Bands, DJ's, and speakers engaging and encouraging our communities to come out against the far-right's upcoming activities in SF and Berkeley, and to help raise legal/medical funds for Charlottesville and local antifascist activists
Alumni Dance Collective is an urban hip-hop and contemporary dance organization based in the SF Bay Area. Their 3rd showcase features dancers, singers, rappers, spoken word artists, and more. Click photo icon for full lineup and ticket information!
Award Winning Burlesque Troupe, Hubba Hubba Revue's Uptown Cabaret, featuring Porcelain, Harvest Moon, Dorian Dietrich, Lula Applebruise, Ava Lanche, Gabriela Starchild & Mojo DeVille, Ophelia Coeur de Noir, + many more!
Every Tuesday evening The Uptown NIghtclub hosts Two Piece Tuesdays; a free live music showcase in our front room. This week, Two Piece Tuesdays brings you Blonde Toledo.
Every First Friday, the Uptown Nightclub presents a FREE show of bands that speak to the heart of Oakland's ascension. This month showcases iconic punk bands: Neutralboy, Roadside Bombs, Genuine Parts, and The Pathogens.
A monthly series featuring women songwriters and storytellers performing in a round. This month's series includes Mya Byrne, Kress Cole, and Lauren Hulbert.
Delta Wires is a high-energy harmonica and horns 7-piece band from Oakland dedicated to modern blues and the Mississippi Delta blues.
Two Piece Tuesdays is proud to present the wonderful Brazilian artist and activist Sylvio Correia and the film Evolution, a 2015 French horror-thriller film directed by Lucile Hadžihalilovi?. It was shown in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Exploring non-traditional instruments and sounds, experimental noise and improvisation. Active Music Presents Sung Kim and Brian Pedersen, Fine Twin Redux, and Robin H Walsh
Jazz Mafia, founded in 2000, is a collective of the Bay Area’s most talented musicians, singers, and MCs, and combines original music with classic hip-hop, jazz, electronica, R&B, soul, and Afro-Cuban styles.
Hubba Hubba Revue is proud to present the national tour of “AL-STRAVAGANZA!” -- a burlesque tribute to Weird Al Yankovic, by Tight & Nerdy, the first and ONLY all Weird Al-inspired burlesque troupe!
Dark progressive Brighton/London UK band Birdeatsbaby touring to support their 4th LP, along with SF anachrofuturistic electric cellist/singer-songwriter Unwoman, and Oakland's Victoria & The Vaudevillains.
This Is My Fest returns in its 4th year with2 of 4 nights at The Uptown! 11 bands on 2 stages, including Ghoul, Year of the Fist, Verbal Abuse, Captain 9's, and more!
This Is My Fest returns to the Uptown in its fourth year with two nights of shows, with Nothington, DFMK, Broadway Calls, Four Lights, Heartsounds, and more!
First Tuesday's at The Uptown Nightclub, we bring you Grab 'Em By The Songs; a free monthly series featuring women songwriters from the Bay Area performing songs in the round.
FREE FIRST FRIDAYS! Every First Friday, The Uptown presents a FREE show of mostly local punk or indie bands. This month showcases the later, with Built for the Sea, Catchlight, RS2 Solid Sound, and Quiet Domino, + DJ Debauchery. Doors 5pm | Show 9pm | 21+
A documentary film screening on the Bay Area's underground scene and the tragedy of last year's Ghost Ship fire in Oakland. The film features a close look inside the warehouse / art collective scene and highlights the importance of art spaces in the Bay Area.
Legendary instrumental guitarist and musical innovator Dick Dale returns to The Uptown! Dick Dale pushed the limits and has influenced countless artists from the '50s until today; including Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, The Beach Boys, The Ventures, Jeff Beck, The Cramps, and La Luz. Also on the bill, Oakland favorites The Hot Toddies! Tickets are limited.
Two Piece Tuesdays Presents: Bret Jensen. Bret Jensen is a singer-songwriter from Emeryville, CA. He will be performing a solo acoustic set. Free | 21+
Free | 21+ | Wheelchair Accessible
The Skunkadelics, Shark Punch, and more! Come join us for a night filled with sweet ska and reggae. Doors 8pm | Show 9pm. Advance $8 | Doors $12. Don't miss out!
A Piedmont-palooza celebration of music featuring 3 rock n roll bands made up of parents from Beach, Wildwood, & Havens elementary schools. This event is a fundraiser for the Piedmont Education Foundation.
Crawl out of your coffin and help Two Piece Tuesdays welcome Solate to The Uptown. Solate fuses deep influences of jazz, folk and soul, with rhythmic guitar-playing and melodic lyrics written around questions of love and ideals.
Kat Downs (piano/vox) and Mike Thompson (drums) create an undeniable pop/proggy piano and drum duo which has been described as Dresden Dolls mixed with Florence + Machine, Tori Amos, & Ben Folds Five.
Hubba Hubba Revue’s beloved, annual, Halloween Burlesque Bash returns to The Uptown Nightclub! Join our glamorous ghouls & bewitching beauties for a wild night of haunted happenings in fabulous Oakland!
The Uptown brings you two free shows on Halloween night!
7PM Early Show: Halloween with Solate & Night of the Living Dead.
9PM Late Show: Meshach Jackson, Meredith McHenry, Amber Sweeny, Mokai Blue
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.
Every First Friday, The Uptown Nightclub presents a FREE show of bands that speak to the heart of Oakland's ascension. This month features punk outfits Mighty Quinn and the Oakland Ronin, Bum City Saints, Coercion, and Ghost of California.
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.
First Tuesdays at The Uptown Nightclub hosts Grab 'Em By The Songs; a monthly songwriter series featuring Bay Area songwriters performing songs in the round. This month features Emily Zisman, Willa Mamet, Eileen Torez, and Suzanne Yada.
Bring your pent up angst and come dressed in your grungiest '90s gear for Oakland's 1st Annual '90s Rock Show at The Uptown, featuring '90s tribute bands Corduroy, Flannel, and Backyard Remedy.
Come and join us for a great night of classic film and the sweet music of Paul Griffiths & Meredith Edgar. Americana, folk, and jazz. His Girl Friday (1940) is one of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made; starring Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson, a standout among cinema’s powerful women. No cover.
Celebrating the release of RAWK! by Dj Flow & Mani Draper. This project brings us back to the basics, DJ & MC duo w/ Flow on the production & Mani on the mic. The project features special guests Kevin Allen (fka Erk The Jerk), Moe Green, WantmoreN8, Ancheta + more.
Hot jazz, snazzy cocktails, and the Tops in Tease! Hubba Hubba Revue’s Uptown Cabaret welcomes those syncopated surgeons of swing, Dr. Abacus, for an entire evening of LIVE BAND BURLESQUE. With Una Solitaire, Bo Vixxen, Lookie Lulu and many more!
Two Piece Tuesdays is excited to present acoustic folk pop artist MICHELLE LAMBERT for this intimate event. No cover.
Free First Friday live music showcase with Dub-inspired San Francisco Psych band Extra Classic, San Francisco Chamber Pop act Foxtails Brigade, Oakland indiepop duo Bam! Bam!, and Oakland riot grrrl meets garage band Mutt. Doors 5PM, Show 9PM.
The Rayford Bros are a Vintage style rock 'n’ roll band from Southern California that performs '50s and '60s rockabilly, rock 'n’ roll, and surf favorites, as well as originals that have a vintage sound and feel
A Tribe Called Quest Live Mixtape feat. Deuce Eclipse, Seneca, Matt Wong, Jon Monahan, Adam Theis, Joe Bagale 9pm-Midnight PLUS Dan Neville Jazz Trio 6-9pm
11-person ensemble with heavy percussion DennyDennyBreakfast, symphonic cinematic psychedelic rock outfit The Rabbit Hole Orchestra, and neo-soul jazz singer-songwriter Molly Bolton
The Bay Area’s world famous burlesque & variety show kicks 2017 right out the door and rings in the New Year with those madcap kings of sinister swing, Lee Presson & The Nails. $20 Advance $25 Doors. SHIMMERING SHOWGIRLS, brassy lads, & a night of naughty New Year's thrills!
On the first Friday of every month, The Uptown presents a FREE live music showcase that celebrates Bay Area artist and musicians. This 10-year-old event highlights Bay Area bands who we believe deserve your attention. January's showcase brings you garage rockers Dirty Denim, darkwave band Esses, post-punk group Composite, & rock 'n' roll outfit Sweetwater Black.
