Rockabilly and 60’s country music with the religious fervor of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash and delivers a Honky Tonk ballad with the sincerity of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings.
Suzanna Smith is a jazz vocalist known for her swinging, sophisticated delivery and a warm, breathy tone reminiscent of classic mid-century singers Suzanna Smith's trio features a revolving cast of top Bay Area musicians who provide a sophisticated, swinging foundation for her versatile repertoire of jazz standards and original compositions.
Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Smith Dobson continues the Horns of SF series at Keys Jazz Bistro on the saxophone, with his long-running quartet, featuring Keith Saunders on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass, and Tony Johnson on drums. The quartet, which held court every Tuesday for nearly a decade at the now defunct Club Deluxe, will be...
Experience the high-energy, genre-defying sound of The Smokedaddies at Tupelo. Known as the Bay Area’s premier Soul Cover Jam Band, this ensemble specializes in a kaleidoscope of musical styles, ensuring that no two performances are ever the same. From the deep grooves of Motown to the sprawling improvisations of the Grateful Dead and Phish, The...
Welcome to the House Of Love! We are so happy to introduce a regularly occurring musical happening curated and hosted by Mad Johnny Modell and Wally Llama Ingram from the band Casa Del Sol, along with our dear friend and collaborator Joby Marmot King Pritzker. Each monthly event will feature an original set by Casa...
VUP is returning to Black Cat and bringing a whole party! Known as an energetic and uplifting group of musicians, VUP's performances celebrate the joy of creating music and art together. VUP performs the timeless music of Stevie Wonder, Prince, Chaka Khan, D’Angelo, and more legendary artists, and the band hopes to make people dance,...
Saxy Susan (Susan Copperman) is a San Francisco–based musician who appears at The Saloon, performing on saxophone and keyboards. She began playing saxophone at age 9, drawing on classical training and experience with groups such as the Poyntlyss Sistars Rockin' Show Band, and her sets reflect classic rock and rhythm-and-blues influences.
From Santa Clara, California, Joy combines her background of jazz piano and love of pop music to create a refreshing take on modern music, pushing the genres forward. Her songs capture vivid emotions as diary entries to her coming of age story. Underscored by hearty production in neosoul tradition, Joy explores themes of life, love,...
David M’Ore is a high-energy blues-rock guitarist and vocalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for his virtuosic guitar style, raspy vocals, and explosive performances. Born in Argentina, he blends traditional blues with British neoclassical hard rock influences. His acclaimed album "Holy Sinners & Sinful Saints" showcases his instrumental mastery and passionate sound.
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...
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...
New Orleans-based vocalist Anna Laura Quinn brings sincerity, humor, and an immutable grace to her craft, leaning into the improvisational essence of the music she sings with astonishing radiance and honesty. Raised in San Francisco and educated as a visual artist in New York City, Anna moved to New Orleans in 2010, where she eventually...