Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

[2] The project began in 1996, when San Francisco musician Jeff Ray decided to showcase eight Bay Area independent musicians in a one-day event at El Rio bar in the Mission District, and called it a festival.

Andre Perry, one of the festival's producers sums up their position saying, "Basically, we're not interested in companies without any responsibility or connection to the local community.

[5] The first person in San Francisco to book harpist Joanna Newsom, was MCMAF producers Neil Martinson and Jon Fellman.

Former Mission Creek acts include Devendra Banhart, Deerhoof, Erase Errata, The Oh Sees, Kelley Stoltz, Rogue Wave, and Vetiver, all of whom developed national followings.

Jennifer "Kiyomi" Tanouye, who had help run the festival for many years starting in 2006, had died in the 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire.