WEDNESDAY 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Cake Fillmore. 8pm, $36.50.
Dum Dum Girls, Minks, Dirty Beaches Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Miguel Independent. 8pm, $20.
Newfangled Wasteland, Dead Winter Carpenters Café Du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Pryor Baird and the Deacons Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Angie Stone Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $45.
Stymie and the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra, Selector DJ Kirk Elbo Room. 9pm, $8.
Sunbeam Rd., Spiro Agnew, Red Blue Yellow Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Christine and Nathan Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Ben Marcato and the Mondo Combo Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
Michael Parsons Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Paula West and George Mesterhazy Quartet Rrazz Room. 8pm, $35.
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.
No Room For Squares Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 6-10pm, free. DJ Afrodite Shake spins jazz for happy hour.
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 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Cake Fillmore. 8pm, $36.50.
Dogpatch Retox Lounge. 9pm.
*Eluveitie, 3 Inches of Blood, Holy Grail, System Divide Slim’s. 7:30pm, $20.
Everest, Carl Broemel, Infantree Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10.
Gift of Gab, Lance Herbstrong Independent. 9pm, $17.
Manzanita, Sporting Life, Bleached Palms Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $6.
Popa Chubby Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Spandex Tiger, Disastroid, Fever Charm Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Angie Stone Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $45.
21st Century, LadyCop, Yearling El Rio. 8pm, $3.
Twilight Singers Amoeba, 1855 Haight, SF; www.amoeba.com. 6pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Derek Smith Latin Jazz Band and Andres Speight’s SFSU student bands Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
Paula West and George Mesterhazy Quartet Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Shareef Ali and the Radical Folksonomy Grant and Green. 9pm, free.
Just Desserts Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Leif Karlstrom and Jordan Klein Atlas Café. 8pm, free.
Whisky Richards, Misisipi Rider, Lady A and Her Heel Draggers, West Nile Ramblers Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $15. Part of the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $7. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, tropicália, electro, samba, and funk and guests Afromassive and DJ Mr. Chatman.
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.
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.
Guilty Pleasures Gestalt, 3159 16th St, SF; (415) 560-0137. 9:30pm, free. DJ TophZilla, Rob Metal, DJ Stef, and Disco-D spin punk, metal, electro-funk, and 80s.
Jivin’ Dirty Disco Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 8pm, free. With DJs spinning disco, funk, and classics.
Mestiza Bollywood Café, 3376 19th St, SF; (415) 970-0362. 10pm, free. Showcasing progressive Latin and global beats with DJ Juan Data.
Nightvision Harlot, 46 Minna, SF; (415) 777-1077. 9:30pm, $10. DJs Danny Daze, Franky Boissy, and more spinning house, electro, hip hop, funk, and more.
1984 Mighty. 9pm, $2. The long-running New Wave and 80s party has a new venue, featuring video DJs Mark Andrus, Don Lynch, and celebrity guests.
Peaches Skylark, 10pm, free. With an all female DJ line up featuring Deeandroid, Lady Fingaz, That Girl, and Umami spinning hip hop.
Popscene Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10. Emerging artist showcase with Eulogies and Mother Mother, plus DJ Aaron Axelsen.
FRIDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Beach House Fillmore. 9pm, $22.50.
Estranged, Spectres, Young Offenders, Airfix Kits El Rio. 10pm, $7.
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Mark Growden, Seth Ford Young Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, SF; www.brava.org. 8pm, $20-50.
K-Ci and JoJo Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $35.
Lloyd’s Garage, Blackstone Heist, Whiskey Pills Fiasco Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
Monkey, Gogo 13, Chase Long Beach, Skank Agents, MC Tazy Phyllipz Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $12.
Mustache Harbor, Sean Tabor Band, Oceanroyal Slim’s. 9pm, $13.
Real Nasty, Buxter Hoot’n, Steve Pile Band Hotel Utah. 9pm, $8.
Star Fucking Hipsters, Static Thought Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Stockholm Syndrome Independent. 9pm, $22.
“Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Street Monologue and Song” Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $25. All-male cast including Shawn Ryan, Bruce Vilanch, and more.
Ana Tijoux, Yung Mars Project, DJ C-Funk Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
Wild Thing, Culo, School Jerks Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Benn Bacot Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $8.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Emily Anne’s Delights Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 9pm, free.
Messenjah Selah, Woven Roots, Seed N Soil Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 9pm, $10-15.
Paula West and George Mesterhazy Quartet Rrazz Room. 8pm, $45.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Boombox, Boctok-Zapad, DJ Stranger Café Cocomo. 8pm, $38.
Earl Brothers, Henhouse Prowlers, BrownChicken BrownCow Plough and Stars. 9pm, $10-15. Part of the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival.
DANCE CLUBS
Afro Bao 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.
Bart B More, Nisus Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $12.50.
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.
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.
Hot Chocolate Milk. 9pm, $5. With DJs Big Fat Frog, Chardmo, DuseRock, and more spinning old and new school funk.
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 Stud. 10pm, $7. VivvyAnne Forevermore, Glamamore, and DJ Down-E give you fierce drag shows and afterhours dancing.
Trannyshack Stevie Nicks Tribute DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $15. Heklina, Anna Conda, and more pay tribute to the Gold Dust Woman.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Scott H. Biram, Ralph White, Shovelman Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Clorox Girls, Midnite Snaxxx, Cigarette Burns, Mermaid Bones Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Con Brio Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 9pm, free.
Gang of Four, Hollerado Fillmore. 9pm, $32.50.
Gliss, Here Come the Saviours, Spyrals El Rio. 9pm, $8.
Mark Growden, Seth Ford Young Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, SF; www.brava.org. 8pm, $20-50.
Jackie Payne Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Keeping Score, Five Fingers of Death Thee Parkside. 2pm, free.
Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $21.
Stockholm Syndrome Independent. 9pm, $22.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Robert Gastelum Amnesia. 7pm.
Gina Harris and Torbie Phillips Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $8.
Ronnie Laws Quartet Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $16-25.
Tom Shaw Trio with Sheelagh Murphy Martuni’s, Four Valencia, SF; www.dragatmartunis.com. 7pm.
Paula West and George Mesterhazy Quartet Rrazz Room. 8pm, $45.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Foghorn Stringband, Knuckle Knockers Swedish American Hall (upstairs from Café Du Nord). 8pm, $15. Square dance extravaganza with caller Bill Martin. Part of the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival.
Forro Brazuca Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $10-15.
Whitney Nichole, Leftcoastspecial Cajun Band El Rio. 6pm, free.
Pine Box Boys, Old Man Markley, Kemo Sabe, Hang Jones Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $15. Part of the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Café. 4pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Afro Bao 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.
Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Foxxee, Joseph Lee, Zhaldee, Mark Andrus, and Nuxx.
Blowoff Slim’s. 10pm, $15. With host-DJs Bob Mould and Rich Morel.
Bootie SF: The Evolution Control Committee DNA Lounge. 9pm, $6-12. Mash-ups.
Cock Fight Underground SF. 9pm, $7. Gay locker room antics galore with electro-spinning DJ Earworm, MyKill, and Dcnstrct.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJs Blondie and subOctave.
Full House Gravity, 3505 Scott, SF; (415) 776-1928. 9pm, $10. With DJs Roost Uno and Pony P spinning dirty hip hop.
Industry Factory, 525 Harrison, SF; www.industrysf.com. 10pm, $40. With Ralphi Rosario and Abel.
Non Stop Bhangra Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15. Bhangra beats with the Dholrhythms Dance Troupe.
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, $5. 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 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Arboretum, Endless Boogie, Hiking Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
Brainbow, Passion Killers, Trip the Light Fantastic El Rio. 6pm, $5.
Trace Bundy Café Du Nord. 8pm, $18.
Frustrators, Phenomenauts, Kepi Ghouli Band, Bryan McPherson, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children McNuggets Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine Bimbo’s 365 Club. 9pm, $39-60.
Marijuana Deathsquads, Skoal Kodiak, Slapping Purses Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Tad Worku Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8:30pm, $20.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dan Berg Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8pm, free.
Paula West and George Mesterhazy Quartet Rrazz Room. 7pm, $40.
Savanna Jazz Trio and jam session Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Highway Robbers Thee Parkside. 2pm, free.
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Slim’s. 8pm, $18. Part of the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival.
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, $. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJ Sep and guests Habitat Sound featuring Prince Zohar, David Hurley, and Selector Eddir Turbo.
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?
Kick It Bar on Church. 9pm. Hip-hop with DJ Zax.
La Pachanga Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 6pm, $10. Salsa dance party with live Afro-Cuban salsa bands.
Play T-Dance: Pajama Party DNA Lounge. 5pm, $35. With DJ Steve Sherwood and DJ Sean Mac.
Religion Bar on Church. 3pm. With DJ Nikita.
Swing Out Sundays Rock-It Room. 7pm, free (dance lessons $15). DJ BeBop Burnie spins 20s through 50s swing, jive, and more.
MONDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Big Sam’s Funky Nation Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $15.
*Man or Astro-Man? Independent. 9pm, $15.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Skylarking Skylark. 10pm, free. With resident DJs I & I Vibration, Beatnok, and Mr. Lucky and weekly guest DJs.
TUESDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Awol One and Factor, Ceschi, Cars and Trains, Kirby Dominant, Megabusive Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Drift, CJ Boyd, High Wolf Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Justin Townes Earle Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $17.
Brandon Leonard and the Nobodys, Palafox El Rio. 7pm, free.
Lydia Pense and Cold Blood Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $20.
Trampled Under Foot Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20. Rocky Votolato, Laura Gibson, Piss Pissedofferson Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $14. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC Graham Connah Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free. Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 6:30pm, $5. DANCE CLUBS Alcoholocaust Presents Argus Lounge. 9pm, free. “Stump the Wizard” interactive DJ game with DJ the Wizard and DJ What’s His Fuck. Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro. Extra Classic DJ Night Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm. Dub, roots, rockers, and reggae from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. 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
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