Turnt Uptown
All are welcome to this Dance Party featuring the best in West Coast BASS Music. Rotating DJs, musicians, dancers, and vendors. $7 advance / $10 at door.
$7 – $10
All are welcome to this Dance Party featuring the best in West Coast BASS Music. Rotating DJs, musicians, dancers, and vendors. $7 advance / $10 at door.
The Hanging Garden's 4th annual dance party celebration honoring the music of Siouxsie & the Banshees, with DJs X (House Of Usher/Roderick's Chamber) and Davey Bones, plus visuals by the wEirdOs!
The GENERATIONS Party | The 5-Year Anniversary Party! Hosted by DJ Franchise. Featuring Four DJs, each highlighting a decade of their choice. With DJs Eleven (NYC), Mind Motion, Goldenchyld, and Franchise.
Darkwave Festival Night 1 of 4, featuring Nightmare Air, Moira Scar, Gitane Demone Quartet, Screature, The Inkbats, + DJs Melting Girl, Chat Noir, and Bat Kat. $45 4-day pass; $15 single show ticket.
Darkwave Festival Night 3 of 4, featuring Scary Lady Sarah, DJ Starr, DJ Dollhead, + a special live performance by Oakland Siouxsie & the Banshees tribute band, Voodoo Dolly. $45 4-day pass; $10 single show ticket.
The 45 Sessions Presents
Winter Sessions 2017 featuring DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5) and DJ Saurus. Hosted by Fran Boogie plus 45 Sessions Residents.
A special Hella Gay for the holidays! And the final Hella Gay of 2017! Free before 9:30pm, $7 advance, $10 at the door after 9:30pm
New year, new queer! Or same queer! Happy to be moving though time with you all, let's dance about it! Advance tickets: $7 | Doors: Free until 9:30pm, $10 after 9:30pm
A new monthly series pushing the boundaries of live hip hop, featuring: Rocky Rivera, Dakini Star, DJ Ladyfingaz, plus 8-piece live band Heaviest Feather and more.
Long running goth club Death Guild steps into The Hanging Garden's shoes and keeps the night spooky. Two rooms of music, + the Dark Market (fka Goth Mall). Featuring Djs Joe Radio, Decay, Sage, Bit, & Michael Vile.
Fridays 6-9pm DJ Riddm spins rare groove 45s in the front bar room at The Uptown, with an emphasis on Cumbia & Chicha!
Monthly queer dance party featuring rotating resident DJs. Doors 9pm. Always free until 9:30pm. $10 at the door after 9:30pm. $7 advance tickets online. Always packed. Always hella fun.
Monthly queer dance party featuring rotating resident DJs. Doors 9pm. Always free until 9:30pm. $10 at the door after 9:30pm. $7 advance tickets online. Always packed. Always hella fun.
At The Ave Mixshow: Live from The Uptown. Deejays playing classics, throwbacks, new school to old school, and everything in between. Featuring Methods, Antriks, Onedr, and DJ Flow. 9PM. No cover.
Join us to celebrate the legendary Souls Of Mischief birthday with a huge bash in Oakland! Featuring Souls of Mischief | DJ True Justice | DJ Platurn | + Special Host and Guests!
Hiero Nights returns with a its second rendition of a hip hop filled evening. Come out to see Young Gully rip the stage with special guests Beejus. Hosted by Leon DNas Sykes; music by Dj Slowpoke.
The Hanging Garden hosted by Davey Bones. Classic goth * new wave * synthpop * electro.
Mid-year Summer dance party, featuring DJs spinning early '80s minimal synth and cold wave.
Fundraiser for the Housing Oakland Now! Collaborative, the kick-off campaign and first annual fundraiser for the collaboration between The Village and The East Oakland Collective. Live performances by Mistah Fab, La Misa Negra, Equipto, Gina Madrid, X-Clan, Jennifer Johns, Gift of Gab of Blackalicious, Audiopharmacy, Alia Sharrief, Ras Ceylon, + DJs Platurn, Davey D, Smoke-1, and Teao Sence.
Touring New York DJ Jonathan Toubin's New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off party! Spinning raw, wild, and uncommon original 7-inch vinyl by unsung artists of the '50s and '60s on the beat of today's dance floor. With live performances by New York '60s girl group-inspired garage rock outfit Baby Shakes and Oakland post-punk / no wave band The World! Guest selector and dance contest panel of judges include members of The Younger Lovers, Hunx and His Punx, Kids On A Crime Spree, B-Side Brujas, KALX & WFMU DJs! Come wiggle your hips and take home that $100 dance contest winner's prize!
Long running industrial goth dance night. This month's Death Guild is a fundraiser for the SF Goth AIDS Walk. $5 at the door before 9:30pm, $10 at the door after 9:30pm. Damned Souls advance tickets online $6.66 after Satan’s fees.
DJ Porky shares his long-time collection of Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae 45s, and as well as some soul, blues, R&B, and a little jazz. Free entry.
A new party from LA that is here to make you dance. Playing all your favorite indie rock + indie dance jams, both old and new! First 50 people in line with RSVP are free, all others with RSVP $10 after that, and $15 general admission without RSVP.
The annual Big Ass Aquarius Birthday Bash
for the Bay Area native and world famous DJ Daghe + Digital. Click photo icon for ticket info.
Touring New York DJ Jonathan Toubin's New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off party! Spinning raw, wild, and uncommon original 7-inch vinyl by unsung artists of the '50s and '60s on the beat of today's dance floor. With Oakland post-punk / no-wave trio BAUS, Sacramento garage punk ruffians TH' LOSIN STREAKS, soul-slingers DJ Martha Queen and Abrilita (B-Side Brujas), and guest selector RUSSELL QUAN (The Mummies). Plus a panel of judges that includes SONNY SMITH (Sonny & The Sunsets), TIGER LILY (KALX / JetLag RnR), and more! Come wiggle your hips and take home that $100 dance contest winner's prize!
Join us as Suavecito Souldies turns 5! As part of the Bay Area Soul Weekender we will be hosting local and international djs to celebrate. Lowrider oldies and soul 45s all night.
Art Is Women reception, featuring plum dada and lesser gods art, + vinyl sets by KALX DJs Matokie and Poindexter! Doors open for happy hour at 5pm. KALX DJs go on at 9pm.
Featuring DJ Sage, DJ Chat Noir and Davey Bones! Plus live visuals on stage and the Dark Market in the upstairs mezzanine. $8 advance | $10 at door.
*** TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 15th at 10am***
We're partnering with 45 Sessions to bring you a banging day party to get ready for Monday's Hiero Day festivities, celebrating seminal Oakland hip hop collective Hieroglyphics and independent hip hop as a whole. Expect an incredible lineup of DJs digging in the crates to bring the heat!
Birthday celebration for Chris Burger of hip hop / funk-soul outfits Mo'fessionals and Luv Phenomena, both of whom will be performing. Plus nationally recognized hip hop DJ Davey D.
Free First Fridays with Suavecito Souldies. A lowrider oldies, Northern Soul, and sweet soul dance party. No cover.
Halloween edition of this monthly queer dance party. Always packed, always hella fun. Advance tickets online $7, Doors are free entry until 9:30pm, $10 after 9:30pm.
Long running monthly queer dance party, every third Saturday of the month. This time honoring the dark, mysterious sexiness of the Scorpio! $7 advance tickets. Doors are free until 9:30PM and $10 after 9:30PM.
B-Side Brujas! Oakland's all-lady all-vinyl deejay group. Free entry. Come dance with us.
A celebration of all things Bowie! With DJ Davey Bones (The Hanging Garden) and DJ Sage (Dark Sparkle), plus visuals by unseelie. Free before 10pm with RSVP
$7 in advance | $10 at the door. Let's dance!
Hella Gay - A monthly queer dance party featuring rotating resident DJs. Doors 9pm. Always free until 9:30pm. $10 at the door after 9:30pm. $7 advance tickets online.
SHOW POSTPONED to 8/15 — Punk Black is a monthly independent rock event/organization in Atlanta, Georgia. It features People of Color in rock & art, including live bands, a DJ, and local art vendors. This will be the second time Punk Black visits Oakland. Their first Bay Area event was in The Uptown last year, too. Lineup includes The Tissues, Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries, Saliva Tribe, and more.
EVENT POSTPONED Silver & Black is back to bring you more of the best vintage soul sounds. Resident DJs Rodrigo and Matt will be spinning Motown, Stax, Northern soul, Funk, R&B and Latin soul hits and rarities all night. Let's catch a groove! No cover.
EVENT POSTPONED First Saturday of each month, long running industrial goth club Death Guild keeps the night spooky. Two rooms of music, and upstairs Dark Market vendors. Advance tickets $6.66; Doors: $5 before 9:30PM, $10 after 9:30PM.
EVENT CANCELED Free First Fridays at The Uptown. TUFF brings you the East Bay Express voted "Best DJ Night" 2019, Suavecito Souldies, a night of Sweet Soul/Lowrider Oldies/Northern Soul.