Mon 6/30 7:30 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia SF]
Rewards Program

An improvisational music project featuring Miles Lassi, Zekarias Thompson, and Skyway Man set to expanded cinema 16mm and 35mm slide projections by Ellie Vanderlip.  More...

Tue 7/01 8:00 PM (formerly Land and Sea Gallery) [5428 San Pablo Ave, Oakland CA]
Shatter Pattern joins the returning Tart Ape tour (Shin Chida, S*Glass, Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase) at the currently-unnamed site of the former Land and Sea Gallery (Oakland). Tape loops, feedback loops, and brain loops.  More...

Tue 7/01 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month come order from Little Hill's special curated drink menu and experience the soulful voice and piano of Elihu Knowles team up with saxophonist Rent Romus for slow standards, originals, and ambient improvisations while basking in the calm red velvet lounge of El Cerrito's very own Little Hill Lounge.
Come on out for the music, stay for the drinks!
Stay tuned for special guests!
No cover. Tips welcome!  More...

Wed 7/02 11:30 AM Salesforce Park "Rooftop Jazz" [Main Plaza, 425 Mission St San Francisco]
Kasey Knudsen with Scott Amendola & Danny Lubin-Laden  More...

Thu 7/03 5:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
Do-Over Music Series @ Shapeshifters Cinema
Holiday Party!

5pm - BBQ on the patio

7pm - Josh Berman & Friends
Josh Berman, trumpet (from Chicago!)
Larry Ochs, sax
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Jordan Glenn, drums

8pm - expanded cinema + improvised music with
Josh Berman & Friends plus!
Motoko Honda, keyboard
Chris Cooper, electronics  More...

Fri 7/04 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Josh Berman/Fred Lonberg-Holm Duo  More...

Fri 7/04 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
Tom Djll and Suki O'Kane  More...

Sat 7/05 7:00 PM First Church of the Buzzard [2601 Adeline St, Oakland, CA 94607-2415]
Moe Staiano and Ensemble returns to the Buzzard with a much needed performance (and much needed mental release) of Death of A Piano with a full-on 45+ ensemble. Also performing will be
Trough (body-horror jangle-squonk), Zebra Secrets (experimental acid jazz collage), and James Goode.

Doors at 7pm
Show at 8pm
$15  More...

Sun 7/06 2:00 PM The Tiger Garage [a private studio in south Berkeley (near Ashby BART)]
Tigerbirds ensemble (Heloise Gold, Jennifer Wilsey, Nancy Beckman, Tom Bickley) present Speeling Tined/supernova oil lei: improvisations and compositions in sound and movement by Pauline Oliveros and members of the ensemble.  More...

Sun 7/06 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.

Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. Set up before 8:00 and be as ready to play as possible. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm.  More...

Mon 7/07 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Plonsey Scheme  More...

Tue 7/08 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
Gut Instinct - a Film by Doug Dillaman + Live Music Performance by Kyle Bruckmann  More...

Wed 7/09 7:00 PM The Tiger Garage, a private studio in south Berkeley [near Ashby BART]
The Deeply Listening Body workshop: Heloise Gold, performing artist, choreographer, dancer, comedian, T’ai Chi and Qi Gong instructor. Visiting artist Heloise Gold leads a movement/dance/improv workshop. This event is free and attendance is limited to 15 participants. To reserve a spot, email Tom Bickley tbickley@gmail.com  More...

Thu 7/10 7:30 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Queen Bee Records MicroFest #2

A night of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene's most adventurous and exciting bands. Celebrating the second batch of recordings out this year on Berkeley's Queen Bee Records.  More...

Thu 7/10 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
Antimatter, Famous Techno, Sholeh Asgary, Audre
July 10, 8pm-11pm Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
All-ages, $5-$15 notaflof

Antimatter
Complexities of minimal materialism, particles of sound as sculpted by Antimatter, the solo project of Xopher Davidson.
https://soundcloud.com/antiphonic-1

Famous Techno
Precise experiments with synthesizer reveal between oscillations, beneath dazzling shifts and smeared frequencies, between darkness and light, there rests a first-stillness from whence the cosmos blinds all the night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm7Qf9Alji4

Sholeh Asgary
Future mythological excavations, bridging large swathes of time and history through water, water clocks, crude oil, movement, light, voice, AM transmissions, frequency interference and language.
https://www.sholehasgary.com/sound

Audre
Michael Gendreau (Crawling With Tarts) and Jorge Bachman (Ruidobello) work from the inside out, an ancient seed set deep in a dark mass proves to anything but silent if you can get your mind's ear in there.
https://audre.bandcamp.com/  More...

Fri 7/11 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimesnions In Sound Presents NAVA  More...

Fri 7/11 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind  More...

Fri 7/11 8:00 PM 2727 [2727 California St Berkeley, CA 94703]
Sonic Cartographies is Klank.ist’s performance series designed to foster bi-monthly gatherings and collaborative encounters with Bay Area-based musicians and artists. The series offers a platform for local performers to engage with, interpret, and respond to sonic and visual works shared by Klank.ist members across Berlin, Istanbul, Strasbourg, Graz, Yalova, and the San Francisco Bay Area — forming an ongoing, evolving dialogue across geographies.  More...

Sat 7/12 3:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
Melt the North Pole: a collection of electronic voices that sound as if they are all singing through the same throat. A special live sound collage performance by Wobbly (Jon Leidecker of Negativland) on a theme of Climate Crisis. This event will take place in the high ceiling reading room of a historic public library branch.  More...

Sat 7/12 7:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Aine Nakamura: hands on tape

Closing performance including a duo with Jacob Felix Heule  More...

Sat 7/12 7:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Bassist, composer, & improvisor Lisa Mezzacappa and percussionist Jason Levis perform in a house concert in Berkeley. Their collaboration, "duo B.", will present their work "Incomplete, Open", a flexible suite of compositions inspired by the drawings of Sol LeWitt. Self-described as "a musical think-tank of grand schemes and impossible scenarios," the ensemble has spent nearly 20 years developing and refining its singular approach to improvisation and composition. Their work involves cross-disciplinary collaborations with film; partnerships with improvising instrumentalists both locally and internationally; and deep dives into the improvised-composed musical worlds of masters Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, and others.  More...

Sat 7/12 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind  More...

Sun 7/13 1:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Main Library's Koret Auditorium (lower level) [100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102]
Eco-composer Cheryl E. Leonard on Thin Ice: From Antarctic icebergs to Europe’s largest glacier to frozen lakes in Yosemite National Park, voices of melting ice are showcased in a musical performance by Cheryl E. Leonard. Field recordings interweave with sounds played live on rocks, shells, driftwood, penguin bones, water, and kelp in compositions about our transforming polar and alpine regions. Rooted in her personal explorations and informed by scientific research, Leonard’s music shares sonic wonders and stories of change from Earth’s icy realms. Cheryl E. Leonard is a composer, performer, field recordist and instrument builder whose works investigate natural sites and ecosystems and human relationships with them. She uses microphones and amplification to explore sonic intricacies, highlighting unusual voices and soundscapes while addressing environmental issues.  More...

Sun 7/13 7:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Zachary James Watkins, gaseous corpsewater, and headbleedsultraviolet resonate within Little Hill Lounge on July 13, 2025 at 7:30pm - guitars, saxophones, electronics galore - come sit in the ether with us for an evening.  More...

Fri 7/18 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound Presents Red Fast Luck/Deciphering Broken Rhythms Collective  More...

Fri 7/18 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind  More...

Fri 7/18 8:00 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
George Rogers (alto sax)
Lorin Benedict (voice)
Tim Duff (bass)
Evelyn Davis (piano)
Company style  More...

Fri 7/18 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa Five  More...

Sat 7/19 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Unique experimental sounds 25 yrs stronger through gourmet vegan pancake event. Please enjoy.

Jay Howard (Circuit Wound, L.A.)
Fletcher Pratt
Sharkiface
Sissisters
Tomaka Connor  More...

Sat 7/19 3:30 PM Re:Sound [Building 34 (near 1024 Nimitz Ave), Mare Island, Vallejo Coordinates: 38.098466,-122.2694642]
Solar Return (Julien Ottavi & Jenny Pickett) from Nantes, France
+ Wayne Grim & Phoebe Tooke as bLackPullet Grimoire  More...

Sat 7/19 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
BROUN FELLINIS

David Boyce-electronics and saxophones

Kevin Carnes -samples and drums

Kirk Peterson-bass  More...

Sat 7/19 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind  More...

Sun 7/20 3:00 PM Joaquin Miller Park [Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland https://maps.app.goo.gl/68wvwSivQEtQt5JHA]
Emergent Sound Practices:
Lisa Mezzacappa
Jacob Felix Heule  More...

Thu 7/24 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Rootstock @ Wyldflowr: Steve McQuarry Working as Synsor

Steve McQuarry is an avant-garde audio and visual performer-composer renowned for his
groundbreaking work in experimental music, where he performs and records under his moniker Synsor, on his independent label, Mandala Records. With a focus on electronic soundscapes and digital visuals, Steve's creations traverse the realms of ambient, drone, noise, and beats. His journey into electronic music began in high school, where an encounter with a neglected synthesizer sparked a lifelong passion. This pivotal moment led Steve to explore and innovate, becoming a pioneer in synthesis.  More...

Fri 7/25 7:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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22nd Annual Outsound New Music Summit

Ric Louchard Group, Fumi Okiji, with Music Research Strategies, Motoko Honda
Tickets @eventbrite
Special Summit Packages @Indiegogo  More...

Fri 7/25 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound Presents Angel  More...

Fri 7/25 7:30 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Other Minds presents scenes in workshop from the work-in-progress, I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment, by American composer Joseph Bohigian, Lebanese-Armenian vocalist Khatchadour Khatchadourian, and the music-technology group Ensemble Decipher. The free workshop performance will take place on Friday, July 25, 2025, at 7:30 pm at the Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio in Oakland, CA. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A with the ensemble, moderated by Charles Amirkhanian.  More...

Fri 7/25 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind  More...

Sat 7/26 6:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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22nd Annual Outsound New Music Summit

Gumby's Junk, Ologist, Lunar Mistake, Tri-Cornered Tent Show, Modesty
Tickets @eventbrite
Special Summit Packages @Indiegogo  More...

Sat 7/26 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind  More...

Sat 7/26 8:00 PM Ugra Deva Loka [1035 22nd Ave. Unit 14 Oakland, CA 94606]
SHARKIFACE: Project of experimental artist Angela Edwards from the Bay Area in California.
Bryan Day: Bryan Day is a sound artist, musical instrument inventor, and conceptual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is known for his work with noise, electroacoustic music, and free improvisation, often utilizing salvaged electronics, repurposed materials, and constructivist sound sculptures.
JORDAN BLANKENSHIP: No frills harsh noise from Modesto. Channeling the energy of classick japan sounds
SHUTTERED: Brutal noise violence from M. Donofrio  More...

Sun 7/27 2:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
A rare concert consisting of piano trios only, by major Bay Area composers. Pianist Paul Dab, violinist Michael Long, and cellist Sung Choi!  More...

Sun 7/27 3:00 PM Oaktown Jazz Workshops [55 Washington St Jack London Sq, Oakland]
ATOM Ensemble

Erika Oba, piano/flute Roopa Mahadevan, vocals Chris Trinidad, bass Kevin Amos, drums  More...

Sun 7/27 7:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Charlie Hunter/Scott Amendola Duo  More...

Sun 7/27 7:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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22nd Annual Outsound New Music Summit

Doctor Bob & the Out Patients, Ari Micich
Tickets @eventbrite
Special Summit Packages @Indiegogo  More...

Thu 7/31 6:00 PM San Francisco Public Library - Main [100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA]
Del Sol String Quartet: part of “Everybody’s Project”
The Jingwei Bird, with SF Poet Laureate Genny Lim  More...

Sat 8/02 2:00 PM Indexical [1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
A guide through the history of biofeedback art from the 1960s to the present and an overview of the main approaches to live representation of biological data  More...

Sun 8/03 2:00 PM Indexical [1050 River St #119, Santa Cruz, CA 95060]
A hands-on introduction to making music with biofeedback.  More...

Sun 8/03 3:00 PM The Tiger Garage, a private studio in south Berkeley [south Berkeley, near Ashby BART]
Pleasant Coolness in the Heat/Solace in the Midst of Woe:
Sarah Grace Graves, voice. Eric Theise, video and electronics, Nancy Beckman, Shakuhachi, Tom Bickley, recorder and electronics
Composer - performer Sarah Grace Graves joins video artist and musician Eric Theise, and musicians Nancy Beckman and Tom Bickley for an afternoon of composed and improvised performance with sound and video.

Seating is limited. To reserve a spot, email Tom Bickley tbickley@gmail.com  More...

Sun 8/03 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

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.

Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. Set up before 8:00 and be as ready to play as possible. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm.  More...

Wed 8/06 8:00 PM Lloyd's Records [3824 Telegraph Avenue Oakland]
CSTMR
Matias E.A. & Jordan Glenn duo
Matt Chandler + Chris Cooper + Jacob Felix Heule  More...

Thu 8/07 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
The new August Return the Gift curated series starts off with two great sound artists featuring Thomas Carnacki, and Ven Voisey.

Ven Voisey is a sculptor, composer, and designer who creates rituals, tools and circumstances as a means of exploring the relationship between internal and external space; between the spiritual and physical.

Thomas Carnacki is a multi-headed entity engaged in the creation of the subtle, the textural, the disquieting, and the unsettling. This is a whole other world where art and the afterlife briefly touch.  More...

Thu 8/14 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
The new August Return the Gift curated series at Temescal Arts Center continues with three great sound artists featuring Nathan Corder, Kevin Corcoran, and Marielle V. Jakobsons.

Nathan Corder is an Oakland-based composer of works for electronics, objects, and arrays of people. Focusing on translational procedures, transduction, and process-based composition, Corder’s music has been performed throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Kevin Corcoran is a San Francisco based percussionist focused on techniques which extend the sonic range of the drum by emphasizing texture, friction, sympathetic vibration, sustained tones, and the use of found objects.

Marielle V. Jakobsons is an award-winning composer and interdisciplinary artist known for creating immersive, transportive soundscapes. Blending lush synthesizers, expressive strings, and ethereal vocals, her music weaves together minimalistic patterns with deep, melodic emotion.  More...