Free First Fridays

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Our First Friday is always a free showcase of mostly local indie / punk bands. This month we bring you Spindrift, Spiral Electric, The Odd Numbers, Life In 24 Frames, and Rollin Hand;
+DJ Orb!

Free

First Saturday Day Party: Come Meet Your Neighbors

Uptown neighborhood meet & greet at The Uptown Nightclub. Come meet your neighbors! Music by DJ Riddem. Food and drinks in our outdoor patio. Free before 4pm with RSVP / $10 4-6pm / 21+ with valid ID.

Free – $10

Pet Shop Boys Night at The Hanging Garden

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Hanging Garden is the East Bay's largest alternative dance night. Every 1st Saturday dance to focused bands who have contributed to the larger gothic movement.

$7

Two Piece Tuesdays Presents: 2 Rocks From the Sun & Film

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Two Piece Tuesdays is proud to present the sweet jazz expressions of 2 Rocks From the Sun. We will also be showing Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast. Music starts at 7pm.

FREE

Clothing & Costume Swap at The Uptown

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Clothing and costume swap! Bring your gently used shoes, clothes, and costumes to trade for new-to-you threads. All genders welcome. Anything left over will be donated to Out Of The Closet.

Free

Turnt UPtown

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - TURNT UPtown All are welcome to this Dance Party featuring the best in West Coast BASS Music. Rotating DJs, musicians, dancers, and vendors. Free before 9:30 PM with RSVP / $7 advance / $10 at door.

Free – $10

Anjali World, Casey Veggies, Papi Jay, Steezy, +DJ Mali Mal

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Anjali World featuring Casey Veggies and Special Guest Bollywood-inspired SF Bay Area R&B chanteuse Anjali World + Casey Veggies, a LA hip hop artist and one of the founding members of hip hop collective Odd Future

$10.00

Two Piece Tuesdays Presents: Sunny Gunn

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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 Sunny Gunn.

FREE

Moonlight Comedy: Stand Up Under the Stars!

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Live Stand-Up Comedy Showcase every Wednesday 7pm-9pm. Hosted by Adam Pearlstein, Adrian McNair & Josef Anolin. FREE event!

Free

KALX Presents: Oakland Popfest 2017 [Night 2]

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Oakland Popfest 2017 KALX Presents Oakland Popfest at The Uptown! Don't miss DRESSY BESSY, Summer Twins, Try The Pie, Dream Bitches, Bearcats, Pennywhistle Park and DJ Omar Perez.

$10 – $15

Hella Gay – Still Summer!

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Hella Gay Dance Party A fun monthly dance night with resident DJs: GStar, Najee Renee, Balthazar, DJ Kar Bear, + special guests. Free before 9:30PM / $7 Advanced / $10 Door

$7 – $10

Two Piece Tuesdays Presents Lee Vilensky Trio

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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 San Francisco's Lee Vilensky Trio.

FREE

The Rayford Bros.

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

The Rayford Bros are a vintage style rock 'n’ roll band from Southern California. They perform '50s and '60s inspired rockabilly, rock 'n’ roll and surf favorites, as well as originals with a vintage sound and feel.

FREE

Rock Against Racism – Bay Area Massive

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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

Uptown Showcase no. 3

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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!

$10 – $20

Uptown Cabaret with the Pine Box Boys

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Hubba Hubba Revue's UPTOWN CABARET! 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!

$12 – $22

Two Piece Tuesdays Presents Blonde Toledo

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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.

FREE

Manzanita Falls, Thunderegg, and Northern Waste

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Manzanita Falls, Thunderegg, and Northern Waste at The Uptown Santa Rosa indie rock band Manzanita Falls joined by indie / alt-punk San Francisco acts Thunderegg, and Northern Waste

$8

Neutralboy, Roadside Bombs, The Pathogens, Genuine Parts

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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.

FREE

Beast Crawl 2017 presents Skinless: New & Raw Writing

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Uptown Oakland’s annual free literary festival featuring more than 200 writers in a single night, in dozens of events, spread out over three hours and thirty-eight local galleries, bars, restaurants, cafés, performance spaces, and storefronts

FREE

The Hanging Garden – A Celebration of The Cure

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - The Hanging Garden - A Celebration of The Cure A celebration of The Cure, with DJs Adrienne, Scissorhands, Mystikz, and Davey Bones. Plus several vendors in our mezzanine Goth Mall. A dancing, screaming, itching, squealing, fever feeling goth night!

$7

Grab ‘Em By The Songs, September 2017

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

A monthly series featuring women songwriters and storytellers performing in a round. This month's series includes Mya Byrne, Kress Cole, and Lauren Hulbert.

FREE

Turnt Uptown

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - 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

Delta Wires “Born in Oakland” Album Release Concert

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Delta Wires “Born in Oakland” Album Release Concert Delta Wires is a high-energy harmonica and horns 7-piece band from Oakland dedicated to modern blues and the Mississippi Delta blues.

$20 – $25

Two Piece Tuesdays presents Silvio Correia & Evolution

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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.

Free

Active Music: Kim/Pedersen, Fine Twin Redux, & Robin H Walsh

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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

Free

Jazz Mafia Presents East Bay Live

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Jazz Mafia Presents East Bay Live 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.

$8 – $10

Hella Gay Back to School Nite

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Hella Gay Back to School Nite A fun monthly dance night with resident DJs GStar, Najee Renee, Bee, Kar Bear, + special guests. Free before 9:30PM / $7 Advanced / $10 Door

$7 – $10

Meshach Jackson at The Uptown Nightclub

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Brooklyn-based and Bayou-reared Meshach Jackson delivers his soulful lyrics with an emotional intensity that can only come from someone who was raised on equal parts gospel and grunge.

Free

90s Dance Party!

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - '90s DANCE PARTY! Dance to your heart's content to music by the Spice Girls, En Vogue, NSYNC, Smash Mouth, Backstreet Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arrested Development, and more!

Free – $10

Hubba Hubba Revue’s Uptown Cabaret Al-Stravaganza!

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Hubba Hubba Revue's Uptown Cabaret Al-Stravaganza! 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!

$12 – $22

Birdeatsbaby, Unwoman, Victoria & The Vaudevillains

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - Birdeatsbaby, Unwoman, Victoria & The Vaudevillains 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.

$8

Two Piece Tuesdays Presents: Justin Rock

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Justin Rock can be found performing his original singer-songwriter guitar songs one night and as the guitarist in various jazz bands and experimental music groups in and around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond on others. Please help Two Piece Tuesdays welcome him back to The Uptown!

Free

This Is My Fest 4 – Day 2

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - This Is My Fest 4 - Day 2 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!

$15

This Is My Fest 4 – Night 3

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - This Is My Fest 4 - Day 3 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!

Grab ‘Em By The Songs, October 2017

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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

Terra Cultura Presents: Plant the Seed Concert!

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Join us on Thursday October 5th, at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland, CA for an evening of music and celebration in support of Terra Cultura's Plant the Seed Fundraising efforts!

$25

Built for the Sea, Catchlight, RS2 Solid Sound, Quiet Domino

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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+

Free

Siouxsie & The Banshees Dance Party

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

Eventbrite - The Hanging Garden - A Celebration of Siouxsie & The Banshees 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!

$7