The Love-Birds, Seablite, Bearcats, Horrible/Adorable, +DJ Poindexter

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

First Fridays are Free! On the first Friday of every month, The Uptown presents a free live music showcase that celebrates Bay Area artists and musicians. This 10-year-old event highlights bands who we believe deserve your attention. February's showcase features The Love-Birds, Seablite, Bearcats, and Horrible/Adorable! + DJ Poindexter spinning records between/after sets. Doors 5PM | Show 9PM.

Free

Silence In The Snow | Night School | New Spell | The Acharis | +DJ Matokie

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

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!

Free

Night Shapes, The Pantones, Topographies, Moon Daze

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

On the first Friday of every month, The Uptown presents a FREE live music showcase that celebrates bands we believe deserve your attention. This month's free First Friday show features Oakland art punks Night Shapes, Los Angeles dreamy indiepop band The Pantones, Oakland shoegaze / post-punk outfit Topographies, and melodic San Francisco dream pop / garage rock band Moon Daze!

Free

Night School, Try the Pie, Horrible / Adorable, + DJ Fernando (KALX)

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States





Oakland's jangly doo-wop-inspired garage pop outfit Night School, dream-punk solo project of San Jose's Bean Tupou (Sourpatch) Try the Pie, and Oakland creamsicle indiepop duo Horrible/Adorable. Fernando from KALX will be spinning records between sets. $8 Advance, $10 At the Door.

$8 – $10

KALX Presents: Cindy, Blades of Joy, Al Harper

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States





Cindy is a tender indie dreampop band from San Francisco who recently self-released their debut LP. Blades of Joy is also from SF, getting nice comparisons to Felt and Durutti Column. Al Harper is a dreamy indiepop band from Oakland. Come support these cool local independent artists.

$5 – $10

KALX Presents: Suzie True • Galore • Artsick • Horrible/Adorable

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States





Los Angeles twee-punk band SUZIE TRUE (ex-Bearcats), San Francisco DIY indiepop / jangle-punk outfit GALORE, Seaside fuzz pop super group ARTSICK (members of Burnt Palms, Kids On A Crime Spree, Lunchbox), and Oakland indiepop duo HORRIBLE/ADORABLE, + KALX DJ Fernando between sets.

$10

CANCELED – Lunchbox, The Umbrellas, Artsick, A Certain Smile

The Uptown Nightclub 1928 Telegraph Ave , Oakland, CA, United States

SHOW CANCELED - Bay Area noisepop veterans Lunchbox, SF jangle pop band The Umbrellas, Seaside fuzzpop trio Artsick, and Portland indiepop band A Certain Smile, plus Mike Schulman of Slumberland Records spinning sweet jamz between sets.

$10