On the first Friday of every month, The Uptown presents a FREE live music showcase that celebrates Bay Area artist and musicians. This 10-year-old event highlights bands who we believe deserve your attention. Doors open at 5pm, Show is at 9pm.
Transgressive SF metal / rock band Stalin is joined by classic hard rockers The Devil in California from West Oakland and alt rock / nu-metal SF-LA outfit State Line Empire.
Oakland Symphony invites you to experience Mixtape - an experimental, boundary-pushing, musical series curated exclusively for Oakland. Featuring: D'Wayne Wiggins, Prentice Powell, Lalin St. Juste, and DJ Sharp.
Tim Stash Birthday Celebration with live performances by Thadeus Gonzalez, High and Tight, The Oddysee, and The Sucio Boys
Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm
This March, New Haven CT cello-rock group Low Strung travels to California for a tour of San Francisco and Davis.
World renowned sonic trekker Euphotic, new trio Nail-Biter, multi-instrumental improviser and multimedia artist Gabby Wen, and post-apocalyptic free wave art group VOL. (fka The Blues).
Unfortunately, we have just been informed that this event has been cancelled. We apologize on The Poetry Brothel's behalf for any inconvenience this may cause.
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.
Conspiracy of Venus is a 30-woman vocal ensemble based in San Francisco that explores the creative frontiers of music under the artistic direction of Joyce Todd McBride. Yea-Ming and The Rumours is an indie-folk / indie-pop band from Oakland whose debut album was released on Burger Records.
Native Tongues Appreciation Night: 5-Year Anniversary and 'Breaking the Ice' release party. Featuring legendary producer/DJ and Native Tongues alumni Prince Paul (De La Soul, Gravediggaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School). + Residents InkaOne (Boombox Los Angeles) and DJ Platurn (The 45 Sessions, Oakland Faders)
Classy burlesque, live music, and more! Hubba Hubba Revue heats up your Saturday night with top shelf tease, snazzy cocktails, and the sexy, smokey sounds of musical guests, Kabarett Dekadenz! $22 Seated. $12 General Admission.
At The Ave Mixshow: Live from The Uptown. Deejays playing classics, throwbacks, new school to old school, and everything in between. Featuring Methods, Antriks, Onedr, and DJ Flow. 9PM. No cover.
Alma Matters is a musical collaboration between lifelong friends, including Peter Apfelbaum, Jeff Cressman, Jeff Weinmann & their extended musical family - Natalie Cressman, Sandy Cressman, Julianna Cressman, and many more. They will be debuting new material and shooting a video!
Imagine a world where your every dream becomes reality. Where sensuous gaze and imagination mingle to awaken your deepest desires. A world where your every wish is our command. This world is your world: the world of Club Exotica. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/club-exotica-presents-fool-me-feat-kareful-uk-liquid-love-drops-kr3ture-rhythmstar-and-sikkie-tickets-43639710549
Kevin Allen (fka Erk Tha Jerk), the Bay Area's bespectacled rapper/crooner/hood nerd extraordinaire, returns to The Uptown with special guests TBA.
April's free First Friday showcase features Oakland doo-wop jangly garage pop trio Night School, Oakland ethereal post-punk band Silence In The Snow, San Francisco dark indiepop duo New Spell, and Oakland experimental dream-noise outfit The Acharis! + DJ Matokie (KALX) between sets. First Fridays are FREE!
Two Piece Tuesdays is proud to present the art rock of Grex and the film Brimstone & Glory. Join us for a night of exploding sounds of wonder and the artful resplendence of pyrothechnics. No cover.
Musical free improvisation of Jack Wright’s Roughhousing, degenerate drum elongation of Syrnx, multitudinous voices of acoustic violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul, and Oakland drummer/composer Jordan Glenn.
Parkway "Vacant Parties" record release show. The Oakland shoegaze-tinted harmonious rock band will be joined by Oakland's jazzy art-pop outfit Room For Dream. Doors 8PM | Show 8:30PM
Come out and get your dose of Psychedelic Lounge Space Funk Jazz! Back Alley Nebula is a band by longtime Bay Area musicians strongly influenced by the likes of Funkadelic and John Coltrane. The members are have played with such artists as John Tchicai, Pete Escovedo, Howard Wales, Mike Olmos, Snake Jacobs' Church of the Bearded Skeptics, and Uromastyx.
Eclectic Oakland sextet Puff Puff Beer, Bay Area jazzy funk-soul quintet Mama's Soup, and new Oakland outfit The Sucio Boys. $8 advance | $10 door.
Alumni Dance Collective's mission is to create a space for lovers of movement and artistry to experiment through choreography and push their boundaries both artistically and technically while still pursuing careers in other industries.
Tarah Who? is a Los Angeles rock band fronted by grunge-punk sage Tarah Carpenter, who channels explosive emotionality into rousing anthems. Enemy Of My Enemy is a punk rock 'n' roll band from Santa Cruz.
Join us to celebrate the legendary Souls Of Mischief birthday with a huge bash in Oakland! Featuring Souls of Mischief | DJ True Justice | DJ Platurn | + Special Host and Guests!
Dearly beloved, Hubba Hubba Revue and Hollins & Hollins Mortuary Entertainment invite you to a merry night of gorgeous ghouls, dapper cadavers, and tantalizing striptease! We're just dying to have you at this, our latest undertaking. Doors 9pm. $22 Seated, $12 General Admission.
Join us the first Tuesday in March, April, and May for LUMAMA ... featuring Luis Salcedo on guitar, Matt Roads on bass, and Marshall Williams on drums. No cover.
Portland electro-industrial band Die Robot, Vallejo experimental-industrial duo ManifestiV, and San Francisco industrial-metal trio Striplicker. $6 Advance | $8 Doors.
May's Free First Friday showcase features Pete RG of Los Angeles (Last December singer whose band features Pearl Jam's second drummer Dave Krusen), SF Indie Rock trio The Lamps, East Bay singer-songwriter Billie Gayle, and Oakland electro-gaze outfit Forest Bees. No cover.
Two-Piece Tuesdays Presents: Breathless | Paul Griffiths & Meredith Edgar. Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 French New Wave classic, along with the jazz-folk-Americana musical stylings of Paul Griffiths & Meredith Edgar. No cover.
Jordan Glenn's BEAK is a percussion-heavy ensemble, the dissonance and spacial movement of A Field Folded, and flute and computer improvisational duo Usufruct. No cover.
BRIEFS is the East Bay Express’ annual Erotic Short Film Competition showcasing works by amateur and professional filmmakers from around the world. In its 7th year, the one night screening will continue to explore the limits of erotic filmmaking in a liberating and entertaining format ideal for sex-positive film lovers of every gender and orientation.
Ian Curtis Memorial Show with Dead Souls - A tribute to Joy Division, Voodoo Dolly, and The Reptile House, + DJ Sage.
Hiero Nights returns with a its second rendition of a hip hop filled evening. Come out to see Young Gully rip the stage with special guests Beejus. Hosted by Leon DNas Sykes; music by Dj Slowpoke.
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.
We’re celebrating the Rain Dog himself, the Whiskey-soaked circus beatnik we all love: Tom Waits! We’ll be showing the Jim Jarmusch Classic, Down By Law on a big screen. Live performances by: Gun Street Girls & Zack Bateman.
Hosted by Alleyes; with live performances by Keese Sama, Trey Coastal, Bryson Wallace, and Brandon Grimes, + DJ James Wavey and DJ 3rd Wave.
