Sat 9/25 4:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
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The Lockdown Festival reconvenes. A host of diehards and experimentalists join for an online festival, streamed from Temescal Arts Center. Lockdown Festival VI promotes music of purpose at a time of continued - but hopefully soon-to-be-ending - strife. All proceeds will be directed to causes of conscience.

Program Includes:
4pm Surplus 1980
4:30pm Phillip Greenlief + David Boyce
5pm Amy Reed
5:30pm SO AR (Robert Lopez + Shanna Sordahl)
6pm Mike Gamble (PDX)
6:30pm Grex (Karl Evangelista + Rei Scampavia)
7pm Francis Wong Solo
7:45pm The Jordan Glenn Party (w/Jose F. Solares, David James, Roger Kim, and Safa Shokrai)

Donations are warmly accepted. You may contribute by donating a sum to LockdownIII2020@gmail.com or naming your price on an album of choice at https://grex.bandcamp.com.  More...

Thu 9/30 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
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A concert featuring works by living composers, instrumentalists and artists from minorities including woman artists and BIPOC artists, followed by an open discussion via Zoom with artist panelists and guests. Pianist Eunmi Ko, Ting Luo and a few other wonderful musicians, including Kathleen Supove(pianist), Vicky Chow(pianist), Nicholas Phillips(pianist), Chia Jui(Erhu), Wioleta Kaminska(multimedia) will be showcasing works at the event, highlighting the theme of new music by minority composers and performers. The event will feature pieces by Emily Koh, Chen Yi, Li Yuan-Qing, Jean Ahn, Reena Esmail and so on. NAC will premiere two pieces from FOOTSTEPS by Jean Ahn, with multimedia works by video artist Jo Ho. Other premiere pieces include Lost in.., sound and music by Ting Luo, visuals by Marco Pinter, and FIELDS OF REPRESSION, piano duo by Ting Luo and Gloria Damijan. This concert will be followed by an open Zoom discussion featuring performers and composers, including Chen Yi and Emily Koh attending the discussion.  More...

Sat 10/02 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery Street San Francisco - walking distance from glen park BART]
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bird and beckett books presents the lost trio with guest Steve Adams playing the music of charles mingus  More...

Sun 10/03 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

The monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center continues. Bring your instrument or come to listen. No advance notice needed — just show up. Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm. Donations for the venue rental are encouraged.

Masks required! Vaccinated performers may unmask while performing. Unvaccinated performers must remain masked at all times. Skylights will be open for air circulation.  More...

Mon 10/04 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
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Larry Ochs (saxophones) & Donald Robinson (drums) celebrating the recent release of their second and definitive duo recording, A Civil Right.  More...

Thu 10/07 5:00 PM SF Museum of Modern Art [151 Third St Sculpture Garden, Floor 5]
Compositions: Music and Poetry for Joan Mitchell

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Thu 10/07 7:30 PM CCRMA Courtyard [660 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305]
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CCRMA Transitions 2021: Concert 1 | Daniel Pearl Harmony for Humanity | Outdoor in-person event + live streaming

CCRMA celebrates the start of the 2021 season with its annual Transitions, two evenings of outdoor, under-the-stars concerts showcasing music from the CCRMA community and beyond. Feast your ears on immersive 3D sounds played on our multichannel system (24.8 speakers!) in our Courtyard outside the Knoll. Each evening’s program will be different and will feature live performances, fixed media electronic music, and audiovisual works.  More...

Fri 10/08 7:30 PM CCRMA Courtyard [660 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305]
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CCRMA Transitions 2021: Concert 2 | Outdoor in-person event + live streaming

CCRMA celebrates the start of the 2021 season with its annual Transitions, two evenings of outdoor, under-the-stars concerts showcasing music from the CCRMA community and beyond. Feast your ears on immersive 3D sounds played on our multichannel system (24.8 speakers!) in our Courtyard outside the Knoll. Each evening’s program will be different and will feature live performances, fixed media electronic music, and audiovisual works.  More...

Sat 10/09 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery Street SF - walking distance from glen park BART]
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bird and beckett presents the lost trio with guest elizabeth schenck plays the music of thelonious monk and ornette coleman  More...

Tue 10/12 8:00 PM The Laundry SF [3359 26th St SF]
Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. It is held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at The Laundry. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you'll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas. Due to restrictions, this show will only be streamed online, do not come to the Laundry  More...

Thu 10/14 8:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor 401 Van Ness Ave SF]
Other Minds Festival 25 – Moment’s Notice

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Fri 10/15 8:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor 401 Van Ness Ave SF]
Other Minds Festival 25 – Moment’s Notice

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Sat 10/16 3:00 PM Lytton Plaza [200 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA]
Earthwise Productions welcomes David Boyce Phillip Greenlief Tenor Sax Duo  More...

Sat 10/16 8:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor 401 Van Ness Ave SF]
Other Minds Festival 25 – Moment’s Notice

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Sun 10/17 4:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor 401 Van Ness Ave SF]
Other Minds Festival 25 – Moment’s Notice

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Sun 10/17 6:00 PM Sonic Sundays #16 ft. Chief Motif [https://twitch.tv/sonicalliance]
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A monthly streaming event featuring one to two different artists: live performers or DJs - from the Sonic Alliance community, the Bay Area, and beyond! All genres and styles are welcome! Pre-recorded performances are sent to Fetz to process the video through analog visual hardware creating a unique visual collaboration to accompany their performance! Tune in, hang out, and discover new music! Experience pre-recorded audio visual performances while supporting up-and-coming artists from the community!  More...

Sun 10/17 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Christina Braun performs dances to the music of Tom Nunn.  More...

Wed 10/20 11:00 AM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
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Gray Area Festival 2021 – Worlding Protocol
October 20-26, 2021 / Online
Talks | Exhibitions | Workshops
Attend: https://grayareafestival.io  More...

Wed 10/20 6:30 PM Sound & Savor [1131 24 street, Oakland]
CANCELLED

Sound & Savor returns after a very long covid break with world renowned musicians paired with gourmet vegan cuisine. We are thrilled to have the return of one of our favorite performers, Joelle Leandre in a solo concert! Only 12 seats available for this venue, now.  More...

Sat 10/23 1:00 PM Brew Coffee and Beer House [555 Healdsburg Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA]
Eki'Shola / Erica Ambrin / Lee Vandeveer

Join us for a day of music to heal your soul and benefit North Bay Organizing Project. $10 suggested donation  More...

Sat 10/23 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Plays Monk - Ben Goldberg & Scott Amendola w/ special guest Nate Brenner.  More...

Sun 10/24 4:00 PM The Dresher Ensemble Studio [West Oakland]
Ned Rothenberg with Paul Dresher and Jay Cloid

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Sun 10/24 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Rova Saxophone Quartet
Proof of COV-19 vaccination required.
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Sun 10/24 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnsh Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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Finnish Heritage Society Presents Koskinen/Romus' Manala (CD release concert) featuring the Life's Blood Ensemble

"...strikingly vivid, deeply textured music that evokes stark landscapes and heroic deeds...the music seems to emerge right out of the Finnish soil." - Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Classical Voice  More...

Thu 10/28 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Phillip Greenlief (sax) and Evelyn Davis (piano)
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Sat 10/30 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Ghost Call Quartet  More...

Sun 10/31 2:00 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive [2155 Center St. Berkeley]
A special screening of Larry Clark's 1977 film PASSING THROUGH, followed by a conversation and Q&A with the filmmaker and critic, screenwriter and educator Josslyn Luckett

Featuring the music of Eric Dolphy, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sun Ra and live performances by Horace Tapscott's Pan African People's Arkestra, Larry Clark's PASSING THROUGH "theorizes that jazz is one of the purest expressions of African American culture, now hijacked by a white culture that brutally exploits musicians for profit. “An invaluable film-outcry” (Albert Johnson).

Presented in collaboration with Film Quarterly  More...

Sun 10/31 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) with Fred Frith (guitar)
Proof of COV-19 vaccination required.
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Mon 11/01 8:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
Tatsuya Nakatani (solo percussion)
Kevin Corcoran & Jacob Felix Heule (bass drum duo)  More...