Bay Improviser Venues

Adobe Books
Bookstore in the mission

Artists' Television Access
screening venue for independent film and video

Audium
A Theatre of Sound-Sculpted Space

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The visual arts center of the University of California

Berkeley Finnish Hall
A center for community and culture in Berkeley

Bird & Beckett Books and Records
A bookshop/performance venue in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

Bottom of the Hill
Rock club in Portrero district

California Jazz Conservatory
The California Jazz Conservatory offers a comprehensive program of educational music classes and workshops in addition to a diverse weekend concert series

Cato's Ale House
Bar with lots of microbrews on tap

CCRMA
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics - Stanford University

Center for New Music
A community center for participants of new music in San Francisco

Chez Hanny
A Sunday afternoon jazz salon

CNMAT
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies

Community Music Center
Mission District Music Center

David Brower Center
A home for the environmental movement

Dresher Ensemble Studio
Performance space in Oakland

Duende
Restaurant, bar, bodega, and music space

El Rio
A neighborhood Bar, Community Space and Garden in the Mission

Elbo Room Jack London Square
Bar and music venue

Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
Venue of the Sunset Music | Arts concert series

Exploratorium

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
a nonprofit operating within a Historic Landmark District along the northern waterfront of the San Francisco Bay

Freight & Salvage
Coffehouse/theater for mostly folk and bluegrass music

Gold Lion Arts
Culture, Music and Arts space in Sacramento, CA

Gray Area Art And Technology
Our mission is to apply art and technology to create positive social impact through education, civic engagement, and public programs.

Great American Music Hall
Classic music hall venue in SF

Herbst Theatre
Classical music theatre

Hertz Hall
Concert hall on the UC Berkeley campus

Hotel Utah
Fine drinks, tasty food, and hot music

Indexical
Indexical is a site for radical and experimental work.

Internet Streaming
Use for putting streaming events on the calendar

Ivy Room
A true neighborhood bar.

Jewish Community Center SF Kanbar Hall
Kanbar Hall is located within the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, which is the oldest Jewish center on the West Coast

Jupiter
Bar with lots of microbrews and once in a while some adventurous music

KFJC 89.7 FM
Radio that's weirder than you, but not by much.

Little Hill Lounge
Bar with live music in El Cerrito

Luggage Store Creative Music Series
Outsound Presents the longest running music series in Northern California

Make-Out Room
Bar in the Mission

Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts
a small performance space located in a private home in the Berkeley hills, built in 1914 by Bernard Maybeck.

Medicine for Nightmares
Bookstore and Gallery, with live music

Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall
The Mills College Music Department and the Center for Contemporary Music

Mitchell Park Community Center
Community Center in Palo Alto

Mr Tipple's
Restaurant, Bar and Jazz Club

NOHSpace
Community arts center

Noisebridge Hackerspace
a hackerspace for technical-creative projects, doocratically run by our members.

ODC Dance Theatre
Mostly dance, with some New Music

Old First Concerts
Old First Concerts presents an astonishing array of programs performed by outstanding musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

Omni Oakland Commons
A collective space to share and commune in Oakland, California

Pacific Film Archive
Film screenings and music

Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium
A place to see and make art, activate your creativity, and expand your community

Peacock Lounge
Private club in The Haight

PianoFight
a full service restaurant and bar with a cabaret stage and two intimate theaters

Piedmont Piano Company
Piano store with occasional concerts

Presidio Officer's Club
Presidio Sessions: Free Thursday night performances that invite you to move and mingle.

Pro Arts
Nonprofit Organization in Oakland, California

Project Artaud Theatre
Theatre space

Radius Gallery
Radius Gallery is a professional art and music venue and gallery

ROBOTSPEAk
San Francisco's independent source for electronic musicians

SAFEhouse Arts
Saving Art From Extinction

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Music school

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Modern Art Museum in San Francisco

SFJAZZ Center
Home of the SF Jazz Festival

Shapeshifters Cinema
experimental microcinema

SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall
Outsound Presents...A creative Music Series for improvisation and original composition alternate Sundays

Sound & Savor
Vegan dinner and music series in West Oakland

Sound Wheels - KZSU
A slice of sound crafted to tease your ears and surprise your mind. 4:00pm - 6:00pm on Tuesdays

SoundBox
An experimental performance space

Spruce Street Concerts
Series of house concerts featuring the art of spontaneous composition.

Starline Social Club
Bar, restaurant, and performance space

Starry Plough
Irish bar with an occasional Creative Music show

Taube Atrium Theater
high-tech, modular 299-seat theater

Temescal Arts Center
experimental performing arts in Oakland

The Back Room
An intimate place for music

The Chapel
Night club in the Mission

The Contemporary Jewish Museum
The CJM makes the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first century audience.

The Lab
The Lab is a catalyst for artistic experimentation.

The Laundry SF
The Laundry is an experiential space fostering creativity, connection, and community.

THE MILK BAR at The Biscuit Factory
series featuring music, theater, dance and film

The Red Poppy Art House
A working artists’ studio, gallery, classroom, and performance space

The Ridge Space
A place for performance, installation, and experimental music.

The ROOM Series (at Royce Gallery)
an avant chamber music series featuring a variety of virtuosic, solo artists and chamber groups hosted and curated by Pamela Z