About this Event
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Crucial Reggae Sundays presents
Dub Mission’s 30th Anniversary Celebration
with DJ Sep, Vinnie Esparza and Maneesh the Twister
at Golden Gate Park Bandshell / Music Concourse: 75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
4:20 pm to 7:30 pm / Free / All Ages
We’re looking forward to seeing old friends and playing some good music, Dub Mission style, in Golden Gate Park. Come through for this one-time-only, family-friendly event, presented by Crucial Reggae Sundays.
Dub Mission showcased dub, roots reggae, and dancehall in the San Francisco Bay Area regularly from 1996 to 2019, making it one of the longest-running reggae parties in the world. It has been voted Bay Area’s Best Reggae Club five times: in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. From the very beginning, Dub Mission was intent on giving classic and modern dub its due, making it a rare sort of reggae party. Luckily this period of time has also coincided with a great resurgence of interest in dub music through onstage performances and re-issues. Dub Mission has devoted special nights to the music of various reggae greats, including Bob Marley, Lee Perry, King Tubby, The Scientist, and Prince Far I. Throughout we also showcased classic roots, killer dancehall, and deep hybrid cuts. Artists from all over the world and the U.S. have performed at Dub Mission. A partial list includes: The Scientist, Adrian Sherwood (ON-U Sound System), Mad Professor (Ariwa Sound System), Mungo’s Hi Fi with Soom T & Solo Banton, Prince Fatty Sound System with Hollie Cook, Tippa Irie (Saxon Sound System), Zion Train, Overproof Sound System, DJ Vadim, Poland’s Radikal Guru and Dreadsquad, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System (Holland), Florian Seyberth (Boozoo Bajou/Germany), Dubblestandart (Austria), Pitch Black (New Zealand), Addis Pablo (Jamaica), Nickodemus (Turntables on the Hudson), Subatomic Sound System, dr Israel, Blakkamoore, Tino Corp (Jack Dangers &, Ben Stokes), and many others. Read more about Dub Mission here: https://djsep.com/dub_mission/
Live sets at Dub Mission: https://soundcloud.com/djsep/sets/dub-mission-sets-1
DJ Sep is a long-time San Francisco Bay Area DJ and producer, and the founder of Dub Mission. She spins dub, reggae, dancehall, bass, Jungle/DnB, Afrobeats, and more. Sep has spun at festivals and clubs in Spain, the U.K., Canada, Mexico, many cities in the U.S., and most clubs in the greater Bay Area, and has presented and opened for a long list of reggae and electronic artists, including Lee Perry, The Scientist, Mad Professor, Sister Nancy, The Wailers, King Yellowman, Sly & Robbie, Toots and The Maytals, Mykal Rose, Mungo's Hi Fi, Adrian Sherwood, Tippa Irie, Quantic, Akae Beka and many others. www.djsep.com
Vinnie Esparza has been a staple of the S.F. DJ scene and spun at various parties around the City for decades. In 2000, Vinnie won "Best Local DJ" in the Bay Guardian's "Best of the Bay" edition. The next year he won the City Search Editor's Award for "Best Local DJ." He has also been nominated for "Best Local DJ" in the SF Weekly in both 2001 and 2003. Vinnie was the first DJ to play the Monterey Jazz Festival on their 50th Anniversary and was asked to return the following year. He has also been asked to spin the Quebec City Jazz Festival, and was again their first-ever DJ booking. He has compiled the Loose & Juicy collection for Vanguard Records, Viva CuBop 2 for Ubiquity Records and coordinated the reissue of Bobby Montez's Jungle Fantastique for the same label. Vinnie spins a wide variety of music including roots reggae, jazz, hip hop, and soul to name only a few. www.djvinnie.net
Maneesh the Twister is a founder of Surya Dub, co-founder of the Asian underground Dhamaal artist collective and resident of Dub Mission. He hosted eclectic radio shows on KUSF 90.3FM & KPFA 94.1FM for many years. He has brought dubwize and global bass communities from around the world together, having toured around the U.S., India, U.K., Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Bali. Maneesh was voted Best Club DJ in 2007 by SF Bay Guardian, along with both Surya Dub and Dhamaal Club Nights winning Best of the Bay in both the SF Bay Guardian and SF Weekly multiple times. Maneesh has shared the stage with legendary Jamaican producers Lee Scratch Perry & Scientist, Adrian Sherwood, Mala, The Bug & Warrior Queen, Flying Lotus, Mad Professor, Thievery Corporation, Francois K, Kode 9, State of Bengal, Om Unit, Kahn & Neek/Gorgon Sound, Smith & Mighty/RSD, Nickodemus, DJ Vadim, Marcus Visionary, Liondub, Alpha Steppa, Z-Trip, Antiserum, Roommate/Babylon System, Kush Arora, Poirier, Dan the Automator, Lyrics Born, Radikal Guru, and Rob Paine. www.instagram.com/suryadubsf/
Crucial Reggae Sundays brings free, family-friendly reggae music to the historic Bandshell at Music Concourse in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, most Sundays from 4:20 to 7:30 pm. Produced by Illuminate LIVE and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, the series is hosted by residents Irie Dole (Jah Warrior Shelter Hi-Fi), Guidance (Infinite Guidance Sound/Nice Up Radio), and DJ Sep (Dub Mission), and features special guest live performances and DJ sets every week. Crucial Reggae Sundays is part of Illuminate’s free music series in the park, featuring more than 125 concerts this year, on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday afternoons, plus select Saturdays, through November 23rd. Over the past four years, Illuminate LIVE has made the 125-year-old Bandshell a hub for diverse musical genres and legendary performances, with more than 600 free shows attracting nearly 1 million music lovers to the park’s Music Concourse. https://www.instagram.com/crucialreggaesundayssf/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Golden Gate Park Bandshell, Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, United States
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