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WEDNESDAY 27
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Audacity, Pterodacdudes, Hysterians Knockout. 9pm, $5. Part of Total Trash Fest 3.
Bear Hands, Birdhand, Thelittlestillnotbigenough Hotel Utah. 8pm, $8.
Buttercream Gang, Horde and the Harem, Brownshoe Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Guy Davis Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Definite Articles, Dirty Mittens, Il Gato Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Grass Widow, Cold Showers, Dunes, Petals Thee Parkside. 8pm, $8.
Memorials, Rough Waters, Straight Ups Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
My Parade, Get Dead, Axewound Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $6.
Sabertooth Zombie, Humilitate, Street Justice Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Yuck Independent. 8pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Cosmo Alleycats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com. 7pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Jazz organ party with Graham Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Ben Marcato and the Mondo Combo Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
Realistic Orchestra Yoshi’s San Francisco.8pm, $15.
Rob Figliuzzi Trio 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Club Shutter Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. Goth with DJs Nako, Omar, and Justin.
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this dance party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle.
Buena Onda Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, free. Funk, swing, rare grooves, and more with Dr. Musco and guests.
Full-Step! Tunnel Top. 10pm, free. Hip-hop, reggae, soul, and funk with DJs Kung Fu Chris and Bizzi Wonda.
Mary Go Round, the New Generation Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 10pm, $5. Drag with Suppositori Spelling, Mercedez Munro, and Ginger Snap.
No Room For Squares Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 6-10pm, free. DJ Afrodite Shake spins jazz for happy hour.
THURSDAY 28
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Billy and Dolly, Karina Denike, Carletta Sue Kay Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Guy Davis Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Eat Skull, Unnatural Helpers, Uzi Rash, Street Eaters Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Flakes, Swiss Family Skiers, Poontang Wranglers Knockout. 9:30pm, $5. Part of Total Trash Fest 3.
Frail, Survival Guide, Tigercat Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Skylar Grey Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $12. With Popscene DJs.
Zach Rogue: Release the Sunbird Café Du Nord. 8pm, $14.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Gerald Albright Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $28.
Cosmo Alleycats Blondie’s, 540 Valencia, SF; (415) 864-2419. 9pm, free.
Dave Parker Quartet Purple Onion, 140 Columbus, SF; (415) 956-1653. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Josh Smith Trio Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, SF; www.rosepistola.com. 8pm, free.
Tom Lander and friends Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Tom Lattanand, Jon Raskin Quartet El Valenciano, 1153 Valencia, SF; (415) 826-9561. 9pm, $5.
Organsm featuring Jim Gunderson and “Tender” Tim Shea Bollyhood Café. 6:30-9pm, free.
Paul Press Band featuring Kai Eckardt and Peter Horvath Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $10.
Soul jazz party with Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
Swing with Stan Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Greensky Bluegrass Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
J.L. Stiles Café Royale, 800 Post, SF; (415) 641-6033. 8pm, free.
YeYe Suarez Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $12-20.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk with DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz, plus guest Vibrometers.
Culture Corner Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; www.kokococktails.com. 10pm, free. Roots reggae, dub, rocksteady, and classic dancehall with DJ Tomas, Yusuke, Vinnie Esparza, and Basshaka and ILWF.
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.
1984 Mighty. 9pm, $2. The long-running New Wave and 80s party features video DJs Mark Andrus, Don Lynch, and celebrity guests.
Supersonic Bollyhood Café. 10pm, $5. Fly the friendly skies with SF’s Tasty Crew, spinning wold beats from the Balkans, Brazil, Colombia, and more.
Thursday Special Tralala Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 5pm, free. Downtempo, hip-hop, and freestyle beats by Dr. Musco and Unbroken Circle MCs.
Thursdays at the Cat Club Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). Two dance floors bumpin’ with the best of 80s mainstream and underground with Dangerous Dan, Skip, Low Life, and guests. This week, Romeo Void’s Debora Iyall spins a special DJ set.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 29
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
American Steel, Angry Amputees, Shotdown Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Bells, Steve Taylor, Alameda, We are the Willows Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Darkest Hour, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, Powerglove, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, Hourcast, Fleshgod Apocalypse Fillmore. 3:30pm, $27.
Lance Canales and the Flood Union Room at Biscuits and Blues. 8:30pm, $10.
Das Racist, Black Mahal, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist Mezzanine. 9pm, $18.
Thomas Dybdahl Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $13.
“A Good Idea Fundraiser” Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $30. With California Honeydrops, Con Brio, Neurovoltaic Orchestra, and more.
Heather Combs Band, Ponies, Alden Café Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
John Lee Hooker Jr. Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
David J, Emily Jane White, Chelsea Set Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $12.
Chick Jagger and the Sticky Fingers, Liquid Sky, Jean Genies Rockit Room. 8pm, $5.
Katdelic with Brian Jordan Boom Boom Room. 9:30pm, $12.
Maps and Atlases, Princeton, Sister Crayon Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Mazer Laser Lightshow 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
Mean Jeans, Black Jaspers, Guantanamo Baywatch, Teutonics Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10-30. Part of Total Trash Fest 3.
Prizehog, Nero Order, Ghetto Blaster Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Ben Sollee, Thousands Swedish American Hall (upstairs from Café Du Nord). 8pm, $15.
Woods, Fresh and Onlys, Mantles, DJ Britt Govea Independent. 9pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Gerald Albright Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $35.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Jazz Organ Party with Graham Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Linda Kosut Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $10.
North Beach All Stars Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, SF; www.rosepistola.com. 8pm, free.
“Playback > Audiobus: The Genie” Million Fishes, 2501 Bryant, SF; www.me-di-ate.net. 8 and 9pm, $20-200. Live concert on a double-decker bus.
Vaughan Johnson Jazz Combo Jack’s Club, 2545 24th St., SF; (415) 641-1880. 7pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Family Vibes featuring Sila and Nonstop Bhangra Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
Tango No. 9 Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $12-20.
DANCE CLUBS
Afro Bao Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs including Stepwise, Steve, Claude, Santero, and Elembe.
Blow Up DNA Lounge. 10pm-2am, $20. Electro with Jeffrey Paradise and guests.
DJ Dirty Dreams Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 10:30pm, $10.
Mission United Public Works. 9pm. Celebrate the Mission with Afrolicious, Hard French Crew, a fashion show, and more.
Sweater Funk’s Three Year Anniversary with Steve Arrington Som. 9pm, $15. Funk.
Teenage Dance Craze: The Number One Twisting Party in the Universe Knockout. 10pm, $4. With DJs Russell Quan, dX the Funky Granpaw, and Okieoran Scott.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 30
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bam Bam, Silent Pictures, Schande Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Cornmeal, TV Mike and the Scarecrows Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $15.
Delta Bombers Knockout. 9pm, $7. With DJs Badass Daniel Bermudez and dX the Funky Granpaw.
Fab Four Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $35.
Fiver Brown and the Good Sinners 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
Julia Fordham and Paul Reiser Bimbo’s 365 Club. 9pm, $28.
Hank IV, John Wesley Coleman, Rayon Beach El Rio. 9pm, $7.
South Bay Surfers, Okmoniks, Shruggs, Night Howls, S’Lobsters Thee Parkside. 2pm, $8. Part of Total Trash Fest 3.
Spits, Black Jaspers, Personal and the Pizzas, Therapists, Apache Thee Parkside. 9pm, $15. Part of Total Trash Fest 3.
Earl Thomas and the Blues Ambassadors Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
Those Darlins, White Arrows, Motopony Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Daniel Casares Trio Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, SF; www.rosepistola.com. 8pm, free.
Erik Deutsch, Scott Amendola, John Schifflett Red Poppy Art House. 9pm, $12-20.
Jazz Organ Party with Graham Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
“Playback > Audiobus: Christopher Willits” Everybody Bikes, 1288 15th Ave, SF; www.me-di-ate.net. 8 and 9pm, $20-200. Live concert on a double-decker bus.
Savanna Jazz Trio Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $5.
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Club Deluxe, 1511 Haight, SF; www.sfclubdeluxe.com. 10pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Toshio Hirano Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm.
Tango No. 9 St. Cyprian’s Church, 2097 Turk, SF; www.noevalleymusicseries.com. 8pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Afro Bao Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs including Stepwise, Steve, Claude, Santero, and Elembe.
Blowoff Slim’s. 10pm, $15. With DJs Bob Moul and Rich Morel.
Bootie’s Best Dance Crew Mezzanine. 9pm, $8-15. Dance crews perform live, plus DJ sets by Adrian and Mysterious D.
DeeCee’s Soulshakedown Eighth Anniversary Bash Club Six. 9pm, $10-15. Reggae, dancehall, and hip-hop with Jan Warrior Shelter Hi-Fi, SAKE 1, ACTIV808, and more.
DJ Johnny 5 Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 10:30pm, $10.
Icee Hot with MK, Scottie Deep, and Todd Edwards Public Works. 10pm, $10. House-garage.
Jock Jams Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. Hip-hop with the Arabian Prince and DJ Thrifty Lips, plus residents Nu-Jack and X2SIH.
Kafana Balkan Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10. With Brass Menazeri and DJ Zeljko.
New Wave City: 19th Anniversary DNA Lounge. 9pm, $7-12. Eighties dance party with DJs Skip and Shindog, Lowlife, and guests.
Roots and Rhythm Amoeba, 1855 Haight, SF; (415) 831-1200. 2pm, free. With DJ Harry Duncan.
SUNDAY 31
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Matt Adams, Ayla Nereo, Trails, Katie Clover Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $5.
Bone Cootes and friends Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm.
Fab Four Yoshi’s San Francisco. 7pm, $35.
Debora Iyall, True Margrit, Kate Kilbane and the Cellar Doors Bottom of the Hill. 6pm, $8.
Olin and the Moon Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Rasputina, Smoke Fairies Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Zoé Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $38.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Jennifer Bryce, Josh Workman Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30pm, $10.
Jazz organ party with Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Tom Lander and friends Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Savanna Jazz Jam Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $5.
Sunday jazz jam 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Mandatory Merle Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Batcave Cat Club. 10pm, $5. Death rock, goth, and post-punk with Steeplerot Necromos and c_death.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJ Sep, Ludichris, and guest Roommate.
45 Club Knockout. 10pm, free. Funky soul with DJs Dirty Dishes, English Steve, and dX the Funky Granpaw.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2. Raise money for LGBT sports teams while enjoying DJs and drink specials.
La Pachanga Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 6pm, $10. Salsa dance party with live Afro-Cuban salsa bands.
MONDAY 1
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Blues Traveler Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $45.
Buffalo Killers, Greg Ashley Band, Strangers Family Band Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $6.
Screamin’ Cyn Cyn and the Pons, Hepa/Titus, Deep Teens, WWE, Shane Shane, Shlitz Claiborne Stud. 9pm, $5.
Tally Hall, Speak, Casey Shea Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Yemen Blues Independent. 8pm, $20.
DANCE CLUBS
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Joe Radio, Decay, and Melting Girl.
M.O.M. Madrone Art Bar. 6pm, free. DJs Timoteo Gigante, Gordo Cabeza, and Chris Phlek playing all Motown every Monday.
Sausage Party Rosamunde Sausage Grill, 2832 Mission, SF; (415) 970-9015. 6:30-9:30pm, free. DJ Dandy Dixon spins vintage rock, R&B, global beats, funk, and disco at this happy hour sausage-shack gig.
TUESDAY 2
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Audacity, Fuzz Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Blues Traveler Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $45.
Dismantled, Everyting Goes Cold, Limnus DNA Lounge. 8pm, $13.
Matisyahu, Trevor Hall, John West Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $32.
Nerv, Lean, Radio Revolt, DJ Taypoleon Knockout. 9:30pm, $5.
One A-Chord, Bobby Tenna Elbo Room. 9pm, $8.
Real Estate, Dominant Legs, Melted Toys Independent. 8pm, $15.
Scattered Treets, Alternative Routes, Halsted Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.