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WEDNESDAY 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bob vs Guido Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
Edie Sedgewick, El Elle, All Your Sisters Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
Flosstradamus, Lil’ Texas Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $22.
Fuzz, Wooden Burial Ground, Spyrals, Man Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Sergent Garcia Slim’s. 8pm, $25.
Gunshy Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Telekinesis, Mount Moriah, Paparazzi Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $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.
Lara Downes with Quartet San Francisco Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $24.
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
Kitten on the Keys Rite Spot Cafe. 8:30pm.
Timba Dance Party Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF.; www.bissapbaobab.com 10pm, $5. With DJ Walt Diggz.
Toast Inspectors Plough and Stars. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Bodyshock, Inhalt, DJ Crackwhore, DJ Unit 77 Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
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.
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.
Martini Lounge John Colins, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 7pm. With DJ Mark Divita.
Sonic Bodies #3 Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, SF; www.centerfornewmusic.com. 7:30pm, $7-$10. Electro-acoustic and noise musicians, dancers.
THURSDAY 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Aloha Screwdriver, Rocketship Rocketship, Deadbeats Thee Parkside. 9pm, $5.
Baby Dee and Annie Amnesia. 7:30pm, $12.
Joe Bagale, Crystal Monee Hall, Subharmonic Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $14-$16.
Ghost BC, Ides of Gemini Regency Ballroom. 8:30pm, $22.
Guido vs Bob Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
Led Zepagain DNA Lounge. 9pm, $20.
Lydia, From Indian Lakes, Sweet Talker Slim’s. 7:30pm, $13-$15.
Dave Moreno Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Joan Osborne Acoustic Duo Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $40.
Ben Ottewell Independent. 8pm, $15.
Papa Bear and the Easy Love, Peachalope, WOOOOOO Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Transit, Seahaven, All Get Out Bottom of the Hill. 8pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Brad Mehldau SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-$70.
Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Sophisticated Ladies Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Pa’lante! Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF.; www.bissapbaobab.com 10pm, $5. With DJs Juan G, El Kool Kyle, Mr. Lucky.
Tipsy House Plough and Stars. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $8. With Pleasuremaker and Senor Oz, plus Chauncey Yearwood.
All 80s Thursday Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). The best of ’80s mainstream and underground.
Goldroom, Viceroy (DJ set), popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9:30pm, $13-$17.
Ritual Temple. 10pm-3am, $5. Two rooms of dubstep, glitch, and trap music.
Sound Remedy Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $10.
FRIDAY 26
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Back Pages Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Bob, Guido, Jeff V. Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
Dear Hunter, Naive Thieves Slim’s. 8:30pm, $16.
Dope Stars Inc., Rabid Whole DNA Lounge. 8pm, $13.
Eight Bells, Amber Asylum, Dead Man Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Kill the Noise, Brillz, Codes Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $30.
Kowloon Walled City, Tartufi, Queen Crescent Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9:30pm, $10.
Maps and Atlases, Young Man, Cannons and Clouds Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15.
Shuggie Otis, Jesca Hoop Mezzanine. 9pm.
Phenomenauts, Emily’s Army, Warm Soda Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
Proclaimers, JP Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $26.
Ruben Studdard Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $40; 10pm, $32.
Super Diamond, Purple Ones Bimbo’s. 9pm, $22.
Tumbleweed Wanderers, Guy Fox Independent. 9pm, $18.
TV Mike and the Scarecrowes, Christian Lee Hutson, Electric Sheep, Daring Ear Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
"A Night at the Opera" Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF; sfwmpac.org. 8pm, free.
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Brad Mehldau Duo with Kevin Hayes SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-$70.
Hammond Organ Soul Jazz Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Allison Lovejoy Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
Loren Means, Jean Ramirez, Lee Bloom Caffe D’Melanio, 1314 Ocean, SF; (415) 333-3665. 7-9pm, free.
Paris Combo Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon, SF; www.palaceoffinearts.org. 8pm, $25-$50.
"Taglish" Red Poppy Art House. 7:30pm, $10-$15. With Karl Evangelista, Grex, and more.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Baxtalo Drom Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10. Live music, gypsy punk, and belly dance.
Kevin Burke and John Carty Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 7:30pm, $20.
Dave Hanley Band, Bloody Ol’ Mule Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Tina and Her Pony Modern Times Bookstore, 2919 24 St, SF; www.tinaandherpony.com. 8pm, free.
Trio Troubadour Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF.; www.bissapbaobab.com 7:30pm, free.
"Under the Influence" Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno, SF; undertheinfluence.emtab.org. 7pm, $5. Lizzy Acker, MK Chavez, Mariama Lockington perform works by major influences.
DANCE CLUBS
araabMUZIK, Heroes x Villians, Branchez, G Jones 1015 Folsom, SF; www.1015.com. 10pm, $17.50.
Joe Lookout, 3600 16th St.,SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Eight rotating DJs, shirt-off drink specials.
MOM SF Anniversary Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $20. With Rojai and E. Live, Hot Pocket, DJs Gordo Cabeza, Timoteo Gigante, and more.
Old School JAMZ El Rio. 9pm. Fruit Stand DJs spinning old school funk, hip-hop, and R&B.
120 Minutes presents White Ring Elbo Room. 10pm. With resident DJs S4NtA_MU3rTE, Chauncey CC.
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.
Trap and Bass DNA Lounge. 9pm, $20. With Dirty Audio.
SATURDAY 27
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bay Area Heat Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Broken Water, Synthetic ID, Permanent Collection Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Built to Spill, Ugly Winner Slim’s. 9pm, $26-$28.
Chappo, Sunrunners, Coast Jumper, Nova Albion Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $10.
Chick Jagger 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 7pm, free.
Clamhawk Manor, Prepare for War!? Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
DRMS, James Riotto, Bells Atlas Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Aima the Dreamer, CelloJoe Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15.
Jeff V., Greg Zema, Bob Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
Qui, Victory and Associates, Minot Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Rupa and the April Fishes, Las Cafeteras Independent. 9pm, $20.
Slippery Slope, Everyone is Dirty, Collapsible Empire El Rio. 9pm.
SOJA, Rootz Underground, Los Rakas Warfield. 8:30pm, $28.
Ruben Studdard Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $40; 10pm, $32.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Brad Mehldau Duo with Mark Guiliana SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-$70.
Hammond Organ Soul Jazz Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Mr. Lucky and the Cocktail Party Rite Spot Cafe. 9pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Fireflies Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Kafana Balkan, Inspector Gadje Brass Band, DJ Zeljko, Jill Parker Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: Aprilween DNA Lounge. 9pm, $20. With Lobsterdust, Maya Jakobson, DJ K.Ash, Smash-Up Derby, and more.
Paris to Dakar Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs.
Re: Edit Underground SF, 424 Haight, SF; www.undergroundsf.com. 10pm. With DJs Michael Perry, Bob V, James Demon, Zenith.
Temptation Cat Club. 9:30pm. $5-$8. Indie, electro, new wave video dance party.
SUNDAY 28
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Absu, Pale Chalice, Cyanic DNA Lounge. 8pm, $17.
Built to Spill, Ugly Winner Slim’s. 8pm, $26-$28.
Cave Singers, Bleeding Rainbw Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
Commisure, Carta, Skyscraper Mori Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
Har Mar Superstar, Easystreet, Rocky Business Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Paul Kelly, Lady Crooners Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $20.
Dave Moreno and Friends Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
New Build, No Ceremony /// Independent. 8pm, $17.
Shadow Sessions performing Endtroducing Elbo Room. 5pm, $10.
Marnie Stern, SISU, E V Kain Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $12.
We Will Be Lions, Quaaludes, Sweat Lodge, Paperhaus Thee Parkside. 8pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Lavay Smith Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Brazil and Beyond Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 6:30pm, free.
Maria Fibish Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Silver Threads Tupelo, 1337 Grant, SF; www.tupelosf.com 4-7pm, free.
Sweet Jo’s Chilli and Biscuits, Stu Allen and Mars Hotel, Echo Trails Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 2pm, free.
Tin Cup Serenade Red Poppy Art House. 7:30pm, $5.
VOENA: Voices of the River Yoshi’s SF. 6pm, $12-$22. Multi-cultural children’s choir.
DANCE CLUBS
Beats for Brunch Thee Parkside. 11am, free.
Dance to Cure Diabetes Project 1, 251 Rhode Island, SF; www.p1sf.com. Noon-11pm. With Mark Farina, Maurice Tamraz, Sen-sei and Brian Salazar, and more.
Deep Fried Soul Dance Party Boom Boom Room. 8pm, free.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. With DJ Sep, Maneesh the Twister, Dub Gabriel.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
MONDAY 29
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Chad Valley, Ski Lodge, Soonest Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Dunwells Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $10-$12.
Thee Oh Sees Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10.
Various Cruelties, B. Hamilton, Hindu Pirates Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
Whitehorse Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Mike Burns Rite Spot Cafe. 8:30pm.
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. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Joe Radio, Decay, and 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 30
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Blood Red Shoes, Mister Loveless Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $12.
IAMSU!, Problem Slim’s. 9pm, $19.
In Cahoots, Ghost Tribe Fires, Balto Hotel Utah. 8pm.
Jelly Bread Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Lonely Forest, Now Now, Doe Eye Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
METZ, White Lung, Mrs. Magician Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Synchronized Watches, See Minus Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Titan Ups, Burnt, Giraffe Aftermath Amnesia. 9pm, $8-$10.
Wakey! Wakey! Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $12.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Terry Disley’s Mini-Experience Burritt Room, 417 Stockton, SF; www.mystichotel.com. 6-9pm, free.
Renaud Garcia-Fons Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $24. International Jazz Day.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Toshio Hirano Rite Spot Cafe. 8:30pm.