Total Accord Fest Returning For Second Gathering Next Week
Total Accord Fest—a multi-week music gathering featuring a stacked collection of great local bands playing in iconic music clubs and venues throughout San Francisco—will return for its second rendition next week.
Hosted by Total Accord Agency, an artist booking and management outfit focusing exclusively on Bay Area talent, the festival will run from June 3 – 20, highlighted by headlining performers The Seshen and Brijean.
The lineup is a ridiculously great collection of local favorites, including Al Harper, Marika Christine, Anna Hillburg, Mild Universe, Yea-Ming and the Rumors, Elujay, Outer Sunset and Silverware. The acts performing at Total Accord Fest represent a dizzying array of sounds, including neo-soul, psych-pop, indie rock, Americana, janglepop and electronica. The program was designed to be as diverse as possible, said Tyla Jones, founder of Total Accord.
“We want to reflect that the Bay Area is a melting pot of all different types of people,” said Jones. “We’re not trying to represent just one scene or one sound as an agency—that’s why the festival lineup looks the way it does.”
The event will launch next Wednesday with a festival kickoff party at Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco’s most venerable music venue. That show will feature For Horses, Outer Sunset and Davia Schendel.
Over the next two-plus weeks, the fest will shift around a litany of beloved local clubs, including El Rio, the Independent, 4 Star Theater, Café du Nord and Kilowatt, among others. The Seshen headlining show will happen on June 7 at the 4 Star Theater and the Brijean show will take place on June 11 at the Rickshaw Stop.
Nearly all the acts performing at Total Accord Fest are signed with the talent management company, a reflection of the agency’s growing resonance within the local music ecosystem.
A Bay Area native, Jones spent her adolescence attending live shows throughout the region. She moved to San Francisco in 2005 and began a side career as DJ Tylawave, immersing herself in the local scene by spinning vinyl and opening for the likes of Thee Sacred Souls, Os Mutantes, LA Witch and Fantastic Negrito.
While working mainly in the nonprofit sector for most of her time in the city, Jones stayed deeply involved with music, and eventually she took on talent booking roles for the Chapel and El Rio. Buoyed from that experience and encouraged by the likes of musician pals such as Galine Tumasyan, Jones launched Total Accord Agency in 2024.
“There was a moment after I left the Chapel that I started with a small boutique agency based in LA, where I kind of learned the ropes of booking and management, and it really caught on locally here,” said Jones. “Friends started asking me questions about routing tours and that kind of stuff. That’s when I realized I could just do this on my own—to start something where I just basically work with my friends on this.”
Since Jones founded the agency two years ago, Total Accord’s roster has exploded—with the total number of acts tripling in size. Last year’s Total Accord Fest was much smaller in scale, making the logistics and planning for the 2026 version more complicated, Jones said. Because of the work needed to carry out an operation of this kind, Jones said that Total Accord Fest probably won’t be an annual event.
“I really want to focus on our mission, which is to be a booking agency and talent management company—not a promoter,” said Jones. “We want to make these kinds of showcases really special, so when the time is right, we’ll make it happen.”
That limited edition feature of Total Accord Fest makes this year’s gathering all the more special. In addition to uplifting dozens of Bay Area artists, Total Accord is also partnering with local mainstays White Crate and BFF.fm to stage the festival, making it a truly unique and special event for the community. Local artist Michael Bridgmon—also known asJames Wavey—managed artwork for the fest, as well.
“When I started Total Accord, I wanted to combine my love of music with my background in community organizing,” said Jones. “Having a strong mission statement of what we believe in—zero discrimination of any kind, for example—was such a key element of the agency. I’m being true to who I am, and it’s amazing to see people respond to that. We don’t want to think of ourselves as just an agency—we want to be a part of a community with like-minded values. And I think this festival represents that vision.”
Show Details:
Total Accord Fest:
Where: Venues throughout San Francisco
When: June 3 – June 20
Tickets: Available for purchase at participating venues
More details: www.totalaccordagency.com