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WEDNESDAY 13
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Adicts Slim’s. 9pm, $23-$25.
American Death Machine, Wild Eyes SF, Hot Nun Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Richard Buckner Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $15.
Deceased, Gravehill, Insanity, Mortuous Elbo Room. 9pm, $13.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Brian Jordan’s Boogaloo Band Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
James Nash and the Nomads Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $7-$10.
Red Valley Trappers Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
"San Francisco Rock Project performs Yes and Led Zeppelin" Great American Music Hall. 7:30pm, $15.
Todd vs Ben Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Vows, Standard Poodle, Goldenhearts Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Big Bones Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Eric Garland’s Jazz Session Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Terry Disley’s Mini-Experience Burritt Room, 417 Stockton, SF; www.mystichotel.com. 6-9pm, free.
Edwin McCain Acoustic Trio Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $22.
Panique Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Cafe Divine, 1600 Stockton, SF; www.cafedivinesf.com.7-9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita MORE! and Joshua J host this dance party.
Cash IV Gold Double Dutch, 3192 16th St, SF; www.thedoubledutch.com. 9pm, free.
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 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Anthem Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Ben vs Todd Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Breakdown Valentine, Geographer (DJ set), popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $8.
Brookhaven, Winchester Revival Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Coast Jumper, Cannons and Clouds, Owl Paws Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Entrance Band, Holy Shit, Tortured Genies Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $12-$15.
Fantom Mojah, Jah Warri, Zareb, Prestige Slim’s. 9pm, $25-$27.
Fracas, Rebel Spell, Bite Knockout. 10pm, $7.
Lawlands, Disposition, Magic Fight Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $5-$8.
Odd Numbers, RS2 Solid Sound Thee Parkside. 9pm, $5.
Skerik’s Bandalabra Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $10.
Tubes feat. Fee Waybill Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $34.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Mariza SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $25-$65.
Miss Tess and the Talkbacks Starry Plough. 9pm.
Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Tin Cup Serenade Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Fishtank Ensemble, MWE Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $12.
Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen Sacred Grounds Cafe, 2095 Hayes, SF; (415) 387-3859. 7:30pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $8. 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.
Darling Nikki Slate Bar, 2925 16th St, SF; www.slate-sf.com. 9pm, free. Queer dance party.
Figure, Ill Gates, CandyLand, Sound Remedy DNA Lounge. 9pm, $25.
First Base Rebel, 1760 Market, SF; Facebook: Rebel. 10pm, $3. Old school breaks, disco house, and electro breaks with DJ Loryn, Becky Knox, and guests.
Lions, Tigers, and Queers Underground SF. 10pm-2am, $3. Indie, Electro, and House dance party with resident DJ Becky Knox and special guests.
Nightlife at Cal Academy: LoveTech California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concrouse, SF; calacademy.org/events/nightlife. 6-10pm, $12.
Mods vs Rockers Amnesia. 9pm. DJs and soul bands.
Ritual Temple. 10pm-3am, $5. Two rooms of dubstep, glitch, and trap music.
Slap N Tite Park 77 Bar, 77 Cambom, SF; Facebook: SlapNTite. 9pm, free. With Joe Voltron, Sabotage Beats, Jason Awesome.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 15
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
A Wilhelm Scream, Heartsounds, Stickup Kid, I Don’t Wanna Hear It Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Back Pages Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Black Prairie, Ashleigh Flynn Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $15.
Brad Brooks, Jay Trainer, Felsen, Robin Applewood Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $7-$10.
Chop Tops, Slim Jenkins, Tony T. and the Pendletons, Bastard Makers Slim’s. 8:30pm, $16.
Conspirator, NVO Independent. 9pm, $22.
Dub FX, Mago Kingz, Ras Attitude, Jah Yzer Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
Hogs of Change, Kill Bossa, Trevor Garrod Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
House of Floyd: The Music of Pink Floyd Yoshi’s SF. 8 and 10pm, $24.
Inferno of Joy, Harry Merry, High Anxiety, Vum Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $12.
Lee Vilenski Trio Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
Rue 66, TomorrowMen Make-Out Room. 8pm, $8.
Tartufi, Gaytheist, Tigon Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Todd, Nathan Temby, Ben Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Twilight Sad, Vir, Sporting Life Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15.
Martha Wainwright Swedish American Hall. 7:30pm, $20.
Vinyl Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $12.
Wax DNA Lounge. 7:30pm, $12.
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.
Hammond Organ Soul Jazz, Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Mariza SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-$70.
SF Offside Festival: Spark Series Cafe Royale, 800 Post, SF; sfoffside.com/spark-series-2013. 9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Afrolicious, Midtown Social Band, DJ Jeremy Sole Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $15.
Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen Dolores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores, SF;www.doloresparkcafe.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Greensky Bluegrass, Ryan Montbleau Band Fillmore. 9pm, $25.
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band: Lord of the Rings Symphony Ebenezer HerChurch, 678 Portola, SF; www.sflgfb.org. 8pm. Conducted by Dr. Martin H. Seggelke.
Shoestring Trio Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $12-$15.
Steep Ravine Plough and Stars. 9:30pm, $6-$10.
Chuchito Valdes and Eddy Navia’s Pena Pachamama Band Pena Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.pachamamacenter.org. 8:30pm, $19.
DANCE CLUBS
Get Freaky ft. PANTyRAiD 1015 Folsom, SF; www.1015.com. 10pm, $20-$25.
Heartbeat John Collins, 138 Minna,SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. Hip-hop, R&B, reggae, soul, and dancehall.
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.
Seth Troxler, Dax Lee, Rich Korach Public Works. 9:30pm, $10-$20.
SATURDAY 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
A-1, Dregs One, Nat, Sayknowledge Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Big Tree, Astronauts Etc., Dear Indugu Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $10.
Black Ryder, Young Prisms, Matt Baldwin Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $12.
Brentando Shine Lounge, 1337 Mission, SF; diablamusic.weebly.com. 8pm, $8.
Brilliant Colors, Mantles, Scrapers Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Hans Eberbach Castagnola’s, 286 Jefferson, SF; www.castagnolas.com. 4pm, free.
Face the Giant Riptide Tavern. 9:30pm, free.
JGB, Melvin Seals, Jay’s Happy Sunshine Burger Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $30.
La Plebe, Blackbird Raum, VKTMS, Fucking Buckaroos, Unko Atama Thee Parkside. 3pm, $8-$10.
PST Live feat. 9th Wonder and Rapsody, Chuuwee, GQ, DJ Sake One Independent. 9pm, $20.
RonKat’s Katdelic Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $12.
Skin Divers Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Nathan Temby, Ben, Todd Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Zoo Station (U2 tribute) Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $15-$20.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Mariza SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-$80.
Project Pimento Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
"Trapeze V: The Big Bass Burlectro-Swing Affair" Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10-$15.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Bareto Yoshi’s SF. 8 and 10pm, $30.
Chuchito Valdes and Eddy Navia’s Pena Pachamama Band Pena Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.pachamamacenter.org. 8:30pm, $19.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF; St. Paddy’s Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$15. With Hubba Hubba Revue, DJ Mykill and Destrukt, and more.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
JackHammer Disco with Guy Gerber Public Works. 9:30pm, $15-$20.
Kinky Disko Underground SF, 424 Haight; www.kinkydisko.com. 10pm, $7. Vintage boogie.
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.
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 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Buxter Hoot’n, Jess, Em, and Andrew of Fox and Woman, Sean Lee Make-Out Room. 8pm, $8-$10.
Kitty Chow and Fisherman, Gigi and Pop, Pachuco Cadaver, Kitten on the Keys Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $7.
Dance Party Boys, Parachute on Fire, Belligerator, Commonwealth Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 5pm, $5-$8.
Earthless, Mammatus, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Gravel Spreaders, Nobody from Nashville Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Hobgobelins, Barbary Ghosts Amnesia. 9pm.
Michelle Shocked Yoshi’s SF. 7pm, $25.
Steakhouse, Old and Gray, Mortar and Pestle Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $9.
Ticket to Ride Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Mariza SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-$70.
Lavay Smith Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Happy Family Singers Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Beats for Brunch Thee Parkside. 11am, free.
Deep Fried Soul Dance Party Boom Boom Room. 8pm, free.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. With DJ Sep,J. Boogie, and Jimmy Love.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
MONDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Black Lips, Nightbeats Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Diesel Dudes, Vankmen, Ryury, Electroass, La Tron Elbo Room. 9pm, $5.
Hive Dwellers, No Babies, Bam! Bam! Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Craig and Meredith Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Crazy Mondays Beauty Bar, 2299 Mission, SF; www.thebeautybar.com. 10pm, free. Hip-hop and other stuff.
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9pm, $5-$10. With Decay, Melting Girl, and Joe Radio.
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 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bajofondo, DJ Luis Medina Bimbo’s. 8pm, $35.
Bent, Love Axe, Out Damned Spot Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $5-$8.
Folkeiis, Mauser, Mundo Muerto, Midnite Brain Knockout. 9:30pm, $8.
Papa Bear and the Easy Love Amnesia. 9:30pm, $5-$7.
Michael Rose, Sister Carol Independent. 9pm, $25.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Tiberius, Weiner Kids, PG13 Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Terry Disley’s Mini-Experience Burritt Room, 417 Stockton, SF; www.mystichotel.com. 6-9pm, free.
Drizoketto Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
NYJazz Quartet Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $21.
DANCE CLUBS
Brazilian Wax Elbo Room. 9pm, $7. With Pagode Grupo Da Sete, Carioca, and Lucio K.