Tue 6/23 7:00 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia SF]
Stone•House•Street: Reactivating the Archive

Please join us at Artists Television Access on June 23 at 7:00-9:00pm as Armenian-American filmmakers Chris Atamian Tina Bastajian and sound artist Joseph Bohigian explore themes of culture, loss and history in modern Armenian culture.

Curated by Thea Farhadian  More...

Wed 6/24 7:00 PM Mr Tipple's [39 Fell St SF]
Beth Schenck Quartet

Sets at 7:00 and 8:45  More...

Thu 6/25 6:00 PM San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [151 Third St SF]
Atria Live – Pamela Z at SFMOMA

Pamela Z will give a performance on voice and electronics in the Calder gallery in collaboration with poet Dan Waldman and dancer Suzanne Beahrs.  More...

Thu 6/25 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St San Francisco, CA 94109]
Join us for the live performance of George Colligan ft. Vocalist Zyanna at Black Cat Jazz Supper Club  More...

Thu 6/25 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Nathan Clevenger Trio + 2 | Danishta Rivero & Kasey Knudsen

Oakland musicians Nathan Clevenger (keyboards/percussion), Jordan Glenn (drums/percusssion), and Cory Wright (clarinets/tenor sax) share a long and entwined history of collaboration across various projects, including Wiener Kids, the Nathan Clevenger Group, and Fellow Hominids.  More...

Thu 6/25 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Thu 6/25 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
New Queer Sound/Media showcases work by queer musicians, media artists, and performers. The June 2026 edition features three solo sets, by Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu.  More...

Thu 6/25 8:00 PM Noisebridge [272 Capp Street, San Francisco, California 94110]
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Resident Electronic Monthly is a recurring electronic music series every 4th Thursday of the month at Noisebridge in San Francisco, and online live worldwide featuring softCOUP/David Leikam (audio duo), AVion (visual solo), Gazing Into Space (audio/visual solo), Jah's Tin (audio solo), Okvlt Noize (audio/photo solo), and many others!  More...

Fri 6/26 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Black Edgar (1st set) Angel (2nd set)  More...

Fri 6/26 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Fri 6/26 7:30 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Mavericks 250: A David Tudor Centennial (Night One)


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavericks-250-a-david-tudor-centennial-night-one-tickets-1987010170910  More...

Sat 6/27 7:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Percussionist/vocalist Kahil El'Zabar & tenor saxophonist & bass clarinetist David Murray return to Spruce Street concerts for 2 sets, 5pm and 7pm. These remarkable and iconic artists have been collaborating for 40 years, and every performance is exhilarating and deeply moving. The sound and power of David Murray's tenor saxophone in the intimacy of a house concert is something very special, and the chemistry between him and Kahil El'Zabar is always electrifying.  More...

Sat 6/27 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Sat 6/27 7:30 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Mavericks 250: A David Tudor Centennial (Night Two)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavericks-250-a-david-tudor-centennial-night-two-tickets-1987010578128  More...

Sat 6/27 7:30 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
Jazz PRIDE! The Strayhorn Sessions featuring Oddity, Marlonius, and others

Madelyn Liu, aka Oddity, vocals and trombone
Azuah, vocals and guitar
Eli Maliwan, aka Saxreligious, saxophone and flute
Gaby Aldaz, keys
Marlon Martinez, aka Marlonius, acoustic bass
JC Grady, drums

https://concerts.jazzschool.org/jazz-pride-the-strayhorn-sessions-featuring-oddity-marlonius-and-others/  More...

Sat 6/27 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Ambient/Drone show for touring artist Kole Galbraith in support of new LP entitled “Hurry Up, But Don’t Rush It” released by label Obscure & Terrible. Opening at is Oakland dark ambient artist EERIÆRMOR and Iranian sound artist Kamran Shafii  More...

Sun 6/28 4:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Duo Soriga

Four new arrangements and four original world premieres by gayageum virtuoso Hwayoung Shon!  More...

Sun 6/28 5:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Honey Gold comes to Audium for two immersive performances blending live music, layered sound design, projection, candlelight, and meditative vibes. This is a sound bath meets and experimental audiovisual immersive event not to be missed!  More...

Sun 6/28 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
KOLE GALBRAITH: Seattle-based multi-disciplinary artist who focuses on sound, audio-visual, and found-object installation.
Eric Theise's set of cartographic works including collaborations SHAHRZAD TALEBI, Suki O'Kane, GRAHAM VIEGUT, and CHRISTOPHER HARTO.
And a performance of JAIME ROBLES'S poem, "Unseen Stream," with Nancy Beckman (shakuhachi, ocarina, voice), Tom Bickley (EWI/electronics, voice), and JAIME ROBLES (film, voice and percussion).  More...

Sun 6/28 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Kasey Knudsen, saxophone; Mat Muntz, bass; Scott Amendola, drums  More...

Sun 6/28 7:45 PM Audium [8120 Norwich Avenue]
On June 28, Honey Gold travels to San Francisco for two performances at Audium at 5 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Audium is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in immersive and spatial sound, making it a particularly meaningful venue for the project’s Bay Area presentation. The evening will include a site-specific installation experience inside Audium’s lobby and theater spaces, blending projection, sound design, candlelight, and live performance into an immersive sensory environment. Tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-honey-gold-experience-at-audium-in-san-francisco-tickets-1990152538817?aff=oddtdtcreator  More...

Mon 6/29 7:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee and Friends, TRIO Z +2

Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee - woodwinds
Celine Kang (NYC) - guitar
Isabelle Waldner Kalb - guitar
Jordan Glenn - drums

TRIO Z
Gianna Caudillo: acoustic bass
Julius Zimmerman: cello
Ali Ziyad: cello
Featuring
Lena Badhia: drums
Grace Basom: piano  More...

Wed 7/01 7:30 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
The Jim Campilongo Trio at The Back Room!  More...

Thu 7/02 5:30 PM Piedmont Piano Company [1728 San Pablo Ave Oakland]
Amendola vs. Blades with guests Kasey Knudsen & Ryan Schaeffer! Piedmont Piano! 5:30pm!  More...

Thu 7/02 7:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
Join us for Zachary James Watkins and William Winant’s performance that explores resonance through harmonic tunings and percussion that engage in an ongoing musical conversation.  More...

Thu 7/02 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
Do-Over Music Series: Bristle and Fowl Figures with expanded cinema  More...

Thu 7/02 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Record Release Party for "In A Soylent Way", the debut album of The World Sinks Except Japan, , with special guests Thomas Carnacki.  More...

Sun 7/05 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. San Francisco, CA 94131]
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After the End of the World Coretet - reunion  More...

Sun 7/05 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

Monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center. Bring your instrument or come to listen. Movement and other disciplines encouraged. No advance notice needed — just show up.  More...

Wed 7/08 9:00 PM the Knockout [3223 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110]
Ettrick (Jay Korber, Jacob Felix Heule)
+ TBA  More...

Thu 7/09 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight Street]
Euphotic
This is the supertrio of Cheryl Leonard, Tom Djll and Bryan Day euphonizing the Natural, the Physical, and the Imaginary.
https://publiceyesore.bandcamp.com/album/isopleths

Headboggle
Moog, Harmonica, Banjo, Harpsichord, Irish Harp, EMS Synthi, Violin, Drums, Clavinet, Serge Modular, field recordings, and your very own writhing brain. You thought it sounded familiar... find out at last what it's been trying to tell you all these years.
https://soundcloud.com/Headboggle

Sean Keenan
So steady you'd think there was a molten nickel core spinning inside him, Keenan's musical moves feel inexorable. Percussion, bizarre reeds and electronics arise like features of a landscape spilling you off your feet.
https://seankeenan.bandcamp.com/album/delay-music

Wizardmaster
Mark Stramaglia attained wizarddom when first he conjured custom synths and wiggled his claws to weave the invisible algorithms seething within.Visual bewitchery from Oliver Kollar expands the spell by capturing your eyes.
https://wizardmaster.bandcamp.com  More...

Mon 7/13 7:00 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Z Program 70

Come celebrate Pamela Z’s birthday with an evening featuring about 70 minutes of performances by Pamela and several of her close friends, colleagues, and collaborators.  More...

Thu 7/16 7:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
3D/AV Live is Max Cooper's immersive audio-visual performance system. Customized to every venue, with every show a unique experience, Max works together with architecture and space to deliver his unique blend of scientific and human stories that move off the screen to wrap the audience in sculptures of light and sound.

https://grayarea.org/event/max-cooper-feeling-is-structure-3d-av-live-7-16/  More...

Sat 7/18 3:00 PM The Sculpture Studio @ Project Artaud [401 Alabama Street Studio 123, San Francisco]
Pamela Z at the Artists Salon

Pamela Z will give a performance of works for solo voice and electronics and an artist talk at The Sculpture Studio, 3pm to 5:30pm in San Francisco, CA  More...

Sat 7/18 3:00 PM The Sculpture Studio at Project Artaud [401 Alabama Street Studio 123 San Francisco, CA 94110]
Pamela Z at the Artists Salon  More...

Sat 7/18 3:00 PM The Sculpture Studio @ Project Artaud [401 Alabama Street Studio 123 San Francisco]
Pamela Z at the Artists Salon  More...

Sun 7/19 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
THE SKY IS A SUITCASE is a melodic free jazz group from Seattle: MIKE GEBHART, drums; LEVI GILLIS, saxophones; and CARMEN QUILL, bass.
Raffi Garabedian is a tenor saxophonist and composer living in Oakland performs a duo set with Jakob Pek guitarist, composer, and improviser.  More...

Fri 7/31 8:00 PM Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium [307 Church St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060]
Conducted by Cristian Măcelaru

Vivian Fung: America the Beautiful? (Festival Commission & world premiere)

Pedro Emanuel Pereira: Clarinet Concerto (Carlos Ferreira, Clarinet) (Festival Commission & world premiere)

Philip Glass: Symphony No. 15 Lincoln (Zachary James, Baritone) (West Coast premiere)  More...

Fri 7/31 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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23rd ANNUAL
OUTSOUND NEW MUSIC SUMMIT
Fusion vs Fission
SAM MORRISON'S Cosmic Trip featuring E. DOCTOR SMITH + FARALLON
The Bay Area's New Music Festival
Advance Tickets @Eventbright  More...

Sat 8/01 2:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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23rd ANNUAL
OUTSOUND NEW MUSIC SUMMIT
Avant Matinee
GINO ROBAIR'S RADICAL DIVINATION, NORMALWAYS W/FRED FRITH, HOOK & WIRE, SUNG KIM
The Bay Area's New Music Festival
Advance Tickets @Eventbright  More...

Sat 8/01 7:00 PM Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium [307 Church St, Santa Cruz CA, 95060]
Conducted by Cristian Măcelaru

Leilehua Lanzilotti: of light and stone (West Coast premiere)

James Lee III: Shades of Unbroken Dreams (Alexandra Dariescu, Piano) (West Coast premiere)

Sarah Hennies: The Grain House (Festival Creative Lab Commission & world premiere)  More...

Sat 8/01 7:30 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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23rd ANNUAL
OUTSOUND NEW MUSIC SUMMIT
The Art of Rocks II
INNER EAR BRIGADE, MOMMY MOMMY, BRIAN KENNEY FRESNO, GREENSATAN PROJECT
The Bay Area's New Music Festival
Advance Tickets @Eventbright  More...

Sun 8/02 1:00 PM Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium [307 Church St]
Anticipated 2026 Cabrillo Festival free Family Concert!  More...

Sun 8/02 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

Monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center. Bring your instrument or come to listen. Movement and other disciplines encouraged. No advance notice needed — just show up.  More...

Sun 8/02 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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23rd ANNUAL
OUTSOUND NEW MUSIC SUMMIT
Mountains of Sound
VINNY GOLIA'S OCTACONTAGON ORCHESTRA (80 musicians strong) + JOSH ALLEN
The Bay Area's New Music Festival
Advance Tickets @Eventbright  More...