First Fridays are free! An 11-year-old free showcase featuring some of the best local acts on the first Friday of every month. This month features San Francisco alternative pop band Dangermaker, Oakland power pop outfit Matadore, melodic lo-fi Oakland act Rollin Hand, and Oakland psychedelic rock / alternative hip hop group Unlikely Heroes.
A fundraiser for the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, featuring Grammy nominated comedian Sampson McCormick! with special guest comedians
Karinda Dobbins! $10 Advance, Click photo icon for ticket information.
Pre-Pride Party & LGBTQ Center Fundraiser. DJ Grey (Hella Gay), DJ Olga T (The Den), and DJ Moscone (Club Rimshot). Proceeds benefit the Oakland LGBTQ Center. Tickets available at the door: $10 Before Midnight | $15 After Midnight
Come and join us for a wild and rollicking night of music and film with The BOGUES -- an 8-10 piece Pogues tribute band, and the classic Beatles film A Hard Day's Night. No cover and great fun. Hosted by Ginger Murray.
The Active Music Series presents performances of experimental notation, conduction, noise, compositions with improvisation, avant jazz, free improvisation, chamber, electronic, and electroacoustic music. Tickets are available at the door on the day of the event. $5 - $15 sliding scale.
Celebrating Amy Winhouse's 35th Birthday with tribute band Back to Black, featuring Victoria Wasserman. $8 advance | $10 at the door
Near Dark Fest, Night 2. UK anarcho punk / goth outfit Rubella Ballet, Barcelona hardcore punk band Lux, Barcelona synth-punk new wave duo Fatamorgana, and more. Click photo for ticket information.
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.
In her new comedy special, ‘Coming or Going’ Chey Bell talks about the absurdity of trying to balance all the wrong things and the series of train wrecks that emerge from self-inflicted chaos. Click on the photo icon for ticket information.
Burlesque, live music, and more. Hubba Hubba Revue heats up your Saturday night with tantalizing tease, snazzy cocktails, and live music by Gravel Spreaders. $22 Seated, $12 General Admission.
Nzuri Soul is a Bay Area powerhouse R&B singer/songwriter who brings electrifying stage presence, personality, and a whole lot of soul the moment she steps on stage.
Live performances by Planet Booty, Otis Macdonald, C5, Leo the Youth, Three Dimensional Crew, Enrokk, Kenzo, DJ Ianimal. Click photo icon for ticket information.
Hobocore band The Goddamn Gallows, rockabilly / punk outfit Gutter Demons, and psycho-punk group The Strikers.
Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirt formed a new covers band with their tech/manager Bill Schneider, audio engineer Chris Dugan and guitarist Jason White. Their past set lists have included songs by The Replacements, Generation X, Psychedelic Furs, Bowie, The Who, The Ramones, and more.
Open mic night in the front bar room. First Tuesdays of the month. A house guitar and keys (not full sized) will be available. Sign ups are at 7pm, slots at a first come first served basis. Each performer gets 2-3 songs, with a featured performer at 9PM. Free entry.
SF melodic punk band Cut Up joined by Seattle pop punk outfit Coyote Bred. Free show in our outdoor patio.
First Fridays are Free! On the first Friday of every month, The Uptown presents a free live music showcase that celebrates mostly Bay Area artists and musicians. This 11-year-old event highlights bands who we believe deserve your attention. October's showcase features Benzai Cliff, Melba Cults, Maniac, Talkies. + DJ Stand-In spinning records between/after sets. Doors 5PM | Show 9PM.
Free early matinee show featuring Raptors, Teenage Sex, and an acoustic set by Hammerbombs. Come have an afternoon drink and get your daytime punk on.
What does the ideal candidate for Oakland Mayor look like?
Would you like to know their views on gentrification and what are their main focuses if they get in office? Will the homelessness issue get better under their leadership? Come hear the potential leaders of Oakland tell us why they think they should be Oakland’s next Mayor.
Songwriter Michael McNevin (winner of the Kerrville New-Folk award in Texas and 7-time winner of “Song Of The Year” for West Coast Songwriters) and Midnight Cowboys (British New Wave director John Schlesinger's 1969 film classic).
Interdisciplinary artist Claire Elizabeth Barratt (aka Cilla Vee), Oakland writer, artist, and curator alex cruse, and Oakland electronic duo Voicebox. $5 - $15 sliding scale.
LVXE is an electronic artist based in Berkeley, CA featuring different singers with production by Zachary Noel Wallace. Now The Changes is an East Bay-based alternative rock band whose songs combine post-punk energy with angular experimentalism. Modern Mosters play hard-hitting, melodic grunge with a politically conscious undertone.
The most rock n roll Halloween Bash in the Bay Area! Live performances by
Memphis Murder Men (as Misfits), Ramones (Ramones tribute), and Oinga Boinga (Oingo Boingo femme tribute), + burlesque, costume prizes, and more! Advance tickets coming soon.
Come watch the '90s Super Mario Bros movie and maintain your sanity with alcohol and more Mario games than you can shake a stick at! Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, and much more.
EVENT POSTPONED TO JANUARY
Quietly stacking Grammys without ever delivering an acceptance speech, they're the session players and the road warriors ... or "Cats that were looked over, but they're bad," in the words of the Drumhedz bandleader Chris Dave, who's drummed for everyone from Adele to Bieber and Dolly to D'Angelo. Openers Ghost & The City blend alluring, soulful vocals, trip-hop grooves and jazz-influenced rhythms.
A concert honoring Fela Kuti's Legacy of Musical Activism, hosted by Professor Griff of Public Enemy. Live performances by Sistah Iminah, X The Afrodivas featuring the Astronaught Gang, Ogunlano Music, Madiou Diouf, and Ajala. Sounds by Davey D, DJ 5th Wurld. $15 advance, $20 at the door.
Alumni Dance Collective equips dancers with resources and opportunities to connect, train, and perform. They aim to empower lovers of movement to build community, experiment through choreography, and grow artistically while still balancing life outside the arts. $15 advance, $20 at the door. Click photo icon for ticket information.
Two stages of electronic music, including noisy psych rockers Shame Waves, improvised psychedelic trance electronica of Watkins / Peacock, electronic ironic pop of Parentz, electro pop of Containher, the holistic rave anthems and comforting chill out favorites of Piano Rain, ambient music, wave music, and ghostly ephemera of Parting, dreamy synthpop of Memory Theater, and ambient electronica of Mark Sheppard.
The heavy, intense compositions of Moe Staiano Ensemble that often include unconventional instrumentation, and Vacuum Tree Head celebrating a pair of two CD EPs.
Album release show for Rocky Rivera's 3rd studio album ("Rocky's Revenge") in collaboration with Women's Audio Mission (WAM). Featuring turntablists Cellskii and Deeandroid, plus Lady Fingaz, as well as performances by Bambu Depistola and Versoul. First 100 guests to arrive at the door will receive a free copy of "Rocky's Revenge"
The Purple Ones are an 11-piece Prince tribute band with full horn section. Their musical director is Prince's former musical director, bassist/guitarist and co-founder of Prince's "New Power Generation," Levi Seacer Jr. $20 Advance | $25 At the door | $35 limited VIP.
Bewitching burlesque beauties, live music by Sinister Twist, and gorgeous ghouls galore! Heat up your Halloween weekend with a Saturday night soiree of supernatural striptease, plus a cash prize costume contest. $15 Advance | $20 At the door | $25 Seated
Local Hip Hop artist, producer, activist and teaching artist UnLearn The World joins the worlds of Hip Hop Culture and Filmmaking with premier screenings of music videos, short films and documentaries from some of the Bay Area's brightest emerging Hip Hop talent and Film Directors. Click photo icon for ticket and submissions information.
Unfortunately Hocico was unable to obtain their Visas in time to play this show. We very much hope to reschedule once their Visas come through. If you already purchased a ticket, it will be refunded.
Mighty Quinn & The Oakland Ronin (LP Release Party), Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Between Your Teeth, Stay Out, + DJ Jesse Luscious (KALX). For Mighty Quinn & The Oakland Ronin this is a release party for their brand new LP available on Vinyl and CD. No cover.
Amie Penwell is a Bay Area musician who makes haunting, cinematic, textured songs that recall Annie Lenox, Feist, and Bon Iver. Limited seating available to advance ticket purchasers. Berkeley's Mullerette crafts soulful, atmospheric grooves that fearlessly follow the interplay of a Wurlitzer 200’s vintage keyboard and haunting female vocals. And San Francisco acoustic alternative rock singer-songwriter Jeff Campbell.
Former background singer for Erykah Badu, YahZarah is an urban pop singer who encompasses the tenderness of Adele and the fierceness of Madonna. Jennifer Johns is a powerhouse vocalist, songwriter, and producer who vacillates between soul, hip hop, afro beat, dancehall, and rock.
Cheer our victories, mourn our losses, all in good company and with support of each other.
Don't go through this election alone. We open at 5pm. PBS & MSNBC at 5pm. Stephen Colbert at 11pm. Come hang out!
AFRONAUT / VISUAL: An Afro-Future Experience, featuring performances by MH the Verb, BLK MGK Ent, Mino Yanci, Saya, Big Shawn, Bryson Wallace. Spins by DJ Imperial and visuals by In.Two.Vision
Nicasio folk artist Jacob Aranda, San Francisco Americana outfit The Muddy Roses, and San Francisco indie-folk band Bourbon Therapy. $8 Advance, $10 At the Door.
