WEDNESDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Barn Owl, Sean Smith, 3 Leafs Elbo Room. 9pm, $8.
Brush Prairie, Sexy Water Spiders, Ruby Feathers Knockout. 9pm, $10.
“DAMSF” DNA Lounge. 10pm. Emerging artists’ showcase with dancers, musicians, and more.
Liturgy, Chelsea Wolfe, Common Eider King Eider, DJ Rob Metal Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Hamilton Loomis Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $18.
Mental 99, Wesley Morgan Madrone Art Bar. 7pm, free. Every Wed. in July.
Jeremy Messersmith, Lumineers, Rin Tin Tiger Hotel Utah. 8pm, $10.
Paper City Kimo’s. 8pm, $6.
Tim Robbins and the Rogues Gallery Band Bimbo’s 365 Club. 8pm, $28.
Spyrals, VonVeederVeld, Nectarine Pie, Outlaw Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Cosmo Alleycats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com. 7pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Jazz organ party with Graham Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Ben Marcato and the Mondo Combo Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
“Outsound New Music Summit: Face Music” San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF; www.outsound.org. 8:15pm, $12.
“Underground Sound” Stage Werx, 533 Sutter, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. 8pm, $12. With Kurt Weill Project and Kat Downs.
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.
Joe Clausell, Afrolicious DJs Public Works, 161 Erie, SF; www.publicsf.com. 10pm.
Mary Go Round, the New Generation Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 10pm, $5. Drag with Suppositori Spelling, Mercedez Munro, and Ginger Snap.
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 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Big Talk with Ronnie Vannucci Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $15. Plus Popscene DJs.
Con Brio, Audiafauna Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $13.
Dreamdate, Lotus Moons, Skystone Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Johnny Gill with live band Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $38.
Laurie Morvan Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $16.
Mannequin Planet, Slave Unit, Spellbound, Scission Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $6.
Memory Tapes, Painted Palms, Sleep Over Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Asada Messiah, Lord Dying, Nether Regions, Pigs Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Naked Fiction 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
Soundgarden, Mars Volta Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove, SF; www.ticketmaster.com. 7:30pm, $62.75.
Steel Hot Cakes, Olive Ewe, Inferno of Joy Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Superhumanoids, Easy Street, Half-handed Cloud Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Chris Webby 330 Ritch. 8pm.
Zodiac Death Valley, Lilac, Cannons and Clouds, DJ Mikey Tashjian Independent. 8pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dave Parker Quartet Purple Onion, 140 Columbus, SF; (415) 956-1653. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Dime Store Dandy Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm.
Gilbert Fix Trio Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, SF; www.rosepistola.com. 8pm, free.
Organsm featuring Jim Gunderson and “Tender” Tim Shea Bollyhood Café. 6:30-9pm, free.
“Outsound New Music Summit: The Freedom of Sound” San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF; www.outsound.org. 8:15pm, $12.
Savanna Jazz jam Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $5.
Soul jazz party with Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Crooked Still, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $20.
Muddy Roses, Emily Bonn and the Vivants Hotel Utah. 9pm, $6.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk with DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz.
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.
Double Down John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm, $5. Soul, funk, and hip-hop with DJs Guillermo, E Da Boss, and Kung Fu Chris, plus a live performance by Myron & E.
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.
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.
Thursdays at the Cat Club 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.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Automatic Rival, Endroit, Phantoms, Era Escape Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 9pm, $10.
B’z Fillmore. 8pm, $55.
Frank Bey Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Mike Burns Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm.
Earth, Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets, Whirr Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Ben Folds, Kenton Chen Warfield. 8pm, $38.
I The Mighty, A Lot Like Birds, Case In Theory, Quiet Game Starting Now Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $12.
Love is Chemicals, Mist and Mast, To The Sea Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Odd Future Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $22.
Old-Fashioned Way, Altars, Upstairs Downstairs, Honey for the Bears Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
Peeling Grey, Tongue + Teeth, DJ MIB Retox Lounge. 9pm.
Langhorne Slim, Henry Wolfe Independent. 9pm, $15.
Tainted Love, This Charming Band Bimbo’s 365 Club. 8pm, $23.
Velvet Teen, Silian Rail, Worker Bee, Not to Reason Why Great American Music Hall. 8:30pm, $13.
Nick Waterhouse and the Tarots, Allah-Las, DJ Lucky Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Dan Heffez Trio Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, SF; www.rosepistola.com. 8pm, free.
“Outsound New Music Summit: The Art of Composition” San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF; www.outsound.org. 8:15pm, $12.
Suzanna Smith Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $8.
Soul Jazz Party with Jules Broussard and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Vaughan Johnson Jazz Combo Jack’s Club, 2545 24th St., SF; (415) 641-1880. 7pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Spoonbill 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, 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.
Baxtalo Drom Amnesia. 9pm, $7-10. Gypsy punk and belly dance.
DJ Cam Yoshi’s San Francisco. 10:30pm, $20.
Doc Martin, Garth, Nikola Baytala, Galen, Bo, Rouzbeh Public Works, 161 Erie, SF; www.publicsf.com. 10pm.
Duniya Dancehall Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; (415) 920-0577. 10pm, $10. With live performances by Duniya Drum and Dance Co. and DJs dub Snakr and Juan Data spinning bhangra, bollywood, dancehall, African, and more.
Dillon Francis, Adam F., Ototoxik, Manics, Ultraknock Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $13-16.
Greasetrap Underground SF. 10pm. DJs Cutso, Doc Fu, and Mr. Lucky spin ghettotech, booty bass, and more.
Hubba Hubba Revue: That Old Time Religion DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-15. Bible-thumpin’ bump n’ grind.
Soul Rebel Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; www.kokococktails.com. 10pm, free. Reggae, punk, 2tone, oi, and more with Dougie, Tim, and Tomas.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Ambrosia Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $30.
Audiodub, Sean Tabor Band, Starving Millionaires Independent. 9pm, $15.
Alvarius B, Porest, Cave Bears Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $12.
Alan Choy and Dingle 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
Ferocious Few, Rad Cloud, Indianna Hale Amnesia. 9pm, $10.
Hallflowers Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom, SF; www.ritespotcafe.net. 9pm.
Mister Loveless, Books On Tape, Stripmall Architecture Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10.
Nothington, Build Us Airplanes, Semi Evolved Simians, Why I Hate Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Socialists Party, Yes Gos Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Tainted Love, This Charming Band Bimbo’s 365 Club. 8pm, $23.
Uncle Rebel, Soft White Sixties, Hypnotist Collectors Slim’s. 8:30pm, $14.
Wallpaper, Hood Internet Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $19.
Zoo Station: The Complete U2 Experience, Lovefool: The Quintessential 90s Party Band Café Du Nord. 9pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dee Dee Bridgewater Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $25-30.
Eddie Duran Duo Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, SF; www.rosepistola.com. 8pm, free.
Escalay Seventh Avenue Performances, 1329 Seventh Ave, SF; www.sevenperforms.org. 7:30pm, $15-20.
Gina Harris and Mark Jordan Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $10.
Jazz Organ Party with Graham Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait and Switch Red Poppy Art House. 9pm, $10-12.
“Outsound New Music Summit: Sonic Foundry Too!” San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF; www.outsound.org. 8:15pm, $12.
Sunday jazz jam 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Hafez Modirzadeh and Ethel Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. 8pm, $25.
Maurice Tani, Jenn Courtney, 77 El Deora St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church, 2097 Turk, SF; www.noevalleymusicseries.com. 8pm, $13-15.
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: Mysterious D’s Birthday DNA Lounge. 9pm, $8-15. Mash-ups with a special birthday set by resident DJ Mysterious D.
Fog & Laser #2 Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $7-10. With DJs EmDee and RamblinWorker, plus an electro set by Little Wings.
4OneFunktion Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-10. Hip-hop and funk DJs.
Go Bang! Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.gobangsf.com. 9pm, $5. Atomic dance floor disco action with DJs Pat Les Stache, Mykill, Kuze, Steve Fabus, and Sergio.
SUNDAY 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Cody Canada and the Departed Slim’s. 8pm, $15.
Coathangers, Swann Danger, Morning Crazies Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Cults Redwood Room and Velvet Room, Clift Hotel, 495 Geary, SF; cliftsessions@morganshotelgroup.com. 9pm, free (RSVP required).
Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three, Swamp Noir Amnesia. 9pm, $7-10.
Emily Wells, Blank Tapes Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dee Dee Bridgewater Yoshi’s San Francisco. 5 and 7pm, $5-25.
Jazz organ party with Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Little Brown Brother Jazz and Blues Jam Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $5.
Rob Evans Trio Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, SF; www.rosepistola.com. 8pm, free.
Sherri Roberts, David Udolf, Chris Amberger Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30pm, $10.
San Francisco Symphony Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave at Sloat, SF; www.sterngrove.org. 2pm, free.
Sunday jazz jam 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
Tom Lander Duo Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
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, J Boogie, and guest Dub Snakkr.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2. Raise money for LGBT sports teams while enjoying DJs and drink specials.
La Pachanga Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 6pm, $10. Salsa dance party with live Afro-Cuban salsa bands.
MONDAY 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Zachary Cale, Fort King, Cabinet of Curiosities Knockout. 9pm, $7.
Cold Cave, Austra, Prurient Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Fucked Up Independent. 9pm, $15.
Iceage, Cult of Youth, DJ Omar Elbo Room. 9pm, $12.
Project Film, Moonbell, Horsefly Kimo’s. 8pm.
Ana Popovic Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
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 26
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Sharif Ali and the Radical Folksonomy Kimo’s. 8pm, $6.
Bombino, Magic Leaves Slim’s. 8pm, $25.
Faye Carol Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $10-20.
Ghost Animals, Kids on a Crime Spree, Permanent Collection Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Iceage Amoeba, 1855 Haight, SF; www.amoeba.com. 6pm, free.
Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile, Hush Arbors Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $22.
Sheens, Sad Bastard Book Club, Cryptics Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Tidelands, Debbie Neigher, Blue Rabbit Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Yuck, Unknown Mortal Orchestra Independent. 8pm, $15.
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