WEDNESDAY 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Celetrixx Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $25.
Diamond Head, Evildead, Slough Feg Elbo Room. 9pm, $15.
Honey Wilders, American Professionals, Preoccupied Pipers Hotel Utah. 7:30pm, $10.
Imagine Dragons, Sporting Life, Dandelion War Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Magic Christian, Help, Cellar Doors Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
Mallard, Chase Frank, Burrows Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Reckless Kelly, Randy Rogers Band, Micky and the Motorcars Slim’s. 8pm, $16.
Samuel James Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho with Tamar Korn, 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.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk. With guest Danny Massure.
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.
Mary Go Round Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 10pm, $5. Drag with Suppositori Spelling, Mercedez Munro, and Ginger Snap.
Megatallica Fiddler’s Green, 1333 Columbus, SF; www.megatallica.com. 7pm, free. Heavy metal hangout.
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 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Blisses B, Grownup Noise, Monte Mer Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
King Midas in Reverse, Hellenes, Dangermaker Hotel Utah. 7:30pm, $10.
Lemonade, Body Language Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10.
Chelsea TK and the Tzigane Society Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $6.
Cut Chemist, MC Edan, Mr. Lif Mezzanine. 9pm, $20.
David Dondero, Red Verse, Awahnichi Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $10.
ETC Band DNA Lounge. 10pm, $45.
Hot Pocket Blackthorn Tavern, 834 Irving, SF; www.blackthornsf.com. 10pm, free.
Plug In Stereo, Bird by Bird, DownDownDown, Weatherstar Slim’s. 8pm, $13.
Slow Motion Cowboys, Buxter Hoot’n, Uncle Lucius Amnesia 9pm, $10.
Unauthorized Rolling Stones Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
U.S. Bombs, Meat Sluts, Johnny Madcap and the Distractions Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Wooden Shjips Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, free with RSVP at tour.sailorjerrypresents.com.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Beth Custer Trio 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Arcade Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm, free. Indie dance party.
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 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Coup Independent. 9pm, $20.
Guella Rock-It Room.10pm, $5.
Dirty Beaches Clift Hotel, 495 Geary, SF; RSVP to cliftsessions@morganshotelgroup.com. 9pm, free.
Guella Rock-It Room.10pm, $5.
Hank IV, Midnite Snaxx Bender’s Bar, 806 S. Van Ness, SF; www.bendersbars.com.10pm, $5.
Hella Tight Amnesia.10pm, $5. Swoop Unit, 7pm, $7.
Ian Franklin Band Connecticut Yankee, 100 Connecticut, SF; www.theyankee.com.10pm, $7.
My Peoples, Thrive, Top Shelf Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Nick 13, Audra Mae Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $16.
oOoOO, White Ring, Clams Casino, Shlohmo 103 Harriet, SF; www.1015.com. 10pm, $15.
Parties, Bye Bye Blackbirds, Love Dimenstion Hotel Utah. 8pm, $10.
Public Enemy, Prozack Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $40.
Run DMT, Bogl vs Dials Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10.
Sea of Bees, Chloe Makes Music, Rachel Fannan Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
Shemekia Copeland Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $24.
Slowness, Here Come the Saviors, 2Frail, Moonbeams Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Walk the Moon, Jhameel Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Halley Elwell 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 7pm, free.
Jazz Organ Party with Graham Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Jason Marion, Guido, Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Irish House, 243 O’Farrell, SF; www.duelingpianosatfoleys.com. 9pm, free. Dueling pianos.
Yes Go’s 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Francisca Valenzuela, Boca Do Rio, DJ Beto Elbo Room. 10pm, $12. Latin rock.
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.
Oldies Night Knockout. 9pm, $2-$4. Doo wap, soul, rock ‘n’ roll records with DJ Primo, Daniel, and Lost Cat.
Pledge: Fraternal Lookout. 9pm, $3-$13. Benefiting LGBT and nonprofit organizations. Bottomless kegger cups and paddling booth with DJ Christopher B and DJ Grind.
Trannyshack DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $15. Kate Bush vs. Bjork night with Heklina, Raya Light, Peggy L’eggs and more.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Be Good Tanyas, Obo Martin Independent. 9pm, $25.
Bonehead BBQ with Stone Temple Pilots, Cheap Trick Great Meadow, 38 Fort Mason, SF; www.fortmason.com. noon, $45-$60. Also Fuel and Hooks.
Daikaiju, Aquamen, Rocketship Rocketship El Rio. 10pm, $8.
Dave Rave Pleasure Trip, True Margrit, Sean O’Brien Hotel Utah. 1:30pm, $10.
God is an Astronaut Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $15.
Feel in a Well Blackthorn Tavern, 834 Irving, SF; www.blackthornsf.com. 9:30pm, free.
Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $48.
Mr. Free and Satellite Freakout, Chris Thayer Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
O.K. Hole Amnesia. 9pm.
Polar Bears, Kissing Cousins, Syn Ack Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Roosevelt Radio, Corner Laughers, Agony Aunts Hotel Utah. 8pm, $10.
Sister Monica Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Joel Streeter, David Berkeley, Lauren O’Connell Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $12.
Systemic, 3rd Rail, Mudface Slim’s. 8:30pm, $14.
Z-Trip, De La Soul, Nosaj Thing, Daddy Kev Warfield. 9pm, $30-$47.
Yeibichai, Nslasha Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Eli Wise Band 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 7pm, free.
Haberdasher 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm, free.
Jason Marion, Guido, Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Irish House, 243 O’Farrell, SF; www.duelingpianosatfoleys.com. 9pm, free. Dueling pianos.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Benjamin Brown Plough and Stars, 116 Clement, SF; www.theploughandstars.com. 9pm.
Saturday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St., SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4pm.
West Coast Ramblers, Slim Jenkins Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, SF; www.verdiclub.net. 9:30pm, $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. Pre-Burning Man mashup burlesque show with Bow-Tie Beauties, Sparkly Devil and more.
Booty Bassment Knockout. 9pm, $5.Booty shaking hip-hop with DJs Ryan Poulsen and Dimitri Dickenson.
Double Down John Collins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncollins.com. 9pm, $7. DJs E Da Boss and Kung Fu Chris. Live performance by B.Bravo and Starship Connection.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
Haceteria New Beat Night Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com. Free before 11pm, $3 after. Acid house and dark wave with Nihar and Tristes Tropiques. Live set by Total Accomplishment.
New Wave City Mighty. 9pm, $7-$12. New wave and ’80s alternative with DJs Skip and Shindog.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald spinning ’60s soul 45s.
Smiths Night SF Rock-It Room. 9pm, free. Revel in 80s music from the Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, and more.
Sunugal.CA Bollyhood Café. 9pm, $7-10. Celebrate West Africa and the African Diaspora with VJ-DJ Sabar and DJ Migane, plus host VJ Oumar.
Wild Nights Kok BarSF, 1225 Folsom, SF; www.kokbarsf.com. 9pm, $4. With DJ Frank Wild.
SUNDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
AM’s, Jasper Dickson Review, Aldea Hotel Utah. 8pm, $7.
Apache, Daddy Long Legs, Fever Machine Knockout. 9pm, $6.
“Battle of the Bands” DNA Lounge. 5:30pm, $12. With Otterpop Bandits, Noble Savages, Nasci, Multiple Organisms and more.
Be Good Tanyas, Obo Martin Independent. 8pm, $25.
Duke Robillard Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
Ganglians, Bright Archer Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
Savoy, Ken Loi, Antiserum Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $20.
TFDI, Riley Etheridge Jr. Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Jazz organ party with Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Darren Johnston Cafe Royale, 800 Post St., SF; www.caferoyale-sf.com. 7pm, free.
San Francisco Opera Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat, SF; www.sterngrove.org. 2pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Darcy Noonan, Richard Mandel, Jack Gilder Plough and Stars, 116 Clement, SF; www.theploughandstars.com. 9pm.
Maurice, 77 El Deora Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Sunday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
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, Maneesh the Twister and Dub Gabriel.
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 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Charlie and Charlie, DJ Neil Martinson. Knockout. 9pm, $7. Benefit for Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival.
Dalton, Corruptors, Winter Teeth Elbo Room. 9pm, $5-$15.Benefit for Muttville.
Keegan Dewitt, Madi Diaz, Wilderness of Manitoba Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $8.
Earl Brothers, Pick Amnesia. 6pm, free. Open bluegrass jam.
Mister Heavenly, WATERS, Niilo Smeds Independent. 8pm, $15.
Obits, Disappears, Beaters Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
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 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Kate Crash Elbo Room. 9pm.
Emmure Regency Ballroom. 1pm, $30. Allstars Tour with Blessthefall, Born of Osiris, In This Moment, Iwrestledabearonce, Ghost Inside and more.
Ettes Rickshaw Stop. 8pm., $12.
Flood, Midnight Chaser, Serpent Crown Knockout. 9:30pm, $6.
Aoife O’Donovan, Christina Courtin Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
100 Monkeys, Bleeding Horse Express, Finish Ticket, Sioux City Kid Slim’s. 8pm. $20.
Prids Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Jim Ward, Lusitania Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10-$13.
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