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The Jamie Duncan Trio with Special Guests

The Rite Spot 2099 Folsom Street at 17th Street, San Francisco

The Rite Spot welcomes The Jamie Duncan Trio with special guests — an American roots and instrumental ensemble based in the San Francisco Bay Area, led by guitarist and composer Jamie...

Free

Lisa Kindred Band

Lisa Kindred Band
The Saloon 1232 Grant Ave, San Francisco

The Lisa Kindred Band carries on the spirit and repertoire of beloved Mill Valley–based blues, folk, and rock singer Lisa Kindred, whose roots stretch from the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene to decades shaping the Bay Area blues community. At The Saloon, the band keeps her legacy alive with sets steeped in classic blues, roots,...

Free

Katy Stephan

Comstock Saloon 155 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

Katy Stephan’s residency at Comstock Saloon turns the room into a small, candlelit listening space. At the piano she blends jazz‑inflected originals with reimagined standards and art‑pop tunes, her clear, expressive voice sitting right on top of the clink of glassware and low conversation. It’s an intimate, song‑forward set that feels equally at home as...

Free

Gaea Shell & Scott Foster

Biordi Art Imports 412 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

Gaea Schell and Scott Foster perform at Biordi Art Imports, bringing jazz to North Beach First Fridays. Join them for an engaging performance that blends Schell’s mastery of flute, piano, and vocals with Foster’s expressive guitar playing. Experience a night of sophisticated jazz, rich harmonies, and Latin-inspired rhythms, making for a memorable musical event at...

Free

Julie & The Warm Bodies

Otherwise Brewing 1402 Grant Ave, San Francisco

Julie and the Warm Bodies bring their hip-swinging blend of pop, soul, R&B, and indie to Otherwise Brewing for North Beach First Fridays — a 6-piece Bay Area band with a truly global footprint, drawing members from Ohio, Malaysia, India, the UK, Florida, and South Carolina, all united by a shared passion for original music...

Free

Ned Boynton & Friends

Ned Boynton & Friends
Caffe Trieste 601 Vallejo St, San Francisco

Experience the unique sound of San Francisco-based guitarist and educator, Ned Boynton. Recognized in Scott Yanow's book, “The Great Jazz Guitarists the Ultimate Guide”, Ned brings a distinctive and highly respected approach to the instrument. His impressive career includes performances with jazz legends like Les Paul, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, and Bruce Forman, showcasing his...

Free

Magic School Busk

Magic School Busk
Red Window 500 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

The Magic School Busk holds weekly residency directly in front of The Red Window at the corner of Stockton and Columbus. This high‑energy busking collective has become one of North Beach’s unofficial “resident joy‑makers,” blurring the line between band and audience as people pause, sing along, or dance on the sidewalk. Whether you are enjoying a...

Free

Amy D and her band

Amy D and her band
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco

Amy D brings her luminescent voice and timeless sound to Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio — a San Jose native now based in Oakland, she has graced stages throughout the Bay...

$15

Meredith Edgar

The Rite Spot 2099 Folsom Street at 17th Street, San Francisco

The Rite Spot  welcomes Meredith Edgar — a San Francisco–born songwriter whose music wraps modern Americana in smoky tendrils of 1930s jazz‑chanteuse darkness. With a supple, deeply expressive voice and...

Free

Vince Lateano Trio

Sweetie's Art Bar 475 Francisco St, San Francisco

Join us at Sweetie’s Art Bar for an unforgettable night with the Vince Lateano Trio! Experience the masterful jazz drumming of Vince Lateano, a San Francisco jazz legend who has played alongside icons like Cal Tjader and Stan Getz. The trio brings a lively mix of classic and contemporary jazz in an intimate setting that’s...

Free

Veronica Margaret with Joseph Ma

Al's Attire 1300 Grant Ave, San Francisco

Al’s Attire in North Beach welcomes Veronica Margaret with Joseph Ma on bass — bringing the quiet, unhurried charm of an Edwardian ghost into the tailor’s shop, as this San Francisco folk singer‑songwriter haunts the room with her six‑string and elaborate stories about people who may never have existed but feel completely real once she...

Free

Jacknife

Jacknife
The Deluxe 1511 Haight Street, San Francisco

Jacknife brings hard-hitting West Coast post-bop to The Deluxe as San Francisco saxophonist Steven Lugerner leads his formidable quintet through the music of jazz legend Jackie McLean — exploring tunes...

$10

Hipsteria

Etcetera Wine Bar 795 Valencia St, San Francisco

Hipsteria is one of San Francisco’s favorite jazz, soul and party bands! Members of Hipsteria have included some of music’s legendary musicians! Featuring “Tender Tim” on drums and some vocals...

Free

Paula West

Paula West
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway, San Francisco

Paula West performs at Keys Jazz Bistro. A true treasure of the Bay Area jazz scene, vocalist Paula West is celebrated for her rich contralto voice and deeply expressive interpretations...

$40

Jessica Loos Poetry & Music Series

Jessica Loos Poetry & Music Series
Macchiarini Creative Design 1544 Grant Ave, San Francisco

Jessica Loos poetry series 7pm, art by Roger Strobbel. Poetry reading and music in front of Macchiarini Creative Design. Follow the poets up to Coit Tower at 9pm. Want to know more about the North Beach Poetry Crawl? Check out Mukethe Kawinzi’s experience in Quiet Lighting.

Free

Amy D and her band

Amy D and her band
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco

Amy D brings her luminescent voice and timeless sound to Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio — a San Jose native now based in Oakland, she has graced stages throughout the Bay...

$15

The Mina Project

Paris 75 515 Broadway, San Francisco

THE MINA PROJECT represents the music of Italian singer Mina Mazzini in her tradition, in particular, paying tribute to her songs of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Mina is considered the most successful proponent of the canzone italiana through Italian mainstream pop music. Mina’s work combines classic Italian pop with elements of Jazz, Blues, Swing, R&B...

Free

The Blazers

Otherwise Brewing 1402 Grant Ave, San Francisco

The Blazers bring their roots-deep electric blues to Otherwise Brewing for North Beach First Fridays — featuring Daniel Riley on guitar and vocals, Jose Simioni on guitar, Josh Jackson on bass, and Randy Hayes on drums, the band delivers traditional blues shuffles and swing-based grooves rooted in West Coast and Chicago blues traditions, keeping the...

Free

Lewis Jordan and Music at Large

Bird & Beckett 653 Cheney St, San Francisco

Lewis Jordan & Music at Large bring a rare and powerful voice to Bird & Beckett — born in San Francisco and raised in Chicago with the blues, Jordan co-founded United Front, the seminal Bay Area ensemble celebrated for its originality and cultural synthesis, and has spent decades bridging music and the written word through...

$20

Andean and Latin World Music Night

Peña Pachamama 1630 Powell St, San Francisco

Two-time Latin Grammy nominee Eddy Navia and Quentin Navia are joined by master violinist Georges Lammam, dancers and dancing. Their performances blend the charango (a traditional ten-string instrument), haunting sounds of panpipes (zampoñas) and notched flutes (kena) with high-energy rhythms. You don’t need a plane ticket to experience a "little piece of South American carnaval,"...

$20.00

Gaucho Jazz

Comstock Saloon 155 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

Gaucho is a masterful Bay Area band that combines the influence of gypsy jazz of 1930’s Europe with the rhythmic drive and collective improvisation of New Orleans swing music, gutbucket blues and elements of ragtime. Their sound, a uniquely American concoction, blends instrumental acuity and lighthearted humor that keep their audience coming back for more....

Free

Rotating Bands at the Lion’s Den

Lion's Den 57 Wentworth Pl, San Francisco

Experience the resurgence of San Francisco’s historic Chinatown nightlife at the Lion’s Den.  Tucked away on Wentworth Place, this bi-level lounge and performance space blends modern cocktail culture with the...

Free

Fog City Swing

Fog City Swing
Dawn Club 10 Annie St, San Francisco

Ladies and Gentemen, introducing Fog City Swing! The bay area's newest and hottest swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning vocals, and a swing till you...

Free

What’s Cookin’ Jazz Quartet

What’s Cookin’ Jazz Quartet
The Royale 800 Post St, San Francisco

The Royale welcomes the What’s Cookin’ Jazz Quartet for a simmering set of high‑fidelity, hard‑bop‑driven jazz in the dim, amber‑lit corners of Lower Nob Hill’s most stylish lounge. Known for a gritty, soulful approach rooted in the “cookin’” sessions of the late ’50s and ’60s, they serve up melody‑forward tunes, lyrical solos, and a rhythm...

Free

Charles Unger Experience

Charles Unger Experience
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco

Charles Unger takes the stage at Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio with a stellar quartet — featuring Sue Crossman on piano, Joe Nemzer on bass, and the hard-hitting Tony "Steamroller" Coleman on drums, this is an evening of serious jazz anchored by Unger's saxophone and a rhythm section built for the bandstand.

$15

Paula West

Paula West
Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway, San Francisco

Paula West performs at Keys Jazz Bistro. A true treasure of the Bay Area jazz scene, vocalist Paula West is celebrated for her rich contralto voice and deeply expressive interpretations...

$40

Tony Peebles Quartet

Tony Peebles Quartet
The Deluxe 1511 Haight Street, San Francisco

Tony Peebles brings multi-genre firepower and soulful expression to The Deluxe — an explosive saxophonist and composer whose work spans the jazz and fusion idiom with equal parts heart and technical mastery. As dedicated to the stage as he is to the classroom, Peebles is a uniquely engaged and professional music educator with a gift...

$15

Wendy DeWitt

Wendy DeWitt
The Saloon 1232 Grant Ave, San Francisco

Wendy DeWitt plays boogie woogie and blues on the National and International blues scene. And you can see her at the Saloon. With Kirk Harwood, Wendy is a two-time regional winner, and International Blues Challenge Finalist. Former pianist for Hank Ballard, and 30 years of working with Chicago legend Steve Freund, Wendy has also played...

$5

Charles Unger Experience

Charles Unger Experience
Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco

Charles Unger takes the stage at Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio with a stellar quartet — featuring Sue Crossman on piano, Joe Nemzer on bass, and the hard-hitting Tony "Steamroller" Coleman on drums, this is an evening of serious jazz anchored by Unger's saxophone and a rhythm section built for the bandstand.

$15
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