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WEDNESDAY 11
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Babies, Pamela, Love Devotion Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
Roem Baur Underground SF, 424 Haight, SF; www.undergroundsf.com. 10pm, $5.
Before the Brave, Branches, Owl Paws Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Billy & Dolly, 21st Century, Morgan Manifacier Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Fidlar, Meat Market, Shrills Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Jeff vs. JC Rockit Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Keith Crossan Showcase with Laura Price Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
One Way Station Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Panic Is Perfect, Swoon Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $5-$8.
Terry Savastano 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.
Hot Club of San Francisco Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $15.
Kim Nalley Rrazz Room. 8pm, $30-$40.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Daniel Seidel Plough and Stars. 9pm.
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.
KUSF-in-Exile DJ Night: Full Tilt Boogie Vertigo, 1160 Polk, SF; www.savekusf.org. 8pm. With DJs Irwin, Cliff, Nathan, and John.
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 Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm. $10. With Prince Club, Eric Sharp, Justin Milla.
Recess: Free Lunchtime Dance Party Monarch, 101 Sixth, SF; www.monarchsf.com. Noon, free.
THURSDAY 12
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Alvon Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Codeine, Mark Eitzel Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $18.
Emily Bonn & the Vivants, Harkenbacks, Junco Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Great White Buffalo, Cosmic Suckerpunch, Soonest Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Gunshy Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
“Pairidaeza Video Premiere” Thee Parkside. 9pm. With live music by Matt Rodriguez & the Story Tellers.
Saint Motel, Dirty Ghosts, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9:30pm, $12-$14.
Simon Joyner, Renderers, Jean Marie Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
Sprial Electric Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 7pm, $5-$8.
Steel Panther Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $25.
Rags Tuttle vs. Jeff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Jazz Jam with trumpet master Eddy Ramirez Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
Kim Nalley Rrazz Room. 8pm, $30-$40.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Shannon Ceili Band Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Triple Chicken Foot Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 8-10pm, free.
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 Pleasuremaker spins Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
Base Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm. $10. With Pirupa, Oona Dahlman.
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.
Lions, Tigers, and Queers Underground SF. 10pm-2am, $3. Indie, Electro, and House dance party with resident DJ Becky Knox and special guests.
Mods vs Rockers Make Out Room. 8pm. With Chuckleberries and Secret Secretaries.
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 13
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Alma Desnuda, Dgiin, Keznamdi Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $15.
Mark Bettencourt & the Aftermath Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Buttercream Gang, Wave Array, Cash Pony Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
James Hunter, Jesse Dee Bimbo’s. 9pm, $25.
Icky Boyfriends, Wounded Lion, Spray Paint Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $12. SS2 Fest.
Jeff, Jason Marion, Rome Balestrieri Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Booker T. Jones Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $30; 10pm, $20.
Nibblers Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15.
Novalima, Afrolicious Independent. 9pm, $20.
Nux Vomica, Tigon, Embers, Young Lions Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Patrice Pike Amnesia. 8pm, $7.
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Strangelove, Reptile House Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12.
Sun Hop Fat, Harry & the Hit Men, On the Spot Trio Slim’s. 9pm, $13-$15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Kim Nalley Rrazz Room. 8pm, $30-$40.
Savanna Jazz Trio Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Sergent Garcia, Bayonics, Bang Data, DJ Stepwise and Julicio Mezzanine. 9pm, $25.
GoldDiggers, Tell River Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Daniella Gordon Red Poppy Art House. 8pm.
Melissa Lyn 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 8pm, free.
Taste Fridays 650 Indiana, SF; www.tastefridays.com. 8pm, $18. Salsa and bachata dance lessons, live music.
DANCE CLUBS
Bardot A Go Go Pre-Bastille Day Dance Party Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10. DJs Brother Grimm and Pink Frankenstein, free ’60s hairstyling.
Bombshell Betty and her Burlesqueteers, Fromagique, Mari the the Moniters Elbo Room. 9pm, $15.
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.
Pandemic 2: The Relapse (Darker Dubstep) Mighty. 9pm, $10. With Kahn, TZR, Specters, Porkchop, Nebakaneza, and more.
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.
White Ring, Deathface DNA Lounge. 10pm, $13. With S4nta_Mu3rte, Chauncy_CC.
SATURDAY 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Rome Balestrieri , Jeff, Jason Marion Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Lurrie Bell & John Primer Chicago Blues Guitar Shootout Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22-$25.
Blisees B, Western Haunts, City Lights Amnesia. 6-9pm, $7-$10.
4 Inch Studs Grant & Green Saloon. 9pm.
Go Van Gogh Revolution, 3248 22 St, SF; www.govangogh.net. 9pm.
Al Green Masonic Center, 111 California, SF; www.masonicauditorium.com. 7:30pm, $45-$79.50.
Sophie B. Hawkins Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $22; 10pm, $18.
LA Riots Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm. $10-$15.
Lazer Wolf, Breaks Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Monoshock, Lamps, Musk Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $12. SS2 Fest.
Moto, Meat Sluts, Coloffs, Custom Kicks Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Neurovolactic Orchestra (NVO), U9lift, Slayers Club DJs Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15.
Phenomenauts, No Alternative, Hooks, Fucking Buckaroos El Rio. 3pm, $8.
Please Do Not Fight, Picture Atlantic, Dogcatcher, Cold Eskimo Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Joe Rut, Low Rollers Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $14.
Stomacher, Mister Loveless, Stripmall Architecture, Books on Tape Slim’s. 9pm, $13-$15.
Street Justice, Awesome, Utter Failure Bender’s. 10pm, $5.
Tall Shadows Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Torches in Trees Make-Out Room. 7:30pm, $8.
Water District, Insufferables Connecticut Yankee, 100 Connecticut, SF; www.theyankee.com. 10pm
Zodiac Death Valley, Old Testament, Ocha La Rocha, Big Drag Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$13.
Zoo: Complete U2 Experience Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
“Japantown Jazz Festival” Japantown Peace Plaza, Post and Buchanan Streets, SF; www.japancentersf.com. Noon, free. With Asian American Jazz Orchestra, and more.
“John Cage Festival: Variations VII” ODC Dance Commons, 351 Shotwell, SF; www.sfsound.org. 8pm, $8-$15.
Kim Nalley Rrazz Room. 8pm, $30-$40.
Suzanna Smith Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $8.
Soundwave: The Human Bionic Lab. 8pm, $12-$25. With interactive performances by Joe Cantrell, Kadet Kuhne, and more.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Northern Lights, Jim Parr Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bastille Day: Rebecca & Fiona Ruby Skye. 9pm.
Bootie SF: DJs From Mars DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$20. With electro mashup masters from Italy DJs From Mars, A Plus D, Smash-Up Derby, and more.
Club Gossip Cat Club. 9pm, free before 9:30pm, $5-$8 after. With VJs Shon, Low Life, Damon, and more.
Cockblock Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $5-$10.
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.
Non Stop Bhangra Public Works. 9pm, $15. Indian/Caribbean Summer with Surya Dub.
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.
Tormenta Tropical Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-$10. With Lemonade, Kid Fresh, Shawn Reynaldo, Oro11.
2 Men Will Move You Amnesia. 9pm.
SUNDAY 15
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Logic and Tayyib Ali Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $12.50-$30.
Modern English, Sid Luscious and the Pants Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $15.
Moncef Genoud Trio Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $20.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Nitin Sawhney, Meshell Ndegeocello Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard, SF; www.sterngrove.org. 2pm, free.
Young, Uzi Rash, Synthetic ID Hemlock Tavern. 8pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Jo Canion Trio Bliss Bar, 4026 24 St, SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30-7:30pm, $10.
Kim Nalley Rrazz Room. 8pm, $30-$40.
“Outsound New Music Summit: Touch the Gear Expo” Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF; www.outsound.org. 7-10pm, free; $45 festival pass.
Savanna Jazz Vocal Jam with Kelly Park Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Jack Gilder, Kevin Bernhagen, Richard Mandel Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Mokai Red Poppy Art House. 7:30pm, $10-$20.
Orequesta La Clave Ramp, 855 Terry Francois, SF; www.theramprestaurant.com. 5-8pm.
Stompy Jones Castro and Market Street, SF; Facebook: CastroCBD. 1pm, free.
Twang Sunday Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Blue Diamond Fillups, Rocketship Rocketship.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall with Vinnie Esparza, J. Boogie.
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 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Aeges, Silver Snakes, Name Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Sharaya Mikael, Dustin Roth, Chris Keeene Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, free.
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, Sun Araw, Cash Pony Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
Shearwater, Husky, Gold Leaves Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
“Tom Carter benefit show” Hemlock Tavern. 6pm. With Common Eider King Eider, John Porras, Meridians, Bill Orcutt.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
“Outsound New Music Summit: Composers Symposium” Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF; www.outsound.org. 7-9pm, free; $45 festival pass.
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 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Family Folk Explosion Amnesia. 9:15pm, free.
Fat Tuesday Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Glitter Wizard, Rock Bottom, Vanishing Breed Knockout. 9:30pm, $6.
Midtown Social, Midnight Raid, Winebirds Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Ooze, Mystery School, Electro Sonic Chamber Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $5-$7.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Trash Talk, SpaceGhostPurrp Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
Wooster Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Young Magic, Quilt, Shock Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Gaucho Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Brazilian Wax Elbo Room. 9pm, $7. With resident DJs Carioca and P-Shot.
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.