Sat 8/15 12:01 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
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Sat_Aug 15, 2026 —Blowout!
12:00 PM- 2pm SHARP


John Bischoff
Mason Jones
Anti-Ear (Tx)
Fletcher Pratt
Famous Techno
Earth Jerks

Free GOURMET pancakes with entrance fee
Get coffee next door at the Yemeni cafe~  More...

Sat 8/15 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Hidden Currents by golden lionheart collier at Audium  More...

Sat 8/15 8:00 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
Jaimeo Brown Transcendence featuring Howard Wiley

Doors 7pm / Pre-Concert Talk 7:30pm
Jaimeo Brown, drums & electronics
Howard Wiley, saxophone
Fashion design by Frumiesha Brown  More...

Sat 8/15 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Recombinant Media Labs and Gray Area present
Matmos with Dick Slessig Combo  More...

Sun 8/16 12:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if a government adopted principles of the "study of control and communication" as its operating logic? Would it result in a homogeneous crowd of optimized man-machines? Let's talk about this uncomfortable twist of cybernetics.  More...

Sun 8/16 7:00 PM Bayview Opera House [4705 3rd St San Francisco]
Summer Strings Concert Celebrating the Work of Hans Werner Henze

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-strings-concert-celebrating-the-work-of-hans-werner-henze-tickets-1991528004873#location  More...

Sun 8/16 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Oakland musicians Nathan Clevenger, Jordan Glenn, and Cory Wright, working from, between, and against Clevenger’s compositional frames and utilizing the multi-instrumental flexibility of each player, the trio (and guests) weaves between non-idiomatic improvisation and often gnomic composed material, with focus on spaciousness and timbral detail. For tonight’s performance, the trio is joined by vocalist Danishta Rivero and trumpeter ARI BROWN.

FORNAX LINTEUM is a free improv trio consisting of ANDREW JORON (theremin), JOSEPH DEE BRADSHAW (guitar), and JANEL WAGNER (voice). Andrew Joron is a theremin player who has performed in a variety of experimental and jazz ensembles. Joseph Dee Bradshaw is a guitarist and improviser based in Oakland. Janel Wagner is a classically trained vocalist and a multi-instrumentalist rooted in jazz and folk traditions.  More...

Tue 8/18 7:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
Tuesday, August 18, 6pm doors/7pm show
**No cover/donations accepted**

Jazz at the Make-Out Room (formerly the Monday Make-Out) continues! A wily evening of cutting-edge jazz, free improvisation, and creative music.

7pm Isabelle WK

7:45pm Sung Kim

8:15pm Infinite Monkeys
Jaroba - reeds
+ Guests  More...

Tue 8/18 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Jazz on Tuesdays at Little Hill Lounge
Eli's new band
Heikki Koskinen - e-trumpet Noah Zisser - double bass, Ryan Higley - drums, Eli Knowles - Rhodes/vocals,
Rent Romus - alto saxophone/flute  More...

Wed 8/19 12:30 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
FREE! Brown Bag Jazz Hangs: Marcus Stephens — on Electr(on)ic Jazz

Join us for casual daytime talks and listening sessions with leading lights of the Bay Area jazz community. Bring your own lunch or order ahead from the JazzCaffè. Wednesdays at lunchtime! Free, drop-ins welcome.  More...

Thu 8/20 6:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Follow the smell of your personal computers... indulge in judging books by their covers... let yourself pause and think... all at Gray Area. That's right, this whispering ASMR-coded message is calling you to celebrate the Cybersentics (little) Library, launched last month. Swing by, browse the shelves, mingle with like-minded community members, and grab some taste-bud stimulators (a.k.a. drinks and snacks) while you're at it.  More...

Thu 8/20 7:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Sixtyhurts 3:
- TION (Kyle Bruckmann & Zachary James Watkins)
- Ava Koohbor
- Antimatter & Jacob Felix Heule.
- Jules LC & Isabelle WK  More...

Thu 8/20 7:30 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Amendola/Frith/Dimuzio/Goldberg/Ochs aka Strolling Gnomes
performing two sets for an intimate evening at Ivy Room  More...

Thu 8/20 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Hidden Currents by golden lionheart collier at Audium  More...

Fri 8/21 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Myles Boisen and David Boyce (1st set) & Insect Life (2nd set)  More...

Fri 8/21 7:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
A captivating live audiovisual exploration of sound, image, and ecology.

https://grayarea.org/event/pierce-warnecke-and-matthew-biederman-phytomorphic-topologies/  More...

Fri 8/21 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Hidden Currents by golden lionheart collier at Audium  More...

Fri 8/21 9:30 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
FINAL After Hours Vinyl Lounge of the Summer!

Located in the heart of Downtown Berkeley’s Arts District, the Jazzschool invites theatergoers, concert attendees, arts patrons, and curious night owls to gather for After Hours Vinyl Lounge—a new late-night community hang inspired by the energy that follows a great live arts experience.

Free and open to the community.  More...

Sat 8/22 10:00 AM Flip Flop Farms [640 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero, CA 94060]
Woodstockhausen is an experimental music festival for emerging and established artists, regional and international, showcasing diverse practices in experimental music, synesthetic video, and performance. It was founded in 2001 in the redwoods of Santa Cruz, CA, and now takes place annually in California, New York, and Mexico City.

Ava Koohbor
Lauren Sarah Hayes
Amy Reed
Zachary James Watkins
Brendan Glasson
Marielle V Jakobsons
Voicehandler
Sprinkler
CHARI
Connor Tomaka
Shanna Sordahl
ThisNeverHappened  More...

Sat 8/22 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Hidden Currents by golden lionheart collier at Audium  More...

Sat 8/22 8:00 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
LJ Holoman Trio

Doors 7pm / Pre-Concert Talk 7:30pm
LJ Holoman, Hammond B3 organ
Elijah Green III, bass
Qyu Jackson, drums  More...

Sat 8/22 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
25TH ANNIVERSARY SFEMF GALA

Join us in celebrating 25 years of the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival at our 25th Anniversary Gala—an unforgettable evening honoring SFEMF's legacy, celebrating the artists and community that have shaped the past 25 years, and supporting the next chapter.

https://www.sfemf.org/sfemf2026gala  More...

Sun 8/23 5:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
ECHO’S BONES + EVIDENCE TRIO  More...

Sun 8/23 7:00 PM Rite Spot Cafe [2099 Folsom St San Francisco]
Rent Romus Spirit Quintet plays Arthur Blythe  More...

Sun 8/23 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
WEST OAKLAND TAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL presents their summer east bay festival of fixed media works projected live over a 16-channel Meyer Sound System in complete darkness. Featuring a wide range of works by international composers and collective members. Classic musique concrète pieces by Pauline Oliveros and Edgard Varèse will be presented alongside newly created acousmatic compositions.  More...

Sun 8/23 8:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
KENNY WARREN QUARTET
Kenny Warren, trumpet; Liberty Ellman, guitar;
Raffi Garabedian, saxophone; Ben Goldberg, clarinet  More...

Tue 8/25 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Jazz on Tuesdays - Mark Clifford's Standards Hang
Vibraphonist Mark Clifford leads a community jam session of standards.  Bring your axe!  More...

Wed 8/26 7:30 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Fred Frith’S FREMAKAJO + Jordan Glenn’S BEAK  More...

Thu 8/27 6:00 PM Exploratorium [Pier 15 Embarcadero at Green St SF]
Dr. Desiré Whitmore & Ben Goldberg at The Exploratorium  More...

Thu 8/27 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Hidden Currents by golden lionheart collier at Audium  More...

Fri 8/28 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Ark of Bones (1st set) & Darren Johnston and Ben Goldberg (2nd set)  More...

Fri 8/28 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Hidden Currents by golden lionheart collier at Audium  More...

Fri 8/28 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Merope w/ Shahzad Ismaily + David Wesley Golightly  More...

Sat 8/29 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Hidden Currents by golden lionheart collier at Audium  More...

Sat 8/29 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Joseph Dee Bradshaw (release show)
Corsick/Pontac
Hi-Vis-Man  More...

Sun 8/30 4:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Concert: Mike Monford - An Evening Of Jazz & Afrofuturism  More...

Sun 8/30 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
DOMI, KAITLIN MCSWEENEY, and K. FRANCIS MESSER are an experimental trio blending electro-acoustic composition and improvisation with prepared drums, scrap metal, cello, movement, voice, amplifiers, and salvaged resonant objects.

Ken Ueno (vocals) and Matt Ingalls (clarinet) present their unique arsenal of extended techniques for an experience that defies classical expectations of sounds that can be made on voice and clarinet.  More...

Thu 9/03 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Paul Hanson - Scott Amendola - Michael Manring  More...

Sun 9/06 5:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Theresa Wong (cello and voice) and William Winant (percussion) come together for a performance of free improvisation in the intimate setting of a home in the Berkeley Hills. Both are masterful performers and improvisors. Theresa Wong is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and intermedia artist active at the intersection of composition, improvisation and the synergy of multiple disciplines. William Winant, one of the great living percussionists, has collaborated with many of the most innovative and creative musicians of our time, from John Cage and Roscoe Mitchell to Frank Zappa and Sonic Youth. This coming together of Theresa Wong and William Winant, the first time these artists perform together as a duo, promises to make for an eventful evening of music.  More...

Tue 9/08 7:30 PM Brava Theatre [2781 24th Street SF]
SF Contemporary Music Players - ARTZenter Institute Emerging Composer World Premiere Concert I  More...

Wed 9/09 6:30 PM 25th Street Studio [426 25th St Oakland]
Sarah Cahill performs a showcase for the Western Arts Alliance featuring music from her project No Ordinary Light, including works by Gabriel Fauré, William Bolcom, Robert Helps, Zenobia Powell Perry, Clarice Jensen, Maurice Ravel, Lou Harrison, and more  More...

Wed 9/09 7:30 PM Goldman Theater, the David Brower Center [2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94704]
How does one listen with rather than listen to? And how might listening with allow the listener to more fruitfully conceptualize climate change? On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, Other Minds welcomes musician, anthropologist, and philosopher of sound Marina Peterson to discuss this question at the Goldman Theater, David Brower Center.  More...

Wed 9/09 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Scott Amendola's Floating Parade @ The Ivy Room! Nate Brenner/Robert Lopez/Mark Clifford/Ryan Schaeffer  More...

Thu 9/10 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
The Do-Over Music Series at Shapeshifters Cinema featuring Trio Z with Ari Brown and Jordan Glenn  More...

Thu 9/10 8:00 PM Thee Stork Club [2330 Telegraph Avenue Oakland]
Grex "Auntie + Tebs" Album Release Show, with Naytronix and Feefawfum

Oakland experimental/art rock band Grex releases their new album "Auntie + Tebs" at the Stork Club, joined by alternate pop polymath Naytronix and post-punk powerhouse Feefawfum. "Auntie + Tebs” explores stories of revolution in the Philippines and South Africa. Half of all proceeds from this record will go to support immigrants’ rights organizations and artists recovering from the 2025 LA wildfires.

Grex: Karl Evangelista (gtr, voice, misc), Rei Scampavia (keys, voice, misc), Cory Wright (el. bass), Robert Lopez - drums

Naytronix: Nathaniel Brenner, etc.

Feefawfum: Farley Miller (vocals, guitar, drums), Kevin Sullivan (bass, vocals), Emma Greenbaum (keyboards, mellotron,vocals), Theo Slavin (guitar), Eli Streich (drums)

TICKETS  More...

Thu 9/10 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
We Micromanage Infinity
Absorbed in modular synth tangles, software snarls, and engrossed with toy noisemakers and birdcalls, audience eye contact can be hard to come by when this supertrio of Blevin Blectum, James Goode and Thomas Dimuzio take the stage. There's no time for guitarface or elvis presley moves when you are fine tuning minutae of the infinite miasma.
https://thomasdimuzio.bandcamp.com/track/gnomon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNLKeFYsbPY

DJ Female Convict Scorpion
"DJ" as in Shadow, Marclay, Oswaldian Plunderphonics, the term denotes an art of turntablism, or it should! With a rich history of sampling particularly in the Bay Area from Bob Ostertag, Negativland, Culturcide, Invisibl Skratch Piklz and S*Glass right up to the present with Evicshen and Julia Mazawa. Those who know this lineage treasure the larcenies of Josh Pollock who harvests the most sinister sources.
https://joshpollock.bandcamp.com/album/clash-ups-vi

Shatter Pattern
Through sound, dance, costumed computation, and visualization Jules Litman-Cleper blazes spidering trails across fragile shells, divining the wells of survivable life and showing us to the bathy froth of time that predates vision.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYRH21CIn60

Ron Heglin & Lorin Benedict
Hearing them live is a miracle not to be missed. These alien facedancers of Dune have performed with the likes of Steve Coleman, Wadada Leo Smith, Jack Wright, Tom Nunn, Sam Ospovat, Tom Djll, all while surviving the Baron Harkonnen. Climb out from your alien tank and slither quickly to the Peacock Lounge by 8pm to learn some truly new songs, all-ages welcome!
https://artifactrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/duos-and-solos-art-3006-2019  More...

Fri 9/11 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Heart Trio (William Parker, Hamid Drake, Cooper-Moore)  More...

Sat 9/12 12:00 PM Angel Island Immigration Station Detention Barracks Museum [North Ridge Trail]
Del Sol Quartet on Angel Island: Foreigners to the Familiar - Exploring the Filipino Experience

Info: https://www.delsolquartet.com/calendar/2025/10/4/del-sol-quartet-on-angel-island-chre5-9d3b7

Dante de Silva: Aposematic (2026) WORLD PREMIERE
Josiah Catalan: Foreigners to the Familiar (2026) WORLD PREMIERE  More...

Sat 9/12 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
2x2: an evening of duo and quartet improvisations with Kevin Corcoran, James Fei, Jacob Felix Heule, Bill Hsu  More...

Tue 9/15 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Edgetone Records celebrates 35 years on planet Earth with a series of showcase performances.

Rent Romus' Life's Blood Ensemble
The Holly Martins  More...

Fri 9/18 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Edgetone Records celebrates 35 years on planet Earth with a series of showcase performances.
Brett Carson’s Quattuor Elephantis, duoB, Matt Davignon  More...

Fri 9/18 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Scott Foster Combo featuring Darren Johnston  More...

Fri 9/18 8:00 PM Mitchell Park Community Center [3700 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto]
Earthwise welcomes Myra Melford Splash Trio

Earthwise welcomes pianist Myra Melford's Splash trio featuring Michael Formanek bass and Ches Smith drums and vibraphone. Opening the show is the duo of Tammy L. Hall piano and Leberta Lorál voice.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthwise-welcomes-myra-melford-splash-trio-tickets-1989268334137  More...

Sat 9/19 8:00 PM The UC Theatre [2036 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 Berkeley, CA 94704]
Ravi Coltrane Comes to Berkeley  More...

Sat 9/19 8:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Rova Saxophone Quartet

Tickets/Info  More...

Sun 9/20 4:00 PM CHIM Studio [4030 Rheinhardt dr. Oakland]
Music+Video Concert  More...

Fri 9/25 7:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street SF]
Lewis Jordan and Music at Large produce and perform, along with devorah major, Red Fast Triple Luck, and Josiah Luis Alderete on the first of two nights of music and poetry: Persistence at the San Francisco Community Music Center on Friday, September 25th.  More...