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WEDNESDAY 4
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
"Big Time Freedom Fest" El Rio. 3:30pm, $8. With Religious Girls, Tartufi, Fin Riggins, Battlehooch, Night Call, Heart & the Hiding.
"Blue Flame" DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10. With Rglnd, Willie Joe, Armani Depaul, G. Maly, Nova Boy, Priceless Da Roc, and more.
Bobb Saggeth, Prizhog Elbo Room. 9pm, $8.
Gypsy Moonlight, Wicked Mercies, Winter Teeth Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $5.
Pine Box Boys, Colonel Jimmy & the Blackfish Cafe Du Nord. 6pm, $11-$13.
JC Rocket vs. Greg Zema Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Steve Taylor Ramirez Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
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, Eric Garland’s Jazz Session Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Bluegrass Country Jam Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Kevin Casey Coffee Adventures, 1331 Columbus, SF; kevincaseyandfriends.bandcamp.com. 11am.
Cha-Ching Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
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.
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.
Obey the Kitty: DJ Metric, Justin Milla Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm; free with guestlist before 11pm, $10 otherwise.
THURSDAY 5
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Cory Branan, Audra Mae, Travis Hayes, Doncat Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Grady Champion Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Cocktails, Preteen, Tambo Ray Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Giraffage, James & Evander Milk Bar, 1840 Haight, SF; www.milksf.com. 9pm, $6.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers, TV Mike and the Scarecrows Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Chante Moore Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $30; 10pm, $20.
Valerie Orth Hotel Utah. 8pm, $7.
Picture Me Broken, Out for Blood, Behold the Device, Giving The Devil His Due, Look a Flying Pig DNA Lounge. 6pm, $10.
Smokey Robinson with the San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, SF; www.sfsymphony.org. 7:30pm, $15-$115.
Sherik’s Bandalabra, Will Blades Trio Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $12.
Stagger & Fall, Dirty Filthy Mugs, Sore Thumbs Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Terraplane Sun, Ry Cuming, Family Wagon Cafe Du Nord. 7pm, $10.
Greg Zema vs. Rags Tuttle Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Oleta Adams Rrazz Room. 8pm, $49.50.
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.
Soundwave Nightlife California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, SF; www.projectsoundwave.com. 6-10pm, $10-$12. With Lumerians, Matt Baldwin, Danny Paul Grody, and more.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Better Haves Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 8-10pm, free.
"Salkind International Piano Duo Festival." San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak, SF; www.sfmf.org. 8pm.
Shannon Ceili Band Plough and Stars. 9pm.
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. DJ-host Pleasuremaker, DJ Palner spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Base: Robert Dietz, Rooz Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm; free with guestlist before 11pm, $10 otherwise.
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.
Popscene club night: Miami Horror (DJ set) Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $13.
Supersonic Lookout, 3600 16th St., SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Global beats paired with food from around the world by Tasty. Resident DJs Jaybee, B-Haul, amd Diagnosis.
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.
Vintage Tour 330 Ritch, SF; www.firstdirt.com. 9pm, $10. With Timothy Rhyme , LuckyIAm, DJ Mark Di Vita, Nay the Producer, emcee battles, more.
FRIDAY 6
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Aquamen, Go-Going-Gone Girls, Whoosie Whatsits Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Back Pages Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Birdhouse Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $8-$12.
Blind Pilot Fillmore. 9pm.
Brass Tax Amnesia. 9pm, $5.
Grady Champion Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Fast Times Maggie McGarry’s, 1353 Grant, SF; www.maggiemcgarrys.com. 9pm, free.
Kallisto, Cropus Hideous, Adronisaurus, Upholstery Jackson Jackson Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
New Diplomat, Trophy Fire, Rags & Ribbons Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10.
Pine and Battery, Caught in Motion, Guy Fox Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10.
Randy, Rome Balestrieri, Greg Zema Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Red Baraat Slim’s. 9pm, $16-$18.
Spider Heart Rockit Room. 10:30pm, $5.
Kelley Stoltz, Shana Falana, She’s, B and B Not Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12-$15.
Super Rock Trio feat. McFadden, Jay Lane, Ed Ivey, DJ Toph One Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Oleta Adams Rrazz Room. 8pm, $49.50.
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.
Rachelle Ferrell Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $30; 10pm, $25.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Benjamin Brown Plough and Stars. 9pm.
"Salkind International Piano Duo Festival." San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak, SF; www.sfmf.org. 8pm.
Taste Fridays 650 Indiana, SF; www.tastefridays.com. 8pm, $18. Salsa and bachata dance lessons, live music.
DANCE CLUBS
Braza! Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, $5-$10. DJs Sabo, Kento, Elan spin Brazilian, Batucada, Samba, with special guest DJ Nuts.
Danny Daze & Lee Curtiss Public Works. 10pm, $10-$12. With Rich Korach.
Deep Crates Underground SF, 424 Haight, SF; www.undergroundsf.com. 9pm, $4. With DJs Conor, JD, Harley spinning rare disco, Italo, and house.
Duniya Dancehall Bissap, 3372 19th St, SF; (415) 826 9287. 10pm, $10. With live performances by Duniya Drum and Dance Co. and music by Wontanara Revolution. DJ Juan Data spins bhangra, bollywood, dancehall, African, and more.
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.
Salem (DJ set) Elbo Room. 10pm, $8. 120 Minutes with resident DJs S4NtA MU3rTE, Nako, and Planet Death.
Strangelove: Military Fashion Show Cat Club. 9:30pm; $3 before 10pm, $7 after. Industrial with Tomas Diablo, Joe Radio, goth with Xander and Fact.50.
Swank Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm; $10-$20. With Pheeko Dubfunk, G Stav, David Paul, Lorentzo.
Warm Leatherette: Three-Year Anniversary Sub-Mission. 9:30pm; $5 before 10:30pm, $7 after. With KVB and Deathday.
SATURDAY 7
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bay Area Heat Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Business End, M Section Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Con Brio, DJ Jonathan Kircher Amnesia. 9pm, $8-$10.
Dead Westerns, My Revolver, Rare Animals Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
"Degotoga Festival" Treasure Island Event Venue, 401 California, SF; Facebook: Degotoga Festival. 1pm, $20. With Miles Schon & West Coast Engine Room Allstars, Shana Morrison & Caledonia, Razteria, Haunted By Heroes, Cruella, and more.
Gigamesh, Punks Jump Up Mezzanine. 10pm, $12.
Jacka & Husalah, Traxamillion Slim’s. 9pm, $18-$23.
Lionel Young Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Lucabrazzi, Meathook & the Vital Organs, Yes Go’s Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Maxines, Mallard Makeout Room. 7:30pm, $10.
Mike Dillon Band Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $10.
Pan Handlers, Gilded Rooks, Coburns Amnesia. 5:30pm, $8-$10.
Tall Shasham Jason Kwan, KS Thant, Elvira Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm; $10-$20.
Greg Zema , Rome Balestrieri, Randy Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Oleta Adams Rrazz Room. 7 and 9:30pm, $49.50.
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Rachelle Ferrell Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $35; 10pm, $30.
Fillmore Jazz Festival Fillmore Street between Jackson and Eddy, SF; www.fillmorejazzfestival.com. 10am-6pm, free. With Foxtails Brigade, Kim Nalley, Jai Uttal and the Queen of Hearts Orchestra, King Brothers, and more.
"Fillmore Jazz Festival Celebration" with Tara Priya, Steppin’ Boom Boom Room. 1pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Americana Jukebox Plough and Stars. 9:30pm, $6-$10. With Dull Richards.
Blicks Mix with Kramer Public Works Loft. 9pm; free before 11pm, $5 after.
Grupo Fantasma, Y La Bamba Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $16.
La Gente, Colm O’Riain Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $15-$18.
Orequesta Borinquen Ramp, 855 Terry Francois, SF; www.theramprestaurant.com. 5-8pm.
"Salkind International Piano Duo Festival." San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak, SF; www.sfmf.org. 8pm.
Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bearracuda Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $6-$8. With DJ Matt Consola, and Matt Alber (live).
Bootie SF: King of Pants DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$20.
Cockfight Underground SF, 424 Haight, SF; (415) 864-7386. 9pm, $7. Rowdy dance night for gay boys .
Foundation Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, $5-$10. DJs Shortkut, Apollo, Mr. E, Fran Boogie spin Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Funk, Salsa.
Haceteria Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com. 9pm; free before 10:30pm, $5 after. With C. Faith (live) and Nujack (DJ).
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.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-$10. With DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald.
SUNDAY 8
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers Biscuits and Blues. 7 and 9pm, $20.
Cool Ghouls, L.A. Witch, Sister Ruby Band Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Makru, Shake Your Peace, Diana Gameros, Justin Ancheta Amnesia. 9pm, $8-$10.
Paper Dolls, Betsy and Beau, Jared Griffin Amnesia. 5:30pm, $8-$10.
Volbeat, HELLYEAH, Iced Earth, Killinger Regency Ballroom. 6:30pm, $34.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Rachelle Ferrell Yoshi’s SF. 7pm, $30; 9pm, $25.
Fillmore Jazz Festival Fillmore Street between Jackson and Eddy, SF; www.fillmorejazzfestival.com. 10am-6pm, free. With Kim Nalley, Jai Uttal and the Queen of Hearts Orchestra, Sista Monica, and more.
"Salacious Underground: A Neo-Burlesque Experience" Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $7-$15. With Paranoids, New Eccentrics, Ellastico, Dorian Faust, May Yang.
San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas and SFS Chorus Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard, SF; www.sterngrove.org. 2pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Marla Fibish & Friends Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Twang Sunday Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Lone Star Retrobates.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $7. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJ Sep, Roommate, Antiserum.
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 9
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Mario Di Sandro Osteria, 3277 Sacramento, SF; www.osteriasf.com. 7pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Roem Baur Osteria, 3277 Sacramento, SF; www.osteriasf.com. 7pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-$5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with DJs Decay, Joe Radio, 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 10
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Electric Shepherd, VARDDJURET, Spyrals, Love Dimension, DJ Neil Martinson Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $5-$8.
Family Folk Explosion Amnesia. 9:15pm, free.
Guy Fox Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Artwork Jamal Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, 15.
Barry O’Connell, Vinnie Cronin & friends Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Papa Bear and the Easy Love, Tom Hamilton Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Schande, Pataha Hiss, Li Xi Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Gaucho Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
Mike Stoltzman Quintet feat. Richard Stoltzman Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $18.
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.
Study Hall John Colins Lounge, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. Hip-hop, dancehall, and Bay slaps with DJ Left Lane.