Fri 9/06 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; The 3 Elements  More...

Fri 9/06 8:00 PM California Jazz Conservatory [2040 Addison Street Berkeley]
Terri Lyne Carrington Quartet  More...

Fri 9/06 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
Markku Salo's The AfroSpace of Sun Ra
Markku Salo (Finland) / reading poetry & prose
Heikki “Mike” Koskinen / tenor recorder, e-trumpet
Rent Romus / alto saxophone, flutes, bells
Joshua Marshall / tenor saxophone;
Brett Carson / piano
Tim Duff / double bass
Donald Robinson / drum set  More...

Fri 9/06 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Fri 9/06 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch St Berkeley, CA 94720]
Some of your favorite local electronic wizards. Unpopular Electronics has not appeared since 2019. There will no doubt be many RUNGLERS on our gear tables. Anne Hege SLAYED at the Peacock Lounge a few months ago with her voice and hacked long tape delay system, and will present some new works. Kevin is a master of the electro-acoustic planet of Interactivium, and never goes over the same ground twice.  More...

Sat 9/07 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Darren Johnston  More...

Sat 9/07 8:00 PM California Jazz Conservatory [2040 Addison Street Berkeley]
Terri Lyne Carrington Quartet  More...

Sat 9/07 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
Markku Salo's The AfroSpace of Sun Ra
Markku Salo (Finland) / reading poetry & prose
Heikki “Mike” Koskinen / tenor recorder, e-trumpet
Rent Romus / alto saxophone, flutes, bells
Joshua Marshall / tenor saxophone;
Brett Carson / piano
Tim Duff / double bass
Donald Robinson / drum set  More...

Sat 9/07 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Sun 9/08 4:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Larnie Fox’s ‘Contraptions’: Gallery Reception

Larnie Fox presents ‘Contraptions’ his installation of invented instruments at C4NM’s Window Gallery! Reception followed by talk/demo by Fox  More...

Sun 9/08 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Motoko Honda'S SIMPLE EXCESSES QUARTET, featuring the Northern California's most versatile and innovative players [Motoko Honda (composition/piano), Cory Wright (woodwinds), MATT SMALL (bass), and JORDAN GLENN (drums)] performs an exciting repertoire of compositions which unifies jazz, classical chamber music, improvisation and experimental soundscapes. Intricate, dynamic and often surprising, the quartet's music is a flight in the clouds.

THE DECONSTRUCTION OF WHAT YOU KNOW [Josh Allen (tenor sax), TIM DUFF (bass), DAVE CASINI (drums), DANIEL PEARCE (drums)] is a quartet revolving around a double drum lineup. The overtones of the cymbals allow the group to utilize multiple independent pulse propulsion and a dynamic multiphonic thematic expression to organize and arrange frighteningly quick counter point. Sax, drums, and bass. So it's free jazz? It's not jazz. It's not a drum circle model. This is modern composition. It's lower case note to note listening on steroids. Experience the cacophony. It makes sense if you don't fight it.  More...

Sun 9/08 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.  More...

Tue 9/10 6:00 PM Redwood Grove [Berkeley Botanical Garden]
Myra Melford Quartet with Ben Goldberg, Ben Davis, and Jordan Glenn  More...

Wed 9/11 7:00 PM Mr Tipple's [39 Fell St SF]
Beth Schenck Quartet  More...

Thu 9/12 6:00 PM Catharine Clark Gallery [248 Utah St San Francisco]
Sarah Cahill performs music in response to Amy Trachtenberg’s solo exhibition, “Listening Chamber.”  More...

Thu 9/12 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Strings abound in the 22nd installment of Latitudes! New Haven’s Austin Larkin returns to the series to transmogrify his violin into a tool to amplify the poetics of space. Following a stunning performance at Other Minds Festival 26 in 2022, Theresa Wong makes her debut appearance at Latitudes to delight us with her cello improvisations.  More...

Thu 9/12 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight Street]
Blevin Blectum solo and then with Blectum From Blechdom
An album release party for "Anti-Venom" the newest hard-freak solo release from Blevin Blectum, except it will be the full duo of Blectum From Blechdom with Kristin Erickson. Hyper-melodic glitches and helium-contaminated Broadway arrangements are interwoven with brocaded beats and elegant fractal architectures, sending an important message: Brain go crazy now! https://deathbombarc.bandcamp.com/album/multitudes-of-venom | https://blectumfromblechdom.com/

Chris Brown
The San Francisco premier of "rhythmiChrome" with video accompaniment by Johanna Poethig will see legendary innovator Chris Brown perform in one of the few venues boasting a longer legacy than his own, the Peacock Lounge! https://cbmuse.com/discography/

Lori Goldston & Zachary James Watkins
Strings laid sideways and again sideways form a heavy frequency generator of processed cello and guitar. Don't miss this debut album-release party, recorded in Seattle at the legendary Avast! Recording Company studio. https://www.lorigoldston.com/ | https://www.zacharyjameswatkins.com/

Earth Jerks
Walk don't run to the glacial tempo of Christian Dixon's emo-surf-drone that reveals far more space, time and flow than you'll ever ride out. https://computertapes.bandcamp.com/  More...

Thu 9/12 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Fri 9/13 6:00 PM Mr Tipple's [39 Fell St SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa Quartet

Sets at 6:00 and 7:30

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Fri 9/13 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; Francis Wong  More...

Fri 9/13 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Sat 9/14 1:00 PM Gardens of Golden Gate Park [Great Meadow]
Kash Killion & Killion’s Trillions
World Music and Sun Ra Music.  More...

Sat 9/14 2:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Thomas Schultz Plays 40 Years of Hyo-shin Na’s Music for Piano  More...

Sat 9/14 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Matt Renzi Quartet  More...

Sat 9/14 8:00 PM The Green Room at the Crown [2523 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612]
- Zachary James Watkins & Lori Goldston
- Voicehandler (Danishta Rivero & Jacob Felix Heule)  More...

Sat 9/14 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Sun 9/15 11:00 AM Gardens of Golden Gate Park [1199 9th Ave, San Francisco]
Sarah Cahill and Regina Myers perform a program of piano music for four hands.  More...

Sun 9/15 3:00 PM Encinal Beach [190 Central Ave, Alameda, CA 94501]
Emergent Sound Practices

This outdoor sound performance series offers an unconventional circumstance for artists to share emergent and experimental works in conversation with place. With an intent to tread lightly, all presented sound is generated either acoustically or through small, portable amplification.

Live performances by Roco Córdova, Amy Reed and Jean Carla Rodea  More...

Mon 9/16 7:00 PM Arlene Francis Center [99 6th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401]
Bitter End Booking and Arlene Francis Center present a night of experimental improvised music, with two sets performed by Zachary James Watkins + Lori Goldston plus Fred Frith Trio (FF, Jason Hoopes, Jordan Glenn).  More...

Fri 9/20 7:00 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom St @23rd St SF]
Beth Custer, Will Bernard & Ellen Gronningen  More...

Fri 9/20 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; duo B. vs. Steve Adams  More...

Sat 9/21 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes now in it’s 24th year! Join us for experimental music paired with gourmet, vegan pancakes!!  More...

Sat 9/21 3:00 PM Re:Sound at Building 34, Mare Island, Vallejo [1024 Nimitz Avenue, Building 34, Vallejo, CA 94592]
ILIOS performs live at RE:SOUND, visiting from Athens, Greece. Active since the 1990s, ILIOS explores the extremes of sound in variations from subsonic frequencies to domestic electronics to field recordings of bell foundries and panchinko parlors. He works also with visuals and runs the record label Antifrost, publishing over 70 albums of noise and other sonic experimentation.
www.antifrost.gr/index.php/ilios/

Lori Goldston is a classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, she is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer, writer and teacher from Seattle. Her voice as a cellist, amplified or acoustic, is full, textured, committed and original. A relentless inquirer, her work drifts freely across borders that separate genre, discipline, time and geography.
www.lorigoldston.com/  More...

Sat 9/21 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Avotcja
Rudi Mwongozi
Sandi Poindexter
Francis Wong
Heshima Mark Williams
Myron Cohen  More...

Sat 9/21 7:30 PM Berkeley Hillside Club [2286 Cedar St Berkeley]
Beth Custer, Will Bernard & Ellen Gronningen  More...

Sun 9/22 5:30 PM Cato's Ale House [3891 Piedmont Ave Oakland]
Miniwatt String Trio  More...

Sun 9/22 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
ELLIOTT CARTER 3x2: TRIPLE/DOUBLE DUO/TRIOS

sfSoundGroup performs a selection of sextets, trios, and duos by ELLIOTT CARTER spanning 80 years!  More...

Sun 9/22 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Ilios (Athens)
Antimatter + Jacob Felix Heule duo
Sharkiface
Scott Arford  More...

Wed 9/25 7:00 PM Brava Theater [2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110]
A bevy of composers will convene for the 28th Other Minds Festival, an international annual showcase for composers held at San Francisco’s Brava Theater September 25–28, 2024. Music by Trimpin, Annea Lockwood, Jan Martin Smørdal, Marshall Trammell, Hafez Modirzadeh, and IMA.  More...

Thu 9/26 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Fri 9/27 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; Lorin Benedict/The Living Room  More...

Fri 9/27 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Fri 9/27 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
The Lost Shapes

Max Miller-Loran, trumpet
Beth Schenck, saxophone
Mark Clifford, vibes
Safa Shokrai, bass
Jason Levis, drums  More...

Sat 9/28 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Sat 9/28 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Yellow Swans + Cheree + John Bischoff

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Sun 9/29 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
TEOREMA BERTOLI (Italy) + TOM LANE (Germany)
(note: these are names are intentionally misspelled until visas are confirmed)
— with --
THE OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA  More...

Mon 9/30 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Pamela Z, Danishta Rivero, and Anthony Green at CNMAT  More...

Wed 10/02 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Astrid Sonne + Albert Yeh

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Thu 10/03 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Fri 10/04 8:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Ting Luo

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Fri 10/04 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Fri 10/04 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
A Darren Johnston Joint

Darren Johnston, trumpet
Kai Lyons, guitar
Rob Ewing, electric bass
Dillon Vado, drums  More...

Sat 10/05 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
"ouroboros" a new multichannel sound composition by Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson explores acoustic feedback within Audium's one-of-a-kind space.  More...

Sun 10/06 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

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.  More...

Mon 10/07 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Kevin Corcoran / Jacob Felix Heule / Kanoko Nishi-Smith / Yasi Perera

A.F. Jones

Theo Kentros from Sweden.  More...

Sat 10/12 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes now in it’s 24th year! Join us for experimental music paired with gourmet, vegan pancakes!!

Pulsating Cyst (L.A.)----
Mod Life Crisis----
Kyle Bruckman----
Amphibious Gestures----
Birdspanker------  More...

Sun 10/13 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Matt Sargent performs "The Fragility of Time," an immersive, hour-long guitar work by James Romig. The performance starts off Sargent's west coast tour of Romig's music to celebrate the CD release of "The Fragility of Time" on A Wave Press (Los Angeles). The concert will be open with a new piece by Casey Anderson (electronics) and Matt Sargent (guitar).  More...

Sat 10/19 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Savory dinner pancakes concoction not seen on this planet since 2005 served at the show! You're in for a treat.  More...