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WEDNESDAY 2
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Breathe Owl Breathe, Victoria Williams Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$12.
Fezant, Stratic, Blood Wedding Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Full Time Beret Make-Out Room. 8pm, $8.
Kids on a Crime Spree, James & Evander, Adios Amigo Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
La Panique, Buzzmutt Knockout. 10pm.
Manicato Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Jason Marion vs. Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Kelly McFarling, Lia Rose, Fox & Woman Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
James Morrison, HoneyHoney Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Overkill, God Forbid, Suidakra, Diamond Plate Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $30.
Pro Blues Jam with Keith Crossan & Ron Hacker Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Ty Segall, White Fence, Shannon and the Clams, Mallard Independent. 8pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Chris Amberger Trio & Jazz Jam Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30 and 9:30pm.
Cosmo AlleyCats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com. 7-10pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Michael Parsons Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm.
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.
KUSF-in-Exile DJ Night: Andre Monarch, 101 Sixth St., SF; www.savekusf.com. 5:30-9:30pm.
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.
Spilt Milk Milk Bar. 9pm, free. With Wentworth, YR SKULL, Citizen Zain, Shaky Premise, Taylor Fife.
THURSDAY 3
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
A B & the Sea, Tommy & the High Pilots, Yellow Red Sparks Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $13-$15.
Chris Baio, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $10-$12.
Willis Earl Beal, Yassou Benedict Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
Trace Bundy Swedish American Hall. 8pm, $17-$20.
Electric Shepherd & OUTLAW, Blues for Carl Sagan, Douglas Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Flytraps, Standard Poodle, Hight Anxiety! Thee Parkside. 9pm, $5.
Katie Herzig, Andrew Belle Independent. 8pm, $15.
Lee Huff vs. Jason Marion Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers, Heeldraggers Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Mumble Mumble, Myonics, Party Land, Tint Sub-Mission. 9:30pm, $2.
Silian Rail, Whiskerman, Michael Musika Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
“Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute” Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20. With Alan Iglesias & Crossfire.
Yellow Dubmarine Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $7-$12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Ned Boynton Trio Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm, free.
Dino Piranha Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm.
Savanna Jazz Jam Savanna Jazz, 2937 Mission, SF; www.savannajazz.com. 7:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Deciders Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 8-10pm, free.
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. With DJ/host Pleasuremaker spins Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
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.
KUSF-in-Exile DJ Night Lucky 13, 2140 Market, SF; www.savekusf.com. 8pm.
Supersonic Lookout, 3600 16th St., SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Global beats paired with food from around the world by Tasty. Resident DJs Jaybee, B-Haul, amd Diagnosis.
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 4
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Amen Dunes Elbo Room. 10pm.
Seth Augustus Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm.
Battlehooch, White Cloud, B Hamilton Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $7-$10.
“Cowpokes, Gunslingers & Outlaw Country” Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $13. With Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Vandella.
Curren$y, Styles P, Jets, Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Da Money Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $22.
Early Man, It’s Casual, Shock Diamond, Satya Sena Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Rachel Goodrich, Raffa & Rainer, Jascha & Spiff Amnesia. 8pm, $7-$10.
Lee Huff, Greg Zema, Jason Marion Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Toh Kay, Dan Potthast, Sycarmore Smith Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $15.
Lambchop Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $20.
Marchforth Marching Band, Diego’s Umbrella Independent. 9pm, $20.
Rocky Votolato, Devotionals, Kevin Long Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Ruins Alone, Bronze, Bill Orcutt Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
“Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute” Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20. With Alan Iglesias & Crossfire.
Steep Canyon Rangers, Carrie Rodriguez Slim’s. 9pm, $21.
Trainwreck Riders, Passage Walkers, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits, Apogee Sound Club Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
X-Static Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 9pm, $10.
Terry Disely Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 5:30-8:30pm, free.
Live Dubstep Orchestra Brava Theater, 2781 24th St., SF; www.brava.org. 8pm, $30.
Martin Luther with Siddhartha Yoshi’s SF. 10:30pm, $18.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Taste Fridays 650 Indiana, SF; www.tastefridays.com. 8pm, $18. Salsa and bachata dance lessons, live music.
DANCE CLUBS
Braza! Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, $5-$10. DJs Sabo, Kento, Elan spin Brazilian, Batucada, Samba.
Demdike Stare, Tropic Of Cancer, Water Borders Public Works. 9pm, $10.
Duniya Dancehall Bissap, 3372 19th St, SF; (415) 826 9287. 10pm, $10. With live performances by Duniya Drum and Dance Co. and music by Wontanara Revolution. DJ Juan Data spins bhangra, bollywood, dancehall, African, and more.
Jackhammer Disco with Tiga, Damian Lazarus, Light Year Public Works. 10pm, $20.
Joe Lookout, 3600 16th St.,SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Eight rotating DJs, shirt-off drink specials.
Lucio K SOM. 10pm, $10. With DJs Elan and Zamba.
Oldies Night Knockout. 9pm, $2-$4. DJs Primo and Baddass Daniel B.
Old School JAMZ El Rio. 9pm. Fruit Stand DJs spinning old school funk, hip-hop, and R&B.
120 Minutes Elbo Room. 10pm. With DJs S4NtA MU3rTE, Nako, and Planet Death.
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.
Retro Attack DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10. DJs Lex and Tripp spin ’80s and ’90s.
Strangelove: Star Wars Night Cat Club. 9:30pm, $3-$7. Goth, industrial, and electro with DJs Tomas Diablo, Bryan Hawk, Sage, and Mz. Samantha.
SATURDAY 5
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Antonette G Make-Out Room. 8pm, $7.
Casy & Brian, Hides, Dark Materials, Rare Leather Thee Parkside. 9pm, $6.
“Cinco De Mayo with Historical Merkin Society” Grant and Green. 10pm, free.
Copperwire, Bocafloja Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $12.
Dirty Ghosts, Dante Vs. Zombies Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
Father John Misty, Har Mar Superstar Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Fucking Buckaroos Riptide, 3639 Taraval, SF; www.riptidesf.com. 10 and 11:15pm, free.
Grubstake, Disastroid, Bam! Vox 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm, free.
Marchforth Marching Band, Diego’s Umbrella Independent. 9pm, $20.
Redwood Wires, Blacktooth Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Mark Sultan, Burnt Ones, Primitive Hearts Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
Super Natural, Rabbles Make-Out Room. 7:30pm, $8.
Top Secret Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Trespassers, Windy Hill, Faux Renwah, Melody Walker Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
Greg Zema, Jason Marion,Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Zepparella, Pockit, California Wildebeest Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Rosanne Cash Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $30-$70.
Tin Cup Serenade Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Bobbito Garcia, La Misa Negra Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $12-$15.
G.S. Sachdev and Swapan Chaudhuri Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon, SF; www.palaceoffinearts.org. 8pm, $25-$65.
Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm, free.
“Yoshi’s Cinco De Mayo Party: Mexican Institute of Sound DJ set” Yoshi’s SF. 10:30pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: Cinco De Mayo Mashup Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$20. With DJs Faroff, Mad Murdock, John! Jiohn!, and more.
Cinco De Ill Public Works. 10pm, $20. With DJ Icey, Keith Mackenzie, DJ Fixx, DJ Hero, and more.
Cockfight Underground SF, 424 Haight, SF; (415) 864-7386. 9pm, $7. Rowdy dance night for gay boys .
Foundation Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, $5-$10. DJs Shortkut, Apollo, Mr. E, Fran Boogie spin Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Funk, Salsa.
Haceteria Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com. 9pm, free before 10:30pm, $3 after. With MegaLo.
Icee Hot with Levon Vincent Public Works Loft. 10pm.
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.
SUNDAY 6
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Tommy Castro Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
HowellDevine Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm.
Jeff Landau and Genevieve Wolff Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom, SF; www.brainwash.com. 7pm, free.
Meshuggah, Baroness & Decapitated Fillmore. 8pm, $29.50.
North Fork, Cry!, Spiral Electric Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Peelander-Z DNA Lounge. 8pm, $18.
Jason Reeves, Amber Rubarth, Andy Kong Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Kally Price Old Blues and Jazz Band Amnesia. 8pm. $5.
Kenny Garrett Quartet Yoshi’s SF. 6 and 8pm, $22.
Michael Nelson Rrazz Room. 8pm, $25.
Noertker’s Moxie Quintet Musicians’ Union Hall, 116 Ninth St., SF; www.noertker.com. 7:30pm, free.
Savanna Jazz Jam Savanna Jazz, 2937 Mission, SF; www.savannajazz.com. 7pm, $5.
Tango No. 9 with Dmitri Matheny Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St., SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet Yerba Buena Gardens, 760 Howard, SF; www.ybgfestival.org. 1pm, free.
Twang Sunday Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Silver Threads.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall with DJ Sep, Vinnie Esparza, and J. Boogie.
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 7
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Garrick Davis, Fabulous FunkyBand Osteria, 3277 Sacramento, SF; www.osteriasf.com. 7pm, free.
Negura Bunget, Eclipse Eternal, Din Brad Thee Parkside. 8pm, $12.
Skinny Singers, John Fullbright, Breathe Owl Breathe Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12. Communion.
Luke Sweeney’s Wet Dreams, Dry Magic, Paula Frazier Trio Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, free.
Wombats, Static Jacks, Neighborhood Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
Marco Eneidi Make-Out Room. 8pm.
Tommy Igoe Big Band Rrazz Room. 7:30pm, $25.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Bluegrass Mondays Amnesia. 9pm, free. With Belle Monroe and Her Brewglass Boys.
DANCE CLUBS
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Joe Radio, Decay, and Melting Girl.
Krazy Mondays Beauty Bar, 2299 Mission, SF; www.thebeautybar.com. 10pm, free. Hip-hop and other stuff.
M.O.M. Madrone Art Bar. 6pm, free. DJs Timoteo Gigante, Gordo Cabeza, and Chris Phlek playing all Motown every Monday.
So Fresh Elbo Room. 9pm, $5. With Edison, West Coast Trade School, Rand Warchild, Javie Mosley & the Know Notes, Matt Bloom, and more. Benefits Rob Strawder.
Vibes’N’Stuff El Amigo Bar, 3355 Mission, SF; (415) 852-0092. 10pm, free. Conscious jazz and hip-hop from 1960s-early ’90s with DJs Luce Lucy, Vinnie Esparza, and more.
TUESDAY 8
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Allo Darlin,’ Wave Pictures, SorryEverAfter Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
DragonForce, Holy Grail, Huntress Slim’s. 7:30pm, $20.
Jezabels, Imagine Dragons, Benjamin Frances Lefwich Independent. 8pm, $14.
Origin, Cattle Decapitation, Battlecross, Aborted, Decrepit Birth, Rings of Saturn DNA Lounge. 6:30pm, $25.
Post Paint, Michael Beach Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Carina Round Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bombshell Betty and Her Burlesqueteers, Fromagique Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Crown Syncopators Pier 23. 5-8pm.
Dave Scott Quartet Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm.
Gaucho Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm, free.
Kenny Garrett Quartet Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $18.
Valerie Simpson Rrazz Room. 8pm, $45-$55.
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.
Study Hall John Colins Lounge, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. Hip-hop, dancehall, and Bay slaps with DJ Left Lane.