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WEDNESDAY 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Action Jackson, Megaflame Elbo Room. 9pm, $9.
Anadel, Sunrunners El Rio. 9pm, $8.
Cabin Project, Buster Blue, Goat and Feather Hotel Utah. 8pm.
Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Holdup, Los Rakas Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Crime and the City Solution, Cairo Gang Slim’s. 7:30pm, $28.
Hunter Valentine, Queen Caveat, Echo Twins Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $8-$10.
Jeff vs Todd Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Jukebox the Ghost, Now, Now Rickshaw Stop. 7:30pm, $12.
Keith Crossan Blues Showcase with Curtis Lawson Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $15.
Lord Huran, Night Moves Independent. 8pm, $14.
Lost in the Trees, Midtown Dickens, Dana Buoy Bottom of the Hill. 8pm, $12.
Nathan and Rachel Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Rita Ora, Iggy Azalea, Havana Brown Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $30.
Perfume Genius Swedish American Hall. 7:30pm, $15.
Rasputina, Faun Fables Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
White Arrows, Young Digerati, Trails and Ways, Miles the DJ Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10.53-$13.
White Manna, Midday Veil Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat’s Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Eric Garland’s Jazz Session Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Shirley Jones Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Natalie Macmaster Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $30; 10pm, $25.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Sofia Talvik Cafe Royale, 800 Post, SF; www.caferoyale-sf.com. 8:30pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita MORE! and Joshua J host this dance party.
Coo-Yah! Slate Bar, 2925 16th St, SF; www.slate-sf.com. 10pm, free. With Vinyl Ambassador, DJ Silverback, DJs Green B and Daneekah.
Full-Step! Tunnel Top. 10pm, free. Hip-hop, reggae, soul, and funk with DJs Kung Fu Chris and Bizzi Wonda.
Hardcore Humpday Happy Hour RKRL, 52 Sixth St, SF; (415) 658-5506. 6pm, $3.
Obey the Kitty: Justin Milla Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm. $5.
THURSDAY 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP.
Apogee Sound Club, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children McNuggits, Love Songs Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Brother Ali, Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman Fillmore. 8pm, $20.
Brother Pacific, Cool Ghouls, Troubadour Dali El Rio. 8pm, $6.
Chum Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $10.
Conspiracy of Beards, Beauty Operators String Band, Condorosa Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $7-$10.
Crazy Squeeze, Re-Volts Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Dig, French Cassettes, We Shared Milk, Wild Kindness Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Hip Hatchet, Brendan Thomas, Brooke D, Alexis Stevens Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Light Asylum, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $13-$15.
Rolando Morales Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Peelander-Z, Electric Eel Shock, Electric Sister Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Public Image, Ltd. Regency Ballroom. 8:30pm, $42.
Leon Russell Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $35.
Staff Benda Bilili Slim’s. 8pm, $16-$18.
Todd vs Jeff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm.
Z-Man, BPos, DJ Troubleman John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm, $5 after 10pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
“John Cage Centennial Celebration” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. 8pm, $10-$30. “Constructions” for percussion ensemble.
Michael McIntosh Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm, free.
Shirley Jones Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Twang! Honky Tonk Fiddler’s Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm. Live country music.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5-$7. With DJ-hosts Pleasuremaker and Senor Oz.
All 80s Thursday Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). The best of ’80s mainstream and underground.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 26
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Converge, Torche, Nails, Kvelertak Slim’s. 8pm, $16-$18.
Further Seems Forever, Chris Conley Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $26.
Goodnight, Texas, Elliot Randall and the Deadmen, Jesse Thomas Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10-$12.
Lights, Arkells Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $20.
Lila Rose, Birdseye, Emily Moldy, BELI3VER Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $12-$15.
Jason Marion, Todd, Jeff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Mitchel and Manley, Head Boggle, Bad Bad, Abyss of Fathomless Light Bluxome Point, 63 Bluxome, SF; www.bluxomepoint.com. 9pm, $5.
Night of the Living Crreature Thee Parkside. 9pm, free.
Pickwick, Fox and Woman, Black Cobra Vipers Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $13-$15.
Slough Feg, Skelator, Midnight Chaser Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
Toadies, Helmet, UME Independent. 9pm, $25.
Top Secret Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Von Goat, Dispirit, Atriach, Altar de Fey Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Glenn Walters and the Hoodoo Rhythm Devils Biscuits and Blues. 8Pm, $20.
Wooster Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $10.
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.
Shirley Jones Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Allison Lovejoy Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm, free.
Wooden Fish Ensemble San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin, SF; (415) 557-4400. 3pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Baxtolo Drom Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
DANCE CLUBS
Fedorable Queer Dance Party El Rio. 9pm, free.
Flashback Fridays Mezzanine. 9pm, $30. Halloween 1980s party with Wonder Bread 5, and DJs Omar, Damon Boyle, and Billy Vidal.
Joe Lookout, 3600 16th St.,SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Eight rotating DJs.
David Jones Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm. $20-$30.
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.
Trannyshack: Halloween DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $15. With Heklina, Peaches Christ, Exhibit Q, Elijah Minnelli, Raya Light, and more.
SATURDAY 27
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Asteroids Galaxy Tour Fillmore. 9pm, $20.
Bay Area Heat Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Brothers Comatose Independent. 9pm, $17.
Clamhawk Manorm My Parade Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Cult of Youth Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $10.
Fast Times Maggie McGarry’s, 1353 Grant, SF; (415) 339-9020. 10pm, free.
Forrest Day, Ghost and the City, DJ Brother Grimm Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10-$12.
Foreverland’s Thriller Halloween Ball Bimbo’s. 9pm, $22.
Wolfgang Gartner, Pierce Fulton and Popeska Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $32-$38.
Here We Go Magic Preservation Hall West at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.ticketfly.com. 9pm, $18.
Live Evil Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
Mister Loveless, Transfer, Hustle and Drone Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
Red Fang, Black Tusk, Lord Dying Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Rin Tin Tiger, Doe Eye, Steelwells, Wes Lesley and His Deadly Medley Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Todd, Jason Marion, Jeff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Shirley Jones Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-$45.
Mr. Lucky and the Cocktail Party Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm, free.
“Not in Our Name: Dia de los Muertos Concert” Brava Theatre, 2781 24 St., SF; www.brava.org. 8pm, $35. With John Santos Sextet.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Jascha Hoffman sings Caetano Veloso Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $10.
Will Magid’s World Wide Dance Party: Ethiopique Extravaganza! Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $15.
Temple Bhajan Band Integral Yoga Institute, 770 Dolores, SF; (415) 821-1117. 6-8pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Blow Up Halloween Special Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm. $5.
Club 1994 Halloween Bash Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.club1994.com. 10pm, $18.
Devil Made Me Do It: Drag, Devils, Dancing El Rio.10pm, $10; $5 with costume.
Halloween Boooootie DNA Lounge. 9pm. $30. A Plus D, Dada, Smash-Up Derby, with a midnight costume contest.
Mango El Rio. 3-8:30pm, $8-$10.
Paris to Dakar Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs. With DJ Ness.
120 Minutes Elbo Room. 10pm.
Temptation vs Fringe Cat Club. 9:30pm, $5-$8. With DJs Blonde K, subOctave, and more.
Vinyl Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $15. With Sonnyboy, DJ K-os.
SUNDAY 28
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Casy and Brian, Future Twin, Deep Teens Thee Parkside. 8pm, $7.
Earth, Fontanelle, Stebmo Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes: Medicine Cabinet, Lycanthropic Legions of Noise, Arachnid Archade Lab, 2948 16 St, SF; www.thelab.org. noon, $5-$10.
“Golden Gate Blues Society Presents: IBC Challenge Final” Biscuits and Blues. 5pm, $20.
Harold Ray Dead in Concert, Gregors, Outlaw Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $6.
Indubious Rockit Room. 9pm, $10.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
SLIG Hotel Utah. 8pm, $6.
Timeflies Presents: One Night Tour, DJ Ev Slim’s. 8pm, $16-$18.
Mary Wilson Venetian Room at the Fairmont, 950 Mason, SF; www.bayareacabaret.org. 7pm, $40-$75.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Lua Hadar and Francofonia Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30pm, $10.
“John Cage Centennial Celebration” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. 8pm. “Musicircus,” 40 Cage works.
Shirley Jones Rrazz Room. 5pm, $40-$45.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Heel Draggers, West Nile Ramblers Amnesia. 8pm, $5-$10.
Brian Stevens Brainwash Cafe. 7pm, free.
“Twang Sunday” Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Bar Fight, Tough Brothers.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. With DJ Sep, Vinnie Esparza, and J. Boogie.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
MONDAY 29
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Balmorhea, Young Moon Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $10.
Cadence Weapon Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9:30pm, $8-$10.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Daughter, Choir of Young Believers Independent. 8pm, $12.
Jenni and the Jerks, Wicked Mercies, Whoa Nellies Elbo Room. 9pm, $8; $5 in costume.
One F, NVS, Mean Faces El Rio. 7pm, $5; $3 with costume.
“SFRMA.org performs Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and Portishead’s ‘Dummy'” Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Mike Burns Rite Spot Cafe. 8:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Front Country Amnesia. 8pm.
TUESDAY 30
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
All Time Low, Summer Set, Downtown Fiction, Hit the Lights Fillmore. 7pm, $25.
Sophie Barker Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $14.
Disclosure, DJ Dials, Sleazemore Independent. 9pm, $20.
Dysrhythmia, Dog Shredder, Burmese, Dimesland Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Fat Tuesday Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Hannah Georgas Cafe Du Nord. 7:30pm, $12.
New Spell, Treehouse Orchestra, St. Tropez Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Other Lives, Indians Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Sweat Lodge, No Bone, Standard Poodle Knockout. 9:30pm, $6.
Tiger High, Some Days, Flytraps Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
Wave Commission, Redwood Wires, Phone Sex Operators El Rio. 7pm, $3.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Toshio Hirano Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm, free.
Sofia Talvik, Arcadio Amnesia. 9:30pm, $7.