Skip The Needle: Bay Beats Launch Party
Bay Beats is rolling out 150 new albums onto our website this fall, and to celebrate we're throwing our Fourth Annual Launch Party at the Bandshell in Golden Gate Park. Each of the awesome, featured artists is new to Bay Beats in 2025:
5:00 - Skip the Needle - @skiptheneedle; Rock
4:00 - William Johnston's Extravagant Superband - @williamjohnstonbohrer; Soul/funk
3:00 - Frankie Maston - @frankiemaston; Afropop
2:00 - Spencer Noble - @goodforyourbones; Pop
This exciting lineup reflects the range of styles that makes Bay Beats an integral part of the Bay Area's vibrant music scene. Come out to the park and dance and sway to four dazzling bands!
But wait, there's more: giveaways, food trucks and games! This show is also brought to you by Amoeba Music, White Crate, BFF.fm, Illuminate and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Dept. Come meet them and other music organizations at the show. And when you get here, don't forget to put your hands in the air!!
Saturday, 10/24/2026, 2:00 - 6:00 PM
Goden Gate Park Bandshell
75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94118
The formidable female powerhouse known as Skip The Needle bring a depth of personal insight and performing experience to their politically astute hard rock/funk songcraft.
The Oakland-based quartet—featuring bassist/vocalist Vicki Randle, guitarist/vocalists Katie Cash and Shelley Doty, and drummer/vocalist Kofy Brown—deliver impressionable original tunes which reflect the musicians’ deeply-held ideals and wide-ranging musical aesthetic, with tight harmonies, shredding guitar solos and searing lead vocals.
Upon seeing Skip The Needle’s live performance video for the title track “We Ain’t Never Going Back,” legendary bass phenom Bootsy Collins shared the video on Facebook commenting, “Are Women Rockin’ Harder now?”
Or, as one observer recently said, “If Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Chrissie Hynde, and Chaka Khan all jammed together, this band would be the result. Skip The Needle is reckless, eclectic, fearless and fun, dedicated to love, and like nothing you’ve ever heard before.” Skip The Needle Rocks the Love.