Join us at the Dawn Club for the late night set. JC Grady is a Bay Area drummer with a broad orbit — bandleader, collaborator, composer, teacher. Her music finds...
Transport yourself to the Rive Gauche without leaving Fillmore Street. Chouquet's invites you to experience "Jazz on the Patio," a long-standing neighborhood tradition that pairs world-class live music with the...
Experience the ultimate "living theater" of North Beach as The Magic School Busk takes up their weekly residency directly in front of The Red Window. Positioned at the vibrant, sun-soaked...
Spend your Saturday afternoon in the heart of the Mission with The Henry Co., a local San Francisco ensemble known for their soulful, laid-back instrumental and vocal grooves. These sessions...
New Shoes Blues Band debuts at Pier 23. Traditional Blues for a new generation. Sure to be a hopping afternoon with this blues bunch. Join us for a drink and...
Jose Simioni performs live at Capo’s during the SF Pizza, Bagel & Beer Festival weekend, providing guitar-driven music from 4–7 PM after the festival. Capo’s opens its bar early at 4 PM, with dinner service beginning at 4:30 PM.
Join Ricky Bobby with Barb Murphy at Scopo Divino. Ricky Bobby is no ordinary cover band. This fabulous bay area trio (guitar, voice and cello) delivers a repertoire that spans...
Dann Zinn Quartet at Mr. Tipples brings together saxophonist and composer-arranger Dann Zinn with Frank Martin on piano, Dan Parenti on bass, and Jason Lewis on drums. Zinn is known for emotionally direct, adventurous contemporary jazz; his six leader albums include Shangri La, which received a four-star DownBeat review, Day of Reckoning, and 2024’s Two...
Banda Sin Nombre at The Deluxe combines folk rhythms from around the world with original songs, drag, and performance art. Their lively, community-minded show invites audiences to move with joy, release rage, and imagine a better world together.
Six Roses at Etcetera Wine Bar brings the multi‑genre collaboration between saxophonist David Boyce and guitarist/loop artist Michael Cavaseno into the Mission’s cozy wine bar, turning the room into an intimate sound lab for improvisation and texture. Blending saxophones, guitar, and live loops, Six Roses moves fluidly across jazz, ambient, soul, and experimental sounds, making...
Nilo Ayele at Belle Cora brings the Salvador, Bahia–born singer-songwriter’s blend of Brazilian pop, Latin acoustic grooves, reggae, and feel-good dance rhythms to North Beach. Now based in the Bay Area, Ayele is also a capoeirista and dancer, and co-founded the Bahian-influenced reggae group Namoradas da Lua.
Earl Thomas featuring the Anthony Cullins Band at Biscuits and Blues pairs a legendary blues and soul voice with one of today’s most exciting young guitar talents in one of San Francisco’s most intimate rooms. When Earl Thomas joins rising phenom Anthony Cullins, they bridge generations with effortless chemistry, blending rock and roll fire, deep...
David Kikoski's Jazz All-Star Quartet at Black Cat brings the Grammy-nominated pianist to San Francisco for a three-night residency, backed by longtime collaborators he's known since the early 1980s. Known for virtuosic technique and an innovative, deeply swinging style that blends bebop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz, Kikoski has performed and recorded across three decades with...
Marcus Shelby and his Sextet return to Keys Jazz Bistro for Conversation: The Language of Charles Mingus — a powerful deep dive into the creative life of one of the...
Dann Zinn Quartet at Mr. Tipples brings together saxophonist and composer-arranger Dann Zinn with Frank Martin on piano, Dan Parenti on bass, and Jason Lewis on drums. Zinn is known for emotionally direct, adventurous contemporary jazz; his six leader albums include Shangri La, which received a four-star DownBeat review, Day of Reckoning, and 2024’s Two...
Nathan Tokunaga Quartet at Bird & Beckett features the Bay Area-raised, New York-based clarinetist and saxophonist Nathan Tokunaga, a 2026 YoungArts winner in jazz clarinet who turned professional at fourteen....
Barbara Gainer is a multi-talented San Francisco vocalist and radio personality appearing at Sheba Piano Lounge. She specializes in sophisticated blues and classic jazz, blending powerful blues numbers with timeless...
This Saturday, join two-time Latin Grammy nominee Eddy Nadia, Pachamama band, Andean costumed dancers and special guest master violinist Georges Lammam for a magical, musical night in a historic speakeasy.
Cliff Meyers & Friends is a jazz-funk and soul-jazz ensemble appearing at the Comstock Saloon from 8 pm to 11 pm. Led by Meyers with a rotating cast of Bay...
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...
Adam Klipple, who has been described as "a standout pianist who has gone to school on McCoy Tyner and Cecil Taylor and earned his degree," plays piano, Hammond organ, sampler,...
Experience an intimate evening of soulful jazz, blues, and swing featuring Marty Wehner (Trombone), Rob Barics (Tenor Saxophone and Clarinet) & Chris Siebert (Hammond Organ)! Marty Wehner, Rob Barics, and Chris Siebert are veteran San Francisco-based jazz musicians and frequent collaborators. They are most notably members of the Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers 8-piece band, where they...
Iya Lingua will have you up and dancing with a unique blend of classic swing, Brazilian samba, Cuban salsa and American soul music. Iya Lingua is led by trilingual vocalist and percussionist Morgan Simon, who joins us fresh from Cuba where she was a featured artist at the 41st Havana International Jazz Fest (Jazz Plaza)....
Ray Obiedo Group at Mr. Tipples showcases the Bay Area guitarist and composer’s rhythm-forward contemporary jazz, shaped by Latin and Brazilian grooves, R&B, funk, and jazz harmony. Obiedo’s long career includes work with Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester, Pete Escovedo, and many others; his 1993 album Sticks and Stones reached Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Top Ten, while...
Marcus Shelby and his Sextet return to Keys Jazz Bistro for Conversation: The Language of Charles Mingus — a powerful deep dive into the creative life of one of the...