Treasure Island Music Festival finds its new home in Oakland.

What you need to know.

2018-10-11 - By Jim Harrington >> jharrington@bayareanewsgroup.com

Rapper Pusha T is a featured performer this weekend as the Treasure Island Music Festival comes to Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland.

The first thing to know if you’re going to the Treasure Island Music Festival is, well, don’t go to Treasure Island. Sure, it would be a nice trip and all, but you won’t find the festival there. The popular event has moved off its namesake island and will be held Saturday and Sunday at its new home of Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland. This year’s top acts include A$AP Rocky, Pusha T, Santigold, Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala and Sharon Van Etten.

The festival had been held annually on Treasure Island from its inception in 2007 through 2016, until ongoing development and construction on the island made it necessary to search for a new site. It was scrapped in 2017 to allow the promoters — Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment — time to find the right home for the event.

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park is located in West Oakland on Middle Harbor Road, near Interstate 880 and Seventh Street, on the site of the former Oakland Naval Supply Depot. It is officially part of the Port of Oakland. The 38-acre park has held concerts before, including a Mumford and Sons show in 2011 and the two-day Blurry Vision festival with SZA, Migos and others in May.

Of course, one of the big selling points of the original setting was the glorious views from the island and promoters say that this new setting “will continue to offer festival-goers expansive views of the Bay, downtown San Francisco and the Bay Bridge,” according to a news release.

Here’s what you need to know about the 2018 Treasure Island Music Festival.

Details

When: Music is scheduled to run from noon to 9:55 p.m. both days.

Tickets: Single-day tickets are $105 general admission, $225 VIP. Two-day passes are $185 general admission, $345 VIP.

More information: www. TreasureIslandFestival.com

Recommended acts

Pusha T: Who’s the best act signed to Kanye West’s Good Music record label? Well, it’s definitely not Kanye West, at least if we are defining “best act” to mean the artist currently making the most captivating music. Instead, that title would have to go to Pusha T, who took over from West as label president in 2015. His third full-length album, “Daytona,” is in the running for best hip-hop album of the year, making Pusha T our top pick for this year’s festival. (7:35 p.m. Saturday)

U.S. Girls: Torontobased experimental-pop artist Meghan Remy had been making music for several years under the pseudonym U.S. Girls before signing with 4AD and releasing the 2015 breakthrough effort “Hail Free,” which went on to score a Juno Award nomination for alternative album of the year. Remy’s 2018 follow-up, “In a Poem Unlimited,” is another impressive outing that has garnered much critical acclaim. (4:20 p.m. Sunday)

A$AP Rocky: The rapper’s first two albums, 2013’s “Long. Live. A$AP” and 2015’s “At. Long. Last. A$AP,” were massive hits, both debuting at No. 1 on the charts and reaching platinum certification. The numbers haven’t been quite as impressive for Rocky’s

third outing, this year’s “Testing,” but it still managed to hit No. 4 on the charts and produce the popular single “Praise the Lord (Da Shine).” (8:25 p.m. Saturday)

Santigold: The Philadelphia singer-songwriter melds a dizzying array of sounds in her songs, ranging from hip-hop and pop to reggae and electronica.

Her latest (and fourth overall) album is “I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions,” which draws much inspiration from the Jamaican dance-hall tradition. (5:05 p.m. Saturday)

Amine: The Portland rapper grew up listening to everything from African music and Bob Marley to Erykah Badu and John Mayer, and that diversity of

influences can be heard in his music. (Well, to be honest, we are having a hard time picking up any Mayer influence.) His sophomore effort, this year’s “OnePointFive,” is a pretty convincing portrait of a young artist on the rise. (5:55 p.m. Saturday)

Courtney Barnett: The Australian indie-rock artist made a big splash with her debut album, “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit,” which was released to massive critical acclaim in 2015 and garnered Barnett a nomination for best new artist at the 2016 Grammy Awards. She returns to the Bay Area in support of her sophomore effort, “Tell Me How You Really Feel.” (5:05 p.m. Sunday)

Saturday set times

(headliners listed first) THE TOWN STAGE

• 8:25-9:55 p.m.: A$AP Rocky

• 6:40-7:35 p.m.: Silk City (Diplo plus Mark Ronson)

• 5:05-6:55 p.m.: Santigold

• 3:30-4:20 p.m.: Hiatus Kaiyote

• 2-2:45 p.m.: Moses Sumney

• 12:40-1:20 p.m.: JPEGMAFIA THE CITY STAGE

• 7:35-8:25 p.m.: Pusha T

• 5:55-6:40 p.m.: Amine

• 4:20-5:05 p.m.: Laff Trax (Toro y Moi and Nosaj Thing)

• 2:45-3:30 p.m.: Polo & Pan

• 1:20-2 p.m.: George Fitzgerald (Live)

• 12-12:40 p.m.: Gilligan Moss

Sunday set times

THE TOWN STAGE

• 8:25-9:55 p.m.: Tame Impala

• 6:40-7:35 p.m.: Lord Huron

• 5:05-5:55 p.m.: Courtney Barnett

• 3:30-4:20 p.m.: Sharon Van Etten

• 2- 2:45 p.m.: Alex Cameron

• 12:40-1:20 p.m.: Pond THE CITY STAGE

• 7:35-8:25 p.m.: Jungle

• 5:55-6:40 p.m.: Cigarettes After Sex

• 4:20-5:05 p.m.: U.S. Girls

• 2:45-3:30 p.m.: Shame

• 1:20-2 p.m.: Soccer Mommy

• 12-12:40 p.m.: serpentwithfeet

Transportation and parking

There is no parking at the festival, so leave the car at home. “The only way to get to and from the festival is via the official complimentary festival shuttle service at West Oakland BART or rideshare to the festival’s designated festival dropoff/pick-up area nearby,” according to a news release. Shuttles run in a continuous loop between the festival and the BART station, beginning at 11 a.m. each day.

Food lineup

Hungry? The following vendors will be serving food at the festival:

• Aburaya (Japanese, VIP ticket-holders only)

• Bling bling dumpling (Chinese dumplings and dim sum)

• Chicken and the Farm

• Churn Urban Creamery (VIP only)

• Coloso Coffee

• Curry Up Now (Indian)

• Endless Summer Sweets (funnel cakes)

• Gerard’s Paella

• Gourmet Faire (fancy festival food)

• Govinda’s Veggie Bomb (vegan/vegetarian)