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WEDNESDAY 8
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls, Royal Monsters Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Blackstone Heist, Deathjazz, Lloyd’s Garage Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
*Blind Guardian, Holy Grail, Seven Kingdoms Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $26.
Chairman Wow Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
Greenhornes, Hacienda Independent. 8pm, $15.
David Liebe Hart, Hot Panda, Chris Thayer, Donny Divinian Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Reckless Kelly Slim’s. 8pm, $16.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Belanova Fillmore. 8pm, $39.50.
Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm.
Farmer Dave Scher, Chapin Sisters, Neema Café Du Nord. 9pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this dance party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle.
Cannonball Beauty Bar. 10pm, free. Rock, indie, and nu-disco with DJ White Mike.
Hands Down! Bar on Church. 9pm, free. With DJs Claksaarb, Mykill, and guests spinning indie, electro, house, and bangers.
Jam Fresh Wednesdays Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; (415) 433-8585. 9:30pm, free. With DJs Slick D, Chris Clouse, Rich Era, Don Lynch, and more spinning top40, mashups, hip hop, and remixes.
Mary-Go-Round Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; (415) 431-0306. 10pm, $5. A weekly drag show with hosts Cookie Dough, Pollo Del Mar, and Suppositori Spelling.
Open Mic Night 330 Ritch. 9pm, $7.
Red Wine Social Triple Crown. 5:30-9:30pm, free. DJ TophOne and guests spin outernational funk and get drunk.
Respect Wednesdays End Up. 10pm, $5. Rotating DJs Daddy Rolo, Young Fyah, Irie Dole, I-Vier, Sake One, Serg, and more spinning reggae, dancehall, roots, lovers rock, and mash ups.
Synchronize Il Pirata, 2007 16th St, SF; (415) 626-2626. 10pm, free. Psychedelic dance music with DJs Helios, Gatto Matto, Psy Lotus, Intergalactoid, and guests.
THURSDAY 9
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Heather Combs, Edie Carey, Aiden Café Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
Ex-Boyfriends, Complaints, Bruises Eagle Tavern. 9pm.
Alan Iglesias Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $16. Stevie Ray Vaughn tribute.
Little Teeth, Blackbird Raum, Future Twin Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Mike Pinto Band, Jahlectrik, She Beards Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10.
Millionyoung, Teen Daze, Great Mundane Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
Needtobreathe, Daylights Fillmore. 8pm, $20.
Randy Rogers Band, Whiskey Dawn Independent. 8pm, $15.
Lenny Williams Rrazz Room. 8pm, $35-45.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Graham Connah Socha Café, 3235 Mission, SF; (415) 643-6848. 8pm, free.
SF Jazz Hotplate Series Amnesia. 9pm.
SF State Afro Cuban Jazz Ensemble Coda. 10pm, $10.
Swing with Stan Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Alhambra Valley Band Atlas Café. 4pm, free.
Mission 3 Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $10. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz, with guest Nappy G, spin Afrobeat, tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Base Vessel. 9:30pm, $10. Featuring Hot Natured (Jamie Jones and Lee Foss).
CakeMIX SF Wish, 1539 Folsom, SF; www.wishsf.com. 10pm, free. DJ Carey Kopp spinning funk, soul, and hip hop.
Caribbean Connection Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $3. DJ Stevie B and guests spin reggae, soca, zouk, reggaetón, and more.
Club Jammies Edinburgh Castle. 10pm, free. DJs EBERrad and White Mice spinning reggae, punk, dub, and post punk.
Drop the Pressure Underground SF. 6-10pm, free. Electro, house, and datafunk highlight this weekly happy hour.
Electric Feel Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; (415) 431-0306. 9pm, $2. With DJs subOctave and Blondie K spinning indie music videos.
Good Foot Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. With DJs spinning R&B, Hip hop, classics, and soul.
Guilty Pleasures Gestalt, 3159 16th St, SF; (415) 560-0137. 9:30pm, free. DJ TophZilla, Rob Metal, DJ Stef, and Disco-D spin punk, metal, electro-funk, and 80s.
Jivin’ Dirty Disco Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 8pm, free. With DJs spinning disco, funk, and classics.
Kissing Booth Make-Out Room. 9pm, free. DJs Jory, Commodore 69, and more spinning indie dance, disco, 80’s, and electro.
Koko Puffs Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm, free. Dubby roots reggae and Jamaican funk from rotating DJs.
Mestiza Bollywood Café, 3376 19th St, SF; (415) 970-0362. 10pm, free. Showcasing progressive Latin and global beats with DJ Juan Data.
Motion Sickness Vertigo, 1160 Polk, SF; (415) 674-1278. 10pm, free. Genre-bending dance party with DJs Sneaky P, Public Frenemy, and D_Ro Cyclist.
Nacht Musik Knockout. 10:30pm, $4. Dark, minimal electronic with DJs Omar, Josh, and Justin.
Peaches Skylark, 10pm, free. With an all female DJ line up featuring Deeandroid, Lady Fingaz, That Girl, and Umami spinning hip hop.
Ümloud DNA Lounge. 7pm, $10. Play Rock Band onstage to raise money for Child’s Play Charity.
FRIDAY 10
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Seth Augustus Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
Dave Rude Band, Angels of Vice, Dead Neck Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Dead Souls Knockout. 5pm.
Hanni El Khatib, Th Mrcy Hot Sprngs, Hairspray Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Fleeting Trance, Stymie and the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra Make-Out Room. 7:30pm, $7.
Kottonmouth Kings, (hed)p.e. Slim’s. 8pm, $25.
“Lusty Lady Kinky Kiss-Mass” DNA Lounge. 9pm, $12-15. Burlesque show plus Destroyer, Minks, Trixie Carr, and Horror X.
Magic Bullets, Sleeptalks Knockout. 9pm, $7.
Soulive feat. Karl Denson, DJ Harry Duncan Independent. 9pm, $22.
Kim Wilson Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $24.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bryan Girard Trio Cliff House, 1090 Point Lobos, SF; (415) 386-3330. 7pm, free.
Greenhorse Amnesia. 7pm.
Greg Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Bossa 5-0 Socha Café, 3235 Mission, SF; (415) 643-6848. 8pm, free.
Right On Time Dolores Park Café, 501 Dolores, SF; www.doloresparkcafe.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Ozomatli Fillmore. 9pm, $26.50.
DANCE CLUBS
Exhale, Fridays Project One Gallery, 251 Rhode Island, SF; (415) 465-2129. 5pm, $5. Happy hour with art, fine food, and music with Vin Sol, King Most, DJ Centipede, and Shane King.
Fat Stack Fridays Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm, free. With rotating DJs B-Cause, Vinnie Esparza, Mr. Robinson, Toph One, and Slopoke.
Fo’ Sho! Fridays Madrone Art Bar. 10pm, $5. DJs Kung Fu Chris and Makossa spin rare grooves, soul, funk, and hip-hop classics.
Fubar Fridays Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5. With DJs spinning retro mashup remixes.
Good Life Fridays Apartment 24, 440 Broadway, SF; (415) 989-3434. 10pm, $10. With DJ Brian spinning hip hop, mashups, and top 40.
Heartical Roots Bollywood Café. 9pm, $5. Recession friendly reggae.
Hot Chocolate Milk. 9pm, $5. With DJs Big Fat Frog, Chardmo, DuseRock, and more spinning old and new school funk.
Indy Slash Amnesia. 10pm. With DJ Danny White.
Rockabilly Fridays Jay N Bee Club, 2736 20th St, SF; (415) 824-4190. 9pm, free. With DJs Rockin’ Raul, Oakie Oran, Sergio Iglesias, and Tanoa “Samoa Boy” spinning 50s and 60s Doo Wop, Rockabilly, Bop, Jive, and more.
Some Thing Stud. 10pm, $7. VivvyAnne Forevermore, Glamamore, and DJ Down-E give you fierce drag shows and afterhours dancing.
Treat ‘Em Right Elbo Room. 10pm. Groove Merchant’s 20th anniversary celebration with Groove Merchant DJs and guests.
Two Kinds of Stupid Holiday Party Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10. Live sets with K. Flay and TigerCat, plus DJs Brother Grimm and BAS.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 11
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Dandy Warhols, Blue Giant Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $27.
Family Scott, K-9, Psychology of Genocide Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
*Forbidden, Evile, Gama Bomb, Bonded By Blood, Fog of War DNA Lounge. 2pm, $20.
Donald Glover, Childish Gambino Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Golda + Guns, Sugarspun, Skyflakes, Apple Orchard, Little Bits Rock-It Room. 9pm, $6. San Bruno fire victims benefit.
Derick Hughes Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Chaka Khan, Chrisette Michele Warfield. 8pm, $45-82.
Phenomenauts, Neutralboy, Murderland Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
San Cha, DJ Moxy 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
Shannon and the Clams, Night Beats, Outlaw Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
Soulive feat. Karl Denson, DJ Harry Duncan Independent. 9pm, $22.
Voodoo Glow Skulls, Jokes For Feelings, Rockfight Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bill Carey Socha Café, 3235 Mission, SF; (415) 643-6848. 8pm, free.
Emergency String X-Tet with Rent Romus Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell, SF; www.meridiangallery.org. 8pm, $10.
Emily Anne’s Delights Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Ozomatli Fillmore. 3 and 9pm, $10-26.50.
Zoyres Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Foxxee, Joseph Lee, Zhaldee, Mark Andrus, and Nuxx.
Bootie: Holiday Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $6-12. Xmas mash-ups with Adrian and Mysterious D.
Club Gossip Cat Club. 9pm, $5-8. Tribute to Nine Inch Nails.
Cockblock Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $7. Queer dance party with DJ Nuxx and guests.
Frolic Stud. 9pm, $3-7. DJs Dragn’Fly, NeonBunny, and Ikkuma spin at this celebration of anthropomorphic costume and dance. Animal outfits encouraged.
HYP Club Eight, 1151 Folsom, SF; www.eightsf.com. 10pm, free. Gay and lesbian hip hop party, featuring DJs spinning the newest in the top 40s hip hop and hyphy.
Rock City Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5 after 10pm. With DJs spinning party rock.
Same Sex Salsa and Swing Magnet, 4122 18th St, SF; (415) 305-8242. 7pm, free.
Spirit Fingers Sessions 330 Ritch. 9pm, free. With DJ Morse Code and live guest performances.
Spotlight Siberia, 314 11th St, SF; (415) 552-2100. 10pm. With DJs Slowpoke, Double Impact, and Moe1.
Tormenta Tropical Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-10. Electro cumbia with Natalie Storm, Max Glazer, Sabo, Disco Shawn, and Oro11.
SUNDAY 12
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
“Anais Mitchell Presents: Music of Hadestown” Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $21. With Thao Nguyen, Sean Hayes, John Elliott and the Hadestown Orchestra, and Michael Chorney.
Jon Anderson Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $37-55.
Arsis, Powerglove, Conducting from the Grave, Absence Thee Parkside. 8pm, $12-15.
“Battle of the Bands” DNA Lounge. 5:30pm, $12. With Astronomy Lounge, Madman’s Lullaby, Smash Atoms, and more.
Black Crowes Fillmore. 8pm, $60.
Karina Denike, Upsets Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 8pm, free.
Gene Taylor Blues Band Slim’s. 8pm, $21.
Stornoway, Head and the Heart Independent. 8pm, $14.
Toiling Midgets, White Pee, Bloodfucker Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Joe Louis Walker Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Valeriana Quevedo, Larry Vuckovich, Jeff Chambers Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; (415) 826-6200. 4:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Amy Obenski, Erica Sunshine Lee, Jess Brewster Yoshi’s San Francisco (in the lounge). 8pm, $7.
Whiskey Richards, Leo Rondeau Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
DiscoFunk Mashups Cat Club. 10pm, free. House and 70’s music.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall with DJ Sep, J Boogie, and guest Ross Hogg.
Gloss Sundays Trigger, 2344 Market, SF; (415) 551-CLUB. 7pm. With DJ Hawthorne spinning house, funk, soul, retro, and disco.
Honey Soundsystem Paradise Lounge. 8pm-2am. “Dance floor for dancers – sound system for lovers.” Got that?
Kick It Bar on Church. 9pm. Hip-hop with DJ Zax.
Pachanga! Coda. 5pm, $10. Salsa dance party with Orquesta La Moderna Tradición.
Religion Bar on Church. 3pm. With DJ Nikita.
Swing Out Sundays Rock-It Room. 7pm, free (dance lessons $15). DJ BeBop Burnie spins 20s through 50s swing, jive, and more.
MONDAY 13
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
C-Money and Players Inc. Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Ed Jones Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 8pm, free.
Tame Impala, Stardeath and White Dwarfs Independent. 8pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Black Gold Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm-2am, free. Senator Soul spins Detroit soul, Motown, New Orleans R&B, and more — all on 45.
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Joe Radio, Decay, and Melting Girl.
Krazy Mondays Beauty Bar. 10pm, free. With DJs Ant-1, $ir-Tipp, Ruby Red I, Lo, and Gelo spinning hip hop.
M.O.M. Madrone Art Bar. 6pm, free. With DJ Gordo Cabeza and guests playing all Motown every Monday.
Manic Mondays Bar on Church. 9pm. Drink 80-cent cosmos with Djs Mark Andrus and Dangerous Dan.
Network Mondays Azul Lounge, One Tillman Pl, SF; www.inhousetalent.com. 9pm, $5. Hip-hop, R&B, and spoken word open mic, plus featured performers.
Skylarking Skylark. 10pm, free. With resident DJs I & I Vibration, Beatnok, and Mr. Lucky and weekly guest DJs.
TUESDAY 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Badly Drawn Boy Café Du Nord. 8pm, $25.
Black Crowes Fillmore. 8pm, $60.
CCR Headcleaner, Bleak Ethnique, Tongue and Teeth Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $5.
Dominique Leone, Ash Reiter, Poor Sweet Creatures Amnesia. 9pm.
Low, Charlie Parr Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $17.
Man Among Wolves, Damaura, Red Light Mind Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Bob Margolin Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
DANCE CLUBS
Bombshell Betty’s Burleque Bailout Elbo Room. 9pm, $10. With Fromagique and the Burlesqueteers.
Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro.
Share the Love Trigger, 2344 Market, SF; (415) 551-CLUB. 5pm, free. With DJ Pam Hubbuck spinning house.
Womanizer Bar on Church. 9pm. With DJ Nuxx.