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WEDNESDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Am & Shawn Lee, Nino Moschella Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12-$14.
Emperor Norton Lost Church, 65 Capp, SF; thelostchurch.com. 8pm, $10-$20.
Keith Crossan Blues Showcase with Tom Pollitzer Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Nobunny, Apache Dropout, Burnt Ones Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $10.
Ocha La Rocha, Sweet Chariot Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $8-$10.
Pine, Band Practice, Lady Stardust Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Greg Zema vs JC Rockit Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Barbara Cook Rrazz Room. 8pm, $55-$75.
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.
Kenny Neal Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $15; 10pm, $22.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $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.
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.
THURSDAY 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Alex Clare Mezzanine. 8pm, $10.53.
Animal Kingdom, Atlas Genius, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9:30pm, $13.
Bayonics, Comet Empire, Edison, Beautiful Machines, Pollux, BangBang Slim’s. 7pm, free.
El Cajon, Steakhouse, Warbler Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Gunshy Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
John Lee Hooker Jr. Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
Iguanas, Beso Negro Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Eleni Mandell, David Dondero, SHEL Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12-$14.
Two Star Symphony, Not An Airplane, Fleeting Trance Amnesia. 9pm, $10.
Matthew Stewart, Paige and the Thousand, Roem Baur Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 7pm, $10.
St. Valentinez, Handshake, Fever Charm Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Rags Tuttle vs Greg Zema Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Barbara Cook Rrazz Room. 8pm, $55-$75.
Ned Boyton Trio Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
Lydia Pense & Cold Blood Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $16; 10pm, $20.
Savanna Jazz Jam with Eddy Ramirez Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Kentucky Twisters 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, $8. With Funk Ark, and DJ-host Pleasuremaker spins 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.
Thursdays at the Cat Club Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). The best of the 80s with DJs 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
Alan Evans Trio Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 10pm, $5-$13.
Albino!, Fog Dub Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
American Steel, Reckless Kind, Ilona Staller Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Be My Baby: Hot Toddies, She’s, DJs Wham Bam Ashleyanne and the Whiz Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10.
Easy Leaves, Alison Harris and the Barn Owl, TV Mike and the Scarecrows, Emily Bonn and the Vivants Independent. 8pm, $12.
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Fast Times Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $10.
Hank 3, Hellbilly, Attention Deficit Domination, 3 Bar Ranch Regency Ballroom. 8:30pm, $28.
Mermen, Red Meat Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $15.
“Rockabilly Boogie Pt. 1” Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12-$14. With Texas Steve & the Tornados, Rumble Strippers, Golden West Trio.
Slow Club Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 7:30pm, $10-$13.
Tall Shadows Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Turks, Winter Ox Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Very Best Mezzanine. 9pm, $15.
Womp, John Beaver, Frank Nitty, Switchblade Slim’s. 9pm, $18.
Greg Zema, Rome Balestrieri, Randy Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Barbara Cook Rrazz Room. 8pm, $55-$75.
Terry Disely Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 5:30-8:30pm.
Carol Luckenbach Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $8.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Baxtalo Drom Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10. With live music, gypsy punk, belly dancing.
Rafael Mendoza Mission Cultural Center Theater, 2868 Mission, SF; www.missionculturalcenter.org. 7:30pm, $12-$15.
Taste Fridays 650 Indiana, SF; www.tastefridays.com. 8pm, $18. Salsa and bachata dance lessons, live music.
DANCE CLUBS
Anomie Belle, Blockhead, Yppah Public Works. 9:30pm, $12. Ninja Tune showcase.
Chase, Pharaohs, Jason Kendig, Ash Williams Public Works. 9pm, $5-$10.
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.
True Skool 13-Year Anniversary Mighty SF. With Sake 1, Jah Yzer, Platurn, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist, Davey D, and more.
SATURDAY 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Rome Balestrieri, Greg Zema, Jason Marion Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Brownout, Will Magid Trio, Senor Oz Elbo Room. 10pm, $12.
Cutthroats 9, Rock Bottom Bender’s. 9pm, $5.
Dirty Hand Family Band Riptide. 9pm, free.
Foreverland with strings Bimbo’s. 9pm, $22.
Fred Frith and friends play Gravity Slim’s. 9pm, $20.
Fusion Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Gliss, City of Women Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $8.
Hammerlock Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Paula Harris Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Hooks, Chris Von Sneidern, Eastern Span, InterChords Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
In Rare Form, New Up, Sean Leahy Trio, Blisses B Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$13.
Mantles, English Singles, New Faultlines Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Petty Theft, Minks Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $15.
Roadside Bombs, Sydney Ducks, Synthetic ID Thee Parkside. 8:30pm, $10-$15.
Ronkat Spearman’s Katdelic Boom Boom Room. 9:30pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Barbara Cook Rrazz Room. 8pm, $55-$75.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
“Chinatown Music Festival” Portsmouth Square, Kearny Street between Clay and Washington, SF; www.c-c-c.org. 11am-5pm, free.
Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Tresspassers, Harmed Brothers Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $15.
“J-Pop Summit” SF Japantown, 1746 Post, SF; www.j-pop.com. 11am-6pm, free.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: Michael Jackson’s Birthday DNA Lounge. 9pm, $15. With DJs Tripp, Tyme and Nathan Scot, Dada, Smash-Up Derby.
Burner Bon Voyage Public Works. 9pm, $5-$10. With M.A.N.D.Y., Dejan.
Go BANG! Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com. 9pm, $5. Atomic dancefloor disco action with Marke B. birthday set, Derek Opperman, Carlos Corcho, and more.
Icee Hot: Hieroglyphic Being, Roche Public Works Loft. 10pm.
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.
SUNDAY 26
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Col. Bruce Hampton Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 7:30pm, $3.50-$10.
Crashfaster, Minusbaby, Awkward Terrible DNA Lounge. 8pm, $16.
Kristin Hersh, Moore Brothers, Terese Taylor Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $17-$20.
Theophilus London Mezzanine. 8pm, $18.
OK Go, Family Crest Sigmund Stern Grove, 19 Avenue and Sloat Boulevard, SF; www.sterngrove.org. 2pm, free.
Park starring Happy Mayfield & Nate Mercereau, Buttercream Gang Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, free.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Barbara Cook Rrazz Room. 3 and 7pm, $55-$75.
Adrian Areas Latin Jazz Band Savanna Jazz. 7pm, $7.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Alex Cuba Yoshi’s SF. 7pm, $18.
Heeldraggers Amnesia. 8pm, $7-$10.
“J-Pop Summit” SF Japantown, 1746 Post, SF; www.j-pop.com. 11am-6pm, free.
Twang Sunday Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Alabaster, Tell River.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, 6. With DJ Sep, Maneesh the Twister, Taal Mala.
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
Bomb the Music Industry, Classics of Love, Street Eaters, Point of View Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $9.
Brian Bergeron Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Clip’d Beaks, Creepers, Feral Kizzy, Disappearing People Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Turquoise Jeep Hemlock Tavern. 8pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Earl Brothers, Water Tower Bucket Boys Amnesia. 9pm.
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 28
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Ash Reiter, Kapowski, Sugar Candy Mountain Amnesia. 9:15pm, $7.
Desaparecidos, Velvet Teen Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $25.
Beres Hammond, 9Tomorrows, DJ Inferno Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $30.
Kayo Dot, Author & Punisher, miRthkon, Atomic Bomb Audition Elbo Room. 9pm, $8.
Mallard, Cool Ghouls, Dead Ghosts Knockout. 10pm, $7.
Mean Jeans, Big Eyes, Meat Market El Rio. 7pm, $7.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Windham Flat, Side Hackers, Los Broskis Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Gaucho Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
Virginia Tichenor Pier 23, Embarcadero at Filbert, SF; (415) 362-5125. 5-8pm.
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.