Music listings are compiled by Paula Connelly and Cheryl Eddy. Since club life is unpredictable, it’s a good idea to call ahead to confirm bookings and hours. Prices are listed when provided to us. Submit items for the listings at listings@sfbg.com.
WEDNESDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Crocodiles, Pens, Graffiti Island Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
Forget About Boston, Flamingo Gunfight, A Victory Nonetheless Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Freekbass Boom Boom Room. 9:45pm, $10.
Have Nots, Stigma 13, Flatout Annie’s Social Club. 8pm, $5.
Horror X, Boats!, Spurts, Pranks Thee Parkside. 8pm, $6.
Mother Mother, HIJK Café du Nord. 8:30pm, $10.
Partyline, Hawnay Troof, Shebeast, Schwule El Rio. 8pm, $8.
Prids, Swann Danger, Butterfly Bones Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Freddy Roulette Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $15.
Stone Foxes, Lonely H, Buxter Hoot’n Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
BAY AREA
Jackson Browne Paramount Theatre. 8pm, $39.50-59.50.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
"B3 Wednesdays feat. Patrick Greene Organ Combo" Coda. 9pm, $7.
Ben Marcato and the Mondo Combo Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
Cat’s Corner Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $5-10.
"Marcus Shelby Jazz Jam" Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Jonathan Poretz Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $16.
Tin Cup Serenade Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; (415) 931-3600. 7pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Gaucho, Michael Abraham Jazz Session Amnesia. 8pm, free.
Steve Taylor-Ramírez Plough and Stars. 9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this dance party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle.
Fame Bar on Church. 9pm. With rotating DJs.
Jam Wednesday Infusion Lounge. 10pm, free. DJ Slick Dee.
Qoöl 111 Minna Gallery. 5-10pm, $5. Pan-techno lounge with DJs Spesh, Gil, Hyper D, and Jondi.
RedWine Social Dalva. 9pm-2am, free. DJ TophOne and guests spin outernational funk and get drunk.
Respect Wednesdays End Up. 10pm, $5. Rotating DJs Lonestar Sound, Young Fyah, Sake One, Serg, and more spinning reggae, dancehall, roots, lovers rock, and mash ups.
Synchronize Il Pirata, 2007 16th St.; (415) 626-2626. 10pm, free. Psychedelic dance music with DJs Helios, Gatto Matto, Psy Lotus, Intergalactoid, and guests.
THURSDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bare Wires, Fergus and Geronimo, Teenage Cool Kids, Vows Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
*Blowfly, Blag Dahlia Rock Legend, Mad Macka Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Calmodee Coda. 9pm, $7.
Daughtry Fillmore. 8pm, $20.
Eyedea and Abilities, Kristoff Krane, Justus Bends Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Bill Magee Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $15.
Jason Movrich SNOB, 1327 Polk, SF; (415) 440-7662. 8pm, free.
San Kazakgascar, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Scranton, Luvhed, Ol’ Cheeky Bastards Grant and Green. 9pm, free.
Strip Mall Architecture, Love X Nowhere, Silian Rail Café du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Toy Soldiers, Battlehooch, Horde and the Harem, Buttercream Gang Slim’s. 8pm, $13.
BAY AREA
"Vans Warped Tour" Shoreline Amphitheater, One Amphitheater Pkwy, Mtn View; www.livenation.com. 11am, $26.75. With NOFX, 3oh!3, Less Than Jake, Underoath, Devil Wears Prada, Chiodos, Thrice, Silverstein, and (seriously) over 40 more.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Al Coster Trio and Jam Savanna Jazz. 8pm, $5.
"Brass, Bows, and Beats: A Hip Hop Symphony by Adam Theis and the Jazz Mafia Symphony" Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10:30pm, $24.
Eric Kurtzrock Trio Ana Mandara, Ghirardelli Square, 891 Beach, SF; (415) 771-6800. 7:30pm, free.
Kelly Park Trio Shanghai 1930. 7pm, free.
Marlina Teich Trio Brickhouse, 426 Brannan, SF; (415) 820-1595. 7-10pm, free.
"New Frequencies @ YBCA: Musicians Respond to Wallworks" Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. 6pm, free with gallery admission ($5-7). With Jackeline Rago and Steve Hogan Duo/Kev Choice and Jennifer Johns Duo.
Jesse Scheinin Socha Café, 3235 Mission, SF; (415) 643-6848. 8:30pm, free.
Sony Holland Duo Café Divine, 1600 Stockton, SF; (415) 986-3414. 7pm, free.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Flamenco Thursday Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; (415) 646-0018. 8pm, 9:30; $12. With Carola Zertuche and Company.
Four Inch Pony Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Hillstomp, Slowfinger, Brothers Comatose Annie’s Social Club. 8pm, $8.
Mission Three Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Jason Movrich Blarney Stone, 5625 Geary, SF; (415) 386-9914. 9pm, free.
Saddlecats Atlas Café. 8pm, free.
Tipsy House Plough and Stars. 9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5-6. DJs Pleasuremaker, Señor Oz, J Elrod, and B Lee spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Caribbean Connection Little Baobab, 3388 19th St; 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.
Funky Rewind Skylark. 9pm, free. DJ Kung Fu Chris, MAKossa, and rotating guest DJs spin heavy funk breaks, early hip-hop, boogie, and classic Jamaican riddims.
Heat Icon Ultra Lounge. 10pm, free. Hip-hop, R&B, reggae, and soul.
Kick It Bar on Church. 9pm. Hip-hop with DJ Jorge Terez.
Koko Puffs Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary; 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.
Popscene 330 Rich. 10pm, $10. Rotating DJs spinning indie, Britpop, electro, new wave, and post-punk.
Rock Candy Stud. 9pm-2am, $5. Luscious Lucy Lipps hosts this electro-punk-pop party with music by ReXick.
Ships in the Night Underground SF. 10pm, $5. Queer dance party with DJs Durt, Black, and Jean Jamz.
Toppa Top Thursdays Club Six. 9pm, $5. Jah Warrior, Jah Yzer, I-Vier, and Irie Dole spin the reggae jams for your maximum irie-ness.
FRIDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Attitude Adjustment, Beowulf, Deface, Killing California, Superbuick Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson Independent. 9pm, $25.
Tracy Chapman Fillmore. 9pm, $50.
Christmas Island, Mantels, Jonesin’, Splinters Amnesia. 9pm, $8.
Cuban Nights Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; (415) 646-0018. 8:30pm, $15. Latin dancing Buena Vista style with Fito Reinoso, and Eddy and Gabriel Navia.
Diego’s Umbrella Café du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Excuse the Blood, Hudson Criminal, Cycloptopus, No Need Retox Lounge. 8pm, $5.
*"House of Voodoo 10th Anniversary" Annie’s Social Club. 9pm, $5-7. With Awakening, Saints of Ruin, and DJs spinning goth and industrial.
New Up, Company Car, Run Run Run Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
EC Scott Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks Slim’s. 8pm, $15.
*Tussle, Grass Widow, Psychic Reality, Royalchord Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 9 1616 Bush, SF; (415) 771-1616. 8:30pm, $15.
Brian Belknap Socha Café, 3235 Mission, SF; (415) 643-6848. 8:30pm, free.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
"Brass, Bows, and Beats: A Hip Hop Symphony by Adam Theis and the Jazz Mafia Symphony" Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10:30pm, $26.
Duo Gadjo Shanghai 1930. 7:30pm, free.
Eric Kurtzrock Trio Ana Mandara, Ghirardelli Square, 891 Beach, SF; 771-6800. 8pm, free.
Jim Butler Quartet Savanna Jazz. 8pm, $5.
Natasha Miller Coda. 10pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Aphrodesia, Bayonics, DJ Jeremiah Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $16.
Bluegrass Bonanza Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Jessica Fichot Red Poppy Art House. 8:30pm, $10-12 suggested donation.
Devon McClive Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
"A Moment in Time" Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $30. With Beres Hammond with the Harmony House Singers and Musicans, and Culture.
Rob Reich and Craig Ventresco Amnesia. 7pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Activate! Lookout, 3600 16th St; (415) 431-0306. 9pm, $3. Face your demigods and demons at this Red Bull-fueled party.
Alcoholocaust Presents Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free. DJ What’s His Fuck spins old-school punk rock and other gems.
Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Zax, Zhaldee, and Nuxx.
Deep Fried Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. DJs jaybee, David Justin, and Dean Manning spinning indie, dance rock, electronica, funk, hip hop, and more.
Exhale, Fridays Project One Gallery, 251 Rhode Island; (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 Romanowski, B-Love, Tomas, Toph One, and Vinnie Esparza.
Gay Asian Paradise Club Eight, 1151 Folsom, SF; www.eightsf.com. 9pm, $8. Featuring two dance floors playing dance and hip hop, smoking patio, and 2 for 1 drinks before 10pm.
Go Bang! Deco SF, 510 Larkin St; (415) 346-2025. 10pm, $5. Recreating the diversity and freedom of the 70’s/ 80’s disco nightlife with DJs Eddy Bauer, Flight, Nicky B., Sergio and more.
Look Out Weekend Bambuddha Lounge. 4pm, free. Drink specials, food menu and resident DJs White Girl Lust, Swayzee, Philie Ocean, and more.
Loose Stud. 10pm-3am, $5. DJs Domino and Six spin electro and indie, with vintage porn visual projections to get you in the mood.
M4M Fridays Underground SF. 10pm-2am. Joshua J and Frankie Sharp host this man-tastic party.
Punk Rock and Shlock Karaoke Annie’s Social Club. 9pm-2am, $5. Eileen and Jody bring you songs from multiple genres to butcher: punk, new wave, alternative, classic rock, and more.
Voodoo Ballroom Annies Social Club. 9pm, $7. With live performances by Awakening and Saints of Ruin and DJs voodoo, Purgatory Mischief, and more spinning goth, deathrock, glam, and darkwave industrial.
SATURDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Tracy Chapman Fillmore. 9pm, $50.
Ex-Boyfriends, My First Earthquake, Vitamin Party Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
*Flipper, Triclops!, Turks, Alaric Annie’s Social Club. 9pm, $10.
*Forbidden, Kehoe Nation featuring Gene Hoglan, Death Pilot Slim’s. 9pm, $20.
Jedi Mind Tricks, MC Esoteric, Reef the Lost Cauze, Bound by Honor Independent. 9pm, $17.
Kev Choice Ensemble Elbo Room. 10pm.
Lady Bianca Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Low Red Land, Appomattox Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $5.
Matches Fillmore. 9pm, $20.
No Hope for the Dead, Overdrive AD, Hot Heresy Thee Parkside. 2pm, free.
La Plebe, Pop Bottle Bombers, Master Volume, DJ Alberto Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
TITS, Plastic Crimewave and the Wicked Wicked Ways Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Valerie Orth Band, Rachel Efron Ensemble, Mia and Jonah Café du Nord. 9pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 9 1616 Bush, SF; (415) 771-1616. 8:30pm, $15.
Pascal Boker and Band Savanna Jazz. 8pm, $5.
"Brass, Bows, and Beats: A Hip Hop Symphony by Adam Theis and the Jazz Mafia Symphony" Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10:30pm, $26.
Eric Kurtzrock Trio Ana Mandara, Ghirardelli Square, 891 Beach, SF; (415) 771-6800. 8pm, free.
"New Frequencies @ YBCA: Next Wave of Global Landscape" Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. 8pm, $25. With Juana Molina/Amy X. Neuburg and the Cello ChiXtet.
Proteges of Hyler Jones Shanghai 1930. 7:30pm, free.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Coda. 10pm, $12.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Absynth Quintet Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Julio Bravo y Orquesta Salsabor Ramp Restaurant, 855 Terry Francois, SF; (415) 621-2378. 5pm, free.
Cabinet of Curiosities, Toby Dick, Hyperpotamus Amnesia. 8pm, $7. Fundraiser for SF Zine Fest.
Carnaval Del Sur Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; (415) 646-0018. 8pm, $12.
Ricardo Lemvo and Miakina Loca, DJ Emmanuel Nado Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $20.
JL Stiles Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
Thick Soup Socha Café, 3235 Mission, SF; (415) 643-6848. 8:30pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Foxxee, Joseph Lee, Zhaldee, Mark Andrus, and Niuxx.
Barracuda 111 Minna. 9pm, $5-10. Eclectic 80s music with Djs Damon, Phillie Ocean, and Mod Dave, plus free 80s hair and make-up by professional stylists.
DatA Mezzanine. 9pm, $10. With DJs Sleazemore, Sick Face, Alexander Frederick, and Eli Glad spinning futuro-disco and space electro.
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.
Shine the Light Shine. 10pm, $10. With DJs Cheb I Sabbah, Mighty Dub Killaz, Janaka Selekta, and El Diablo spinning global electronic.
SUNDAY 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Arnocorps, A Band of Orcs, Untapped Fury, Dagobah Thee Parkside. 8pm, $8.
Cult Warfield. 8pm, $38.50-100.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Hank IV Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $15.
Maggie Morris, Ghosties Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $5.
Chuck Prophet and friends Knockout. 8pm, $10.
Six Organs of Admittance, Master Musicians of Bukkake Independent. 8pm, $12.
J Tillman, Moore Brothers, Pearly Gate Music Café du Nord. 8pm, $13.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Lucid Lovers Harris’ Restaurant, 2100 Van Ness, SF; (415) 673-1888. 6:30pm.
Zachary Richard Yoshi’s San Francisco. 7 and 9pm, $20.
Stanley Coda. 9pm, $7.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Fiesta Andina! Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; (415) 646-0018. 7pm, $12. With Eddy Navia and Sukay.
Sacred Profanities Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Salsa Sundays El Rio. 4:15pm, $8. With Orquesta D’Soul.
John Sherry, Kyle Thayer and friends Plough and Stars. 9pm, free.
Tippy Canoe, Five Cent Coffee, Mikie Lee Prasad Amnesia. 9pm, $7-10.
DANCE CLUBS
DiscoFunk Mashups Cat Club. 10pm, free. House and 70’s music.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJs Sep, Maneesh the Twister, and guests Roy Two Thousand and DJ Quest.
Honey Soundsystem Paradise Lounge. 8pm-2am. "Dance floor for dancers – sound system for lovers." Got that?
Jock! Lookout, 3600 16th; 431-0306. 3pm, $2. This high-energy party raises money for LGBT sports teams.
Kick It Bar on Church. 9pm. Hip-hop with DJ Zax.
Religion Bar on Church. 3pm. With DJ Nikita.
Stag AsiaSF. 6pm, $5. Gay bachelor parties are the target demo of this weekly erotic tea dance.
BAY AREA
Culture Club Oasis, 135 12th, Oak; (510) 763-0404. 10pm, free. Funky, deep, soulful, tech, house music with DJs Kincaid, Nesto and more.
MONDAY 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Jeff the Brotherhood Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $15.
Pins of Light, Libyans Hemlock Tavern. 7pm, $5.
Chelsea Wolfe, Helene Renaut, J. Irvin Dally Knockout. 9pm, $7.
Pete Yorn Fillmore. 9pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Lavay Smith Trio Enrico’s, 504 Broadway, SF; www.enricossf.com. 7pm, free.
Mitch Marcus Quintet Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $10-12.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Barefoot Nellies Amnesia. 8:30pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Black Gold Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary; 885-4788. 10pm-2am, free. Senator Soul spins Detroit soul, Motown, New Orleans R&B, and more — all on 45!
Going Steady Dalva. 10pm, free. DJs Amy and Troy spinning 60’s girl groups, soul, garage, and more.
King of Beats Tunnel Top. 10pm. DJs J-Roca and Kool Karlo spinning reggae, electro, boogie, funk, 90’s hip hop, and more.
Mainroom Mondays Annie’s Social Club. 9pm, free. Live the dream: karaoke on Annie’s stage and pretend you’re Jello Biafra.
Manic Mondays Bar on Church. 9pm. Drink 80-cent cosmos with Djs Mark Andrus and Dangerous Dan.
Monster Show Underground SF. 10pm, $5. Cookie Dough and DJ MC2 make Mondays worth dancing about, with a killer drag show at 11pm.
Network Mondays Azul Lounge, One Tillman Pl; www.inhousetalent.com. 9pm, $5. Hip-hop, R&B, and spoken word open mic, plus featured performers.
Spliff Sessions Tunnel Top. 10pm, free. DJs MAKossa, Kung Fu Chris, and C. Moore spin funk, soul, reggae, hip-hop, and psychedelia on vinyl.
TUESDAY 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Box Elders Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $5.
Catholic Comb, Downer Party, Scott Allbright Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Fruit Bats, Death Vessel Independent. 8pm, $14.
Pharmakon, R. Jencks, Orhima Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $5.
Spoon + 10, Shark Speed El Rio. 8pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dave Parker Quintet Rasselas Jazz. 8pm.
Dogman Joe Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $12.
Euliptian Quartet Socha Café, 3235 Mission, SF; (415) 643-6848. 8:30pm, free.
For Corners Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 8:30pm, free.
"Jazz Mafia Tuesdays" Coda. 9pm, $7. With Felonious.
RJ Ross Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 6:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Song Session Plough and Stars. 9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Drunken Monkey Annie’s Social Club. 9pm, free. With DJ Voodoo.<\!s>*
Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro.
Rock Out Karaoke! Amnesia. 7:30pm. With Glenny Kravitz.
Womanizer Bar on Church. 9pm. With DJ Nuxx.
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