Sun 12/01 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Chris Brown (piano/electronics) and Thea Farhadian (violin/electronics) come together for their first time improvised duo performance.

EUPHOTIC brings together three seasoned sonic experimenters [ Cheryl E. Leonard + Bryan Day + Tom Djll ], each with a unique approach – put in simple terms – natural, physical, and imaginary. Natural - bones, driftwood, stones, sand, wind and water; physical - gravity, friction, resonance, kinetic forces; imaginary - technological circuitry making hitherto imaginary sounds real via plotted electricity.  More...
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Sun 12/01 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...
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Sun 12/01 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
An Evening of Electro-Acoustic Improvisation with three innovators who have had a profound influence on the Bay Area music scene.  More...
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Mon 12/02 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Deep Space (JC O'Donnell, Pete Schmitt, O. Schreiber, Rent Romus) + Sink Head Trio (Ben Davis, Jordan Glenn, Ben Goldberg)  More...
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Tue 12/03 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation hosted by Lewis Jordan:
Inviting musicians, poets, dancers, to a non-hierarchical setting to improvise together.
Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate.
Bring your instrument, your body, your poetry
Come to listen, to be heard, to see, to move  More...
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Wed 12/04 7:00 PM Beauty Supply Arts [email for address]
Sam Lefebvre/Jordan Glenn/Mary Nguyen/Andrew Harlan/Matias E.A., Shatter Pattern, EyeVee Woods/Luc C., Bnuuy Futatsu  More...
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Wed 12/04 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
POSTPONED The double duo of Jacob Felix Heule | Suki O'Kane | Melne Murphy | Jas Stade with Adria Otte realizing Jon Brumit's VENDETTA RETREAT

In 2006, Jon Brumit‘s ensemble realized his Vendetta Retreat score (and celebrated its release on Edgetone Records) at the Luggage Store Gallery. Collective memory of it was that it cleared not only the club but the block. This review confirms aspects of that recollection. Soon it will be time to realize the score once more with creative and non-violent alternatives to revengeful feeling. Expect a double duo of drums (Jacob Felix Heule, Suki O'Kane) and guitars (Melne Murphy, Jas Stade), with electronicist Adria Otte sometime in January.  More...
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Thu 12/05 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
Suki O'Kane Presents and John Shiurba conducts Matthew Sperry's Treasure Mouth (live, improvised karaoke)  More...
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Thu 12/05 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Los Angeles based producer and vocalist Cruel Diagonals comes to C4. Megan Mitchell will be promoting her latest release Calcite on renowned Portland, OR label Beacon Sound, a 4 track EP following up her critically acclaimed 2023 release Fractured Whole.  More...
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Thu 12/05 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
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CCRMA Visiting Scholar/Composer Vilbjørg Broch presents a concert of new works.

Pre-Show Talk at 6pm

The evening is composed of spatial audio works made over the past three years. Some computer works are performed with acoustic vocals and some include recorded text fragments. There are text bits from R. Steiner, F. Kafka and cutups on contemporary science texts. There is a focus on synthesis and algorithmic spatialization from projections and transformations of higher dimensional mathematical structures. Some spread keywords are: algebra, affine and hyperbolic geometries, symmetries, Lie groups, mathematical quasicrystals, number theory… Often the creation of resonance via large waveguide meshes modeled from mathematical objects and projected onto 3D is a part of the work. There is here a notion both of instrument and of space. The spatial audio works are realized as very large external objects for Pure Data, and computed offline, which gives a freedom with respect to the involved mathematics.  More...
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Thu 12/05 11:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
RECOMBINANT FESTIVAL is back in the Bay ! Motion Control MODELL 5 by Granular Synthesis /
Plaything as performed by Maryanne Amacher / AKOUSMA ElectroAcoustic Spatial Audio Program:
Horacio Vaggione / Estelle Schorpp / Shane Turner
Robin Fox - TRIPTYCH (Realtime Laser Works) :: Antimatter - Live Premiere
Live Performances:
SHAO / Kyoka / Ma Haiping (MHP) / Le Fou / N3ZHA
33emybw Curated AV works :: DJ - fallen matter / kk.Shucko  More...
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Fri 12/06 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound with Ghost Dub/Dymaxion Trio

Dymaxion Trio

Bruce Ackley - soprano saxophone, clarinet
Dave Brandt - drums
Pete Schmitt - bass

Ghost Dub

David Michalak - skatch & steel
Darren Johnston - trumpet
Kersti Abrams - alto saxophone
Scott R. Looney - piano, electronics  More...
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Sat 12/07 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Gourmet vegan pancakes served. Outta world taste, free with entrance fee!!  More...
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Sat 12/07 6:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
40 Years of The Lab (with Pamela Z)

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Join us to celebrate 40 years of The Lab and honor Pamela Z’s nearly four-decade history of collaboration with the organization.  More...
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Sat 12/07 7:30 PM Stow Lake Boathouse [50 Blue Heron Lake Dr., San Francisco]
Lorin Benedict + Kai Lyons + David Ewell

The trio of Lorin Benedict- voice, Kai Lyons- guitar, and David Ewell- bass will play at this captivating jazz series in the sylvan wonder that is Golden Gate Park ;)  More...
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Sat 12/07 8:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Michael Manring, Karl Evangelista & Scott Amendola Trio  More...
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Sat 12/07 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
ON&ON&ON& (Kyle Bruckmann/Brett Carson/Jordan Glenn/Lisa Mezzacappa) + Foreign/Domestic (Zachary James Watkins/John Diaz)  More...
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Sun 12/08 1:00 PM Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar Street Oakland, CA 94607]
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Save the date for our launch party and concert presenting a multiyear project, Redline Redefined❗ Through the lens of 8 Bay Area artists, we explore the discriminatory practices redlining has in our neighborhoods, and how these vibrant areas are redefined by the communities currently residing there. 🏢 🔺  More...
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Sun 12/08 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
In a performance including 35 mm slides, analog tape, field recording, found documents, text, typewriter, and voice, ROBERT BLATT, Kevin Corcoran, and MANFRED WERDER collectively realize an assemblage of their work engaging the concept of history through its intersections with art, land, and politics.

GIACOMO FIORE presents Lost Horse Wash Drone - a series of works composed after one week in residence at the Lou Harrison House in Joshua Tree California, contemplating matters of tuning, improvisation, and our environment. The music is built on small just intonation modes, played on fretless electric and refretted resophonic guitar with live electronic manipulation, and accompanied field recordings from day-long hikes into the desert, in an attempt to bring environmental and improvised sound together.
photo by Dominic Guzzo  More...
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Wed 12/11 8:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Ben Goldberg • Todd Sickafoose • Scott Amendola  More...
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Thu 12/12 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight Street]
Matt Ingalls, Adult Math, FootSOS, Korber/Diaz
Thur Dec. 12 8pm-11pm Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
All-ages, $5-$15 no one turned away for lack of funds.

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Fri 12/13 7:00 PM First United Methodiest Church [625 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA]
Come experience hope and light at PWC's Winter 2024 Concert "𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞," featuring international holiday songs celebrating Kwanzaa, Christmas, and Noche Buena, interwoven with themes of light, faith, and survival. Join us in cultivating hope through works that connect us to traditions, practices, histories, and wisdom, revealing the ever-present possibilities around us!  More...
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Fri 12/13 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound with The Lost Shapes  More...
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Fri 12/13 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
ML Buch

Join us for an immersive journey into the sonic world of Danish composer and producer ML Buch as she performs music from Suntub.  More...
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Sat 12/14 2:00 PM Mission Santa Clara [500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA]
Come experience hope and light at PWC's Winter 2024 Concert "𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞," featuring international holiday songs celebrating Kwanzaa, Christmas, and Noche Buena, interwoven with themes of light, faith, and survival. Join us in cultivating hope through works that connect us to traditions, practices, histories, and wisdom, revealing the ever-present possibilities around us!  More...
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Sat 12/14 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
MURMUR GARDEN: Ben Goldberg - Myra Melford - Ben Davis - Jordan Glenn  More...
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Sun 12/15 5:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat sings in a house concert in the Berkeley hills, accompanied by Setar master Atabak Elyasi.The performance will take place against the backdrop of a series of abstract butterflies she began painting during the pandemic, projected onto a large screen. The songs will be based on classic poetry of Hafez and Rumi.  More...
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Fri 12/20 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound with Amplifier  More...
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Fri 12/27 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound with David Boyce  More...
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Fri 12/27 8:00 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Fred Frith (guitar) with a special guest in cello  More...
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Sat 1/11 11:00 AM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
CAVE EVIL Gaming ALL DAY.
11 AM to 7 PM
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8PM - ? Live Show

Bran...POS
Psyberdrum (CO)
Harjo Alone & Colt Thrower
Gargoyle Madrigal
Spider Math Eviscerating Crepe Commodes

$10 Day, $10 Night//$17 All day/night pass

BRING YOUR OWN FOOD, DRINKS  More...
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