Jose Simioni Duo
North Beach‑based jazz and blues guitarist Jose Simioni brings his duo with bassist Sascha Jacobsen to Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe for an intimate night of soulful, small‑room swing. With...
North Beach‑based jazz and blues guitarist Jose Simioni brings his duo with bassist Sascha Jacobsen to Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe for an intimate night of soulful, small‑room swing. With...
The Dirty Works Jazz Band brings its weekly jam session to Persona. Led by upright bassist Kyle Finley, these "Dirty Works & Friends" nights transform the North Beach venue into...
Step into the inner circle of the city's music scene with THE San Francisco Invitational Jam at Tupelo. Held every Monday night from 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, this is widely considered the definitive jam session for professional players and serious students of the craft. Hosted by the "nastiest rhythm section this side of South...
Mitch Polzak is a guitarist, singer, banjoist, and bandleader appearing at The Saloon in North Beach under his own name. He draws on rockabilly, 1960s country, honky tonk, Bakersfield-influenced country,...
GG Amos at The Saloon features the San Francisco singer, guitarist, songwriter, and arranger, a longtime West Coast Blues artist whose soulful voice and expressive guitar style merge Blues with Jazz, Funk, Latin rhythms, and Rhythm & Blues. Raised in Sacramento and now a fixture of the Bay Area scene, Amos has performed for more...
The Alexandra Rieloff Trio performs a selection of jazz standards, bossa nova, and boleros at Etcetera Wine Bar. This acoustic ensemble focuses on a repertoire that balances the rhythmic traditions...
Barbary Bluegrass at Belle Cora brings a lively, acoustic string-band sound to one of North Beach’s coziest wine bars, turning the room into a warm, neighborhood parlor for picking, harmony...
The West Coast Blues Revue brings together a rotating lineup of top-tier Bay Area talent, led by the incomparable Hal Petcher at Biscuits & Blues. Each show delivers a fresh...
Aaron Germain brings his quartet to The Deluxe for a night of deeply rooted, forward‑looking modern jazz. Aaron is a Bay Area bassist and bandleader who moves effortlessly between upright...
Hal Bigler Band brings high-energy traditional jazz and swing to Comstock Saloon every Tuesday from 7:30pm-10:30pm. Led by veteran upright bassist Hal Bigler, the rotating ensemble features leading Bay Area players including Cliff Myer on guitar, Bob Johns on piano, Mauro Pannitto on bass, Marty Brewer on drums, and Rick Brown on trombone, delivering hot...
Step into DecoDance on a Thursday night and you’ll find Gaucho turning the Art Deco lounge into a Paris-meets-San-Francisco swing party. Their hot-club–inspired sound — acoustic guitars, bass, and horns weaving gypsy jazz, musette, and classic swing — pairs perfectly with the bar’s Great Gatsby mood and craft cocktails. Grab a booth under the moody...
Live every Tuesday exclusively at Local Edition! The Local Edition Jazz Orchestra is a diverse group of long-time friends that have played alongside one another for years. The ensemble ranges from having as little as 8 to as many as 18 participants performing with occasional guest singers such as Billy Valentine, Bud E. Luv (aka...
Monthly jazz jam session led by multi-instrumentalist Smith Dobson and his quartet. Every first Tuesday 8-11pm at Specs! All musicians welcome, bring your instruments!
Fault Line Trio is one of the Bay Area’s most dynamic and innovative crossover jazz projects! Swing, R&B, and sophisticated grooves. Featuring Jay Sanders - piano and keys, Lukas Vesely - bass, and Brian Fishler - drums.
Transport yourself to a 1930s sidewalk café in Montmartre as North Beach Django takes residency at Paris 75 every Tuesday. The jazz manouche jam session led by guitarists Ned Boynton and Eddie Scher with Kenan O’Brien on bass as well as rotating cast of musicians. The trio sets the rhythm for swinging standards and French-inspired...
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,...
Jose Simioni Trio's improvisational jazz performance at the Saloon from 4:30pm to 6:30pm with Dylan Garrison on drums and Ron Estrada on vocals and guitar.
The Grove welcomes My Dog Jack — a San Francisco-based folk band whose members, after years performing across Bay Area folk, jazz, and bluegrass groups, have joined forces and returned to their songwriting roots. Inspired by legends like John Prine, The Band, and Kate Wolf, as well as contemporary artists such as Hurray for the...
Le Jazz Hot, the local trio/quartet incarnation of the Hot Club of San Francisco, brings spirited Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli-style jazz to Scopo Divino every Wednesday from 6:00–9:00 PM. Led by guitarist Paul “Pazzo” Mehling, the group channels the acoustic string swing of 1930s Paris—often with guitar, bass, clarinet, and violin—in a dinner-and-wine setting...
Belle Cora in North Beach welcomes Parlor Tricks — the world’s first and foremost industrial ragtime band, serving up 1920s‑inspired speakeasy jazz, ragtime, and blues under the willow trees on the patio. This hot‑music quartet specializes in swing, syncopation, and stomp, blending vaudeville flair with original tunes and classic jazz language to turn Belle Cora’s...
Join us at Biscuits & Blues for a night of captivating live music as GamperDrums presents a stellar ensemble featuring Brian Pardo on guitar, John R. Burr on piano, Marina Crouss on vocals, Ruth Davies on bass, and Chris Gamper on drums. Blending elements of jazz, soul, and improvisational music, this dynamic group delivers expressive...
Minimal Julián brings a 6:30–9:30 pm set to Etcetera Wine Bar, led by Buenos Aires–born singer, songwriter, and composer Julián Armando Gervasi, now based in San Francisco. His project fuses indie rock, psychedelic pop, freak folk, and jazzy textures, drawing on influences like The Velvet Underground, Devendra Banhart, Mac DeMarco, Radiohead, and Pescado Rabioso. The...
Midori Ono brings the soulful, hard-swinging groove of the Hammond B3 organ to Keys Jazz Bistro — a highly acclaimed Japanese organist recognized as one of the finest international players of the instrument, she has built a dedicated career bridging the Japanese and American jazz scenes with the spirit of the organ trio pioneers. Joined...
Freddie Bryant’s Kaleidoscope West Groove Trio at the Black Cat brings guitarist and vocalist Freddie Bryant’s “Groove Trio” concept into one of San Francisco’s most intimate jazz rooms, offering a kaleidoscope of groove influences from straight‑ahead and blues to New Orleans, Brazilian, Latin, and world rhythms. Drawing on music from his ten albums as a...