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.
