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01/22/2025 - 03/08/2025

Thursday, January 23
Thu 1/23 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
RootStock @ Wyldflower Weekly Series: Lisa Mezzacappa  More...
Thu 1/23 8:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [272 Capp St SF]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream  
Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. 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.

Now in person at Noisebridge!!
Sign ups and line up
Resident Electronic Monthly @ Noisebridge
Setup for performers starts at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm.  More...
Friday, January 24
Fri 1/24 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound with Jordan Glenn  More...
Fri 1/24 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Gustavo Lorenzatti: Double Bass Dreams

Gustavo Lorenzatti is a composer who plays both double bass and cello player from
(Córdoba) Argentina. He is known for his original way of approaching the instruments, exploring all of the possible elements (bow, pizzicato, percussion, different tunings, etc.) and adding voice for a uniquely layered sound.  More...
Saturday, January 25
Sat 1/25 4:00 PM Hayes Street & Octavia Street [Hayes Street & Octavia Street]
You’re invited to an eclectic and electric evening hosted by Rivian to celebrate the grand opening of the new flagship Rivian Space in Hayes Valley.  More...
Sat 1/25 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
“One of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around” (The Washington Post), GRAMMY and Emmy award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng celebrates the release of her album, ROOT PROGRESSIONS, with an evening of works written by Pulitzer Prize-winning pianist and composer Anthony Davis, Bay Area jazz icon Jon Jang, bassist Linda May Han Oh (known for her work with Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey), master flutist/composer James Newton, Mexican-American pianist/composer Arturo O’Farrill, and jazz/film composer Gernot Wolfgang.  More...
Sat 1/25 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The sixth edition of E4TT's annual favorite and the Second Year of E4TT's Collaboration with Luna
Composition Lab.
 
Featuring works by chosen from E4TT's 2023 Call for Scores with Luna Composition Lab alums:

Three submitted scores by: Olivia Bennett, Gabriella Carrido, and Devon Lee
Two commissioned World Premieres by: Lucy Chen and Madeline Clara Cheng. 

Pre-concert composer talk at 7 p.m.  More...
Sat 1/25 7:30 PM Blue Heron Boathouse [50 Blue Heron Dr San Francisco]
Dan White, Mat Muntz, Scott Amendola Trio @ Stow Lake Boathouse!

Tickets  More...
Sat 1/25 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Gregg Kowalsky + Blevin Blectum  More...
Sunday, January 26
Sun 1/26 3:00 PM Winslow House [42 Winslow Avenue Vallejo, CA]
January 26 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

I WALK WITH YOU

amy rathbone | wayne grim | big blue

FREE  More...
Wednesday, January 29
Wed 1/29 7:30 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave SF]
San Francisco Performances Pivot Festival (San Francisco, CA)

Carla Kihlstedt and Del Sol String Quartet will perform Kihlstedt’s 26 Little Deaths, inspired by Edward Gorey’s macabre alphabet book, The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Moving between art song, pop song, and cabaret, this hour-long song cycle captures the pathos, humor, and wit of Gorey’s iconic images.  More...
Thursday, January 30
Thu 1/30 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
The Supplicants  More...
Thu 1/30 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Amendola vs. Blades return to The Ivy Room!  More...
Thu 1/30 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Strider + St Celfer  More...
Friday, January 31
Fri 1/31 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound with Free Press  More...
Fri 1/31 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
The Supplicants  More...
Saturday, February 1
Sat 2/01 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
The Supplicants  More...
Sat 2/01 7:30 PM Blue Heron Boathouse [50 Blue Heron Dr San Francisco]
Amendola vs. Blades @ Stow Lake Boathouse  More...
Sat 2/01 8:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus near corner of College and Bancroft Berkeley]
CalPerformances presents Eco Ensemble

The UC Berkeley Music Department’s ensemble in residence devotes its winter concert to works by alumni of the university’s prestigious composition program, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a constant source of challenging and arresting new compositions.”  More...
Sunday, February 2
Sun 2/02 3:00 PM Wu Performance Hall [Morrison Hall, #1200, UC Berkeley, CA 94720, United States]
Ninth Planet Presents: Darkness and Light
Join us for a program of stunning chamber music that celebrates the sonic coexistence of dark and light.  More...
Sun 2/02 7:00 PM Live In The Green Room At The Crown [2523 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612]
Phipps Pt. - Lovage Sharrock / Wobbly
and
Fred Frith Trio - FF / Jason Hoopes / Jordan Glenn  More...
Tuesday, February 4
Tue 2/04 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Improvisation Workshop hosted by Lewis Jordan:
Inviting musicians, poets, dancers, to a non-hierarchical setting to improvise together.
Improvisation is the key.  More...
Thursday, February 6
Thu 2/06 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
The Do-Over Music Series, organized by Lisa Mezzacappa and Jordan Glenn, is a monthly series of sound performances presented by a rotating cast of local luminaries and special guests performing creative - improvised - composed - electronic - acoustic music along with live, improvised expanded cinema projections. This month's Do-Over performance will be a multimedia spectacular to benefit Shapeshifters Cinema.  More...
Friday, February 7
Fri 2/07 7:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Mayuko Hino + Lucas 'Granpa' Abela + Rubber (() Cement  More...
Saturday, February 8
Sat 2/08 2:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
A Sun Ra Celebration with musician David Boyce, featuring 1 hour lecture, 1 hour documentary "Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise" (1980), a display of Sun Ra library materials to borrow (books, CDs & LPs), and a limited edition original Sun Ra poster, handmade by library artist staff.  More...
Sat 2/08 3:30 PM RE:SOUND [Building 34, Nimitz Avenue, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA]
RE:SOUND enters its 10th year of programming on Mare Island in Vallejo, CA featuring sets by
Mayuko Hino making a rare visit from Japan, and Bay Area (noise)maker Ava Koohbor.
Saturday February 8th at Building 34 in the Mare Island Historic Core. Doors 3:30 pm sound at 4 pm.  More...
Sat 2/08 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Shane Parish + Katsy Pline  More...
Sunday, February 9
Sun 2/09 5:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Improvisers Fred Frith (guitar, etc.) and Theresa Wong (voice, cello) perform a house concert of free improvisation in the Berkeley Hills.  More...
Thursday, February 13
Thu 2/13 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Recombinant Media Labs and Gray Area present
THIRST with Franck Vigroux & Werktank  More...
Thu 2/13 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
Elliott Levin Ensemble
Elliott Levin is a Philly legend, poet, master of tenor sax and flute. An ESP-Disk & Ayler Records recording artist, he's played with Cecil Taylor, Odean Pope, the Sun Ra Arkestra and tonight will be joined by the Arkestra's own Kash Killion and friends who may include past collaborators Tom Rollison and Cartoon Justice.
https://www.elliottlevin.com | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql0V0x0MmhQ

SO AR
Shanna Sordahl wields cello and electronics while Robert Lopez embraces all manner of sonic percussion. Together they unburden perception, breathing to transform and retune awareness and in the process subverting unexamined conventions, returning potency to music and conviviality to performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vIUz9I0WU

TanukiSpiderCat
Colleen Twitty's solo practice has as many fangs as bright yellow eyes, all of them fixin to sink into you.
https://www.tanukispidercat.com/

Chlorine Aroma
The bleeding edge of noise percussion has been flooding the gutters outside a studio marked K. Francis Messer. It's overflowing now.
https://www.instagram.com/chlorinearoma  More...
Saturday, February 15
Sat 2/15 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Robert Blatt & Michael Winter: Harmonie Universelle  More...
Sunday, February 16
Sun 2/16 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Mundanas + Oakland Reductionist Orchestra  More...
Thursday, February 20
Thu 2/20 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Lia Kohl  More...
Friday, February 21
Fri 2/21 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Swerve Control  More...
Saturday, February 22
Sat 2/22 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Rick Prelinger, Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar: The Other Spectrum  More...
Thursday, February 27
Thu 2/27 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Byron Westbrook + Thomas Dimuzio  More...