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WEDNESDAY 27
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Adios Amigo, Dreamdate, Garrett Pierce Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Civil War Rust, Air Show Disaster, Why I Hate Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Keith Crossan Invitational Pro Blues Jam Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Trini Lopez Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Jason Marion vs. Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Symbolick Jews, Konichiwa Baby, Impersonations Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Tanlines, Aaron Axelsen, Miles the DJ Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10.53.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Cosmo AlleyCats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com. 7-10pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Nachito Herrera Trio Yoshi’s. 8pm, $20.
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.
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.
Shutter Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. With DJs Nako, Omar, and Justin.
Southern Fried Soul Knockout. 9:30pm, $3. With Selectors Medium Rare, Psychy Mikey spinning barbecue greasy soul.
THURSDAY 28
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Anthem Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
AVICII, Chuckle, Cazzette Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. 8pm, $49.50.
Harper Blynn, Madi Diaz Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Butch Whacks & the Glass Packs Bimbo’s. 8pm, $45.
Shane Dwight Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $16.
Fake Your Own Death, Glass Trains, Le Panique Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
High and Tight, Flexx Bronco, Lonely Kings, Parachute on Fire Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Lee Huff vs. Jason Marion Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Japonize Elephants Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
J Boog, Katchafire, Irie Dole, Hot Rain Mezzanine. 9pm $35.
Trini Lopez Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Magic Trick California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse, SF; www.calacademy.org. 6pm, $10-$12.
Russian Circles, An So I Watch You From Afar, Deafheaven Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $14.
Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15.
Terry Malts, Rat Columns, Synthetic ID Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Chuchito Valdes Latin Jazz Band Yoshi’s. 8pm, $18; 10pm, $12.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Ned Boynton Trio Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
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-$7. With DJ/host Senor Oz and guests DJ Oneman, B Sears & Coolhands.
Andy Rourke (DJ set) Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $12. Popscene vs the Smiths.
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Get Low Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. Jerry Nice and Ant-1 spin Hip-Hop, ’80s and Soul with weekly guests.
Ritual Dubstep Thursdays Temple Nightclub, 540 Howard, SF; www.templesf.com. 10pm, $5. Dubstep with alternating DJs.
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 29
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Baby Dee, Carletta Sue Kay Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $12-$15.
Back Pages Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Blues Brothers Review Yoshi’s. 8pm, $30; 10pm, $25.
Bpos Showdown, 10 Sixth St, SF; www.showdownsf.com. 9pm, free.
Butch Whacks & the Glass Packs Bimbo’s. 8pm, $50.
Delta Rae, Victoria George, Helena Independent. 9pm, $12.
El-P, Killer Mike, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Despot Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $25.
Ian Franklin & Infinite Frequency Rockit Room. 9:30pm, $5.
Noah Griffin Union Room at Biscuits and Blues. 7:30pm, $10.
Growlers, Extra Classic, Cosmonauts Rickshaw Stop. 8:30pm, $13-$15.
Guido, Jason Marion, Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Paula Harris Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Austin Hastings, Stellar J, Mischa Pollack Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom, SF; www.brainwash.com. 8pm.
Trini Lopez Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Laura Marling Grace Cathedral, 1100 California, SF; www.lauramarling.com. 9pm, $39.50.
Moggs, Sons of Huns, Porch Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Mrs. Magician, Mantles, Kids on a Crime Spree Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Rad Cloud, Assateague, Sean Flinn and the Royal We, Sparrow’s Gate Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Chris Sprague & His 18 Wheelers, Mitch Polzak and 10-4, Kit & the Branded Men Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10-$12.
Justin Townes Earle, Tristen Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $21.
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.
Terry Disely Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 5:30-8:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
El Sonido Callejero, Santos De Los Angeles Slim’s. 8pm, $13-$15.
Taste Fridays 650 Indiana, SF; www.tastefridays.com. 8pm, $18. Salsa and bachata dance lessons, live music.
DANCE CLUBS
Bloke Salutes Roxy Music Truck. 8pm, free. With DJ Bobby Please.
DJ What’s His Fuck Riptide Tavern, 3639 Taraval, SF; www.riptidesf.com. 9pm, free.
Joe Lookout, 3600 16th St.,SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Eight rotating DJs, shirt-off drink specials.
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.
Sandwell District Showcase Public Works. 9pm, $15. With Function, Silent Servant, RRose, and more.
Sweater Funk Elbo Room. 10pm, $10. With DJs Jon Guillermo, Selecter DJKirk, Sabrina, Chun-Tech, special guests Mark Grusane and Mike Cole, and more.
Teenage Dance Craze Knockout. 10pm, $5. DJs Russell Quan, Okie Oran, and dX the Funky Granpaw spin surf, soul, garage, and more.
SATURDAY 30
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Alaric, La Corde, Crimson Scarlet, DJ Brown Amy El Rio. 10pm, $7.
Ben Benkert, Caldecott, Lifted Roots, Speed Goat Slim’s. 9pm, $14.
Big Tree, City Tribe, Yesway Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Blisses B, Green Door Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $5.
Blues Brothers Review Yoshi’s. 8pm, $35; 10pm, $30.
Butch Whacks & the Glass Packs Bimbo’s. 8pm, $50.
Glitter Wizard, Shrine, Hot Lunch Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Growlers, Extra Classic, Summer Twins Independent. 9pm, $15.
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Strange Vine Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.
Kafana Balkan, Brass Menazeri, Fishtank Ensemble Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $15.
Trini Lopez Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Major Powers & the Lo-Fi Symphony, Billy Cramer & Share the Land, Prairiedog Amnesia. 9pm, $8-$10.
New Monsoon, Tim Carbone Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $12-$15.
Northerlies, Raven Marcus, Slow Motion Cowboys Amnesia. 5:30pm, $8-$10.
Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Dent May, Shannon and the Clams Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $12.
Royal Deuces, Jinx Jones & the King Tones, Miss Lonely Hearts Knockout. 10pm, $6.
Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
Thundercult, Vir, Lotus Moons Thee Parkside. 9pm, $5.
Top Secret Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Trainwreck Riders Riptide Tavern, 3639 Taraval, SF; www.riptidesf.com. 9:30pm, free.
Via Coma, I The Mighty, Atlas Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Voco, Minot Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Greg Zema, Lee Huff, Jason Marion Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Elliot Simpson Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin, SF; www.tangentguitarseries.com. 7:30pm, $15.
Two Grands One Heart: Lynn Yew Evers and Margie Balter Salle Pianos, 1632 C Market, SF; www.lynnyewevers.com. 7-9pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Icee Hot: Robert Hood Public Works Loft. 10pm, $10.
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.
Woogie Nights with Alex Rose, Alexi Delano, Sammy Bliss, Sex Pixels Public Works. 9pm.
SUNDAY 1
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Apparitions, Rat Columns, Bad Backs Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Con Brio, Dia, Steer the Stars Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Delicate Steve, Yalls, Al Lover Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8:30pm, $8-$10.
Dream Theater, Crimson Projekct Warfield. 8pm, $52-$65.
Kally Price Old Blues and Jazz Band Amnesia. 8pm, $5.
Trini Lopez Rrazz Room. 5pm, $40-$45.
Lower Dens, No Joy, Ellie Beziat Independent. 8pm, $15.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Vastum, Whitehorse, Laudanum Elbo Room. 4pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dwaine Spurlin Band Bliss Bar, 4026 24 St, SF; www.blissbar.com. 4:30-7:30pm, $10.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Stone Foxes Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard, SF; www.sterngrove.com. 2pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Twang Sunday Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Lone Star Retrobates.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJ Sep, Maneesh the Twister, DJ Shockman.
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 2
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bass Drum of Death, DZ Deathrays, Warm Soda Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
French Cassettes, Butcher Brown, West Wingz Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Theo Katzman, Joey Dosik Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Mates of State, Stepkids Independent. 8pm, $18.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Vieux Farka Toure Yoshi’s. 8pm, $22.
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.
Vibes’N’Stuff El Amigo Bar, 3355 Mission, SF; (415) 852-0092. 10pm, free. Conscious jazz and hip-hop from 1960s-early ’90s with DJs Luce Lucy, Vinnie Esparza, and more.
TUESDAY 3
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Driftless Pony Club Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Family Folk Expolision Amnesia. 9:15pm, free.
Colleen Green, White Fang, Pamela Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, free.
“Hip Hop, Hope, and Harmony” Elbo Room. 9pm, $10. SF AIDS Walk benefit with Junior Toots, Zamico, DJ Lady Ryan.
Libyans, Adults, Face the Rail Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Sad Ladders El Rio. 8pm, $5.
Valient Thorr, Holy Grail, Royal Thunder, Kickass Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $12.
Young Empire, Humans, Rio Rio Thee Parkside. 8pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Gaucho Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
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.