Mission Creek Festival - April 3, 2025

MCF kicks off TODAY at Hancher 🥳

Kim Gordon headlines MCF tonight 👀 ...

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Mission Creek starts TONIGHT!

The day has finally come... Here's your breakdown of tonight's events at Hancher Auditorium. And if you haven't snagged a pass yet, it's not too late!

The Box Office is open for pass pickup/purchase from 10am - 4pm at The Englert today, and then opens at 4:30pm at Hancher when doors open. The house opens up at 5:30pm, with guests able to enjoy concessions in the lobby from 4:30 to 5:30pm. Artist and festival merch will be available for purchase in the Englert and Hancher lobby. Check out the official Mission Creek T-shirt below!

And to help you out, HERE is a handy dandy pdf festival schedule guide, with performance times and venues for our 35+ events this weekend!
SEE FULL SCHEDULE GUIDE
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Rachel Kushner, in reading and conversation with Kim Gordon
Hancher Auditorium @ 6:00 PM

The night kicks off with Rachel Kushner, leading readings, conversation and a Q&A with Kim Gordon! Rachel is the author of the novels CREATION LAKE, THE MARS ROOM, THE FLAMETHROWERS, and TELEX FROM CUBA, a book of short stories, THE STRANGE CASE OF RACHEL K, and THE HARD CROWD: ESSAYS 2000-2020. She has won the Prix Médicis and been a finalist for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, the James Tait Black Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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LA LOM
Hancher Auditorium @ 7:30 PM
 
The music starts with instrumental group LA LOM. The Los Angeles League of Musicians are an instrumental trio formed in Los Angeles in 2021. They blend the sounds of Cumbia Sonidera, 60’s soul ballads and classic romantic boleros that emanate from radios, backyard parties and dance clubs of Los Angeles with the twang of Peruvian Chicha and Bakersfield Country.
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Kim Gordon
Hancher Auditorium @ 8:45 PM
 
The festival caps off its first night with its headliner Kim Gordon! The indie giant comes to Mission Creek after missing her original Creek date in 2020, a long awaited performance! As a member of the band Sonic Youth and a creator of award-winning solo albums, Kim Gordon has a large catalogue to select from with her set at Mission Creek, so don't miss it. See you there!
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