WEDNESDAY 8
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Edie Carey, Justin Trawick Hotel Utah. 8pm, $14.
Daniel Castro Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Dirty Boots, Astral Force, Kelly McFarling Elbo Room. 9pm, $8.
Loquat, Inu, DJ Roll Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $14.
Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae, Mayer Hawthorne and the County Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove, SF; www.ticketmaster.com. 7:30pm, $37.50.
Matmos, Wobbly Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $18.
My First Earthquake, Le Vice, DJ Bortvans Ltd. Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
Naysayers Knockout. 9pm, $5.
Rough Waters, Junior Boogie Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Alex Skolnick Trio San Francisco Marriot Marquis, Bin 55 Lobby Lounge, 55 Fourth St., SF; www.ampkitapp.com. 6pm. Instruments will be played via iPad.
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.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Hombres G, Enanitos Verdes Fillmore. 8pm, $55.
DANCE CLUBS
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.
Friendly Fires DJ set Public Works, 161 Erie, SF; www.publicsf.com. 9:30pm, $10. With DJs Aaron Axelson and White Mike.
No Room For Squares Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 6-10pm, free. DJ Afrodite Shake spins jazz for happy hour.
Third Wednesdays Underground SF. 10pm-2am, $3. With Ms. Jackson, DJ Loryn, and Becky Knox spinning electro, tech, house, and breaks.
THURSDAY 9
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Con Brio Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Death Cab for Cutie, Lonely Forest Fillmore. 9pm, $35.
Les Dudek Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Diego Garcia, Chairman Wow Hotel Utah. 9pm, $12.
Grouplove, Walk the Moon, Death Cab for Cutie DJ Set Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $12.
“I Give a Fuck: Benefit for Natalie ‘SkinFiend’ Chandler” Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10-20. Music and burlesque with Alotta Boutte, BC3, Jackie Strano, Kentucky Fried Woman, and more.
Mental 99 El Rio. 7pm, free.
Miami Horror, Jeffrey Jerusalem, DJ Matthew Grand DNA Lounge. 9pm, $18.
Raw Geronimo Knockout. 9:30pm.
Signal Path, Malah, Neurovoltaic Orchestra Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Lucas Silveira, Joe Stephens, Alex Davis El Rio. 8pm, $10.
Tied to the Branches, Slowness, Summer of Glaciers Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dave Parker Quartet Purple Onion, 140 Columbus, SF; (415) 956-1653. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Krishna Das Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $38.
Organsm featuring Jim Gunderson and “Tender” Tim Shea Bollyhood Café. 6:30-9pm, free.
Parlor Tricks Café Royale, 800 Post, SF; (415) 641-6033. 8pm, free.
SF Jazz Hotplate Series Amnesia. 9pm.
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.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
“Twang! Honky Tonk” Fiddler’s Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
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.
80s Night 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.
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.
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.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 10
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Buzzcocks, Images Slim’s. 9pm, $35.
Detroit Cobras, Girl in a Coma Independent. 9pm, $15.
Extra Action (Electric) Marching Band, Itchy-O Marching Band, Tiger Honey Pot Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15. Also with Amnesia Babies and the Burning Wigs of Sedition.
Farewell Continental, Gold Motel, Here Come the Saviours Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $15.
Foxtail Somersault, Sam Flax and Higher Color, Garbaj Kaetz Knockout. 9pm, $7.
Old Firm Casuals, Toughskins, Hounds and Harlots Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
PrOnStar 2.0, My Addiction, Miranda Ferriss Jones Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10.
Si*Sé, Boca Do Rio Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $22.
Timber Timbre, Marissa Nadler Swedish American Hall (upstairs from Café Du Nord). 8pm, $15.
Trio Grande Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20. Salute to “the Cream of Clapton.”
Carlos Varela Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $25.
Young Widows, My Discos, Hides, Name Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8-10.
Yoya Amnesia. 7pm, $5.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Jules Broussard Club Deluxe, 1511 Haight, SF; www.sfclubdeluxe.com. 10pm, $10.
Dan Zelman Quartet with Kenny Washington Red Poppy Art House. 9pm, $12-20.
Jazz organ party with Graham Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
“A Night in Treme” Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $20-65. With Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins, Donald Harrison, and more.
Yellowjackets with Robben Ford Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $26.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Bucky Walters Plough and Stars. 9:30pm, $6-10.
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: Six Year Anniversary Bash DNA Lounge. 10pm, $20. The popular party celebrates six years with Tenderloins, Trevor Simpson, Jeffrey Paradise, and host Ava Berlin.
DJ Sandman Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 10:30pm, $10.
Indy Slash Amnesia. 10pm. With DJ Danny White.
Loose Joints! Make-Out Room. 1-pm, $5. Celebrate three years of the underground dance party with Jeremy Ellis, plus Tom Thump, DJ Centipede, and Damon Bell.
Treat ‘Em Right Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. DJs Vinnie Esparza, B-Cause, and Relly Rels spin hip-hop, funk, Latin, reggae, and more.
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
An Horse, Poor Bailey, Steve Taylor Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, Personal and the Pizzas Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $16.
Evolfo Doofeht, Rozzi Crane, Candlespit Collective Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Front Line Assembly, Dismantled, Cyanotic, Hardwire, DJ Acucrack Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $20.
Miasmal, Bone Sickness, Mortuous Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
Mutaytor, Brass Menazeri, Motion Potion Independent. 9pm, $25.
Necroveck, Los Gringos Chicanos, Moss Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Jackie Payne Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Shannon and the Clams, Ranx/Xerox, Outdoorsmen Knockout. 10pm, $8.
Sheets, Amalgamation, Kenny Eng Rock-It Room. 8pm, $7.
Si*Sé, Boca Do Rio Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $22.
Slow Poisoner, Crystelles, Tunnel, Agness Twin Retox Lounge. 9pm, $5.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
“Golden Gate Park Band Festival” Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park; www.goldengateparkband.org. 11am-5pm. With San Jose Metropolitan Band, Great Mother Lode Brass Band, and more.
Soul jazz party with Jules Broussard and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Yellowjackets, Sandro Albert Trio Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $26.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Paula Held Bazaar Café, 5927 California, SF; www.bazaarcafe.com. 7pm, free.
Panteón Rococó Fillmore. 9pm, $25.
“Saturday Night Salsa” Ramp, 855 Terry Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/TheRampSF. 5:30-8:30pm, $10.
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.
Bootie SF: Girl Tack DNA Lounge. 9pm, $8-15. With Girl Talk tribute act Girl Tack, Smash-Up Derby, Adrian and Mysterious D, John!John!, and more.
Cockblock Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $5-10. Dance party for homos, lezzies, and friends with DJ Natalie Nuxx and VJ Mark Andrus.
Fly Me to the Moon Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; www.kokococktails.com. 9:30pm, free. Sixties soul, girl groups, and garage with DJs Amy A and DJ the DJ.
Synergy Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 10:30pm, $20.
Tormenta Tropical Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-10. DJs Shawn Reynaldo and Oro spin electro-cumbia.
SUNDAY 12
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
“Battle of the Bands” DNA Lounge. 5:30pm, $12. With Fate on Impulse, SuperBabe, Hell 69, and more.
Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, Personal and the Pizzas Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $16.
Crystelles, Tongue and Teeth, Agness Twin Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Hooray For the Riff Raff, Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Mother Mother, Frail, Altars Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
Brendan Perry and Robin Guthrie Bimbo’s 365 Club. 8pm, $25.
Resurrection Men, Our Vinyl Vows, Pounders, John Heart Jackie Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Slow Motion, Crazy Spirit, Young Offenders Knockout. 8:30pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
“Golden Gate Park Band Festival” Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park; www.goldengateparkband.org. 11am-5pm. With West County Winds, Golden Gate Park Band, and more.
Willie K. Yoshi’s San Francisco. 5 and 7pm, $5-20.
Eddie Marshall, Larry Vuckovich, and Jeff Chambers Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St., SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30pm, $10.
Sunday jazz organ party with Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Tom Lander Duo Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, 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, Ludachris, and guest Jimmy Love.
La Pachanga Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 6pm, $10. Salsa dance party with live Afro-Cuban salsa bands.
MONDAY 13
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Deftones, Dillinger Escape Plan, Le Butcherettes Warfield. 7:30pm, $35-42.50.
Diamond Rings Independent. 8pm, $12.
Sean and Zander, Cunt Sparrer, Love Songs from the Hated, Roland Finn Hemlock Tavern. 7pm, $8.
Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Therapies Son Café Du Nord. 9pm, $14.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
.357 String Band, Human Condition Elbo Room. 9pm, $6.
DANCE CLUBS
Club Metrojolt Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10-15. Electro house bangers with Beardforce, DJ Kimo, and DJ Cy.
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 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Mark Lanegan, Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $25.
Maine, Augustana Fillmore. 6:30pm, $20.
Barbara Manning, Boom Bang, Fine Steps Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Jesse Morris and the Man Cougars, Saint Christopher, Kemo Sabe, DJ Jay Jaworski Knockout. 9:30pm, $5.
Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson Independent. 8pm, $20.
Rockfight, Atomic Machines, Unko Atama Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Times New Viking, King Tuff, Spencey Dude and the Doodles Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $14.
Michael Yonkers, Sandwitches, Bronze Amnesia. 9pm, $10.
DANCE CLUBS
Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro.
Fromagique Elbo Room. 9pm, $10. Live music and burlesque with Bombshell Betty and Her Burlesqueteers.