Wed 2/14 7:30 AM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Miya Masaoka will present a selection of fixed media multichannel works and a live performance.  More...

Wed 2/14 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [24th and Adeline Streets Oakland]
a 4 course vegan Caribbean menu and a duet concert, Destiny Muhammad - harp and Richard Howell - tenor sax

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Wed 2/14 8:00 PM Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium [1313 Newell Road Palo Alto]
Earthwise welcomes Lizzie No

Earthwise welcomes Stanford grad and vernacular music stalwart Lizzie No, on harp and singing; The Sink Head featuring Fumi Okiji, Ben Davis, Ben Goldberg & Jordan Glenn open the show. Special guest Beti.  More...

Thu 2/15 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"New Voices III" features custom sound works by Roco Córdova, Makana Muanga, and Danishta Rivero. The artists, each disillusioned with the state of the world in 2024, have created an ode to current times that is both haunting and hopeful.  More...

Fri 2/16 3:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Composition Colloquium: Zeena Parkins  More...

Fri 2/16 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound

Boohabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce continues his semi regular Friday residency tonight.  More...

Fri 2/16 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Miya Masaoka with Hans Tammen  More...

Fri 2/16 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
CONCERT: ZEENA PARKINS + William Winant + Myra Melford  More...

Fri 2/16 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"New Voices III" features custom sound works by Roco Córdova, Makana Muanga, and Danishta Rivero. The artists, each disillusioned with the state of the world in 2024, have created an ode to current times that is both haunting and hopeful.  More...

Sat 2/17 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes brings the noise and the pancakes in February!  More...

Sat 2/17 3:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
Jazz and improvised performance by Six Roses - multireedist David Boyce and guitarist Michael Cavaseno. Free!  More...

Sat 2/17 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
SOUND & VISIONS - Ghost Dub, Scriveners & FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928) is the first in a series of music & motion pictures shows presented by Eye-Full Films. Ghost Dub - Polly Springhorn - bass flute, Kersti Abrams - alto saxophone, David Michalak - lap steel, percussion, Cindy Webster - singing saw, hurdy gurdy will play first followed by The Scriveners - Myles Boisen - guitar, Tim Rowe - drums, Safa Shokrai - bass The evening concludes with a live soundtrack for the 1928 film, FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER by Webber/Watson.  More...

Sat 2/17 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"New Voices III" features custom sound works by Roco Córdova, Makana Muanga, and Danishta Rivero. The artists, each disillusioned with the state of the world in 2024, have created an ode to current times that is both haunting and hopeful.  More...

Sun 2/18 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Hans Tammen (NYC) with Gino Robair
sfSoundGroup plays Phill Niblock & Monica Scott  More...

Tue 2/20 7:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
Jazz at the Make-Out Room (formerly the Monday Make-Out) continues! A wily evening of cutting-edge jazz, free improvisation, and creative music.
***
Jazz at the Make-Out Room
Tuesday, February 20, 6pm doors/7pm show
No Cover/Donations Accepted

7pm Exploring Miles
Tony Passarell a.o.

7:45pm Karl Evangelista Solo

8: 30pm Trio
Jon Arkin - drums, Rob Ewing - trombone, Lisa Mezzacappa - bass  More...

Tue 2/20 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Eli Knowles and Rent Romus  More...

Wed 2/21 7:00 PM Elbo Room Jack London Square [311 Broadway Oakland]
Jason Hoopes, Jordan Glenn, Karl Evangelista  More...

Wed 2/21 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
CONCERT: CARRIE FREY & ADRIANNE MUNDEN-DIXON  More...

Thu 2/22 7:30 AM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Synthetic Realms

Join us for a combined program of audiovisual compositions by Constantin Basica and Andrew A. Watts. The works ponder on futuristic issues related to artificial intelligence, time travel and time loops, postapocalyptic visions, the multiverse, and the end of our known universe.  More...

Thu 2/22 7:00 PM Mills College Ensemble Room, Music Building [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Nate Wooley, Lecture — Mills Music Now
Ensemble Room, Music Building  More...

Thu 2/22 8:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [272 Capp St SF]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you'll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas.

Now in person at Noisebridge!!
Sign ups and line up
Resident Electronic Monthly @ Noisebridge
Setup for performers starts at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm.  More...

Thu 2/22 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"New Voices III" features custom sound works by Roco Córdova, Makana Muanga, and Danishta Rivero. The artists, each disillusioned with the state of the world in 2024, have created an ode to current times that is both haunting and hopeful.  More...

Fri 2/23 3:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Composition Colloquium: OpenLab

Multiple speakers, Music research at CNMAT  More...

Fri 2/23 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [24th and Adeline Streets Oakland]
Lunar New Years Festival with Francis Wong - solo.

a family style feast of vegan lunar new year dishes from various Asian traditions and a solo concert by Francis Wong!

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Fri 2/23 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound

Boohabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce continues his semi regular Friday residency tonight.  More...

Fri 2/23 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"New Voices III" features custom sound works by Roco Córdova, Makana Muanga, and Danishta Rivero. The artists, each disillusioned with the state of the world in 2024, have created an ode to current times that is both haunting and hopeful.  More...

Fri 2/23 8:00 PM Art Boutiki [44 Race Street, San Jose CA 95126]
Click to make donation  
On this rare and special occasion, vibraphonist Dillon Vado leads an exciting trio featuring Kanoa Mendenhall on bass and Dave King on drums. Dave King is a founding member and drummer of the famously idiosyncratic group The Bad Plus, and Kanoa has played all over the world with artists like Joel Ross, Dayna Stephens, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Improvised music aficionados and jazz fans alike will enjoy this rare trio's rich sonic and emotional depth.  More...

Fri 2/23 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Ben Goldberg/rob reich/Jeong Lim Yang/Jordan Glenn  More...

Sat 2/24 2:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [Screening Room 701 Mission St @3rd SF]
ATA @ Bay Area Now 9 – Untitled: sound & images

Saturday, February 24, 2024, 2:00 pm
Presented at YBCA screening room.

Untitled: Sound & Images

Curated by Artists Television Access, this program explores the interactions of sound and images through works by Paul Clipson and collaborative expanded cinema performances from Bay Area artists Amma Ateria, Linda Scobie, Joshua Churchill, Konrad Steiner, and more. Each performance sees the sound and visual practices of the individual artists resonate and refract as they integrate improvisational processes and cross analog and digital media.  More...

Sat 2/24 4:00 PM Mare Island [1024 Nimitz Building 34 Vallejo CA, 94592]
RE:SOUND MIGRATION Sholeh Asgary / Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase / LEXAGON
$15

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Sat 2/24 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Phillip Greenlief and Scott Amendola + Karen Stackpole and Krys Bobrowski  More...

Sat 2/24 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Nate Wooley Concert — Mills Music Now

Prepare to be mesmerized by the captivating melodies and innovative sounds that Nate Wooley will bring to the stage.

This event promises to be an unforgettable experience for music enthusiasts. Nate Wooley, a renowned experimental trumpeter, improviser, composer, will showcase his exceptional talent and unique musical style. With his mastery of the trumpet, Wooley will transport you to another world.  More...

Sat 2/24 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
CONCERT: SYNTHETIC REALMS — CONSTANTIN BASICA & ANDREW A. WATTS  More...

Sat 2/24 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"New Voices III" features custom sound works by Roco Córdova, Makana Muanga, and Danishta Rivero. The artists, each disillusioned with the state of the world in 2024, have created an ode to current times that is both haunting and hopeful.  More...

Sat 2/24 8:00 PM Beauty Supply Arts [email for address]
-Paul Sakai (dr), Kumi Maxson (bs), Matias E.A. (gtr)
-Liana Warren (singer/songwriter)
Doors 8:00, music 8:30.  More...

Sun 2/25 7:30 AM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Quarantine Sessions #118

The telematic improvisation series started at the beginning of the pandemic is finally bringing some of its core members to the CCRMA Stage, performing together with the other musicians remotely, and inviting an audience to join them in person for the first time.  More...

Sun 2/25 4:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Guitarist/improviser/ composer Fred Frith and violinist/improviser/composer gabby fluke-mogul perform in duo in the intimate setting of a house concert.in a craftsman home in the Berkeley Hills. Seats are limited.  More...

Sun 2/25 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
GNEISS - from LA! (jeonghyeon joo, joshua gerowitz, erthan marks, georgia bell)
BLEEDING VECTOR - from Oakland! (eric vogler & Lorin Benedict)  More...

Wed 2/28 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
50th Anniversary Tour! Kahil El'Zabar & the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble  More...

Thu 2/29 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Bryan Day gives a talk/demonstration of Vertical Measures, his collection of instruments constructed using upcycled common household objects, many of them midi-controllable through a simple keyboard interface.

Reception with light refreshments at 6, talk/demo at 7  More...

Thu 2/29 8:00 PM Audium [400, Pierce Street, Apt. 7, Apt. 7 Apt. 7]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova
Post Show Q&A on February 29 only!  More...

Fri 3/01 3:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Composition Colloquium: David Monacchi  More...

Fri 3/01 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce continues his regular Friday residency tonight. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance and musical medicina.

Tonight David’s very special guests are Ghost Dub  More...

Fri 3/01 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Velox Humm(Scott Amendola & Lenny Gonzalez)  More...

Fri 3/01 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
CONCERT: DAVID MONACCHI  More...

Fri 3/01 8:00 PM Audium [400, Pierce Street, Apt. 7, Apt. 7 Apt. 7]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova  More...

Fri 3/01 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Indexical is pleased to present an evening of performances from Minneapolis-based composer Eric Frye and electroacoustic musician Mitchell Keaney.  More...

Sat 3/02 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Thurston Moore & William Winant Concert — Mills Music Now

Presented by the Center for Contemporary Music and Mills College at Northeastern University

This event is open to the public.
Registration is required.

Mills Music Now presents a dynamic evening of improvisational music with internationally acclaimed performers Thurston Moore, one of the founding members of the rock band Sonic Youth, and percussionist William Winant.  More...

Sat 3/02 8:00 PM Other Cinema [Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia St @ 21st San Francisco]
For Optronica, Other Cinema's semi-annual celebration of Live A/V, we're unpacking not only the robust tradition of SF light shows, but also a rough and ready lineup of visual-music performers that the Bay Area continues to foster! Headlining is Drone Poet, the visionary twosome of Alan Korn and Daniel Konhauser that summon up a synthesis of projections and guitar noise that promises to transport all aboard!! ALSO Eric Theise is back on our gallery floor with collaborator Techno DJ Sean Ocean, and a version of thee Theise animation that is now circling the top of the Salesforce Tower! ATA vet Carl Diehl enriches this discourse on sound/gesture/image hybridity with his ingenious video collab with Negativland visualiste Sue-C. PLUS Craig Baldwin's double-system media-massage on Secret Squirrel, MildRocket Jefferson's dream machine trance-trip Effluxive Mirror, Auroratones, the cosmic-electronic contraption, light show snippets, optical-printed psychedelia, and hippies high on Alpha! AND Russ Forster live theremin-busking on our sidewalk!  More...

Sat 3/02 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova  More...

Sun 3/03 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Eric Theise and UNPOPULAR ELECTRONICS (Gino Robair with Tom Djll) present real time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps, and custom-built electro-acoustic instruments. Evenings of street grids, rivers, islands, and curiosities from the built environment. Saturated colors. Glitches in crowdsourced data. Orphaned information and free-floating symbology.

ANN CALLAWAY plays her Three Existential Postcards for Piano and Char: Six Poems by Shinjiro Kurahara with RICHARD MIX, bass; plus works for solo voice by JOHN CAGE, MORTON FELDMAN, HENRI POUSSEUR, ELLIOTT CARTER, troubadors, trouveres & minnesingers.  More...

Sun 3/03 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

The monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center continues. Bring your instrument or come to listen. No advance notice needed — just show up. Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm. Donations for the venue rental are encouraged.  More...

Tue 3/05 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Improvisation Workshop, monthly series, hosted by Lewis Jordan
Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously assembled small groups will collaborate.
Musicians, poets and dancers are invited to this non-hierarchical setting to improvise together.  More...

Tue 3/05 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Heikki Koskinen and Rent Romus
Jazz, ambient improvisations, original songs,
Free Admission  More...

Wed 3/06 7:30 PM David Brower Center [2150 Allston Way, Suite 100 Berkeley]
Other Minds presents a screening of the work-in-progress documentary film Following Pál, the story of composer Pál Hermann, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:30 pm at the Goldman Theater, David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. The filmmaker, Hanh Nguyen, will hold a feedback session with the audience following the screening, as she works to refine the final version of the film.  More...

Wed 3/06 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
Outsound Presents
Happened Change
Heikki Koskinen - musical improvisation, Tobey Kaplan, poetry, Nan Busse, maker/mover
Matias E.A./Ari Brown  More...

Thu 3/07 6:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
This Thursday from 6-8pm! The Do-Over Music Series at Shapeshifters Cinema continues with Bristle: Randy McKean, Cory Wright, Murray Campbell, and Lisa Mezzacappa. We will play some old hits from the Bristle book and also improvise with film and video screened on the fly by our lovely hosts. It's a real nice casual happy hour scene with house-made beers and snacks. C'mon down!  More...

Thu 3/07 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Indexical is pleased to present an evening of solo performances from Rachel Beetz, Anne Hege, and Julie Herndon.  More...

Fri 3/08 3:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Composition Colloquium: Roger Reynolds  More...

Fri 3/08 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin's 2+2 plays Steve Lacy
with special guests Jordan Glenn and Kjell Nordeson  More...

Fri 3/08 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova  More...

Sat 3/09 6:00 PM Mr Tipple's [39 Fell St SF]
The Lisa Mezzacappa Quartet

Adventurous approaches to standard jazz repertoire, original music by members of the group, and rarely performed gems by heroes Herbie Nichols, Charles Mingus, Carla Bley, Ornette Coleman and others.  More...

Sat 3/09 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
CONCERT: ROGER REYNOLDS  More...

Sat 3/09 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova  More...

Sat 3/09 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Field recordings, text-to-speech readings, poetry, and elements from Korean folk opera are synthesized into sonic narratives that explore the implications of Orientalism and westernization.  More...

Sat 3/09 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Viola Yip + Aine Nakamura / Olivia Ting  More...

Sun 3/10 4:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
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Wooden Fish Ensemble plays Women Composers!
https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performance/wooden-fish-ensemble-plays-women-composers-sunday-march-10-at-4-pm/

Centuries of Innovation in Celebration of International Women’s Day

- WOODEN FISH ENSEMBLE -

Terrie Baune, violin & Thalia Moore, cello & Thomas Schultz, piano

A reception will follow the concert. Everyone is cordially invited!  More...

Sun 3/10 4:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Persian singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, accompanied by Setar master Atabak Elyasi, will perform in a house concert. The performance will feature songs based on the poetry of Rumi and Hafez, as well as contemporary Iranian poets.  More...

Sun 3/10 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Compositions and Improvisations by:
RACHEL BEETZ + ANNE HEGE + JULIE HERNDON
Ken Ueno + Matt Ingalls  More...

Mon 3/11 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The Bow and the Brush is Dan Flanagan’s unique and exciting project of commissioning and composing music inspired by paintings and sculptures. The program will include works by Libby Larsen, Nathaniel Stookey, Cindy Cox, Edmund Campion, Peter Josheff, Jose Gonzalez Granero, Evan Price, Shinji Eshima, Jacques Desjardins, and Dan, himself. Each piece is performed alongside a projection of the artwork that inspired it. This performance is immediately followed by a tour including Boston University, Carnegie Hall, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and The American Library in Paris.  More...

Mon 3/11 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
A regular evening of instrumental improvisation with Miles Lassi, Zekarias Thompson, and Skyway Man

Featuring DJ Andy Cabic  More...

Tue 3/12 7:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Tim Berne Trio: Tim Berne, saxophone; Tom Rainey, drums; Gregg Belisle-Chi, guitar  More...

Tue 3/12 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Nadah El Shazly + BINT + Camellia Boutros  More...

Wed 3/13 11:00 AM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
The UC Berkeley GIS & Mapping Community of Practice and the Center for New Music and Associated Technologies (CNMAT) will host Eric Theise at CNMAT for a lecture/performance with multi-instrumentalist Mat Muntz titled Eight Stories High, Comically Lo-Res, Visible for Twenty Miles: Spiraling Maps Atop Salesforce Tower on March 13, 2024, 11a-12:30p.  More...

Wed 3/13 7:00 PM City Lights Bookstore [261 Columbus Ave San Francisco]
Rita Bullwinkel & Friends

City Lights and Viking Press celebrate the publication of Headshot - by Rita Bullwinkel - published by Viking Press - Join us in an evening of merriment with music by Theresa Wong, readings by Venita Blackburn, Jennifer Cheng, Ashley Nelson Levy, and discussion with Rita Bullwinkel and Oscar Villalon.  More...

Thu 3/14 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
EKG, Transient, Grotesque, Noriegas
Thurs March 14 8pm-11pm Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
All-ages, $5-$15 no one turned away for lack of funds.
Please rapid-test day of show, keep each other healthy!

EKG
Ernst Karel & Kyle Bruckmann sculpt a bizarre organic soundworld of sizzling, sudden, creeping textures, elusive feints toward melody, and microscopic noise.
https://ernstkarel.bandcamp.com/album/200-years-of-electricals

Transient
Eye-O hybrid-drumkit drummer and sound designer, Kevin Woodruff, joins multi-instrumentalist David Molina for a collaborative duo that may tend toward drone, noise, doom, industrial, ambient, free improv, also known as Transient!
https://www.drmsound.com/experimental-ambient/transient

Grotesque
Randylee Sutherland and Aimee Hamel’s group composed of Strings, Hand Percussion, Tapes, Reeds and Vocalists
https://randyleesutherland.bandcamp.com/music

Noriegas
With more than thirty releases, the supernoise supergroup Noriegas wage a calming war on your icy-hot head. Come swoon for your favorite Noriega: Diego, Emmerich, Brad, David, or Joyo but you must pick only one.
https://noriegas.bandcamp.com/music  More...

Fri 3/15 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [24th and adeline in west oakland]
Solo concert by Karl Evangelista and 4 course menu  More...

Fri 3/15 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions In Sound; Living Room and Black Edgar

Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce continues his regular Friday residency tonight. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance and musical medicina.

Tonight’s special guests are Living Room and Black Edgar.  More...

Fri 3/15 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [24th and Adeline Streets Oakland]
Karl Evangelista solo and vegan dinner

From $105.00

Tickets/Reservations Required  More...

Fri 3/15 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Tuple takes audiences on a journey through uncharted soundscapes created by the melodic, timbral, and spectral possibilities of two bassoons. With music ranging from minimalist grooves to microtonal polyphony, Tuple creates an experience that expands audiences’ understanding of the instrument—using its dark frequencies, lyrical high register, and extended techniques to create an unexpected tonal world that captures the full range of human emotions.  More...

Fri 3/15 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova.  More...

Fri 3/15 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Indexical is pleased to present performances from music/dance duo Tara Jane O'Neil & Jmy James Kidd and experimental improvised drone duo Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski with color slide gel projection visuals by Barry Wesiblat.  More...

Fri 3/15 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Object Collection: Robert Ashley's "Automatic Writing" + Alexandra Buschman-Román: La Patio de Atrás (The Backyard) from Vidas Perfectas  More...

Sat 3/16 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes returns with tasty brunch and tastier noise music!  More...

Sat 3/16 3:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
Free performance by the Del Sol String Quartet, an internationally acclaimed string quartet, championing music by living artists in a wide variety of styles, to inspire joy in the community.  More...

Sat 3/16 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The Spoken Word Show - features Films by David Michalak including Life is a Serious Business (w/George Kuchar), The Spoken Word, Once A Face, Start Talking and Tales You loose. All the films dialogue is sourced from Instructional records and phone messages. Usufruct will open with Polly Springhorn and Tim Walters.  More...

Sat 3/16 8:00 PM Lakeside Presbyterian Church [201 Eucalyptus Drive San Francisco, CA]
It is with both a heavy heart and a celebration of an extraordinary life that we invite you to Leaving a Mark, a memorial concert dedicated to the late Dr. Mark Alburger. This special evening will honor his impactful contributions to the world of music and our community.  More...

Sat 3/16 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova.  More...

Sat 3/16 8:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
Improvised Electronic Music w/Thomas Dimuzio, Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski + Barry Weisblat  More...

Sat 3/16 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Object Collection: Robert Ashley's "Automatic Writing" + Alexandra Buschman-Román: La Patio de Atrás (The Backyard) from Vidas Perfectas  More...

Tue 3/19 7:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
Jazz at the Make-Out Room (formerly the Monday Make-Out) continues! A wily evening of cutting-edge jazz, free improvisation, and creative music.
***
Jazz at the Make-Out Room
Tuesday, March 19, 6pm doors/7pm show

7pm Ai-Ai
(Karl Evangelista - guitar, a.o.)

7:45pm Lorin Benedict & Kasey Knudsen
(Lorin Benedict - voice, Kasey Knudsen - sax)

8: 30pm Dave Slusser & Lost Planet
(Steve Clarke - guitar, Len Paterson - guitar, Dave Slusser - flute, keys, sax, Tim Vaughan - drums)  More...

Tue 3/19 8:00 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Thomas Dimuzio, solo electronics
Gliss Glass Gong (Krys Bobrowski and Karen Stackpole)  More...

Tue 3/19 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Eli Knowles and Rent Romus
Jazz, ambient improvisations, original songs,
Free Admission  More...

Wed 3/20 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
Outsound Presents
Ezra Sturm & Ernesto Diaz-Infante
Pet the Tiger
Romus/Woods/Braun/Johnston  More...

Fri 3/22 7:00 PM McCarthy Art Studio [San Francisco Mission District]
Other Minds is pleased to welcome back Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies for a benefit recital of solo and piano four-hands music to celebrate Davies’ 80th birthday at the McCarthy Art Studio in San Francisco’s Mission District on Friday, March 22, 2024. The address will be provided with your ticket confirmation. The 8:00pm performance will be preceded by a dessert reception at 7:00pm in honor of Davies’ milestone birthday. This benefit for Other Minds will have only 80 tickets available at a sliding scale, with a limited number available at each level, so get yours soon!

Tickets/More Info  More...

Fri 3/22 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions In Sound

Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce continues his regular Friday residency tonight. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance and musical medicina.

Tonight David will be joined by Phillip Greenlief and the Sheldon Brown Trio.  More...

Fri 3/22 7:30 PM St. Paul Lutheran Church [1658 Excelsior Ave Oakland, CA]
Quinteto Latino returns to Glenview Classical Series for a concert of music by all latino composers!  More...

Fri 3/22 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova.  More...

Fri 3/22 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Experimental bass clarinetist, Katie Porter, with inimitable friends, perform Phase to Phase for two bass clarinets, Tape 231 for two bass clarinets & tape, New Hemispheres Ratios for electronics, and minimalist improvisational trios for two bass clarinets & bass.  More...

Sat 3/23 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
BUTCHER weaves a story of survival, strength, and Palestinian resistance through Jarrar’s first deep foray into songwriting, all while maintaining her signature incorporation of oral histories, field recordings and piano scores. This will be the Bay Area premiere of the work.  More...

Sat 3/23 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
New Voices III featuring Danishta Rivero, Makana Muanga & Roco Córdova.  More...

Sat 3/23 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Stephanie Cheng Smith presents a performance inspired by the periodic life cycles of cicadas with custom-designed motor array instruments. San Francisco based composer, improviser, educator, and community organizer Matt Robidoux opens.  More...

Sat 3/23 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Katie Porter: music for bass clarinet and bass  More...

Sun 3/24 4:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
BUTCHER weaves a story of survival, strength, and Palestinian resistance through Jarrar’s first deep foray into songwriting, all while maintaining her signature incorporation of oral histories, field recordings and piano scores. This will be the Bay Area premiere of the work.  More...

Sun 3/24 7:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
Nathan Clevenger Large Ensemble / Jon Arkin & Jordan Glenn Duo

Tickets  More...

Sun 3/24 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound Presents
Jas Stade, Evelyn Davis/David Boyce  More...

Tue 3/26 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Animals and Giraffes CD release party  More...

Tue 3/26 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
COMPOSER MEETUP

Present what you’ve been working on, ask for feedback, hear what others are up to, discuss relevant new music topics, and spend time with colleagues and good company!  More...

Tue 3/26 8:00 PM Beauty Supply Arts [Downtown / Chinatown Oakland]
Compersion is on their 2024 Western US Tour! Show features Compersion (AZ), Forest Floor (CA), Sucker Crush (CA).

Compersion are an experimental quartet based in Tucson Arizona, focused on instrumental electro-acoustic topographies, with a tendency towards improvisation, rhythm and radical listening. They bring together strings, winds, and percussion, creating sublime grooves to help you hover just above the earth.  More...

Wed 3/27 7:00 PM Mr Tipple's [39 Fell St SF]
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Kasey Knudsen
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Trading Fours Jam Session hosted by Kasey Knudsen  More...

Wed 3/27 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
Outsound Presents
Halfbird(Portland), Agnes Martian(Oakland), Compersion (Tucson)  More...

Thu 3/28 7:30 AM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Ludmila Yurina: Other Visions

Ukrainian pianist and composer Ludmila Yurina presents new works from her Visiting Scholar residency at CCRMA.  More...

Thu 3/28 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Hatis Noit + Sheherazaad  More...

Thu 3/28 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
The Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Duo  More...

Thu 3/28 8:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [272 Capp St SF]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you'll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas.

Now in person at Noisebridge!!
Sign ups and line up
Resident Electronic Monthly @ Noisebridge
Setup for performers starts at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm.  More...

Thu 3/28 8:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
Adobe Books Improv Night  More...