Coming to San Francisco – Avant Music News
Friday, June 13
Fri 6/13 6:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Aine Nakamura: hands on tape
Fri 6/13 7:00 PM The Crown [2523 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612-3105]
Kevin Corcoran/Derek Monypeny
Voicehandler (Danishta Rivero + Jacob Felix Heule)
Sarah Grace Graves + Tasya Abbot
Fri 6/13 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Ferren+Rodvien
Fri 6/13 7:00 PM The Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 EDDY ST SAN FRANCISCO]
Sarah Hanahan Quartet – live performance at Black Cat
Happens on the following Dates:
Jun 12, 2025, 7:00pm and 9:15
Jun 13, 2025, 7:00pm and 9:30pm
Jun 14, 2025, 7:00pm and 9:30pm
Saturday, June 14
Sat 6/14 2:30 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
Abstract Lounge: San Francisco singer and improviser David Israel Katz will be spinning a wide range of experimental music from his vinyl collection, blending the liquid with the granular, the muddy with the foggy and the windy with the luminescent.
Sat 6/14 6:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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You are invited to join Outsound Presents in supporting the Bay Area creative music community! Our 2025 Annual Benefit Dinner with a special performance by creative instrument builder, and improviser Sung Kim
Sat 6/14 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109]
Sarah Hanahan Quartet – live performance at Black Cat
Happens on the following Dates:
Jun 12, 2025, 7:00pm and 9:15
Jun 13, 2025, 7:00pm and 9:30pm
Jun 14, 2025, 7:00pm and 9:30pm
Sat 6/14 8:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Billy Gomberg: Performance + Talk
Sat 6/14 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
John Davis / Keith Evans + Beige + Linda Izcali Scobie / Zekarias Musele Thompson
Sunday, June 15
Sun 6/15 4:00 PM 2727 California [2727 California St. Berkeley, CA 94703]
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Sarah Grace Graves presents a release party for her album Three Names, the result of two years with Scelsi’s Three Latin Prayers, Alvin Curran’s Three Ligurian Chants, and so much more meditative and transportive music from across many centuries. The album is now out on Elektramusic.
Sun 6/15 5:00 PM SFJAZZ Center Festival Tent [Near 201 Franklin Street (at Fell)]
Idris Ackamoor & The Ankhestra
Sun 6/15 7:00 PM Eternal Now [2419 San Pablo Avenue Oakland]
Jeremiah Chiu + Friends
A night of sound and vision from Synth News and Eternal Now.
Sun 6/15 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
ROT DIET (MITCH STAHLMANN and CHRIS FARSTAD) may brandish cracklebox and electronic wind instrument, but really nothing is needed other than infinity and nowhere.
Tuesday, June 17
Tue 6/17 7:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
Jazz at the Make-Out Room (formerly the Monday Make-Out) continues! A wily evening of cutting-edge jazz, free improvisation, and creative music.
(6pm doors/7pm show)
7pm San Kazakgascar
Jed Brewer, Rachel Freund, Linda Hardy, Greg Hain, Anthony Occhipinti, w/Jaroba James, Colleen Kelly, and Nik
8:15pm Nora Free Liberation Quartet
Nora Free – saxophone, David El – guitar, Kevin Goldberg – bass, Cody Rhodes – drums
Tue 6/17 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Elihu Knowles & Rent Romus
Wednesday, June 18
Wed 6/18 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109]
Marcello Carelli Album Release at Black Cat Jazz Supper Club
Thursday, June 19
Thu 6/19 6:45 PM The Roar Shack [34 7th Street, SF, CA]
Qube Chix
The reunion of the legendary San Francisco new wave/experimental performance trio
Thu 6/19 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109]
Jeff Denson/Romain Pilon Trio with Percussion Powerhouse Jonathan Pinson – live performance at Black Cat More…
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Thu 6/19 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Marcus Stephens 3-Day Residency
Marcus Stephens premiers:
The Kn’Octet is an 8 piece chamber ensemble rooted in multiple genres including jazz, rock, and hip hop.
Thu 6/19 7:30 PM Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St SF]
Ernst Karel, Ava Koohbor, Seedy Arcing at Canessa Gallery. Album release show for new album by Seedy Arcing (Alex Abalos / Bryan Day)
Thu 6/19 8:00 PM The Back Room [1833 Parker St.]
Celebrating our third CD, “Spires”, the Actual Trio returns to its Berkeley home base, the Back Room, for an evening of original music.
Thu 6/19 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish) + Fred Frith
Friday, June 20
Fri 6/20 6:45 PM The Roar Shack [34 7th Street, SF, CA]
Qube Chix
The reunion of the legendary San Francisco new wave/experimental performance trio
Fri 6/20 7:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
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SCREENING & DEMO: “Look, Ma– No Hands! The Early Days of Biofeedback Art” at Gray Area, June 20th
Fri 6/20 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Marcus Stephens 3-Day Residency
June 20th – Day 2 Marcus Stephens Solo Set