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WEDNESDAY 3
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
"Blue Bear School of Music Band Showcases" Cafe Du Nord. 7:30pm, $12-$20.
Creepers, Meat Market, DJs Primo, Popgang, Tenderlions Elbo Room. 9pm, free.
Fu Manchu, Bloodnstuff, Floating Goat, DJ Rob Metal Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Kopecky Family Band, Eastern Sea, Evan P. Donohue Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $7-$10.
Lectric Was House, Halcyonaire, Duckyousucker Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
"Paganfest" DNA Lounge. 6pm, $30. With Ensiferum, Tyr, Heidevolk, Trollfest, Helsott.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Lindsey Stirling, Vibrant Sound Warfield. 8pm, $27.
Nathan Temby vs JC Rockit Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
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.
Freddie Hughes Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Portland Cello Project Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $25.
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.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Bluegrass Country Jam Plough and Stars. 9pm.
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 4
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Blue Soul Revue Grant and Green. 9pm, free.
Esben and the Witch, Heliotropes Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$13.
Dirtyphonics, Liquid Stranger, Nerd Rage Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge’s Venice Dawn 1015 Folsom, SF; www.1015.com. 10pm, $20.
Guido vs Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Dave Moreno and Friends Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
San Cisco, Chaos Chaos, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9:30pm, $12-$14.
Station and the Monster Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Swingrowers, Delachaux and the Klown, JsinJ Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $15.
Weeks, Human Condition Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Hiromi: The Trio Project SFJazz, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $20-$40.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Pharoah Sanders Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $25; 10pm, $21.
Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Shannon Ceili Band Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Craig Ventresco Cafe Divine, 1600 Stockton, SF; www.cafedivinesf.com. 7pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $8. Pleasuremaker spins Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
All 80s Thursday Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). The best of ’80s mainstream and underground.
Ritual Temple. 10pm-3am, $5. Two rooms of dubstep, glitch, and trap music.
Supersonic Lookout, 3600 16th St., SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Global beats paired with food from around the world by Tasty. Resident DJs Jaybee, B-Haul, amd Diagnosis.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 5
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bayonics, My Peoples, Sean Tabor, Shawn Megofna or TSMB Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
Billy Cramer and Share the Land, Boars, TV Mike and the Scarecrows Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Double Duchess, Micahtron, Hussyclub Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $8.
Ian Franklin and Infinite Frequency Simple Pleasures, 3434 Balboa, SF; www.simplepleasurescoffe.com. 7:30pm, free.
Let’s Spend the Night Together! First Church of the Sacred Silversexual, Hubba Hubba Revue Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $13.
Mustache Harbor, Radar Love Bimbo’s. 9pm, $22.
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk Independent. 9pm, $25.
Papa Grows Funk, Dredgetown, Fillmore Wax Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15-$25.
Parlotones, Dinner and a Suit, Dangermaker Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12-$14.
Rue 66, Satin Chaps, Paradise Neck of the Woods, 401 Clement, SF; www.neckofthewoodssf.com. 8pm, $10.
Skin Divers Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Soilwork, Jeff Loomis, Blackguard, Hatchet Slim’s. 8pm, $21-$24.
Nathan Temby, Jason Marion, Chris A. Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
Tontons, Cash for Gold, Bell Tower Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Whiskerman, Decker, Kelly McFarling Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
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 Washington High School Choir GWHS Auditorium, 30th Ave. and Anza, SF; gofundme.com/1su7dk. 7pm, $20. Benefit concert for Washington DC performance trip.
Hammond Organ Soul Jazz, Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Hiromi: The Trio Project SFJazz, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $25-$55.
Moonshine Cabaret Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $15-$18.
Pharoah Sanders Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $32; 10pm, $25.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Outbound Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Chucho Valdes and Eddy Navia’s Pena Pachamama Band Pena Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.pachamamacenter.org. 7 and 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Haceteria Slate Bar, 2925 16 St., SF; www.slate-sf.com. 10pm, $5. With Kit Clayton and Earthman.
Joe Lookout, 3600 16th St.,SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Eight rotating DJs, shirt-off drink specials.
Mochipet Inner Mission, 2050 Bryant, SF; www.mochipet.com. 8pm, $15.
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.
Shlohmo 1015 Folsom, SF; www.1015.com. 10pm, $17.
Strangelove Cat Club. 9:30pm, $3-$7.
Twitch: Nightmare Fortress DNA Lounge. 10pm, $8-$9. With Nightmare Fortress, Pressures, DJs Justin, Omar, and Rachel Aiello.
SATURDAY 6
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Cum Stain, Pile, Fat History Month, Michael Beach Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Cut Loose Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
"Farewell Transmission: A Tribute to the Songs of Jason Molina" Amnesia. 8pm, $12-$25. With Tyson Vogel, Joanna Lioce, Alex Robins, and more.
Grayceon, Owl, Winter Teeth Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Idiot, Blank Spots, Hewhocannotbenamed El Rio. 9pm, $7.
Netsky, Amtrac Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $35.
Angel Olsen, Villages, Kacey Johansing Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
Papa Grows Funk, JeConte Band Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $18-$25.
Petty Theft, Pretending Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $15.
Phosphorescent Independent. 9pm, $15.
Polkacide, Fuxedos, Borts Minorts Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
Yes-Go’s, Connies Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Greg Zema, Jason Marion, Nathan Temby Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 9pm, free.
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.
Hiromi: The Trio Project SFJazz, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $25-$65.
Pharoah Sanders Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $32; 10pm, $25.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Chucho Valdes and Eddy Navia’s Pena Pachamama Band Pena Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.pachamamacenter.org. 7 and 9pm.
Whiskey and Women Plough and Stars. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: DJ Tripp’s Birthday Bootie DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$15. With DJ Tripp, David X, and Airsun.
Cockfight Underground SF, 424 Haight, SF; (415) 864-7386. 9pm, $7. Rowdy dance night for gay boys.
DJ Audio1 Public Works. 1am, $20.
Foundation Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, $5-$10. DJs Shortkut, Apollo, Mr. E, Fran Boogie spin Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Funk, Salsa.
Paris to Dakar Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-$10. With DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald.
SUNDAY 7
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
William Beckett, Jillette Johnson, Brandon Zahursky Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $15.
Jonny Craig, Kurt Travis, Hail the Sun, Seeking Thee Parkside. 8pm, $12.
Hurry Up Shotgun, Bismarck Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $6.
Necrosin, Infex, Iron Assault, Reckless Flesh, Dizastor, Frailed Sanity DNA Lounge. 5:30pm, $7.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Sunbeam Rd., Matthew and the Arrogant Sea, Halsted Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $9.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Hiromi: The Trio Project SFJazz, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $25-$55.
Noertker’s Moxie/Holly Martins Musicians’ Union Hall, 116 Ninth St., SF; www.noertker.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Kally Price Old Blues and Jazz Band Amnesia. 8-11pm, $5.
Reza Rohani and Sara Naini Yoshi’s SF. 7pm, $35-$65.
Lavay Smith Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 9pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Carolina Lugo and Carole Acuna Pena Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.pachamamacenter.org. 6:15pm.
Cieran Marsden and Friends Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Rich Mcculley, Golddiggers Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. With DJ Sep, Ludichris, and DJ Tomas.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
MONDAY 8
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
E and M, Julia Weldon, Kitten Grenade Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Taddy Porter, Virgin Marys DNA Lounge. 8pm, $12.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Toshio Hirano, Renegade String Band Amnesia. 9pm.
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 Radio, 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 9
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sharon Van Etten Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove, SF; www.apeconcerts.com. 8pm, $59.50.
Cock ESP, Thee Bringdownzz, Rubber O Cement, KROB Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $8.
Trevor Garrod, Lech Wierzynski, Jillian Secor, Kiyosha Foster Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, free.
James McCartney (Band), Alyssa Graham Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $15.
Sparks Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $35-$40.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 9pm, free.
Titan Ups Amnesia. 9pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bombshell Betty and Her Burlesqueteers Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Terry Disley’s Mini-Experience Burritt Room, 417 Stockton, SF; www.mystichotel.com. 6-9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Barry O’Connell Plough and Stars. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
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.