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WEDNESDAY 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Blues Organ Party with Big Bones and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Gunshy Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Lee Huff vs Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Michael Hurley, Cass McCombs, Jessica Pratt Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
Jerry Joseph, Shelley Doty, Fred Torphy, Marc Friedman Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, free.
Keith Crossan Blues Showcase with Terry Hanck Biscuits and Blues. 11:30pm, $15.
Parquet Courts Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $8.
Paulie Rhyme, Sweet Hayah, Aisha Fukushima, Bottom Hammer Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors, Erik Deutsch Band, Adam Levy Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10-$12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Eric Garland’s Jazz Session Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Latin Jazz All-Stars feat. Steve Turre, Chembo Corniel, Arturo O’Farrill, Nestor Torres Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $25.
Reuben Rye Rite Spot. 9pm, free.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Timba Dance Party Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm, $5. Timba and salsa cubana with DJ Walt Diggz.
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.
Hardcore Humpday Happy Hour RKRL, 52 Sixth St, SF; (415) 658-5506. 6pm, $3.
Martini Lounge John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 7pm. With DJ Mark Divita.
THURSDAY 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP.
Adios Amigo, City Tribe, Ghost Tiger Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Big Tree, Strange Vine, Bonnie and the Bang Bang, Owl Paws Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $10. "Songs for Sandy: Hurricane Relief Show."
Broadway Calls, Silver Snakes, Civil War Rust Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Eskmo Independent. 9pm, $20.
Hammond Organ Soulful Blues Party with Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Knocks, Gemini Club, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9:30pm, $13-$15.
Mark Matos and Os Beaches, Van Allen Belt, Sasha Bell, Crushed Out, DJ Neil Martinson Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $6-$10.
Run Amok, Parae, Scarlet Stoic Sub-Mission. 8:15pm, $8.
Eric Sardinas Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Nathan Temby vs Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Trampled By Turtles Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Latin Jazz All-Stars feat. Steve Turre, Chembo Corniel, Arturo O’Farrill, Nestor Torres Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $25.
Midnight Flyte Rite Spot. 9pm, free.
SF Jazz Hotplate Series Amnesia. 9pm.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Get Down Boys Atlas Cafe, 3049 20 St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 8-10pm.
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-host Pleasuremaker and Senor Oz spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
All 80s Thursday Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). The best of ’80s mainstream and underground.
Base: Pan-Pot, Alex Sibley Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $10.
Ritual Dubstep Temple. 10pm-3am, $5. Trap and bass.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Asesino, Verbal Abuse, Embryonic Devourment, Psychosomatic DNA Lounge. 7pm, $16.
Back Pages Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
"Bands4Bands Showcase" Slim’s. 8pm, $13. With Kaos, Potential Threat, Mystic Rage, Star Destroyer.
Black Cobra, Glitter Wizard, Lecherous Gaze Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$13.
Jake Bugg, Valerie June, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15-$17.
Commissure, Let Fall the Sprarrow, Skyscraper Mori Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Fidlar Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, SF; www.amoeba.com. 6pm, free.
Fidlar, Pangea, Meat Market Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Hammond Organ Soul Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Lee Huff, Jeff V., Rags Tuttle Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Native Elements, Jah Yzer Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
Johnny Rawls Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Ty Segall Fillmore. 9pm, $22.50.
Tell River, Anju’s Pale Blue Eyes, Hang Jones, Gayle Lynn and the Hired Hands Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
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.
George Duke Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $32; 10pm, $24.
Lee Vilenski Rite Spot. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Alex Pinto Trio Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $8.
Queer Cumbia Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 8pm, $3-$7. Musica tropical, cumbia, merengue.
DANCE CLUBS
DJ What’s His Fuck Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
Hella Tight Amnesia. 10pm, $5.
Sebastien Drums, Justin Milla Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $20-$30.
Joe Lookout, 3600 16th St.,SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Eight rotating DJs.
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.
"Save KUSF Benefit" Bender’s, 806 S. Van Ness, SF; www.bendersbar.com. 9pm, $5. With KUSF in Exile DJs Zoe, Stoo Odom, Brian Springer.
SATURDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Chris A., Jeff V., Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Bay Area Heat Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Buttercream Gang, Youth of the Beast, Apopka, Darkroom Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Hammond Organ Soul Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
Kowloon Walled City Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force Fillmore. 9pm, $35.
London Souls, Major Powers and the Lo-Fi Symphony, Wake Up Lucid Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
Maria Muldaur Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Mustache Harbor Slim’s. 9pm, $20.
Paperplanes Riptide Tavern. 9:30pm, free.
Pinback, Judgement Day Bimbo’s. 9pm, $25.
Trails and Ways, Tremor Low, My Satellite Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $10.
Turtle Rising Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Wayne Wonder, Joshua, Selecta Dans-One, DJ Rob Roots Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $20-$25.
Yo La Tengo Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, SF; www.amoeba.com. 3pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
George Duke Yoshi’s SF. 8 and 10pm, $32.
Project Pimento Rite Spot. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Steph Macpherson Brainwash Cafe. 8pm.
Razteria a.k.a Renee Asteria Neck of the Woods. 9pm, $10-$15.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20 St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: SF vs LA vs NYC DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$15. With Mykill, Faroff, Billy Jam, and more.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
Oakland Faders dance party Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $5.
OK Hole Amnesia. 9pm.
Paris to Dakar Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs.
Radio Franco Bissap, 3372 19th St, SF; (415) 826 9287. 6 pm. Rock, Chanson Francaise, Blues. Senegalese food and live music.
Scotty Boy Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $20-$30.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-$10. With DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, Phengren Oswald.
Smiths Party Slate Bar, 2925 16th St, SF; www.slate-sf.com. 10pm, $5. Sounds of the Smiths, Morrissey, the Cure, and New Order.
Wild Nights Kok BarSF, 1225 Folsom, SF; www.kokbarsf.com. 9pm, $3. With DJ Frank Wild.
SUNDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Beso Negro, Sage, Steakhouse Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $10.
Down, Warbeast Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $25.
Easway, King Pin, Ellie Cope Slim’s. 8pm, $15.
Giggle Party, Bella Novela, Spider Heart Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Hammond Organ Blues Party with Lavay Smith and Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30pm, free.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew Biscuits and Blues. 7 and 9pm, $20.
Mike Giant and DJ Dougernaut Hemlock Tavern. 10pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Collaboration feat. Dee Lucas, Joel Del Rosario, Sure Will Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $32; 10pm, $24.
Linda Kosut, Benn Bacot Bliss Bar, 4026 24 St. SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 7pm, $22.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Brazil and Beyond with Sandy Cressman Trio Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 6:30pm, free.
Paula Frazer, Rusty Miller, New Family Band Rite Spot. 9pm, free.
Hillbilly Swing with B Stars Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Twang Sunday Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Nobody From Nashville.
DANCE CLUBS
Beats for Brunch Thee Parkside. 11am, free. With Chef Josie and DJ Motion Potion.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $8-$11. With Nickodemus, Spy from Cairo, DJ Sep.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
MONDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
White Cloud, Tears Club, Spectre, Grill Cloth Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Quicksand, Title Fight Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $28.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Craig and Meredith Rite Spot. 8:30pm, free.
Mike Olmos Jazz Biscuits and Blues. 7:30pm, $12.
DANCE CLUBS
Crazy Mondays Beauty Bar, 2299 Mission, SF; www.thebeautybar.com. 10pm, free. Hip-hop and other stuff.
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-$5. With Decay, Joe Radion, Melting Girl.
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, and more with DJ Jerry Ross.
Vibes’N’Stuff El Amigo Bar, 3355 Mission, SF; (415) 852-0092. 10pm, free. Conscious jazz and hip-hop with DJs Luce Lucy, Vinnie Esparza, and more.
TUESDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Dubious Ranger, Sunrunners, Grahame Lesh, Midnight Snackers Elbo Room. 9pm, $8.
Fat Tuesday Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
God Module, Mordacious, Flesh Industry DNA Lounge. 9pm, $12.
Hot Fog, Buffalo Tooth, Wild Eyes, DJ D’Sasster Riptide Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
Li Xi, Former Friends of Young Americans, Ash Reiter Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Muriel Anderson with Tierra Negra Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $20.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Brazilian Zouk Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 8:30pm, $5.
DANCE CLUBS
KPT F8, 1192 Folsom, SF; www.feightsf.com. 9pm, $5.
Stylus John Colins Lounge, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. Hip-hop, dancehall, and Bay slaps with DJ Left Lane.
Takin’ Back Tuesdays Double Dutch, 3192 16th St,SF; www.thedoubledutch.com. 10pm. Hip-hop from the 1990s.