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WEDNESDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
CunninLynguists, Homeboy Sandman, Tonedeff, Blue Sky Black Death Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
Fiery Furnaces Café Du Nord. 8pm, $20.
Houses, One AM Radio Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Inquisition, Necrite, Vastum Elbo Room. 9pm, $13.
Light Asylum Public Works, 161 Erie, SF; www.publicsf.com. 9pm, $10. With Water Borders, Boys IV Men, and DJs Whitch, Nako, and Richie Panic.
Picixki, Patton, Talking Book, Bill Gould and Gigante Sound Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $21.
Preston Shannon Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
This Will Destroy You, Pure X, Sleep Over Independent. 8pm, $12.
X-Ray Eyeballs, King Lollipop, Burnt Ones Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Meredith Axelrod, Steve Coyle 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm.
Cat’s Corner Swing Party Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Cosmo Alleycats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com. 7pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Ben Marcato and the Mondo Combo Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
Omar Sosa Quintet with John Santos Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $25. Part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this dance party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle.
Buena Onda Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, free. Funk, swing, rare grooves, and more with Dr. Musco and guests.
No Room For Squares Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 6-10pm, free. DJ Afrodite Shake spins jazz for happy hour.
Third Wednesdays Underground SF. 10pm-2am, $3. With Ms. Jackson, DJ Loryn, and Becky Knox spinning electro, tech, house, and breaks.
THURSDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Blackmahal, Eoin Harrington, Coverflow Band, Open Source Band DNA Lounge. 8pm, $40.
“Bob Dylan Birthday Tribute” Red Devil Lounge. 7pm, $10. With Norman Famous and the Backorders, Marc Digiacomi, Joe Rut and the Fish Jugglers, and more.
Echo and the Bunnymen, Kelley Stoltz Warfield. 8pm, $35-45.
Fleeting Trance, Tiny Little Blackouts, JJ Schultz, Lauren Crow Café Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
Forgotten Passage 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm.
Glass Trains, George Glass, Trevor Childs and the Beholders Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Good Knives, Static Thought, Wolves and Thieves, Lemon Party Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
“Haight-Ashbury Street Fair Battle of the Bands” Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 8pm, $10. With Strange Tribe, Nosebleed Academy, Freight Train, and Gozzard.
Alan Iglesias Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $16.
Knitters, Kacey Anderson Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $26.
Shawn Mullins, Callaghan Slim’s. 8pm, $22.
Music for Animals, French Horn Rebellion Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10-12.
Paranoids, Tokyo Raid, Cellar Doors Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Weekend, Clipd Beaks, Jealousy Independent. 8pm, $12.
Whiskey Richards, Betsy and Beau Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cosmo Alleycats Blondie’s, 540 Valencia, SF; (415) 864-2419. 9pm, free.
Dave Parker Quartet Purple Onion, 140 Columbus, SF; (415) 956-1653. 8:30-11pm, free.
Jimmy Ryan Balboa Bebop Band Balboa Theater, 3630 Balboa, SF; (415) 307-3051. 7pm, $10. With a screening of Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959).
Les Nubians Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $30.
Organsm featuring Jim Gunderson and “Tender” Tim Shea Bollyhood Café. 6:30-9pm, free.
Savanna Jazz Jam and SFSU Jazz Jam Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Dark Hollow Band Atlas Café. 8-10pm, free.
Laura Rebelloso Red Poppy Art House. 7pm, $15-20.
Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-95.
“Twang! Honky Tonk” Fiddler’s Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm.
Yelle, French Horn Rebellion Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $25.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz, plus guest DJ Hiromi, spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Culture Corner Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; www.kokococktails.com. 10pm, free. Roots reggae, dub, rocksteady, and classic dancehall with DJ Tomas, Yusuke, Vinnie Esparza, and Basshaka and ILWF.
80s Night Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). Two dance floors bumpin’ with the best of 80s mainstream and underground with Dangerous Dan, Skip, Low Life, and guests.
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.
Danny Krivit Public Works, 161 Erie, SF; www.publicsf.com. 10pm, $15.
1984 Mighty. 9pm, $2. The long-running New Wave and 80s party features video DJs Mark Andrus, Don Lynch, and celebrity guests.
Thursday Special Tralala Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 5pm, free. Downtempo, hip-hop, and freestyle beats by Dr. Musco and Unbroken Circle MCs.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
A Frames, Cheveu, Hank IV, Charles Albright, DJ Mitch Cardwell Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $15.
AllofaSudden, Walking Spanish Café Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
Garrin Benfield, Heather Combs Swedish American Hall (upstairs from Café Du Nord). 8pm, $12.
Blisses B., Jared Mees and the Grown Children Amnesia. 7pm, $7.
Dadfag, Total Slacker, Psychic, Future Twin, Will Ivy Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Funky Meters, DJ Harry Duncan Bimbo’s 365 Club. 8pm, $75-150. Proceeds support Blue Bear School of Music.
Derek Hughes Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Poor Man’s Whiskey, Dead Winter Carpenters Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $20.
Swindlefish 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm.
This Charming Band, For the Masses, Sing Blue Silver Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Trampled By Turtles, Brothers Comatose Independent. 9pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Amendola vs. Blades Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $12-20.
Benn Bascot Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $8.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Lionel Loueke Trio Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $30-50.
Les Nubians Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $30.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
“Bluegrass Bonanza” Plough and Stars. 9:30pm, $6-10. With the Down Beets and Going Away Party.
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.
Bi-Winning Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10-13. Flaunt your tiger blood with Pance Party, S-T3rra, K-Theory, Sex Pixels, and more.
DJ What’s His Fuck Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free. Old-school punk rock and other gems.
Dustfish Retox Lounge. 9pm, $10. With Kap’n Kirk, Naughty Finger Band, and more; Burning Man camp fundraiser.
Hubba Hubba Revue: Wild Animals DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-15. Burlesque.
SCB vs. Scuba Light Asylum Public Works, 161 Erie, SF; www.publicsf.com. 9pm, $20. Post-dubstep.
The Social Elbo Room. 10pm, $10. With 40Love, Le Vice, A1, and DJ Whooligan.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Citizen Fish, Krum Bums, Apathy Cycle Thee Parkside. 9pm, $12.
“Exposure Music Festival” DNA Lounge. 11am-7pm, $15.
Feedtime, Lamps, Nothing People, Wounded Lion, DJ Ryan Wells Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $20.
Female Trouble, Two Against One Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Ferocious Few, Charles Gonzalez and the Stereo Glitter, Magic Leaves Slim’s. 9pm, $13.
Love Ink, Here Come the Saviours, Spiro Agnew Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Kylie Minogue, DJ Grind Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove, SF; www.ticketmaster.com. 7:30pm, $65-125.
Moostache, Real Numbers, Wires in the Walls, Genius and the Thieves Hotel Utah. 9pm, $8.
Sassy!!!, Carmichael and the the Frijolitas Bottom of the Hill. 1-4pm, $2-10. Benefit for Daniel Webster Elementary.
EC Scott Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Shark Alley Hobos 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm.
Unsane, Black Cobra, Pins of Light El Rio. 10pm, $10.
“Wanderlust” Fillmore. 8pm, $25. With Mickey Hart, Sub Swara, and more.
Whiskey Pills Fiasco, Damn Handsome and the Birthday Suits, Everwise, Robert Kelly Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dirty Dozen Brass Band Independent. 9pm, $22.
Elaine Elias Trio Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $30-50.
Marcus Shelby Trio Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 11am, $10-15.
Poncho Sanchez Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $25.
Nate Wong and the Jazz Tellers Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $8.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Ricardo Peixoto and Carlos Oliveira Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $20.
“Saturday Night Salsa” Ramp, 855 Terry Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/TheRampSF. 5:30-8:30pm, $10.
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.
Bootie SF: Hubba Hubba Revue DNA Lounge. 9pm, $8-15. Burlesque and mash-ups.
Camouflage NYC Club Six. 9pm, $5-15. New York’s legendary party visits SF with drum and bass with Christian Bruna, Raw Q, 9X, Tommy Etzi, and more.
Ceremony Factory, 525 Harrison, SF; (415) 546-7938. 10pm, $40. With DJ Ana Paula.
Figure Mighty. 9pm, $10. Drumstep.
Fringe Madrine Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJs Blondie K and subOctave.
Haceteria Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com. 10pm. With Robot Hustle plus residents Tristes Tropiques and Nihar.
Non Stop Bhangra Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $20. Bollywood beats with DJs and Dholrhythms Dance Company.
Pos Tapes Vol. II Record Release Party John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm, $10. With Bpos, Akil, Otayo Dubb, and Tahaj.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $10. With DJs Lucky, Phengren Oswald, and Paul Paul.
SUNDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
“Exposure Music Festival” DNA Lounge. 11am-11pm, $15.
“Japan Roxx!!” Independent. 8pm, $15. Fundraiser for Red Cross Japan with Tidelands, Bernadette, Dogman Joe, and more.
Little Brown Brother Blues Jam Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
Mantles, Nar, Lens, 3 Toed Sloth Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $8.
Slow Motion Cowboys, Human Condition, Pocket Full of Rye Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Randy Stephens Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Street Eaters, Blockshot, Sweet Nothing Knockout. 3-6pm, $6.
Tedeschi Trucks Band Warfield. 8pm, $39.50-67.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Ambrose Akinmusire Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $20-35.
Jeff Oster, Larry Vuckovich, and Michael Zisman Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30-7:30pm, $10.
Poncho Sanchez Yoshi’s San Francisco. 5 and 7pm, $5-25.
“Sunday Sessions” Madrone Art Bar. 9pm. With Wil Blades.
Tom Lander Duo Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Golddiggers, Careless Hearts, Rich McCulley Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Greenstone Quarry, Bacon, Howdy! Milk Bar. 3-9pm, free.
Nick Jaina, Kasey Anderson, Ron Franklin Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
“Sunday Night Latin Sounds” Ramp, 855 Terry Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/TheRampSF. 5:30-8:30pm, $7.
DANCE CLUBS
Batcave Cat Club. 10pm, $5. Death rock, goth, and post-punk with Steeplerot Necromos and c_death.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJ Sep and J Boogie.
La Pachanga Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 6pm, $10. Salsa dance party with live Afro-Cuban salsa bands.
MONDAY 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Sam Bradley, Holly Conlan Café Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
Crawler, Tunnel, Black Caucus Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Twice and Good Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Joe Radio, Decay, and Melting Girl.
M.O.M. Madrone Art Bar. 6pm, free. DJs Timoteo Gigante, Gordo Cabeza, and Chris Phlek playing all Motown every Monday.
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.
TUESDAY 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
S. Carey, Other Lives Café Du Nord. 9pm, $14.
Sugar Pie DeSanto Yoshi San Francisco. 8pm, $20.
Ettrick, Tiger Hatchery, Tastyville, No Babies Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Gyptian, Etana, DJ Funklor Independent. 9pm, $25.
Hiwatters John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm, free.
John Nemeth Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Panic is Perfect, Dina Maccabee, Indianna Hale, Ava Mendoza Amnesia. 9:30pm.
Rival Schools, Jonah Matranga, Suedehead Slim’s. 8pm, $16.
Society of Rockets, Conspiracy of Beards, Cyclub Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Steppin’ Madrone Art Bar. 9:30pm, $2.
Twilight Singers, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s Fillmore. 8pm, $22.50.