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WEDNESDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Shareef Ali, Fleeting Trance, Terese Taylor Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Dirt Daubers, El Cajon Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Josh Abbott Band, Whiskey Dawn Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
Jason Marion vs. Jeff Johnny Foley’s dueling pianos. 9:30pm.
Caden Myles, Jro Project El Rio. 9pm, $7.
Religious To Damn, Wax Idols, Alexis Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
“Rock’n’Sock Hop for Jonathan Toubin” Mezzanine. 8pm, $10. With Ty Segall, Shannon & the Clams, Hank IV, and more.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Shawn Colvin Yoshi’s. 8pm, $30.
Cosmo AlleyCats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com; 7-10pm.
Chris Amberger Trio and Jazz Jam Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30, 9:30pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Greg Gotelli Quartet Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Jack Jones Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 9pm, $40-$45.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita MORE! and Joshua J host this dance party.
Coo-Yah! Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. DJs Daneekah and Green B spin reggae and dancehall with weekly guests.
Mary Go Round Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 10pm, $5. Drag with Suppositori Spelling, Mercedez Munro, and Ginger Snap.
Megatallica Fiddler’s Green, 1333 Columbus, SF; www.megatallica.com. 7pm, free. Heavy metal hangout.
Vespa Beat Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St., SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 9pm, free. MSK.fm spins raregrooves, electroswing, and boogie.
THURSDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Augustana, Graffiti6 Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $16.
Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional), Barcelona Slim’s. 8pm, $25-$29.
Deep Teens, Jealousy, Dadfag, Nathan Grice Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Dirty Ghosts, Swiftumz, City Deluxe Knockout. 9:30pm, $6.
Laurent Garnier, L.B.S., Benjamin Rippert Public Works. 9pm, $20-$25.
Jeff vs. Guido Johnny Foley’s dueling pianos. 9:30pm.
Jesse & Aaron of Brazilian Girls Mighty. 9pm.
Katy B, Good Natured, Takashi Miyaki Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $13-$15.
La Corde, Balaclavas, Dark Materials Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Limousines, Hundred Days, AB & the Sea, Doe Eye Independent. 8pm, $18.
Rin Tin Tiger, DownDownDown, Dear Indugu Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Soft Moon, Blouse Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $14.
White Cloud, Jeffertitti’s Nile, Moccretro, Arms ‘N’ Legs Thee Parkside. 9pm, $5.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Blues organ party Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Shawn Colvin Yoshi’s. 8pm, $35.
Jack Jones Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 9pm, $40-$45.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Tom Lander & Friends Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Herman Lara and His Jazz Nexus Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Twang! Honky Tonk Fiddler’s Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm. Live country music, dancing, and giveaways.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. DJ Pleasuremaker spins Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Arcade Lookout. 9pm, free. Indie dance party.
Get Low Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. Jerry Nice and Ant-1 spin Hip-Hop, 80’s and Soul with weekly guests.
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 DJ’s Damon, Steve Washington, Dangerous Dan, and guests.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Authority Zero, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Skyfox Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
Carl Sonny Leyland Trio, Big Joe Louis Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, SF; www.verdiclub.net. 9:30pm, $12.
Cut Loose Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Duran Duran Duran, Almost Honest Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
El Elle, Minipop, prgrm, DJ Aaron Axelsen Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10. Benefit for Bay Area Girls Rock Camp.
Fake Your Own Death, Kill Moi Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Guido, Jeff, Nathan TembyJohnny Foley’s dueling pianos. 9pm.
Mr. December Amnesia. 7pm.
NOFX, No Use For A Name, Old Man Markley Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Owen, Survival Guide, El May Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $14.
Ronkat Spearman’s Katdelic Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, SF; www.boomboomroomblues.com. 10pm, $15.
Sioux City Kid, Whiskerman, Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Zero Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $30-$35.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.com. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 9pm, $10.
Bobby Hutcherson Birthday Celebration with Warren Wolf Yoshi’s. 8pm, $25; 10pm, $18.
Jack Jones Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 9pm, $40-$45.
“San Francisco Tape Music Festival” ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., SF; sfsound.org/tape. 8pm, $15. Classic audio art and new fixed media compositions.
Carrie Shandobill “Miss Hix and the Super Thicks” Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
“Viva La Milpa” Blue Macaw, 2526 Mission, SF; www.vivalamilpa.com. 9Pm, $10. Live Puerto Rican music with Hector Lugo Y La Mixta Criolla, and more.
DANCE CLUBS
“Benefit for Toph One Evans” Public Works. 9pm. With J Boogie, Brass Tax Crew, Guillermo, Kirk the Selector, Chris Orr, E Da Boss, and more.
Dancing Ghosts Cat Club, 1190 Folsom, SF; www.facebook.com/dancingghosts. 9:30pm, free before 10pm, $6 after. With Djs Xander, Sage, Burning Skies, and C_Death spinning darkwave, deathrock, post-punk, industrial, and electro tribute to Mute Records.
Hella Tight Amnesia.10pm, $5.
Jah Yzer, DJ Daneekah Elbo Room. 10pm, $5.
Old School JAMZ El Rio. 9pm. Fruit Stand DJs spinning old school funk, hip-hop, and R&B.
Paris to Dakar 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.
Pledge: Fraternal Lookout. 9pm, $3-$13. Benefiting LGBT and nonprofit organizations. Bottomless kegger cups and paddling booth with DJ Christopher B and DJ Brian Maier.
“Save KUSF Benefit” Bender’s Bar & Grill, 806 S. Van Ness, SF; www.bendersbar.com. 9pm, $5-$10. With DJs Miranda, Carolyn, Meta, and Nathalie.
SATURDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Steve Aoki, Datsin Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove, SF; www.apeconcerts.com. 8pm, $35.
Back Pages Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Case in Theory, Seeking Empire, New Diplomat Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Concrete Blonde, David J Bimbo’s. 8pm, $30.
DaMADa Westside Art House, 540 Balboa, SF; www.westsidearthouse.com . 8:30pm, $8.
Forrest Day, sYzYgY, Le Vice Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10-$12.
Doormats, Songs For Snakes, Sunset Republic, Last Free Man Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Filthy Thieving Bastards, Fucking Buckaroos, Deadly Gallows Knockout. 5pm, $8.
Kennedy Veil, In Dismemberance, Dissipate, Gary Busey Amber Alter Thee Parkside. 9pm, $5.
Mustache Harbor: Yacht-Rock Explosion, Sean Tabor Band Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
NOFX, No Use For A Name, Old Man Markley Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Real Nasty Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, SF; www.boomboomblues.com. 8pm.
Nathan Temby, Jeff, Guido Johnny Foley’s dueling pianos. 9pm.
Tortured Genies, Black Swans, Fisherman Three, John Bernson Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
“2Racks Rap Contest” Club Six, 60 Six St., SF; (415) 484-5704. 8pm, $10. Hosted by Sellassie.
Keller Williams Great American Music Hall. 2:30, 3:30pm, $19; 9pm, $23.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.com. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Bobby Hutcherson Birthday Celebration with Warren Wolf Yoshi’s. 8pm, $25; 10pm, $20.
Jack Jones Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 9pm, $40-$45.
“San Francisco Tape Music Festival” ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., SF; sfsound.org/tape. 8pm, $15. Classic audio art and new fixed media compositions.
Ways and Means Committee Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Go Van Gough Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 9pm.
Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Vikki Lee Cyperian’s, 2097 Turk, SF; (415) 454-5238. 8pm, $22.
Saturday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: Bootie Fiesta DNA Lounge. 9pm. With Amylulita, Juan Data, A+D, Smash-Up Derby, Holy McGrail, and resident DJs Adrian and Mysterious D.
Burnlesque: Animal Style Public Works. 9pm, $15. Furry burlesque, DJ David Harness, and the Sunset crew: Galen and J-Bird.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
New Wave City Cat Club, 1190 Folsom, SF; www.newwavecity.com. 9pm, $7. Salute to New Romantic with DJs Skip and Shindig.
O.K. Hole Amnesia. 8pm, $5-$7.
Paris to Dakar 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.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-$10. With DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald spinning ’60s soul ’45s.
Smiths Night SF Rock-It Room. 9pm, free. Revel in 80s music from the Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, and more.
Radio Franco Bissap, 3372 19th St, SF; (415) 826 9287. 6 pm. Rock, Chanson Francaise, Blues. Senegalese food and live music.
Wild Nights Kok BarSF, 1225 Folsom, SF; www.kokbarsf.com. 9pm, $3. With DJ Frank Wild.
SUNDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
DJs Eva Von Slutt and Pretty Ricky Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, free.
Mia Dyson, Hotels & Highways, Almost Honest Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $10-$25. Trevor Project Benefit Show.
Meat Sluts, Paper Bags, Berzerks Knockout. 5pm, $5.
Sugar Blue Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $20.
“UnderCover Presents: Nick Drake’s Pink Moon” Rickshaw Stop. 7:30pm, $15-$20. With Brass Menazeri, Kapowski, Real Vocal String Quartet, Kally Price, and more.
Wu-Tang Clan Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $45.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Ken Berman, Mike Abraham Bliss Bar, 4026 25 St., SF; (415) 826-6200. 4:30-7:30pm, $10.
Broken Strings Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30pm.
Jack Jones Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 5pm, $40-$45.
“San Francisco Tape Music Festival” ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., SF; sfsound.org/tape. 8pm, $15. Classic audio art and new fixed media compositions.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Sunday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
Jen Tucker Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom, SF; www.brainwash.com. 7pm.
Twang Sundays Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Country Trash.
DANCE CLUBS
Batcave Club 93, 93 9th St, SF 10pm, $5. Death rock, goth, and post-punk with Steeplerot, XChrisT, Necromos and c_death.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall with DJ Sep, Maneesh the Twister, and Vinnie Esparza.
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.
Tigergrrrl Beauty Bar, 2299 Mission, SF; www.thebeautybar.com. 10pm, free. Riot grrrl and punk vinyl with Bryanna, C_Death, Mechanic, and Netsui.
MONDAY 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
A Lull, Deleted Scenes, Ravenna Woods Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Marissa Guzman, Erica Dee, Hopscotch Elbo Room. 9pm, $5-$10.
Life and Times, Time Spent Driving Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
Skystone, Buffalo Tooth, Jefferetitti’s Nile, Creepers Knockout. 9pm, $7.
Wolves in the Throne Room, Worm Ouroboros, Ash Borer Slim’s. 8pm, $16.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
Jeff Lorber Fusion Yoshi’s. 8pm, $18.
Jimmy Kansau and His Trio Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 8pm, $25.
NaJe Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30pm.
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 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Barcelona, Release the Sunbird, Evaline, Thrulow Independent. 8pm, $20. Home of the Slave: a benefit for victims of human trafficking.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Gregors, Love Dimension, Down Dirty Shake Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Mean Jeans, Pangea, Toad Knockout. 9:30pm, $7.
Silent Comedy Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
Steve Morse Band Slim’s. 8pm, $31.
Sweet Bones, Max Pain and the Groovies, Knives Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Th Mole, rtype, Nakedslice AKA Squideye Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
DANCE CLUBS
Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro. Post-Dubstep Tuesdays Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521.10pm, free. DJs Dnae Beats, Epcot, Footwerks spin UK Funky, Bass Music.