Ticket Alert: Kendrick Lamar at Oracle Park in San Francisco

Kendrick Lamar has announced a show with SZA in San Francisco on May 29, 2025, in yet another victory lap after scoring the song of the year. Tickets go on sale this week, including an early onsale with a presale code. Here’s how to get them.

Presale tickets for Kendrick go on sale Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, and because we live in a corporate dystopia, they’re only available to Cash App Visa cardholders. Ticketmaster, as usual, doesn’t provide details about what that means.

Here’s what to know.

You can get a Cash App Visa card by opening the Cash App app and selecting the rectangular card icon at the bottom, second from the left. Select “Get Your Free Card.” Choose the free option, enter your street address, and — because we live in a surveillance dystopia — enter your social security number. Scroll past a bunch of terms and conditions that nobody reads, hit “continue,” and you’re done.

Your physical card will show up in the mail later, but you can still use your card number to buy tickets. Select the card icon at the bottom of the app again, and your virtual card will be displayed. Tap the “eye” icon in the upper right of the card to show the full card number.

Then, about 10-15 minutes before 10 a.m. Pacific Time, go to the San Francisco show ticket link (you may be put in a “waiting room”) and enter the first nine digits of your Cash App Visa card. That is your presale code which will unlock the presale, and when you finally see a seat map and select the tickets you want, you’ll have to buy the tickets using your Cash App card number.

You will also need to active your card and pre-load money into your Cash App balance before this entire process; the card is not a conventional credit card, and works more like a debit card. How much money, you may wonder? Who knows, because we live in a consumerist dystopia, and Ticketmaster refuses to advertise ticket prices before the onsale, while Cash App will be happy for you to anxiously pre-load $1,000 on their card and then forget about your remaining balance afterward.

If you want to skip this labyrinthian nonsense and take your chances with the general public onsale, that happens on Friday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Oracle Park holds over 40,000 people. If you’re okay with sitting in the stands, you might be good.