Ground Control Touring has once again organized its annual abortion access benefit concerts throughout the United States to raise money for Noise for Now, tapping Sharp Pins, Been Stellar, Lip Critic, and many more bands to perform next year. The series takes place on Saturday, January 24, 2026 in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, Texas, with a different lineup in each city. Tickets are on sale.
Sharp Pins, Been Stellar, Widowspeak, @, and more are slated for the New York show at Bowery Ballroom; Tobacco City, Good Flying Birds, This House Is Creaking, Action/Adventure, and others will perform in Chicago at Empty Bottle; Shannon Shaw, Diners, Harmony Tividad, and more are tapped for Los Angeles at Lodge Room; and Ritual, Holy Wave, and Quiet Light, among many more, will play in Austin, Texas, at Hotel Vegas. Check out the full schedule on the poster below.
All proceeds raised from each benefit concert will go to Noise for Now, which will allocate those funds to local independent abortion clinics and abortion funds in each region: Access Reproductive Justice, the Afiya Center’s SYS Fund, Chicago Abortion Fund, Jane’s Due Process, New York Abortion Access Fund, Northwest Abortion Access Fund, and independent abortion clinics in California, Illinois, and New York through Keep Our Clinics.
Last year, Noise for Now wrangled together the second volume of its compilation series benefitting independent abortion providers. The benefit album features songs by Faye Webster, David Byrne, and the War on Drugs, among others.
