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 at listings@sfbg.com.
WEDNESDAY 28
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Black Seeds, Holdup, Pacific Dub Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Brian Blade and Jim Wilson Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10.
Goodnight Loving, Wrong Words Knockout. 9pm, $6.
Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, Hurd Ensemble, Electrosonic Chamber Café du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Morcheeba Fillmore. 8pm, $35.
Pepper Rabbit, Candy Claws, That Ghost Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Phosphorescent, Little Wings, J. Tillman Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Pocahaunted, Mi Ami, Late Young, Peking Lights Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this dance party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle.
Club Shutter Elbo Room. 10p, $5. Goth with DJs Nako, Omar, and Justin.
Hands Down! Bar on Church. 9pm, free. With DJs Claksaarb, Mykill, and guests spinning indie, electro, house, and bangers.
Jam Fresh Wednesdays Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; (415) 433-8585. 9:30pm, free. With DJs Slick D, Chris Clouse, Rich Era, Don Lynch, and more spinning top40, mashups, hip hop, and remixes.
Mary-Go-Round Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; (415) 431-0306. 10pm, $5. A weekly drag show with hosts Cookie Dough, Pollo Del Mar, and Suppositori Spelling.
RedWine Social Dalva. 9pm-2am, free. DJ TophOne and guests spin outernational funk and get drunk.
Respect Wednesdays End Up. 10pm, $5. Rotating DJs Daddy Rolo, Young Fyah, Irie Dole, I-Vier, Sake One, Serg, and more spinning reggae, dancehall, roots, lovers rock, and mash ups.
Synchronize Il Pirata, 2007 16th St, SF; (415) 626-2626. 10pm, free. Psychedelic dance music with DJs Helios, Gatto Matto, Psy Lotus, Intergalactoid, and guests.
THURSDAY 29
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Big Head Todd and the Monsters Fillmore. 8pm, $31.50.
Chatham County Line, Emily Bonn and the Vivants, Walking in Sunlight Hotel Utah. 9pm, $7.
*Cormorant, Stonehaven, Mary Shelley, Deafhaven, DJ Rob Metal Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
A Decent Animal, Twilight Sleep Café du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Generalissimo, Ovipositor, Cartographer Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Eric Lindell Coda. 9pm, $15.
*”Kelley Stoltz’ Jukebox” Amnesia. 10pm, $5. With Drunk Horse and Hot Lunch.
Mantles, Fungi Girls, Baths Knockout. 9:30pm, $6.
Negative Trend, Hashashins, Monarchs Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Lucky Peterson Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Tortilla Curtains Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Villagers, Bart Davenport, Greg Ashley Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Baraka Moon UCSF Milberry Conference Center, 500 Parnassus, SF; www.barakamoon.com. 7:30pm, $20.
Bluegrass Old Time Jam Atlas Café. 8pm, free.
Kunkel and Harris Café Royale, 800 Post, SF; (415) 641-6033. 8pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5-7. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afro-tropical, samba, and funk.
Caribbean Connection Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $3. DJ Stevie B and guests spin reggae, soca, zouk, reggaetón, and more.
Drop the Pressure Underground SF. 6-10pm, free. Electro, house, and datafunk highlight this weekly happy hour.
Good Foot Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. With DJs spinning R&B, Hip hop, classics, and soul.
Jivin’ Dirty Disco Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 8pm, free. With DJs spinning disco, funk, and classics.
Koko Puffs Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 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.
Peaches Skylark, 10pm, free. With an all female DJ line up featuring Deeandroid, Lady Fingaz, That Girl, and Umami spinning hip hop.
Popscene 330 Rich. 10pm, $10. Rotating DJs spinning indie, Britpop, electro, new wave, and post-punk.
Solid Thursdays Club Six. 9pm, free. With DJs Daddy Rolo and Tesfa spinning roots, reggae, dancehall, soca, and mashups.
FRIDAY 30
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Addison, Junior Panthers, Soft Bombs Thee Parkside. 9:30pm, $7.
Bare Wires, Ty Segall, Sandwitches, DJ Fur Amnesia. 9pm, $5.
Dragons, Throwback Suburbia, Impediments, Adam Bones Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Il Duetto San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton, SF; (415) 781-0165. 7pm, free.
Kinky Friedman, Carletta Sue Kay Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $30.
Griddle, Boy in the Bubble, Grand Lodge Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $8.
Interstellar Grains, Sean Tabor Band Café du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
Kacey Johansing Art Tap, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. 6pm, free.
Level 42, World Famous Rick and Russ Show Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $27-44.
Connie Lim, Blackstone Heist, Narwhal Brigade Hotel Utah. 9pm, $8.
Mad Caddies, B Foundation, Kung Pow Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $15.
Mission Players Grant and Green. 9pm, free.
Lucky Peterson Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
*Soilwork, Death Angel, Augury, Mutiny Within Slim’s. 8pm, $23.
Yung Mars Project with 40 Love Coda. 10pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 9 1616 Bush, SF; (415) 771-1616. 8:30pm, $15.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Larry Carlton Trio Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $22-32.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Jessica Fichot Red Poppy Art House. 9pm, $15.
Other Room Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
Ultra World X-tet Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento, SF; (415) 474-1608. 8pm, $14-$17.
DANCE CLUBS
Down to Earth Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $15. With J Boogie, Polish Ambassador, and Alxndr.
Exhale, Fridays Project One Gallery, 251 Rhode Island, SF; (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.
Fubar Fridays Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5. With DJs spinning retro mashup remixes.
Club Dragon Club Eight, 1151 Folsom, SF; www.eightsf.com. 9pm, $8. A gay Asian paradise. Featuring two dance floors playing dance and hip hop, smoking patio, and 2 for 1 drinks before 10pm.
Good Life Fridays Apartment 24, 440 Broadway, SF; (415) 989-3434. 10pm, $10. With DJ Brian spinning hip hop, mashups, and top 40.
Hot Chocolate Milk. 9pm, $5. With DJs Big Fat Frog, Chardmo, DuseRock, and more spinning old and new school funk.
Jam On It Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. Hip-hop with DJ Soul Sister, DJ Quest, DJ Centipede, La Femme Deadly Venoms, and more.
Meat vs. Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $4-8. Industrial, gothic, electro, and more with Decay, BaconMonkey, Joe Radio, Melting Girl, and Netik.
Rockabilly Fridays Jay N Bee Club, 2736 20th St, SF; (415) 824-4190. 9pm, free. With DJs Rockin’ Raul, Oakie Oran, Sergio Iglesias, and Tanoa “Samoa Boy” spinning 50s and 60s Doo Wop, Rockabilly, Bop, Jive, and more.
Some Thing The Stud. 10pm, $7. VivvyAnne Forevermore, Glamamore, and DJ Down-E give you fierce drag shows and afterhours dancing.
Teenage Craze Dance Party Knockout. 10pm, $3. Twist, surf, and garage with DJs Sergio Iglesias, Russell Quann, and dX the Funky Gran Paw.
Twelves, Marc Romboy, John Tejada Mezzanine. 9pm, $20.
SATURDAY 31
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
As I Lay Dying, Between the Buried and Me, Underoath Warfield. 4:30pm, $32. Also with Bless the Fall, Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages.
Dave Rude Band, FlexXBronco, Monte Casino Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
Delgado Brothers Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Destruments Coda. 10pm, $10.
Quinn Deveaux Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:45pm, free.
Diego’s Umbrella, Real Nasty, Loyd Family Players Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
*400 Blows, Turks, Swann Danger Knockout. 10pm, $8.
Go Van Gogh, Lee Vilensky Trio Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; (415) 920-0577. 9pm.
Hooks, Mongoloid, Minks El Rio. 9pm, $8.
Hudson Criminal, Death Valley High, King Loses Crown, Weapons of the Future Submission, 2183 Mission, SF; www.sf-submission.com. 8pm, $7.
Mad Maggies Blackthorn Tavern, 834 Irving, SF; (415) 564-6627. 10pm.
*Nathaniel Rateliff, Pearly Gate Music, Kira Lynn Cain Café du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
Rantouls, Saucy Jacks, Dirty Cupcakes Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
Swingin’ Utters, Cute Lepers, Stagger and Fall Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
Tempermentals, Rock Fight, Psychology of Genocide, Hukaholix Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Kenseth Thibideau, Danny Paul Grody, Radius Hemlock Tavern. 5pm, $5.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 9 1616 Bush, SF; (415) 771-1616. 8:30pm, $15.
Eric Kurtzrock Trio Ana Mandara, Ghirardelli Square, 891 Beach, SF; (415) 771-6800. 8pm, free.
Giovenco Project Coda. 7pm, $7.
Larry Carlton Trio Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $25-32.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Malo, Lava, Blanca Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $25.
Angus Martin and Gabriel Ekedal, Lua Cheia Amnesia. 6pm, $8-10.
Doug Martin Café Royale, 800 Post, SF; (415) 641-6033. 8pm, free.
Orquesta en Bumba The Ramp, 855 Terry Francois, SF; (415) 6221-2378. 5pm, $10.
Pete Devine Jug Band, Quinn Deveaux Amnesia. 9:30pm, $8-10.
DANCE CLUBS
Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Foxxee, Joseph Lee, Zhaldee, Mark Andrus, and Nuxx.
Ceremony DNA Lounge. 10pm. House music.
DeeCee’s Soul Shakedown Club Six. 9pm, $15. With DJs J Davey, Honor Roll, Irie Dole, I-Vier, Dans One, Sake One, Pam the Funktress, Ant One, Zita, and many more spinning hip hop, funk, electro, dancehall, reggae, and more.
Go Bang! Paradise Lounge. Recreating the diversity and freedom of the 70’s/ 80’s disco nightlife with DJs Said, Carnitas, Brown Amy, Steve Fabus, Sergio, and more.
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.
Rock City Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5 after 10pm. With DJs spinning party rock.
Spirit Fingers Sessions 330 Ritch. 9pm, free. With DJ Morse Code and live guest performances.
Three Kinds of Stupid Dance Party Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $12. With live sets by Memoryhouse and Baths, plus resident DJs Brother Grimm, Chris Baty, and BAS.
SUNDAY 1
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
“Cabaret Showcase Showdown” Café du Nord. 8pm, $15. With Tom Shaw Trio and the Whoa Nellies.
Dark Dark Dark, Indianna Hale, Fight or Flight Amnesia. 9pm, $7-10.
Il Gato, Bill Baird, Jesse Woods Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Rickie Lee Jones, Meklit Hadero Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave at Sloat, SF; www.sterngrove.org. 2pm, free.
Squeeze, English Beat Fillmore. 8pm, $42.50.
T-Model Ford and Gravel Road, Horror-X Thee Parkside. 8pm, $12.
Tarfufi, Silian Rail, Honeycomb Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTY
Los Compas The Ramp, 855 Terry Francois, SF; (415) 6221-2378. 5pm, $6.
VW Brothers Coda. 8pm, $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 guest Roommate.
For the Future Café Cocomo, 650 Indiana, SF; (415) 824-6910. 1pm, $15. With DJs Halo, David Harness, Moniker, Adnan, Cali, and more. A benefit for NextAid.
Fresh Ruby Skye. 6pm, $25. With DJs Jamie J. Sanchez and Lee Decker. Benefitting Healing Waters.
Gloss Sundays Trigger, 2344 Market, SF; (415) 551-CLUB. 7pm. With DJ Hawthorne spinning house, funk, soul, retro, and disco.
Honey Soundsystem Paradise Lounge. 8pm-2am. “Dance floor for dancers – sound system for lovers.” Got that?
Jock! Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; (415) 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.
Lowbrow Sunday Delirium. 1pm, free. DJ Roost Uno and guests spinning club hip hop, indie, and top 40s.
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.
MONDAY 2
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bomb the Music Industry!, Shinobu, Dan Potthast Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
We Landed On the Moon Elbo Room. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Black Gold Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm-2am, free. Senator Soul spins Detroit soul, Motown, New Orleans R&B, and more — all on 45!
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Decay, Joe Radio, and Melting Girl.
Krazy Mondays Beauty Bar. 10pm, free. With DJs Ant-1, $ir-Tipp, Ruby Red I, Lo, and Gelo spinning hip hop.
M.O.M. Madrone Art Bar. 6pm, free. With DJ Gordo Cabeza and guests playing all Motown every Monday.
Manic Mondays Bar on Church. 9pm. Drink 80-cent cosmos with Djs Mark Andrus and Dangerous Dan.
Musik for Your Teeth Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; (415) 642-0474. 5pm, free. Soul cookin’ happy hour tunes with DJ Antonino Musco.
Network Mondays Azul Lounge, One Tillman Pl, SF; www.inhousetalent.com. 9pm, $5. Hip-hop, R&B, and spoken word open mic, plus featured performers.
Skylarking Skylark. 10pm, free. With resident DJs I & I Vibration, Beatnok, and Mr. Lucky and weekly guest DJs.
TUESDAY 3
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Aunt Dracula Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Melissa Culross Café Royale, 800 Post, SF; (415) 641-6033. 8pm, free.
Dopecharge, Bog People, Autistic Youth, Verraterisch Knockout. 9pm, $5.
Lindy LaFontaine Grant and Green. 9pm, free.
Matisyahu, Dub Trio Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $32.
Quitzow, Battlehooch, Setting Sun Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Watson Twins, Ferraby Lionheart Café du Nord. 8pm, $12.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Mucho Axe, Fogo Na Roupa Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
DANCE CLUBS
Alcoholocaust Presents Argus Lounge. 9pm, free. With DJs Johnny Repo and Taypoleon.
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.
Share the Love Trigger, 2344 Market, SF; (415) 551-CLUB. 5pm, free. With DJ Pam Hubbuck spinning house.
Womanizer Bar on Church. 9pm. With DJ Nuxx.