Cruel World: 7 cool festival acts you can catch in the Bay Area

Not planning on making the trek south to catch the big s music celebration known as Cruel World at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May Well that s OK because a number of the festival s coolest acts also have gigs scheduled in the Bay Area Here s a look at specific of the shows Clan of Xymox The dark wave music pioneers from the Netherlands play the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on on May p m gamh com She Past Away This Turkish post-punk act which also tends to get lumped into the dark wave subgenre visits the Great American one day after Xymox on May p m gamh com The Go-Go s These amazing Rock and Roll Hall of Famers known for such early s smashes as Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got the Beat perform at the Warfield in San Francisco on May p m and up axs com Buzzcocks The finest pop-punk outfit of all time hits Harlow s in Sacramento on May and the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on May p m Sacramento Santa Cruz buzzcocks com events Nick Cave the Bad Seeds Cave one of the preponderance magnetic performers in all of rock leads the Bad Seeds back into the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on May p m and up apeconcerts com Related Articles North Bay concert series is set for its biggest year ever in Beyonc debuts her Cowboy Carter Tour with a moving and masterful show at SoFi Stadium Christian music s hottest artist is playing Northern California dates At Coachella festival a percent increase in arrests First look at Cowboy Carter tour merch stage and specialty drinks in Los Angeles Madness Go One Step Beyond with this legendary British ska-pop act that sets up shop on May at Channel in Sacramento and May at the Fox Theater in Oakland p m and up Sacramento and up Oakland apeconcerts com Alison Moyet The vocalist best known for being one half of the synth-pop duo Yazoo aka Yaz takes the stage at the Fillmore in San Francisco on May p m and up livenation com