Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest May 2, 2015 may 2 sat Full Of Hell, The Body, Kowloon Walled City, Disgust, Children Of God, Heathen Plague at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10/$12 7pm *** @ may 2 sat Ancient Wing, Born Yesterday, Healers at someplace (call Bad Smut day of show) ?/? 9pm ** (Susie Q's Birthday) may 2 sat Liturgy, Lightning Bolt at Leo's Music Club, Oakalnd a/a ** may 2 sat Fifty Foot Hose, Brave Ulysses, Neverland Latin Jazz Band, Dead Girl's Candy at Sweets Ballroom, 1933 Broadway Ave., Oakland a/a $25 ($10 students) ** (Benefit Oakland School for the Art's Fringe Theatre Adventures) may 2 sat Septicflesh (Greece), Moonspell, Deathstars at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7pm # *** @ may 2 sat Hard Left (album release), Suede Razors, Dirty Denim, dj Bobby Martinez, dj Kid Frostbite at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** @ may 2 sat Diesel Dudes, The Truants, dj Roxy Roller, dj Grimmy Grumm at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** @ may 2 sat The Bar Chords, Pound of Quicksand, Juice, Halfdead Shakes at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** may 2 sat Everyone Is Dirty at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** may 2 sat SF Punk Renaissance Early Warning: spoken word & art event at the Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno Street, S.F. a/a 5pm til 10pm may 2 sat Matt & Kim, Waters at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 2 sat From Indian Lakes, The Soil And The Sun, Lemolo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm/8:30pm *** may 2 sat Doldrums, Moon King (Toronto, Canada) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 2 sat Pow! (record release), Male Gaze (record release), Geneva Jacuzzi Stalls, dj John Dwyer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm ** may 2 sat Doldrums, Moon King at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 2 sat The Fresh & Onlys, The She's, Tiaras at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 2 sat East India Youth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 2 sat Inter Arma, Yautja, Hornss, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 2 sat Hot Flash Heat Wave, LA Font, Shark, dj Hotdog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 2 sat Inferno Of Joy, Scorpion vs Tarantula at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** may 2 sat What Fun Life Was, Crisis Arm, Airs, Mother Room at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** may 2 sat The Bitter Diamonds at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 2 sat The Singles, Ice Cream, Mark Nelsen & The Mutiny at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 2 sat Shana Falana (N.Y.), Loco Tranquilo, Balms at Amnesia, S.F. 21+ ** may 2 sat Griz at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) may 2 sat The Bitter Diamonds at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 2 sat Jason Crosby & Friends at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm ** may 2 sat The Deadlies, The Funicells's (Sacrmento) at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ free 9pm ** may 2 sat The Flex (U.K.), Red Death (D.C.), Fatigue, Subtle Violence, Fade at the Rock Shop, San Jose a/a $6-$7 7pm *** @ may 2 sat Cartoon Violence, The Koopas at Homestead Bowl, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** (Star Wars Day) may 2 sat Kenny Chesney & Jason Aldean at 49er Stadium, Santa Clara a/a # ** may 2 sat Get Dead, The Has Beens, Oc45, Sad Boy Sinister, neutralboy! at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 8pm ** @ may 2 sat Infected Mushroom at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** may 2 sat Shlohmo at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** may 2 sat Shlohmo, Purple at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** may 2 sat Saul Hernandex, Cafanes, Jaguares at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a$35-$70 7pm ** may 2 sat Andy McKee at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $25/$30 5:30pm/7pm ** may 2 sat The Killer Queens (tribute), The Jean Genies (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 2/3 Sleater-Kinney, Theesatisfaction (sat), Ian Rubbish (sun) at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $35-$25 7pm/8pm # *** @ may 2/3 A Very Potter Musical (by the Students of Music to My Ears) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 3pm & 8pm sat / noon & 5pm sun may 3 sun Pianos Become The Teeth, Loma Prieta, Gates, The American Scene at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $13 6pm/7pm *** @ may 3 sun Spoonboy (D.C.), Eric Freas, Rymodee, Rosanonymous at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $7 7pm *** may 3 sun Moses, Hydromedusa (Adelaide, Australia), Buffalo Tooth, Love Moon at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 4:30pm/5:30pm ** may 3 sun Crisis Arm, Valley Girls, Mother Room, Airs at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $7 ($5 b4 10pm) 9pm ** @ may 3 sun The Big Forgive, Bummer, The Schlurs, Nofauxgiven, The Broke Fiends at Submission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5-$10 6:30pm/7:30pm *** (Benefit for Submission Art Space) may 3 sun Dr. John Cooper Clarke, Tom Rhodes (comedian) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** (seated show) may 3 sun Cavalera Conspiracy, Death Angel, Corrosion Of Conformity, Lody Kong at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28/$30 6pm/7pm # *** @ may 3 sun Adriel Diaz, Jacy LeeAnne, Alec Maeding, Cody Brazil, Sky, host Tate Lovett at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 1:30pm/2pm til 5pm ** may 3 sun Maurice Tani - 77 El Deora, Grant Langston & Friends at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** may 3 sun The Bright Light Social Hour, Talk In Tongues at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 3 sun Orgy, 9 Electric, Death Valley High at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 7pm/8pm ** may 3 sun Andy McKee at City Winery, Napa 21+ $25/$28/$30 8pm/10pm ** may 3 sun New Kids On The Block, T.L.C., Nelly at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100-$30 6pm/7pm # *** (also may 8th) may 3 sun Griz, The Floozies, MuzzY Bearr at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $25 8pm/9pm ** may 3 sun Larisa Bryski at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ noon/1pm ** may 3 sun The Beatles 1965 (10 bands doing Beatles covers from 1965) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 6pm/6:30pm *** may 4 mon Cold Beat, Lie' (Vancouver, Canada), Sexless, Kob'an at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 4 mon Eye Of Nix, Headless Lizzy, Kris Force, Cruor Incendia at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 4 mon Manic Street Preachers, Cate Le Bon at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $30 7pm/8pm *** may 4 mon Haunted Summer, Foxtails Brigade at City Winery, Napa 21+ $15/$18/$20 8pm/10pm ** may 4 mon All Time Low, Issues, Tonight Alive, State Champs at City National Civic, San Jose a/a 6pm # *** @ may 5 tue Neil Michael Hagerty, Musk at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm ** may 5 tue Weresquatch (Portland), Desecrate (L.A.), Gladius (Portland), Trecelence at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 8:30pm *** may 5 tue Joan Armatrading (solo) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 5 tue Los Lonely Boys, Lukas Nelson, Promise Of The Real at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 5 tue Trio Sol de America at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** may 5 tue Emily's D+Evolution at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 5 tue Wet Lodge, The Death (Tokyo, Japan), Ancient Wing, Motor Inn at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 7pm/8pm ** may 5 tue Wild Eyes, Hydromedusa (Adelaide, Australia), Banquet, dj Rob Metal at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** may 5 tue The Fabulous FunkyBand, Drew Sothern Band, Killer Whale at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 5 tue The Rentals, Rey Pila, Radiation City at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 8:30pm *** @ may 5 tue Helmet at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** @ may 6 wed Kodaline, Gavin James at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 6 wed The Rentals, Rey Pila, Radiation City at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm *** @ may 6 wed He Is Legend, Must Be The Holy Ghost at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** may 6 wed Philm, Butt Problems, The Nerv at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** @ may 6 wed D.O.A. (Canada), Ruleta Rusa, Isotope at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm *** @ may 6 wed Parae, Auma, Little Sister, Niveles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** may 6 wed Helmet at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ may 6 wed The Surgeon Generals, Anotherbodyfound, Necroveck at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** may 6 wed Junk Parlor, Cyclub, Kugelplex at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 6 wed Zak Fennie, Alison Rowan, Journeyday, Jade Ludvae at City Winery, Napa 21+ 8pm/10pm ** (sold out) may 6 wed Wayne Hancock at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm *** may 6 wed Joe Bonamassa at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a # ** may 7 thr Dead Men Walking at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 6pm *** may 7 thr Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Trollfest at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $31 7pm/8pm ** may 7 thr Dwight Yoakam, Sam Outlaw at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $48-$66 7pm/8pm # *** may 7 thr Emmylous Harris & Rodney Crowell at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 7 thr Wander, Void Boys, Plush, Pardoner at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 7 thr Big Sam's Funky Nation at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** may 7 thr Dead Men Walking, Jello Biafra, Barb Wire Dolls at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. a/a $16/$20 (under 18 +$5) 8pm/9pm *** may 7 thr Dev at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** may 7 thr Lila Rose (cd release) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 7 thr Your Fearless Leader at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ ** may 7 thr Bob Frank, Jerry David Decicca, Odawas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 7 thr HeWhoCannotBeNamed at the Eagle Tavern, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ may 7 thr Katie Holman, Cattitude, Tawnee Kendall Music, James Conner at 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason Street, S.F. 21+ $10 6pm/7pm ** may 7 thr Rivvrs, Anadel at City Winery, Napa 21+ 8pm/10pm $25/$28/$30 ** may 7 thr Antiserum at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $14/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 7 thr Yellowcard, Finch, The Downtown Fiction at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** may 7 thr Timothy Bloom, Kev Choice, Harley White Jr., James Cavern at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9pm/10pm ** may 8 fri Plane Without A Pilot, Skank Bank, Baja Sociedad, TV Static, Black Bones, Blackbird En Route at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 7pm *** @ may 8 fri This Body Wants To Live!, The Not Marys, Danny Saucedo, Planimal Planet, Dawn Riding, Hobo Goblins, 3 For Silver at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** may 8 fri The Sonics, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # *** @ may 8 fri Los Rakas, HBK Skipper, Rey Res, dj Ame at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** may 8 fri Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Charles Esten, Aubrey Peeples And Lennon & Maisy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 8 fri Tei Shi, Lapsley at Popscene, 330 Ritch Street, S.F. 18+ ** may 8 fri The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 8 fri The Jerfs, Mad River, The Other Band On Earth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7:30pm ** may 8 fri Bellavista, The Lower 48, El Terrible (record release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 8 fri Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell at City Winery, Napa 21+ 8pm/10pm *** (sold out) may 8 fri No Trust, Crimson Eye, Sludgebucket at the Bistro, 1001 B at Main, Hayward a/a ** @ may 8 fri New Kids On The Block, T.L.C., Nelly at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100-$30 7pm/8pm # *** (also may 3rd) may 8 fri Mickey Avalon & Dirt Nasty, Richard The Rockstar, Drywall Jungle at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $23 7pm ** may 8 fri Once An Empire, Iconoclast Robot, Tell The Wolves at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 9 sat Noothgrush, Brainoil, Badr Vogu, Street Eaters, Malditos, Your Enemy, Akatharsia, The Call Up, Tomas Moniz, mc Jello Biafra at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8-$20 sliding 5:45pm/6:30pm *** @ (Fire Relief Benefit for 669 24th St. Residents, AK Press & 1984 day 1) may 9 sat Gurrumul at Amoebay Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm ** may 9 sat The Fuxedos, MoeTar, Brian Kenney Fresno at Leo's Music Club, Oakalnd a/a $8/$12 (under 21 + $5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** @ may 9 sat Leftover Crack, MC Lars, Embers, Voodoo Dolly (tribute), The Shlurs, The Broke Fiends at the Palace Theater, 1445 23rd Avenue, Oakland a/a $20 *** @ (Benefit for S.F. Drug Users Union) may 9 sat The Deadlies, Bay Bombers vs Brooklyn Red Devils (Roller Derby) at Alameda Point Gym, 1101 West Red Line, Alameda a/a $10-$25 7pm/8pm ** may 9 sat Everyone Is Dirty at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** may 9 sat Cartel (performing 'Chrome'), Team, Driver Friendly, Hydra Melody at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 7pm/7:30pm ** may 9 sat Other Lives, Riothouse Royale at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17 9pm *** may 9 sat Henry Butler, Greyhounds at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $16/$20 8pm/9pm ^ ** may 9 sat Jakubi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 9 sat Vanwave, Tomten (Seattle), Sunhaze, Magic Magic Roses at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 9 sat Crimson Scarlet, Kurraka (Austin, TX), Stinkward at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** may 9 sat Dinner With The Kids at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 9 sat The Orange Peels (record release), Curious Quail, Arts & Leisure at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 9 sat The David Bromberg Quintet at City Winery, Napa 21+ 8pm/10pm $40/$45/$50 ** may 9 sat Copper Tones, Texas Thieves, Speed Wobble at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ free ** may 9 sat Eureka California (Athens, Ga) at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** may 9 sat The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15/$20 6pm 7pm *** may 9 sat Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Pacific Dub at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 6:30pm *** @ may 9 sat Joseph In The Well, Rasar at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 6pm/7pm ** may 9 sat Solsa (covers) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 9/10 They Might Be Giants at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) # *** may 10 sun Busdriver, Jel, The Genie, Paulie Rhyme, Bottled Water, Wisecrack The Scribe at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 6pm *** (hip hop night) may 10 sun Kurraka, Pig DNA, Meth Sores, Syndicate, Hyper Vigilance at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $7 7pm *** may 10 sun Ministry at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # 8pm *** @ may 10 sun Flash, Crash & Thunder, The Brothers Strong & Co. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** may 10 sun Peter Brotzmann, Hamid Drake, William Parker Trio at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** may 10 sun Alter der Ruine, White Light Monorail, Manifestiv, dj Mr. Smith, dj Pyramidhead at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** may 10 sun Stephin Merritt With Sam Davol at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 10 sun Lament Cityscape, Noise-A-Tron (Seattle), Devoid at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 4pm/4:30pm ** may 10 sun The Lovemakers, The Union Trade, Brasil, Paisano at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 5:30pm/6pm *** (BBQ) (Benefit for Sivan of Everyone Is Dirty) may 10 sun Blackwater Jukebox (L.A.), Hot Farm, The Radishes, Pistacho at 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason Street, S.F. 21+ 7pm/8pm ** may 10 sun The Blondies, Vinyl Spectrum at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** may 10 sun Incidental Animals at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26/$28 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 10 sun E40, Stevie Stone, Nessasary, Cool Nutz at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $30 7pm *** may 10 sun Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a *** @ may 11 mon Today Is The Day, Lazer Wulf, Your Enemy, Infinite Waste, Ion at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm # *** @ may 11 mon Nick Mulvey at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 11 mon Gaytheist (Portland), Baby Gurl (Salt Lake City), Teeph (Chico) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** may 11 mon Sick Of Sarah (Minneapolis, Minnesoda), Smoke Season (Hollywood), Sad Robot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 11 mon R.Ring, 1939 Ensemble at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** may 11 mon Incite, Anaal Nathrakh, Secrets Of The Sky at the Starlite, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento ?/? *** @ may 12 tue Solstafir (Iceland), Ancient Vvisdom (Austin, TX), Catapult The Dead at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 7pm # *** @ may 12 tue The Nest, Lucy Arnell, The Star Bandits (Madison, WI), Dilly Billy at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** may 12 tue Bombino at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? ** may 12 tue Kyle, Cody Brazil, Eli Arbor at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** may 12 tue James Bay, Elle King at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** (sold out) may 12 tue Local H, Battleme at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 12 tue Asthma, Sofistifucks (Toronto, Canada), Butanna, Fuzz Attack at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9pm ** @ may 12 tue Neil Diamond at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $65/$95/$150 6:30pm/8pm # *** may 12 tue Sepultura, Destruction, Arsis, Boris The Blade, Glug at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 6pm *** @ may 12/13 The Stylistics at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** may 13 wed MDC, Deathwish (WI), Between Your Teeth at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 7pm *** @ (special wednesday show) may 13 wed Revolt Revolt, Mindrips, Milk at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** may 13 wed Torres, Aero Flynn, Cave Clove at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 13 wed Bombino at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 13 wed Howardian, Ben Katzman's Degreaser, Montana de Oro at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** may 13 wed Useless Eaters, Culture Abuse, Never Young, dj's at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** may 13 wed G/Division (tribute), Jefferson Shulgin, Tammy And the Amps at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 13 wed Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Remmy Banks at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** may 13 wed Kyle at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** may 13 sat Twiztid, Kung Fu Vampire, Davey Suicide, Damn Dirty Apes, Kissing Candice, Americaz Mozt Haunted, J Terrible at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 6pm *** @ may 13 wed Howard Jones, Self.Same at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 14 thr Conan (England), Samothrace (WA), Mantar (Germany), Augurs, Worship at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7pm # *** @ may 14 thr The California Honeydrops at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? ** (also may 16th) may 14 thr Kamelot, DragonForce at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # $30/$35 ($100 vip) 7pm/8pm *** may 14 thr Nellie McKay at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ R22/$25 7:30pm/8pm ** (seated) may 14 thr Randy & Mr. Lahey at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21/$24 8pm ** may 14 thr West coast Wildfire, Roem Baur, Mean Louise at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** may 14 thr Greg Ashley, Scott Yonder, Michael Beach at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 14 thr Wolf Alice at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 14 thr Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils, Steakhouse at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 14 thr Wishyunu, Linear Downfall, Li Xi at Amnesia, S.F. 21+ $7-$10 9pm ** may 14 thr Huch & Kathy, Allie Goertz, Survival Guide at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8:30pm ** @ may 14 thr Twiztid, Kung Fu Vampire, Davey Suicide, The Damn Dirty Apes, Kissing Candice at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 14 thr Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Remy Banks at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm ** may 14 thr Dru Hill, LC, E. Broussard at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 8pm/9pm ** may 15 fri Swimmers, Dog Party, M.F.B., Sarchasm, Decent Criminal, Heartless Folk at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ may 15 fri Bloody Phoenix, Your Enemy, Pattern Breaker, Bryaugh, Release, Medicinal Anarchy at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ (Skate Til U Die Annual Benefit day 1) may 15 fri Quaaludes, Lie' (Vancouver), Koban (Vancouver), Flesh Word, Healers at the Boat, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** @ may 15 fri Lord Huron, Family Of The Year at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** may 15 fri All Eyes West (Chicago), Dearly Divided, Caskitt (San Diego), Weekender at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm/8:30pm ** @ may 15 fri Rebirth Brass Band, The California Honeydrops at the New Parish, Oakalnd ?/? ** (see may 14 and may 16) may 15 fri The Temperance Movement at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 9pm ** may 15 fri Timber Timbre, Xiu Xiu at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # *** may 15 fri Sammy Hagar & James Hetfield, Jerry Cantrell, Pat Monahan, Linda Perry, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$60 6pm/8pm # *** (acoustic-4-a-Cure Benefit) may 15 fri Woods, Alex Bleeker And The Freaks, Simon Joyner at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 9pm ** may 15 fri Truckfighters (Sweden) at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 8pm/8:30pm ** may 15 fri Chicano Batman, Thee Commons, dj's at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** may 15 fri Lyrics Born at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 15 fri Nothington, Dialectics, Red Wood at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** may 15 fri Vaadat Charigim (Israel), Cotillon, the Soonest at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 15 fri B-Stars, Jitterbug Riot, Sin Sisters Burlesque, dj El Gallo Negro, dj Miss K at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** (Rockabilly Prom) may 15 fri Blame Sally at the City Winery, Napa 21+ $25/$30/$35 8pm/10pm ** may 15 fri Faster Pussycat, Deathtrap America, Flexx Bronco, Modern Kicks at Rock Bar Theater, San Jose 21+ $15/$18 ($75 vip) 7pm/8pm *** may 15 fri The Quick & Easy Boys, Big Sticky mess at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/6:30pm ** may 15 fri Wrings, Cemetery Sun, Kid at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 15/16 The Meters Experience (with Leo Nocentell, Bernie Worrell) at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a *** may 16 sat Cheapskate, Bloodshot And Dilated, FuckTard, misophonia, Under 15 Seconds at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ (Skate Til U Die Annual Benefit day 2) may 16 sat Miranda Sings at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** may 16 sat Chicano Batman at Leo's Music Club, Oakalnd 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ^ ** may 16 sat The California Honeydrops at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? ** (also may 14th) may 16 sat Disasteroid, Chiefs, Magoozler, Mount Desert at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** @ may 16 sat Satori Ensemble, Laked, PxMx, Humboldt at Submission Art Space, S.F. a/a 6pm ** (Benefit) may 16 sat The Wombats, Life In Film, Cheerleader at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # *** may 16 sat Elvis Perkins at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** may 16 sat Boz Scaggs, Allen Toussaint at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $75/$49.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** may 16 sat Burn River Burn, State Line Empire, Toy Called God, The Quart Of Blood Technique at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm *** may 16 sat Vinyl, The Right Time at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $23/$26 8pm/9pm *** may 16 sat ILoveMakonnen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) may 16 sat Rebirth Brass Band at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** may 16 sat Ex-Cult (Memphis), Useless Eaters, Scraper, Love Moon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 16 sat Michael Ward With Dogs And Fishes at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 16 sat Con Brio, Mike B And The Universe at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $25/$35 8pm/9pm *** may 16 sat Spirits and the Melchizedek Childrenm The Vitals, Sit Kitty Sit, Greg Hoy & The Royal Panics at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 16 sat Super Diamond, Notorious at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** may 16 sat Flume, Kaytranada, AlunaGeorge at Frost Ampitheater, 360 Lausuen St., Stanford a/a $43/$48 2pm # ** may 16 sat No God Only Pain at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** may 16 sat Fallrise, The Alpha Complex, Dr. Luna, Heat Of Damage, A Mile Till Dawn at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $12 6:30pm ** may 16 sat Strangelove, Sorta Like Heaven, dj Bryan Hawk at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 16/17 The Jesus And Mary Chain (playing Psychocandy), Black Ryder, dj Omar Perez at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # $35/$38/$45 7pm/8pm # *** (sat sold out) may 17 sun The Enemies, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8-$20 sliding scale 6pm/6:30pm *** @ (Fire Relief Benefit for 669 24th St. Residents, AK Press & 1984 day 2) may 17 sun I Wanna Die, Death Eyes (San Diego), Venkman, Didisdead at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 4:30pm/5:30pm ** @ may 17 sun Asleep At The Wheel, Sam Outlaw at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $40 8pm *** may 17 sun The Early November, Lydia, Restorations at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18/$21 8pm ** may 17 sun Fat White Family (U.K.), LA Drugs at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** may 17 sun True Widow, King Woman, Glaciers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 17 sun The Bogues at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** may 17 sun Disrupted Continuum, Double Take, Mind Of Emotion, Joseph Merrik Project, Silence The Reign, Puff Puff Beer at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$15 5pm/5:30pm *** (Battle of the Bands) may 17 sun Pyrite Sidewalk, Among These Creatures, Demize, LindaMar, Caulfield's Catch, Meridian Hollow, Runaway West, Signs Of Struggle, The Space Monkees, The Rightsiders at Above DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$15 5pm/5:30pm *** (Battle of the Bands) may 17 sun Face The Rail, Marion Walker, The Down House, Wuv at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** may 17 sun Pillager, Monte, Agnostic Blut at Secret Spot, San Jose a/a day show *** @ (Skate Til U Die Annual Benefit day 3) may 17 sun Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Steve Kimock & Friends, The California Honeydrops, Hot Buttered Rum, Wavy Gravy at Sonoma Mountain Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr., Rohnert Park a/a $50-$15 3pm # *** (Benefit for SEVA - Wavy Gravy's 79th Birthday) may 17 sun The Waterboys, Connor Kennedy & Minstrel at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35 7pm ** may 18 mon Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 18 mon The Waterboys, Connor Kennedy & Minstrel at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 18 mon Susanne Sundfor, J. Laser at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** may 18 mon Carlton Melton, Mugstar (U.K.), White Manna at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 18 mon Decent Criminal, Needs, Brick Break, Pardoner at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 18 mon Couches, Wag, Magpies (Missoula), Debartolo at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 18 mon Flesh World, Ex-Cult at Pizza Punxs roaming location, Santa Rosa a/a ** may 18 mon Marion Walker at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 5pm ** may 18 mon The Rezillos, Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$16 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 18/19 U2 at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $278-$31.50 6pm/7pm # *** $ may 19 tue Nothing, Tony Molina, Cloakroom at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm # *** may 19 tue Jessie J at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** may 19 tue David Torn (solo electric) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21/$26 8pm *** (partially seated) may 19 tue The Rezillos, Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds, The Atom Age at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$23 8pm/8:30pm # *** @ may 19 tue Kendra McKinley, Diana Gameros at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** may 19 tue Hiatus Kaiyote at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 19 tue B-Lines (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), Bad Bad (cd/cassette release), Acrylics at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** @ may 19 tue Pretty Alright, High Cliffs, The Arabs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** may 19 tue Real Estate (N.J.), Woods, Magic Trick at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark Street, Sonoma a/a $40 6pm/7pm *** may 19 tue Little Dragon at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25 7pm/8pm *** may 19 tue The Expanders, Just Chill at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** may 19 tue Flume, Kaytranada, AlunaGeorge at the Pavillion, UC Davis 18+ $30-$55 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** may 20 wed Fuzz, Lamps, dj Andre Torrez at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 8pm *** may 20 wed G.B.H., Fang at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm *** @ may 20 wed Tove Styrke at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 9pm ** may 20 wed White Cloud, Drab Majesty at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 20 wed Kate Tempest at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 20 wed Hot Lunch, Slow Season (L.A.), Blackout (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @ may 20 wed Mothership (TX), The Well (Austin, TX), Destroyer Of Light (Austin, Tx), Greenbeard (Austin, TX) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm/8:30pm *** may 20 wed Infa Riot (England), Abrasive Wheels (England), Schleprock, Fuck at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** @ may 20 wed Aurelio Voltaire, Ego Likeness at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** may 20 wed Trevor Hall at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a *** may 20 wed Lana Del Rey, Courtney Love at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $100-$25 6pm/7:30pm # ** may 20 wed Glass Animals, Gilligan Moss at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** may 20 wed Ex Hex (D.C.), Shivas at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** may 21 thr The Tallest Man On Earth, Hiss Golden Messenger at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** may 21 thr Fortunate Youth, The Skints, The Steppas at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 8pm *** may 21 thr Mondo Drag, Mammatus, Art Nikels at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm ** may 21 thr Cool Ghouls, Grmln, Meat Market, Edwards Crossing at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm *** may 21 thr San Fermin, Natalie Prass at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 21 thr Black Pistol Fire, Low Volts (San Diego) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 21 thr Day Wave at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** may 21 thr Dustin Lynch, McKenna Faith at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $32/$35 7:30pm/9pm ** may 21 thr Rich Girls, The Mozzies at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ ** may 21 thr Romeo Santos at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # ** may 21 thr Train at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** may 21 thr Elephant Rifle, Chiefs at 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway Street, Chico a/a ** @ may 22 fri Ceremony (record release), Negative Approach at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ may 22 fri Connoisseur, Negative Standards, The Helm, Venkman, Slow Meth at the Metro, Oakland a/a $7 8pm ** @ may 22 fri Babewatch, Big Tits, Rock N' Roll Adventure Kids at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ may 22 fri Drunk Dad (Portland), Ditch Witch, Crypt Trip (Dallas, TX), Ancient Rites at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** @ may 22 fri Scott Allen, Joey Mojo, Robin Weber, TG Clark, Mercee at Lounge, 3411 macArthur Blvd., Oakland 21+ ** may 22 fri Rising Appalachia at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21/$26 9pm ** may 22 fri Blue Oyster Cult at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $50 8pm *** may 22 fri The Hundred Days, Beautiful Machines, Name The Band at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm # *** may 22 fri Vktms, TV Static, Fuzz Attack at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm *** @ may 22 fri Walken, Burning Curtains, Old Pal, Rare Parts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** may 22 fri Howling Rain at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 22 fri Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, The Vibrating Antennas, Acrylics at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** @ may 22 fri Sam Bush at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $28/$32 8:30pm ** may 22 fri Erykah Badu at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $130-$50 7:30pm # ** may 22 fri Train, The Fray, Matt Nathanson at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $80-$25 6pm/7pm # *** may 22 fri Rich Girls, The Mozzies at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 22 fri Elephant Rifle at the Blue Lagoon, Santa Cruz 21+ ** @ may 22 fri Soja, John Butler Trio, Steel Pulse, Nahko, Trevor Hall, Dilated Peoples, Giang Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Blue King Brown, The Supervillains, Dustin Thomas, Jon Wayne And The Pain, Leilani Wolfgramm, Sun Dried Vibes, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at Roots Festival, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey a/a $75 ($190 3 day pass) # *** (day 1) may 22 fri Joe Torry, Ricco Da Great, Lance Woods, Dru Burks at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 22/23 Tainted Love, D.J.L. (fri), Lef Deppard (sat) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** may 22/23 Super Soul Bros. at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8:30pm ** may 23 sat Judge (N.Y.), Living Eyes, Pure at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $14 7pm/8pm *** @ may 23 sat Crocodiles at Leo's Music Club, Oakalnd a/a ** may 23 sat Juicy J at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** may 23 sat This Charming Band (tribute), North American Scum (tribute), Dressed (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16i/$21 9pm ** may 23 sat Giant Squid, Botanist, Wild Hunt, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ (metal) may 23 sat The Deadlies at Beach/Park Chalet, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 6pm ** may 23 sat The Love Dimension, Buzzmutt at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 23 sat The Barr Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 23 sat Buffalo Tooth, Ancient Rites, Ditch Witch (Austin, TX), Crypt Trip at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 23 sat My Three Sons, Solid Dollar, Elephant Rifle at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @ may 23 sat The Reefriders at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 23 sat Quintron And Miss Pussycat, Nots (Memphis), Tony Molina, First! at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** may 23 sat Bryan Adams at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $107-$40 7pm/8pm # *** may 23 sat Steel Pulse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $29/$33 7pm/8pm ** may 23 sat Speedy Ortiz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** may 23 sat The Roots, Michael Franti And Spearhead, Dirty Heads, Collie Buddz, Chronixx, John Brown's Body, The Skints, Mike Love, The Ethan Tucker Band, Beebs And Her Money Makers, Soul Majestic, Arise Roots, Kbong at Roots Festival, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey a/a $75 ($190 3 day pass) # *** (day 2) may 23 sat Shuggie Otis at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/7pm ** may 23 sat Midnight Players at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** may 23 sat Sons Of Champlin, Cold Blood at Harris Center, Folsom a/a $30-$55 8pm # ** may 24 sun Alex G, Happy Diving, Wild Moth at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** may 24 sun Girlschool, Crucified Barbara, Old James, Velvet Black at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm ** may 24 sun Foreverland (tribute) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** may 24 sun Dear County, Porkchop Express at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** may 24 sun Fit for An Autopsy, Aborted, Archspire, Dark Sermon, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 6pm/7pm # *** @ may 24 sun The Supervillains at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 7:30pm/8pm # *** may 24 sun Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth, Hazzard's Cure, Tomes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm *** @ may 24 sun The Dear Hunter, Northern Faces at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 24 sun Shovels, Robbery, Rays at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** may 24 sun Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol 21+ ** may 24 sun George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Keith Sweat, Cameo, Zapp And Evelyn King at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $145-$51 11am/noon # *** may 24 sun Quintron And Miss Pussycat, Nots (Memphis) at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 24 sun Rich Girls, The Mozzies at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free ** may 24 sun Dirty Heads at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $28/$33 7pm/8pm ** may 24 sun Coco Montoya, Drake White And The Big Fire, Pacific Groove Band at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** may 24 sun Slightly Stoopid, Iration, Cypress Hill, Tribal Seeds, G. Love & Special Sauce, Common Kings, Fishbone, Fortunate Youth, Cas Haley, Pacific Dub, Fear Nuttin Band, E.N Young, Animo at Roots Festival, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey a/a $75 ($190 3 day pass) # *** (day 3) may 24 sun Mike Love, Zuhg at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** may 24 sun Elephant Rifle at the Loving Cup, 188 California Avenue, Reno NV 21+ ** @ may 25 mon Weather Warlock, Quintron And Miss Pussycat, Nots (Memphis) at Old Church, 819 Athens Street, Oakland a/a ** may 25 mon Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at Leo's, Oakland 21+ ** may 25 mon Jesse Marchant at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 25 mon Smallpools, Grizfolk, Hunter Hunted at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 25 mon Rich Girls, The Mozzies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** may 25 mon Mojo Rising, Red Meat, The Evangenitals, The Branded Men, Scott Young at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 3pm/4pm ** (free BBQ) may 25 mon Jenna Syde & The Watchers (L.A.) at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** may 25 mon Sage Francis, J. Lately at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$20 7pm/8pm *** may 25 mon King Chip at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 6:30pm/7:30pm ** may 26 tue Streetlight Manifesto, Dan Potthast, Sycamore Smith at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** may 26 tue Will Butler, Jo Firestone at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm ** may 26 tue Lo-Fang at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$20 9pm ** may 26 tue Life Size Maps, Gothic Tropic at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ *** may 26 tue PigPen Theatre Co. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 26 tue Black Rainbow, Syndicate, Schleim, Three Moons, Yves St. Croissant at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9pm ** @ may 26 tue Bette Midler at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $260-$45 7pm/8pm # *** may 26 tue Weather Warlock, Quintron And Miss Pussycat, Nots (Memphis) at the Shanty. 213 3rd St., Eureka 21+ ** may 27 wed Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Lil Dowager at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm ** may 27 wed William Eliott Whitmore, Esme Patterson, Keyan Keihani at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm ** may 27 wed Hibbity Dibbity, Lemme Adams (tape release), Tino Drima at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 27 wed Diarrhea Planet, Left & Right at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 27 wed Luke Sweeney, Pree (D.C.), High Anxiety at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** may 27 wed Jessie Evans & Otto Nervous, The Judy Experience, Ohligans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 27 wed Pinata Protest, Jokes For Feelings, Copper Gamins at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15/$20 6pm/7pm ** may 27 wed PigPen Theatre Co., Goodnight Texas at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $13/$15 7pm/8pm ** may 28 thr Jenny Lewis, Nikki Lane at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** may 28 thr Migos, OG Maco at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 28 thr Zella Day at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 9pm ** may 28 thr Refused (Sweden), White Lung at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 9pm *** @ (sold out) may 28 thr Epik High at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 28 thr David Hidalgo & Cesar Rosas at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $35 8pm *** may 28 thr Doctor P at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20-$29 9pm til 2am # ** (edm) may 28 thr Trance To The Sun, Pandemoneon, The Razor Skyline at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm/8:30 # ** may 28 thr The Knocks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 28 thr Breakarts, Bad Daddies, Spokenest (L.A.), Soft Tug at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 28 thr Bishops Green, Suede Razors, Rile 9 Collective at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 28 thr The Hookers, Black Wizard, The White Barons, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (metal) may 28 thr Dirtwire, Bluetech at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** may 28 thr Flesh World at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** may 28 thr Tony Bennett And Lady Gaga at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $209-$34 6:30pm/8pm # *** may 28 thr Diarrhea Planet, Left & Right at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 29 fri Superheaven, Diamond Youth, Rozwell Kid, Long Knives at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ may 29 fri Spoon, Sweet Spirit at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** $ may 29 fri Chromeo, The Glitch Mob, Com Truise at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkely Campus a/a # *** may 29 fri Limnus, Everything Goes Cold, Fire Tiger at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 ** @ may 29 fri Lester T Raww's Graveside Quartet, Pretty Gruesome, The Rinds, Them Creatures at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm ** may 29 fri Guantanamo Baywatch (Portland), Cumstain, Courtney And The Crushers at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ may 29 fri Les Claypool, East Bay Ray, Pearl Harbour, Penelope Houston, Limbomaniacs, Mirv, The Mermen, The Jackson Saints, MCM & The Monster, Ted Zeppelin, silent auction at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$35 7pm # **** $ (Benefit for Eddy Jennings - A Celebration of Life and Music) may 29 fri Wire, Chastity Belt at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 9pm ** may 29 fri Mother Mother, Battle Tapes, Dangermaker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** may 29 fri Discourse, Blistered, These Streets, Worse at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ may 29 fri Josh Rouse, Walter Martin at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 9pm ** may 29 fri Black English (Echo Park), Vela Eyes, Meet Me In Orbit at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9 # ** May 29 fri Jim Jefferies (comedy) at the Warfield, S.F. 18+ $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 29 fri Frazey Ford at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 fri Midnite Snaxxx, Sharks From Mars (Portland), Genuine Parts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7:30pm ** may 29 fri Toby Keith, Eli Young Band at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $80/$30 5:30pm/7pm # ** may 29 fri Armored Saint, Saxon at Rock Bar, San Jose 21+ $25-$75 7pm *** @ may 29 fri Serial Killer Sunday School (Denver, CO), People Corrupting People (Denver, CO), Bootjack And Bonz (Denver, CO) at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm *** @ may 29 fri Trampled By Turtles, The Record Company at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** may 29 fri IM5, Sam Pottorff, Austin Joens, Bailey McConnell, The Weekend Riot, Run2Cover at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20-$75 5:30pm *** may 29 fri S.W.V. at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** may 29/30/31 Imagine Dragons, No Doubt, Robert Plant, The Avett Brothers, Foster The People, Passion Pit, Snoop Dog, Cage The Elephant, Gipsy Kings, Young The Giant, Capital Cities, Awolnation, Michael Franti And Spearhead, Portugal. The Man, American Authors, Public Enemy, Trampled By Turtles, Los Lobos, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, ZZ Ward, Echosmith, Brett Dennen, Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts, Lettuce, Los Amigos Invisibles, The Mowglis, Courtney Barnett, Kopecky, Big Talk, Tristan Prettyman, People Under The Stairs, Vacationer, The Brothers Comatose, Knox Hamilton, The Last Internationale, Zella Day, Finish Ticket, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Ryan Sims Band, The London Souls, MoonAlice, Grizfolk, Black English, Wild Ones, The Record Company, Kawehi, Emily Wolfe, Afrolicious, Con Brio, Wildlife Control, Sneakout, Transfer, Battle Tapes, The Trims, Fritz Montana, The Frail, Eagle Wolf Snake, Matt Moon, The Iron Heart, The Bad Jones, Silverado Pickups, The Deadlies, Grass child, Pion 2 Zion, Walsh, Napa Crossroad at BottleRock, Napa a/a $317-$257 *** may 30 sat Cokskar, Rad!, I Wanna Die, Crude Studs at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ may 30 sat Barren Harvest, Lux Interna, Common Eider King Eider, Leila Abdul-Raul at Terminal, Oakland a/a *** may 30 sat Hyperdrive Kittens, Cramp Ons, Dick And Jane, Stock Shot at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** may 30 sat Laibach at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # *** @ may 30 sat Mystic Braves, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, The Abigails, Creation Factory at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 30 sat Dexter Danger, The Mengz, Up&Go at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** @ may 30 sat Jack Garratt at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 30 sat California, El Terrible, Astral at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** may 30 sat La Plebe, Bang Data, Love Songs at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10-$100 sliding scale 3pm *** @ (Benefit for Iolani Azul - dauter of La Plebe drummer Mark) may 30 sat Titan Ups at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 30 sat 35R, Fantasia SF, EveryDayFreak, The Publiquors at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** may 30 sat Dizzy Wright, Jahni Denver at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$19 8pm/9pm ** may 30 sat Jeremy Loops at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? ** may 30 sat Serial Killer Sunday School (Denver, CO) at Cafe Colonial, 3512 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a ** @ may 30 sat Dokken, Restrayned, Roswell, Force Of Hbit at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 7pm *** @ may 30 sat The California Honeydrops at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** may 30 sat War at Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Bakersfield a/a # *** may 30/31 apr 1/2 Alkaline Trio, Hard Girls (sat), Great Apes (sun) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 8pm *** @ (sat, sun & mon sold out) may 30/31 Mae, All Get Out, Mike Mains & The Branches at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20/$25 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) ** (The Everglow - 10th Anniversary Tour) may 31 sun Never Young, Cursed Graves, Sleep Spindes, Trust Club at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 6pm/7pm *** @ may 31 sun The Script, Mary Lambert, Colton Avery at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** may 31 sun Serial Killer Sundy School, People Corrupting People (Denver, CO), Bootjack And Bonz (Denver, CO) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm *** @ may 31 sun Kids In The Hall (comedy) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39.50-$100 7pm/8pm # *** may 31 sun Ciara at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 31 sun The California Suns at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** may 31 sun Jackie Greene, The Coffis Brothers Trio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $31 8pm *** may 31 sun Jeremy Loops at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 1 mon The Mountain Goats, Blank Range at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # *** jun 1 mon Fowler, Clumsy, Air surgeon at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 1 mon Tori Kelly at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 1 mon Feather Bright, Town In The City, Annie Bacon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 1 mon Songhoy Blues at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 2 tue Amaranthe (Gothenburg, Sweden), Prevail, Santa Cruz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm # *** @ jun 2 tue Teenage Bottlerocket, The Copyrights at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 2 tue The Mountain Goats, Blank Range at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 2 tue Kiasmos, Rival Consoles at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 2 tue Awolnation, Family Of The Year at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$28 7pm/8pm *** jun 2 tue Ufomammut, Usnea at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8:30pm ** jun 3 wed Starsailor, Embrace at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** jun 3 wed Dustin Kensrue, David Ramirez, the Rocketboys at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14/$17 8:30pm/9pm *** jun 3 wed Miami Horror at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 3 wed Gladiators Eat Fire, Aberrant Phase, Empty Vessel at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 3 wed Long Knife (Portland), Buffalo Tooth, Reckless, Isotope at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 4 thr Of Mice & Men, Crown The Empire, Volumes at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ jun 4 thr Walk Off The Earth at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** jun 4 thr Sammy J, Tanelle, Da Mainland, Finn da Groova at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 4 thr Palma Violets, Public Access T.V. at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 4 thr #poundsign, Yea-Ming And The Rumours, Arts And Leisure at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm ** (SF Popfest) jun 4 thr Eye Of Nix, Headless Lizzy, Cruor Incendia at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 4 thr Natasha Leggero (comedy - two shows) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 6:30pm/7:30pm and 9pm/9:30pm ** (live taping - cocktail attire preferred) jun 4 thr Wolf Snake Sun, Shallow Vices, Supernaut at the Back Bar Sofa, 418 Sout Market Street, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 4 thr Zoso (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** jun 5 fri Good Riddance, Death By Stereo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ jun 5 fri Falling In Reverse, Ghost Town at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ jun 5 fri Puddles Pity Party (2 shows) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated) jun 5 fri Trails And Ways at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jun 5 fri Still Flyin, Red Pony Clock at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm ** (SF Popfest) jun 5 fri Mustache Harbor at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** jun 5 fri Dreadren, Something Like Seduction (Phoenix (AZ), Audible Smoke Signal at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** jun 5 fri The Expendables at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$27 8pm/8:30pm *** jun 5 fri Nico & Vinz, Jason French, Sebastian Mikael at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** jun 5 fri The Brothers Comatose, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 8pm/9pm ** jun 5/6 Sufjan Stevens, Helado Negro at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) jun 6 sat Halestorm, The Rival Sons, Royal Thunders at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ jun 6 sat The Stone Foxes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (live recording) jun 6 sat Jon Bellion at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 6 sat Nico & Vinz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 6 sat Kinski (Seattle), Heron Oblivion, Mall Walk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 6 sat Bob Log III at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 6 sat Jeffeson Starship at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 6 sat KC And The sunshine Band, Jody Watley at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # ** jun 6 sat Modest Mouse, Of Monsters And Men, Panic! At The Disco, Cold War Kids, Atlas Genius, Twenty One Pilots, Death From Above 1979, Best Coast, The Kooks, YelaWolf, MisterWives, Sheppard, The Orwells, Cathedrals, Meg Myers, Waters, In the Valley Below, G.T.A., Robert Delong, Vicetone, K.Flay, Mystery Skulls, The Limousines, Aaron Axelsen, Slaptop, Dyloot, MyKill, Beta Skate, The Family Crest, Picture Atlantic, Panic Is Perfect, Eyes On The Shore, Andrew St. James, Dangermaker, Silent Pilot, Curious Quail at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $70-$38 11am/11am *** @ (Live 105's BFD) jun 6 sat Good Riddance, Death By Stereo, Bad Cop/Bad Cop at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$18 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 6 sat Freddy Todd, Space Jesus, CloZee at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $5/$10 8pm ** jun 6 sat Veil Of Maya, Revocation, Oceano, Gift Giver, Entheos at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 6pm *** jun 6 sat Peter Frampton at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ *** jun 7 sun D'Angelo And The Vanguard at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jun 7 sun The Weepies, The Silent War at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 7 sun Agalloch, Helen Money at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 7 sun Sleeping With Sirens (acoustic), The Summer Set, Nick Santino at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** (sold out) jun 7 sun Ghoul, Phobia, Zero Boys, Lower Class Brats, Potato Pirates at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 6:30pm/7 # *** @ jun 7 sun En Esch, Ghostfeeder, Flesh Industry, dj Decay, dj Starr at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$12 8pm/8:30 # ** jun 7 sun Unwritten Law at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 7 sun Tony! Toni! Tone! at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 7 sun Robben Ford at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $30-$45 7pm/8pm # ** jun 8 mon Seinabo Sey at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 8 mon The Long Run at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 8 mon Zero Boys, Lower class Brats, Potato Pirates at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 9 tue Sam Prekop at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 9 tue Neon Trees, Alex Winston, Yes You Are at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** jun 9 tue Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $140-$50 7pm # *** jun 9 tue Neutral Milk Hotel at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** $ jun 9/10 Tower Of Power at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 10 wed Todd Rundgren at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** jun 10 wed This Century (Phoenix, AZ), the Technicolors (Phoenix, AZ), Julia Lauren (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 10 wed Great Lake Swimmers, The Weather Station at the Chapel, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 wed Hamilton Leithauser, Jack And Eliza at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 10 wed Raging Malcontents, Off The Grid (Hawaii) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jun 10 wed Anuhea, Etana at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** jun 10 wed Neutral Milk Hotel at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a *** $ jun 10 wed Cali Agents, Durag Dynasty, Clyde Moore, Penny at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 8pm/9pm ** jun 11 thr Whitesnake at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ jun 11 thr The New Mastersounds (U.K.), On The Spot Trio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 11 thr New Soul Era at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 11 thr Peter Murphy, In Letter Form, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $30/$35 7pm/8pm # *** jun 11 thr Worriers, Caves (U.K.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** @ jun 11 thr The Heavenly States, Zach Rogue, Winnetka at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** (see jun 12th) jun 11 thr Thor at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jun 11 thr Tumbleweed Wanderers (album release), Debbie Neigher at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 11 thr Neutral Milk Hotel, Robert Schneider at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $35 7pm/8pm *** (sold out) jun 11 thr The Charlie Danlels Band at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 11 thr Ledisi at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 5:30pm/7pm # ** jun 11 thr Gordon Lightfoot at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # *** jun 11 thr One Oz (Fresno), Dustonious Maximus at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** jun 11 thr Amen Dunes, Ryley Walker at the Catalyst Atruim, Santa Cruz 21+ $15 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 11 thr Hot Club Of Cowtown at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/7pm ** (gypsy jazz - country swing) jun 11 thr Electric Six, White Reaper at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 11 thr Tower Of Power at Merced County Fair, 900 MLK Jr. Way, Merced a/a 8:30pm # *** jun 11/12 Macy Gray at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ *** jun 12 fri Poison Idea, Attitude Adjustment, Zero Bull Shit, Trouble Maker, Isotope, Skin & Bonez at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ jun 12 fri The Paladins at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 12 fri Mandolin Orange at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 12 fri H2O, Cruel Hand at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ jun 12 fri Halou, N. Lannon, Whitewaits at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm # ** jun 12 fri Ivan & Alyosha at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 12 fri Sister Grizzly, Tet Holiday, Trendy Dad at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7:30pm ** jun 12 fri Emmy the Great at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** jun 12 fri The Heavenly States, The New Up, Verst at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** (see jun 11th) jun 12 fri Hollywood Stones (tribute) at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 12 fri Los Lobos & Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$30 6pm/7:30pm # ** jun 12 fri Audra McDonald, Andy Einhorn at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # ** jun 12 fri Melt Banana (Japan) at the Catalyst Atruim, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$16 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 12 fri The Story So Far (Walnut Creek), Four Year Strong (Worcester, MA), Terror (L.A.), Souvenirs at Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 6pm *** @ jun 12 fri John Lee Hooker Jr. at Merced County Fair, 900 MLK Jr. Way, Merced a/a 8:30pm # *** jun 12/13 Atlas Sound, Allah-Las, Amen Dunes, Jessica Pratt, Shannon And The Clams, Sonny And The Sunsets, Gap Dream, The Fresh And Onlys, Edj, Pure Bathing Culture, The Tyde, Gospelbeach, The Donkeys, Ryley Walker, William Tyler, Mariee Sioux, Kacey Johansing, The Trummors, dj Andy Cabic, dj Golden Gram at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark Street, Sonoma a/a $40-$120 3pm (fri) 11:30am (sat) *** (Huichica Fest - 3 stages) jun 13 sat Ingrid Michaelson, Jukebox The Ghost, Greg Holden at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** jun 13 sat Poor Man's Whiskey at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 13 sat The Story So Far (Walnut Creek), Four Year Strong (Worcester, MA), Terror (L.A.), Souvenirs at Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ jun 13 sat Stellar Corpses, Plan 9, Sandbox Bullies, Hollywood Hotel at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 9pm *** @ jun 13 sat San Cisco, The Prettiots at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 13 sat #NoFilter, Mamrie Hart, Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 13 sat Delta Spirit & Friends at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jun 13 sat Heathers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 13 sat Sheila E at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 13 sat Callow at Streetlight Music, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jun 13 sat Brad Paisley, Justin Moore, Mickey Guyton at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $60-$30.25 6pm/7:30pm # ** jun 13 sat Beerijuana, North (Tucson, AZ), Secrets Of The Sky, Cold Blue Mountain (Chico) at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm *** @ jun 13 sat Mason Jennings at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 6pm/6:30pm ** jun 13 sat Melt Banana (Japan), Hot Nerds at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9pm/10pm *** @ jun 13 sat Aaron Tippin at Merced County Fair, 900 MLK Jr. Way, Merced a/a 8:30pm # ** jun 14 sun The Badmen, Sandbox Bullies, Blacktop Tragedy, Flak-Bait at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 ** jun 14 sun Steven Wilson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 14 sun Butch Walker, Jonathan Tyler at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 14 sun Thee Oh Sees, Useless Eaters at the Chapel, S.F. a/a *** jun 14 sun No Joy at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 14 sun Toby Mac, Hillsong Young And Free, For King And Country, Mandisa, Trip Lee, Jon Foreman at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $153-$18 2pm/3pm # ** (Spirit West Coast Fest) jun 14 sun Dia de la Feria at San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 14 sun Paul Rodgers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # ** jun 15 mon The Life And Times, The Silhouette Era at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 16 tue The New Mastersounds (U.K.), Oakadelic, On The Spot Trio at the New Parish, Oakalnd ?/? ** jun 16 tue Pins at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 16 tue Joey Arias at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated) jun 16 tue Johnnyswim at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 16 tue Jedi Mind Tricks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm *** jun 17 wed World Party, David Duffy at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 17 wed Grieves at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jun 17 wed Joey Badass, Mick Jenkins, Denzel Curry at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 17 wed Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 17 wed Quaaludes, Cyclops, Sirena Victima at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm ** @ jun 17 wed War at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # *** jun 17 wed Iji (Seattle) at SubRosa Community Space, 703 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a ** jun 17 wed Jedi Mind Tricks at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$23 7pm/8pm *** jun 17 wed Emily Kinney at the Catalyst Atruim, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 17 wed Orgone, The Nth Power at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** jun 18 thr Itsjustice, Moon Man & Benjamin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 18 thr Sarah Bethe Nelson, Is/Is (Portland), The Aerosols at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jun 18 thr Jaga Jazzist at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 18 thr Two Sheds (L.A.) at at Amnesia, S.F. 21+ ** jun 18 thr Brian Wilson, Rodriquez at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $130-$50 7:30pm # *** jun 18 thr Brian McKnight at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jun 18/19/20 The Growlers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jun 19 fri Brit Floyd at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 19 fri Scott Bradlee's Postmordern Jukebox at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 19 fri Black Map, Picture Atlantic, Ghost Parade, Be Quiet at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jun 19 fri Orgone & The Nth Power, Polyrhythmics at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 19 fri Parachute On Fire, Swamp Devil (Portland), High & Tight at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7:30pm ** jun 19 fri Battlehooch, Sun Hop Fat, Bear Lincoln, Lords Of Sealand at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 19 fri 7 Seconds, The Briggs, Success at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 7pm/8pm *** @ jun 19 thr Little Big Town, David nail, Ashley Monroe at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7pm # ** jun 19 fri The Original Wailers at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jun 19 fri Nipsey Hussle at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$30 8pm/9pm ** jun 19 fri The English Beat at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** jun 19 fri The Flesh Hammers, Pat Todd And The Rank Outsiders at the Hideaway, 2565 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento a/a ** jun 19 fri James Garner at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/7pm ** (tribute to Johnny Cash) jun 19/20 Purity Ring, Braids, Born Gold at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** $ (fri sold out) jun 19/20/21 Two Sheds (L.A.) at Davis Music Festival, Davis a/a ** jun 20 sat Easy Star All-Stars at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 20 sat City Of Women, Sunrunners, The Greening at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 20 sat Pat Todd And the Rank Outsiders, The Grannies, Sleeptalker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 20 sat Flesh World (lp release) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** jun 20 sat Phoenix Pro Wrestling at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $2-$10 8pm *** jun 20 sat George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # ** jun 20 sat Kutless at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jun 20 sat '68, Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties, Alive Like Me, Alvarez Kings, American Opera, As It Is, Baby Baby, Beartooth, Beautiful Bodies, Bebe Rexha, Being As An Ocean, Black Boots, Black Veil Brides, Blessthefall, Born Cages, BoyMeetsWorld, Brian Marquis, Buttons, Candy Hearts, ChrisB, Citizen, Crossfaith, Emarosa, Escape The Fate, Family Force 5, Fit For A King, Grey Gordon, Handguns, Hands Like Houses, Have Mercy, ho99o9, Hundredth, I Killed The Prom Queen, Icon For Hire, Jule Vera, Juliet Simms, Koji, Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Kosha Dillz, Le Castle Vania, Lee Corey Oswald, M4Sonic, Major League, Mallory Knox, Man Overboard, Matchbook Romance, MC Lars, Meghann Wright, Metro Station, Mod Sun, Moose Blood, Motion City Soundtrack, Neck Deep, Never Shout Never, New Beat Fund, New Years Day, Night Argent, Night Riots, Onward, Etc., Our Last Night, Palisades, Pierce The Veil, Pvris, Riff Raff, Rotting Out, SayWeCanFly, Seaway, Set It Off, Silverstein, Splitbreed, The Amity Affliction, The Dirty Nil, The Karma Killers, The Kenneths, The Relapse Symphony, The Wonder Years, This Wild Life, Tori Kravitz, Transit, Trophy Eyes, While She Sleeps, Youth In Revolt at Vans Warped Tour, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $39.50 11am/11am # *** @ jun 20 sat Robin Trower at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $38/$43 7pm/8pm *** jun 20 sat The Original Wailers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 7pm ** jun 20 sat Duran Duran Duran (tribute), Mother Of A Girl (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** jun 20 sat The Beach Boys at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ *** jun 20 sat Bell Biv Devoe, Blackstreet, Naughty By Nature at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ # ** jun 21 sun Apothesary, Megaton, Get Out, Kairosphere, Theplague at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 6:30pm *** @ (Benefit S.F. LGBTQ Youth Group) jun 21 sun Robin Trower, Strange Vine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # *** jun 21 sun Greg Anton in conversation with Steve Kimock (plus acoustic concert) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 21 sun The Vile Augury, Slave Unit, Striplicker, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$14 8pm/8:30pm # ** jun 21 sun Zodiac Death Valley, Summer Cannibals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jun 21 sun Brit Floyd (tribute) at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** jun 21 sun Tierra at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jun 21 sun Vetiver at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** jun 22 mon Willie Nelson & Family, Alison Krauss & Union Station at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $255-$75 7:30pm # *** jun 23 tue Houndmouth at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 23 tue Algiers at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** jun 23 tue The Boys Of Summer (tribute) at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jun 23 tue Nickelback at the Amphitheater, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jun 23 tue Elephant Rifle at Monolith, 100 North Arlington, Reno NV 21+ ** @ jun 24 wed Alice Smith at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 24 wed Tower Of Power at Sonoma-Marin County Fair, 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma a/a # *** jun 24 wed Smash Mouth, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tonic at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jun 24 wed The Beach Boys at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # *** jun 24 wed Nickelback, Lifehouse at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $80-$25 6:30pm/8pm # *** jun 24 wed Glen David Andrews at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/7pm ** jun 25 thr Tyler Oakley's Slumber Party at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 25 thr Beta Play, The Tragic Thrills, Half Past June at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 25 thr Iji (Seattle) at Fortress Callosum, 750 Natoma, S.F. a/a ** jun 25 thr Mercury's Antennae, Unwoman, The Deephearted, dj Zazou at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/9pm # ** jun 25 thr Kayo Dot, Dust Moth, Kowloon Walled City at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** @ jun 25 thr MewithoutYou, Foxing at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jun 25 thr The Beach Boys at Sonoma-Marin County Fair, 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma a/a # *** jun 25 thr Rodney Atkins at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jun 25 thr Angelique Kidjo at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $39-$59 8pm # ** jun 26 fri Modern Life Is War (performing 'Witness') at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $14 7pm/8pm ** @ jun 26 fri Ed Sheeran at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkely Campus a/a # ** jun 26 fri Bootsy's Rubber Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 8pm/9pm # *** jun 26 fri Steel Panther at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** jun 26 fri The Slackers, The Boars at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (ska) jun 26 fri 3 Day Stubble, The White Shark at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** jun 26 fri Mono, Holly Hunt at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 26 fri Art Department at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** jun 26 fri Bootsy Collins, Tuxedo, Basement Jaxx at the Public Works, 161 Erie Street at Mission, S.F. 21+ *** jun 26 fri Rodney Atkins at Sonoma-Marin County Fair, 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma a/a # ** jun 26 thr Tower Of Power at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # *** jun 26 fri Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $31-$61 5:30pm/7pm # *** jun 26 fri Robin Trower at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35 7pm *** jun 26 fri Under The Street Lamp at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $39-$59 8pm # ** jun 26/27/28 The Mantles, Tomorrow's Tulips, Memories, Terry Malts, Breather,s Dissolve, Fred Thomas, Blood Sister, Cruel Summer, Clumsy, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Danny James, Free Weed, CCR Headcleaner, Unkle Funkle, Pesos, Swanox, Tiaras, Air Surgeon, Hazel's Wart, Strange Land, Jerry Rogers, Skinny Jesus, Past Life, Motor Inn, Creep Beat, Healing Potpourri, Talkies, Cole Lodge, Emotional, Part/Human, Smiles, Teenage Chain, Louie Pain, Corey & The Castaways, Kokomo Hum at Camp Outback, 16101 Neeley Road, Guerneville a/a $35 ($70 weekend pass) noon/1pm # *** @ (camping - Deathstock) jun 27 sat Ghost Mice at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm ** jun 27 sat Saved By The 90s at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 27 sat Head Wound City, Crime Desire at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ jun 27 sat Bhi Bhiman (record release) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 27 sat Night Jacket, Roman Cites at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 27 sat Tanya Tucker at Sonoma-Marin County Fair, 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma a/a # *** jun 27 sat Bell Biv DeVoe, Doug E. Flesh at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$45 7:30pm # ** jun 27 sat This Charming Band (tribute) at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 6pm/7pm ** jun 27 sat Con Funk Shun at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # *** jun 27/28 The Greateful Dead at 49's Stadium, Santa Clara a/a # ** $ jun 28 sun battle of the bands at DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5pm/5:30pm # *** jun 28 sun VHS at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 5pm ** jun 28 sun Ben Folds at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$25 5:30pm/7pm # *** jun 28 sun The Roots at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # ** jun 28 sun Tanya Tucker at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # *** jun 28 sun Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder, Jungle Rot, Sister Sin, Sworn In, Shattered Sun, Feed Her To The Sharks, Code Orange, Kissing Candice at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $25-$75 1pm/1:20pm # *** @ (Mayhem Festival) jun 29 mon Fred Thomas at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a *** jun 29 mon Maudlin Strangers at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 30 tue Astronauts Etc. at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 30 tue Tuxedo at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $22 7pm/8pm ** jun 30 tue Son Lux, Olga Bell at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 30 tue Mitski And Elvis Depressedly, Eskimeaux at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** jun 30 tue Steelin' Dan (tribute) at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jun 30 tue The Ting Tings at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm *** (Radio 94.7fm) jul 1 wed The Griswolds at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 1 wed Ubu Roi (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 1 wed Blackstreet, Tank, Ginuwine, S.W.V. at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 1 wed Foghat at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # *** jul 2 thr One Armed Joey, Deep Six at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (S.F. Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation) jul 2 thr Head North, No Good News, LightYears, Casey Bolles at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 2 thr Rob Thomas, Plain White T's at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $120-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 2 thr Astronauts Etc. at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** jul 2 thr Kansas at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # *** jul 2 thr Shovels & Rope at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** jul 3 fri Active Child, Low Roar at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated) jul 3 fri Toe, StarRo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 3 fri Morris Day & The Time at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jul 3 fri Kushgrinder, Absolem, Agata, Nan Elmoth, Murk Rider, Modraniht, Wandern, Ancestral Awakening, Barren Altar, Valley Of Thorns, Battle Hag, Dwell, Black Majik Acid at Blue Mountain Event Center, 7250 Mitchell Mill Road, Wilseyville ?/? $25 ($40 3 day pass and camping) 2pm *** @ (Festum Carnis day 1) jul 3/4/5 The String Cheese Incident (four sets), Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Galactic, Shovels and Rope, The Wood Brothers, ALO, Nahko And Medicine For The People, California Honeydrops, The Barr Brothers, Pimps Of Joytime, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, MarchFourth Marching Band, The Slip, Omaha Diner, Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, Rising Appalachia, Turkuaz, Steve Poltz, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Living Daylights, Dan Bern, The Brothers Comatose, Midnight North at High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy a/a $226/$121/$56 # *** jul 4 sat Juan Wauters at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** jul 4 sat The Old Firm Casuals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 4 sat Red White & Blues at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 8pm # ** jul 4 sat Dismemembered Carnage, Buttfucking Corpse, Hemotoxin, Madicion, Archea, Cobra Venom, Pillager, Blasphemous Creation (NV), Damnatosque, Vile Mass, Negative Vortex, Mockery, Horrid at Blue Mountain Event Center, 7250 Mitchell Mill Road, Wilseyville ?/? $25 ($40 3 day pass and camping) 2pm *** @ (Festum Carnis day 2) jul 5 sun Grievance, Blackhorns, Ritual Genocide (NV), Bloodwraith (PA), Algolagnic, Xenotaph, Old Coven, Hellhunter, Torture Chamber, Uada (WA), Mysticism Black (WA), Infernus (OR), Ehecatl at Blue Mountain Event Center, 7250 Mitchell Mill Road, Wilseyville ?/? $25 ($40 3 day pass and camping) 2pm *** @ (Festum Carnis day 3) jul 6 mon Pure Disgust (D.C.), Hard stripes, Barge, Fury, Subtle Violence at the Rock Shop, San Jose a/a $7-$8 7pm *** @ jul 6 mon The Aristocrats, The Travis Larson Band at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** jul 7 tue The Aristocrats, The Travis Larson Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 7 tue Honeyhoney at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 7 tue The Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $110-$30i # *** jul 7 tue Boz Scaggs, Aaron Neville at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 8 wed Pure Disgust (D.C.), Burnt Books (Columbia, S.C.) at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm *** @ jul 8 wed Calexico, Villagers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 8 wed Jessica Hernandiz & The Deltas, The She's, Lee Gallagher And The Hallelujah at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 8 wed Street Eaters, Nervosas, Silent Era at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm *** jul 8/9 Indigo Girls at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $64-$44 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 9 thr Needtobreathe, Switchfoot, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Colony House at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $36 6pm/7pm # *** jul 9 thr Hungry Skinny, Pure-Ups (Seattle), Giggle Party at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 9 thr Porcelain Raft at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** jul 9 thr Calexico at the City Winery, Napa 21+ ** jul 9 thr Van Halen, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $157-$47 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 9 thr Ozomatli at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$30 7:30pm # ** jul 9 thr Death (Austrailia), Repaid In Blood at the Caravan, San Jose 21+ free 10pm *** jul 9 thr John Mayall at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm ** jul 10 fri Veruca Salt at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** $ jul 10 fri Waterstrider, Foxtails Brigade at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 10 fri Amos Lee, David Gray at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $130-$60 6:30pm # ** (see jul 11) jul 10 fri Mark Chesnutt at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** jul 10 fri Built To Spill at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 8pm/9pm *** @ jul 10/11 Cattle Decapitation (fri), Psycroptic (sat - Tasmania, Australia), Origin, Fallujah, The Zenith Passage (L.A.), No Zodiac (Chicago), Disentomb (Brisbane, Australia), Arkaik (Modesto), Condemned (San Diego), The Kennedy Veil (Sacramento), Gortuary (San Diego), Parasitic Ejaculation (Santa Cruz), Aethere, Epicardiectomy (Prague, Czech Republic), Ovid's Withering (Tampa, FL), Unit 731 (Pittsburgh, PA), Cemetery Rapist (Rockford, IL), Party Cannon (Dunfermline, Scotland), Splattered, Stages Of Decomposition (L.A.), Logistic Slaughter (Livermore), Paroxysmal Butchering (San Diego), Embodied Torment (Sacramento), Scrotoctomy (Mexico), Nephrectomy (Denver, CO), Bloodscribe (L.A.), Impaled Offering (Albuquerque, N.M.), Septicaemia (Livermore), Wolf King (Antioch) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $30 ($50 2 day pass) 5pm # **** @ (Bay Area Deathfest) jul 11 sat Death Cab For Cutie, Built To Spill at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $49.50 8pm # *** @ jul 11 sat Jurassic 5 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** jul 11 sat Tanlines, King Tuff, Generationals, Verite, Sonny & The Sunsets, Marriages, Everyone Is Dirty, The Tropics, Tiaras, Scary Little Friends at Potrero Del Sol Park, 25th & Utah, S.F. a/a $30 ($15 ages 6 through 17) noon til 7pm *** jul 11 sat Seedless, Thrive at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 11 sat Balms, Otto Rex, Talkies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 11 sat Dopapod, Vokab Kompany at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 11 sat David Gray, Amos Lee at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $130-$60 6:30pm # ** (see jul 10) jul 11 sat Steely Dan, Elvis Costello & The Imposters at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $137-$32 6pm/7pm # *** jul 11 sat One Direction at the 49's Stadlum, Santa Clara a/a $100-$40 # ** $ jul 12 sun Jake Shimabukuro at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$30 7:30pm # ** jul 12/13 Shellac (Chicago) at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? *** jul 13 mon Astronauts Etc. at Holland Project, 140 Vesta St., Reno, NV a/a ** jul 14 tue Chappo at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 14 tue The Helio Sequence at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 14 tue J. Cole, Big Sean, YG & Jeremih, Bas, Cozz, Omen at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $71-$29 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** jul 14/15 Harry Connick Jr at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 15 wed Memory Tapes, Computer Magic at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 15 wed Chicago, Earth Wind & Fire at the Concord Pavilion a/a $125-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 15/16 Thee Oh Sees, Cold Beat (wed), Feral Ohms (thr) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a *** jul 16 thr Steeleye Span at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 16 thr Keb' Mo' at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $80-$25 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 16 thr Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** jul 16 thr Kevin Hart at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $126-$50 7pm/8pm # *** jul 16 thr Van Halen, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $151-$41 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 17 fri Jay Brannan at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 17 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Dennis DeYoung (tribute) at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$50 7:30pm # ** jul 18 sat Slaughter And The Dogs at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7pm # *** @ jul 18 sat Kevin Hart (two shows) at the Arena, Oakland a/a $126-$50 7pm/8pm 9:30pm/10:30pm # *** jul 18 sat No Brainer (Santa Rosa), Total Badass (San Jose), Cashed (Redwood City), Bruja, Human Obliteration (L.A.), Bobby Hollywood And The Quitters (Sonoma County), Instant Gratification, Sith, Public Trash (Yolo County), Spu, Wet And Reckless (Santa Rosa), Underground Alliance (East L.A.), Falcon A! (Antioch) at Fuckfest VIII, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 18 sat Bon Qui Qui at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 18 sat Portland Cello Project at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 18 sat Sublime With Rome, Rebelution, Pepper, Mickey Avalon at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $52.50-$23 5pm/6pm # *** jul 18 sat The Whispers, Stephanie Mills at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # ** jul 18 sat Shwayze at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** jul 19 sun Zap Mama, King Sunny Ade & His African Bets at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$33 7:30pm # ** jul 19 sun Ice-T, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, Afrika Bambaataa, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Cold Crush Brothers, dj Quik, Doug E. Fresh, E.P.M.D., Grand Master Melle Mel, King T, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, Mack 10, Rapper's Delight, Ras Kass, Slick Rick, Tha Alkaholiks, Too Short, Xzibit, Bee at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $132-$32 3pm/3:30pm # *** jul 20 mon War at the State Fair, Sacramento a/a # *** jul 21 tue Meghan Trainor at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $45/$40/$30 6pm/7pm # ** jul 21 tue The Ataris (playing "Blue Skies Broken Heart) at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 21 tue 5 Seconds Of Summer at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$20 # *** jul 21 tue Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Uncle Kracker, Eve 6 at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80-$40 7pm # *** jul 22 wed Pokey Lafarge at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 22 wed K.M.F.D.M. at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** @ jul 22 wed Barenaked Ladies, Violent Feemes, Colin Hay at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 6:30pm # *** jul 22 wed 5 Seconds Of Summer at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $70-$20 # *** jul 23 thr Willie Nelson & Family at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jul 23 thr Charli XCX, Bleachers, Borns at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jul 23 thr Mavis Staples & Patty Griffin, Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $100-$25 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 23 thr Jim Gaffigan at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # ** jul 23 thr Rush at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $154-$49 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (sold out) jul 23 thr Between The Buried And Me, Animals As Leaders, The Controtionist at the Catalyst Atruim, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 24 fri Alice In Chains at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** @ jul 24 fri Boys Noize, Salva, Spank Rock, Scntst at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 24 fri Blondie, Melissa Etheridge at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $130-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 24 fri Phish at Shoreline Amphitheater a/a $65/$45 6pm/7:30pm # ** jul 24 fri Between The Buried And Me, Animals As Leaders, The Contortionist at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 6:30pm *** @ jul 25 sat John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter at the Paramount, Oakland a/a # *** jul 25 sat Culture Club at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** $ jul 25 sat Death Grips (Sacramento) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 8pm/9pm # ** jul 25 sat Say Anything, Modern Baseball, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hard Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ jul 25 sat Zombie Holocaust, Potential Threat, Mystic Rage, It's Clobberin Time at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ jul 25 sat Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 25 sat Big Head Todd & The Monsters, G. Love & Special Sauce at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80-$40 7pm # *** jul 25 sat Morrissey, Amanda Palmer at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a $59.50 8:30pm # *** jul 25/26 Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $55/$75 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 26 sat John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter at Community Theater, Sacramento a/a # *** jul 26 sat Rickie Lee Jones at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $39-$59 7pm/8pm # *** jul 27 sun Jamie XX, dj Dials at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** jul 28 tue Wye Oak at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 29 wed Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, John Waite at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** jul 30 thr Danzig, Pennywise, Cancer Bats at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ jul 30 thr Boston at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $140-$60 7:30pm # *** jul 31 fri Ratatat at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 31 fri Dumpstaphunk at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 31 fri Spandau Ballet at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$4 7:30pm0 # ** jul 31 fri Darius Rucker, Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne, A Thousand Horses at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $50-$31 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 31 fri Mary Chapin Carpenter at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $35/$45/$55 8pm # ** aug 1 sat Basement (U.K.) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $14 6pm/7pm ** @ aug 1 sat La Misa Negra at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 1 sat Some Fear None, Black Map, Sages, Control, Heat Of Damage at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $12 6:30pm *** aug 2 sat Torche at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** aug 3 mon Michael McDonald at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 3 mon Stephen "Ragga" Marley at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm ** aug 4/5 Sheryl Crow at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $156-$56 7:30pm # *** aug 4 tue The Suffers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 4 tue Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa, Hoodle Allen, dj Drama at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $73-$30 6pm/7pm # *** aug 5 wed Derek Hough & Julianne Hough at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $83-$61 8pm # ** aug 6 thr Juanes, Ximena Sarinana at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** aug 6 thr Huey Lewis And The News at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 6 thr The Mother Hips at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** aug 7 fri Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Carlos Reyes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 7 fri Idina Menzel at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $125-$25 7pm/8pm # ** aug 7 fri Jackson Browne at Harveys Arena, Lake Tahoe, NV 21+ *** aug 7/8/9 Elton John, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, Sam Smith, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, Axwell & Ingrosso, Tame Impala, D'Angelo And The Vanguard, St. Vincent, Porter Robinson, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Billy Idol, G-Eazy, Hot Chip, Slightly Stoopid, Caribou, Milky Chance, Chet Faker, The Devil Makes Three, Nate Ruess, Odesza, First Aid Kit, Toro Y Moi, RL Grime, Lake Street Dive, Mac DeMarco, George Ezra, Lindsey Stirling, Iration, Angus & Julia Stone, dj Mustard, St. Paul And The Broken Bones, Glass Animals, Laura Marling, James Bay, Green Velvet & Claude VonStroke, Django Django, Classixx, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Sky Ferreria, Leon Bridges, Robert DeLong, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Sza, Allah-Las, Shakey Graves, Dan Deacon, Benjamin Booker, Misterwives, Langhorne Slim & The Law, Ryn Weaver, Broods, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Giraffage, Givers, Alvvays, Twin Peaks, The Family Crest, The Revivalists, Metz, Strand of Oaks, Speedy Ortiz, Fantastic Negrito, Dma's, Natalie Prass, Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, The Sam Chase, Devon Baldwin, The Tropic at Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $325/$695 # *** aug 8 sat Lindsey Stirling, Robert Delong at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** aug 8 sat Echo & The Bunnymen at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $32 7pm *** aug 9 sun Fifth Harmony, Natalie LaRose, Debby Ryan + The Never Ending, Bea Miller at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State a/a $49.50/$39.50 6pm/7pm # ** aug 10 mon Aretha Franklin, Kenny Edmonds at the Arena, Oakland a/a $131-$41 8pm # *** aug 10 mon Jake Miller at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** $ aug 11 tue Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, Letlive at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $35.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ aug 13 thr Fireworks, Weatherbox, Souvenirs, Dryjacket at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $11 6:30pm/7pm *** @ aug 13 thr The Skatalites at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 7pm/8pm # *** @ aug 14 fri Capitalist Casualties, Come To Grief, Excruciating Terror (L.A.), Noothgrush, Endless Demise (L.A.), Stapled Shut (L.A.), Primitive Man (CO), Funerary (AZ), Worthless Eaters (Portland), Cave State (L.A.), Badr Vogu, Haggus, Argentavis (Santa Rosa), Folivore (Santa Cruz), Church (Sacramento), Backstabber at Metro, Oakland a/a $20 ($35 2 day pass) 7pm # **** @ (Deadfest day 1) aug 14 fri Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Tinashe, Dej Loaf at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $126-$25 6pm/7pm # ** aug 14 fri Chris Hardwick at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a # ** aug 15 sat Terrorizer L.A., Nausea (L.A.), Mass Grave (Canada), Transient (Portland), Communion Of Thieves (TX), Gehenna, Cloud Rat (MI), Catheter (CO), Bio Crisis (Mexico), Wake (Canada), Reality Show (Finland), Backslider (Philadelphia), Laughing Dog (NM), Sorrower (AZ), Usnea (Portland), Dope Runner (CO), Age Of Collapse (San Diego), Dead Issue (L.A.), Dreaming Dead (L.A.), Vastation (Portland), Horrendous Miscreation (Canada), Endorphins Lost (Seattle), Dead Conspiracy (Portland), Negative Standards, Your Enemy, Feind (Fresno), Death Grave (San Jose), Abstracter, XhostageX, Logistic Slaughter (Livermore) at Metro, Oakland a/a $20 ($35 2 day pass) 4pm # **** @ (Deadfest day 2) aug 15 sat Jackson Browne at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** aug 15 sat Novalima at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 15 sat Taylor Swift, Vance Joy & Shawn Mendes at 49'er Stadium, Santa Clara a/a # *** aug 15 sat Chris Hardwick at the California Theater, S. 345 First St., San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** aug 16 sun Diana Krall at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** aug 17 mon Cayucas at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 17 mon Shania Twain, Gavin DeGraw at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $148-$48 7:30pm # ** aug 18 tue R5, Jacob Whitesides, Ryland at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # ** aug 21 fri Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore, Maddie & Tae, Canaan Smith at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 21 fri Strangelove, Tempation at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 6pm/7pm ** aug 21 fri Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** aug 22 sat Atmosphere, Dilated Peoples, Brother Ali, Get Cryphy at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** aug 22 sat Strangelove (tribute), Temptation (tribute) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 22 sat Joe Bonamassa at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $136-$80 7pm/8pm # ** aug 22 sat Milo Greene at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 8pm/9pm *** aug 22/23 NoFX, Lagwagon, Swingin' Utters, The Flatliners, Masked Intruder, ToyGuitar, Bad Cop / Bad Cop at outdoor street festival, S.F. a/a **** @ aug 23 sun American Idol Live at thee Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 23 sun Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $100-$25 6pm/7pm # ** aug 26 wed Insomnium (Finland), Omnium Gatherum at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $22 8pm *** @ aug 26 wed Rocky Votolato, Dave Hause, Chris Farren at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 26 wed Slipknot, Lamb Of God, Bullet For My Valentine, Motionless In White at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$30 5pm/6:15pm # *** @ aug 26 wed Incubus, Deftones, Death From Above 1979, The Bots at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $100-$25 5:30pm/6:15pm # *** @ aug 28 fri Rudy Colombini & The Unauthorized Rolling Stones at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 28 fri Moonshine Bandits, Om3n at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 6:30pm ** aug 29 sat Weird Al Yankovic at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $55/$39.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 29 sat The Killer Queens (tribute), The Jean Genies (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 29 sat Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, dj Rock at 49's Stadium, Santa Clara a/a $100-$56 4:30pm/6pm # ** aug 30 sun Kid Rock, Foreigner at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $20 5pm/6:45pm # *** aug 30/31 Weird Al Yankovic at Harris Center, Folsom a/a # *** sep 2 wed Brandon Flowers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (Live 105) sep 2 wed Kid Rock, Foreigner at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $20 # *** sep 5 sat Billy Joel at the Giant's Ball Park, S.F. a/a # *** sep 6 sun Ariana Grande, Prince Royce at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # ** sep 8 tue Ariana Grande, Prince Royce at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $80-$25 6pm/7pm # ** sep 9 wed Social Distortion, Nikki Lane, Drag The River at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (Live 105) sep 10 thr Lewis Black at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** sep 11 fri Major Lazer, CL, Slaptop at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus 18+ $59.50 5:30pm # ** sep 11 fri Dave Matthews Band (2 sets) at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $85/$75/$41 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 11 fri Dave Koz & Rick Braun, Kenny Lattimore at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm # ** sep 12 sat John Hiatt & The Combo And The Taj Mahal Trio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $45/$50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 15 tue SuicideGirls (Blackheart Burlesque) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 16 wed Donavon Frankenreiter at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 16 wed Foo Fighters, Gary Clark Jr. at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $75-$43 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 16 wed Weird Al Yankovic at Gallo Center for the Arts, 802 12th Street, Modesto a/a # *** sep 17 thr Ricky Martin at the Arena, Oakland a/a $126/$26 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 17 thr Heart at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $79.50/$59.50/$45 7pm/8pm # *** sep 17 thr The Vibrators, Screaming Bloody Marys at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 17 thr Carbon Leaf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** sep 18 fri Mark Knopfler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 18 fri Bowling For Soup, the Dollyrots, Ivory Tribes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ sep 18 fri Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, Chase Bryant at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # *** sep 19 sat Empire Of The Sun, St. Lucia, Holy Ghost at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** sep 19 sat Def Leppard, Styx, Tesla at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $125-$30 5pm/7pm # *** (107.7 Bone Bash) sep 20 sun Counting Crows, Citizen Cope, Hollis Brown at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $80-$20 6pm/7pm # *** sep 23 wed The Who, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** sep 25 fri Future Islands at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (Live 105) sep 25 fri AC/DC at the Giants Ball Park, S.F. a/a # *** sep 25 fri Front 242 at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $33 9pm *** @ oct 1 thr Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $150-$60 7pm/8pm # *** (was March 13th) oct 1 thr Scorpions, Queensryche at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$40 6:30pm/7:30p # *** oct 1 thr Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$35 5:30pm/7pm # *** oct 1 thr Jim Jefferies (comedy) at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento 18+ $39.50 7pm/8pm ** oct 2 fri The Tragically Hip at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $75-$32.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 2 fri Cooder - White - Skaggs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 2/3/4 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 3/4 Alternative Press Expo at Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St., San Jose a/a oct 4 sun Rascal Flatts, Scotty mcCreery at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 5 mon Symphony X, Overkill at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 9 fri Ben Howard, Daughter at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** oct 9 fri BruceXCampbell, Despise You, Endless Demise, Excel, God's America, Infest, Noothgrush, Poison Idea, Sorrower, Vulva Essers, Xibalba at the Metro, Oakland a/a 6pm # *** @ (California Deathfest day 1) oct 10 sat Aevangelist, Antediluvian, Autopsy, Dead Infection, Deceive, Disma, Dispirit, Ghoul, Impaled, Morbosidad at the Metro, Oakland a/a 6pm # *** @ (California Deathfest day 2) oct 10 fri The Goddamn Gallows at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** oct 11 sun Bolzer, Gnaw Their Tongues, Goat Torment, Immolation, Loss, Lycus, Nader Sadek, Pseudogod, Ritual Necromancy, Worship at the Metro, Oakland a/a 6pm # *** @ (California Deathfest day 3) oct 16 fri Zac Brown Band at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $82.50-$32.50 5:30pm/7pm # ** oct 17/18/19 Treasure Island Music Festival, Treasure Island, S.F. Bay a/a oct 19 mon Madonna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $355-$40 7pm/8pm # *** $ oct 20 tue Twenty One pilots (Columbus, Ohio) at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $29.50 6pm *** (sold out) oct 23 fri Hozier at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** oct 23 fri Wanda Sykes (comedian) at the Msonic, S.F. a/a $45-$75 7pm/8pm # ** oct 24 sat Evolution (tribute), Lef Deppard (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** nov 3/4 Josh Groban at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $175-$61 7pm/8pm # *** nov 6 fri G.E.M. (China) at Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $198-$68 7pm/8pm # *** nov 7 sat Blackstreet, 112, After7, Shai, S.W.V. at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** nov 14 sat Powerage (tribute), Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers (tribute), Cheaper Trick (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** nov 29 sun A John Waters Christmas at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (seated show) dec 1 tue The Milk Carton Kids at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a # *** (seated show) dec 6 sun Prong at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $18 8pm *** @ * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio & TV Shows --------------------- Radio Shows ----------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.net Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio radio.maximumrocknroll.com Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com KVHS-FM 90.5 The Edge www.kvhs.com San Francisco Community Radio www.savekusf.org mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm wed Wednesday Night Live on Stanford Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm-10pm fri Jesse Luscious on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6am-9am sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun dj Jesse Luscious at the Ruby Room, 132 14th St., Oakland 9pm-2am sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio in exile KUSF 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 1034 Valencia Street, S.F. a/a 23 Club, 23 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane a/a 415-467-7717 Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 925-426-7600 Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ 415-970-0012 Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 Assembly Music Hall, 1000 K St., Sacramento a/a 18+ 21+ 916-341-0176 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a 21+ 408-241-0777 Bender's Bar And Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 415-824-1800 Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-474-0365 Blake's, 2367 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 18+ 510-848-0886 Blank Club, 44 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 866-575-9405 Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 831-423-7117 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ 415-673-8000 Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+ 415-621-4455 Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-371-1631 Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ Cafe Stritch, 374 South First Street, San Jose a/a 408-280-6161 Caravan Lounge, 98 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ 408-995-6220 Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a Chapel, 777 Valencia Street at 19th, S.F. a/a City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a 707-260-1600 Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz a/a 831-429-6994 DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Dosa Biryani, 250 E Java Drive, Sunnyvale a/a 408-400-0007 Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St., S.F. 21+ 415-626-0880 El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) 530-342-2727 El Rincon, 2700 16th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 18+ El Rio, 3158 Mission Street, S.F., 21+ 415-282-3325 Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-552-7788 Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. a/a 415-346-6000 leave soon after the last band for a free poster at the exit Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ 510-864-1244 Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a Gilman, 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley a/a book 510-524-8180 ($2 yearly membership required) http://www.924gilman.org 5pm membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. of each month George's, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael 21+ 415-457-1515 Golden Bull, 412 14th Street at Broadway, Oakland 21+ 510-893-0803 Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a 831-372-4555 Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. ages 6+ 415-885-0750 Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ 916-441-4693 Harris Center, 10 College Pkw, Folsom Lake College, Folsom a/a Hemlock, 1131 Polk at Post, S.F. 21+ 415-923-0923 Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ 408-335-1642 Homestead Bowl, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Johnny Foley's Irish House, 243 O'Farrell Street, S.F. 21+ 415-954-0777 Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a 775-323-5648 Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-550-6994 Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a 800-660-LAKE Legionnaire Saloon, 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 21+ 510-891-8660 Leo's Music Club, 5447 Telegraph, Oakalnd a/a 888-477-9288 Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ 510-523-2118 Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. at Mission, S.F. 21+ 415-647-2888 Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a Metro, 630 3rd St. at M.L.K., Oakland a/a 510-763-1146 Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Milk Bar, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6455 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Avenue, Chico a/a Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a 408-961-5800 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ New Parish, 579 18th at San Pablo Avenue, Oakland 21+ 18+ a/a Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a 408-448-3323 Night Light, 311 Broadway, Oakland 21+ 510-433-0340 Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 On the Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ 916-487-3731 Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., Sacramento 21+ 916-443-9751 Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a Parkside, 1600 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-503-0393 Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma a/a 707-762-3565 Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ Pioneer, 105 Pioneer Street, Santa Cruz a/a Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, 2781 21st Street, S.F. a/a Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ Plea for Peace Center, 630 E Weber Ave, Stockton a/a ($2 yearly membership) Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 800-350-8700 Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk at Clay, S.F. 21+ 415-921-1695 Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ 925-685- 2122 Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a 925-938-6900 Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-7386 Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. at Van Ness, S.F. a/a Riptide Bar, 3639 Taraval St., S.F. 21+ 415-681-8433 Ritz, 400 First Street, San Jose 21+ Rock Shop, 30 N 3rd Street, San Jose a/a ($2 yearly membership) Rock Bar Theater, 360 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose a/a Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ San Mateo County Fair, 2495 S Delaware Ave., San Mateo a/a San Pedro Square Market, 87 North San Pedro St., San Jose a/a Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a 530-891-1809 Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. ages 6+ 415-522-0333 Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ (sometimes a/a) 510-841-2082 Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+ 510-444-6174 Stud Bar, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 415-863-6623 Studio 55 Marin, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a Submission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a 415-861-5016 Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a 415-388-1700 Swingin' Door, 106 East 25th Avenue, San Mateo 21+ Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Transient Lounge, 400 E. Todd Road, Santa Rosa a/a Toot's Tavern, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 510-787-4840 Tupelo, 1337 Grant Ave., S.F. a/a (during sun shows) 415-981-9177 Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-345-0900 Witch Room, 1815 19th Street, Sacramento a/a 18+ 916-508-0213 Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ (closed) Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a 415-505-8530 Vina Robles Amphitheater, 3800 Mill Road, Paso Robles a/a 805-227-4812 Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ 510-452-1620 Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+ 775-358-6969 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 Addition, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ (closed - formerly Yoshi's S.F.) 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