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WEDNESDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Autumn Electric, Johnny Unicorn Coffee Adventures, 1331 Columbus, SF; myspace.com/coffeeadventures. 11am-1pm, free.
Body Swap, Meridians, Metacomet Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Cursive, Ume, Virgin Islands, Taxes Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $19-$21.
Fresh & Onlys, Disappears, Talkdemonic, Churches Bottom of the Hill. 8pm, $12.
Matt Kearney, Robert Francis Warfield. 8pm, $27.
Papercuts, Sonny and the Sunsets, Princeton, Tortured Genies Independent. 8pm, $15.
JC Rockit vs. Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Soft Swells Bender’s, 806 South Van Ness, SF; www.bendersbar.com. 5pm, free.
Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Pacific Dub Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$13.
Victor & Penny Madrone Art Bar.7-9pm.
Mitch Woods Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Young Prisms, Melted Toys, Tambo Rays Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12-$14.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Chris Amberger Trio & Jazz Jam Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30-11pm, free.
Cosmo AlleyCats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com; 7-10pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Greg Gotelli Quartet Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
Keith Sweat Yoshi’s. 8 and 10pm, $45.
Zapp Band & Shirley Murdock Rrazz Room. 8pm, $35.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita MORE! and Joshua J host this dance party.
Coo-Yah! Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. DJs Daneekah and Green B spin reggae and dancehall with weekly guests.
Club Shutter Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. With DJs Nako, Omar, and Justin.
Full-Step! Tunnel Top. 10pm, free. Hip-hop, reggae, soul, and funk with DJs Kung Fu Chris and Bizzi Wonda.
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.
Vespa Beat Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St., SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 9pm, free. MSK.fm spins raregrooves, electroswing, and boogie.
THURSDAY 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Big Black Delta, New Diplomat, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10-$12.
Budos Band, Allah-Las, Pickwick, Big Tree Independent. 8pm, $20.
Dirty Ghosts, Bare Wires, Chapter 24 Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$12.
Dirty Names, Emma Hill Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Mac McCaughan, Sun Foot Swedish American Hall. pm, $15-$17.
Moonlight Orchestra, Talky Tina Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Motet: Funk is Dead Yoshi’s. 11pm, $20.
Myonics, Ape Machine, Tiger Honey Pot Milk Bar. 9pm, $6.
Red Baraat Slim’s. 8pm, $13-$16.
Soft Pack, Shannon & the Clams, Fidlar Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12-$14.
Nathan Temby vs. Rags Tuttle Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Thao, John Vanderslice, Garrett Pierce Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $20.
Justin Vivian Bond, Whoa Nellies Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $26.
Junior Watson Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $18.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Blues organ party Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Tom Lander & Friends Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Savanna Jazz Jam with Nora Maki Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
Sophisticated Ladies Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30-11pm, free.
Zapp Band & Shirley Murdock Rrazz Room. 8pm, $35.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Twang! Honky Tonk Fiddler’s Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm. Live country music, dancing, and giveaways.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. With DJ/host Snor Oz spinning Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk, plus DJ Babbidge and Afrolicious Drums.
BASE: EDX (On the Edge) Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $10. House/techno.
Get Low Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. Jerry Nice and Ant-1 spin Hip-Hop, 80’s and Soul with weekly guests.
KUSF In Exile Hemlock Tavern. 6-9pm. With DJ Carolyn.
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 DJ’s Damon, Steve Washington, Dangerous Dan, 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 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Baxtalo Drum Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Boombox Temple SF, 540 Howard, SF; www.templesf.com. 8pm, $5-$20.
Bootcuts, Heel Draggers, Slow Motion Cowboys, Creak Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
Bronze, Dangerous Boys El Rio. 9:30pm, free.
Concrete Blonde, Jim Bianco Bimbo’s. 9pm, $30.
Matthew Dear Public Works. 8pm, $18.
Death Angel, Hammers of Misfortune, Anvil Chorus Midnight Chaser Slim’s. 9pm, $21-$23.
G. Love & Special Sauce, Scott H. Biram Fillmore. 9pm, $25.
Growlers San Francisco State University, 1650 Holloway, SF, C-134; facebook.com/thedepotsf. 7:30pm, free.
Hairy Apes BMX Connecticut Yankee, 100 Connecticut, SF; www.theyankee.com. 10pm, $15.
Paula Harris Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Jolie Holland, Will Sprott of the Mumlers, Dreams, Emily Jane White Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $16.50-$18.50.
Malone Brothers, Buxter Hoot’n, Cryin’ Shame Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15-$20.
Jason Marion, Randy, Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Bob Mould, Fake Your Own Death, Distortion+ Bottom of the Hill. 8pm, $20.
Jonas Reinhart, Magic Touch, Three Leafs Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Vonda Shepard Rrazz Room. 8pm, $45.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Clift Hotel, 495 Geary, SF. 9pm, free with RSVP to morganshotelgroup.com/rsvp/clift-sessions.html.
Veronica Falls, Bleached, Brilliant Colors, Lilac Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12-$14.
X-Static Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Z-man & Fist Fam, Grand Invincible, Rec-League, Foul Mouth Jerk Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 9pm, $10.
Dave Holland Overtone Quartet Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon, SF; www.sfjazz.com. 8Pm, $25-$65.
Hubert Laws Yoshi’s. 8pm, $30; 10pm, $26.
Carol Luckenbach Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $8.
Ways & Means Committee Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30-11pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Zej & Calen, Lea Grant Dolores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores, SF; www.doloresparkcafe.com . 7:30pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Blow Up: Plastic Plates DNA Lounge.10pm, $20. With live performances by Plastic Plates, Eric Sharp, Tropicool, and DJ Jeffrey Paradise.
DJ Spinna & DJ Shortkut Mighty.10pm.
Juno What? Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15. Soul, disco, electro, and funk with DJ K-Os.
Old School JAMZ El Rio. 9pm. Fruit Stand DJs spinning old school funk, hip-hop, and R&B.
Paris to Dakar 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.
Pledge: Fraternal Lookout. 9pm, $3-$13. Benefiting LGBT and nonprofit organizations. Bottomless kegger cups and paddling booth with DJ Christopher B and DJ Brian Maier.
SATURDAY 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
ALO, Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers Fillmore. 9pm, $22.50.
Archers of Loaf, Big Sleep, Hospitality, Built Like Alaska Great American Music Hall. 7:30pm, $26.
Bats in the Belfree, Hate Crime Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Big Freedia Public Works. 9pm, $16.
Brass Menazeri Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Christie Front Drive, Jonah Matranga, Young Mammals, Great Apes Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $15.
DJ Audio1 SOM.11pm, $10.
Green & Wood, Hazzard’s Cure, Wild Hunt Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Imperial Teen Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, SF; www.amoeba.com. 2pm, free.
Overwhelming Colorfast, Oranger, Slouching Stars, Peppercorn Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Randy, Nathan Temby, Jason Marion Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Vonda Shepard Rrazz Room. 8pm, $45.
Sic Alps, Asabov Sobelo, No Boss, Patrick Mullins Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$12.
Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
Ticket to Ride Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Laura Veirs & the Hall of Flames, Foxtails Brigade, Carlos Forster, Tyler Lyle Swedish American Hall. 8pm, $16.
Laura Veirs & the Tumble Bees Swedish American Music Hall. 3pm, $18.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
“Back to the Roots of Jazz” Savanna Jazz. 7;30pm, $15. With special guests and African dancers.
John Cavellini with Tom Shaw Trio Martuni’s, 4 Valencia, SF; (415) 241-0205. 7pm, $7.
Bill Kwan Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30-11pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Saturday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
DANCE CLUBS
Blowoff: Hosted and DJ’d by Bob Mould Slim’s. 10pm, $15.
Bootie SF: Katy Perry Night DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$15. With resident DJs Adrian and Mysterious D, Smash-Up Derby, Dada, Cookie Dough, and more.
Debaser Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. Four-year anniversary party with DJs Jamie Jams, Emdee, and Stab Master Arson spinning classic 90s alternative and hip-hop.
Frankie Knuckles Mighty. 10pm.
Go Bang! Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com. 9pm, $5, free before 10pm. Atomic dancfloor disco action with Michael Serafini, Allen Craig, Steve Fabus, and Sergio Fedasz.
Juno What? Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15. Soul, disco, electro, and funk with DJ K-Os.
Night Moves Monarch, 101 Sixth, SF; www.monarchsf.com. 9pm, $5-$10. With residents J Boogie and DJ Theory, and guests Jimmy Edgar and B. Bravo.
Paris to Dakar 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.
Rocket Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $7. Deep space dancing with the Rocket Collective resident DJs Trevor Sigler, David Sternesky, and more.
SUNDAY 26
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Antechamber, Deep Dimension, Buttons Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $5-$8.
Dodos, AU, Cannons & Clouds, Here Here Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $20.
Drone Church, Jozef van Wissem, Chuck Johnson, Diego Gonzalez Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1661 15th SF, SF; www.saintjohnsf.org. 8pm.
Carletta Sue Kay, Helene Renaut, Karina Denike Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $5.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dima and Grant Levin Bliss Bar, 4026 24 St., SF; www.blissbar.com. 4:30-7:30pm, $10.
“Harriet Tubman and Jazz” Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theater, 4705 Third, SF; www.urbanmusicpresents.com. 3pm, $20. With Marcus Shelby Quartet featuring Faye Carol.
Justin & Matthias Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30-11pm, free.
John Pizzarelli Fairmont, Venetian Room, 950 Mason, SF; www.bayareacabaret.org. 2:30 and 5pm, $45.
Savanna Jazz Jam Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $5.
Leah Tyrese Yoshi’s. 7pm, $20.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Sunday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
KC Turner St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1790 Van Ness, SF; (415) 673-7327. 5pm, free.
Twang Sundays Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Muddy Roses, Wounded Men.
DANCE CLUBS
Batcave Club 93, 93 9th St, SF 10pm, $5. Death rock, goth, and post-punk with Steeplerot, XChrisT, Necromos and c_death.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall with DJ Sep, Maneesh the Twister, and Vinnie Esparza.
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 27
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Elephant Listening Project Elbo Room. 9pm, free.
Fatlip, Cee Knowledge Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15-$20.
Jealous Sound, Books On Tape, Please Do Not Fight Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Leslie & the Ly’s, Pennyhawk, Ramona & the Swimsuits Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $13.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
Claudia Quintet feat. Theo Bleckmann Yoshi’s. 8pm, $20.
Hermann Lara and His Jazz Nexus Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30-11pm, free.
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, 2299 Mission, SF; www.thebeautybar.com. 10pm, free. Hip-hop and other stuff.
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 28
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Alvon Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Neurovoltaic Orchestra Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5. Soul, disco, electro, and funk with DJ K-Os.
Two Cow Garage Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Jenny Owen Youngs, Little Hurricane, Terese Taylor Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Nellie McKay: I Want to Live! Rrazz Room. 8Pm, $30.
Rastrelli Quartet Yoshi’s. 8pm, $18.
Raquel Yoshi’s Lounge. 6:30-11pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro.
Post-Dubstep Tuesdays Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521.10pm, free. DJs Dnae Beats, Epcot, Footwerks spin UK Funky, Bass Music.