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02 October 2024

BISS List 10.2.24: Spotlight on Thundercat FREE Show (10.20) + Best of BISS this Week

Happy Hardly Strictly Weekend BISS Listers! The air is buzzing with excitement as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is coming up this weekend! But before we dive into all the details of that epic gathering, let’s take a quick look back at the incredible live music experiences we had last week. It was even more fun since we added the Patreon opportunities to go with me as my +1 on selected shows. (You can join in the... Read More

Featured Events

05October

BISS List Presents: LAZWELL ft Eric Mc Fadden & Kate Vargas @ Boom Boom Room

Slaying reinvented covers and owning instantly lovable originals, LAZWELL leaves jaws agape and keeps the dance floor humming. Featuring frontman Lantz Lazwell (Guitar, Vox) with Eric Webber (Sax), Patrick Lema (Drums), Josh Cambridge (Trombone), Kyland Jardine (Bass), and special guests Eric McFadden (Guitar, Vox) & Kate Vargas (Guitar, Vox). Watching LAZWELL perform is a moving, impactful, soulful, and groovy experience. Undergoing various reformations over the years, now in its latest inception, the electrifying California-based band LAZWELL breaks genre barriers to deliver a next-level sound that seamlessly fuses rock, funk, blues, hip-hop, and an amalgamation of other musical styles. With Ziggy Bowie Tribute – back by popular demand! JazSFunk fusion collective DangerAte kicks off the night. **WIN TICKETS**

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11October

Melvin Seals & JGB @ JaM Cellars Ballroom Napa

Don’t miss Melvin Seals & JGB as they bring their special mix of all the tunes you know and love! Nicknamed “The Master of the Universe” by Jerry Garcia himself, Melvin and his amazing band are sure to blow your mind and rock your soul. Adding his rock-gospel-soul-rhythm and blues touch with his funky style of playing, Melvin continues to treat music lovers to his unique brand of melodic flavor with JGB. Featuring Melvin Seals (Hammond B3 Organ, Keyboards & Vocals), John Kadlecik (Electric Guitar & Lead Vocals), John-Paul McLean (Bass & Vocals), and Jeremy Hoenig (Drums). **WIN TICKETS**

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20October

Summer of Music Meadow Party ft Thundercat @ Golden Gate Park

A day-long festival in Robin Williams Meadow at GGP, celebrating the end of the season and the musical culture that makes San Francisco so great. Featuring a finale concert with Thundercat, Lee Fields, and Combo Tezeta! Plus! Enjoy pop-up performances from local Summer of Music musicians. Perfect for the whole family, the Meadow Party includes tons of local vendors, delicious food and beverages, and activities all day long. The fun starts at 12:30pm and goes until 6pm. FREE with RSVP at noisepop.com.

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10/05

Polyrhythmics

Lost On Main

PolyrhythmicsÕ sound originated in SeattleÕs underground deep funk scene combining impossibly tight grooves with bold brass and hypnotic percussion that showcased elements of R&B, progressive jazz, and Afrobeat- 2023 release of their seventh full length album Filter System

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10/05

Andre 3000

Fox Theater Oakland

Andre Benjamin Ð best known as Andre 3000 – one of the most revered, celebrated artists of the last three decades. One half of the iconic hip-hop duo Outkast, with Anton “Big Boi” Patton, established a brand new voice/style within rap that had never been experienced before. The 7x Grammy winning artist released his first solo album in 20 years this past November – New Blue Sun, a wind focused, instrumental album that represents the next step in Andre’s creative evolution

10/05

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival ft Emmy Lou Harris, The Wood Brothers, Robin Hitchcock, Greensky Bluegrass, AJ Lee & Blue Summit Fruition and many more to come!

Golden Gate Park

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024 promises to be another fantastic weekend of diverse music and community spirit. Don’t miss it if you’re in the Bay Area in October!

10/05

Snarky Puppy (Four Nights) (7 & 9:30pm)

SF Jazz

Dance Floor Show – five-time GRAMMY-winning juggernaut Snarky Puppy returns to the intimate environs of Miner Auditorium for a highly anticipated run of performances

10/05

Caltucky

Milk Bar

Caltucky is a contemporary jamgrass/ new acoustic four piece band hailing from Northern California’s gold country region. Captivating audiences with their unique fusion of traditional bluegrass styles and progressive improvisation Caltucky gets the crowd up and moving and captivates their audience with unique jam improvisations and covers

10/05

BISS List Presents: LAZWELL ft Eric Mc Fadden & Kate Vargas + DangerAte

Boom Boom Room

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10/05

Allen Stone

The Independent

Allen Stone, a soul/R&B luminary, has enraptured global audiences with his electrifying performances and soulful melodies, embodying the essence of classic soul legends. His genre-defying style, blending funk, gospel, folk-rock, and soul, has garnered critical acclaim and a devoted following

10/05

Caribbean Allstars

Ashkenaz

Pioneers in the Bay Area reggae scene and longtime regulars at Ashkenaz

10/06

The National + The War On Drugs w/ Lucius

Greek Theatre

10/06

Jonny Mojo & Mookie Siegel

The Junction

Free Sunday Shows 2-5pm Beer Garden Stage – Jonny Mojo Americana / Jamband / Blues / Folk / Rock San Rafael, CA + Mookie Siegel – Keyboards, Accordion, piano, organ, accordion, and various keyboard instruments.

10/06

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival ft Emmy Lou Harris, The Wood Brothers, Robin Hitchcock, Greensky Bluegrass, AJ Lee & Blue Summit Fruition and many more to come!

Golden Gate Park

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024 promises to be another fantastic weekend of diverse music and community spirit. Don’t miss it if you’re in the Bay Area in October!

10/06

Snarky Puppy (Four Nights)

SF Jazz

Dance Floor Show – five-time GRAMMY-winning juggernaut Snarky Puppy returns to the intimate environs of Miner Auditorium for a highly anticipated run of performances

10/06

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Out Of The Park: Robyn Hitchcock w/ Jobi Riccio

Sweetwater Music Hall

Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician,

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10/06

ALIVE AND KICKING! A Benefit Concert for Prader-Willi Homes of California ft Bill Kirchen & the legendary Lost Planet Airmen (five original members), Chuck Prophet and Cumbia Shoes, Jimmie Dale…

Great American Music Hall

The ALIVE AND KICKING concert will raise crucial funds for Prader-Willi Homes of California, formerly known as The Richard de Lone Special Housing Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing and supporting residential living for individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome.

10/07

Ibibio Sound Machine & Orchestra Gold

Lagunitas Brewing Company

Tickets go on sale 3 weeks before each show at exactly 4:20 pm PST. Why 4:20? You already know the answerÉ

10/07

Stu Hamm Band

Yoshi's Oakland

Legendary bassist known for his work w/ Steve Vai & Joe Satriani

10/07

Ad Astra: Bill Frisell & Petra Haden Play a Benefit for Freight & Salvage

Chabot Space & Science Center

Join us for this unforgettable evening under the stars, galaxies, and the cosmos with Bill Frisell and Petra Haden. When legendary jazz guitarist Bill Frisell heard about The Freight’s recent financial issues, he was inspired to help. Thus, the Ad Astra Benefit for Freight & Salvage was born!

10/08

The Sisters of Mercy w/ Blaqk Audio

The Fillmore

The Sisters of Mercy an English rock band formed in Leeds 1980 – Gothic rock, post-punk, new wave

10/08

Oscar Myers STEPPIN: 80/20 Blowout Bash!

Madrone Art Bar

The 80/20 Party Tuesday October 8th 6pm-2am Oscar Myers celebrates his 80th Birthday and the bar celebrates turning 20. THIS IS A BLOWOUT BASH!!! Oscar’s band Steppin will be joined by DJ Kevvy Kev and a wide variety of Bay area jazz-Funk All STARS. Oscar Myers was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in 1944.

10/09

Weezer + The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr.

Chase Center

10/09

Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam

Rio Theatre

Dave Mason from Traffic & solo carrer 1967-2024

10/09

Tom Jones

Fox Theater Oakland

10/09

The Sisters of Mercy w/ Blaqk Audio

The Masonic

The Sisters of Mercy an English rock band formed in Leeds 1980 – Gothic rock, post-punk, new wave

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10/10

An Evening with PJ Harvey (Two Nights)

The Masonic

Polly Jean art, indie, folk, avant-rock Doors open at 6:30pm. There is a delivery delay until 24 hours before event date/time. The artist wants to give fans, not scalpers, the best chance to buy tickets at face value. To help achieve this, the tour will be using Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange where, if needed, you can resell your ticket to other fans at the original price paid. To help protect the Exchange, the artist has also chosen to make tickets for this tour mobile only and restricted from transfer.

10/10

Moon Hooch, Cofresi

Lost On Main

Moon Hooch began busking in the subway platforms of NYC in 2010. Their energetic performances and unusual sound, featuring uniquetechniques and found objects like traffic cones attached to their saxophones, caught the attention of both the public and the music industry.

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10/10

Simon Costa Benefit ft Danny Montana, Adam Roach, Chris Brown and Lily, Junk Parlor, and SunHunter

Peri’s

10/11

An Evening with PJ Harvey (Two Nights)

The Masonic

10/11

Lyrics Born

Moe's Alley

From his Quannum Projects debut with Latyrx (1997Õs The Album), to 2003’s seminal solo album Later That Day, heÕs consistently pushed the boundaries of his craft. His newest project, Quite A Life, is like the exclamation point on his milestone year.

10/11

Melvin Seals & JGB

JaM Cellars Ballroom

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10/11

The Tea Leaves

Peri’s

The Tea Leaves ft members Of Tea Leaf Green, ALO, and Chris Haugen.

10/11

An Evening with Chum (Phish Tribute)

HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol

The great thing about CHUM is that they don’t take themselves too seriously. It’s a bunch of guys who love Phish and can play the hell out of so many songs we love.

10/11

Al Di Meola (8 & 10pm) (Three Nights)

Yoshi's Oakland

Al Di Meola, a bonafide living Guitar Legend inducted into the Gallery of Greats is among the top guitarists of our time.

10/11

2 Live Crew

Longboard Bar Pacifica

Queen Bee Productions presents the 80s and 90s rap legends 2 Live Crew, notorious for being First Amendment poster boys.

10/11

John Brothers Piano Company

Ivy Room

John Brothers Piano Company an Oakland-based instrumental quartet whose compositions oscillate between incisive part-writing and unrestrained improvisational energy. Guided by this interplay, seemingly disparate influences, from chamber music to hot jazz, are focused through emphatic lyricism.

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10/11

Steppin’: Oscar Meyers’ Super-Spectacular 80th Birthday Bash!

Boom Boom Room

James Brown Funk & Rockin Dance Driven Soul RnB !

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10/11

EnSPirits & August Lee

Toot’s Tavern

EnSPirits is an L.A. based pop/jazz/R&B duo consisting of virtuoso musicians and composers Victoria Theodore (who toured the world with Beyonce & Stevie Wonder) and her partner, East Bay native master of percussion Dave Tweedie. August Lee Stevens is an emerging Bay Area based musician and singer-songwriter with an atmospheric range of Indie Soul and Folk.

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10/12

Lila Downs’ Dia De Los Muertos, La Sanchez

Paramount Theatre

Day Of The Dead Celebration – With Òa stunning voice, a confident multicultural vision grounded in her Mixtec Indian rootsÓ, GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY-winning vocalist Lila Downs is one of the most celebrated singers of her generation

10/12

Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball (of Gomez)

Felton Music Hall

Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball (of Gomez) are a musical duo comprised of two members of the acclaimed British band Gomez.

10/12

Moon Hooch, Cofresi

The Independent

Moon Hooch started in the NYC subway platforms in 2010. They are currently touring the world.

10/12

Dawn Silva & The Brides of Funkenstein, Blackbyrd McKnight

Great American Music Hall

Special guests: Gary Mudbone Cooper (Bootsy’s Rubber Band) & Blackbyrd McKnight (The Headhunters, Parliament-Funkadelic) plus an All-Star Funk Band!

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10/12

The Unauthorized Rolling Stones

Rancho Nicasio

The Unauthorized Rolling Stones look like the original, strut like the original and rock like the original! Formed by Rudy Colombini who embodies Mick, he has created a true phenomenon

10/12

The Fray

August Hall

The Fray an American rock band Denver, Co., formed 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King. Debut studio album, How to Save a Life (2005) was released by Epic Records and received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), as well as platinum certification in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom – alternative rock –

10/12

Goodnight, Texas w/ Madeline Hawthorne

Hopmonk Tavern Novato

Goodnight, Texas a tough-to-define storytelling folk rock band whose strength lies in unexpected sweet spots, the five-piece band also exists at the center of its songwriters’ contrasting styles – via a 1913 Gibson A mandolin and a 2015 Danelectro Baritone Guitar, at the crossroads of folk and blues and rock n roll + singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Madeline Hawthorne pens the kind of tunes you listen to on a cross-country trek

10/12

Al Di Meola (7:30 & 9:30pm) (Three Nights)

Yoshi's Oakland

Al Di Meola, a bonafide living Guitar Legend inducted into the Gallery of Greats is among the top guitarists of our time.

10/12

Brett Dennen

Cornerstone Berkeley

Brett Michael Dennen (born Oct. 28, 1979) an American folk/pop singer-songwriter from Central Ca. His seventh studio album, See the World was released in July 2021.

10/12

LAZWELL

Lost On Main Chico

Audiences have no choice but to throw caution to the wind as they lead you thru a multi-layered, poly textural labyrinth of funky, bluesy rock n rol

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10/12

Spunj + Space Goat

Boom Boom Room

Funk & Rock Double Bill of Bands (going 9pm til 2:30am++)…

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10/13

Poor Man’s Whiskey + New Monsoon – BBQ On The Lawn

Rancho Nicasio

Rooted in acoustic music, PMW’s sound spills into rock, funk, pop, blues, and even disco. New Monsoon is a San Francisco Bay Area Jam/Rock Band scene staple.

10/13

Groundation

Catalyst

Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences, from Sonoma County in Northern California. It is named for Rastafarian ceremony of Grounation

10/13

Moon Hooch, Cofresi

Catalyst

Moon Hooch is a mix of high theatre and intense improvisation operating without a safety net

10/13

Brett Dennen

McNear's Mystic Theatre

Dennen’s earnest vocals, in the vein of dusky Americana, harmonica-driven blues, rootsy indie, and meditative folk-rock

10/13

Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball (of Gomez): Celebrating 25 Years of Gomez Album Liquid Skin w/ Buddy

The Chapel

Ian Ball and Ben Ottewell of the British band Gomez are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their sophomore album, “Liquid Skin,” with a US tour this fall. The tour kicks off on October 1, 2024, known for their eclectic blend of rock, blues, and experimental sounds

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10/13

The Boneshakers w/ Wreckless Strangers

Moe's Alley

special Sunday Afternoon Blues dance party THE BONESHAKERS iconic band lead by world-renowned guitarist Randy Jacobs of Was (Not Was) w/ incredible Jenny Langer- a powerhouse singer + Wreckless Strangers a collective of 6 seasoned Bay Area musicians known for their collaborative songwriting and high-energy live shows, performing an infectious blend of music they call “California Americana Soul.”

10/13

Al Di Meola (Three Nights)

Yoshi's Oakland

Al Di Meola, a bonafide living Guitar Legend inducted into the Gallery of Greats is among the top guitarists of our time.

10/13

Psycotic Pineapple w/ Eric Din

Ivy Room

If the Psycotic Pineapple could be defined as “punk”, then they are the first punk band from the Bay Area, the first version started in 1974. If not, they might be classified as Pre-Punk Garage Rock Pop Satire. Take your pick

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10/16

Jazz Mafia’s Future Standard (7 & 9:15pm)

Black Cat

Jazz Mafia’s Future Standard: reimagining modern music through a cutting-edge jazz lens. Pop, EDM, Trap – nothing is off-limits when Future Standard hits the stage. Daniel Casares – sax, Adam Theis – trombone, bass, Andrew Levin – guitar, vocals, Ian McArdle – keys, bass synth, Henry Plumb – drums, vocals

10/17

Michael Kiwanuka & Brittany Howard + Yasmin Williams

Greek Theatre

10/17

KRS-One

Yoshi's Oakland

KRS, an acronym for “Knowledge Reigning Supreme”, has been called the “conscience of Hip Hop” (Rolling Stone), “the greatest live emcee ever” (The Source), the “spokesperson for Hip Hop” (Wall Street Journal), “master teacher” (Zulu Nation) and the “son of Hip Hop” (Kool DJ Herc).

10/17

Macy Gray

Cornerstone Berkeley

Natalie Renee McIntyre (born Sept. 6, 1967), known by her stage name Macy Gray, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress, known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday

10/17

DangerAte (No Cover)

Boom Boom Room

*Third Thursday’s of The Month* with DangerAte (No Cover)*

10/18

The Dip

The Fillmore

The Dip is a funk, rhythm and blues band that was formed in 2013 by music students at the University of Washington in Seattle,, that combines a typical pop instrumentation with a 3-part horn section

10/18

Modern English

The Guild Theatre

Modern English a paragon of consistency. Formed in Colchester, Essex, England, has maintained the same core lineup since 1977: vocalist Robbie Grey, guitarist Gary McDowell, bassist Mick Conroy, and keyboardist Stephen Walker. In recent years, Modern English has become widely respected as post-punk innovators,

10/18

Mykal Rose

Sweetwater Music Hall

Mykal Rose, the Grammy Award-winning voice formerly of Black Uhuru is an R&B and neo-soul artist.

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10/19

Music City SF Grand Opening Party

Music City SF

Join us for our Grand Opening Spectacular and launch off our Seven Nights, Seven Genres. *Save the Date* Live Music Line Up: TBA

10/19

Ron Artis II

Hopmonk Tavern Novato

multi-instrumental prowess Record release show, rock funk soul

10/19

Moonalice

HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol

Live in the beer garden. The exuberant Bay Area ten-piece, whose members range in age from 35 to 81, delivers a unique brand of psychedelic soul and rock tinged with Americana.

10/19

Yellowman (6:30 & 9pm)

Blue Note Napa

Jamaica’s first dancehall superstar, Yellowman ushered in a new era in reggae music following Bob Marley’s death. His early-’80s success brought the popularity of toasting — the reggae equivalent of rapping — to a whole new level, and helped establish dancehall as the wave of the future.

10/20

GWAR w/ Dark Funeral, Squid Pisser

The Regency Ballroom

GWAR themselves are not of this world…Their story begins far past Uranus, in the deepest reaches of space, where the beings known as GWAR were warriors in the Scumdogs of the Universe, an elite fighting force in the army of the Master of All Reality.

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10/20

Macy Gray

McNear's Mystic Theatre

Natalie Renee McIntyre (born September 6, 1967), known by her stage name Macy Gray, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress.

10/20

Hiss Golden Messenger w/ Hayden Pedigo

Sweetwater Music Hall

M.C. Taylor – leader, songwriter and singer of Hiss Golden Messenger a critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated artist- In the fall of 2024, Taylor will play a series of solo shows during which he will perform Bad Debt in its entirety, in addition to songs from the rest of his celebrated catalog. Keep your ear to the ground.

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10/20

Summer of Music Meadow Party ft Thundercat, Lee Fields, and Combo Tezeta

Golden Gate Park

10/22

Kid Congo & Slim Cessna’s Auto Club w/ Wife

Kilowatt

Kid Congo Powers an American rock guitarist, singer, and actor known as a member of The Gun Club, the Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. As of January 2015, Powers’ primary musical project is band The Pink Monkey Birds. + Slim Cessna’s Auto Club is an American country rock band from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 1992, the band is known for lyrics which describe apocalyptic and religious imagery.

10/22

Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones

Frost Amphitheater

10/22

Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers w/ Judy Blank

Catalyst

Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers is an American rock band from Michigan americana, soul, jam, folk rock, bluegrass, funk rock, pop rock, alternative rock

10/23

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds w/ Slim Cessna’s Auto Club

Ivy Room

Kid’s unique guitar style has been at the center of some of the most forward-thinking bands in punk and garage: The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Knoxville Girls, to name a handful.

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10/23

Hot 8 Brass Band

Felton Music Hall

The New Orleans-based Hot 8 Brass Band draw on the traditional jazz heritage of their hometown, alongside more modern styles, including elements of funk, hip hop, rap, and its local variation, ﾒbounce.ﾓ

10/23

Wednesday Sessions with The Westones ft Chris Hoog & members of Dirtwire, Con Brio, Afrolicious, Smoked Out Soul + Weekly Special Guests

Degrees Plato

Oakland-based psychedelic soul and funk weekly residency in Degrees Plato’s amazing outdoor yard

10/24

HULAWEEN (10/24-10/27) ft The String Cheese Incident, The Bobby Weir Incident, Sublime, Black Pumas, Umphrey’s McGee & lots more!

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park

HULAWEEN IS BACK! SEE YOU @ THE SPIRIT OF THE SUWANNEE MUSIC PARK OCT. 24-27, 2024

10/24

An Evening with Joe Russo’s Almost Dead (Two Nights)

Fox Theater Oakland

10/25

An Evening with Joe Russo’s Almost Dead (Two Nights)

Fox Theater Oakland

10/25

Tori Roze & The Hot Mess + Prophet Martian

Music City SF

Tori Roze and The Hot Mess are a soulful force to be reckoned with. Gathering their musical thunder from an extremely eclectic time and space spanning centuries, this band busts straight through the glass ceiling of genre-bending: original funky jazzy neo-soul music exploding with grit, integrity, and vulnerability.

10/25

Mdou Moctar w/ Rosali

The Regency Ballroom

Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and ‘rock music’ by melding Eddie Van Halen pyrotechnics, full-blast noise and guitar shredding, field recordings, drums rhythms, poetic meditations on love, religion, women’s rights, inequality and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers

10/25

Andre Cruz & Chris Lujan + The Silvertone

4 Star Theatre

Bay Area Soul With a Heavy Heart — Andre Cruz and Chris Lujan are The Real Thing! Dishing up their own unique recipe of fuzz heavy, groove-infused, crooning sweet soul and funk that’ll either lay you out with a heavy heart or have you shaking what yo’ mama gave ya’!

10/25

Friday Happy Hour: Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers

Golden Gate Park Bandshell

Swing to the sounds of Lavay Smith (born 1967) an American singer specializing in swing and blues with her eight-piece “little big band”, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers

10/25

Southern Culture on the Skids

Sweetwater Music Hall

Southern Culture On The Skids has been consistently recording and touring around the world since 1983. The band (Rick Miller – guitar and vocals, Mary Huff – bass and vocals, Dave Hartman – drums) has been playing together for over 30 years.

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10/26

The Musical Box performs Genesis Live 1973

The Regency Ballroom

Renowned for their high quality reproductions of historic Genesis performances since 1993, The Musical Box takes fans along for a time-travel ride, offering people a chance to relive the magic of this unique experience. These replicas have required exhaustive visual, scenic, audio and musical research even tracking down the original music instruments used at the time.

10/26

The Mother Hips

The Guild Theatre

Based in Northern California, the Hips’ music is simple and loose, helping with the devil-may-care attitude of the singing. Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “one of the Bay Area’s most beloved live outfits”

10/26

Jazz Mafia’s Grateful Brass, Black Sheep Brass Band: Beetlejuice – Beetlejuice Halloween

HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol

October 26th, dive into a haunted fusion of beats and chills at our Beetlejuice Halloween event night 2 w/ Grateful Brass reimagines the iconic music of the Grateful Dead with an instrumentation of brass, drums and vocals (no guitar!). The music digs deep into the Grateful Dead discography with creative re-imaginations infused with the ebullient spirit of New Orleans Second Line, trance-like grooves of Afrobeat, brass-driven energy of Balkan music, and energetic Afro-Cuban polyrhythms, all sitting on top of a heavy foundation of funk

10/26

Southern Culture on the Skids, Spud Buddy

Bottom of the Hill

SCotS- surf, rockabilly, R&B and country-fried garage with a side of psych

10/26

Sweetwater Anniversary Benefit Gala: An Evening with Jeff Tweedy and Elizabeth Moen

Sweetwater Music Hall

founding member & leader of the Grammy Award winning American rock band Wilco, and before that the cofounder of the alt_country band Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy is one of contemporary music’s most accomplished songwriters, musicians, and performers. Sweetwater Music Hall is a registered 501(c)3 non profit organization; Tax ID #85-1994102. A portion of your ticket purchase for this event is a donation and is tax deductible per IRS guidelines.

10/27

Southern Culture On The Skids

Moe's Alley

Southern Culture On The Skids is a high-energy rock band known for their eclectic blend of rockabilly, surf, country, and swamp rock influences.

10/27

Jenerator ft Jen Rund, Anna Elva and Jonny Mojo

Peri’s

Jenerator is a collective of long-time friends and collaborators, curated by Jen Rund. Each musician brings their own unique sound to Jenerator’s music, giving a rich variety of expression to Jenerator’s catalogue of original tunes and covered favorites.

10/28

Jeff Tweedy Solo Acoustic w/ Elizabeth Moen (Three Nights)

The Guild Theatre

founding member and leader of the Grammy Award winning American rock band Wilco, and before that the cofounder of the alt_country band Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy is one of contemporary music’s most accomplished songwriters, musicians, and performers

10/29

Life is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ft Ryan Bingham, Jamey Johnson, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Don Was, Cyril Neville, John Medeski, Dave Malone, Terence Higgins, Mark Mullins, Levee Horns

The Warfield

The Life Is a Carnival: Last Waltz Tour ’24 is a multi-city concert tour that celebrates the legacy of Robbie Robertson, co-founder of The Band. The tour will take place from October 19 to November 2024 and will stop at historic venues in the United States and Canada.

10/29

Jeff Tweedy Solo Acoustic w/ Elizabeth Moen (Three Nights)

The Guild Theatre

10/30

Jeff Tweedy Solo Acoustic w/ Elizabeth Moen (Three Nights)

The Guild Theatre

10/30

Spafford (Two Nights)

Sweetwater Music Hall

Spafford is known for their astonishing improvisational ability and off-the-cuff extended jams, Spafford paints a picture in real-time each night with a musical palette known only to each other.

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10/31

Ronkat Spearman’s Katdelic ft Eric EQ Young

Yoshi's

Join us aboard the Mothership this holiday season for an unforgettable close encounter of the funkiest kind featuring P-Funk All-Star, Ronkat Spearman of Katdelic and special guest slap bass virtuoso Eric “EQ” Young. Hold on tight as we take you on a galactic flight through space & time fueled with original Katdelic grooves and old-school funk tunes that will make you move performed by two of the Bay Area’s beloved funk prodigies. These incredibly talented musicians have been mentored by some of the industry’s funkiest legends, including Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Con Funk Shun, Sly Stone, George Clinton, and Parliament-Funkadelic. Rock your funkiest P-Funk attire and Halloween costume to join the ultimate funk fans for a guaranteed funky good time.

10/31

Diggin Dirt

Lost On Main

What better way to spend Halloween than a scary amount of crazy good music from Diggin Dirt at Lost on Main??!!?? From behind the redwood curtain of Humboldt County, California, the 7 piece funk-soul band Diggin Dirt has carved out a niche as a live party not to be missed.

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10/31

Halloween with…. Buckethead

The Fillmore

Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative and virtuosic electric guitar playing- performs wearing a KFC bucket on his head, sometimes emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker reading FUNERAL in block letters, accompanied by an expressionless plain white mask

10/31

Spafford (Two Nights)

Sweetwater Music Hall

Halloween w/ Spafford known for their astonishing improvisational ability and off-the-cuff extended jams, Spafford paints a picture in real-time each night with a musical palette known only to each other.

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11/01

Rebirth Brass Band

The Guild Theatre

For almost 4 decades, the Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band has been stunning fans with a fiery live show and a rich musical catalog. Their trademark sound pays homage to the New Orleans brass band tradition while weaving a tapestry that combines elements of jazz, funk, soul, R&B and the sounds from the streets they grew up on

11/01

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Almost Famous Wine Bar

Legendary psychedelic rock band behind the canonical album “Cheap Thrills,” and icons of the San Francisco 1960s music scene. Today, the two surviving original members, Peter Albin and Dave Getz, are joined by Darby Gould (Jefferson Starship), Tom Finch, and David Aguilar.

11/01

The Coffis Brothers w/ Jesse Ray Smith

Sweetwater Music Hall

“It’s all-American music,” says The Coffis BrothersÕ co-frontman, Kellen, about the bandÕs 2022 release, Turn My Radio Up. ‘There’s rock, blues, acoustic folk, and country in there we go all the way back to the beginning – to pioneers like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers – but we also the Eagles and Tom Petty for influence. That’s our playbook.’

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11/02

The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Masonic

11/02

Rebirth Brass Band (3pm)

Sweetwater Music Hall

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11/02

Rebirth Brass Band (9pm)

Sweetwater Music Hall

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11/03

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio w/ Bob Welsh and Willy Jordan (3 & 6:30pm)

Blue Note Napa

It’s impossible not to like Bishop, always singing something lowbrow and uplifting. With his buoyant and deceptively loose-sounding ensemble behind him, he’s also playing some of the most spirited and distinctive blues slide guitar today. Bishop will bring his outstanding guitar work and verbal high jinks with Bob Welsh pounding the piano keys and Willy Jordan on cajon (Peruvian drum box). Their crowd-pleasing music and undeniable chemistry will make it a night to remember.

11/04

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Frost Amphitheater

11/04

Black Lips w/ Pancho and The Wizards

Moe's Alley

Boasting an unapologetic southern-fried twang, with a clang and harmony that is unmistakably the inimitable sound and feel of the Black Lips. Their songcraft and stylistic evolution are as infamous as their now legendary live shows. American garage rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock

11/06

Sting (Two Nights)

The Masonic

11/07

Sting (Two Nights)

The Masonic

11/07

THE THE

Fox Theater Oakland

THE THE emerged from the post-punk landscape, in an era of self-taught musicians and DIY experimentation. Combining his passions for film soundtracks and musique concr春e with his love of traditional songwriters such as John Lennon, Hank Williams and Robert Johnson,

11/07

Balkan Bump

HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol

Balkan Bump is the global electronic music project orchestrated by trumpet player, producer and ethnomusicologist Will Magid.

11/07

PrettyBoy Chance w/ Tony Glaser and the Party + Light Chain

Great Star Theatre

celebrate the debut album of PrettyBoy Chance in a spectacular musical extravaganza! The night will kick off with two talented opening bands, Light Chain as the opener and followed by Tony Glaser and the Party.

11/07

Dopapod w/ Reed Mathis

Sweetwater Music Hall

Dopapod stands out in the live music scene with their eclectic blend of jam band energy, funk grooves, jazz fusion, progressive rock, dynamic performances and improvisational prowess!

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11/08

Dopapod

Moe's Alley

Dopapod stands out in the live music scene with their eclectic blend of jam engergy, funk grooves, jazz fusion, and progressive rock.

11/08

Celebrating Forty Years of Zero ft Steve Kimock, Greg Anton, Pete Sears, Banana, Hadi El Sadoon, Spencer Burrows, and more! (Two Nights)

McNear's Mystic Theatre

Forty years ago, guitarist Steve Kimock and drummer Greg Anton went into a studio and recorded what was to become the inception of the repertoire for the band Zero. As one of the innovators of improvisational jam band music, Zero has become a San Francisco musical institution.

11/08

John Hiatt

Bimbo's 365 Club

A master lyricist and satirical storyteller, John Hiatt delivers songs filled with tales of redemption, relationships and surrendering on his own terms.

11/09

Celebrating Forty Years of Zero ft Steve Kimock, Greg Anton, Pete Sears, Banana, Hadi El Sadoon, Spencer Burrows, and more! (Two Nights)

McNear's Mystic Theatre

11/09

Karina Rykman + Eric Slick

The Independent

Karina Rykman plays bass, sings, jumps around, and laughs a lot. In doing so, she has garnered rare attention and avid listenership. Straddling the worlds of jam rock and indie pop drenched in psychedelia

11/13

Scott Pemberton O Theory

Ivy Room

Scott Pemberton’s sound is much like the vibe of his native Portland: freaky, fun and just the right amount of weird. The best way to categorize his music is with the moniker “Timber Rock”.

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11/15

STS9 (Two Nights)

Fox Theater Oakland

With an ethos rooted in exploration, STS9 has been a sonic pioneer for two decades. Using electronic and acoustic means, the instrumental five-piece channels the primordial and celestial, producing a cutting-edge sound that has forged a path for multiple generations of electronic dance music

11/16

STS9 (Two Nights)

Fox Theater Oakland

11/20

Beat play Õ80s King Crimson ft Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey

San Jose Civic

Former King Crimson members Adrian Belew & Tony Levin w/ guitar virtuoso Steve Vai & explosive Tool drummer Danny Carey for the 1st time to create Beat, a creative reinterpretation of the three iconic Õ80s King Crimson albums Discipline, Beat and Three Of A Perfect Pair

11/26

Cyndi Lauper

Chase Center

Cyndi Lauper is a Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning songwriter and performing artist with global record sales in excess of 50 million. Her iconic voice, influential punk glamor, and infectious live shows have catapulted her to stardom

12/07

Dragon Smoke, DJ Harry Duncan

The Independent

Eric Lindell : Vocals/guitar Ivan Neville: Vocals/keyboards Stanton Moore: drums Robert Mercurio: bass = Dragon Smoke formed in 2003 as a “Superjam” – part of the New Orleans Jazz Fest tradition of putting together a band of musician who don’t normally play together and just see what happens – 21 years later still grooving!

12/07

Dandy Warhols

Bimbo's 365 Club

The Dandy Warhols an American psychedelic/alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Or., in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmstrom.