Tue 10/13 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Kaiser/DeGruttola/Kim at CNMAT
Famed guitarist and producer Henry Kaiser, Bay Area stalwart improvising cellist Danielle Degruttola, and Korean Ajaeng performer Yoona Kim, present an hour of improvised music at the CNMAT main room.
https://events.berkeley.edu/cnmat/event/329018-kaiserdegruttolakim-at-cnmat  More...

Wed 10/14 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Philip Gelb and Dana Reason first met and started playing music together in College in Florida. For many years they were part of the Space Between, a trio with Pauline Oliveros that often included a guest bass player. They current have a collective trio with Kyle Bruckmann as well as numerous projects of their own. Dana is currently visiting artist in residence at CCRMA at Stanford and Phil is about to embark on a 7 week tour of concerts in China, Vietnam and Thailand.

Opening the festivities will be the trio of vocal gymnast Janel Wagner, trumpeter Ari Brown and contrabass manipulator Tim Duff. This show is being put together at the last minute, and I have no PR copy from the trio. But I hear them regularly (they rehearse at Tom's Place) and I like what I hear.  More...

Thu 10/15 7:00 PM Ugra Deva Loka [1035 22nd Ave Unit 14 Oakland]
Tralphaz- Legendary Harsh Noise project of David Lim
PCRV- Also very legendary improv harsh noise
Blood of Chhinnamastika- Harsh blackened electronics
SURRURALISTS- collaborative project of Bryan Day @bdayeyesore and Paul Akin
Shuttered- Bad trip music  More...

Thu 10/15 7:00 PM Lloyd’s Records [3824 Telegraph Ave Oakland CA 94609]
Kumi Maxson and Raffi Garabedian duo
Joseph Dee Bradshaw
Max Abner
Nelson G Nelson

free  More...

Thu 10/15 7:30 PM CCRMA Stage [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Stefano Pilia presents solo the compositions of his latest works "Spiralis Aurea" and "Lacinia," the two double albums released by Die Schachtel and SZSugar in 2022 and 2025, in an original adaptation for electric guitar and electronics.  More...

Thu 10/15 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
The Tenses + MSHR + Sung Kim  More...

Thu 10/15 8:30 PM The Rite Spot Cafe [2099 Folsom St @17th St San Francisco]
Deep Space with Rent Romus  More...

Fri 10/16 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Wandering Clouds & Warm Spell.  More...

Fri 10/16 7:00 PM SubRosa [703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz]
Rodrigo Barriga Ensemble, Marc Perez/Lorin Benedict, Sean Keenan/Abe Gibson  More...

Fri 10/16 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St San Francisco CA]
Joe Block quintet: There Is Always Hope Album Release Show

Bright, cathartic modern jazz built on original compositions, deep swing, and the kind of ensemble chemistry that lifts the whole room. Pianist, composer, and bandleader Joe Block brings his quintet to Black Cat in celebration of There Is Always Hope, his debut album leading his own ensemble and his first record built entirely from original compositions.  More...

Fri 10/16 8:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Kloetzel Chapman Duo – The Women of Note Project

Women of Note is the Kloetzel-Chapman Duo’s multi-season project celebrating cello and piano repertoire by women which, through thoughtfully curated programs demonstrate that this music belongs at the center of the cello and piano repertoire, not at its margins. Their program with Old First Concerts features music by Hélène Liebmann, Luise Le Beau, Mel Bonis, and Leokadiya Kashperova.  More...

Fri 10/16 8:00 PM (fka Land and Sea Gallery) [5428 San Pablo Ave Oakland CA]
Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson
Ernst Karel
TanukiSpiderCat

cello, analog synths, digital adornments, and confusion  More...

Fri 10/16 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Hana Stretton + Phipps Pt  More...

Sat 10/17 7:00 PM Jupiter [10 La Sandra Way]
Enjoy the funky Latin jazz of Charged Particles at Jupiter!  More...

Sat 10/17 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Standard Issue - CD release! - Johnston / Lyons / Shelby / Hart  More...

Sat 10/17 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Icelandic visual and sound artist Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson is known for his work with Stilluppsteypa, numerous solo albums and collaborations with other artists, such as BJ Nilsen, Dennis Tyfus, Anla Courtis, Dan Melchior, irr.app.(ext.), John Olson (Wolf Eyes), Andy Heck Boyd and more. Also playing:
Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase
Mystic Commandos
The American Flag  More...

Sat 10/17 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Marisa Anderson + Camellia Boutros  More...

Sun 10/18 5:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Internationally acclaimed DoYeon Kim performs at Spruce Street Concerts in a rare solo performance on the gayageum, a 2,000-year-old traditional Korean 12-string plucked zither. DoYeon Kim's music is a singular synthesis of Korean traditions, avant-garde jazz and improvisation.  More...

Sun 10/18 7:30 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Pianist-composer JARED REDMOND performs MORTON FELDMAN'S 1981 masterpiece "Triadic Memories" for piano solo.

OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA performs a their own interpretation of MORTON FELDMAN'S "Intersection #1" (1951).  More...

Thu 10/22 7:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River Street, #119, Santa Cruz, California]
Santa Cruz Electronic Music OM is a series of live electronic music every 4th Thursday of the month in Santa Cruz from ambient to techno and improv to sequenced using synthesizers (analog/digital), sequencer devices, and other electronic instruments (both old and modern) featuring Ruby Deagle, Digital Larry, David Leikam, and TBA.  More...

Thu 10/22 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St San Francisco, CA 94109]
French-American quartet NO(w) Beauty brings poetic, boundary-crossing modern jazz to Black Cat (San Francisco) for a multi-night residency.  More...

Thu 10/22 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Cherub Dream Records x The Lab: Tricky FM "Twin Star Fantasy" + Edgar + Tugboyz

Tricky FM is the music project and "electronica star" alter ego of Hana Freed. Based out of San Francisco, she self produces all her own music, while being a staple in clubs, venues and punk bars throughout the Bay Area and beyond. On stage, Tricky FM is known for her energetic and almost performance-art interpretation of the 'pop star'.  More...

Fri 10/23 6:00 PM Menlo Tavern [100 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025]
Enjoy the funky Latin jazz of Charged Particles and a fabulous meal on the patio at Menlo Tavern.  More...

Fri 10/23 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; Rigo(solo-1st set) & Carolina Chubb, Darren Johnston, and David Boyce(2nd set)  More...

Sat 10/24 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
G|O|D|W|A|F|F|L|E||N|O|I|S|E||P|A|N|C|A|K|E|S

Kevin CK Lo
Auca/Elome (B. Day/Auca)
Mas Coad
Human De-Selection & Realization Nature Group
Fognozzle

Pay to get in and indulge in
Free GOURMET vegan pancakes. 26 yrs of bizarre experimental ecstasies!  More...

Sat 10/24 6:00 PM Fattoria e Mare [315 Main St Half Moon Bay, CA 94019]
Enjoy delicious Italian food while Charged Particles creates a jazzy ambiance.  More...

Sat 10/24 7:00 PM RootStock Arts Center [5741 Telegraph Ave Oakland]
Marc Cary, Marcus Shelby & Sameer Gupta

Experience an extraordinary evening of spontaneous creation and rhythmic dialogue with visionary masters: pianist and keyboard player Marc Cary, basssist Marcus Shelby and tabla/percussion maestro Sameer Gupta.  More...

Sat 10/24 7:30 PM First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo [72 Kensington Road San Anselmo CA 94960]
Other Worlds is a multi-movement work for chamber orchestra, electric guitar, alto flute and enhanced percussion, with visual art exploring the strange worlds beyond the original eight planets in our solar system — an extension of ’The Planets’ by Gustav Holst.  More...

Sat 10/24 7:30 PM Zellerbach Hall [UC Berkeley Berkeley]
Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Ensemble Signal

https://calperformances.org/events/2026-27/new-music/steve-reich-at-90-a-birthday-celebration-bang-on-a-can-all-stars-ensemble-signal/  More...

Sat 10/24 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Tyondai Braxton + Matt Robidoux

Tickets

Doors 8pm / Show 8:30pm
$23 adv / $25 door / free or discounted for members  More...

Sun 10/25 12:00 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave SF]
SF Music Day

https://intermusicsf.org/sf-music-day/

At SF Music Day, audiences can explore a full day of live music across the Herbst Theatre, Green Room, and Taube Atrium Theater. The 2026 lineup reflects the depth and diversity of the Bay Area music community, spanning classical, contemporary, jazz, traditional, world, interdisciplinary, and more!  More...

Sun 10/25 2:00 PM Lucie Stern Community Center [1305 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA]
Earthwise welcomes Adam O’Farrill’s Elephant  More...

Sun 10/25 2:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The Lost Tower Tapes: Music of H. Carr with Unpil Baek

Bassist (with Bobby McFerrin, Lightnin' Hopkins, Steve Lacy) H. Carr presents his compositions along with pianist Unpil Baek. The pieces range from miniatures exploring Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos, to longer forms based on David Liebman's chromatic approach.  More...

Sun 10/25 3:00 PM Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts [1537 Euclid Ave. Berkeley]
Carmen Staaf's Sounding Line feat. Ben Goldberg at Maybeck

Tickets/Info  More...

Fri 10/30 7:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Marcia Bassett with JMP, Jenny Graf, Danishta Rivero, and Transient (David R. Molina) will turn knobs, flip switches, press buttons, and explore transformation and related pathways of self, participation, and unpredictable behaviors through improvisation and new song structures, using hand-built electroacoustic instruments, analog synthesizers, live sampling, guitar, and vocals.  More...

Thu 11/05 5:00 PM Wine Bar 107 at Testarossa Winery [300 College Ave Los Gatos, CA 95030]
Enjoy sipping award-winning wine while chatting with friends as Charged Particles creates a jazzy ambiance.  More...

Thu 11/05 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
The Do-Over Music Series at Shapeshifters Cinema: John Ivers, Michelle Lee, Suki O'Kane, Lisa Mezzacappa  More...

Fri 11/06 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Eternities (Bob Bellerue / Katie Porter) + Antimatter  More...

Thu 11/12 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
Tom Djll
Close your eyes to see your possible selves unearthed, scraped and feather dusted, then entreated to self assemble in the anthropoid menagerie of vibration.
https://djll.bandcamp.com/

Tanukispidercat
With as many fangs as bright yellow eyes, from crouch to pounce, her blizzard of tooth, claw, fluff, synth and sampler come full fury with lethal-swift paddycakes of pure desire.
https://www.tanukispidercat.com/

Hat Brackets
Well-feared broadcast artist on KALX (The Genderwave), erstwhile member of Gaseous Corpsewater, and prolific collaborator, Ky Nyza's solo sound is yet another world of immeasurable worlds within worlds.
https://hatbrackets.bandcamp.com/

Under the Skin
Silvia Matheus and Thomas Miley approach improvisation as recognition, acceptance, contradiction, and submission.
https://analogoususa.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-skin  More...

Fri 11/13 7:00 PM Great American Music Hall [859 O'Farrell St SF]
ZENEFIT 2026: A NIGHT OF SONIC EXPLORATION & DEEP LISTENING
Doors: 6:00PM | Show: 7:00PM  More...

Fri 11/13 8:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Oakland [2619 Broadway Oakland]
WNS and Eternal Now present: Sarah Davachi

On the evening of Friday, November 13th, Working Name Studios and Eternal Now are proud to present Sarah Davachi at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland. First Presbyterian is home to a beautiful Rosales Opus 16 pipe organ, on which we're blessed to have Sarah present her new work. Sarah is on tour in support of her new 3LP The Will of Tongues. Togetherness Ensemble will be opening the evening with site specific acoustic composition for the sanctuary.

Tickets: https://workingnamestudios.square.site/  More...

Fri 11/13 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Dorian Wood: Canto de Todes + Roco Córdova  More...

Thu 11/19 6:00 PM Lobby Lounge at Claremont Resort & Club [41 Tunnel Road Berkeley, CA 94705]
Treat yourself to a relaxed Thursday evening with the funky Latin jazz of Charged Particles.  More...

Fri 11/20 7:30 PM Zellerbach Hall [UC Berkeley Berkeley]
The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes

https://calperformances.org/events/2026-27/new-music/the-complete-philip-glass-piano-etudes/  More...

Wed 11/25 8:00 PM The Dawn Club [10 Annie St San Francisco, CA 94103]
Charged Particles with Tod Dickow will play funky Latin jazz at The Dawn Club  More...