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WEDNESDAY 5
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Cheap Girls, Drowning Men, Fayroy Thee Parkside. 8pm, $8.
Fucked Up, Ceremony Slim's. 9pm, $17-$19.
Daughn Gibson, Reckless Kind, Emily Anne Band Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Gram Rabbit, Stripminers, Pleasure Kills Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Inglish and Louise Hotel Utah. 8:30pm.
Inner Ear Brigade, Toyboat Toyboat Toyboat, Froadz Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Keith Crossan Blues Showcase with guests Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Old Man Gloom, William Fowler Collins, Sad Vicious, DJ Rob Metal Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
"Re-Opening Party with Ramshackle Romeos" Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
JC Rockit vs Guido Johnny Foley's Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley's. 9pm, free.
Sensations, Birdhouse, Sea of Bees, Naia Kete Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 8pm, $8-$10.
Wild Nothing, DIIV Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $17.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cat's Corner with Nathan Dias Savanna Jazz. 9pm, $10.
Cosmo AlleyCats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com. 7-10pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Eric Garland's Jazz Session Amnesia. 7pm, free.
"Electronic Music Festival" Million Fishes Gallery, 2501 Bryant, SF; www.sfemf.org. 6-9pm. Exhibition opening.
Halley Elell 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 7pm, free.
Jack Dejohnette Trio feat. Chick Corea and Stanley Clark Yoshi's SF. 8pm, $45; 10pm, $40.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita MORE! and Joshua J host this dance party.
Coo-Yah! Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. DJs Daneekah and Green B spin reggae and dancehall with weekly guests.
Get Low Madrone Art Bar. 10pm. With Jerry Nice and Anti-1 spinning '90s and '00s hip-hop.
Hardcore Humpday Happy Hour RKRL, 52 Sixth St, SF; (415) 658-5506. 6pm, $3.
THURSDAY 6
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Ahnnu, Sri, Waxy Tomb, Jungle Jim Cafe Du Nord. 8:30pm, $7.
Big Black Delta, Youngblood Hawke, Dramantics Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Big Sam's Funky Nation, Con Brio Independent. 9pm, $15.
Blue Skies with Black Hearts, Bye Bye Blackbirds, John Moreman's Floatation Device Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, 8.
Zachary Blizzard, Trebuchet, Travis Hayes Amnesia. 9pm, $7-$10.
Guido vs Rags Tuttle Johnny Foley's Dueling Pianos. 9:30pm
Gunshy Johnny Foley's. 9pm, free.
Loose Cuts, Corbetti, Bottle Kids Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $5-$7.
Nite Jewel, Soft Metals, Cosmetics Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $13-$15.
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Wild Assumptions, Nasty Christmas Thee Parkside. 9pm, $8.
Todd Wolfe Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bela Fleck and the Marcis Roberts Trio Yoshi's SF. 8pm, $30; 10pm, $26.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
Jack Dejohnette Trio feat. Chick Corea and Stanley Clark Yoshi's SF. 8pm, $45; 10pm, $40.
Kitten on the Keys Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
Ned Boyton Trio Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
Savanna Jazz Jam with Eddy Ramirez Savanna Jazz. 7:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Twang! Honky Tonk Fiddler's Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm. Live country music, dancing, and giveaways.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5-$7. With DJ-host Pleasuremaker. spin Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
All 80s Thursday Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). Two dance floors bumpin' with the best of 80s mainstream and underground with DJ's Damon, Steve Washington, Dangerous Dan, and guests.
Base: Kaiserdisco, Vitamindevo Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $5-$10.
Peaches Lady Hip-Hop DJ Party Skylark Bar, 3089 16th St, SF; www.skylarkbar.com. 9pm, $3.
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, with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 7
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Rome Balestrieri, Jason Marion, Nathan Temby Johnny Foley's Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Body and Soul Johnny Foley's. 9pm, free.
Carl Sonny Leyland Trio, B-Stars, West Coast Ramblers, DJ Tanoa Samoa Boy Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12-$15.
Entrance Band, Matt Baldwin Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9:30pm, $10-$12.
Hi-Nobles, Pre-Legendary and the Dreamers, Angstroms Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
Katatonia, Devin Townsend, Paradise Lost, Stolen Babies Great American Music Hall. 7:30pm, $24.
Los Rakas Independent. 9pm, $15.
Roach Gigz, Main Attrakionz, A-1, Baby E Slim's. 9pm, $19-$24.
77 El Deora, Kitchen Fire Amnesia. 6:30pm.
"Spot-On Sound Records Showcase" Sub-Mission. 9:30pm, $8. With Gravys Drop, Debora Iyall Band, Warm Soda, Spanish Moss.
Kenny "Blue Boss" Wayne Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Violent Vickie, Darling Gunsel, Samuelroy, Erleen Nada Thee Parkside. 9pm, $10.
Wildlife Control, Mercies, Dandelion War Bottom of the Hill. 10Pm, $12.
Yogoman Burning Band Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Black Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 9pm, $10.
Conscious Contact Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm.
Terry Disely Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 5:30-8:30pm.
Jack Dejohnette Trio feat. Chick Corea and Stanley Clark Yoshi's SF. 8 and 10pm, $50.
"Electronic Music Festival" Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, SF; www.sfemf.org. 8pm. With William Balinski, Machine Drop, Damion Romero.
Amanda McBroom Rrazz Room. 7:30pm, $37.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Taste Fridays 650 Indiana, SF; www.tastefridays.com. 8pm, $18. Salsa and bachata dance lessons, live music.
DANCE CLUBS
Automatic Message Beatbox, 314 11th St, SF; Facebook: Reset State. 9pm, $10-$15.
Braza! Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, $5-$10. DJs Sabo, Kento, Elan spin Brazilian, Batucada, Samba.
JJ Flores, Lucas Med Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $10-$30.
Joe Lookout, 3600 16th St.,SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 9pm. Eight rotating DJs, shirt-off drink specials.
New Wave City 20-year Anniversary Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $12. With DJs Skip and Shindog, Low-Life, Brian Raffo and John, Melting Girl, and more.
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.
Push the Feeling: Les Sins (Toro Y Moi) DJ set Underground SF, 424 Haight, SF; Facebook: Push the Feeling. 9pm, $5 with RSVP. With Silver Hands, YR Skull, epicsauce DJs.
120 Minutes: Two-Year Anniversary Elbo Room. 10pm. With S4NtA MU3rTE, Planet Death, Nako.
Samples Fillmore. 9pm, $32.50.
SATURDAY 8
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Adicts, Brothers of Brazil Slim's. 9pm, $23-$25.
Crystal Antlers, Lenz, Dimples, Pang Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $10.
Doe Eye, Churches, Eazy Tiger Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
Fresh and Onlys, Terry Malts Independent. 9pm, $15.
Giggle Party, In Watermelon Sugar, Girls in Suede, Church Thee Parkside. 9pm, $6.
Gunpowder, Raging Free Radicals, Redwood Wires Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Jason Isabell, 400 Unit, Kasey Anderson and the Honkies Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $17.
Matt Lax and the Nearly Beloved Riptide. 9:30pm, free.
"Radio Quemado CD Release Party" Rockit Room. 8pm, $10. With Burnt, Delirians, San Francisco Vintage Reggae Society.
Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Glitz, Chief, Visions and Tones El Rio. 10pm, $7.
Sista Monica Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Megan Slankard, City on a Lake Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12-$15.
Tall Shadows Johnny Foley's. 9pm, free.
Nathan Temby, Jason Marion, Rome Balestrieri Johnny Foley's Dueling Pianos. 9pm.
Ten Mile Tide, Delta Nove Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $10-$15.
Moon Trent (from Brown-Star), Carl with Records, Magic Mirror Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom, SF; www.brainwash.com. 8pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Ralph Carney Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm.
Jack Dejohnette Trio feat. Chick Corea and Stanley Clark Yoshi's SF. 8 and 10pm, $60.
"Electronic Music Festival" Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, SF; www.sfemf.org. 8pm. With Dieter Moebius, Richard Lerman, Loud Objects, Cheryl Leonard.
Amanda McBroom Rrazz Room. 7:30pm, $37.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
HowellDevine and Devine's Jug Band Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $10-$20.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St, SF; www.atlascafe.net. 4-6pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: Kleptones DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-$20.
Club Gossip Cat Club. 9pm, free before 9:30pm, $5-$8 after. With VJs Shon, Low Life, Damon, and more.
Cockblock Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $5-$10.
Kinky Disko Rebel, 1760 Market, SF; (415) 431-4202 . 9pm, $8. Eclectic mashup of electro-disco and house.
Non Stop Bhangra Public Works. 9pm, $20. With Bikram Singh.
Oliver Twizt, Jared F Vessel, 85 Campton Place, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 10pm, $5-$10.
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.
Tormenta Tropical Elbo Room. 10pm. With Shawn Reynaldo and Oro11.
2 Men Will Move You Amnesia. 9pm.
SUNDAY 9
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Black Uhuru Independent. 8pm, $25.
Covenant, Break Up, Deephearted DNA Lounge. 9pm, $22
Lloyd Gregory Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
"New York Night Train's Soul Clap and Dance Off" Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $13. With Shannon and the Clams, Mikal Cronin.
Terry Savastano Johnny Foley's. 9pm, free.
Spider Heart, Tokyo Raid, Atomic Bride, Spiral Electric Brick and Mortar Music Hall.7pm, $5-$8.
Drew Southern 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com.10pm, free.
Tigon, Mercy Ties, Commissure Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
"Electronic Music Festival" Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, SF; www.sfemf.org. 8pm. With William Balinski, Machine Drop, Damion Romero.
Amanda McBroom Rrazz Room. 4pm, $37.
Noertker's Moxie, Melanchoholics Musicians' Union Hall, 116 Ninth St, SF; www.noertker.com. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Paula Frazer, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Justin Frahm Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 6pm, free.
Hurd Ensemble Red Poppy Art House. 7pm, $12-$20.
DANCE CLUBS
Activate! After After Hours Monroe, 473 Broadway, SF; www.monroesf.com. 6am-1pm, $10. With James Henderson, Joseph Lee, and Zenith.
Domingos Latinos Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 6pm, $10. Salsa dance party with live Afro-Cuban salsa bands.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. With DJ Sep, Ludichris, and special guest Janaka Selekta.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2.
MONDAY 10
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Karina Denike Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10-$12.
Damir Johnny Foley's. 9pm, free.
Devo, Blondie Warfield. 8pm, $39.50-$92.50.
Gypsyhawk, Hellfire, At Our Heels, Wild Eyes Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Miguel Independent. 8pm, $25.
Swans, Xiu Xiu Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $34.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
Dawn Oberg Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066.8pm, 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. 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, Reggaeton, Salsa and more with DJ Jerry Ross. Happy hour all night.
Vibes'N'Stuff El Amigo Bar, 3355 Mission, SF; (415) 852-0092. 10pm, free. Conscious jazz and hip-hop from 1960s-early '90s with DJs Luce Lucy, Vinnie Esparza, and more.
TUESDAY 11
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Fiona Apple Warfield. 8pm, $62-$72.50.
Billy T. Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Blaqk Audio, Hi Deaf Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
Custom Kicks, City Deluxe, Courtney and the Crushers Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Fat Opie Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California, SF; www.bazaarcafe.com. 7pm, free.
Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Tyr, Metsatoll DNA Lounge. 7pm, $25.
People's Temple Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Sandi Thom, Francesca Lee Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12-$15.
Sleepy Todd, Michael Musika, fpodbpod Amnesia. 9pm.
Stan Ernhart Band Johnny Foley's. 9pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bombshell Betty and Her Burlesqueteers, Fromagique Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Friskey Frolics Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom, SF; (415) 552-6066. 9pm, free.
Gaucho Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell, SF; www.bottlecapsf.com. 7-10pm.
Virginia Tichenor Pier 23, Embarcadero near Filbert, SF; (415) 362-5125. 5-8pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro.
Stylus John Colins Lounge, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. Hip-hop, dancehall, and Bay slaps with DJ Left Lane.