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Weekly Ticket Giveaways

Every week we give away free tickets to shows in the Bay Area. Look for Win Tickets text or button next to our concert listings. Visit our Win Tickets Page for details on how to enter to win and to see the complete list of events with ticket giveaways. You would be surprised at how many shows go without winners just because people think that they would never win. Why not try and see what happens!?

BEST of BISS and Featured Shows

You’ll want to pay special attention to our Best of BISS and Featured Shows which are carefully selected by our staff with impeccable music taste. These staff curated shows you will not want to miss.

Concert and Event Listings for Music You Care About

The BISS LIST selects only the best live music and events in the San Francisco Bay Area, personally recommended by our independent crew of die hard local must fans. We are the BEST resource in the Bay Area for the best in FUNK and JAM (and a little of everything else)!

Community Driven Event Submissions

BISS list is not an objective news source, but we do discriminate equally. If you would like us to post an event, please submit your event on our Event Submission Page at least two weeks prior to the event. If we approve of your event, we will do our best to list them correctly, but please be patient as we are a small operation and highly imperfect.

27 May 2021

BISS LIST: 05.27.21 : The Time Has Come To Return To Live Music…

Happy Near Light at the End of the COVID-19 Tunnel! My Dearest BISS Listers!! It feels like this may really and truly be happening, doesn’t it? Is the state of California really going to open up on June 15th? It kinda feels like an, “I will believe it when I see it” kind of moment, but with the success of the vaccines and cases dropping nationwide, BISS remains hopeful. In my city of San Francisco,... Read More

Featured Events

04July

Paper Moon Presents: Summer Concert Series

Full events, with extra performers, craft vendors, nonprofits tabling, and picnic meals for sale. The venue, nestled in the woods on protected watershed just outside of Berkeley, has presented theatrical shows for years, but and now will be open it to concertgoers as well.

June 4: ALO – A Midsummer Night’s Dance Party
June 5: ALO – A Midsummer Night’s Dance Party (SOLD OUT)
July 2: Taj Mahal w/ Gaby Moreno
July 3: Rebirth Brass Band w/ Destani Wolf
July 4: Rebirth Brass Band w/ The Funky Gators

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15August

BEW Productions Presents: Music From the Vines: Sunday Concert Series

Join us for this unique and intimate wine country music series.

June 20: Will Bernard (TJ Kirk, Charlie Hunter) and Freelance Subversives
Victor Little, Joe Begale, and Wil Blades with Rich Little Band
Belfare
July 18: Joe Craven (David Grisman) & The Sometimers with Kate Gaffney
Zapata Grill
August 15: The Pebbles featuring, Greg Anton (Zero/Robert Hunter), Stu Allen (Phil Lesh),
Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz (ALO), Robin Sylvester (Bob Weir/Ratdog),
Stephanie Salva (The Rock Collection)

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04July

Paper Moon Presents: Summer Concert Series

June 4: ALO – A Midsummer Night’s Dance Party (SOLD OUT)
June 5: ALO – A Midsummer Night’s Dance Party (SOLD OUT)
July 2: Taj Mahal w/ Gaby Moreno
July 3: Rebirth Brass Band w/ Destani Wolf
July 4: Rebirth Brass Band w/ The Funky Gators

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07August

The Days Between Festival @ Black Oak Ranch (Hog Farm) ft. two nights of Dark Star Orchestra

An intimate, family friendly music festival, located at the beautiful Black Oak Ranch in Northern California, where oak woodlands and majestic meadows provide a magical setting to gather and enjoy music, camping, food and craft vendors, and community. Proof Of COVID-19 vaccine required.

August 6th & 7th : 2 nights of Dark Star Orchestra!!
PLUS: David Nelson Band, Stu Allen & Friends, Full Moonalice, Whiskey Family Band, Grateful Bluegrass Boys

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06/18

The California Honeydrops with AJ Lee & Blue Summit

Felton Music Hall / Roaring Camp

Outdoors LIVE @ Roaring Camp Felton Music Hall

06/18

Kelley Stoltz with Harold Ray and East Side Dynamite

Ivy Room @ Firseside Lounge

LIVE! Ivy Room presents @ The Fireside Lounge Tiny Town Outdoor Concerts – 1435 Webster St, Alameda,

06/19

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe : Wine & Grind in the Vineyard (Early Show)

Blue Note Napa @ Charles Krug Winery

Blue Note Napa @ Charles Krug Winery Live Outdoors/ MASKS REQUIRED at all times when not eating or drinking at your table. Zero-tolerance policy in effec

06/19

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe : Wine & Grind in the Vineyard (Late Show)

Blue Note Napa @ Charles Krug Winery

Blue Note Napa @ Charles Krug Winery Live Outdoors Blue Note Napa @ Charles Krug Winery Live Outdoors/ MASKS REQUIRED at all times when not eating or drinking at your table. Zero-tolerance policy in effec

06/20

Music from the Vines! Will Bernard (TJ Kirk, Charlie Hunter) and Freelance Subversives Victor Little, Joe Begale, and more with Rich Little Band, Belfare

Little Vineyards Family Winery & Tasting Room 15188 Sonoma Highway Glen Ellen, CA

Music from the Vines – Little Vineyards Family Winery

06/20

Jackie Greene with T Sisters

Felton Music Hall / Roaring Camp

Outdoors LIVE @ Roaring Camp Felton Music Hall

06/20

Big Blu Soul Quartet

Presidio Social Club

06/20

Big Blu Soul Quartet – Father’s Day Soul Throwdown

Presidio Social Club

LIVE @ Presidio Social Club

06/24

EATING WILD Presents: An evening of 2 sets with Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini

Gather Kitchen, Bar & Market

LIVE + a delicious 3-course meal & cocktails @ Gather Kitchen, Bar & Market Berkeley,

06/26

Beats Antique

Felton Music Hall / Roaring Camp

Outdoors LIVE @ Roaring Camp Felton Music Hall

06/26

Mr. Hat Presents Jerry’s Middle Finger Mare Island Cruise In Concerts featuring the Mad Alchemy Liquid Lightshow

Mare Island Music Park

Mare Island Music Park.(NIGHT 1/2) Live Outdoors/ Cruise-In Concerts are socially distanced

07/02

TAJ MAHAL WITH GABY MORENO

Bruns Amphitheater/ Cal Shakes

Outdoors LIVE @ Bruns Amphitheater/ Cal Shakes

07/03

Rebirth Brass Band

Cal Shakes/ Bruns Amphitheater

Outdoors LIVE @ Bruns Amphitheater/ Cal Shakes

07/03

Orchestra Gold, Ritmos Tropicosmos

Ivy Room @ Firseside Lounge

LIVE! Ivy Room presents @ The Fireside Lounge Tiny Town Outdoor Concerts – 1435 Webster St, Alameda,

07/04

Rebirth Brass Band : (BISS 4th of July Party!)

Cal Shakes/ Bruns Amphitheater

The BISS List crew is going to make a party out of it on July 4th, deviating from our beloved annual 4th of July pilgrimage to High Sierra Music Festival (See you @HSMF next year!) The BISS List crew has its OWN SECTION lined up for the 4th of July Rebirth show! When you buy your ticket from Paper Moon Presents, be sure to look for “Best Available” and then under BISS Tickets, use the code “BARD”.

07/11

Thievery Corporation, rapper Dessa and DJ Shortkut

Stern Grove

Live @ Stern Grove Festival / must reserve spots in advance at www.sterngrove.org beginning 12 days before each show; picnicking is still welcome.

07/17

Pimps of Joytime

Ivy Room @ Firseside Lounge

LIVE! Ivy Room presents @ The Fireside Lounge Tiny Town Outdoor Concerts – 1435 Webster St, Alameda,

07/18

St. Paul & the Broken Bones and the Dip, along with a set by DJ Omar

Stern Grove

Live @ Stern Grove Festival / must reserve spots in advance at www.sterngrove.org beginning 12 days before each show; picnicking is still welcome.

07/21

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, The Two, Tom Freund

ONLINE EVENT

Konzertfabrik Z7 – Pratteln – Konzertfabrik Z7 – Pratteln

07/29

Greensky Bluegrass at Roaring Camp Railroads/ Night 1 of 2

Felton Music Hall / Roaring Camp

Outdoors LIVE @ Roaring Camp Felton Music Hall

07/30

Greensky Bluegrass at Roaring Camp Railroads/ Night 2 of 2

Felton Music Hall / Roaring Camp

Outdoors LIVE @ Roaring Camp Felton Music Hall

07/30

SOULIVE – TWO NIGHTS! RESCHEDULED FROM 6/5/20

The Independent

LIVE @ The Independent

07/30

SOULIVE – TWO NIGHTS! RESCHEDULED FROM 6/5/20

The Independent

LIVE @ The Independent

07/31

SOULIVE – TWO NIGHTS! RESCHEDULED FROM 6/6/20

The Independent

LIVE @ The Independent

07/31

SOULIVE – TWO NIGHTS! RESCHEDULED FROM 6/6/20

The Independent

LIVE @ The Independent

08/01

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Stern Grove

Live @ Stern Grove Festival / must reserve spots in advance at www.sterngrove.org beginning 12 days before each show; picnicking is still welcome.

08/06

Days Between Fest: DARK STAR ORCHESTRA, DAVID NELSON BAND, STU ALLEN & FRIENDS, FULL MOONALICE, WHISKEY FAMILY BAND, GRATEFUL BLUEGRASS BOYS

Black Oak Ranch

LIVE @ Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA/ Proof of a Covid-19 vaccine will be required to attend (12+).

08/07

14th Annual Petaluma Music Festival – Keeping Music in the Schools: The Motet, Monophonics, Full Moonalice: The Time Has Come Revue featuring The New Chamber Brothers and the T Sisters,…

Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds

LIVE!! 4 stages In-Person at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, CA Our goal is simple: “keeping music in the schools”. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The Petaluma Music Festival Board of Directors believe passionately in the positive influence of music in children’s lives. Proceeds from this annual event will be distributed among Petaluma’s public elementary and secondary schools to provide funding for their music programs. Funding for the arts is problematic in California, as there is never enough funding for all our school’s needs. With your attendance, you are making a difference, and we applaud you!

08/07