elujay, the Oakland rapper and singer whose smooth delivery has made him a staple of the Bay's indie-rap ecosystem, is set to perform. Family Not a Group, a rising collective making waves with their genre-blurring sound, round out the announced names—with more guests still to be revealed.

But Total Accord Fest is not just a concert series. The programming stretches across two weeks and multiple venues, weaving in drag performances, film screenings, DJ sets, and food pop-ups. It's designed as an immersive experience, one that mirrors the eclectic energy of San Francisco itself. You might catch a daytime screening at a neighborhood spot, dance to a late-night DJ set in a warehouse, and grab a bite from a local pop-up between sets—all under the umbrella of the same festival.

The choice of venues matters. Rather than consolidating everything into a single mega-stage, Total Accord Fest disperses its energy across the city, turning neighborhood bars, galleries, and intimate rooms into temporary festival grounds. It's a deliberate move that keeps the event grounded in the community that birthed it.

For Jones and Total Accord Agency, the festival is both a statement and a proof of concept. In an industry that often treats artists as content factories, Total Accord operates from what they describe as a "non-hierarchical standpoint"—collaborative, professional, and organized, but never at the expense of the artists' autonomy or vision.

By definition, accord means to provide power, agency, and recognition in a harmonious agreement. Total Accord Fest is that agreement made audible—and visible, and tangible—across San Francisco for two weeks this June.

Schedule & Tickets

A selection of confirmed Total Accord Fest 2026 shows. Full lineup and additional dates are on the Total Accord public programming page.

• June 3 — Bottom of the Hill. Tickets
• June 4 — El Rio (BFF night show). Tickets
• June 5 — El Rio (BFF happy hour). Tickets
• June 7 — 4-Star Theater, The Seshen live. Tickets
• June 10 — Café du Nord: Grooblen, Heaven's Club, Al Harper, tucheetta. Tickets
• June 13 — The Independent: Elujay. Tickets
• June 14 — Neck of the Woods: Peña, The Breathing Room, Miss Hits. Tickets
• June 17 — Café du Nord: Plummet, UFO Baby, Anna Hillburg, Asha Wells. Tickets