The live room at the Uptown will be transformed in to a comfortable homey space to sit down, relax and be entertained without the distration of your phone. Featuring Eileen Torrez, Manny Bernal, Oona Garthwaite, Chris Von Sneidern, Linda Moody, Graham Norwood, Carley Carpenter, Jeremy Serwer, and Jesse Bridges.
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***
A BENEFIT for our revered trans Elder Activists, Sharyn Grayson and Miss Major. Sharyn Grayson manages House of Griffin-Gracy Educational Retreat & Historical Center and Urban Sanctuary in Arkansas. Miss Major is a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and activist.
Born in the Philippines but raised in Pittsburg, CA, Savage Mind is an up-and-coming Bay Area based Jazz Musician turned rapper/produce
Hungarian heavy electronica act Lazerpunk, Portland industrial / alt-rock band Die Robot, Oakland industrial metal band Suicide Queen, and darkwave Bay Area artist Violator.
Deathguild Presents: Grendel. The industrial / EBM outfit from London is touring the US and stopping in Oakland. Joining Grendel is SF minimal electro band Striplicker, Toronto synth wave duo Glass Apple Bonzai, and Oklahoma City darkwave duo Esoterik.
Two-Piece Tuesdays Presents a double header! 6-8pm will be Americana singer-songwriter Elaine Cole, who was recently named The Deli Magazine's July 2019 Artist of the Month. Then 9-11pm it's Manny Bernal of Fleeting Trance performing as Mr. Manny & the Blackouts.
Lil MC with UnLearn the World, Breathless aka Honey B, Saya and introducing Lil Flower Nasti. Hosted by Jamie Dewolf of Tourettes without Regrets.
Philadelphia pop-punk band Radiator Hospital, Baltimore indie folk outfit Outer Spaces, and San Jose twee-punk artist Try The Pie.
Long time collaborators and Bay Area music stalwarts Max Baloian and freddi price are joined by a cast of fellow Bay Area virtuosi to pay tribute to Bod Dylan's 1975-76 Rolling Thunder Revue rock and roll tour.
Electro-Soul duo DASH, Bay Area electro-dance band Boots and the Kats, and eclectic funk-rock band Lil' Elephant from Oakland.
East Bay punk rock 'n' rollers The Lucky Eejits, Oakland pop punk outfit Civil War Rust, Seattle pop punk band Burn Burn Burn, and East Bay punks The Hammerbombs.
Fleetwood Macrame is a Fleetwood Mac tribute band. What began as a simple exercise in fun has turned into an awe inspiring live experience complete with show stopping renditions of Fleetwood Mac's greatest hits. Audience participation is encouraged. For ticket info click photo icon.
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.
