Sat 12/04 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Mills College Sound Techniques Final Concert – Dec. 4 at 8pm  More...

Sun 12/05 2:45 PM The Lost Church [427 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401]
Eki'Shola & the Lee Vandeveer Band: Benefit for North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP)  More...

Sun 12/05 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
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Anne Hege and Julie Herndon team up for a night of new sounds with original and familiar instruments. Showcasing excerpts from their latest projects including an album for The Tape Machine (an analog, live-looping instrument), The Furies (an opera for laptop orchestra and live vocalists), Shadow Prism (a light-responsive geodesic sphere), and works for extended piano, the concert will explore how instruments and bodies are essential to how we engage with live music performance.  More...

Sun 12/05 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

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...

Tue 12/07 7:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Mills College Seminar in Composition, Performance and Improvisation Concert.  More...

Sat 12/11 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Interminacy
Tom Djll (elec, vox), Tim Perkis (elec), Gino Robair(elec, piano),
Featuring readings, both live and recorded, from Tom Djll's
Shaddup, a book of new anecdotes putatively by John Cage.
and
Ben Davis, solo cello  More...

Sat 12/11 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
X Sound – A concert of music by Maryzelle Ungo and Maisha Lani.  More...

Sun 12/12 12:00 PM Mission Synths [3026 24th St. San Francisco, CA 94110]
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Mission Synths 1 Year Anniversary  More...

Tue 12/14 8:00 PM The Laundry SF [3359 26th St SF]
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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...

Wed 12/15 12:00 AM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
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Bay Area-based trio, Sl(e)ight Ensemble, performs new works inspired by nature in California, including works by ensemble members, Julie Herndon, and Kian Ravaei.  More...

Wed 12/15 7:30 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
INTERMINACY!! Tom Djll (elec, vox), Tim Perkis (elec), Gino Robair (elec, piano)

2nd act: Stanford electronic composers Stephanie Sherriff and Barbara Nerness.  More...

Wed 12/15 8:00 PM Mitchell Park Community Center [3700 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto]
Earthwise welcomes Amendola VS Blades

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Sat 12/18 2:00 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive [2155 Center St. Berkeley]
Sarah Cahill: The Future Is Female  More...

Sat 12/18 5:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
5–8pm Opening reception with Bullshit Detector vs Evicshen vs Gargoyle Madrigal
8–10:30pm Brutal Sound Effects Festival #92
Collision Stories (Day/Bachmann/Gendreau/Jones) (record release)----Medicine Cabinet-----Midmight----Kanoko Nishi & Wobbly----4ft Owl----Birdspanker----Earth Jerks  More...

Sat 12/18 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
An evening of solos:
Jon Raskin(sax)
Moe! Staiano (perc)
Tim Duff (contrabass)  More...

Sun 12/19 3:00 PM Root Division [1131 Mission St, San Francisco]
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: Sound Encounters II in collaboration with CNMAT, UC Berkeley

TICKETS Members: Free / Non-Members: $15 , $5 Digital access

As part of this season’s in the COMMUNITY offerings, we renew our partnership with several area sound artists for the presentation of works hailing from UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies.

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Sun 12/19 4:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
This monthly series began in January 2020, was pre-empted after its first two shows by Covid-19, and reawakens this month with the first of two previously curated programs. The program includes sound installations based on field recordings by Maggi Payne and Chris Brown originally created for the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza, and pieces by Michelle Moeller, and T.D. Skatchit (David Michalak and Tom Nunn) & Company. The musicians will mix their pieces from the center of the space, and the audience is free to choose their own listening location, and to move within the space to hear the music from different vantage points.  More...

Sun 1/02 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

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.  More...

Sat 1/08 5:00 PM Cone Shape Top [5200 Adeline St. #158 Oakland CA (door on the corner of Adeline & 53rd)]
Kevin Corcoran (bass drum)
Jacob Felix Heule (bass drum)
Gabby Wen (live electronics)  More...

Sat 1/08 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Brutal Sound Effects Festival #93  More...

Tue 1/11 8:00 PM The Laundry SF [3359 26th St SF]
Streaming only:Click for stream  
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...

Fri 1/14 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Brutal Sound Effects Festival #94  More...

Sun 1/16 6:00 PM Sonic Sundays #18 ft. Fetz A/V [https://linktr.ee/fetzav]
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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...