Four Tet starts 2027 on the waterfront at Pier 48

Kieran Hebden's Four Tet headlines Pier 48's Shed A on Saturday, Jan. 2 — a big-room date for an artist whose 2026 was full of surprises.

The holidays end, the hangovers fade, and on the first Saturday of 2027 San Francisco gets a proper reason to go dancing again. Four Tet has announced a headline night at Pier 48's Shed A on the waterfront, and it's the kind of booking that quietly resets the city's calendar for the new year.

Four Tet plays Pier 48's Shed A on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale through AXS. The show was announced Nov. 2, so this is early-bird territory, and for an act that typically headlines rooms of around 5,000, it's worth moving before the holiday rush eats everyone's attention.

Four Tet's 2026 gave fans plenty to talk about. In July, Resident Advisor reported that he had released a surprise album under his Wingdings alias — his first full-length under that name, an eight-track record that turned up on vinyl the month before it reached streaming services. Stereogum called it an "internet-breaking" release when it went live on streaming. Later that month, a Four Tet release titled "Human Voice" appeared on his own Text Records, per its Traxsource listing. For an artist who has never been shy about dropping music without warning, it was a typically restless year.

That restlessness is what makes a Four Tet headline set worth showing up for. He has spent years moving between albums, aliases, club edits and festival stages, and the live show tends to pull from all of it — melodic, textured electronic music that works as well for people who came to listen as for people who came to move.

San Francisco knows the drill. Last New Year's, Four Tet was part of a two-night holiday event in the city alongside Swedish House Mafia and Skrillex, as DJ Mag reported when it was announced. This time he has the night to himself, two days into the new year.

For an act that typically headlines rooms of around 5,000, it's worth moving before the holiday rush.

The venue is part of the appeal. Shed A at Pier 48 is a waterfront space rather than a club or theater, which suits a show built around a big sound system and a crowd that wants room to dance. A January night on the Embarcadero side of town is going to be cold, so dress for the walk in and out, and plan the ride home before you leave — late-night transit and rideshare demand around the waterfront can be unpredictable after a big show lets out.

Tickets are via AXS at the link above. If last year's run of surprise releases is any guide, expect a set that doesn't stand still — and a pretty good way to decide what 2027 is going to sound like.

Sources: Four Tet releases surprise album as Wingdings — Resident Advisor (de.ra.co); Four Tet — Stereogum (stereogum.com); Human Voice — Traxsource (traxsource.com); Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex and Four Tet play two-night New Year's event in San Francisco — DJ Mag (djmag.com); Four Tet tickets — AXS (axs.com); Four Tet at Pier 48's Shed A — JamBase (jambase.com)