Vibe: Haight-Ashbury Music Lounge | Restored Retro Bar | Neighborhood Nightlife Revival
The DeLuxe is the revived version of one of Haight Street’s most beloved music bars, bringing back the neighborhood’s classic cocktail-and-live-music energy under a refreshed name. It carries strong nostalgia and local affection, but the new identity positions it less as a relic and more as a restoration project built around music, community, and late-night Haight culture.
Music & Atmosphere
The spirit of the place remains rooted in intimate live performance, with the venue closely associated with jazz, swing, blues, bossa nova, and other classic small-room styles. Even before fully reopening, the branding and public messaging have made clear that music is still the center of gravity.
The Room
The DeLuxe keeps the appeal of a cozy Haight lounge rather than a large-format club. The draw has always been closeness — small tables, dim light, strong drinks, and a room where the band feels only a few feet away — and the revival leans into preserving that atmosphere rather than replacing it with something slicker.
Details that define the room
Revival of a deeply loved Haight live-music institution.
Aims to preserve the intimate, retro cocktail-lounge feel of the original.
Best suited to close-up listening, dates, and neighborhood nights out.
More timeless and music-first than trend-driven.
Carries real neighborhood history while trying to reestablish itself for a new chapter.
Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums bring their high-energy, theatrical jump-swing spectacular to The Deluxe — led by the dynamic duo of Steve Lucky and Miss Carmen Getit, this Oakland-based band blends vintage jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, and 50s R&B into a live show that is as entertaining as it is irresistibly danceable. Equal parts musical...
Cyril Guiraud brings a truly international perspective to The Deluxe — a French-born saxophonist, producer, and composer based between San Francisco and Paris, he has recorded and performed alongside luminaries including Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern, George Clinton, Michel Petrucciani, Alpha Blondie, and Mino Cinelu, and graced stages at SF Jazz, the Monterey Jazz Festival, and...
Bennett Roth Trio at The Deluxe features the Bay Area pianist, composer, educator, and emcee, whose work spans jazz, soul, hip-hop, and collaborative projects. A fixture at venues including SFJAZZ and Yoshi’s, Roth brings an experienced, versatile approach shaped by his recordings and work alongside leading jazz musicians.
The Smith Dobson Quartet brings nearly two decades of Bay Area jazz experience to The Deluxe, led by Smith Dobson — a rare triple threat on drums, vibraphone, and saxophone, and a Santa Cruz native steeped in the jazz tradition from birth. Dobson carries on a distinguished family legacy: his late father, Smith Dobson IV,...
Kai Lyons brings a lifetime of San Francisco roots and global musical curiosity to The Deluxe — a guitarist raised in the Excelsior District who went on to study at William Paterson University on full scholarship under the direction of the late Mulgrew Miller, learning from masters Vincent Herring, Gene Bertoncini, Harold Mabern, Rich Perry,...
The Deluxe Jazz Collective brings the spontaneous energy of rotating musicians to The Deluxe every Monday — a revolving cast of Bay Area talent coming together to keep the jazz...
Mae Powell brings her rainbow-tinged, timeless sound to The Deluxe — a Bay Area singer-songwriter who moves effortlessly between jazz, vinyl DJ sets, and original music with her five-piece band...
Dahveed Behroozi at The Deluxe showcases a Bay Area pianist and composer whose music connects jazz, classical, new music, and ambient influences. Centered on improvisation as a form of composition, his immersive piano work seeks out new sounds, textures, and emotional landscapes.
Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces have the honor of inaugurating The Deluxe's grand reopening at 1511 Haight Street, bringing rockabilly and 60s country music to a room that was made for exactly this kind of raw, reverb-soaked American sound. Polzak delivers the religious fervor of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash on the uptempo...
The Seismics bring the vintage modern California sound crashing into The Deluxe — a four-piece instrumental surf band from Ocean Beach, San Francisco, formed in 2016 and built on a repertoire spanning 60+ classic surf instrumental covers and originals, with over four hours of live music to prove it. Featuring 'Lost Jonny' Mojeske on lead/rhythm...
Barrio Manouche at The Deluxe is an international acoustic ensemble founded by Spanish guitarist and composer Javi Jiménez, blending jazz manouche, modern jazz, flamenco, and Latin American rhythms. With musicians from Spain, Quebec, Colombia, France, Brazil, and the U.S., plus dancer Fanny Ara, the group delivers original music with a vivid, cross-cultural live presence.
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 from McLean's seminal early- and mid-1960s Blue Note albums Jacknife, It's Time, Let Freedom Ring, and New Soil with the creative heat and searing intensity...
Cosmo Alleycats bring their refreshingly old fashioned sound to The Deluxe — a San Francisco favorite since 2010, led by jazz vocalist Emily Day, whom critic Scott Yanow calls "one of the major singers in her field." Rooted in New Orleans jazz & R&B, speakeasy and 1920s jazz, and classic R&B, blues, and soul, their...
Patrick Wolff brings a lifetime of deep jazz immersion to The Deluxe, joined by a stellar quartet — Adam Shulman on piano, Eric Markowitz on bass, and Sylvia Cuenca on drums. A saxophone and clarinet player with a distinguished history in the jazz scenes of New York City and San Francisco, Wolff has performed or...
Ohana Collective at The Deluxe features a young San Francisco quintet co-led by trombonist Nate Gilbreath and bassist Alan Jones, with Nicolaus Gelin on trumpet, Mwanzi Harriot on guitar, and Miles Turk on drums. Named for the Hawaiian word for family, the ensemble builds on a two-horn frontline and Conservatory-rooted chemistry to explore original compositions...
The Deluxe Jazz Collective brings the spontaneous energy of rotating musicians to The Deluxe every Monday — a revolving cast of Bay Area talent coming together to keep the jazz tradition alive, fresh, and full of surprises week after week.
Danny’s Live Dead at The Deluxe features drummer and former Terrapin Crossroads regular Danny Luehring leading a popular Northern California Grateful Dead cover band and jam ensemble in an intimate San Francisco room. Known for keeping the spirit of the NorCal jam scene alive, the group brings its shifting, all‑star lineup—regularly heard at Wednesday jam...
Ryan Calloway at The Deluxe brings a multi-instrumentalist steeped in New Orleans jazz, ragtime, and early jazz traditions. As leader of the Silver Bell Jazz Band, Calloway performs on reeds, banjo, and bass saxophone, drawing inspiration from distinctive traditional-jazz voices while developing a characterful sound of his own.
Kamrin Ortiz & His Knock Outs at The Deluxe deliver hard-swinging jump, swing, and rhythm and blues, led by the commanding tenor saxophone sound of Antioch-raised Kamrin Ortiz. Honoring the past without living in it, the band pairs high-energy stagecraft with sentimental ballads and originals, including Ortiz’s debut single, Cavendips.
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.
Kazemde George brings deep musical intelligence and a rich cross-cultural vision to The Deluxe — an Oakland-based jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator raised in Berkeley by Caribbean parents, he completed the prestigious Harvard/NEC joint program earning a Bachelor's in Neurobiology and a Master's in Jazz Composition, studying with Miguel Zenón, Jason Moran, Donny McCaslin, and...
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,...
Nick Rossi and His Swing 4 brings a lifetime of deep musical devotion to The Deluxe, a Bay Area guitar legend who rose through the local R&B scene with The...
Rico Jones Quartet at The Deluxe features the visionary saxophonist, composer, and bandleader whose acclaimed 2025 debut BloodLines established him as a rising force in modern jazz. Rooted in the...
The Deluxe Jazz Collective brings the spontaneous energy of rotating musicians to The Deluxe every Monday — a revolving cast of Bay Area talent coming together to keep the jazz tradition alive, fresh, and full of surprises week after week.