WEDNESDAY 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Danilo Lopez All Star Blues Experience, Pine and Battery, Once Free, Melissa Phelps Thee Parkside. 8:30pm, $8.
Fake Your Own Death, Downer Party, Bruises Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
Kamelot, Alestorm, Blackguard, Agonist Slim’s. 8pm, $26.
Kylesa, Deafheaven, Castle, Swizard Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
Bob Log III, Mr. Free and the Satellite Freakout Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $12.
Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs, Jack and White, Shannon Curtis Hotel Utah. 8pm, $8.
Symbolick Jews, We Are Hex, Endroit Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
White Hills, Carlton Melton, Dirty Ghosts Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz, 2937 Mission, SF; www.savannajazz.com. 9pm, $10.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho with Tamar Korn, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Greg Gotelli Quartet Medjool, 2524 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Jazz organ party Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Jai Uttal with full band Yoshi’s. 8pm, $25.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this dance party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle.
Death or Glory Milk. 9pm, free. Punk rock dance party with Handsome Hawk Valentine and DJs Bazooka Jules and Queen-e.
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.
Obey the Kitty Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.vesselsf.com; 10pm, $10-$25. With human-beatbox peformer Beardyman.
THURSDAY 15
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Aggrolites, Peelander-Z, Brothers of Brazil Slim’s. 8pm, $15.
Black Uhuru Independent. 9pm, $25.
Bring the Tiger Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $6.
Howie Day Swedish American Music Hall. 7:30pm, $20.
Deerhoof SF MOMA, 151 3rd St., SF; www.sfmoma.org. 6pm, free with museum admission.
Dumpstaphunk, Whiskey Avengers, AgapeSoul Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $21-$24.
Mark Growden, Family Crest, Gaucho Beatbox, 314 11th St., SF; www.beatboxsf.com. 8pm, $10.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Part Time, Pamela, Surf Club, Permanent Collection Thee Parkside. 9pm, $5.
Raw Deluxe, DJ E Da Boss, Kung Fu Chris John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm, $5-$7
Religious Girls, Hot Victory, Vice Device, Primary Colors Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Sonny Smith, Fuckaroos Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Patrick Wolf Bimbo’s. 9pm, $20.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Blues Organ Party with Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Kai Eckardt Group Savanna Jazz, 2937 Mission, SF; www.savannajazz.com. 9pm, $10.
Tom Lander Medjool, 2524 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Carmen Souza JCCSF, 3200 California, SF; www.sfjazz.com. 7:30pm, $25-$40.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Front Country Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St., SF. 8pm, free.
Little Joe Y La Familia Yoshi’s. 8pm, $30.
Talavya Red Poppy Art House. 7pm, $15.
Twang! Honky Tonk Fiddler’s Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm. Live country music, dancing, and giveaways.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Arcade Lookout. 9pm, free. Indie dance party.
Base Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.vesselsf.com; 10pm, $10. House music event with DJ/producer Gina Turner.
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 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Blue October, IAMDYNAMITE Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $32.
Captain Planet Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Mary Gauthier Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $25.
Gourds, James McMurty Slim’s. 9pm, $22.
Mercy Hot Springs, Uzi Rash, Nectarine Pie, Fuzzy Cloaks Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
Stanton Moore Trio, Soul Rebels Independent. 9pm, $22.
Top Secret Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Jason Waters Coffee Adventures Cafe, 1331 Columbus, SF; www.coffeeadventurescafe.com. 11am, free.
Zounds, Culture Kids, Dadfag Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Benn Bacot Savanna Jazz, 2937 Mission, SF; www.savannajazz.com. 7pm, $8.
Black Cat Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Eliane Elias Yoshi’s. 8 and 10pm, $25.
Jazz Organ Party with Jules Broussard and Chris Seibert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Deva Premal, Miten with Manose Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon, SF; www.palaceoffinearts.org. 7:30pm.
Sarah Wilson’s Quintet Red Poppy Art House. 9Pm, $12-$20.
Staff Benda Bilili Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $20-$40.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Steve Taylor-Ramirez Abbey Tavern,4100 Geary, SF; www.abbeytavern-sf.com. 9:30pm.
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.
Blast Doors Mighty. 9pm. Fresh and rising DJ talent with Blast Doorz, Computer Club, Tenderloins.
Equipto, Otayo Dubb (live) Elbo Room. 10pm, $10. Double record release party, hosted by Z-man with guests Rocky Rivera and Patience and more.
Hella Tight Amnesia. 10pm, $5.
J Boog, Bayonics (live) Mezzanine. 9pm, $25.
Pledge: Fraternal Lookout. 9pm, $3-$13. Benefiting LGBT and nonprofit organizations. Bottomless kegger cups and paddling booth with DJ Christopher B and DJ Grind.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Alpha Rev, Useless Keys Slim’s. 9pm, $14.
“Bass Center III” Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. 7pm, $40.With BASSNECTAR, Wolfgang Gartner, Dan Deacon, and Big Gigantic.
Cured, Rio Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
Peter Hook and the Light Mezzanine. 9pm.
Laura Marling, Alessi’s Ark Bimbo’s. 9pm, $20.
Rank Xerox, Kitchen’s Floor, Fat History Month, Yi Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Robbers on High Street Hotel Utah. 9Pm, $10.
Stanton Moore Trio, Shotgun Wedding Quintet Independent. 9pm, $22.
“Polkapolloza Benefit” Thee Parkside. 11Am, $10. With Polkacide, Sassy, Carmichael and the Frijolitas Band.
“Rock Make Street Festival” Treat and 18th St., SF. 12-7pm, www.rockmake.com.
Rorschach, Early Graves, Kowloon Walled City, Kicker Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
“That’s My Hype” Rap Show John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm, $10. With Khafre, BPos, Tahaj, Dregs1 and more.
Ticket to Ride Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
“Tricycle Music Fest West” Presidio Branch Library, 3150 Sacramento, SF; www.tricyclefest.org. 3pm, free. With Hipwaders.
We Barbarians, ANR, Strange Vine Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Wolf Shirt, Street Score Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Booker T. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $25-$65.
Eliane Elias Yoshi’s. 8 and 10pm, $25.
Jazz Organ Party with Grahmm Connah Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Lea Salonga Fairmont, Venetian Room, 950 Mason, SF. 5pm, $30-$60.
Les Graces Baroque Ensemble Seventh Avenue Performances, 1329 7th Ave., SF. 7:30pm, $15-$20.
Savanna Jazz Trio Savanna Jazz, 2937 Mission, SF; www.savannajazz.com. 7pm, $8.
Will Blades Trio Red Poppy Art House. 8 pm, $12.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
“Hank Williams Birthday Tribute” Club Deluxe, 1511 Haight St., SF; www.sfclubdeluxe.com. 9:30pm, $10.
Saturday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $10. With DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald.
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.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
Haceteria Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com; 10pm, $3. Electronic dance music with live house set by Magic Touch, Tristes Tropiques, Smac, and Nihar.
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, $3. Folsom Foreplay with DJ Frank Wild.
SUNDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bay Boy, Mistah Fab, San Quinn, Red Eyez 330 Ritch. 6pm, $10.
Califanes Warfield. 8pm, $49-$85.
Tim Easton Hotel Utah. 9Pm, $10.
Fancy Dan, Erin Brazil and the Brazillionaires Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $10.
Gardes Brainwash, 1122 Folsom, SF; www.brainwash.com. 8pm, free.
“Godwaffle Noise Pancakes” Lab, 2948 16th St., SF; (415) 864-8855. 11:30 a.m, $5-$10. With Scummerai, Xome, Elise Baldwin, Liver Cancer, and more.
Grave, Blood Red Throne, Pathology, Gigen Slim’s. 8pm, $21.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Lumerians, Naked Lights, Infinity Rider Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Georg Schroeter, Marc Breitfelder Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Blues Organ Party with Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Eliane Elias Yoshi’s. 7 and 9pm, $25.
Robert Gurney St. Mary’s Cathedral, 111 Gough, SF. 3:30pm.
Kate Kilbane and the Cellar Doors Red Poppy Arts House. 7Pm, $10-$15.
Tom Lander Medjool, 2524 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Coburns, Everlovin’ Thee Parkside. 4-7pm.
Tim Easton Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10.
Sunday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
“Twang Sunday” Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.With Coburns, Everlovin.’
Women’s Antique Vocal Ensemble Mission Dolores, SF. 4pm, $10-$20.
DANCE CLUBS
Batcave Cat Club. 10pm, $5. Death rock, goth, and post-punk with Steeplerot Necromos and c_death.
DJ Eva Von Slut Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, free.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall.
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 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Defibulators Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $5.
Low, Bachelorette Great American Music Hall. 8Pm, $21-$23.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
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 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Graffiti6 Slim’s. 8Pm, $10.53.
Laudanum, Body, Braveyoung Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Jim Messina Yoshi’s. 8pm, $30.
JT Nero, Obo Martin Brick and Mortar, 1710 Mission, SF; www.brickandmortarmusic.com. 8pm, $10. FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY DANCE CLUBS Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro.
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