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.
Santa Rosa indie rock band Manzanita Falls joined by indie / alt-punk San Francisco acts Thunderegg, and Northern Waste
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.
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
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!
A monthly series featuring women songwriters and storytellers performing in a round. This month's series includes Mya Byrne, Kress Cole, and Lauren Hulbert.
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.
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.
A fun monthly dance night with resident DJs GStar, Najee Renee, Bee, Kar Bear, + special guests. Free before 9:30PM / $7 Advanced / $10 Door
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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+
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!
Two Piece Tuesdays presents a free showcase with Los Angeles alternative country singer-songwriter sensation Gina Villalobos and Bay Area Americana blues chanteuse Kim Lembo.
The GENERATIONS Party | The 5-Year Anniversary Party! Hosted by DJ Franchise. Featuring Four DJs, each highlighting a decade of their choice. With DJs Eleven (NYC), Mind Motion, Goldenchyld, and Franchise.
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.
Celebrating the cycle of life and death, queerness and dance, music and healing, fun and friskiness! Free before 9:30pm. $7 Advance $10 Door after 9:30.
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.
Blackheart Bash 4th Annual Halloween Show with bands performing as The Mifits, The Cramps, and The Ramones, + costume contest and more!
Doors 8PM | Show 9:30PM
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.
