Mosswood Meltdown
Mosswood Park
3612 Webster St.
Oakland
July 19 & 20, 2025
East Bay punks, friends, freaks, and music lovers of all sorts gathered last weekend in Mosswood Park for the favorite festival of, well, oddballs. It was hosted, as ever, by the filthiest filmmaker available, John Waters, and featured eighteen acts over two days, along with local vendors, bites, and free bangs for any soul brave enough to partake.
BLEACHED sang for a sweating crowd below an intense midafternoon sun.
LA sisters serenaded, the crowd swooned and swayed.
Before the Osees took the stage.
Many took to surfing and general thrashing-about—including one overzealous dancer (we’re being kind) who dumped the majority of a michelada on my head…Sticky. But that’s just the cost of rock n roll, right?
DEVO closed out the night with a bang.
The DEVO-lution is upon us.
And a whole lotta energy—pretty incredible showing from two frontmen in their seventies.
The crowd, feelin’ it.
Sunday brought cloudier skies, but no less fierce fashions.
The people watching, the other reason to attend aside from getting ear-blasted by your faves, did not disappoint.
Lady Tigra and Bunny D — better yet, L’Trimm — ...
They like the cars….
... brought big '80s/'90s hip-hop duo energy to a highly enthusiastic crowd, who got especially pumped for the cars—the cars with the boom ...
WE LIKE THE CARS
... followed by Kreayshawn’s first performance in 10 years.
Kreayshawn and her hype kitty (who was….a lil naughty, and very very sassy).
Her fans ate her up, screaming every lyric and readily obliging the request for a hot girl mosh pit.
Kreayshawn’s fans have not been in hiding, even if the artist has.
La Luz dazzled, shimmered, and psychedelic’d their way through a supremely pleasant set, complete with worm-off.
Bottom left, Professor Worm joined for a brief moment of contest and dance.
Vocal powerhouse Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams took the sunset slot Sunday.
Shannon and her clams.
Their super tight, engaging set provided a slick transition from the soothing sounds of La Luz into the more riotous BRATMOBILE, the festival’s closing act.
Some attendees came more committed to their looks than others.
But plenty of bright hair, fun head gear, and animal prints were visible at every turn.
Colors on colors! and Tennessee Grindcore.
Keep your eyes peeled for future (comic) coverage of the festival by Rita Sapunor.
Mosswood Meltdown 2026 tickets available for presale now.
