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.
San Francisco hiphop / punk outfit Unlikely Heroes, Atlanta feminist Afropunk band The Txlips, and Bay Area Funkadelic and Ramones-inspired duo Punk Funk Mob.
Multi-instrumentalist Fleeting Trance, wanderlust sea ballads by Shark Alley Hobos, the funky stylings of Stymie & PJLo, and indie/folk songwriter Jessie Bridges.
Bring your pent up angst and come dressed in your grungiest '90s gear for Oakland's 1st Annual '90s Rock Show at The Uptown, featuring '90s tribute bands Corduroy, Flannel, and Backyard Remedy.
Come and join us for a great night of classic film and the sweet music of Paul Griffiths & Meredith Edgar. Americana, folk, and jazz. His Girl Friday (1940) is one of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made; starring Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson, a standout among cinema’s powerful women. No cover.
Experimental Oakland power duo Sharkiface and Fletcher Pratt as Shadow Revolutions, and solo esoteric electronic multi-instrumentalist Black Unicorn. Doors 9, Show 9:30. $5 - $15 suggested donation.
IHE's mission is to help a musical community create a sustainable living through their craft by connecting them with patrons for private events. Come check out more than 20 members of this vibrant musical community.
The 45 Sessions Presents
Winter Sessions 2017 featuring DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5) and DJ Saurus. Hosted by Fran Boogie plus 45 Sessions Residents.
This month we celebrate the deep, dark, sexy brilliance of Scorpios. Let's dance in the name of all the magical mystery of a New Moon in Scorpio as we continue to celebrate the cycle of life and death, queerness and dance, music and healing, fun and freakiness! Free until 9:30, $10 after 9:30.
Celebrating the release of RAWK! by Dj Flow & Mani Draper. This project brings us back to the basics, DJ & MC duo w/ Flow on the production & Mani on the mic. The project features special guests Kevin Allen (fka Erk The Jerk), Moe Green, WantmoreN8, Ancheta + more.
Hot jazz, snazzy cocktails, and the Tops in Tease! Hubba Hubba Revue’s Uptown Cabaret welcomes those syncopated surgeons of swing, Dr. Abacus, for an entire evening of LIVE BAND BURLESQUE. With Una Solitaire, Bo Vixxen, Lookie Lulu and many more!
Two Piece Tuesdays is excited to present acoustic folk pop artist MICHELLE LAMBERT for this intimate event. No cover.
Free First Friday live music showcase with Dub-inspired San Francisco Psych band Extra Classic, San Francisco Chamber Pop act Foxtails Brigade, Oakland indiepop duo Bam! Bam!, and Oakland riot grrrl meets garage band Mutt. Doors 5PM, Show 9PM.
The Hanging Garden Presents Synth Night: Gary Numan vs Fad Gadget. Featuring DJs Xander, Owen, and Davey Bones, as well as lovely merchandise in the upstairs mezzanine Goth Mall.
Closed for Private Event. To book a private event with us, please visit uptownnightclub.com/private-events
Closed for Private Event. To book a private event with us, please visit uptownnightclub.com/private-events
Closed for Private Event. To book a private event with us, please visit uptownnightclub.com/private-events
Come and join us for a night of jazz and the delightful cinematic experience of April & the Extraordinary World. No cover and amazing.
The Rayford Bros are a Vintage style rock 'n’ roll band from Southern California that performs '50s and '60s rockabilly, rock 'n’ roll, and surf favorites, as well as originals that have a vintage sound and feel
A special Hella Gay for the holidays! And the final Hella Gay of 2017! Free before 9:30pm, $7 advance, $10 at the door after 9:30pm
A Tribe Called Quest Live Mixtape feat. Deuce Eclipse, Seneca, Matt Wong, Jon Monahan, Adam Theis, Joe Bagale 9pm-Midnight PLUS Dan Neville Jazz Trio 6-9pm
11-person ensemble with heavy percussion DennyDennyBreakfast, symphonic cinematic psychedelic rock outfit The Rabbit Hole Orchestra, and neo-soul jazz singer-songwriter Molly Bolton
Soul Power 11-year-anniversary tribute to James Brown, with DJ Shortkut, E Da Boss, DJ Platurn, DJ Epik, and special live band tribute from CitizenFive
The Bay Area’s world famous burlesque & variety show kicks 2017 right out the door and rings in the New Year with those madcap kings of sinister swing, Lee Presson & The Nails. $20 Advance $25 Doors. SHIMMERING SHOWGIRLS, brassy lads, & a night of naughty New Year's thrills!
Francisco Fernandez & The Ferocious Few return for a free live performance at The Uptown!
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 Bay Area bands who we believe deserve your attention. January's showcase brings you garage rockers Dirty Denim, darkwave band Esses, post-punk group Composite, & rock 'n' roll outfit Sweetwater Black.
