23rd Annual “Unsilent Night” SF’s Boombox Xmas Parade in The Mission (2025)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Unsilent Night is a participatory sound artwork by composer Phil Kline, an ethereal, electronic soundscape played by the audience on boomboxes carried through city streets.

Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a MP3 or through the app. All four tracks played simultaneously comprise Unsilent Night.

Bring a boombox, portable speaker, or anything that amplifies music, loaded with one of the piece’s four tracks. When we’re all assembled, we’ll push play in unison and walk through the Mission back alleys as the piece unfolds.

Download the tracks or download the app at: unsilentnight.com/participate
(PLEASE DOWNLOAD PRIOR TO MEETING UP)

23rd Annual Unsilent Night San Francisco – THE MISSION
Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 7p
Meet at Dolores Park, 18th and Dolores, San Francisco
FREE – RSVP on Facebook

• Please arrive at Mission Dolores Park (by the tennis courts at the corner of 18th & Dolores) by 7 pm, ready to “Hit Play” for the 7:20 pm liftoff!
• We will complete the 60 minute stroll back at Mission Dolores Park.
• This is a free, public event for all ages. The more participants, the better it sounds, so please invite your friends.

BONUS SAN FRANCISCO EVENT FOR 2025 – PACIFIC HEIGHTS
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 6-7p
Golden Gate Valley Library Branch, 1801 Green St. @ Octavia, SF
FREE – Learn More

Gather in front of the Golden Gate Valley library for this special holiday event. Each participant simultaneously plays one of four pre-recorded tracks from a mobile device that amplifies music as we walk together on a pre-determined 45 minute route that will take us to the nearby Marina branch library and back to the Golden Gate Valley branch. No steep hills!

Since 1992, Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night has been performed each December in cities around the world.

Here is some video of the event and an interview with Phil Kline: https://youtu.be/kpM7wEF9Tmk

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.