Fri 6/12 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound Presents Anhad Naad Collective  More...

Fri 6/12 7:30 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Visible Cloaks: Paradessence

Experience Paradessence, the latest from Visible Cloak, a shimmering journey of emergence and illusion unfolding in a luminous, hyperreal nocturne.  More...

Fri 6/12 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Fri 6/12 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
electro acoustic free improvisations for oboe, cello, koto, shakuhachi and buchla  More...

Fri 6/12 8:00 PM Bric-a-Brac [178 Leland ave SF]
Two duos at Bric-a-Brac:

Nathan Corder/Tom Weeks

Isabelle Waldner Kalb/K. Francis Messer  More...

Sat 6/13 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Gourmet vegan pancakes served with entrance fee, featuring:
EKG (Karel/Bruckmann)
Thom Blum
Eric Glick Rieman
Midmight
Aaron Oppenheim

2hrs no fuss, 26 yrs of experimental community.  More...

Sat 6/13 2:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Raffi Garabedian

Raffi Garabedian (tenor saxophone), Dahveed Behroozi (piano), Dave Ewell (bass), Tim Bulkley (drums).  More...

Sat 6/13 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Rova Saxophone Quartet: New Works  More...

Sat 6/13 7:30 PM First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo [72 Kensington Road San Anselmo CA 94960]
Echo Chamber Orchestra will premiere a work inspired by nature, Brian S. Wilson's, "A Modal Menagerie - 7 Animals from 7 Continents in 7 Modes." Also von Weber's brilliant first clarinet concerto (Kyle Beard soloist); and Beethoven's Sixth "Pastoral" Symphony. Wine and cheese reception follows. Admission $30. Designated accessible parking is available. The sanctuary, Fireside room and restrooms are all wheelchair accessible. Tickets are available online and at the door after 7:00 PM.  More...

Sat 6/13 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Sat 6/13 7:30 PM The Ruth Williams Opera House, formerly known as the Bayview Opera House [4705 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94124]
Hans Werner Henze's outrageous and rarely performed mini-opera "The Tedious Way to the Apartment of Natascha Ungeheuer" at the Historic Bayview Opera House this June 13th and 14th, 2026.

This spectacular, radical and timely piece is like NOTHING you've ever heard before.

Featuring Conductors Stephen Schick & Jaco Wong, Solo Vocalist Hadleigh Adams, Percussionist Greg Messa, Solo Guitarist David Tannenbaum and a crackerjack ensemble of 15 other premier Bay Area contemporary music players, this isn't one to miss!  More...

Sat 6/13 8:00 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
Dick Conte returns to the Jazzschool for the 21st Annual Jazz Piano Scholarship Benefit Concert

Dick Conte, piano

Steve Heckman, saxophone

Steve Webber, bass

Jimmy Hobson, drums  More...

Sat 6/13 8:00 PM Beauty Supply Arts [1214 Webster St. Oakland, CA]
BSA presents an evening of multimedia performance and improvisation featuring Eric Theise, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and a new quintet consisting of Tasya Abbot, Lorin Benedict, Nathan Corder, David Golightly, and Emily Pothast.  More...

Sun 6/14 12:00 AM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound Presents PET THE TIGER + EVIDENCE TRIO  More...

Sun 6/14 4:00 PM The Ruth Williams Opera House, formerly known as the Bayview Opera House [4705 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94124]
Hans Werner Henze's outrageous and rarely performed mini-opera "The Tedious Way to the Apartment of Natascha Ungeheuer" at the Historic Bayview Opera House this June 13th and 14th, 2026.

This spectacular, radical and timely piece is like NOTHING you've ever heard before.

Featuring Conductors Stephen Schick & Jaco Wong, Solo Vocalist Hadleigh Adams, Percussionist Greg Messa, Solo Guitarist David Tannenbaum and a crackerjack ensemble of 15 other premier Bay Area contemporary music players, this isn't one to miss!  More...

Sun 6/14 5:00 PM DFM Radio Television International [online]
Streaming only:Click for stream  
SUN 6/14: UB Radio 961 - live experimental sounds w/ special guests: Cheryl Leonard & Cliff Neighbors on DFM.NU  More...

Sun 6/14 5:30 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
Electric Squeezebox Orchestra (Jazzschool Resident Artists). A 17-piece big band led by Erik Jekabson and features many of the best players and arrangers in the Bay Area!  More...

Sun 6/14 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Beth Custer / Will Bernard / Ken Emerson  More...

Tue 6/16 7:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
Jazz at the Make-Out Room
Tuesday, June 16, 6pm doors/7pm show

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 Karl Evangelista/Lewis Jordan Duo
(KE - guitar, LJ - sax)

7:45pm Ross Hammond
(RH - guitar)

8:15pm Jon Bafus/Jas Stade
(JS - guitar, JB - drums)  More...

Tue 6/16 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Lisa Mezzacappa Unlikely Covers Band with Aaron Bennett, Mark Clifford, Brett Carson, Eric Garland  More...

Wed 6/17 12:30 PM The Freight [2020 Addison St. Berkeley]
FREE! Brown Bag Jazz Hangs @ The Freight: PC Muñoz — on Free Jazz Drum Heroes

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.

OFFSITE at The Freight, 2020 Addison St.  More...

Wed 6/17 7:00 PM RootStock Arts Center [5741 Telegraph Ave Oakland]
Film: 'Space is the Place' (1974)

On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, RootStock Arts Center in North Oakland presents a special screening of the Afrofuturist masterpiece, Space Is the Place. Starring the legendary avant-garde jazz visionary Sun Ra, the film is a vibrant, cosmic blend of social commentary, science fiction, and musical odyssey. Doors open at 6:30 PM with the program beginning at 7:00 PM. The evening kicks off with an introduction and overview by acclaimed musician David Boyce, who will also lead a post-screening audience discussion. General Admission tickets are available for $30, with a discounted $15 early bird, student, and senior rate.

info/tickets:
https://www.viewcy.com/event/film_space_is_the_p  More...

Wed 6/17 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Wendy Eisenberg + More Eaze + Jas Stade

https://www.thelab.org/projects/2026/6/17/wendy-eisenberg-more-eaze-jas-stade  More...

Thu 6/18 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Secret Sidewalk

Founded in 2010, Secret Sidewalk is comprised of Bay Area natives from a variety of musical backgrounds, yielding a distinctive sound that echoes Bay Area hip-hop, jazz, and psychedelic undertones. The group features unorthodox instrumentation: saxophone, turntables, synthesizers, and drums, all modulated live with effects to create a sound that is both lush and gritty.  More...

Thu 6/18 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Thu 6/18 8:00 PM Dead End Vintage [3370 19th St. SF]
Sean Keenan and Mike Meanstreetz, Scot Jenerik, Shin Chida (Japan)  More...

Fri 6/19 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Karl Evangelista Plays Sonny Sharrock's "Guitar," Tom Weeks

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.

This month: fiery Filipino-American guitarist Karl Evangelista performs the entirety of Sonny Sharrock’s “Guitar” album. Saxophonist Tom Weeks joins for a blistering solo set.

Set #1: Tom Weeks Solo Saxophone

Set #2: Karl Evangelista Plays Sonny Sharrock  More...

Fri 6/19 7:30 PM Roar Shack Live! [34 7th Street, San Francisco]
Roar Shack Live! presents Pamela Z + The Living Earth Show

Pamela Z joins The Living Earth Show for an evening of surprises in works for voice and electronics, percussion, guitar, video, and strange behavior.  More...

Fri 6/19 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Sat 6/20 3:00 PM Bargetto Winery [3535 N Main St, Soquel, 95073]
Get a sneak peek of the Festival 2026 and enjoy some delicious bites & wine while supporting the Festival—it's a taste of what's to come!  More...

Sat 6/20 6:30 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Eternal Research presents Rite of the Demon: Summer, an evening of collaborative experimentation between contemporary artists and ancient oracles. Featuring LA’s Fierra Ex Machina, inventors and developers of the Demon Box, and joined by electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani, this multimedia event melds storied mediums with cutting-edge transmedia to offer the key to the Oracle of Delphi’s origin: the powers of embodied vision.

https://grayarea.org/event/rite-of-the-demon/  More...

Sat 6/20 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  More...

Sat 6/20 8:00 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
Jazz PRIDE! Eli Maliwan's Saxreligious Quintet

Eli Maliwan, saxophone and FX

Rob Finucane, synth

Vida Sánchez, synth bass

Gabi Aldaz, piano

JC Grady, drums  More...

Sun 6/21 5:00 PM Chapel of the Chimes [4499 Piedmont Ave, Oakland]
The annual Walk-Through Concert - Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes returns again to celebrate the summer solstice.

This will sell out, so please try to buy tickets Here

https://gardenofmemory.com/  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 7:30 PM Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College at Northeastern University, Oakland [Richards Rd, Oakland, CA]
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David Tudor is, perhaps, most famously known as part and principal interpreter of the New York School—John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff. This two-day concert celebrates Tudor's 100th Birthday as well as Composers Inside Electronics 50th Anniversary. Reformed in 1996 for Tudor’s memorial service, current members of Composers Inside Electronics include John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, Tom Hamilton, Matt Rogalsky, and Doug Van Nort.  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 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...

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...

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 of David Murray's tenor saxophone in the intimacy of a house concert is something to behold, and the chemistry between him and Kahil El'Zabar is always special.  More...

Sat 6/27 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness @ Audium  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 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Kasey Knudsen, saxophone; Mat Muntz, bass; Scott Amendola, drums  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 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 7/16 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...