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WEDNESDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Breton, Michna, Kyle Hunt and the King Gypsy Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $9-$12.
Bright Light Social Hour, French Cassettes, Guy Fox Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
C-Money and the Players Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Crosby, Stills, Nash Fillmore. 8pm, $61.
Foxfield Four 50 Mason Social House, SF; www,50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm, free.
Hides, Bad Liar El Rio. 10pm.
Lee Huff vs Jc Rockit Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm..
Mad Planet Grant and Green Saloon. 9pm.
Mournful Congregation, Velnias, Lux Interna, Wreck and Reference Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Ringo Deathstarr, Permanent Collection Milk Bar. 9pm, $7.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Slug Guts, Neon Piss, Little Queenie Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Cello Madness Congress 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.classicalrevolution.org. 9pm.
Mike Chase Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
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.
"Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes" Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 8pm, $30-$37.
Pat Metheny Unity Band Yoshi’s SF. 8 and 10pm, $55.
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.
Hardcore Humpday Happy Hour RKRL, 52 Sixth St, SF; (415) 658-5506. 6pm, $3.
Obey the Kitty: Nadastrom, Justin Mill Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; .www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $5.
"Smack Dab Open Mic" Magnet, 4122 18th St, SF; www.magnetsf.org. 8pm. With MC Crumbsnatcher.
Tree House, HBK Gang, Jay Ant Public Works. 10pm, $5.
THURSDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Azure Ray, Soko, Haroula Rose Swedish American Hall. 8pm, $15.
Between the Cities Are Stars, Night Fruit, Seatraffic, Tomihira Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Black Nature Band, City Faire and Ama Revolution Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $10.
Crosby, Stills, Nash Fillmore. 8pm, $61.
DubFx and Flower Fairy, Snarephobe, Starfighterz Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $22.
Mike Gardner 50 Mason Social House, SF; www,50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm, free.
Gunshy Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Into Weather, Oceanography, Lessons Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $9-$12.
Sondre Lerche Independent. 8pm, $15.
Mansfield Aviator, Astra, Basements Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Maximo Park, Neighbourhood, Zambri Slim’s. 9pm, $18-$20.
Moving Units, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $12-$14.
Casey Neill, Victor Krumenacher, Passenger and Pilot Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
Nathan Temby vs Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm..
These Hills of Gold, Bye Bye Blackbirds, Jake Mann and the Upper Hand, City Deluxe, Grandma Kelsey Amnesia. 9Pm, $7-$10.
Saul Williams Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $21-$31.
Working From Home, Talk Tonight Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Tom Djil’s Space Junk Red Poppy Art House. 6:30pm, $10-$15.
"Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes" Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 8pm, $30-$37.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Ned Boyton Trio Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
Pat Metheny Unity Band Yoshi’s SF. 8 and 10pm, $60.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Emily Anne Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
Vincent Feliu Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, SF; www.brava.org. 8pm, $25.
Laura Ganci, Zoe Sundra Coffee Adventures, 1331 Columbus, SF; www.coffeeadventurescafe.com. 11am-1pm, free.
Django Mack 50 Mason Social House, SF; www,50masonsocialhouse.com. 8pm, 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. Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk with DJ-host Pleasuremaker.
All 80s Thursday 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.
Base: Miguel Campbell, Bells and Whistles Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; .www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $5-$10.
Mochipet California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse, SF; www.calacademy.org. 8pm, $12.
Spilt Milk Milk Bar..10pm, free. With Nick Monaco, Sepehr, resident DJs Taylor Fife, Shaky Premise.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
"Bay for the Bayou Benefit" Bimbo’s. 8pm, $75. With Allen Toussaint, California Honeydrop, Shots.
Cut Loose Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Easy Star All-Stars, Passafire Slim’s. 9pm, $20.
Fast Times 80s Dance Party Band Maggie McGarry’s, 1375 Grant, SF; www.maggiemcgarrys.com. 9pm, free.
Gov’t Mule, Revivalists, DJ Harry Duncan Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $37.
Hank IV, Mad Macka, Musk Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Holograms, Maus Haus, Group Rhoda, DJ Omar Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $12-$14.
Lee Huff, Rome Balestrieri, Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Lee Vilensky Trio Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
Lord Loves A Working Man, Struts, Blammos Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Bob Mould Fillmore. 9pm, $25.
Outlaw, Shivas, Peachelope Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Reptar, Icky Blossoms Independent. 9pm, $15.
Urban Mystic with Swaggaboys Yoshi’s SF Lounge. 10pm, $35.
W-Beez, Legacy Pack Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15.
Yob, Acid King, Norska Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $12-$20.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Black 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.
"Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes" Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 8pm, $30-$37.
Mads Tolling Quartet Collins Theater, 1100 Ellis, SF; www.classicalrevolution.org. 8pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
"Bluegrass Bonanza" Plough and Stars. 9:30pm, $6-$10. With Beauty Operators, Driftless.
Huun Huur Tu Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $26.
Nessie Expedition Amnesia. 6pm, free.
Amber Stitt, Carol Mitchell, Courtney Nicole 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.
Team Bahia Elbo Room. 10pm, $10. With DJ Walt Digz.
DANCE CLUBS
DJ What’s His Fuck Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
Hella Tight Amnesia.10pm, $5.
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.
Toolroom Knights: Mark Knight, David Gregory Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; .www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $20-$30.
SATURDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bang Data Independent. 9pm, $12.
Bits of Shit, Yi, Synthetic ID, Man Hands Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
Blow Off: Hosted and DJd by Bob Mould Slim’s. 10pm, $15.
Chickfactor: For the Love of Pop Rickshaw Stop. 7:30pm, $20-$25. With Stevie Jackson, Softies, Kim Baxter, Allen Clapp.
Cut Hands, Burmese, Bestial Mouths, DJ Crackwhore Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $12.
Flexx Bronco, Rock Bottom, Tiger Honey Pot Knockout. 9pm, $5.
Funk Revival Orchestra, DJ K-Os Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15.
Fusion Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Moth, Los Amigos Invisables Golden Gate Park, Lindley Meadow, SF; www.newbelgium.com. Noon-5pm. Tour de Fat Afternoon Ballyhoo.
Hydrophonic, Black Tape Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Real Nasty, Jay Trainer Band, Segue, Roem Baur Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10-$12.
Royal Deuces Riptide. 9pm, free.
Six Organs of Admittance, Young Moon, Donovon Quinn Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Tainted Love, Duran Duran Duran Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $25.
Nathan Temby, Rome Balestrieri, Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Bella Trio SF Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak, SF; .(415) 864-7326. 8pm, $10-$25.
"Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes" Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 8pm, $30-$37.
Mr. Lucky Experience Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
"Jug Band Music – The Next Generation" Plough and the Stars. 6pm, $7. With Dusty Porch Orchestra, Amazing Dr. Zarcon’s Breathing Machine, Goat Family, Ghost Town Gospel, Bakersfield Dozen.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Behrouz Ruby Skye. 11pm.
Bootie SF: Pre-Folsom Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $15. With Smash-Up Derby, A Plus D, Dada.
EDX, John Beaver Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; .www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $20-$30.
Go Bang! Folsom Street Weekend Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; Facebook: Go Bang SF. With Paul Goodyear, Allen Craig, Steve Fabus, and more.
Heart Locker/Barracuda 111 Minna Gallery, SF; www.111.minnagallerycom. 10pm. Benefit for CHOC.
Miracles Club, Kim Ann Foxman, Jozif, MikeQ, Kingdom Public Works. 10pm, $18-$20.
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 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
All Bay Area Rock 50 Mason Social House, SF; www,50masonsocialhouse.com. 8pm, $13. With Slanted House, Unbecome, Leviathan.
City Deluxe, Killing Floor Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Defibulators Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Hip Bones Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Ladyhawke, Limousines, Little Boots, Horse Meat Disco Folsom Street Fair, Folsom Street between Seventh and 12th Street, SF; www.folsomstreetevents.org. 11am-6pm.
Sean Paul, DJ Sharp, DJ Slick D Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $32.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Terraplane Sun, Mowgli’s Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
"Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes" Rrazz Room, 222 Mason, SF; www.therrazzroom.com. 8pm, $30-$37.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Twang Sunday Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Jinx Jones and the King Tones.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJ Sep, J. Boogie, DJ Quest.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2. Raise money for LGBT sports teams while enjoying DJs and drink specials.
MONDAY 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Earl Brothers, Pine Leaf Boys Amnesia. 9pm, $10-$15.
Niners, SXO, Surgeon Generals Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Serj Tankian, Viza Fillmore. 8pm, $35.
Martin Zobel Elbo Room. 9pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Daryl Shawn with Ziva Hadar Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California, SF; (415) 831-5620. 7pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Joe Radio, Decay, and Melting Girl.
Crazy 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.
Soul Cafe John Colins Lounge, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. R&B, Hip-Hop, NeoSoul, Reggae, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Salsa and more with DJ Jerry Ross. Happy hour all night.
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 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Afrofunk Experience, Soulati Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Ryan Bingham, La Santa Cecilia Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $26.
City Tribe, Redwood Wires, Windham Flat Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Django Django Independent. 8pm, $15.
GZA, Sweet Valley, Killer Mike, Bear Hands Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Toshio Hirano Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
Killbossa, Foxtails Brigade, Wanted Man Amnesia. 9pm.
Kreator, Accept, Swallow the Sun Regency Ballroom. 7:30pm, $32.
NVO presents Fuck Yeah Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
TeamMate, Bring the Tiger Hotel Utah. 8pm, $8.
VKTMS, Nihilist Cunt, Bad Coyotes, Nanash 774 Knockout. 9:30pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
"A Tribute to Cal Tjader" Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $24. Featuring Pete Escovedo, Michael Wolff, Warren Wolf, John Santos, and more.
Crown Syncopators Embarcadero at Filbert, SF; (415) 362-5125. 5-8pm.
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.
Stylus John Colins Lounge, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. Hip-hop, dancehall, and Bay slaps with DJ Left Lane.