Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Queen Bee Records Micro-Fest #3: Two Days!
Two nights of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene's most adventurous and exciting ensembles. Celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley's Queen Bee Records — the 7th, 8th and 9th! — in a series of 12 releases coming this year.

DAY TWO: Thursday Nov 6
Beth Schenck Quintet
Nathan Clevenger Group: Astrolabe
flatways  More...

Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Beth Schenck Quintet - new album "Dahlia"  More...

Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Unlocked Festival 2025

The Unlocked Festival returns at a most desperate hour, featuring:

• Grex (Karl Evangelista - guitar/voice, Rei Scampavia - keys/voice, Robert Lopez - drums)

• Wiener Kids Reunion (Beth Schenck/Cory Wright - saxophones, Jordan Glenn - drums)

• Feefawfum

• Foreign/Domestic (Zachary James Watkins - bass/electronics, John Diaz - drums)

• Bleeding Vector (Lorin Benedict - voice, Eric Vogler - guitar)

The Unlocked Festival (formerly the Lockdown Festival) is an annual event that commemorates the spirit of creativity and resistance that prevailed through the COVID-19 pandemic. This program offers an opportunity for the Bay Area music community to convene, gather strength, and forge ahead. (All proceeds directed to Temescal Art Center and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network).  More...