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WEDNESDAY 15
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Appleseed Cast, Hospital Ships, Dandelion War Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $14.
Caldecott, Super Water Sympathy, Emily Moldy Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $8.
Alice Dimicele, Dave Mulligan, Jordan Feinstein, James Nash Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, free.
Lee Huff vs Todd Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
Kevin Russel Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Mister Loveless, Teenage Sweater, Happy Fangs, Here Come Dots Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Soul Train Revival with Ziek McCarter and the Revival Band Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $5.
Surplus 1980, Disonova, Aberrant Phase Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Eric Garland’s Jazz Session Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Terry Disley Burritt Room, 417 Stockton, SF; www.burrittavern.com. 6-9pm, free.
Freddie Hughes Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Redwood Tango Trio Rite Spot. 9pm.
William Parker Quartet Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $25; 10pm, $16.
DANCE CLUBS
Timba Dance Party Bissip Baobab. 10pm, $5. Timba and salsa Cubana with DJ Walt Diggz.
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.
Stay Sick Monarch. 9pm, free. With DJ Omar.
THURSDAY 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Big Boi, Killer Mike, Fishawk, Goast Mezzanine. 8:30pm, $35.
Burnt Ones, Week of Wonders, Fronds, Jollapin Jasper Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
Delorean, Romans, DJ Aaron Axelsen Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $16.
Egg, Sophie Barker Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $15-$20.
Exhausted Pipes 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm, free.
Foxy Monarch. 9pm, free. With DJ Kizmiaz.
Groovy Judy Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $7.
Chris James and the Showdowns, Pebble Theory, Voodoo Switch Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Picture and the Frame, Exhausted Pipes, Peck the Town Crier 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm, free.
Religious Girls, San Francesca, Split Screens, Hoot Hoots Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm,$10.
Shady Maples, Whiskerman, Cave Clove Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $10.
SRV Tribute with Alan Iglesias Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Todd vs Lee Huff Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bela Fleck SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $20-$60.
Goapele Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $35; 10pm, $30.
Nick Rossi Rite Spot. 9pm.
Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $8. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor 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.
Pa’lante! Bissip Baobab. 10pm, $5. Electro-cumbia, dancehall, and soca with DJs Juan G, El Kool Kyle, Mr. Lucky.
Ritual Temple. 10pm-3am, $5. Two rooms of dubstep, glitch, and trap music.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Black Angels, Hanni El Khatib, Wall of Death Fillmore. 9pm, $25.
Hello Monster, Audiodub, Culprit, Bulkhead Betty Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $13.
Lee Huff, Jeff V, Todd Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
Lee Vilenski Trio Rite Spot. 9pm.
Main Squeeze Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $10.
Midi Matilda, OONA, holychild Rickshaw Stop. 8:30pm, $10-$12.
MIRV, Kehoe Nation, Polkacide Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $17.
Mobb Deep DNA Lounge. 8pm, $20.
Ocean Blue, Orange Peels Café Du Nord. 7pm, $15.
Savoy: Live With Lasers, Lobounce Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
SRV Tribute with Alan Iglesias Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Sweet Chariot, Chelsea Crowell, Happy Family Singers Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $8.
Top Secret Band Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Claude Von Stroke, Justin Martin, Kill Frenzy, Leroy Peppers, J. Philip, Worthy Mezzanine. 9pm, $5-$20.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Bela Fleck SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $25-$65.
Goapele Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $40; 10pm, $35.
Hammond Organ Soul Jazz Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Mike Reed’s People Places and Things, Darren Johnston Ensemble Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, SF; www.centerfornewmusic.com. 8pm, $10-$15.
Trance Mutations #3 Lab, 2948 16th St, SF; www.thelab.org. 9pm, $5. Soundscapes by Idaho Joe, Waxy Tombs, Black Thread, Business Etiquette.
Lee Vilenski Rite Spot. 9pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Flamenco del Oro with Kina Mendez cante ya baile, Stephanie Narvaez baile, Glopal Slavonic Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno, SF; www.flamencodeloro.com. 8pm, $10.
Shapes Redwood Grove at the SF Botanical Gardens, 1199 Ninth St, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. 6-8pm.
DANCE CLUBS
DJ What’s His Fuck Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
Hella Tight Amnesia. 10pm, $5.
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.
Smoke N’ Mirrors Monarch. 9:30pm, $10. With Wildkats, Shiny Objects, Sleight of Hands, Trev Campbell.
Thirsty Third Fridays Atmosphere, 447 Broadway, SF; www.a3atmosphere.com. 10pm, $10.
Queer Cumbia Bissip Baobab. 8pm, $3-$7. Musica tropical, cumbia, merengue with DJs Adan Atl, Rosa La Rumorosa, Jiggles and AlumiuX.
SATURDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bay Area Heat Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Bhi Bhiman, Meklit and Quinn SF Live Arts at Cyperian’s, 2097 Turk, SF; www.noevalleymusicseries.com. 8pm, $15.
Black Pus, CCR Headcleaner, Reptilian Shape Shifters Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
Crackerjack Preacher Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
Disappears, LENZ, Tambo Rays Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12.
Foreverland: Michael Jackson tribute Slim’s. 9pm, $16.
Hibbity Dibbity Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Juanes Warfield. 8pm, $39.50-$100.
Laura Marling Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $25.
Mud City Manglers, Vans, Arabs, Spider Garage Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Project Pimento Rite Spot. 9pm.
Robert Randolph and the Family Band Bimbo’s. 8pm, $75-$150. Blue Bear School of Music Benefit.
“R5 Loud Tour” with Brandon and Savannah, Taylor Matthews, Alex Aiona Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $18-$20.
Shahram Solati, Firoozeh, Sami Beigi Mezzanine. 9pm, $50.
Skerik’s Bandalabra feat. members of MCTuff Boom Boom Room. 8pm, $10.
Sonny Rhodes Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Todd, Lee Huff, Jeff V Johnny Foley’s Dueling Pianos. 10pm, free.
Y&T Fillmore. 9pm, $36.50.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Bela Fleck SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $30-$70.
Goapele Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $40; 10pm, $40.
Project Pimento Rite Spot. 9pm.
Hammond Organ Soul Jazz Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Wear? Hear! Suitable Actions, Lost and Found, Exo-Skatch Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, SF; www.centerfornewmusic.com. 7:30pm, $10-$15.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Free Dive Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $12-$15.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission between Third and Fourth Streets, SF; www.ybgfestival.org. 1-2:30pm, free.
Go Van Gogh Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 9pm, free.
Trans Balkan Expressway Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: Bay to Breakers Pre-Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$15.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
Kinky Disko Underground SF, 424 Haight; www.kinkydisko.com. 10pm, $7. Vintage boogie.
Kiss the Sky Bissip Baobab. 9pm, $5. Afro-soul, house, and world with DJs Nina Sol and Emancipacion.
OK Hole Amnesia. 9pm, $5-$7.
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 p.m. Rock, Chanson Francaise, Blues. Senegalese food and live music.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-$10.
Smiths Party Slate Bar, 2925 16th St, SF; www.slate-sf.com. 10pm, $5. Sounds of the Smiths, Morrissey, the Cure, and New Order.
Super Big Gay Dance Party El Rio. 3-8pm, $7. Benefit for 2013 Dyke March, with Hard French DJs, Mango, Stay Gold, and more.
Trapeze VI: Electro-Casba Monarch. 9pm, $10.
Uncanny Valley, DJ Sean Dimentia, hostess Lady Bear and her Dark Dolls Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $7.
Wild Nights Kok BarSF, 1225 Folsom, SF; www.kokbarsf.com. 9pm, $3. With DJ Frank Wild.
SUNDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Dillinger Escape Plan, Faceless, Royal Thunder, Rob Metal DNA Lounge. 8:30pm, $20.
Hans Eberbach Castagnola’s, 286 Jefferson, SF; www.castagnolas.com. 2pm, free.
Fabolous, Pusha T Mezzanine. 9pm, $27.50-$60.
Flobots, Wheelchair Sports Camp, All City Elite Café Du Nord. 7:30pm, $15.
Gothic Tropic, Seatraffic, Cruel Summer Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Tunnel, Ghostfoot, Gashcat Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $6.
Yard Sale, Scott Young Rite Spot. 5pm.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bela Fleck SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 7:30pm, $25-$65.
Goapele Yoshi’s SF. 7pm, $35; 9pm, $30.
Lavay Smith Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Coburns Tupelo, 1337 Grant, SF; www.tupelosf.com. 4-7pm, free.
GoldDiggers, Moonshine Maybelline Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
ZOFO’s Mosh Pit Red Poppy Art House. 4pm, $20.
DANCE CLUBS
Beats for Brunch Thee Parkside. 11am, free.
Crème Fraiche ft. Mrs. Blythe Monarch Lounge. 9pm, free.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-$10.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
Ms White, Vin Sol, Matrixxman, Robert Jeffrey Monarch. 9:30pm, $5.
MONDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Jeremy Messersmith Café Du Nord. 7:30pm, $12.
Tyler the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $30.
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.
Monarch Live Mondays Monarch. 8pm, free. With DJ Jules, Jacob, Alden, and live acts.
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.
TUESDAY 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Devendra Banhart, Rodrigo Amarante Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $30.
Boris, Bosse-de-Nage Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $18.
Butt Problems, D’Jelly Brains, Nanash 774 Riptide Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
Joey Cape, Kevin Seconds, Russ Rankin, Mick Leonardi Thee Parkside. 8pm, $10.
Fpod BPod Amnesia. 9:30pm, $5-$7.
Level Vibes Monarch Lounge. 9pm, free. With Now Time DJs.
Nick Moss Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Noise Tour: Marianas Trench Powered by Journeys, Air Dubai, Good Natured Slim’s. 7:30pm, $18.
Ariel Pink Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $28-$32.
San Quinn, Repp Money, Tadaysha, Don Toriano, DaVinci Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 10pm, $10.
Sea Wolf, Savoir Adore Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16.
3 Leafs, Resin Cum, Heroic Trio Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Union Trade Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Terry Disley Burritt Room, 417 Stockton, SF; www.burrittavern.com. 6-9pm, free.
Drizoletto Rite Spot. 9pm.
Rova Saxophone Quartet Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, SF; www.centerfornewmusic.com. Noon, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Drizoletto Rite Spot. 8:30pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Brazilian Wax Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Soundpieces Monarch. 10pm, $5. With Bogl, Ryury, and more.