RAD Newsletter

Crazy way to end 2025, but RIP Chain Reaction. The iconic Orange County venue is shutting it’s doors after nearly 30 years of providing an All Ages platform for rising artists. They have a handful of final sold out shows this week with Nova Charisma, Stick To Your Gun, 18 Visions, Movements and Militarie Gun. Hope you got tickets 🪦 Here’s a video I found from the first show I ever attended at Chain Reaction back in 2009 with Molotov Solution. WATCH HERE. Ugh, simpler times. Share your favorite memory from Chain Reaction with us.

RAD ALUMNI RELEASE

Our RAD Friends of 2026 playlist is now live on Spotify and Tidal!! Give it a follow, who knows, maybe we’ll release lineups on here before they’re announced 👀👀

FEATURED SHOW

Fresno’s rave crews are coming together for UNITY SESSION. Delta, Bon Voyage, Black Market Collective, Casa De Untz, LMC, Este Noche, Forest Raves & Lame Events are giving every dollar, toy and can of food directly to Boys & Girls Club, Toys for Tots and local shelters. House, minimal, techno, bass — every sound these crews bring is part of the same heartbeat. Unity Session turns that energy into something real for the kids and families who need us most.

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Go to our friends’ shows:

- Central California -

• Dec 16th - The Haunt, Himalayas, CHEZ at Strummer’s 🪨

• Dec 16th - Joyce Manor(Acoustic Set) at Tioga Sequoia (FREE SHOW) 😢

• Dec 18th - EL VEZ & The Centuries, Duderella at Tower Theatre 🪨

• Dec 18th - Secrets, Twin Cities, Red Keep at Fulton 55 🤘🪨

• Dec 19th - Co:Lab at Veni Vidi Vicis 🕺

• Dec 19th - Toys For Tots ft Entice, In Balance in Fresno 🤘

• Dec 19th - Eyes Set To Kill, Lauren Babic, Stitched Up Heart at Fulton 55 🪨

• Dec 20th - Guaya, Cheridomingo, Brujoz, and Gav at Strummer’s 🌻😢🍕

• Dec 20th - Club Spellbound at The Fifth Quarter 🦇

• Dec 26th - Markus Schulz at Fulton 55 🕺

• Dec 27th - Monophonics at Fulton 55 🕺

• Dec 27th - Resolution 2025 ft: ARMNHMR, Kompany at Valdez Hall 🕺

• Dec 28th - T.H.C. and Friends at Fulton 55 🕺

• Dec 31st - Deorro at Rainbow Ballroom 🕺

• Jan 4th - Inspite, Dear Distance, Get Well at Great Room 🤘🪨

- Southern California -

• TONIGHT - Bounce Tribe, Juicy Rubies, Maria at Harvard & Stone (FREE SHOW) 🪨

• Dec 18th - Tropa Magica, Carlos y Charlos at Alex’s Bar 🪨

• Dec 19th - Stonehaven, Outcome, Inviscera, Dethroned at DBZ  🤘

• Dec 19th - 03 Greedo at Catch One 🎤

• Dec 20th - Smother , Katrina, Chess Club, Uztar, Tired Eyes at DBZ 🤘

• Dec 20th - ROOLER at The Vermont 🕺

• Dec 20th - Big Ass Truck, Smoked909, Load Tha Nine at The Roxy 🤘

• Dec 20th - Secrets, Twin Cities at Garden Amp 🤘🪨

• Dec 20th - Cattle Decapitation, Aborted, Frozen Soul at The Belasco 🤘

• Dec 21st - Maxo Kream at The Roxy 🎤

• Dec 26th - ONLYNUMBERS at The Vermont 🕺

• Dec 26th - Murs at Stage Red 🎤

• Dec 26th - J.Worra at Sound Nightclub 🕺

• Dec 27th - FUMI, PALØ & TORSTEN at The Circle OC 🕺

• Dec 27th - OHGEESY at Don Quixote 🎤

• Dec 27th - RL Grime at Academy 🕺

• Jan 2nd - RayBurger at Exchange LA 🕺

Don’t live in these areas? Are there events that we’re missing? Let us know and we’ll start sharing related events near you!!

Upcoming RAD shows

-MARCH 17th-

Four Stroke Baron, Cyborg Octopus and Snooze hit Strummer's on RAD Music’s Bday with Artificial Language!! This will be an early show! Tickets are on sale NOW

Got some fond memories from a RAD show? Share them with us!

New Music Recommendations

The French experimental black metal legends, Blut Aus Nord, released their brand new record Ethereal Horizons. This record is truly a cosmic battering. Give it a spin and ascend. FFO: Ulcerate, Blackbraid, Wolves In The Throne Room, White Ward.

Want some other new music to listen to? I compiled my favorite new records at: