Music listings are compiled by Emily Savage. Since club life is unpredictable, it’s a good idea to call ahead or check the venue’s website to confirm bookings and hours. Prices are listed when provided to us. Visit www.sfbg.com/venue-guide for venue information. Submit items for the listings at listings@sfbg.com. For further information on how to submit items for the listings, see Picks.
WEDNESDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Joseph Arthur Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $20-$25.
Camera Obscura, Photo Ops Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $25.
Dig, Tambo Rays, Low Magic, Sunfighter Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $10.
Mark Eitzel, Carletta Sue Kay, Will Sprott Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $12.
David Ford Hotel Utah. 8pm, $10.
Geto Boys, Phranchyze Yoshi’s SF. 10:30pm, $36.
Gunshy Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Craig Horton Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Lust for Life, Pharmakon, DJs Omar and Justin Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Sam Chase, Gallery, Dogcatcher Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Water Liars, Standard Poodle, Houses of Light Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Fatoumata Diawara Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $24.
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.
Big Bones Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Cecile McClorin Salvant SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $18-$25. SF Jazz Festival.
Michael Parsons Trio Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; www.revolutioncafesf.com. 8:30pm, free.
Reuben Rye Rite Spot. 8:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Hans Araki and Kathryn Claire Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Aki Kumar Blues Band Tupelo, 1337 Grant, SF; www.tupelosf.com. 9pm.
Timba Dance Party Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm, $5.
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 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Jay Ant Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 10:30pm, $15.
Come, Tara Jane O’Neil Independent. 8pm, $15.
Couches, Boys, Burrows Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $7.
D Pryde, Mike-Dash-E, J. Lately Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 6pm, free.
Hey Champ, popscene DJs Rickshaw Stop. 9:30pm, $12-$14.
Hooded Fang, Record Company DNA Lounge. 8pm, $12.
Chris James and Patrick Rynn Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Anya Kvitka and the Getdown, Jonny Craig Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $13.
Dave Moreno and Friends Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Scary Little Friends, TV Mike and the Scarecrows, Indianna Hale Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
Cody Simpson, Ryan Beatty, Before You Exit Warfield. 7pm, $45.
Strange Vine, Before the Brave, Avi Vinocur Metal Experience Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.
Ugly Winner, C’est Dommage, Future, Space and Time, Hanalei Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Will Blades Trio SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $18-$25. SF Jazz Festival.
Lucy Horton Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; www.revolutioncafesf.com. 8:30pm, free.
Gregory Porter SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $25-$45. SF Jazz Festival.
Chris Siebert Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
Dr. L. Subramaniam Global Fusion Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $36; 10pm, $28.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Hot Einstein Tupelo, 1337 Grant, SF; www.tupelosf.com. 9pm.
Pa’lante! Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm, $5.
Kyle Thayer, Anne Kirrane, Gerry Hanley Plough and Stars. 9pm.
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.
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 21
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Body and Soul Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Chris Cain Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Cigarette Bums, Virgin Hymns, Bad Vibes Thee Parkside. 9pm, $6.
Ex-Cult, Glitz Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $10.
Hands, Be Calm Honcho, Ally Hasche and the Bad Boys Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10.
Jon Langford, Jean Cook, Jim Elkington-Skull Orchard Acoustic Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 9pm, $20.
New Trust, Creative Adult, Culture Abuse Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $10.
Petty Theft, Beer Drinks and Hell Raisers Slim’s. 8:30pm, $15-$20.
Josh Rouse, Field Report Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $26.
Staves, Musikanto Independent. 9pm, $12.
Steve Miller Band America’s Cup Pavilion, 27-29 San Francisco Pier 33, SF; americascup.com/concert-series. 7:30pm, $52.
Stripmall Architecture, Books on Fate, Return to Mono DNA Lounge. 8pm, $12.
ZAVALAZ, EV Kain Café Du Nord. 9pm, $15-$20.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Pino Daniele SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8 and 10pm, $25-$65. SF Jazz Festival.
Roberta Donnay and the Prohibition Mob Trio Live Worms Art Gallery, 1345 Grant, SF; www.sflivewormsgallery.com. 8pm, $10-$20.
Emily Ann Band Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; www.revolutioncafesf.com. 9pm, free.
Hammond Organ Soul Jazz, Blues Party Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
La Chatonne Electrique Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15. Electro-swing with Bart and Baker, Delachaux, Kitten on the Keys, and more.
Loose Ends feat. Jane Eugene Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $34; 10pm, $27.
Dmitri Matheny’s Sagebrush Rebellion Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento, SF; www.oldfirstconcerts.org. 8pm, $14-$17.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Adria Amenti Atlas Café. 8pm, free.
Bluegrass Bonanza Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Lee Vilensky Trio Rite Spot. 9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
DJ What’s His Fuck Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
5ive DNA Lounge. 9pm, $5-$15. With Ross FM, Frank Nitty, Switchblade, and more.
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 Dakar Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm, $5.
Thirsty Third Fridays Atmosphere, 447 Broadway, SF; www.a3atmosphere.com. 10pm, $10.
SATURDAY 22
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Battlehooch, Major Powers and the Lo-Fi Symphony, Hungry Skinny Slim’s. 9pm, $14.
Big Blu Soul Revue Park Chalet, 1000 Great Hwy, SF; www.bigblusoulrevue.com. 2pm, free.
BLVD, Pink Mammoth Independent. 9pm, $20.
Daisy World, Space Trash, Naw’m Sayin Knockout. 3:30-8pm, $5.
Delgado Brothers Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Doctor Krapula Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $25.
Fake Blood, Alex Metric Mezzanine. 9pm, $12.50.
Fusion Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
Hell Fire, Midnight Chaser, My Victim Thee Parkside. 9pm, $6.
Honey Wilders Riptide. 9pm, free.
Noisia, M Machine Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $30.
Rabbles. Strawberry Smog, Unruly Ones Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
Record Winter, Imperfections, Casey Jones Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
“Valencia Film Party” Elbo Room. 9pm, $15. With Need, filmmaker-DJs Snow Tiger, NSFW.
Yadokai, Condominium, White Wards, Provos El Rio. 10pm, $8.
Rachel Yamagata, Sanders Bohlke Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $19-$21.
Yassou Benedict, O Presidente, Campbell Apartment Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
“Gospel Brunch: Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir” SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 11am, $30-$65. SF Jazz Festival.
Low Behold Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; www.revolutioncafesf.com. 9pm, free.
Chris Mann Yoshi’s SF. 8pm, $33..
Michael McIntosh Rite Spot. 8:30pm, free.
Anton Schwartz Church of the Advent of Chris the King, 261 Fell, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 5pm, $10. SF Jazz Festival.
John Scofield Uberjam Band SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $30-$70. SF Jazz Festival.
Lavay Smith Royal Cuckoo, 3203 Mission, SF; www.royalcuckoo.com. 7:30-10:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Mark Hummel Tupelo, 1337 Grant, SF; www.tupelosf.com. 9pm.
La Chilanga Banda, Pata de Perro, Zigzagz Balancoire, 2565 Mission, SF; www.balancoiresf.com. 9pm, $10.
Muddy Roses Plough and Stars. 9pm.
North Beach Brass Band Tupelo, 1337 Grant, SF; www.tupelosf.com. 1pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: Monster Show DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$15. With Monster Show mashup drag extravaganza, and more.
Club 1994 Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $10-$20.
Paris Dakar Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm, $5.
Temptation Cat Club. 9:30pm. $5–<\d>$8. Indie, electro, new wave video dance party.
SUNDAY 23
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
A Wilhelm Scream, Flatliners, Such Gold Thee Parkside. 8pm, $15.
Michael Barrett Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
“Blue Bear School of Music Band Showcases” Café Du Nord. 7:30pm, $12-$20.
Dot Hacker Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF; www.thechapelsf.com. 8pm, $12-$15.
Hans Eberbach Castagnola’s, 286 Jefferson, SF; www.castagnolas.com. 2pm, free.
Patty Griffin, Max Gomez Fillmore. 8pm, $35.
“Metal Meltdown” DNA Lounge. 4:30pm, $12. With Anisoptera, No More Solace, Holy Blowout, Demacia.
Modern Kicks, February Zero, Requiem for the Dead Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Monster Rally, Steezy Ray Vibes, Shortcircles, duckyousucker Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10.
Odd Owl 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 8pm.
Tomihira, Mosaics, Animal Super Species Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
Two Tone Steiny and the Cadillacs Biscuits and Blues. 7 and 9pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Ralph Carney Church of the Advent of Christ the King, 261 Fell, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 5pm, $10. SF Jazz Festival.
Gerald Clayton Trio SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $18-$25. SF Jazz Festival.
Howell Divine Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; www.revolutioncafesf.com. 8:30pm, free.
Ramsey Lewis and Dee Dee Bridgewater with Quadron Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat, SF; www.sterngrove.com. 2pm, free.
“Micro-Concert: Matt Clark” SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 4, 5, 6pm, $5. SF Jazz Festival.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Brazil and Beyond Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 6:30pm, free.
Famous Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Pat O’Donnell, Sean O’Donnell Plough and Stars. 9pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Beats for Brunch Thee Parkside. 11am, free.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $8. With Prince Fatty Soundsystem, DJ Sep.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
MONDAY 24
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
“Blue Bear School of Music Band Showcases” Café Du Nord. 7:30pm, $12-$20.
Damir Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Classical Revolution Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; www.revolutioncafesf.com. 8pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Nobody From Alabama Tupelo, 1337 Grant, SF; www.tupelosf.com. 9pm.
Kyle Williams Osteria, 3277 Sacramento, SF; www.osteriasf.com. 7pm, free.
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 25
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Big Business, Pins of Light, Grayceon Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Blood of Kvasir, Mecury’s Antenna Hemlock Tavern. 8:30pm, $6.
“Blue Bear School of Music Band Showcases” Café Du Nord. 7:30pm, $12-$20.
Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, Girls and Boys Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15.
John Garcia Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Geoff Rickly, Vinnie Cauana, Picture Atlantic, Owl Paws Thee Parkside. 8pm, $10.
Glitter Wizard, Terminal Fuzz Terror, Planes of Satori Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Harry and the Potters Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 5pm, $10.
Nordeson/Shelton Duo, NAMES, DJ Special Lord B and Phengren Oswald Amnesia. 9:30pm, $5.
So Many Wizards, Local Hero, Kera and Lesbians Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10-$12.
Stan Erhart Band Johnny Foley’s. 10pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Karl Alfonso Evangelista Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St., SF; www.revolutioncafesf.com. 8:30pm, free.
Terry Disley Burritt Room, 417 Stockton, SF; www.burrittavern.com. 6-9pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Toshio Hirano Rite Spot. 8:30pm, free.
Song Session with Cormac Gannon Plough and Stars. 9pm.
Underground Nomads Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm, $5.
DANCE CLUBS
DJ4AM Laszlo, 2526 Mission, SF; www.laszlobar.com. Boom bap hip-hop, beats, and dub.
Hug Life Tuesdaze Laszlo, 2526 Mission, SF; www.laszlobar.com/. 9pm. With DJ4AM.
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.