Tue 5/26 8:00 PM Compound Gallery Experimental Music Series [Compound Gallery 6604 San Pablo Ave Oakland]
The Compound Gallery Experimental Music Series by jimzeen productions and Outsound Presents: 1st Set "Streifenjunko" Duo from Norway: Eivind Nordset Lønning trumpet, Espen Reinertsen tenor saxophone/flute . . . 2nd Set: "RTD3" Ron Heglin trombone, Tom Nunn electro acoustic percussion, Doug Carroll cello . . . 3rd Set "Sabbaticus Rex" with Cornelius Boots shakuhachi/throat singing & Karen Stackpole gongs  More...

Wed 5/27 7:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
HUMP DAY JAM - A guided trek through uncharted realms. (Electric organ and small drumkit available.)  More...

Thu 5/28 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents
8:00 Lx Rudis - sound collage and scultping sometimes like noise
9:00 Santiago Latorre (musician and sound engineer who lives and works in Barcelona)His new CD Órbita released on the Accretions label is about turning and evolving, always the same journey but constantly changing, getting older, slowly dying. As a planet that goes around the sun, each track comes back to the same place a number of times. But everytime, something has happened, a year has passed.   More...

Fri 5/29 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
A night of Duo and Trio sets with bassist Reuben Radding (NYC), Scott R. Looney, Phillip Greenlief and Jen Baker  More...

Fri 5/29 9:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
The Deconstruction of What You Know - Henry Kaiser (guitar) / Josh Allen (sax) / William Winant and Timothy Orr (drums & percussion)
lazyboy - Dale Sophiea (sampling) / Bruce Anderson (guitar) (founders of legendary hard-art combo MX-80)  More...

Sat 5/30 12:00 PM Mariposa Bakery [5427 Telegraph Ave, Unit D3 Oakland, CA 94609 ]
WIENER KIDS! Jordan Glenn-drums, Aram Shelton-alto sax, Cory Wright-bari sax  More...

Sat 5/30 7:00 PM middle harbor shoreline park [7th street and middle harbor road, west oakland]
the illuminated corridor: a collision of public art, live music and film
a multi-layered work at the intersection of oakland's history and habitat with over 30 artists convening to illuminate this remarkable public park in sight and sound
read the faq, man  More...

Sat 5/30 9:00 PM Starry Plough [3101 Shattuck Ave @ Prince Berkeley]
miRthkon CD Release Show! w/ Research & Development and MoeTar  More...

Mon 6/01 8:00 PM Makeout Room [3225 22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110]
RUBBER CITY David Slusser, saxophone / Ralph Carney, reeds / Richard Saunders, bass / Chris Ackerman, drums
MARIÉ ABE GROUP Marie Abé, accordion / Dina Maccabee, violin / John Hanes, drums / Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
CENTIPEDE David James, guitar / David Boyce, saxophone / Eli Crews, electric bass / Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass / John Hanes, drums  More...

Tue 6/02 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
**2009 Matthew Sperry Memorial Festival**
with special guest Lesli Dalaba in trio with Fred Frith and Jason Hoopes and in duo with Gail Brand. Gino Robair will also be joining us in a quartet.  More...

Tue 6/02 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Matthew Sperry Memorial Festival - A quartet featuring Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes, and Gino Robair.  More...

Thu 6/04 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Strong Moon
**2009 Matthew Sperry Memorial Festival**
Treasure Mouth Karaoke Band and OrcheSperry Large Ensemble   More...

Fri 6/05 8:00 PM Hillside Club [2286 Cedar St Berkeley]
**2009 Matthew Sperry Memorial Festival**
with special guest Gail Brand  More...

Fri 6/05 8:00 PM Yoshi's San Francisco [1330 Fillmore St SF]
Abdullah Ibrahim  More...

Fri 6/05 9:00 PM Lana's [751 3rd Street, Oakland, CA 94607]
Three Sets at Lana's! (Johnson, Evangelista/Glenn/Hoopes, Voronina)  More...

Sat 6/06 8:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
Boneless Children Foundation, Colossal Inertia, Shovelman  More...

Sat 6/06 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Lost Trio & Trio Puttanesca  More...

Sun 6/07 7:30 PM SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound Presents
7:30pm Between Ravens and Crows
8:30pm After the End of the World Coretet 20th anniversary celebration Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone, flute / Ara Anderson - trumpet / Bill Noertker - contrabass / Dave Mihaly - drums  More...

Sun 6/07 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Three sets of music:
1st set: Holly Caust (Alee Karim, Norman Conquest, with guest Jordan Glenn)
2nd set: Moe! Staiano (percussion)
3rd set: Weasel Walter (percussion), Phillip Greenlief (saxophones), Damon Smith (bass), Kristian Aspelin (guitar)  More...

Mon 6/08 9:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany]
Evil Lunch Evening: Karl Evangelista (w/Michael J.Dale, Jordan Glenn, Christopher M. Skebo, Cory Wright); The Brine; Jacob Zimmerman (w/Vijay Anderson, Jameson Swanagon, Alexander Vittum)  More...

Wed 6/10 7:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
HUMP DAY JAM - A guided trek through uncharted realms. (Electric organ and small drumkit available.)  More...

Wed 6/10 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Matt Davignon (drum machine) & Daryl Shawn (guitar/tape) - solos and duo; CYLINDER: Darren Johnston, trumpet Aram Shelton, bass clarinet and alto saxophone Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass Kjell Nordeson, drums  More...

Thu 6/11 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Commode Minstrels In Bullface, Midmight, Amphibious Gestures, Headboggle (Guest curation by Greedmink)  More...

Thu 6/11 8:00 PM New, Improved Recording [960 Arlington @ Lowell Oakland, CA]
Georg Graewe-piano, Kjell Nordeson-drums, Jon Raskin- saxophone performing at New, Improved Recording Studio. sfSound is hosting the live streaming for this recording so if you can't make it by please join us at sfSoundRadio :: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN ::  More...

Thu 6/11 8:30 PM Socha Café [3235 Mission St @ Valencia]
Nathan Clevenger Group, featuring Aaron Novik, Mitch Marcus, Kasey Knudsen, Sam Bevan & Jon Arkin.  More...

Fri 6/12 8:00 PM Golden TrapperKeeper Lodge [1687 Hayes St. (Rodney Dangerfield face) San Francisco]
club sandwich presents:

Aures (microtonal violin & accordion trio from Portland with John Krausbauer of Trees & Tecumseh)

Dryer-Heule-Nishi (double bass, drum & koto trance trio)

Travis Johns (electronics in the microsound vein)  More...

Sat 6/13 8:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento Street/Van Ness San Francisco, CA 94109]
Music for the people, by the people! SFCCO brings new music by living composers to the public like no one else! Since it's inception in 2002, The Composers Orchestra has premiered more new music than any other ensemble in the Bay Area with a surprising diversity of styles influenced by as much by pop and world as post-modernist and minimalist music.  More...

Sat 6/13 8:30 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom @ 23rd San Francisco]
Telepathy featuring:

Tim Bulkley - drums
David Arend - upright bass
Aaron Novik - bass clarinet
Patrick Cress - alto and bari saxophones  More...

Sun 6/14 6:00 PM Cafe Royale [800 Post St. @ Leavenworth SF]
The Nice Guy Trio - Rob Reich on accordion, Daniel Fabricant on bass, and Darren Johnston on trumpet  More...

Sun 6/14 7:30 PM SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30 pm Erica Eller w/Damon Smith, Weasel Walter
"dedication to anything that is lost, blanketed, hidden, absent, or forgotten"
8:30 pm Emily Hay & Motoko Honda (Los Angeles)  More...

Sun 6/14 8:00 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
Dominique Leone + ODAWAS + Wiener Kids  More...

Mon 6/15 7:30 PM Sundance Kabuki Cinemas [1881 Post Street San Francisco]
Other Minds presents a special benefit screening of The Revenge of the Dead Indians: In Memoriam John Cage, a composed film directed by Henning Lohner (length 129 min.). This celebration of John Cage's work, influences, and thoughts is neither a feature film nor a documentary: footage of Cage and performances of his music are assembled together with 42 personalities, from well-known artists to market vendors and street cleaners, "found" video and audio landscapes, and theatrically directed readings. The result is an unexpected and fascinating combination of intellectual thought, viewpoints, and opinions. Includes interviews with Noam Chomsky, Merce Cunningham, Frank Gehry, Ellsworth Kelly, Yoko Ono, and Frank Zappa, and performances by Irvine Arditti, Margaret Leng Tan, Frances-Marie Uitti and more.  More...

Mon 6/15 9:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany]
Experimental/Improv Hootenanny & Social Club with All Ones [Matt Cunitz, Ned Doherty, Dave Brandt] with Ralph Carney, Curated sets by Bass is the Place, Bunny Numpkins,
and Emily Hay/Motoko Honda  More...

Tue 6/16 9:00 PM Uptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland]
Aram Shelton, soprano saxophone & bass clarinet; Kjell Nordeson - percussion.
The Tom McNally Trio - featuring Richard Saunders (double bass) and Garth Powell (drums and percussion).  More...

Wed 6/17 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE!

Aures (amplified microtonal violin & accordion trio from Portland, with John Krausbauer of Trees & Tecumseh)

Tony Dryer (double bass), Jacob Felix Heule (drums), Gino Robair (electronics)

Darwinsbitch (Marielle Jakobsons)  More...

Thu 6/18 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm: The Auricle (electric ukelele; french horn & violin)
9pm: ThreeTwentyTwo + guest (Chris Broderick - reeds; Angela Hsu - violin; plus Jen Baker - trombone.)  More...

Thu 6/18 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Mark Miller Group w/ Weasel Walter, Chris Brown, and Damon Smith + Scott R. Looney, and Kjell Nordeson duo  More...

Fri 6/19 7:30 PM Swissnex [730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111]
Swiss saxophonist Urs Leimgruber and drummer Gino Robair perform as a duo at Swissnex San Francisco. Leimgruber is the most important Swiss improviser on the scene. The music will range from extremely quiet and textural, to all-out post-free-jazz fury  More...

Fri 6/19 8:00 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 94102]
10TH Anniversary SFJAZZ Spring Season Presents
Hiromi’s Sonicbloom with David Fiuczynski  More...

Fri 6/19 8:00 PM NOHSpace [2840 Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA 94110]
Theatre of Yugen's "Pretty," a demon play in the Noh tradition with live musical score performed by Ava Mendoza, Suki O'Kane and Moe! Staiano. Advance tickets here. Part of the Fury Factory.  More...

Fri 6/19 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF]
Bob Marsh's Emergency String (X)tet delivers an extraordinary resounding sound of a varying number of string players using free and structured improvisations. Conventional instrumentation with an unconventional result. Performers include Bob Marsh, Tony Dryer, Angela Hsu, Doug Carroll, Leif Shackelford, and Adria Otte. Benefit for Meridian's 20th Anniversary.  More...

Fri 6/19 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
First set:
Mitfahrgelegenheit
Theresa Wong - cello, voice
Dohee Lee - percussion, voice

Second Set:
FreeJazzBaby!
Larry Ochs = saxes
Darren Johnston - trumpet
Kjell Nordeson - drums  More...

Fri 6/19 9:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mind Gaze Hut [671 24th St, Oakland CA 94612]
DOMINIQUE LEONE (DL, Jordan Glenn, Curtis McKinney, William Winant, Kanoko Nishi, Alexandra Buschman) + CAPILLARY ACTION + WIENER KIDS (Jordan Glenn, Aram Shelton, Cory Wright)  More...

Sat 6/20 8:00 PM NOHspace [2840 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA]
Theatre of Yugen's "Pretty," a demon play in the Noh tradition with live musical score performed by Ava Mendoza, Suki O'Kane and Moe! Staiano. Advance tickets here. Part of the Fury Factory.  More...

Sat 6/20 8:00 PM Zeum (Cone Building) [221 Fourth Street San Francisco, CA 94103]
An evening of multi-media performances in the Zeum Cone by T.D. SKATCHIT, Tom Nunn & David Michalak play "Skatch Boxes", improvising to early avant-garde movies; Emergency String (X)tet with electronic composition by Sicilian Francesco Calandrino; Scot Gresham-Lancaster, invented electronics; YoyoMama with Butoh dancer Kinji Hayashi; all live real time projected videography by Tim Thompson.  More...

Sun 6/21 5:00 PM Chapel of the Chimes [4499 Piedmont Ave. Oakland]
2009 Garden of Memory

New Music Bay Area and Lifemark Group Arts present Garden of Memory 2009: a walk-through concert to celebrate the summer solstice  More...

Mon 6/22 8:00 AM Yoshi's San Francisco [1330 Fillmore St SF]
"Go Left Fest" Featuring Marshall Allen, Ishmael Reed, Roswell Rudd, Matthew Shipp and more  More...

Mon 6/22 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Urs Leimgruber (Switzerland) – saxophones / Henry Kaiser – guitar / Damon Smith – double bass / Gino Robair – percussion  More...

Tue 6/23 8:00 AM Compound Gallery [Compound Gallery 6604 San Pablo Ave Oakland]
Polly Moller solo flutes, candles, Tarot cards . . . Theresa Wong cello/voice, Kanoko Nishi koto Duo . . . Jen Baker trombone, Jorrit Dijkstra reeds & Lisa Mezzacappa doublebass Trio
**Last Show in the Series**  More...

Tue 6/23 8:00 AM Yoshi's San Francisco [1330 Fillmore St SF]
"Go Left Fest" Featuring Marshall Allen, Ishmael Reed, Roswell Rudd, Matthew Shipp and more  More...

Wed 6/24 7:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
HUMP DAY JAM - A guided trek through uncharted realms. (Electric organ and small drumkit available.)  More...

Wed 6/24 7:00 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia Street @21st SF]
club sandwich presents:

No Deposit No Return Blues (film)
documentary on psychedelic musician SANDY BULL, made by his daughter, local filmmaker KC Bull

Father Murphy (Italy)
Think of Gnostic masses, kabbalistic chanting, chiming little bells, tinny Gregorian-like drones played on toy-keyboards and the subtle but inescapable influence of 70�s Italian horror rock acts like Jacula and you will have some of the ingredients that make Father Murphy�s music. Have you ever heard Swans, This Heat, Nirvana and Low all together?

Work
vox/gtr/drum. do you want total war?

Heule+Nishi
koto + drum free improv trance texture  More...

Thu 6/25 7:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
SF Friends of Chamber Music Musical Grant Workshop - find out more nuts and bolts stuff about this opportunity for funding for local chamber music, including experimental and contemporary forms.  More...

Thu 6/25 7:30 PM Brava Theater [2781 24th St SF]
Aaron Novik's Thorny Brocky @ Brava Theater Fundraiser  More...

Thu 6/25 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Three sets of electro-acoustic brain scans with...
--Elm a Solo project of one half of Barn Owl, Jon Porras
--Astral Sleep
--James Kaiser, Matthew Waldron
  More...

Thu 6/25 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Strip Mall Seizures, The Rhombus, Pink Canoes, and Maggie Morrie with emcee George Chen  More...

Fri 6/26 5:00 PM Tartine Bakery [Guerrero at 18 St SF]
Good times, butter with:
Dina Maccabee, violin
Marie Abe, accordion
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass  More...

Fri 6/26 8:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
jimzeen productions, Outsound, and Flux 53 present
OUTFLUX 3

THE Spirit MOVES US (CD Release party) - Jim Ryan (flute/sax/kalimba), Bob Marsh (cello), Spirit (percussion)

followed by THE LEFT COAST IMPROV GROUP - Doug Carroll, Michael Cooke, Ron Heglin, Jeff Hobbs, Darren Johnston, Scott R. Looney, Bob Marsh, Tom Nunn, Jim Ryan, Leif Shackleford, Karen Stackpole, and Andrew Voigt

- COME EARLY FOR Jim Ryan'S 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AND ART SHOW! -  More...

Sat 6/27 2:00 PM R5 Records [2500 16th Street Sacramento]
In the Flow Fest: *2:00 Instagon* *3:00 Kevin Corcoran solo percussion*
*3:30 Jacob Felix Heule* *4:30 Lucio Menegon, Suki O'Kane*  More...

Sat 6/27 7:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
TURF VS. CIRCUS
That's street dancers vs. circus performers. Yeah you heard right!  More...

Sat 6/27 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Tim Perkis, John Bischoff, Aram Shelton, and Novi-Sad  More...

Sat 6/27 8:00 PM Climate Theatre [285 9th St (at Folsom) SF]
Hypnagogia
Between Waking and Dreaming
A One Night Sonic and Visual Art Event
A diverse grouping of Bay Area art in all genres, as well as: a solo saxophone/circular breathing performance by Philip Greenlief, a musical/sound art performance by The Flip Quartet with Polly Moller, and a live video and sound performance by Sean Clute and Jessica Gomula.

Other highlights of the evening will be Stephani Martinez' alternate landscape installation, constructed of crocheted sculptures, and a screening of Vanessa Woods' handmade films.  More...

Sat 6/27 8:00 PM Heco's Palace [705 Peralta St. Oakland]
A concert with Unusual Electronic Gadgets, Strange Amplified Objects, Oneerie, Wonderful, Incredible Music  More...

Sun 6/28 5:00 PM pharaoh maybelline's sound trough [199 san jose at 24th st (silver gate to side patio)]
w/ brutalsfx festival # sixty one:
"this has really happening in reali tease"
starts 5PM sharp! willy goes on first
+ william winant - playing "bells for new orleans" for solo glockenspiel written by roscoe mitchell + mitchell brown + windowpain industries + vibrating garbage + 60s residue  More...

Mon 6/29 9:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany]
Monday Night Liftoff at the Ivy Room
Two sets of Improvised Music:
Weasel Walter / John Gruntfest Duo.
Aram Shelton / Aaron Bennett / Noah Philips / John Hanes Quartet.  More...

Thu 7/02 7:00 PM Velma's Sunday Blues and Jazz Club [2246 Jerrold Ave SF]
Eddie Gale with guests Sandy Poindexter (violin) Valerie Mih (piano), Andrew Currier (bass), Dante James (drums)  More...

Thu 7/02 7:00 PM CELLspace [2050 Bryant St. San Francisco]
Tony Dryer: double bass
Jacob Felix Heule: drums
Kanoko Nishi: koto

perform at
SPACECRAFT- CELLspace studio artists group art show  More...

Thu 7/02 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm: Courtesy Tourniquet - Errol Stewart (Guitars, Radio) & Nick Roberts (Electronics, Saxophone) ...Aural Ruminations on Influenza, Exploding Manhole Covers, and the Ubiquitous Air Disaster....
9pm: Jack O' The Clock
...a quietly giddy sort of energy to the possibilities that spring up where American folk songwriting meets experimental music.  More...

Thu 7/02 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Chris Brown performs and curates an evening of experimental music featuring Charles Johnson, Chad and Curtis McKinney, Tom Nunn and William Winant  More...

Thu 7/02 9:00 PM Bluesix [3043 24th St. @ Treat St. SF]
Scott Amendola/Terrence McManus Duo
Terrence McManus-electric guitar
ScottAmendola-drums/percussion  More...

Fri 7/03 9:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
Terrence McManus & Phillip Greenlief / Theresa Wong & Gino Robair  More...

Sun 7/05 7:30 PM SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound presents
7:30pm Terrence McManus
8:30pm Ralph Carney - saxophones, etc./Mike Elias - guitar/Bill Noertker - contrabass/Dave Mihaly - drums  More...

Sun 7/05 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Michael Vatcher (Amsterdam) in two trios w/ Philip Greenlief, Scott R. Looney, Richard Saunders, and Damon Smith  More...

Mon 7/06 8:00 PM Makeout Room [3225 22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110]
The Monday Makeout presents:
The Spirit Moves Us: Jim Ryan / Bob Marsh / Spirit
Admiral Ted Brinkley and Friends  More...

Tue 7/07 7:30 PM First Tuesdays at Tom's [3111 Deakin St. Berkeley, CA ]
Terrence McManus Solo, Polly Moller/Amar Chaudary duet and RTD3 [Nunn/Carroll/Heglin trio]  More...

Tue 7/07 8:30 PM Socha Cafe [3235 Mission Street (@ Valencia) San Francisco]
Tony Dryer (double bass), Jacob Felix Heule (drum set), Aram Shelton (saxophone), Josh Berman (Chicago) (cornet)

multiple sets, 8:30-11:30  More...

Wed 7/08 7:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
HUMP DAY JAM
A guided trek through uncharted realms. Electric organ and small drumkit available.  More...

Wed 7/08 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Two Improvised Sets at 21 Grand:
Set 1: Darren Johston, Marie Abe, Dave Mihaly.
Set 2: Josh Berman (Chicago), Aram Shelton, Tim Perkis, Damon Smith.  More...

Thu 7/09 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Blessing Moon
8 PM Free Rein
9 PM Valka (Agnes Szelag + Marielle Jakobsons) with Noah Phillips  More...

Thu 7/09 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Miya Masaoka, Tomas Phillips  More...