Name: 12 String Roulette
Start: 2026-08-14T20:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-08-14T22:30:00-07:00
Location: The Rite Spot

August 2026
ROBBY D & THE EFG’s
August 13 @ 8:30 pm - 1:30 am ROBBY D & THE EFG’s

Boom Boom Room 1601 Filmore St, San Francisco, CA, United States
San Francisco! Get yourself off the couch and move it on up to BBR—Robby D and the EFG’s are hitting it hard all night long kicking off at 8:30pm until 1:30am++ If you’re not in the know, Robby D and the EFG’s is a kick ass show! Our style throws blistering renditions of new wave, funk, soul, and indie rock hits along with our latest and greatest original dance music. We’ll see you on the dance floor 9:00 on Thursday night—don’t miss it! Featuring: ROB DIETRICH - Guitar (Matt Jaffe, Harmonic Law) CHRIS COLMENERO - Bass (King Tide) BRIAN FISHLER - […]
Free
Motoko Honda Quartet
August 13 @ 8:45 pm - 10:00 pm

Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Motoko Honda Quartet at Mr. Tipples features the Japanese-born, Bay Area-based pianist and composer with Cory Wright on multi-woodwinds, Matt Small on bass, and Jordan Glenn on drums. The ensemble blends chamber music, jazz, free jazz, and experimental sound through intricately composed pieces, shifting textures, and spontaneous improvisation. Tickets: $15-20
$15
Fog City Swing
August 13 @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Fog City Swing

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway, San Francisco, CA, United States
Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing Fog City Swing at Keys Jazz Bistro! The bay area’s newest and hottest jazz and swing band featuring an electrifying three horn front line, stellar crooning...
$30
Matt Berkeley & The Electronic Folk
August 13 @ 9:00 pm - 1:00 am

Tupelo 1337 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States
A wide-ranging night of musical and comic performances led by Matt Berkeley at Tupelo. Matt Berkeley & The Electrictronic Folk is a San Francisco Bay Area-based group known for playing a mix of dubfunk Soul music. The band features Matt Berkeley on keyboards and vocals, along with a rotating lineup that includes musicians like Dylan...
Free
Amanda Addleman: Songs and Stories of Home
August 13 @ 9:15 pm - 10:30 pm Amanda Addleman: Songs and Stories of Home

Black Cat Jazz Supper Club 400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Amanda Addleman at Black Cat brings the New York City–based, San Francisco–raised vocalist, pianist, composer, and arranger home for a program exploring the fusion of her two worlds: her Bay Area roots and her growing New York presence. Her voice is rooted yet unmistakably modern, built on a sincere reverence for jazz's great traditions and...
$20
Lucky Losers
August 13 @ 9:30 pm - 1:30 am

The Saloon 1232 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States
The Lucky Losers are a San Francisco–based blues‑soul band fronted by vocalist Cathy Lemons and harmonica player/vocalist Phil Berkowitz. Their Lucky Losers lineup at The Saloon features Jon Otis on drums, Edgar San Gabriel on bass, Chris Burns on keyboards, Cathy Lemons on vocals, and Simon Govan‑Smith on guitar, presenting a mix of blues, soul,...
Free
Mike Henderson
August 14 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Saloon 1232 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States
Mike Henderson, dubbed “the Blues Professor” by John Lee Hooker, is a veteran blues guitarist, singer, and bandleader who holds a monthly afternoon slot at The Saloon, San Francisco’s oldest bar. His sets lean into electric Chicago and West Coast blues, with lived‑in vocals and sharp guitar work. It’s barroom blues at close range.
$5
Katy Stephan
August 14 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Comstock Saloon 155 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States
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 a soundscape for cocktails or as a close‑up performance for guests who want to lean in and really listen.
Free
Keenan O’Brien
August 14 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Rite Spot 2099 Folsom Street at 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Keenan O'Brien at the Rite Spot brings the Missouri-born, Seattle-based singer-songwriter's raw, stripped-down folk sound to the room, built around banjo, guitar, ukulele, and voice. His songwriting leans on traditional storytelling and classic country-western crooning, with Eddy Arnold cited as a key vocal touchstone, capturing quiet, honest moments of calm and motion. Much of that material comes straight from life on the road — O'Brien lives and tours out of a self-converted camper van with his partner and their two dogs, a nomadic existence that runs through the songs.
Free
Magic School Busk
August 14 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Magic School Busk

Red Window 500 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States
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 gin tonic on the Red Window’s outdoor patio or just walking by with a cannoli in hand, the Busk provides a genuine North Beach experience. About The Magic School Busk Born from the city’s post-pandemic street-side revival, The Magic School Busk is a collective of veteran […]
Free
Essiet Okon Essiet Quartet
August 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Essiet Okon Essiet Quartet at Mr. Tipples features the acclaimed New York bassist and former member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, whose career includes work with Abdullah Ibrahim, Bobby Watson, Freddie Hubbard, and many more. His music draws on post-bop jazz and a lifelong openness to global influences, including the West African rhythms central to his Nigerian jazz project, IBO. Tickets: $15-30
$15
Hipsteria
August 14 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Etcetera Wine Bar 795 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA, United States
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 Hipsteria plays every Friday at Etcetera Wine bar.
Free
Malpica
August 14 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Malpica

Belle Cora 565 Green St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Malpica is appearing at Belle Cora, bringing high‑energy Cumbia‑ and Salsa‑influenced music to the North Beach wine bar setting. Pablo Malpica blends percussion, guitar and vocals with some original tracks to create an upbeat, community‑minded atmosphere that invites listeners to relax and move to the groove.
Free
Hank Maninger and the Jukebox Charlies
August 14 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Hank Maninger and the Jukebox Charlies

The Deluxe 1511 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Hank Maninger and the Jukebox Charlies at The Deluxe. Hank Maninger is a musician and music teacher who plays guitar and sings in his bands Nashville Honeymoon and Hank Maninger and the Jukebox Charlies, crafting a distinctive Americana/roots sound that’s equal parts twang, groove, and heart. When he’s not on stage, Hank specializes in guitar, bass, and band workshops, teaching both privately and through Blue Bear School of Music, and he brings that same generous, educator’s spirit to every live set, making the Deluxe feel like the best kind of neighborhood honkytonk classroom.
$10
David Kikoski Jazz All-Star Quartet
August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:14 pm David Kikoski Jazz All-Star 4tet

Black Cat Jazz Supper Club 400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA, United States
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 jazz legends including Roy Haynes, the Brecker Brothers, Pat Metheny, Chris Potter, and the Charles Mingus Big Band. He's joined by saxophonist Ralph Moore and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith — both contemporaries from his Berklee College of Music days and Roy Haynes' band, connections renewed on […]
$20
Emily Day & Cosmo Alleycats
August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Emily Day & Cosmo Alleycats play “Old Sweet Songs”

Keys Jazz Bistro 498 Broadway, San Francisco, CA, United States
Keys Jazz Bistro welcomes Emily Day & Cosmo Alleycats. Cosmo Alleycats draws from several decades of exhilarating American music, along with inspired originals, to deliver a fun and engaging performance. This dynamic is evident in their 2022 album, Old Sweet Songs, a collection of Tin Pan Alley and American Songbook favorites accompanied by their original compositions, inspired by bygone styles of songwriting. Emily Day – vocals Steve Height – bass Mike Burns – drums Charles Chen – piano Mike Olmos – trumpet Pete Cornell – sax
$40
Essiet Okon Essiet Quartet
August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Mr. Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Essiet Okon Essiet Quartet at Mr. Tipples features the acclaimed New York bassist and former member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, whose career includes work with Abdullah Ibrahim, Bobby Watson, Freddie Hubbard, and many more. His music draws on post-bop jazz and a lifelong openness to global influences, including the West African rhythms central to his Nigerian jazz project, IBO. Tickets: $15-30
$15
Mose Def: The Music of Mose Allison
August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Bird & Beckett 653 Cheney St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Mose Def at Bird & Beckett celebrates the music of Mose Allison, the Mississippi-born pianist and songwriter whose wry, blues-rooted jazz shaped generations of musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. The project is led by San Francisco vocalist Dean Mermell, a co-creator of Golden Gate Park's Flower Piano festival, who describes Allison as “the Randy Newman of jazz — equal parts musical and lyrical brilliance, with a healthy dash of snark.” Mermell is joined by Tom Griesser on tenor saxophone, Kymry Esainko on piano, Joe Kyle, Jr. on bass, and Eric Garland on drums, digging into a catalog of wise […]
$25
Charles Unger Experience
August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Charles Unger Experience

Sheba Piano Lounge 1419 Filmore St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Get ready for an explosive night of music as the legendary Charles Unger Experience takes over Sheba Piano Lounge from 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM. Known for his infectious smile and high-energy stage presence, saxophonist Charles Unger is a San Francisco institution. His "Experience" is more than just a jazz set—it’s a soulful, funky, and rhythmic journey that has anchored the Bay Area’s best jazz clubs for over four decades. The Sound: Charles Unger is a master of the groove, blending the lyrical, hard-bop influences of John Coltrane and Miles Davis with R&B, Funk, and World Beat. Whether he’s wailing on […]
Free
Andean and Latin World Music Night
August 14 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Peña Pachamama 1630 Powell St, San Francisco, United States
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," dedicated to the spirit of Mother Earth (Pachamama). Peña Pachamama serves an entirely plant-based and gluten-free menu. Highlights include Bolivian specialties like organic kale and quinoa salads, alongside raw and cooked vegan entrees.
$20.00
Patrick Wolff Trio
August 14 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Patrick Wolff Trio

Stookey’s Blue Room 891 Bush St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Patrick Wolff Trio appears at Stookey's Blue Room. Patrick Wolff is a saxophonist and clarinetist with deep roots in the jazz scenes of New York City and San Francisco, known for his lyrical playing and deep engagement with the full lineage of jazz styles. He has performed with renowned artists such as Matt Wilson, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Grant Stewart, and Louis Moholo-Moholo, and since relocating to San Francisco in 2009, has been a frequent collaborator with Marcus Shelby, Richard Sears, Adam Shulman, and Diana Gameros. As a bandleader, he has released six albums, leading ensembles that showcase both his original compositions […]
$15
Gaucho Jazz
August 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Comstock Saloon 155 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States
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. As founder, guitarist, and main composer Dave Ricketts says, the band is “in love with the music of Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and Jimmie Rodgers, as well as the stories, the life styles and the foot steps of hundreds of other great jazz, blues, country and […]
Free
Rotating Bands at the Lion’s Den
August 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Lion's Den 57 Wentworth Pl, San Francisco, CA, United States
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 East meets West spirit of the Chinatown’s golden age. Every week, the venue transforms into a unique destination for live music, featuring a rotating roster of the city’s up and coming funk, soul, and R&B ensembles. The Sound: From 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM, the stage belongs to a curated selection of live bands. The rotation frequently features bands such as Mark Maiden, Funky Sound Experience, Jay Neal, The Groove Foundation, […]
Free
Fog City Swing
August 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:59 pm Fog City Swing

Dawn Club 10 Annie St, San Francisco, CA, United States
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 drop rhythm section. This seven piece ensemble will transport you to the 1940’s, it is truly the world’s smallest big band! Fog City Swing is co-led by saxophonist Greg Johnson and trumpeter Daniel Herrera.
Free
12 String Roulette
August 14 @ 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm

The Rite Spot 2099 Folsom Street at 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
12 String Roulette at The Rite Spot is a regular fixture at the venue, bringing the San Francisco outfit's self-described "Tin-pan Django-Classical" sound to the room — an ever-shifting blend of early Tin Pan Alley pop, Django Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz, and classical touches, built around a rotating wheel of members and genres, sometimes in smaller formations. Led by guitarist Julian Gross, the rotating lineup draws from a pool that includes vocalist Meredith Edgar, trumpeter Danny Cao, bassist Keenan O'Brien, and guitarists Mark Ignatius and Sam Barnum.
Free