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 July 17, 2016 jul 17 sun Naked Aggression, Rats In The Wall, Nihilist Cunt, Cost Of Lving at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 4pm *** @ jul 17 sun Junkie (San Antonio), High Sunn at the Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland a/a 8pm ** jul 17 sun Culture Shock, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Love Songs at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ jul 17 sun Underghods, Nay, J.I., Wes Period, Spencer Bonds at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5-$10 sliding scale 8pm ** jul 17 sun G0ggs, The Double, Scraper at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm *** jul 17 sun La Gente, Planet Booty, The Hitsville Soul Sisters at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 17 sun Fatal Jamz, Part Time, Cellars at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jul 17 sun Bay Station, Yours Truly Michelle, Secret Emchy Society at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** jul 17 sun Mon Laferte at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 17 sun Normandie Wilson And The Joyelles, Jason Berk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 17 sun Attaloss, Far Out Corners, Leon Rosen Music at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 17 sun Oona Dahl, Clarian, James Fish at the Midway, 900 Marin Street, S.F. 21+ $13/$18 2pm ** jul 17 sun The Westwards, Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue, Animals In The Attic at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $8/$10 6:30pm/7pm ** jul 17 sun Darealwordsound, Forcee The Kid, The Philharmonik, Skyy Captain at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ 8pm ** jul 17 sun Boston at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 21+ (13-20 with adult) *** jul 17 sun Dead Winter Carpenters, Boz Scaggs, Liz Vice, the Suitcase Junket, Larry Campbell And Teresa Williams at Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley a/a ** jul 18 mon Oxbow, Dalek, Black Spirituals at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $15 8pm ** @ jul 18 mon Lawrence at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** jul 18 mon Wand, Naked Lights, Mike Donovan (solo) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jul 18 mon Meghan Trainor, Hailee Steinfeld at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a $60/$40/$30 6pm/7pm # *** jul 18 mon Alexander Jean at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 mon Culture Shock, World/Inferno Friendship Society at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 18/19/20 Phish at the Civic Center, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** (sold out) jul 19 tue Bela Fleck & Chris Thile at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** jul 19 tue Anita Wilson at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $32 8pm ** jul 19 tue Didisdead, Steve Jr (N.Y.), Karen, Scrim at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 *** jul 19 tue Pinegrove, Sports, Half Waif at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 19 tue Panteon Rococo, Nana Pancha at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30-$55 7pm/8pm # ** jul 19 tue Olivia Holt at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # ** jul 19 tue Americano Social Club at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** jul 19 tue Soul Asylum, Lee Gallagher And The Hallelujah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 19 tue Super Unison, Great Spiders (Seattle), Snuff Redux at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 19 tue Annie Bacon And Her Oshen, All My Pretty Ones, Blood & Dust at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 19 tue Vulgar Trade, Cronander, Concrete Walls, Grosero at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 19 tue Crook & The Bluff (Salt Lake City), David Williams, The Come Ups at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 19 tue Valley Queen at Lagunitas Brewing Co, 1280 N McDowell Blvd., Petaluma 21+ ** jul 19 tue Barenaked Ladies, Omd, Howard Jones at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 19 tue Culture Shock, World/Inferno Friendship Society at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 19 tue Slow Season at Moe's Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** jul 19 tue Avery Sunshine at Harlow's, Sacramento ?/? $25/$30 5:30pm/7pm ** jul 20 wed Fastplants, Panoram at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 20 wed Hayes Carll, Luke Bell at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** jul 20 wed Alexander Jean, Bryan McPherson, Lila Blue at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm ** @ jul 20 wed Holly Miranda at the Chapel, S.F. a/a ** jul 20 wed Carson McHone, John Thatcher at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/8:30pm # ** jul 20 wed Castle, Disenchanter, Serpent Crown at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jul 20 wed Love Moon, Externs, Teeph (Chico), Mouth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 20 wed Slow Season at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ ** jul 20 wed Phillip Phillips & Matt Nathanson, A Great Big World at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 20 wed Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Dog Dreams at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 thr Who Killed Spikey Jacket? (Boston), Pok Gai (Ottawa, Canada), Isotope, Wartribe, Korrosive, Odio at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm # *** @ jul 21 thr The Lost Boys Movie at the New Parkway, 474 24th Street, Oakland a/a 9:30pm (Benefit for 924 Gilman Street) jul 21 thr Teeph (Chico), Oryx (CO), Flat Black at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** @ jul 21 thr Lake Lady, James Meder, The Beholder Band, One F at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 21 thr Streetlight Manifesto, Kemuri, Dan Potthast at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$23 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 21 thr They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn), Apollo 18 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # *** jul 21 thr On An On at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 21 thr Everyone Is Dirty (cassette release), Death Valley Girls, Night Shapes, dj Royal Oakie at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 21 thr Ttng, Covet, Ovvn at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** jul 21 thr Raffi Garabedian Trio at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** jul 21 thr Julie Holland And Samantha Parton, Invisible Familiars at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** jul 21 thr iVardensphere, Cynotic, Iszoloscope, dj Decay, dj Melting Girl at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $11/$18 7pm/7:30pm # *** jul 21 thr Nicholas Allbrook, Fascinator at Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** jul 21 thr Bonehawk, Blackwulf, Red Wizard at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 21 thr Laura Gibson, Mark Eitzel, M. The Heir Apparent at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (KALX) jul 21 thr CeeLo, Nikki's Wives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $35-$110 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 thr The Richmond Sluts, The Asteroid No. 4, Chris Guthridge at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 21 thr Hirie, Dollar Short at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $15 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 21 thr Doll Skin at the Gypsy Shack, 13681 Mono Way, Sonora 21+ ** jul 21 thr The Turtles, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Cowsills, Mark Lindsay, The Spencer Davis Group at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $40-$70 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 21 thr Gonzo at Johnny V's, San Jose 21+ free ** (Underneath the Underground day 1) jul 21 thr Slapshot (Boston), Give You Nothing, The Defenders, Gardens, Drain at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jul 21 thr Must Die, Spag Heddy, Midnight Tyrannosaurus (Tampa, FL), Phiso, at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $20/$29 8pm ** (Toxic Summer) jul 21 thr P-Lo at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17/$20 7pm ** jul 21 thr Calico The Band at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 7pm/8pm ** jul 21 thr Badr Vogu, Dullahan, Miasmic, Black Plate, Cross Contamination at Sirens Song, 325 2nd Street, Eureka 21+ $5-$10 7pm *** @ jul 21 thr cancelled: Architects, Counterparts at Slim's, S.F. jul 21/22 Twenty One Piolots (Columbus, Ohio), Mutemath, Chef'special at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** (sold out) jul 22 fri Crowd Nine, Messfits (tribute), River Ratts (Riverside), Happy Drunk Cartel at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (new lineup) jul 22 fri Try The Pie, Super Unison, Dowager at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** (Benefit for Bay Area Women Against Rape) jul 22 fri They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn) at the UC Theater, Berkeley 16+ $30 8pm/9pm # *** (was march 25th) jul 22 fri Ken Boothe (Jamaca), Rusty Zinn at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a ** jul 22 fri Sete Star Sept (Japan), Scum Human (Canada), Dome (Ohio), Haggus, Concussive, Your Enemy at the Annex, 468 3rd Street, Oakland a/a $5 8pm *** @ jul 22 fri Slapshot, Fang, These Streets, Back X, Burner at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # *** @ jul 22 fri Bear Market Riot (Paso Robles) at the Legionnair, Oakland a/a 21+ 7pm ** jul 22 fri Bambu (album release), dj Phatrick at New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 (plus $5 if under 21) 8pm/9pm ^ ** jul 22 fri Sugar Candy Mountain at the Starline Social Club, Oakland 21+ *** jul 22 fri Achilles Wheel, Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Paul McAffery at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 22 fri Hey Mercedes, The Velvet Teen, Cocktails at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 22 fri The Jayhawks, Fernando Viciconte at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** jul 22 fri P-Lo, Noodles, Calborate at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $17/$20 7pm/8pm # ** jul 22 fri Smoked Out Soul, Midtown Social, Dirty Revival at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 9pm ** jul 22 fri Abandoned By Bears, Save The Lost Boys at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 22 fri Gosh Pith, James Supercave, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** jul 22 fri Apprentice Destroyer, Reptoid, Lysine, Less Art at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 22 fri Inter Arma (Richmond, VA), Withered, Abstracter at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** @ jul 22 fri Sam Flax, Terry Malts, Bad Bad (record release), Friendless Summer at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 22 fri Guy Fox, Lee Bob And the Truth, Bows at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 22 fri Valley Queen at the Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** jul 22 fri Grace Potter at Sonoma Mountain Event Center, 1400 Valley House Dr., Rohnert Park a/a $42.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 22 fri Hollywood Vampires at Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park a/a $135-$40 :30pm/7:30pm # *** (seated and lawn) jul 22 fri Fast Times at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7pm ** jul 22 fri Insect Sufers, Frankie & The Pool Boys, The Freak Accident dj Sid Presley at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ $10 ** jul 22 fri Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, Colt Ford at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $55-$30 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 22 fri Jill Scott at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 22 fri Salt-N-Pepa, dj Spinderella, Gurious Five, Lisa Lisa, Master Gee, Newcleus, Stevie B, Wonder Mike at the Sark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** jul 22 fri The Generators, The Forgotten, Young Idea, Old Firm Casuals, The Defenders, Los Brigands, Die Trying, Since We Were Kids, Hard Left at Johnny V's, San Jose 21+ $20 *** @ (Underneath the Underground day 2 - $35 weekend pass) jul 22 fri The Shrews, The Jean Jackets, Mercy High, Joan & The Rivers, The Roughies at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $8 8pm *** jul 22 fri Toad the Wet Sprocket at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 22 fri dj Harrison at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 7pm ** jul 22 fri The Psychedelic Furs, The Church at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $35/$38 8pm/9pm *** jul 22 fri Yoni & Geti, Go Dark at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 22 fri Carcass, Crowbar, Ghoul, Night Demon at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20/$25 6:30pm *** @ jul 22 fri Husalah at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$20 7pm ** jul 22 fri The Joy Formidable at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $16-$60 8pm/9pm *** jul 22 fri Oryx (CO) at the Starlite, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 22 fri Heartless (tribute) at Rockbar Theater, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 18+ 8pm ** jul 22/23/24/25 Musiq Soulchild at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $59/$65 two shows each night ** (8pm fri sold out) jul 22/23/24 Shpongle, The Polish Ambassador, Pantyraid, Minnesota, Autograf, Thriftworks, Buetech, Reid Speed, Stelouse, Andreilien, Clozee, Love And Light, Nominus, Krne, Living Light, Drrtywulvz, Atyya, Eurythmy, Shamanic Technology, Champagne Drip, Saqi, Morillo, Soohan, Sixis, Psy Fi, Dragonfly, Devin Kroes, Haana, Neptune, Wu Wei, Secret Recipe, Liquid Love Drops, Sharu, Beli3ver, Hollis, Spoken Bird, Dubcoling, Irieyes, Brian Hartmann, Geometrae, Blonde Onyx, Manoj, Path Of the Moose, Zack Darling, Nas Ja, Orgin, Genji, Solus, Quilici, Subdocta, Acacia Beats, Yohm, Soules, Syrius, Taotempo at Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville a/a $200-$1000 # ** jul 23 sat Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, The E-Regulars, ZenKali, Leftover Bowlskis, Sorry Mom, Ms. Steak at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8-$20 sliding scale 7pm *** @ (Benefit for Relay for Life - American Cancer Society) jul 23 sat Don Henley at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley a/a $50-$140 8pm # *** jul 23 sat The Psychedelic Furs, The Church at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $39.50 (vip $139.50) 7pm/8pm # *** jul 23 sat Robb Flynn Bday Bash All-Star Jam at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 8pm # *** jul 23 sat Cruella, The Butlers, Bully West at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 8pm ** jul 23 sat Toad The Wet Sprocket, Rusted Root at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # *** jul 23 sat Yoni And Geti, Go Dark, Niteppl at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 8pm/9pm ** jul 23 sat Nails, Freedom (Detroit), Nomads, Lies at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 9pm *** @ jul 23 sat Lemolo, Faux Canada, Desario at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 23 sat Robert Ellis at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm ** jul 23 sat Too Short, Fat Joe, Jim Jones, Young Dolph, Mario, D.R.A.M., Luke Nasty, Philthy Rich, Colonel Loud, D-Lo, Rayven Justice, J Stalin, Rexx Life Raj, Show Banga, Tay Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30-$45 7:30pm/8:30pm # *** jul 23 sat El Radio Fantastique, Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony at Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** jul 23 sat Roadie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 23 sat Thadeus Gonzalez at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** jul 23 sat Cowboy Mouth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 23 sat Tea Leaf Green, Cello Joe at the Osher Marin JCC, 20 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $25/$30 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** (outside) jul 23 sat Dej Loaf, Chozen, Jeff Turner at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $39-$139 8pm *** (was listed as june 10th) jul 23 sat The Taj Mahal Trio, Acoustic Hot Tuna, Marcia Ball at Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park a/a $65-$25 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** (seated and lawn) jul 23 sat John Ryback at Off The Grid, 4075 Evergreen Village Square, San Jose a/a free noon ** jul 23 sat Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Charlie Musselwhite at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 23 sat Rush at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** jul 23 sat Workin Stiffs, The Champions Inc, Down For Life, High And Tight, The Hardknocks, Bastard Brigade (N.C.), The Warlords, Broken Patron Saints, Class System, All Worked Up (OR), MK Ultra, Baja Sociedad at Johnny V's, San Jose 21+ $20 *** @ (Underneath the Underground day 3 - $35 weekend pass) jul 23 sat Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, Dusted Angel at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15/$20 8pm *** @ jul 23 sat The Acacia Strain, Oceano, Knocked Loose, Culture Killer, To The Wind at Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 23 sat Julieta Venegas at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $40 7pm ** jul 23 sat Ghost Of The Robot, Punchout, Radio Helmet, Metal Falcon at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $13/$18 5pm/6pm *** jul 23 sat Slapshot (Boston), Fang, Hoods, M.D.S.O., Cold Trap, Black Saddle Hookers at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $15/$20 8pm *** @ jul 23 sat UB40, Astro & Mickey 2016 at Cache Creek Casino, Brooks 21+ ** jul 23 sat Valley Queen at Sutter Creek Theater, Sutter Creek a/a ** jul 23 sat Tim McGraw at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $180-$90 7:30pm # *** jul 23/24 Zigaboo Modeliste And The New Aahkesstra, Katdelic (sat) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm (sat) $18 2pm (sun) ** jul 24 sun Jon Ginoli, The Truants, Erik Core, Demi And The Gods at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 4:30pm *** (Benefit for Orlando) jul 24 sun Tvsk, Greenriver Thrillers, Klaw, Red Sky (Chico), Sama Dams at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 24 sun Julieta Venegas, La Misa Negra at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 24 sun Public Enemy, Ice-T, Naughty By Nature, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $52-$95 6pm/7pm # *** (art of rap festival) jul 24 sun Dibiase, dj Harrison, Heddy Fur, Kaigen (Tokyo), Gajah, Bottled Water at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 24 sun Frankie Boots & The County Line, Caitlin Jemma & The Goodness at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** jul 24 sun Killing The Messenger (San Diego), Rest, Respose, Shugga Shugga Blast Blast at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ (under 21 +$5) ^ *** jul 24 sun Foxtails Brigade, The Rifle (Tucson), Invisible Signals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 24 sun Arkaik, Vale Of Pnath, Singularity, Aberration, Damascus at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$13 7pm *** @ jul 24 sun Reckless Kelly at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 24 sun Shawn Mendes (Toronto, Canada) at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # *** $ jul 24 sun Weird Al Yankovic at City National Civic, San Jose a/a $75-$55 8pm # *** jul 24 sun Hollywood Vampires at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$160 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 24 sun The Acacia Strain, Oceano, Knocked Loose, Culture Killer, To The Wind, End the Fight at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $14/$16 6pm *** @ jul 24 sun Def Loaf at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $39/$44 7pm ** jul 24 sun Undergang, Spectral Voice, Atrament, Meinenwerfer at the Starlite, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ $1/$12 8pm ** @ jul 24 sun Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, Eric Burbon & The Animals at Red Lion Woodlake, 500 Leisure Ln., Sacramento ?/? $40-$89 6pm/7pm ** jul 24 sun Dick Stusso at Harlow's, Sacramento ?/? $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** jul 24 sun Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, Eric Burdon & The Animals at Red Lion Woodlake, 500 Leisure Ln., Sacramento ?/? $40-$89 6pm/7pm ** jul 24 sun Greatness, Brett As Is, Big Legion, Slyzwicked, Drunk funk Productions, Killa Babe, Yung Trim at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $5/$7 8pm ** jul 24 sun Slapshot (Boston), Fang, Hoods, Kdis On Fire at Shea's Tavern, 715 South Virginia Street, Reno NV 21+ $10 *** @ jul 24 sun Don Henley at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $150-$60 8pm # *** jul 25 mon Ultimate Painting, Michael O. & The Limits at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jul 25 mon Them Are Us Too at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 25 mon Steel Pulse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $29/$33 8pm/9pm ** jul 25 mon The Acacia Strain, Oceano, Knocked Loose, Culture Killer, To The Wind at Holland Project, 140 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jul 26 tue The James Hunter Six, The Mosswoods at New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 (plus $5 if under 21) 7pm/8pm ^ ** jul 26 tue Chicharra, Ragana, Earthbound, Pander, CJ Boyd at Crate, 420 14th Street, Oakland 21+ $5-$10 8pm ** jul 26 tue Great Good Fine OK, Morgxn, Meet Me In Orbit at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 26 tue Your Fearless Leader, We Arsons (ep release), Ice Cream, Old Grey Whistle Test at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 26 tue Rakta (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Mane, Otzi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm *** $ jul 26 tue Steel Pulse, Adam Twelve at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $38.50 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 26 tue UB40, The Wailers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 26 tue Savages at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$28 7pm ** jul 26 tue Buckwheat Zydeco at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $22.50/$25 6pm/7pm ** jul 26 tue Nacho Picasso, Avatar Darko, Kurt Hustle, Scumbagz at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** jul 27 wed Ana Popovic at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $26-$59 8pm ** jul 27 wed Socorra, Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 27 wed Oh Pep! at the Ricksaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 wed Michael Hurley, My Bubba at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $13/$20 8p ** jul 27 wed Smooth Hound Smith at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 27 wed Moving Units (presents the songs of Joy Division), Viktor Fiction at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 27 wed The White Barons, Blue Velvet, Pogo Ono at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 27 wed The Piano Guys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 27 wed Trevor Hall at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $20/$25 8pm ** jul 27 wed Jo Mersa Marley at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 27 wed Savages at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 27 wed The Yardbirds at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $30/$35/$45 7:30pm # ** jul 27 wed Belanova at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$30 7pm ** jul 27 wed The James Hunter Six at Harlow's, Sacramento ?/? $27.50/$30 6pm/7pm ** (partially seated) jul 27 wed A. Payne (album release) at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 8pm ** jul 27 wed Sublime With Rome, Dirty Heads, Tribal Seeds, Bleeker at Ironstone Amphitheater, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a 6:30pm # *** jul 27 wed Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $114-$63 7pm # *** (also July 29th) jul 27/28 The Greyboy Allstars at Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael 16+ $30 8pm/9pm ** jul 28 thr Brand New, Modest Mouse (Long Island, N.Y.) at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** (sold out) jul 28 thr Tortured Soul at New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 (plus $5 if under 21) 8pm/9pm ^ ** jul 28 thr Turbonegra (tribute), Drop Tank, The Sorority at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** jul 28 thr Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 28 thr The Veldt, Bellavista, Jane Woodman at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm/9pm ** jul 28 thr Augustines, Cobi, Sea Knight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm *** jul 28 thr Magic Wands, Drinking Flowers, In Letter Form at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm # *** jul 28 thr Smith Dobson Trio at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** jul 28 thr Black Milk With Live Band Nat Turner at Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$18 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** jul 28 thr Honeyhoney, Korey Dane at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jul 28 thr Sirena Victima, Nu Normal, Slow Crawl, Tango Hustle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 28 thr The She's, Tele Novella, Drowse at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 28 thr Sublime With Rome, Dirty Heads, Tribal Seeds, Bleeker at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $60-$30 6pm/6:30pm # *** jul 28 thr Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $65-$30 6pm/7:30pm # ** jul 28 thr Abba The Concert at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 28 thr Jim Jefferies (comedy) at City National Civic, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** jul 28 thr Arise Roots, Iya Terra, Ital Vibes at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 28 thr The Mystery Lights at Sophia's Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street, Suite E, Davis 21+ ** jul 28 thr Ghostface Killah & Raekwon at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $32/$35 7pm ** jul 28 thr Richie Spice And The Element Band at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $20/$25 9pm/10pm ** jul 28 thr The Draft at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 29 fri Terror (L.A.), Power Trip (TX), Harm's Way (Chicago), Angel Dust (Baltimore), Fury, Red Death (D.C.) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 29 fri The National at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley a/a $50.50 8pm # *** jul 29 fri Vau De Vire Society, Trashkan Marchink Band, First Church Of The Sacred Silversexuals (tribute), Whistlin' Past The Graveyard (tribute), Jesus U. Betta Work (comedy), Irene Tu (comedy) slam, burlesque, performance art at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20-$30 8pm # *** (Orlando Benefit) jul 29 fri Dirtwire at New Parish, Oakland 18+ $16/$20 (plus $5 if under 21) 8pm/9pm ^ ** jul 29 fri Baphomet's Blood (Italy), Violentor (Italy), Savage Reign (L.A.), Hallucinator at Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 29 fri Wizard Apprentice, Beast Nest (tape release), Piano Rain, dj Jasmine Infinitm malo, Kozi, Bonus Beast at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ $7 ($5 b4 10pm) 9pm ** jul 29 fri Vum at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** jul 29 fri Iron Heart, Sunrunners, The Lady Crooners, Reisender at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 29 fri Baby And the Luvies, Beat Mosaic, Night Animals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 29 fri Woods, Gun Outfit, Cian Nugent at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 9pm ** jul 29 fri Purple Pam at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $5 8pm/9pm ** (dance party) jul 29 fri Phantoms, Bloodboy, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** jul 29 fri Sweet Plot, Sal's Greenhouse, The Right Time at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 29 fri Andalusia Rose, The Electric Arrows, Sweetwater Black at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 29 fri Bebel Gilberto at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $27 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 29 fri Finding Stella at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7pm ** jul 29 fri Korn, Rob Zombie, In This Moment at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $97-$42 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ jul 29 fri Brian McKnight at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $30-$95 6:30pm/8pm # ** jul 29 fri Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 29 fri Fast Times at Britannia Arms Almaden, 5027 Almaden Expressway, San Jose 21+ ** jul 29 fri The Soft White Sixties at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $10/$13 8pm *** jul 29 fri Taylor Dayne at the Beach Boardwalk, Sant Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** jul 29 fri Shawn Wasabi, Hyper Potions, dj Icecream at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 fri dj Biz Markie, dj Oasis at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** jul 29 fri The Expanders, Thrive at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ 8pm/9pm ** jul 29 fri Letlive (L.A.), Seahaven, Silver Snakes, Night Verses at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 6pm *** @ jul 29 fri Jonathan Richman at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $15/$18 6pm/6:30pm ** jul 29 fri Dirty Revival at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 10pm/10:30pm ** jul 29 fri Green Jello, Maxxx, Hal Cones, SpaceWalker at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$15 8pm *** jul 29 fri Dead & Company at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $150-$40 # ** jul 29 fri Tele Novella at the Lobby, Merced ?/? ** jul 29 fri Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $114-$63 7pm # *** (also July 27th) jul 29/30 Arturo Sandoval at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $32-$65 ** (2 shows each night) jul 30 fri Alaric, Sabbath Assembly, Atriarch, Esses at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a ** @ jul 30 fri Big Business, Andy The Doorbum, Hornss at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 30 thr Letlive., Seahaven, Silver Snakes, Night Verses at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $16/$18 6pm/7pm # *** @ jul 30 thr Victor Manuelle, dj Pablo, Nrumba at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $45/$50-$105 8pm/9pm # ** (salsa) jul 30 thr Heartless (tribute), Five Against One (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 thr Mark Allen-Piccolo at Amado's, 998 Valencia Street, S.F. a/a ** jul 30 thr Nite Jewel at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** jul 30 fri The Jefrs, Blackout Hawaii, Songs For Snakes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 30 fri Apogee Sound Club, Didisdead, Pit Stains, The Big Forgive at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jul 30 fri Weird Al Yankovic at Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park a/a $60-$25 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** (seated and lawn) jul 30 fri The Sun Kings (tribute) at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $25 7pm/8pm ** jul 30 fri New Edition, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $125-$45 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 30 fri Dead & Company at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $150-$40 6pm/7:30pm # ** jul 30 fri Chris Botti, The Tenors at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 30 fri Shwayze at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 fri Led Zepagain (tribute), SJ Sindicate at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 fri Steel Pulse at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $23/$25 7pm ** jul 30 fri Abert Lee, Vikki Lee And Russ Whitehead at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $27.50/$30 5:30pm/7pm ** jul 30 fri Tony Orlando at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** jul 30 fri Papa Roach, Oleander at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 21+ (13-20 with adult) $140-$28 6:30pm # *** jul 30/31 Adele at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (sold out) jul 31 sun San Francisco Ballet at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 31 sun The Mystery Lights at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 31 sun The Genres, dj Sex Pixels, Hazel Rose, Kaly Jay at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 6pm/7pm ** jul 31 sun Up Your Alley Fair, Dore Alley, S.F. 18+ jul 31 sun Jersus, WolfsOnbience, Smoltron Vs. Slobodon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 sun Zodiac Death Valley, Midnight Sons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 31 sun Kevin Hart at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $129-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 31 sun Weezer, Panic! At The Disco at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $75-$25 6pm/7pm # *** jul 31 sun Gladys Knight at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $30-$100 6:30pm/8pm # *** jul 31 sun Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 31 sun J. Lately, Audible Intellect at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 sun Black Milk With Nat Turner Band at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** jul 31 sun postponed: Riot, Hell Fire, Warcloud at Elbo Room, S.F. (now nov) aug 1 mon Krimewatch (N.Y.C.), Odio, Reckless, Strange Faces at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** aug 1 mon Kenny Neal at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $19-$49 8pm ** aug 1 mon Mess (Long Beach), Prepare To Stop, Manos Linda's at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 6pm til 9pm *** aug 1 mon Trust Club, Red Wood, Ovvn at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** aug 1 mon Kevin Hart at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 1 mon The Mystery Lights at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 mon BJ The Chicago Kid, Elhae at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $18/$20 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 2 tue Adele at the Arena, Oakland a/a $157-$42 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ aug 2 tue C.W. Stoneking, Three Times Bad at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 2 tue God Module, Voicemail, Diesel Dudes, dj Decay, dj Sage at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $9/$15 7pm/7:30pm # ** @ aug 2 tue Neighborhood Brats, Maniac, Midnite Snaxxx at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 2 tue Exhausted Prayer (L.A.), Cormorant, Ion, dj Rob Metal at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 2 tue Protoje & The Indiggnation, Raging Fyah at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$22 8pm/9pm ** aug 2 tue LA Luz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 2 tue Kevin Hart at Arena, 248 W Fremont St., Stockton a/a $125-$45 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 2 tue One Drop (San Diego), Riotmaker, Andrew Castro at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** aug 2 tue Sklyer Michael, Alvashredd, Nightmare, Razorblade Mona Lisa at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** aug 2/3 Earth Wind & Fire at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 3 wed Flogging Molly, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Sounds, Chuck Ragan at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 7:30pm # *** @ aug 3 wed Lysine, Tunic (Canada), Bad Monroe, The Peels at Sgraffito Gallery, 3635 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 6pm *** aug 3 wed Lecherous Gaze, Miss Destiny, (Melbourne), Older Suns, Genuine Parts at the Metro, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm *** @ aug 3 wed The Cairo Gang, Tim Cohen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 3 wed Emily King, David Ryan Harris at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm ** aug 3 wed Emily Wolfe, Dirty Denim, The Total Bettys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 3 wed Andrew Keoghan, Spencer Owen, Saxophones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 3 wed Long Knives, Henrietta, I'm Glad It's You, Belle Reve at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 wed Protoje at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $31 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 3 wed BJ The Chicago Kid, Elhae at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 3 wed Waka Flocka Flame at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $27/$30 7pm ** aug 3 wed Moving Units (L.A.), Viktor Fiction at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** aug 4 thr Cornelius (perfoms Fantasma) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** aug 4 thr Snarky Puppy at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a ** aug 4 thr Mark Allen-Piccolo at the Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland a/a ** aug 4 thr Crsb at New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** aug 4 thr Spindrift, The Love Dimension, OS Beaches, The Spiral Electric at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 4 thr King Shelter, Fritz Montana at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $7/$10 7pm/7:30pm # ** aug 4 thr Marissa Nadler, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Muscle And Marrow at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** aug 4 thr Lapsley at Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F. 21+ $15 6pm ** aug 4 thr Host Family, PG13, Duo B at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 4 thr Pixel Memory, Sophia Prize, Vicereine at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30p/9pm ** aug 4 thr Dealer, Miss Destiny (Melbourne, Australia), Bong Kitty, Los Huaycos at the Eagle, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ aug 4 thr Kite (Sweden), Neverknows, Zana Nera at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 4 thr Polica, Alexandra Savior at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 4 thr David Nail at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $37 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 4 thr Barbra Streisand at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $513-$102 7pm/8pm # *** aug 4 thr Ozomatli, Sonido Clash at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, 194 S Market St., San Jose a/a $10 5:30pm ** aug 4 thr Atlas Genius (Adelaide, South Australia), Bear Hands at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$23 8pm/9pm *** $ aug 4 thr Aaron Watson at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17/$20 7pm ** aug 4 thr SpawnBreezie, Makisi, Nesi Finau, Tat2, dj Kentot at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm ** aug 4 thr Michael McDonald at Red Lion Woodlake, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento ?/? $40-$277 6pm/7pm ** aug 4 thr Mountaineer at the Starlite, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ ** aug 4 thr Terminally Ill, Dead Weight, Skulldrug, Sour Diesel at Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ 8pm ** aug 4 thr Tele Novella at Richards Goat, 401 I Street, Arcata 21+ ** aug 5 fri Mondo Drag, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate at the Night Light, Oakalnd 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** aug 5 fri Tele Novella at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** aug 5 fri Vic Mensa, Joey Purp at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $29.50/$35 10pm/11pm # ** aug 5 fri SambaDa at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 8pm/9pm ** aug 5 fri Trinity Fallen, Venting Machine, Desecrater, Mystic Rage at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 5 fri Dismantled, Vile Augury, dj Decay, dj Sage at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$15 8pm/8:30pm # ** aug 5 fri The Sheepdongs, Quaker City Night Hawks at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** aug 5 fri The Rantouls, Razz (record release), Neutrals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 5 fri the Cooper Taylor Project, Trace Repeat, Ardent Sons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30p/9:30pm ** aug 5 fri Years & Years at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $29.50 9:30pm/10pm *** $ aug 5 fri Nugget King, Lost Goons, L.B.Z., Jay Williz, G Rob, D Boyd, Scoodah Blaqzz, Cyphers at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** aug 5 fri Strangelove (tribute), Temptations (tribute) at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $20/$25 8pm ** (was listed as july 30th) aug 5 fri Y&T at the Beach Boardwalk, Sant Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 5 fri Augustines at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? *** aug 5 fri Tommy And The 4 Speeds at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7pm ** aug 5 fri Jack Garratt at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20/$23 7pm ** aug 5 fri Sianvar, My Iron Lung, Save Us From The Archon, Subtelty, A Foreign Affair at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm *** @ aug 5 fri Blitzen Trapper at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 5 fri Jackie Greene at Red Lion Woodlake, 500 Leisure Ln., Sacramento ?/? $30-$65 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 5/6 Gladys Knight at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ *** aug 5/6/7 Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Lionel Richie, Lana Del Rey, J. Cole, Duran Duran, Zedd, Ryan Adams, Major Lazer, Air, Sufjan Stevens, Chance The Rapper, Beach House, Miguel, Big Grams, Grimes, Jason Isbell, Miike Snow, Third Eye Blind, Kehlani, The Last Shadow Puppets, Griz, Brandi Carlile, Thomas Jack, Nathaniel Rteliff & the Night Sweets, Foals, Lord Huron, Jauz, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, St. Lucia, Years & Years, Vince Staples, Polica, Lettuce, Ibeyi, Hiatus Kaiyote, Peaches, Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals, Snakehips, Oh Wonder, Kamasi Washington, Jack Garratt, Rufus Du Sol, Ra Ra Riot, Tokimonsta, The Knocks, Wet, Jidenna, Diiv, Natalie Lafourcade, Lapsley, The Wombats, Rogue Wave, The Oh Hellos, Marian Hill, Con Brio, Kevin Morby, Caveman, Fantastic Negrito, Frances, Lewis Del Mar, Vulpeck, Moon Taxi, Julien Baker, Lany, Haelos, Declan McKenna, Cloves, Heron Oblivion, Whitney, Methyl Ethel at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # *** $ aug 6 sat State Line Empire, Raiju, Hammer Lane, Disrupt The Paradigm, Calluseyed at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm # *** @ aug 6 sat Fortress United at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 6pm ** aug 6 sat Strangelove (tribute), Temptation (tribute) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** aug 6 sat Summer Of Love Revue at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$21 8pm/9pm ** aug 6 sat Darius Benson, David Lopez, J.Cyrus, Liza Koshy, Manon Mathews, Ry Doon at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $25/$27 5pm/6pm # ** (comedy) (Team Internet Live Comedy Show) aug 6 sat Zoo Station (tribute), Jean Genies (tribute), Pretending (tribute) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** aug 6 sat Greyhounds (Austin, Tx), Breakin' Bread at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** aug 6 sat Toys That Kill, Clean Kitchens at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** aug 6 sat Undead Boys, The Wastedeads, The Copper Tones at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** aug 6 sat Hellbender, Sweet Addiction, Space Vacation, Trecelence, Odin Sun, Hellfire at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 6 sat Against The Current, Assuming We Survive, Atreyu, Ballyhoo!, Broadside, Cane Hill, Capsize, Chelsea Grin, Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, coldrain, Crown The Empire, Cruel Hand, Dash Ten, Emarosa, Every Time I Die, Falling In Reverse, Four Year Strong, From Ashes To New, Ghost Town, Gideon, I See Stars, Ice Nine Kills, In Hearts Wake, Issues, Knuckle Puck, Less Than Jake, Like Pacific, Masked Intruder, Mayday Parade, More To Monroe, Mother Feather, Motionless In White, New Found Glory, Oceans Ate Alaska, Old Wounds, Palaye Royale, Prof, Real Friends, Reckless Serenade, Reel Big Fish, Roam, Safe To Say, SayWeCanFly, Secrets, Set It Off, Sleeping With Sirens, State Champs, Sum 41, Sykes, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Color Morale, The Heirs, The Interrupters, The Maine, The New Low, The Story So Far, The Summer Set, The Word Alive, Tonight Alive, Too Close To Touch, Vanna, Veil Of Maya, Wage War, Waterparks, We The Kings, Whitechapel, With Confidence, Yellowcard, Young Guns at Shoreline Ampphitheater, Mountain View a/a $29/$41.50 11am # *** @ (Vans Warped Tour) aug 6 sat Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt, Old Dominion at the 49'ers Stadium, Santa Clara a/a $246-$21 5pm # *** aug 6 sat Zepparella (tribute) at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** aug 6 sat Ira Glass at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 6 sat silent film 'Passion of Joan of Arc' with score performed by George Arah with strings & chamber singers at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 6 sat Bear Hands, Atlas Genius (Adelaide, South Australia) at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20/$22 7pm *** $ aug 6 sat Maiden California, Arminius, Fall Of Reason at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm ** aug 6 sat Tele Novella at the Hideout, 2565 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento ?/? ** aug 6 sat The Stone Foxes at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm *** aug 6 sat City Of Vain, Scratch Outs, West Lords at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** (Benefit MSYLN) aug 6 sat Train, The Englis Beat at Ironstone Amphitheater, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 6/7 Jim Gaffigan at the Masonic, S.F. (2 shows each night) a/a $85-$50 4pm/5pm and 7pm/8pm ** (sat sold out) aug 7 sun Neil Robinson & Jim Nually Band at the Back Room, 1984 Bonita, Berkeley a/a $15/$20 8pm ** aug 7 sun Come To Grief, Amarok, Connoisseur, Mtnr at the Metro, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 7pm # *** @ aug 7 sun The O'Jays, MJ's Brass Boppers at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** aug 7 sun Jim Gaggigan at the Masonic, S.F. a/a # ** aug 7 sun Tattoo Colour at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 18+ $65 $85 vip) 10pm # ** aug 7 sun Peacers, Sean David McMillen, Randy Lee Sutherland at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 7 sun TaughtMe, Yeyey, Children Of Pop, Brogan Bentley at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30p/9pm ** aug 7 sun The Sloths at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 7 sun Blitzen Trapper at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $18 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 7 sun Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** aug 7 sun Huey Lewis And The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 7 sun Messer Chups (Russia/Germany), The Phantom Four, Bradipos IV, Frankie & The Pool Boys, Fascinating Creatures Of The Deep at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15 5pm *** (International Surf) aug 7 sun Augustines at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 7 sun Tele Novella at the UNchurch, Grass Valley ?/? ** aug 8 mon Monolord (Sweden), Beastmaker, Sweat Lodge at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ aug 8 mon Throwing Shade, Feminasty Erin Gibson, Homosensual, Bryan Safi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 8 mon Messer Chups (Russia/Germany), The Gillbillies, dj Sid Presley at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm *** aug 8 mon John Rybak + Perry Spinali at Off the Grid, 777 B Street, Hayward a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 9 tue Khemmis at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ ** aug 9 tue Bryan Ferry, LP at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $75-$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 9 tue Guns N' Roses at the Giant's Ballfield, S.F. a/a $275-$55 5pm/6:30pm # *** aug 9 tue Haunted Summer, The Coo Coo Birds, The Electric Magpie at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 9 tue Terry Malts, Wyatt Blair, Babewatch, Cocktails at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** aug 9 tue Globelamp at Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ (under 21 +$5) ^ ** aug 9 tue Lion Babe, Kamau at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 9 tue The Golden Hexegrams, Ancient Elk, My Evergreen Soul at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30p/9pm ** aug 9 tue Sirena Victima, Roadie at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 9 tue Pictureplane, dj S43rta Mu3Rte at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** aug 9 tue Indigo Girls at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 9 tue Wavves, PartyBaby at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20/$23 7pm ** aug 9 tue Thousand Foot Krutch, Adelitas Way, Smashing Satellites, 3 Pill Morning at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $25/$30 6pm *** @ aug 10 wed Gregory Alan Isakove, Magik Magik Orchestra at the Fox Theater, Oakand a/a $40/$50 7:30pm # ** aug 10 wed Random Hero (Denver, CO, Nine Lashes, Ilia (Arkansas) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 10 wed Hockey Dad (Australia), The Silhouette Era, Vinyl Spectrum at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 10 wed Cannibal Corpse, Nile, After The Burial, Suffocation, Carnifex, Revocation, Krisiun, Slaughter to Prevail, Ingested at Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$35 2pm # *** @ (Summer Slaughter) aug 10 wed Lucy Dacus at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 10 wed Ezra Furman at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm *** aug 10 wed The Hyperdrive Kittens, Wild Kingdom at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 10 wed Messer Chups (Russia/Germany), The Reefriders dj Sid Presley at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ $5 9pm *** aug 10 wed Lincoln Durham at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 10 wed Rodrigo Y Gabriela at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $35-$75 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 10 wed Khemmis at the Starlite, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ ** aug 11 thr Black Tiger Sex Machine at New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 (plus $5 if under 21) 8pm/9pm ^ ** aug 11 thr Peter Wolf & The Midnight Travelers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $30 7pm/8pm ** aug 11 thr Promised Land Sound, The Old Folks at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 11 thr Lil Yachty at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $19.50/$22 7pm/8pm # ** aug 11 thr Cool Ghoul (record release), Silver shadows, Emotional at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** aug 11 thr Life Stinks, Golden Pelicans, CCTV, Bugg, Violence Creeps at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm *** @ aug 11 thr Lincoln Durham, Skookum at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 11 thr White Barons, Butt Problems, 1906 at the Eagle, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** @ (Constantina's Birthday) aug 11 thr 10,000 Maniacs at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 11 thr Janeane Garofalo at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a 8pm ** aug 11 thr Kurt Vile And The Violators, Heron Oblivion at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $24/$25 8pm/9pm ** aug 11 thr Rhett Miller, Darius Koski at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** aug 11 thr The Official Blues Brothers Review at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $30/$35/$45 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 12 fri Patron Latin Rhythms, Kenya B Trio at Pt. Richmond Music Festival, Park Place & Washington, Pt. Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** aug 12 fri Darrell Scott at the Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley a/a 7pm/8pm ** aug 12 fri Midnite Snaxxx, Golden Pelicans at Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 12 fri Lou Evans, Melted State, Eyes On The Shore at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$20 9pm ** aug 12 fri All Your Sisters, Wreck & Reference, Some Ember at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 12 fri Lonesome Locomotive, Midnight North at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$21 9pm ** aug 12 fri Hard Working Americans, The Mother Hips at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** aug 12 fri Douglas Katelus, Liquid Indian, Marc Manning at Adobe Books, 3130 24th Street, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** aug 12 fri Vaud & The Villains at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm ** aug 12 fri M.A.K.U Soundsystem (N.Y.C.), The Dogon Lights, dj's at Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** aug 12 fri Ben Sollee at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 12 fri Gravys Drop, Bearcats, The Dedications at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 12 fri Manatee Commune (Seattle), Shallou (D.C.) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ aug 12 fri Futurebirds at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** aug 12 fri Dark Side of Oz - The Special Ed Class (live stage screening) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a free 7pm/8pm *** aug 12 fri Rhett miller at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 12 fri Max Cruise at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7pm ** aug 12 fri Dave Koz & David Sanborn at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $35-$90 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 12 fri The Boneshavers, The Odd Numbers at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** aug 12 fri Foghat at the Beach Boardwalk, Sant Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 12 fri 10,000 Maniacs at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $25/$35/$45 8pm # *** aug 12 fri Chase Rice at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35/$40 7pm ** aug 12 fri Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Righteous Sire, Average League, Zach Van Dyck at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 6:30pm *** @ aug 12 fri The Iguanas at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $25/$27.50 5:30pm/7pm ** aug 12/13 Alabama Shakes, Kurt Vile And The Violators at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) aug 12/13 Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 sat Ghoul, Captured! By Robots, Brain Dead (L.A.), Space Toilet at the Metro, Oakland 18+ $15 7:30pm # *** @ aug 13 sat Jasmine Jordan at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 13 sat Neon Kross, Ink Bats, Otzi at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** aug 13 sat Mark D. Miner, Niviane, Norman Skinner at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 8pm ** aug 13 sat King Sunny Ade, Osa Meji & Their High-Life ?Rhythm at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26/$30 7pm/8pm ** aug 13 sat Jay Brannan, Terese Taylor, Mickelson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 13 sat Marianas Trench, Skylar Stecker at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 13 sat Medicine Cabinet (Tracy), Daniel Bloomquist, Ze Bib!, Foreskin Shashimi In Paradise, Substation 6 at Noisebridge Hackerspace, S.F. a/a noon ** aug 13 sat The Crux, The Dixie Giants, Lungs And Limbs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 sat Mano Cherga (Balklan Gypsy jazz), Balkalicious Fire Drive at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/10pm ** aug 13 sat Afternoon Blackouts, The Kegels, Lucky Eejits at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 13 sat The Dillinger Escape Plan, Name at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm *** @ aug 13 sat Slipknot, Marilyn Manso, Of Mice & Men at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$30 5:30pm/6:30pm *** @ (was June 13th) aug 13 sat Sludgebucket, Body Void at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** @ aug 13 sat Grace Potter at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 13 sat La Luz, Will Sprott, Dinners at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** aug 13 sat Galactic at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25/$30 8pm/9pm *** aug 13 sat Futurebirds at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a ** aug 13 sat David Allan Coe, Rancho Deluxe at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22/$25 7pm *** aug 13 sat Conceived In Chaos, Damage Overtime, Urd-Om, White Minorities, Heat Of Damage at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm *** @ aug 13 sat Ben Sollee at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $15/$18 5:30pm/7pm ** aug 13 sat Saved By The 90s at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm/10pm ** aug 13 sat The Ghost Town Revbellion, The Lonely Kings, They Went Ghost at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** (Shawn Peter's 40th) aug 13 sat Rita Rudner at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** aug 13 sat Lionel Richie at Harvey's Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $160-$70 8pm # *** aug 13/14 Janeane Garofalo (comedy) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sat sold out) aug 14 sun Jamie Lidell, Luke Jenner, Money Mark, Sinkane, Afrolicious at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** aug 14 sun 311, Matisyahu at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $60-$45 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 14 sun Periphery, Sikth, Chon, Toothgrinder at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 6pm/7pm # ** aug 14 sun Russ at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm # ** aug 14 sun Lizz Wright at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $40 6pm/7pm ** aug 14 sun Passenger at the Chapel, S.F. a/a 9pm *** (sold out) aug 14 sun The Dread Crew Of Oddwood at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ ** aug 14 sun Sebastian Mansicalco at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $30-$75 6:30pm/8pm # ** aug 14 sun Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 14 sun Oh Sleeper, Lost Things at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6pm ** aug 15 mon White Lung, Greys at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 15 mon Breathing Problem (Austin), Striations, Terror Cell Unit, Forbidden Colors at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 15 mon Rixe (Paris, France), Criminal (L.A.), Sun Bather (Europe), Fatigue at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 15 mon Culture Club at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 15 mon The Dread Crew Of Oddwood at the Starlite, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ ** aug 16 tue Rebelution, The Green, J Boog, Stick Figure, Throuth The Roots, dj Mackle at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley a/a $42.50 6pm # ** aug 16 tue Jeff Beck & Buddy Guy at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $150-$55 7pm/8pm # *** aug 16 tue Culture Club at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $80-$155 7pm/8pm # *** aug 16 tue The Ataris, Daydream at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 16 tue King Lil G at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21/$26 9pm ** aug 16 tue Scott Stapp at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $33-$533 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 tue Jackson Brown at City National Civic, San Jose a/a # *** aug 16 tue Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, The Jack Moves at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 16 tue Matisyahu at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $27.50/$30 7pm ** aug 17 wed Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, The Jack Moves at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $72.50/$52.50 7:30pm # *** aug 17 wed Jake Peavy And His Band The Outsiders, Luther And Cody Dickinson, Col. Bruce Hampton, Jackie Greene at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $60 8:15pm/9pm # ** (tribute to Jerry Garcia) (benefit for The Rex Foundation and The Jake Peavy Foundation) aug 17 wed The Fixx at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 17 wed Balms, Whatfunlifewas, Pastel at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 17 wed Scott Stapp, Anarchy Lace at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm ** aug 17 wed The Ataris, Women, Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $15 8pm *** aug 17 wed Globelamp at Holland Project Show Space, 140 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a ** aug 18 thr Chuck Mosley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. $21/$26 7pm/8pm ** aug 18 thr Magic Trick (record release), Assateague at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** aug 18 thr Camaro Meadow, Mud Lords, The Grand Escape at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 18 thr David Shaw at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 18 thr Civilian, Kandur (ep release), Karen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 18 thr Kevin Seconds, Steve Soto, Penelope Houston at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** aug 18 thr Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 18 thr Mike Love at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** aug 18 thr Fitz & The Tantrums, Phases at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $27.50 7pm *** (sold out) aug 18 thr B Side Players (playing tribute to Curtis Mayfield) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** aug 18 thr Steve Miller Band, Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $140-$40 8pm # *** aug 19 fri Broods, Jarryd James at Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 8pm # *** aug 19 fri Belphegor, Origin, Shining, Abigail Williams at the Metro, Oakland 18+ $22 7pm # *** @ aug 19 fri Monophonics at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a $17/$20 9:30pm ** aug 19 fri Skrillex, dj Carnage, Laidback Luke, Asap Ferg, Sage The Gemini, dj Sliink, Team EZ at the Coliseum, Oakland 18+ $99-$135 3pm # *** aug 19 fri Les Sins at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $25 (plus $5 if under 21) 8pm/9pm ^ ** aug 19 fri Petty Theft (tribute), Stung (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15/$18 9pm ** aug 19 fri B-Side Players (Curtis Mayfield tribute show) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 8pm/9pm ** aug 19 fri Us The Duo, Gardiner Sisters at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** aug 19 fri Dilana, Pushing The Sun, The SJ Syndicate at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm # ** aug 19 fri Marc & The Casuals at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** aug 19 fri Sofi Tukker, Savoir Adore, Paperwhite, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** aug 19 fri The Coathangers, Death Valley Girls, Dirty Ghosts at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 19 fri Flat Black, Auma, Disastroid at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 19 fri Zed (record release), Blackwulf, Older Sun, Year Of the Cobra, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 19 fri Lyrics Born at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** aug 19 fri Sonoma County Metal and Hardcore - Locals Only at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$13 7pm *** aug 19 fri Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Saint Asonia at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $80-$30 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ aug 19 fri Magic Moments at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7pm ** aug 19 fri Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, A Thousand Horses, Dee Jay Silver at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $71-$31 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 19 fri Trevor Noah (comedy) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 19 fri Smash Mouth at the Beach Boardwalk, Sant Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 19 fri Too Short at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $28/$30 7pm *** aug 19 fri Fleetwood Mask (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 19/20 Young Moon, Roselit Bone (fri), Madeline Kenney (sat) at Amado's, 998 Valencia Street, S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm ** aug 20 sat Chris Cohen, Religious Girls, Golden Drugs, Ganglians, Sam Flax, Emotional, Clumsy at the Bug Box, 28th & Magnolia, Oakland a/a $15 3pm/4pm *** aug 20 sat Lenny Williams, The West Caost Blues Caravan of All Stars, Big Cat Tolefree And The Hypnotics, Roharpo & The Real Deal Blues Band at Art & Soul, Downtown Oakland a/a $12 ($7 13-17 and 65+) (under 13 free) noon ** (day 1) aug 20 sat Miami Horror (Austrailia), Chicano Batman, Boulevards, Nico Yaryan, Hazel English, Spooky Mansion, Madeline Kenney at 20th Street Block Party, S.F. a/a free noon til 6pm *** aug 20 sat The Muffs, The Rubinoos at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 9pm *** @ aug 20 sat Panic Is Perfect, Dangermaker, Abbot Kinney at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm *** aug 20 sat One Armed Joey, Deep Six at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $25 noon ** (Cancer Fundraiser for SF Firefighters) aug 20 sat Yea Ming & The Rumours, The Oilies, Odd Hope at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 20 satJackie Mendez, Xavier Lynch, Moon Cadillac, Party Force at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 sat Good Neighbor Policy, Give You Nothing, Drain, No Greater Fight, Outdone at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ *** @ (Cruzfest - new location) aug 20 sat The Coathangers at Colonial Cafe, 3520 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a *** aug 20 sat The New Pornographers, Rogue Wave at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$30 7pm *** aug 20 sat Kingdom Of Giants, Colossal Dream, Shorelines, As Artifacts, Tens Upon thousands at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6pm *** @ aug 20 sat Kalapana at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** aug 21 sun Sheila E., The Family Stone, Zakiya Harris at Art & Soul, Downtown Oakland a/a $12 ($7 13-17 and 65+) (under 13 free) noon ** (day 2) aug 21 sun Full Of Hell, The Body, Ragana, Noctooa at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm/8pm # *** @ aug 21 sun The New Pornographers, Astronoatus Etc. at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 21 sun Elvis Depressedly (N.C.), Teen Suicide, Nicole Dollanganger at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** aug 21 sun Chastity Belt, So Pitted at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 sun Riff Raff, Trill Sammy & Dice SoHo, DollaBillGates at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 7pm/8pm # ** aug 21 sun Pears (New Orleans), Direct Hit (Milwaukee), Oh My Snare (Montreal, Canada), Freya Wilcox And The Howl (Brooklyn) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm *** @ $ aug 21 sun Soulrocker (Michael Franti & Spearhead), Zella Day at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 21 sun Jamestown Revival at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 21 sun BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet, Richie Lawrence And The Yolos at Harlow's, Sacramento ?/? $32.50/$35 6pm/7pm ** aug 21 sun Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Frampton at Ironstone Amphitheater, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a 7pm # *** aug 21 sun The Coathangers at Holland Project Show Space, 140 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a *** aug 21 sun Silversun Pickups at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a $38/$33 7:30pm *** aug 22 mon Parquet Courts, The World at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 7pm/8pm # *** aug 22 mon Audacity (Fullerton), VHS at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 22 mon The Go Go's, Kaya Stewart, Best Coast at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 22 mon Weston Koury, Baby Ariel, Dylan Dauzat, Jake T. Austin, Dyllan Murray, Sammy Wilk at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$30 5:30pm ** (DigiTour) aug 22/23 Guided By Voices, Broncho at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $35 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 23 tue Hunny, The Frights, Gymshorts at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** aug 23 tue Jake T. Austin, Baby Ariel, Dylan Dauzat, Weston Koury, Freddy Amazin, Dyllan Murray, Rickey Thompson at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** (DigiTour) aug 23 tue The Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 23 tue Riff Raff, DollaBill Gates, Trill Sammy & Dice Soho at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$30 7pm ** aug 23 tue Audacity (Fullerton), VHS at the Holland Project, 140 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a ** aug 24 wed Digable Planets, Camp Lo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** aug 24 wed Band Of Horses at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $35-$45 7pm/8pm # *** aug 24 wed Turnover, Angel Dust, Triathalon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** aug 24 wed Zig Zags, Andy Human And The Reptoids, Feral Ohms at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 24 wed David Bazan, Michael Nau at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 24 wed The Ballantynes, Circuits at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 24 wed Heart, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Cheap Trick at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $132-$30 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** (98.5 KFOX) aug 24 wed Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 24 wed The Living End, Wild Roses at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** aug 24 wed The White Noise, My Enemies & I, Bad Seed Rising at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $15 6pm ** aug 25 thr Friendly Males, The Shattucks, The Walking Dudes, Seemway at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 25 thr Boris (performing Pink), Earth, Shitstorm at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ aug 25 thr Diane Coffee, Waterstrider at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm ** aug 25 thr Fanfare Zambaleta, Madame Z, John Brothers Piano Company at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15/$19 9pm ** aug 25 thr Reeve Carney at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 25 thr Private Island at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** aug 25 thr The Living End, Wild Roses at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21/$26 7pm/8pm *** aug 25 thr Gold Panda at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 25 thr Tvsk, White Fuzzy Bloodbath, Caustic Casanova (D.C.), Sludgebucket at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 25 thr Beware Of Darkness at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 25 thr Super Soul Bros at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, 194 S Market St., San Jose a/a $10 5:30pm ** aug 25 thr Turnover, Triathalon, Angel Dust at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$18 6:30pm *** aug 26 fri Deftones at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a $47.50 7:30pm # *** @ aug 26 fri Belly at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $31 9pm *** aug 26 fri Stu Allen & Mars Hotel, The Melt, Like The Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26/$31 8pm/9pm *** aug 26 fri Get Dead (record release), Druglords Of the Avenues at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm/8:30pm # *** @ aug 26 fri Mile High Club (record release) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** aug 26 fri Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $39-$59 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 fri Jewdriver, Serpent Crown, Clocks! (Seattle), High & Tight at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ aug 26 fri Rare Futures (album release), The Iron Heart, Picture Atlantic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 26 fri Phoenix Pro Westling at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $2-$10 8pm aug 26 fri Led Zepagain at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$27 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 26 fri The Outta Sites (L.A.), The Ogres dj Sid Presley at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 26 fri Public Eye at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7pm ** aug 26 fri Kathy Griffin at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $30-$100 6:30pm/8pm # ** aug 26 fri Peter Frampton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 26 fri Los Lobos at the Beach Boardwalk, Sant Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** aug 26 fri Red Baraat at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 fri Little Joe Y La Familia at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** aug 26 fri Waterstrider, Diane Coffee at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main Street, Visalia 21+ ** aug 26 fri Sammy Hagar And The Circle at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $69.50 7:30pm # *** aug 27 sat Clan Of Xymox, Kommunity FK, Soft Kill, Roadside Memorial, In Letter Form, Nmbrsttn, Strap On Halo, Mercury's Antennae, The Razor Skyline, dj Xander, dj Adian Caine, Matt Shapiro at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20/$25 4pm (poster) 7pm (website) # *** aug 27 sat El Tri, Cuca, Maskatesta at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50-$55 8pm # ** aug 27 sat Audacity (Fullerton) at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 27 sat The Inciters, Suede Razors, So What, Hard Left at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ 9pm *** aug 27 sat The Sun Kings (tribute) at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25/$30 8pm ** aug 27 sat The Mother Truckers, Four Year Bender at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm *** aug 27 sat The White Buffalo, Alice Drinks the Kool Aid at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 27 sat Iamsu!, Kool John, Dave Sleezy, Skipper, Show Banga at the Warfiled, S.F. a/a $28.50/$32-$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 27 sat The Soft White Sixties at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** aug 27 sat Otis, Martin Luther McCoy at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm ** aug 27 sat Cramp-Ons, The Lowdowns, Vktms, Screaming Bloddy Marys at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** (Linda XYZ's 67th Birthday) aug 27 sat Mike Watt + The Secondmen, Everyone Is Dirty, Battlehooch at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm *** @ aug 27 sat Couches, Smalls, DeBartolo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 27 sat Banks & Steelz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 27 sat Hobbs Angel Of Death (Melbourne, Australia), Hellhunter, Demon Hammer, Infex at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** aug 27 sat Red Baraat at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 27 sat Hillsong Worship, Kari Jobe, Rend Collective, Urban Rescue at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $50-$26 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** (Mission of the Local Church) aug 27 sat Metalachi at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15/$20 8pm ** aug 27 sat Steelin' Dan at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $15/$20 5pm/6:30pm ** aug 27 sat Dezarie, dj Nice Up at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 10pm ** aug 27 sat The Commodores at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ *** aug 28 sun Tribulation, Youth Code, Horrendous at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 8pm # *** @ aug 28 sun Medicine Road, Imager, The Daniel Green Show, Mars Cantina at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 28 sun Perfume, Cosmic Explorer at the Warfield, S.F. 4+ $50-$60 7pm/8pm # ** aug 28 sun Violent Soho (Australia), Meat Wave, Melted at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 28 sun D Generation at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 28 sun Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa, Kevin Gates, Jhene Aiko, Casey Veggies, dj Drama at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $81-$31 6pm/7pm # *** aug 28 sun 98 Degrees, O-Town, Dream, Ryan Cabrera at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 28 sun X, Mike Watt + The Secondmen at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25/$30 7pm/8pm *** aug 29 mon 98 Degrees, O-Town, Dream, Ryan Cabrera at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $45-$69.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 29 mon Pallbearer, Creepers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 29 mon Dioretix, Hard Charger at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** aug 29 mon Nervous, Naked Lights, Externs, dj Paul Paul at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 ($3 with password 'Dirt-cheap') 8pm/9pm ** aug 29 mon X, Mike Watt + The Secondmen at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $39 7:30pm/8:30pm *** aug 29 mon Explosions In The Sky, Preoccupations at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 29/30 Dave Matthews Band at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** (mon sold out) aug 30 tue Zakk Wylde, Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown, Jared James Nichols at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29/$33 7pm/8pm # ** aug 30 tue Creative Adult, Happy Diving, Never Young, Plush at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** @ aug 30 tue Gov't Mule, Blackberry Smoke at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 30 tue Glenn Hughes, Joanne Shaw Taylor at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $25/$30 8pm ** aug 30 tue Explosions In The Sky, Preoccupations at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** aug 31 wed Julia Holter, White Magic at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $22/$25 9pm ** aug 31 wed Jagwar Ma at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 31 wed Mars Red Sky, Demonsmoke, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 31 wed Yes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 1 thr The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $40/$50 8pm # ** sep 1 thr Peter Bjorn And John at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 1 thr Killswitch Engage, Exodus, Unearth at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29/$32 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 1 thr Austin Jones, Trophy Wives, Run 2 Cover, Curses at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 1 thr Dinnerwiththekids (cd release), Nate Jones & The Sloe Sippers, Oliver Jacobson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 1 thr The Motet (CO) at Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael ?/? ** sep 1 thr Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 1 thr Ehan Tucker at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 1 thr Mars Red Sky at the Starlite Lounge, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ ** sep 2 fri Russian Circles, Cloakroom at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 2 fri Ja Rule & Ashanti at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35-$155 7pm/8pm # ** sep 2 fri Skye, Ross at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50/$30 8pm/9pm # ** sep 2 fri Success, Brodway Calls, Civil War Rust at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm # *** @ sep 2 fri Mozzy at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm # ** sep 2 fri Black Uhuru, Lior Ben-Hur at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 2 fri Big Bad, Swamphammer, Doors To Nowhere, The Watchers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 2 fri 5 Seconds Of Summer at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $80-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 2 fri The Isley Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 2 fri Papa Doo Run Run at the Beach Boardwalk, Sant Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** sep 2 fri Wrvth at La Movida, 816 E. Allsal Street, Salinas 21+ ** sep 2 fri Tracy Cruz, BakanThaBridge, Adrian & Staci, Classic Chris Jones at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$20 9pm/10pm ** sep 2 fri Journey, The Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $142-$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 2 fri Stevie Wonder at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, 50 Stateline Ave., Lake Tahoe a/a $250-$100 7pm # *** sep 2/3 Tame Impala, Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # *** sep 3 sat Cobalt (CO), Mantar at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ ** sep 3 sat Swans, Baby Dee at Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30/$34 8pm/9pm # ** sep 3 sat Space Waves, Slowness, Lavender Blush at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 3 sat Dirty Denim, The Dee Dees at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 3 sat Coldplay at the 49'ers Stadium, Santa Clara a/a $180-$30 6:30pm/8pm # *** sep 3 sat Saved By The 90s (covers) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 3 sat Heartless (tribute), Hot For Teacher (tribute) at Swabbies On the River, 5871 Garden Hwy., Sacramento a/a 4pm ** sep 3 sat Wrvth at the Starlite Lounge, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ ** sep 3 sat The Mehmet Polat Trio at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $36 6:30pm/7pm ** sep 3 sat 5 Seconds Of Summer at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $80-$25 # *** sep 3 sat Trapt, Saliva, Alien Ant Farm, Crazytown, 12 Stones, Tantric at the Wake House, 850 North Kings River Road, Reedly a/a # *** sep 3/4 Jed Madela, Lani Misalucha at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** sep 4 sun Journey, Santana, Steve Miller Band, The Doobie Brothers at Giant's Ball Field, S.F. a/a $250-$55 2pm/3pm # *** (SF on the green) sep 4 sun Bayside, The Menzingers, Sorority Noise at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$24 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 4 sun Sirena Victima, Child at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** sep 4 sun Megafauna, Malditos, Anotherbodyfound at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 sun Boyz II Men, En Vogue, S.W.V., K-Ci & JoJo, Dru Hill, Ginuwine at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $135-$40 2:30pm/4pm # *** sep 4 sun The White Panda at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $17/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 sun The Mavericks at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $45/$55 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 4 sun Bad Company at Ironstone Amphitheater, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 5 mon Lecherous Gaze, Wetbrain (Cleveland, OH), Child, Demon Hammer at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm *** @ sep 5 mon Low Culture at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** sep 6 tue Barns Courtney at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** sep 6 tue Kublai Khan, Jesus Piece, Malevolence at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm *** sep 6/7/9/10/11 Wilco, Joan Shelley (tue), Amendola vs. Blades (wed), Deep Sea Driver (fri), Kacy & Clayton (sat), Kevin Morby (sun) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $65 6:30pm/8pm # *** sep 7 wed Wanda Sykes at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $25-$75 6:30pm/8pm # ** (was june 30th) sep 7 wed The Zombies (U.K.) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** sep 7 wed Kublai Khan, Jesus Piece, Malvolent at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ sep 8 thr God Is An Astronaut at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 8 thr Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards, Evie Ladin Band, Rushad Eggleston at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 8 thr Commissary, Pinnacles, We Arsons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 8 thr White Fence, The Tyde, dj Freaker, dj Britt Govea at Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F. 21+ $15 6pm *** sep 8 thr Needtobreath, Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillian, Welshly Arms at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $41/$46 6pm/7pm # *** sep 8 thr Alabama at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 8 thr Toto at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $85-$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 8 thr Eve 6, Oz at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $18/$22 8pm *** sep 8 thr I The Mighty, Day Shell, Artifex Pereo, Picturesque, Sages at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 6:30pm *** @ sep 8/9 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers (thr) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $53-$73 7:30pm (thr) 8pm (fri) # ** sep 9 fri Michael Van & The Movers, Aireene & The Itch at Pt. Richmond Music Festival, Park Place & Washington, Pt. Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** sep 9 fri Ray LaMontagne at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 9 fri Kook, Realms Of Vision, Sludgebucket, Sga at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** @ sep 9 fri Ryan Bingham And Brian Fallon & The Crowes at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.50/$40 7pm/8pm # *** sep 9 fri Dustbowl Revival at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** sep 9 fri The Rock Collection, Poor Man's Whiskey at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm ** sep 9 fri Subhumans, No Statik, Isotope at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ sep 9 fri Krewella at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) sep 9 fri If These Trees Could Talk, Driftoff, Spotlights, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ sep 9 fri Sonic Love Affair, Razz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 9 fri Dierks Bentley, Randy Houser, Cam, Tucker Beathard at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $57-$32 5:30pm/7pm # ** sep 9 fri Jake Shimabukuro, Ron Artis II at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 9 fri Chris Isaak at Red Lion Woodlake, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento ?/? $35-$89 6:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 10 sat Gad Elmaleh at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $45 8pm # ** sep 10 sat Dillon Francis, Grandtheft, Jai Wolf, Paul Devro at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley a/a 5pm # ** sep 10 sat Ric & Joe Potts, Voicehandler, Gif Problem, Tender Buttons, Rust Worship at Noisebridge Hackerspace, S.F. a/a noon ** sep 10 sat PS Eliot, Joyride, Try The Pie, Wet Hotline at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 sat Juliette Lewis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8:3pm/9pm ** sep 10 sat Woodhead, We Is Shore Dedicated, Echomoth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 10 sat Fifth Harmony, Jack & Jack, Victoria Monet at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $80-$30 6pm/7pm # *** sep 10 sat Evolution, Boys Of Summer, Mirage, Foreigner Unauthorized, Savor at Pioneer Amphitheater, CSU Campus, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward a/a noon # *** (all tributes) sep 10 sat Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $47-$77 7pm # *** (in the round) sep 10 sat Counting Crows, Rob Thomas at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $97-$26 5pm/6:30pm # *** sep 10 sat Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 10 sat The Faction at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** sep 10 sat Andre Nickatina at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$28 8pm/9pm *** sep 10 sat Jake Bugg, Syd Arthur at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** sep 11 sun Puddles Pitty Party at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $32.50 6:30pm/7pm ** sep 11 sun Fred Randolph Quintet at Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** sep 11 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 12 mon Jake Bugg, Syd Arthur at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ sep 12 mon Yael Naim at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $36 7pm/8pm ** sep 13 tue Boyce Avenue, Leroy Sanchez at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** sep 13 tue Dope at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 13 tue Gavin DeGraw, Andy Grammer at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 13 tue Prophets Of Rage, Awolnation at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $100-$30 6pm/7pm # *** sep 13 tue Colvin & Earle at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $35/$55/$65 7:30pm ** sep 13/14 Drake, Future at Arena, Oakland a/a $180-$50 6pm/7pm # *** (sold out see sept. 24/25) sep 14 wed Cass McCombs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 14 wed Eden at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17.50/$20 7pm/8pm ** sep 14 wed Airbourne at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 14 wed Colvin & Earle at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 14 wed Josh Abbott Band at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm ** sep 15 thr Black Sabbath, Rival Sons at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$45 6:30pm/7:30pm # **** sep 15 thr Bright Light Bright Light at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** sep 15 thr Thrice, La Dispute, Nothing, Nowhere at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25-$35/$29 7pm/8pm # *** sep 15 thr The Fuck Off And Dies, Avenues, Sic Waiting, The Kegels at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm *** @ sep 15 thr Wayne Hancock at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $16 7:30pm/8:30pm *** sep 15 thr Mad Professor at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$22 8pm/9pm ** sep 15 thr Coheed And Cambria, Saves The Day, Polyphia at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $30 7pm *** (sold out) sep 15 thr Carl Verheyen Band at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $18/$20 5:30pm/7pm ** sep 15/16 Flying Lotus, George Clinton, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat, The Gaslamp Killer at Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $45 7pm # *** (fri sold out) sep 16 fri Highasakite at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** sep 16 fri Kimock at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26/$30 8pm/9pm ** sep 16 fri Joseph at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** sep 16 fri Art Of Dying, Children 18:3, Letters From The Fire at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7pm/7:30pm # *** sep 16 fri Blank Square, Hvvmid at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 16 fri Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park a/a $65-$25 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** (seated and lawn) sep 16 fri Tainted Love at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 9pm/10pm ** sep 16 fri Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $82-$33 5:30pm/7pm # ** sep 16 fri Lucinda Williams, The Mavericks at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 16 fri Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $35/$38 8pm/9pm ** sep 16/17 Kacey Musgraves at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** sep 17 sat Local Natives, Charlotte Day Wilson at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** $ (Live 105) sep 17 sat Porches at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 17 sat Hammershot, Short Fuse, Kinnefret at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 8pm ** sep 17 sat John Doe & Exene Cervenka at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $36 8pm/9pm *** sep 17 sat Saint Motel, Jr Jr, Weathers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm/9pm *** sep 17 sat Goapele at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** sep 17 sat FM Knives, Swiftumz, Midnite Snaxx at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ sep 17 sat Xenia Rubinos at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 sat Wilco, Los Lobos, Bill Frisell's Guitar In The Space Age, The Stone Foxes at Mountain Theater, Mount Tamalpais State Park a/a $100 ($50 12 and under) # *** (Benefit for the Mountian) sep 17 sat Mad Professor at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 17 sat Heartlessq (tribute), Tribe Of The Red Horse at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** sep 17 sat Mana at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $40-$175 7pm/8pm # ** sep 17 sat Beyonce at the 49er Stadium, Santa Clara a/a $305-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 17 sat War at the Grape Festival, 413 E Lockeford Street, Lodi a/a *** sep 17 sat Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Joy And Madness at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35/$40 7pm ** sep 17 sat The Vibrators (U.K.) at Ground Zero, 324 East Taylor Street, Reno, NV a/a 8pm *** @ sep 17/18 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, G. Love & Special Sauce, Sheila E., K I M O C K, The Pimps Of Joytime, Third World, Ronkat, Spearman's Katdelic at Roaring Camp Meadow, 5401 Graham Hill Rd., Felton a/a # *** (Santa Cruz Mountain Sol) sep 18 sun Catfish & The Bottlemen at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 18 sun Butch Walker, The Wind And The Wave, Suzanne Santo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 7pm/8pm ** sep 18 sun The Spill Canvas at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** (requestour) sep 18 sun The Cocks (Chris Connely, Paul Barker, Richard 23, Luc Van Acker) at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $25/$30 8pm/9pm # *** @ sep 18 sun Porches at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** sep 18 sun Daryl Hall & John Oates, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $25-$125 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 18 sun Get The Led Out (tribute) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 18 sun Kool And The Gang, Third World, Half Pint, The Aggrolites, Mike Love, Sol Horizon at SOMO Village Event Center, 1100 Valley Hosue Drive, Rohnert Park a/a $50-$135 1pm/2pm # *** sep 18 sun Saint Motel, Hippo Campus, Weathers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a 7pm *** sep 18 sun Ottmar Liebert And Luna Negra at Harlow's, Sacramento ?/? $35/$40 5:30pm/7pm ** sep 19 mon Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Dem Atlas, Plain Ole Bill, Last Word at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $37.50 7:30pm # ** sep 19 mon Marduk, Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, Necronomicon at the Metro, Oakland a/a $23 7pm # *** @ sep 19 mon Bloc Party at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 8pm *** sep 19 mon C.F.M., Scraper at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** sep 19 mon Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $27 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 20 tue Cold War Kids, The Strumbellas at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** $ sep 20 tue The Monkees at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $43-$92 7pm/8pm # *** (seated show) sep 20 tue Atmosphere, Fishing Blues at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $37.50 # ** sep 20 tue What So Not at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $25/$30 8pm/9pm # ** sep 20 tue Lnzndrf (Auckland, New Zealand) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 20 tue Sister Sparrow And The Dirty Birds, Kollars at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** sep 21 wed St. Paul And The Broken Bones, Seratones at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 29.50 8pm # ** sep 21 wed Thirdstory at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** (was may 2nd) sep 21 wed Piebald at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** @ sep 21 wed Band Of Skulls (Southampton, England), Mothers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** sep 21 wed Die Antwoord, Crystal Castles at Civic Center, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 21 wed Anthony Jones, monica Richards, Worm Ouroboros, Unwoman, Ariellah Aflalo, dj Decay, dj Sage at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $11/$18 8pm/9pm # ** sep 21 wed Khruangbin at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 21 wed Liima at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** sep 21 wed Sloan (performing "One Chord to Another"), In Letter Form, Silent Pictures, dj Omar at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $18/$20 8pm *** sep 21 wed The Monkees at Gallo Center for the Arts, 802 12th Street, Modesto a/a # *** sep 22 thr Lindsey Stirling at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** sep 22 thr Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $40-$60 7pm/8pm # *** sep 22 thr People's Blues Of Richmond at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 22 thr Nothing But Thieves at the Great Americaan Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 22 thr Gringo Star at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** sep 22 thr Ash, Hawai at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 22 thr Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/8pm # *** sep 22 thr Mary Chaplin Carpenter at Harris Center, Folsom a/a $40-$65 7:30pm ** sep 22/23/24 Flume, Wave Racer (thr), Shlohmo (fri), Vince Staples (sat), Charles Murdoch at Civic Center, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** (fri and sat sold out) sep 22/23/24/25 FKA Twigs, Gramatik, RL Grime, Santigold, Ta-Ku, Warpaint, Beats Antique, Claude Vonstroke and about 100 more artist at Woodward Reservoir, 14528 26 Mile Road, Oakdale a/a *** (camping) sep 23 fri Extra Large, Matt Jaffe And The Distractions at Pt. Richmond Music Festival, Park Place & Washington, Pt. Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** sep 23 fri Leon Bridges, Lianne La Havas at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # ** sep 23 fri The Specials at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $40/$42/$50 8pm/9pm # *** @ sep 23 fri O.A.R., The Hunts at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** sep 23 fri Molotov (Mexico City) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $39.50-$55/$45 8pm/9pm # ** sep 23 fri Wade Bowen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 23 fri Beaty Heart at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** sep 23 fri Dance Gavin Dance at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $22/$25 6pm/7pm # *** @ sep 23 fri Art Garfunkel at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. a/a $70-$83 7pm/8pm # *** sep 23 fri Bloodbags (New Zealand) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 23 fri Big Head Todd & The Monsters (songs of Willie Dixon) at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $35/$45/$55 8pm # ** sep 23 fri Riders In The Sky at Harris Center, Folsom a/a $36-$56 8pm ** sep 24 sat Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Richard Thompson at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a $45-$125 8pm # *** sep 24 sat Tritonal at the Fox Theater, Oakland 18+ $30-$45 8pm # ** sep 24 sat The Soul Rebels Sound System at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 24 sat Death Grips at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** sep 24 sat Super Diamond, The Jean Genies (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** sep 24 sat Chrome Sparks, Roland Tings at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 sat House Of Floyd (tribute) at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $25 7pm/8pm ** sep 24 sat Dolly Parton at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $232-$32 7pm/8pm # *** sep 24 sat Guitar Army (Robben Ford, Lee Roy Parnell, Joe Robinson) at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $30/$40/$50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 24 sat Billy Ocean at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** sep 24 sat Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** sep 24/25 Drake, Future at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $180-$50 6pm/7pm # *** sep 25 sun Dragonette (5:10pm), Yacht, Adult., Fritz Helder, Solsun, Group Rhoda, Leather Titleholders, Cherushii, Billy Lloyd (11am) at Folsom Street Fair, S.F. a/a 11am ** sep 25 sun Futuristic at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 25 sun Grupo Fantasma, Buyepongo at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 25 sun Foy Vance, Trevor Sensor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** sep 25 sun The Soul Rebels Sound System at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $32 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 25 sun Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon, Tesla at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $125-$23 5:30pm/7pm *** sep 25 sun Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $45/$59/$69 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 25 sun Iris Dement, Loudon Wainwright III at Harris Center, Folsom a/a $27.50-$65 7:30pm ** sep 26/27/28 Dinosaur Jr. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $29.50 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 26 mon Mick Fleetwood Blues Band at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $78-$98 7pm/8pm # ** (seated show) sep 26 mon The Heavy at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** sep 26 mon White Reaper, Twin Peaks at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ *** @ sep 27 tue Echo & The Bunnymen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** sep 27 tue Lord Dying, Black Fast, Child Bite, Joel Grind at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm *** @ sep 27 tue Bear's Den at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 tue Nao at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 27 tue Tech N9ne, Optimiztiq at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $38/$42 6pm *** sep 28 wed Madeintyo, Salma Slims, Mynamephin, Noah Woods at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a 7pm/8pm # *** sep 28 wed Mr. Big at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$40/$47.50 7pm/9pm # *** sep 28 wed Squeeze Electric at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 28 wed The Foreign Resort, Introflirt, Nite at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** sep 28 wed Blink 182, A Day To Remember, All Time Low, dj Spider at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $82-$32 6pm/7pm # *** @ sep 28 wed Echo & The Bunnymen at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $32/$35 7pm *** sep 28 wed El Ten Eleven, Mylets at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 7pm/8pm ** sep 29 thr Gary Clark Jr., Shakey Graves at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $31-$51 7pm/8pm # *** sep 29 thr The Skatalites at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** sep 29 thr mc Chris, mc Lars, Mega Ran at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 29 thr Descendents, Modern Baseball at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$45 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 29 thr Carla Morrison at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$35 7pm/8pm # ** sep 29 thr El Ten Eleven, Mylets at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 30 fri Nena at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 7pm/8pm # ** sep 30 fri Bianca Del Rio at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 30 fri Dave Rawlings Machine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 30 fri MitiS, Kicks N' Licks at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $15/$18 8pm/9pm # ** sep 30 fri Highly Suspect at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 30 fri Young Moon, Fpod Bpod, Magic Leaves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 30 fri Cyndi Lauper, Detour at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 30 fri Paul Revere's Raiders at Gallo Center for the Arts, 802 12th Street, Modesto a/a # ** sep 30 fri ZZ Top, Gregg Allman at Ironstone Amphitheater, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a $245-$50 7:30pm # *** oct 1 sat Tegan And Sara at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $43.50 8pm # *** oct 1 sat Sia, Miguel, Aluna George at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$40 6pm/7pm # ** oct 1 sat Sticky Fingers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** oct 1 sat Field Mouse, Cymbals Eat Guitars (Staten Island, N.Y.) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a *** oct 1 sat King, Eryn Allen Kane at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 1 sat Moore Bros., The Rabbles, Suspiria at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 1 sat Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Kane Brown at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $65-$30.25 5:30pm/7pm # ** oct 1 sat The Skatalites at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15/$20 8pm *** oct 1 sat Corey Smith at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a 7pm *** oct 1 sat Highly Suspect at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 6:30pm ** oct 1 sat The Four Tops at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** oct 1/2 ZZ Top, Gregg Allman at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** oct 2 sun Tracy Morgan (comedy) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** oct 2 sun King at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** oct 4 tue Corey Smith, Luke Combs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21/$26 7pm/8pm ** oct 4 tue Twiztid, Mac Lethal, Zodiac Mprint, Lex The Hex Master, Menage 2 Sobriety, Godz Of Kaos at the Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 6:30pm *** oct 4 tue MarchFourth at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$20 7pm/8pm ** oct 4 tue Rocky Votolato, Chris Staples at Holland Project Show Space, 140 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a ** oct 5 wed Phantogram at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $37.50 8pm # *** oct 5 wed Blind Guardian, Grave Digger at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 5 wed Devin Townsend Project, Between The Buried And Me, Fallujah at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 5 wed Rocky Votolato, Chris Staples at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 5 wed Okkervil River, Landlady at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 5 wed Drive-By Truckers, Lydia Loveless at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$30 6:30pm *** oct 6 wed The Lumineers, Borns, Rayland Baxter at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a $45 6pm # *** oct 6 wed Grouplove, Muna, Dilly Dally at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $33.50 7:30pm # *** oct 6 wed Dick Dale at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $30 9pm *** oct 6 wed White Fang, No Parents, Birth Defects at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ oct 6 wed Simple Plan (Montreal, Quebec), Hit The Lights, Story Untold at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$27 6pm *** @ oct 6/7 Drive-By Truckers, Lydia Loveless at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 7 fri Ani Difranco at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $36 7pm/8pm # *** oct 7 fri Festival Of Praise at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 7 fri Dixie Chicks, Elle King at the Arena, Oakland a/a $50-$125 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 7 fri Kula Shaker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 7 fri Alice In Chains at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $75-$40 7pm/8pm # *** oct 7 fri Blisses B at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 7 fri Wonderbread 5 at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 7:30pm/8:30pm ** oct 7 fri Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis, Joel Murray at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** (comedy and song with the cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway?) oct 7 fri Dick Dale at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $30/$35 8pm *** oct 7 fri The Lacs, D-One at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$20 7pm ** oct 8 sat Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, The Lox, French Montana at the Arena, Oakland a/a $125-$40 6pm/7pm # *** (Bad Boy Reunion Tour) oct 8 sat The Head And The Heart, The Tallest Man On Earth at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a # *** oct 8 sat Ani Difranco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $33.50 8pm/9pm # *** oct 8 sat Eric Hutchinson at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 8 sat Tourist at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 8 sat Young Hunter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 8 sat Anjelah Johnson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** oct 8 sat Gwen Stefani, Eve at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # $150-$30 6pm/7pm *** oct 9 sun Vnv Nation at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 9 sun Discharge, Eyehategod, Toxic Holocaust at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26/$29 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 9 sun Colbie Caillat, Justin Young, High Dive Heart at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a $50-$90 5:30pm/7:30pm ** (acoustic tour) oct 9 sun Devin Townsend Project & Between The Buried And Me, Fallujah at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25/$30 6pm *** @ oct 10 mon Goblin Cock at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm # ** oct 10 mon The Dictators NYC at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 10 mon The Selectoer (performing 'Too Much Pressure') at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 10 mon Chook Race (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** oct 10 mon Beartooth at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a 6pm *** oct 10 mon Brian Wilson at Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State, Arcata a/a 8pm *** (Pet Sounds 50th anniversary) oct 11 tue The Julie Ruin, Allison Crutchfield at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 11 tue The Felice Brothers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 11 tue Mr. Gnome, Owl Paws, Field Medic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 11 tue Eric Hutchinson at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** oct 12 wed Fitz & The Tantrums at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** oct 12 wed Warpaint at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 12 wed Skeletonwitch, Iron Regan, Oathbreaker, Gatecreeper at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm # *** oct 12 wed Fred & Toody at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $115 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 12 wed Machinedrum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 12 wed Marc Broussard, Jenn Grinels, Peter Aristone at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:30pm/8:30pm ** oct 12 wed The Goddamn Gallows, The Gillbillies at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm *** oct 12 wed Ani Difranco at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $35-$50 6:30pm/7:30pm *** oct 12/13 Donovan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $33-$55 7pm/8pm # *** oct 12/13 Brian Wilson (presents Pet Sounds), Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$40 7pm/8pm # *** (thr sold out) (Pet Sounds 50th anniversary) oct 13 thr Ry X at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** (seated show) oct 13 thr Dan Deacon, Mt. Si, dj BFF.fm at Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F. 21+ $15 6pm ** oct 13 thr Poster Children at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 13 thr Catherine Russell, HowellDevine at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $32.50/$35 5:30pm/7pm ** oct 14 fri Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Black Breath, Brujeria, Capitalist Casualties, Excruciating Terror, Hemdale, Mantar, Splatterhouse, Squash Bowels, Verbal Abuse at the Metro, Oakland a/a $42 ($118 3 day pass) # *** @ (Deathfest) oct 14 fri Seven Lions at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30.50 7:30pm # ** oct 14 fri Margo Price at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 14 fri Natoma, Cheat Codes, Steve Void And Baynk at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 14 fri Dwarves, Decent Criminal, Midget Uppercut at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm *** @ oct 14 fri !!! at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm # ** oct 14 fri Pantha du Prince at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 14/15 Ween at Civic Center, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # *** oct 15 sat Lily Tomlin (comedy) at Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkely Campus a/a $45-$69.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 15 sat Birdflesh, Demoncy, Flesh Parade, Icon Of Phobos, Nuclear Assault, Our Place Of Worship Is Silence, Perdition Temple, Razor, Revenge, Spectral Voice, Unholy Grave, Violation Wound at the Metro, Oakland a/a $42 ($118 3 day pass) # *** @ (Deathfest) oct 15 sat Temples at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 15 sat I The Mighty, Dayshell, Artifex pereo, Picturesque at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 6:30pm/7:30pm *** oct 15 sat Vanilla Ice, Kid N Play, All 4 One, Tone Loc, Coolio And Rob Gase at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a # ** oct 15 sat Brian Wilson (presents Pet Sounds) at Community Center Theater, 1301 L St., Sacramento a/a # *** oct 15 sat Halestorm, Lita Ford, Dorothy at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $37.50/$40 6:30pm *** @ oct 15 sat The Skirts, Daycare, Destroy Boys at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm/10pm *** oct 15/16 Sigur Ros, Ice Cube, James Blake, Purity Ring, Zhu, Glass Animals, Tycho, Duke Dumont, Mac Demarco, Young Thug, Flight Facilities, Sylvan Esso, Christine And The Queens, Stormzy, Neon Indian, Wild Nothing, Mura Masa, Deafheaven, Kelela, How To Dress Well, Honne, Hinds, Car Seat Headrest, Day Wave, Kamaiyah at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a # *** oct 16 sun Angelcorpse, Blood Incantation, Dead In The Manger, Demilich, Exhumed, Hooded Menace, Mitochondrion, Necrosic, Rites Of Thy Degringolade, The Ruins Of Beverast, Vastum at the Metro, Oakland a/a $42 ($118 3 day pass) # *** @ (Deathfest) oct 16 sun Maroon 5, Tove Lo, Phases at the Arena, Oakland a/a $126-$30.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 16 sun Troye Sivan at Civic Center, S.F. a/a $39.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 16 sun Clutch, Zakk Sabbath, Kyng at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 7pm/8pm # *** oct 16 sun Neil Hamburger, Sad Vicious at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7pm/8pm (comedy) oct 17 mon Van Morrison at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 17 mon Alessia Cara, Ruth B, Nathan Sykes at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $50-$35 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 17 mon The Proclaimers, Jenny O. at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** oct 18 tue Bon Iver, Francis And The Lights at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $55 8pm # ** oct 19 wed Saint Vitus, The Skull, Witch Mountain at the Metro, Oakland 18+ $20 7:30pm # *** @ oct 19 wed R. Kelly at the Arena, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** oct 19 wed The Proclaimers, Jenny O. at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 19 wed The Temper Trap, Coast Modern at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28/$30 7pm/8pm # ** oct 19 wed Supersuckers, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Jesse Dayton at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 19 wed The Boxer Rebellion at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** oct 19 wed Pentatonix, Us The Duo at the Golden 1 Center, 547 L Street, Sacramento a/a # ** oct 20 thr Amy Schumer (comedy) at the Arena, Oakland a/a $109-$39 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 20 thr Lemaitre at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9:3pm # *** oct 20 thr Big Sam's Funky Nation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $$20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 20 thr Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at Golden 1 Center, 547 L Street, Sacramento a/a $146-$36 7pm/8pm # *** oct 20/21 Bear Vs Shark, Lvl Up at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $16/$20 8pm/9pm *** oct 21 fri Sleep, Helen Money at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$45 8pm/9pm # *** @ $ oct 21 fri Marillion at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $65/$75 7pm/8pm # *** oct 21 fri Gallant, Eryn Allen Kane at the Great Americaan Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 21 fri Chance The Rapper at Civic Center, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 21 fri Meat Beat Manifesto at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 8pm/9pm # *** oct 21 fri Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Supersuckers, Jesse Dayton at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ *** oct 21 fri Opeth, The Sword at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35/$40 7pm *** @ oct 22 sat Young The Giant at the Fox Theater, Oakalnd a/a $29.50 8pm # *** (Live 105) oct 22 sat Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Death From Above 1979, Deep Vally at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $35-$45 7pm/8pm # *** $ oct 22 sat Opeth, The Sword at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/37.50-$45 7pm/8pm # *** @ oct 22 sat Sean Hayes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $27 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 22 sat Petty Theft at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 7:30pm/8:30pm ** oct 22 sat Tool, Slayer, PRIMUS, Meshuggah, The Pretty Reckless, Anthrax, Baroness, Face To Face, Deafheaven, Motionless In White, Avatar, American Sharks, Whores, Twelve Foot Ninja, The Shrine, Aeges, Big Jesus at Discovery Park, 1000 Garden Hwy., Sacramento a/a $100 ($165 two day) 11am # **** @ $ (day 1) oct 22 sat Mike Epps at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** oct 22 sat Of Montreal, Teen at Kate Buchanan Room, Humboldt State University, Arcata a/a *** oct 22/23 Kanye West at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$30 # *** oct 23 sun The Faint, Gang Of Four at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 23 sun Of Montreal, Teen at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 23 sun Tricky Presents Skilled Mechanics at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 23 sun The Smith Dobson V Quartet at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** oct 23 sun Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Disturbed, Puscifer, Chevelle, Ghost, Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, Zakk Wylde's Zakk Sabbath, Max & Iggor Cavalera Return To Roots, Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, Ignite, Some Fear None, Silver Snakes at Discovery Park, 1000 Garden Hwy., Sacramento a/a $100 ($165 two day) 11am # *** @ $ (day 2) oct 23 sun Yellowcard, Like Torches, Dry Jacket at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $28.50/$33 6:30pm *** oct 24 mon Ingrid Michaelson, Ajr at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** oct 24 mon Billy Bragg & Joe Henry at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** oct 24 mon Tom Odell at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm # *** oct 24 mon Yellowcard, Like Torches, DryJacket at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 24 mon Young The Giant, Ra Ra Riot at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $27.50 7pm *** oct 25 tue Blind Pilot at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm *** oct 26 wed Blind Pilot at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 26 wed Majid Jordan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $33-$36 7pm/8pm # ** oct 27 thr Pet Shop Boys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** $ oct 27 thr M83, Yeasayer at Civic Center, S.F. a/a $45 7:30pm # *** $ (Live 105) oct 27 thr Kongos, The Joy Formidable at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27/$30 7:30pm/8:30pm # *** oct 27 thr Kaleo, Bishop Briggs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 28 fri The Dear Hunter at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 28 fri Gnash at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $15-$17 7pm/8pm # ** oct 28 fri Hayden James, Elderbrook at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 28 fri Aaron Lewis at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $34.50/$37 7pm ** oct 29 sat Randy & Mr. Lahey at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 29 sat Zepparella (tribute) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 29 sat Jared & The Mill at the Neck of the Woods, S.F. 21+ ** oct 29 sat Preoccupations at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 29 sat Foreverland (tribute) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 7:30pm/8:30pm ** oct 29 sat Powerage (tribute), Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers (tribute), Joyride (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** oct 29 sat Bad Religion, Against Me!, Dave Hause at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $32.50/$35 6:30pm *** @ oct 29 sat Gnash at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 7pm *** oct 30 sun Bad Religion, Against Me!, Dave Hause at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $30-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ $ oct 30 sun CocoRosie at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** (rescheduled) oct 30 sun Failure (performing Fantastic Planet) at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $26/$28 7pm/8pm$26/$28 7pm/8pm # *** oct 30 sun Jared & The Mill at Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** nov 1 tue Boy & Bear (Austrailia) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 2 wed Diamond Head at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 2 wed The Struts at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** nov 2 wed Caspian, Appleseed Cast at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 3/4 Shovels & Rope, Indianola at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri) # ** nov 4 fri Autograf, Goldroom at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 7:30pm # ** nov 4 fri Steven Wilson at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $35/$45 7pm/8pm # ** nov 4 fri This Will Destroy You (TX - performing Young Mountain & S/T) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** nov 4 fri Agent Orange, The Atom Age at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ *** @ nov 5 sat Peter Hook & The Light at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** nov 5 sat Paper Bird, The Ballroom Thieves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 5 sat Greensky Bluegrass, The Lil Smookies at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28-$35 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 sat Glen Phillips at Harlow's, Sacramento ?/? $25/$30 7pm ** nov 6 sun Andra Day at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 6/7 Joan Baez at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $55-$85 7pm *** $ (sun sold out) nov 7 mon Primal Scream at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 7 mon Charlie Puth, Hailey Knox at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $27.50 7:30pm # ** nov 9 wed Darlingside, Frances Luke Accord at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 9 wed The Dictators NYC, Motor 666 at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ *** @ nov 9 wed Mana at the Golden 1 Center, 547 L Street, Sacramento a/a ** nov 10 thr For Today at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18/$20 6pm *** @ nov 11 fri Finish Ticket, Run River North at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $18 7pm/8pm # *** (Live 105) nov 11 fri Tainted Love at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** nov 12 sat Night Ranger at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 8pm/9pm # *** nov 12 sat Jim Jefferies (comedy) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39.50/$49.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 12 sat The Everly Brothers Experience at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $21/$26 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 13 sun Lukas Graham (Copenhagen) at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** nov 13 sun Il Divo at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$40 7pm/8pm # ** nov 13 sun Suzanne Vega at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) nov 13 sun Adam Torres, Thor at the Chapel, S.F. a/a ** nov 13 sun Michael Feinstein at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $79/$89/$109 8pm ** nov 15 tue Amos Lee at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $49.50-$65 8pm # ** nov 15 tue John Mayall at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $30/$45/$55 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 16 wed Amanda Shires at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 16 wed Queensryche, Armored Saint, Midnight Eternal at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ nov 18 fri Jesu, Sun Kil Moon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** nov 18 fri Epica, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Arkona, The Agonist at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # *** nov 18/19 Y&T at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $40 7pm/8pm *** nov 19 sat The Matches at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** nov 19 sat M0 at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 19 sat the Record Company at the Great Americaan Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** nov 19/20 Sturgill Simpson at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** (sat sold out) nov 23 wed Mon Laferte at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 25 fri Skinny Lister (London, U.K.) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** nov 25 fri A.R.W. (Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman) at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $40-$150 7pm/8pm # *** (an evening of Yes) nov 25 fri Watsky, Witt Lowry, Daye Jack, Chukwudi Hodge at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $20-$30 7pm/8pm # ** nov 26 sat Switchfoot, Relient K at the Masonic, S.F. 21+ $36 6pm/7pm # *** nov 29 tue James Vincent McMorrow at the UC Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm/8pm # ** nov 29 tue Dark Tranquillity, Swallow the Sun, Enforcer, Starkill at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ nov 30 wed The Naked And Famous at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** nov 30 wed A John Waters Christmas at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 21+ *** dec 2 fri Lewis Black (comedy) at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $45-$75 # ** dec 2 fri Sonata Arctica, Leaves' Eyes, Ominium Gatherum at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** dec 4 sun Denise Perrier at the Empress Theater, 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** dec 7 wed Gary Gulman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 12 sat Damage Inc (tribute), Ozzy Alive And Ancient Mariner (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** dec 16 fri John Prine at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $49.50-$99.50 8pm # *** dec 16 fri The Album Leaf, Sister Crayon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm *** dec 16 fri Kidz Bop Kids at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 6:30pm ** dec 17 sat Kidz Bop at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $45-$25 noon/1pm and 5pm/7pm # ** dec 28 sat The Devil Makes Three at Veteran's Memorial Amphitheater, Grass Valley a/a # *** dec 29 sun Henry Rollins (spoken word) at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $35 8pm dec 30 mon Henry Rollins (spoken word) at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $25-$165 7pm/8pm dec 30/31 The Devil Makes Three at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? *** dec 31 tue Y&T at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35/$40 *** jan 21 sat Dirkschneider at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** feb 7 tue The Manhattan Transfer, Take 6 at Gallo Center for the Arts, 802 12th Street, Modesto a/a # *** * 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 ----------- Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio http://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 AFKgg Gamer Lounge, 163 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose 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 Appleton Ballroom, 410 Rodriquez Street, Watsonville a/a 18+ 21+ Art Boutiki, 44 Race Street, San Jose a/a Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a 510-472-3170 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, 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 Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 18+ Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a 916-442-7378 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+ Empress Theater, 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo a/a 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 Folsom Street Foundry, 1425 Folsom Street, S.F. 21+ 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+ a/a 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 Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ 408-947-8470 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, 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, 522 2nd St., 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 Noisebridge Hackerspace, 2169 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Notaflof Salon & Artspace, 5653 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a sober space - queer and trans-run venue Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street #170, Oakland a/a 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) Pozo Saloon, 90 West Pozo Road, Pozo a/a Psychedelic Ballroom, 555 E 4th Street, Reno NV a/a 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+ (temporary closed due to fire) Ritz, 400 First Street, San Jose 21+ Rock Shop, 30 N 3rd Street, San Jose 21+ a/a ($2 yearly membership) Rock Bar Theater, 360 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose 21+ 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 Showdown, 10 6th Street, S.F. 21+ 415-503-0684 Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. ages 6+ 415-522-0333 Social Hall, 1270 Sutter Street, S.F. a/a 18+ Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ (sometimes a/a) 510-841-2082 Starline Social Club, 2232 MLK, Oakland 21+ 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 21+ 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 Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael 16+ 415-524-2773 Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 21+ (13-20 with adult) 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+ UC Theater, 2036 University Avenue, Berkeley a/a Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 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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