Hubba Hubba Revue welcomes the world’s first and only all Weird Al-inspired burlesque troupe, Tight & Nerdy! Reserved Limited Seating: $22 advance, $25 at the door. General Admission / Standing Room Only: $12 advance, $15 at the door.
Performances by Oakland hip hop acts Leo the Youth, King Tahoe, Lil Thow Wow, Loe Gino, Bones McQueen and On The Mend, and Shaky and Biggz. Free Entry.
Electroacoustic composer Gabby Wen, experimental Bay Area collective Dirt and Copper, and Oakland free music trio Dolphin (Sam Lefebvre, Riley W. Macleod, & Max Nordile). Doors 9, Show 9:30. $5 - 15 sliding scale.
Oakland art rock band Grex comes home to round out its 10th Anniversary Tour. Sublime sights & sounds from improv ensemble Hare and Arrow and the relentless heaviness of electronic duo Jeweled Snakes.
A video release celebration to benefit Roots of Music, featuring performances by Oakland soulful jazz fusion band Alma Matters, DJ Fuze (Digital Underground), and more; with Gumbo from Kid Creole Soul Food.
Pony Salon Education Presents: Hair Ball, an annual hairdresser community mixer and fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. We bring together hundreds of hairdressers for a night of inspiration and community. For ticket information click photo icon.
Louda’s signature sound is one that fuses pop, hip-hop and dreamy 90's R&B melodies, the r&b, neo-soul, and jazz musical gumbo punctuated by horns, harmonies of Motus, and Ms Jamie Zee performs an array of compositions and arrangements of originals as well as the classics of funk, soul, jazz, reggae, and Afro-Cuban jazz.
Surplus 1980 is a Bay Area post-punk band founded in 2009 by former Sleepytime Gorilla Museum multi-instrumentalist Moe Staiano, who will be conducting everyone including Dutch vocalist G.W. Sok of The Ex. Oakland post-punk / dark wave bands Esses and Hazel Atlas are also on the bill.
SOLD OUT Stavros Halkias is a stand-up comedian who has made appearances on Comedy Central, Adult Swim, XM Satellite radio, IFC, and the MSG Network. Doors open at 7:00pm, show at 7:30pm. Please arrive before 7:30 so you can get seated before we turn down the lights start the show.
SECOND SHOW ALSO SOLD OUT
Stavros Halkias is a stand-up comedian who has made appearances on Comedy Central, Adult Swim, XM Satellite radio, IFC, and the MSG Network. Doors open at 7:00pm, first show at 7:30, second show at 9.
Stavros Halkias is a stand-up comedian who has made appearances on Comedy Central, Adult Swim, XM Satellite radio, IFC, and the MSG Network. Third show begins at 11pm.
Only Theatre Of Pain is a goth band featuring legendary Christian Death vocalists Rikk Agnew and Gitane Demone. The band performs the first Christian Death album in its entirety (plus early singles & covers). Mystic Priestess is an anarcho darkwave band from Oakland.
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!
Oakland hip hop showcase featuring Dee Dot Jones, St Spittin, Loove Moore, Emakulant, Anml Plnt, and more
NY based electronica singer-songwriter Lyda, and Manny Bernal of Fleeting Trance performing with The BlackOuts. No cover.
Near Dark Fest Presents: Italian darkwave band Ash Code, Chicago synth pop duo Wingtips, and Sacramento goth band Creux Lies. Click photo icon for ticket information.
Oakland Pride is here, and Out in Tech SF is excited to kick it off across the Bay! Join hundreds of GSM (gender & sexual minorities) techies, allies, and friends at the Uptown to grab a drink and celebrate our community & history!
Electro-prog act Spyn Reset, dance/noise outfit Klyph, and electro-acoustic genre bending artists Secret Sidewalk.
Near Dark Fest Presents: The Vanishing - 20 year anniversary show! with Cemetery (Chicago), Over (Portland), Vice Device (Portland), and Esses (Oakland), + DJ Pockets Macabre. Click photo icon for ticket information.
Near Dark Fest Presents: Pink Turns Blue. The legendary post-punk / new wave outfit from Germany are an influential band that formed in 1985. Joining them, Los Angeles dreampop band Second Still, Berlin goth trio Totenwald, Philadelphia's The Ire, and darkwave solo artist Yama Uba (Akiko of Otzi). Click event photo icon for ticket info.
Radbiker Artshow with San Francisco hardcore band Western Addiction, Oakland punx TV STATIC, plus C.H.U.T. and Macko. 7pm art opening followed at 9pm with bands.
New Orleans native, and Oakland's own "Queen of New Orleans Music", Michelle Jacques and friends bring you an evening influenced by the jazz, funk, soul, Creole, Cajun, gospel, Caribbean, African, and Zydeco of New Orleans.
SOLD OUT. Definitive SoCal hardcore punk band Black Flag, plus Arizona ska-punk outfit The Linecutters.
Meet the members of the 2019 Oakland Hospitality Committee
Presentation + Q&A about The Town Experience weekend of events
Networking opportunities
Businesses and volunteers that would like to participate in The Town Experience, can sign up at the event.
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.
The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment Presents 1UPtown,
A Night of Video Games and Movies. This free Oakland Video Game Enthusiasts event runs monthly, every 4th Saturday, with a new theme each month.
Bay Area Rapper UnLearn The World and Hip Hop TV are partnering with the 17th Oakland International Film Festival to present the iWAMs, It Was A Movie Music Video Film Festival powered by Gaugr. The iWAMs is a one of a kind film screening, talent showcase, and award ceremony event all in one powerful night! Click photo icon for ticket information.
Mexico City's aggressive electro-industrial duo Hocico was officially formed in 1993 when they were 15 years old. They have since released 19 albums. Also on the bill, Oakland industrial metal band Suicide Queen, plus Xorcist.
Smart Bomb Presents: Salami Rose Joe Louis (Album Release Show), Cheflee, Lealani. Click event photo icon for ticket link and more information.
San Francisco pianist / vocalist / songwriter Rabbit Quinn, moody covers by Caroline Blind, Oakland punk cabaret act Victoria & The Vaudevillains, as well as the music of Kali-Ra, and the dark sounds of Sword Tongue.
Two-day psychedelic / garage rock extravaganza featuring Dead Meadow, Spindrift, Everyone Is Dirty, The Love Dimension, Down Dirty Shake, The Spiral Electric, Silent Pictures, Fake Your Own Death, Coywolf, Floored Faces
This week only, Karaoke Night at The Uptown is moving from Wednesday to Tuesday.
Please come sing your pretty little hearts out at the best karaoke night the East Bay has to offer. No cover.
Hoodoo singer-songwriter Jimbo Mathus of Squirrel Nut Zippers, featuring Matt Patton of Drive By Truckers, plus San Francisco Americana group The Muddy Roses.
Free First Fridays with Suavecito Souldies. A lowrider oldies, Northern Soul, and sweet soul dance party. No cover.
Death Guild Presents: post-inustrial / metal band Psyclon Nine, minimal electro / industial outfit Striplicker, plus Justin Symbol and DJ Decay.
This limited capacity showcase will feature fellow cosmonauts/Bay Area DJs, dreamy live art from local artists, and all of YOU future loving connoisseurs — all brought together for the love of the music.
Wipe Out! It's legendary surf act The Surfaris! The Surfaris are an American surf rock band formed in Glendora, California in 1962. They are best known for two songs that hit the charts in 1963, Surfer Joe and Wipe Out! Local reverb-drenched surf trio, The Greasy Gills, as main support.
An evening of improvised music with Phillip Greenlief, Trevor Dunn, and Scott Amendola exploring the genres of rock, metal, funk, jazz, post-classical and film music. Their first set of performances as a trio in nearly 20 years.
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.
