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 13
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
*Dead Sea, Grayceon, DJ Crackwhore Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Femka Project, Sleeping Desires Knockout. 9:30pm, $6. With DJs Omar, Josh, and Justin.
Floater, Trophy Fire, Apopka Darkroom Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Macy Gray Bimbo’s 365 Club. 8pm, $25.
*Immolation, Vader, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne, Pathology DNA Lounge. 6:30pm, $22.
Jason King Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Jolly Good Fellows, Astral Force, Zej El Rio. 8pm, $5.
K-OS, Shad, Astronautilus Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
Jane Lui, Goh Nakamura, Melissa Polinar Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
Script Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Shadow Shadow Shade, AM Magic, Upstairs Downstairs Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $8.
Shuteye Union, Carcrashlander, Silian Rail Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Skarhead, Alcatraz, Dro City Holocaust, Plead the Fifth, Adlib and Panic Thee Parkside. 8pm, $13-15.
Th Mrcy Hot Springs, Pure Country Gold, Mystery Lights Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Hawksley Workman, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, Paul M. Davis Hotel Utah. 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.
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.
Open Mic Night 330 Ritch. 9pm, $7.
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.
Switch Triple Crown. 9pm, free. With DJ Cheb i Sabbah.
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 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Acorn, Leif Vollebekk, Angel Island Café Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
Atomic Love Bombs, Blisses B, Stove, Friends of the River Hotel Utah. 8pm, $8.
Dan Black, Butterfly Bones, DJ Morale Independent. 9pm, $15.
Chikita Violenta, Leopold and His Fiction, Echo Twin Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Crayon Fields, Magic Bullets, Mystery Claws Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
*Fishbone, Everything Must Go, Loyd Family Players DNA Lounge. 8pm, $14. SF DocFest opening night party.
Larry Garner Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Hoodoo Gurus, Wrong Words Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $26.
Jail Weddings, Lotus Moons, We Are Country Mice Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Erica Sunshine Lee, Camaron Ochs, Kelly McFarling Slim’s. 8pm, $13.
Mental 99 El Rio. 7pm, free.
*Silver Griffin, Manzanita, Orchestra of Antlers Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel Coda. 8:30pm, $10.
Kasey Knudsen, Liza Mezzacappa, Permanent Wave Ensamble Amnesia. 9pm, $5. Part of SFJazz Hotplate Series.
Manhattan Transfer Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-75.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Savannah Blue Atlas Café. 8pm, free.
“Songwriters Unplugged Showcase III” Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $14. With Bonnie Hayes, Heather Combs, Anita Lofton, Valerie Orth, and Ziva.
Tu Gusto Musical Coda. 8:30pm, $10. With Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, Avotcja and Modupue, Alejandro Chavez and Friends, Patricio Angulo and the Sonado Project, and more.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $10. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
CakeMIX SF Wish, 1539 Folsom, SF; www.wishsf.com. 10pm, free. DJ Carey Kopp spinning funk, soul, and hip hop.
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.
Kissing Booth Make-Out Room. 9pm, free. DJs Jory, Commodore 69, and more spinning indie dance, disco, 80’s, and electro.
Koko Puffs Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm, free. Dubby roots reggae and Jamaican funk from rotating DJs.
Libra Dance Party Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; (415) 346-2025. 8:30pm, free. With DJs L’Elephant, Tres Lingerie, Steve Fabus, Sergio, Ken Vulsion, André Lucero, and more spinning dance, housem funk, jazz, boogie, and more.
Mestiza Bollywood Café, 3376 19th St, SF; (415) 970-0362. 10pm, free. Showcasing progressive Latin and global beats with DJ Juan Data.
Motion Sickness Vertigo, 1160 Polk, SF; (415) 674-1278. 10pm, free. Genre-bending dance party with DJs Sneaky P, Public Frenemy, and D_Ro Cyclist.
Paul Oakenfold, Chuckie, Kenneth Thomas Fillmore. 8pm, $35. Spinning electronic.
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.
Queer Porn TV El Rio. 8pm, $5. A super sexy variety show with Venus in Furs, DJs PRDCT, and Primo, Boylesque by James Darling, a kinky kissing booth, a porno-preview peepshow, and more.
FRIDAY 15
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Birds and Batteries, Geographer, Holy Rolling Empire Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Blood Red Shoes, Sky Larkin, My First Earthquake Rickshaw Stop. 8:30pm, $12.
Matt Costa, Threes and Nines Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
“Delta Wire’s 40th Year Celebration” Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Jason Derulo, Auburn Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $28.
*Die Antwoord Ameoba, 1855 Haight, SF; www.amoeba.com. 6pm, free.
Girls, Holy Shit, She’s Fillmore. 9pm, $22.50.
Hollyhocks, Billy and Dolly Make-Out Room. 7:30pm, $7.
Indian Jewelry, Clipd Beaks, Late Young Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
Rubblebucket, Kiss and Tell Boom Boom Room. 9:30pm, $10.
Scream, Dusted Angel, Dead Meat Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10-12.
7 Orange ABC, King Baldwin, Maiden Lane, Ladies on a Train Hotel Utah. 8:30pm, $8.
*Kelley Stoltz, Fresh and Onlys, Carletta Sue Kay Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
Soundearth, Bpos, Agentstriknine, Mantis One El Rio. 9pm, $10.
Tainted Love Bimbo’s 365 Club. 9pm, $23.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Garaj Mahal Swedish American Hall (upstairs from Café Du Nord). 8pm, $35.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Meredith Axelrod and Craig Ventresco Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Gaelic Storm Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $20.
Latin Kings All-Stars Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $25.
Native Elements Coda. 10pm, $10.
DANCE CLUBS
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.
Dirty Rotten Dance Party Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. With DJs Morale, Kap10 Harris, and Shane King spinning electro, bootybass, crunk, swampy breaks, hyphy, rap, and party classics.
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 B-Cause, Vinnie Esparza, Mr. Robinson, Toph One, and Slopoke.
Fubar Fridays Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5. With DJs spinning retro mashup remixes.
Good Life Fridays Apartment 24, 440 Broadway, SF; (415) 989-3434. 10pm, $10. With DJ Brian spinning hip hop, mashups, and top 40.
Hella Tight Amnesia. 10pm, $3.
Hot Chocolate Milk. 9pm, $5. With DJs Big Fat Frog, Chardmo, DuseRock, and more spinning old and new school funk.
Hubba Hubba Revue: Mad Science DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-15. Burlesque gone mad with the Fuxedos.
Jah Yzer’s Nickel Bag of Funk Birthday Celebration Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. Hip-hop and reggae with DJs Ant-One, Sean G, and Jah Yzer.
Mercury Soul 111 Minna Gallery. 5pm, free. A happy hour filled with DJ sets and string quartets.
Oldies Night Knockout. 9pm, $2-4. Doo-wop and one-hit wonders with DJs Primo, Daniel, and Lost Cat.
Radioactivity 222 Hyde, SF; (415) 440-0222. 6pm. Synth sounds of the cold war era.
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.
*Z-Trip Mighty. 9pm, $25.
SATURDAY 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Big Lion, Mental 99, Clair, True Margrit, Battlin’ Bluebirds Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $10.
Burmese, Kowloon Walled City, Nero Order Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Meklit Hadero Swedish American Hall (upstairs from Café Du Nord). 8pm, $25.
Jackie Payne Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
McTuff Coda. 10pm, $10.
Morning Benders, Twin Sister, Cults Fillmore. 9pm, $20.
No Alternative, Everything Must Go, Hightower El Rio. 10pm, $7.
Rogue Wave, Mumlers Independent. 9pm, $15.
Rubblebucket, Katdelic Boom Boom Room. 9:30pm, $10.
Sic Alps, Howlin Rain, Wooden Shjips, Greg Ashley, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound Thee Parkside. 1:30pm, $15. With Carlton Melton, White Manna, Young Prisms, and more.
Scott Alan Simmons, JJ Schultz Band, Glittersnatch Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10.
Street Dogs, Devil’s Brigade, Flatfoot 56, Continental Slim’s. 8pm, $16.
Tainted Love Bimbo’s 365 Club. 9pm, $23.
Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf 8pm, $22.50.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
“Ladies of Jazz” Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez, SF; www.noevalleymusicseries.com. 8:15pm, $25. With Cathi Walkup, Jennifer Lee, Leanne Weatherly, and Melissa Dinwiddie.
Stella Royale Café Royale, 800 Post, SF; (415) 641-6033. 8pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Robert Gastalum, Esben and the Witch Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Café. 4pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Foxxee, Joseph Lee, Zhaldee, Mark Andrus, and Nuxx.
Bootie: Hubba Hubba Revue Pirate Show DNA Lounge. 9pm, $6-12. Mash-ups, burlesque, and more.
Booty Bassment Knockout. 10pm, $5. Hip-hop with DJs Ryan Poulsen and Dimitri Dickenson.
Cock Fight Underground SF. 9pm, $7. Gay locker room antics galore with electro-spinning DJ Earworm, MyKill, and Dcnstrct.
Fire Corner Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 9:30pm, free. Rare and outrageous ska, rocksteady, and reggae vinyl with Revival Sound System and guests.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. With DJs Blondie K and subOctave spinning indie music videos.
Full House Gravity, 3505 Scott, SF; (415) 776-1928. 9pm, $10. With DJs Roost Uno and Pony P spinning dirty hip hop.
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.
Ok Hole Amnesia. 9pm, $5. With DJs Nay Nay, Muscledrum, and C.L.A.W.S. spinning dance music.
Prince vs. Michael Madrone Art Bar. 8pm, $5. With DJs Dave Paul and Jeff Harris battling it out on the turntables with album cuts, remixes, rare tracks, and classics.
Rock City Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5 after 10pm. With DJs spinning party rock.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm-2am, $10. DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald spin butt-shakin’ ’60s soul on 45.
Spirit Fingers Sessions 330 Ritch. 9pm, free. With DJ Morse Code and live guest performances.
SUNDAY 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Arrington De Dionysos Malaikat dan Singa, Edmund Welles, Lickets Hotel Utah. 9pm, $7.
*Batusis, Re-Volts Thee Parkside. 8pm, $12-15.
Craig Chaquico Yoshi’s San Francisco. 7 and 9pm, $25.
Lloyd Gregory Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells Warfield. 9pm, $38.
Johnny Hi-Fi, Lion Riding Horses, Festizio Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Living Colour, Against the Girl Independent. 8pm, $25.
Amy Obenski Rock-It Room. 7pm, free.
Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack, Saves the Day, Valencia Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $27.
Toys That Kill, Fleshies, Rank/Xerox Hemlock Tavern. 8pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Laurie Antonioli, Matt Clar, and John Shifflett Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; (415) 826-6200. 4:30pm, $10.
Clarinet Thing Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF; www.theintersection.org. 2pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Candela El Rio. 4pm, $8.
Gayle Lynn and Her Hired Hands Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Call In Sick Skylark. 9pm, free. DJs Animal and I Will spin danceable hip-hop.
DiscoFunk Mashups Cat Club. 10pm, free. House and 70’s music.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall with Vinnie Esparza and J Boogie.
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.
Pachanga Coda. 7pm, $10. Salsa dance party with DJs Fab Fred and DJ Antonio, with Louie Romero y Mazacote.
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.
Swing Out Sundays Rock-It Room. 7pm, free (dance lessons $15). DJ BeBop Burnie spins 20s through 50s swing, jive, and more.
MONDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
David Bazan, Wye Oak Independent. 8pm, $15.
Califone, Greg Ashley Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Tia Carroll Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Envy, La Dispute, Touche Amore, And So I Watch You From Afar Café Du Nord. 8pm, $14.
Flyleaf, Story of the Year Regency Ballroom. 7:30pm, $25.
Jugtown Pirates, Rob and Cindy, Chris Jeffries and the Plastic Fantastic Lovestains Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
*Lydia and the Projects, Dina Maccabee Band, Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates Knockout. 9pm, $7.
Elissa P., Dot Punto, Moonlight Orchestra El Rio. 7pm, $5.
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 DJs Decay, Joe Radio, and Melting Girl.
Household Triple Crown. 9pm, free. With DJs Mr. White, Kimmy Le Funk, Gabriel Testadorra, and Daren Grant spinning house, disco, techno, hip hop, funk, and soul.
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.
Punk Rock Sideshow Hemlock Tavern. 10pm, free. With DJ Tragic and Duchess of Hazard.
Skylarking Skylark. 10pm, free. With resident DJs I & I Vibration, Beatnok, and Mr. Lucky and weekly guest DJs.
TUESDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Cory Chisel, Sahara Smith Café Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
Dahga Bloom, Moccreto, Superstitions Five Points Arthouse, 72 Tehama, SF; www.fivepointsarthouse.com. 9pm.
Electric Shepherd, Outlets, Swaybone Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Film School, LoveLikeFire, Fake Your Own Death Independent. 8pm, $15.
Half Handed Cloud, Roar, Carol Cleveland Sings Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Minus the Bear, Tim Kasher, AM Regency Ballroom. 7:30pm, $24.
Nick Moss and the Flip Tops Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Ash Reiter, Petracovich, Jamie Drake, Carly Escoto Hotel Utah. 9pm, $6.
Sentinel Beast, Hatchet, Vindicator, Possessor Thee Parkside. 8pm, $8.
Villagers, Dave Smallen, Attachments, Yourstru.ly Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
DANCE CLUBS
Alcoholocaust Presents Argus Lounge. 9pm, free. With DJ What’s His Fuck.
Brazilian Wax Elbo Room. 9pm, $7. With Forro Brazuca and DJs Carioca and P-Shot.
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.