Hanging Garden is the East Bay's largest alternative dance night. Every 1st Saturday dance to focused bands who have contributed to the larger gothic movement.
All are welcome to this Dance Party featuring the best in West Coast BASS Music. Rotating DJs, musicians, dancers, and vendors. Free before 9:30 PM with RSVP / $7 advance / $10 at door.
Bollywood-inspired SF Bay Area R&B chanteuse Anjali World + Casey Veggies, a LA hip hop artist and one of the founding members of hip hop collective Odd Future
Live Stand-Up Comedy Showcase every Wednesday 7pm-9pm. Hosted by Adam Pearlstein, Adrian McNair & Josef Anolin. FREE event!
KALX Presents Oakland Popfest at The Uptown! Don't miss DRESSY BESSY, Summer Twins, Try The Pie, Dream Bitches, Bearcats, Pennywhistle Park and DJ Omar Perez.
A fun monthly dance night with resident DJs: GStar, Najee Renee, Balthazar, DJ Kar Bear, + special guests. Free before 9:30PM / $7 Advanced / $10 Door
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 San Francisco's Lee Vilensky Trio.
The Rayford Bros are a vintage style rock 'n’ roll band from Southern California. They perform '50s and '60s inspired rockabilly, rock 'n’ roll and surf favorites, as well as originals with a vintage sound and feel.
Alumni Dance Collective is an urban hip-hop and contemporary dance organization based in the SF Bay Area. Their 3rd showcase features dancers, singers, rappers, spoken word artists, and more. Click photo icon for full lineup and ticket information!
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.
A monthly series featuring women songwriters and storytellers performing in a round. This month's series includes Mya Byrne, Kress Cole, and Lauren Hulbert.
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.
A fun monthly dance night with resident DJs GStar, Najee Renee, Bee, Kar Bear, + special guests. Free before 9:30PM / $7 Advanced / $10 Door
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!
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!
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+
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
11-person ensemble with heavy percussion DennyDennyBreakfast, symphonic cinematic psychedelic rock outfit The Rabbit Hole Orchestra, and neo-soul jazz singer-songwriter Molly Bolton
Francisco Fernandez & The Ferocious Few return for a free live performance at The Uptown!
Francisco Fernandez of The Ferocious Few has been the bucking force behind his unstoppable outlaw cowboy band for more than ten years. His punkabilly roadhouse rock and roll has commanded attention everywhere he plays. No cover! 21+
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.
First Fridays Are Free! June's free first Friday showcase features Oakland industrial metal outfit Suicide Queen, Santa Cruz bluesy hard rock band The Bad Light, San Francisco indie rockers Greater Sirens, and new rock band Electric Plume making their Oakland debut.
The Hanging Garden hosted by Davey Bones. Classic goth * new wave * synthpop * electro.
Mid-year Summer dance party, featuring DJs spinning early '80s minimal synth and cold wave.
Seoul's #1 Ska and Reggae Band. The nine- piece band blends bluebeat ska, jazz, reggae, dub, and nyahbinghi chanting into a final product that is uniquely Korean; something the band has dubbed "Feast Ska."
The Rap Contest is an original song competition series started in 2010 by Sellassie as a platform for independent hip-hop artists to connect with new audiences. It is a single-elimination contest, where 32 contestants compete for a cash prize at each show.
Mighty Quinn & The Oakland Ronin (LP Release Party), Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Between Your Teeth, Stay Out, + DJ Jesse Luscious (KALX). For Mighty Quinn & The Oakland Ronin this is a release party for their brand new LP available on Vinyl and CD. No cover.
Nicasio folk artist Jacob Aranda, San Francisco Americana outfit The Muddy Roses, and San Francisco indie-folk band Bourbon Therapy. $8 Advance, $10 At the Door.
Halloween edition of this monthly queer dance party. Always packed, always hella fun. Advance tickets online $7, Doors are free entry until 9:30pm, $10 after 9:30pm.
I Love You for All Seasons holiday market with local artist, vintage treasures, tunes by DJ Tuff, tacos by Tacos El Precioso, and a special drink menu.
EVENT CANCELED Live Stand-Up Comedy Showcase every Wednesday 7pm-9pm. FREE event!
EVENT CANCELED Live Stand-Up Comedy Showcase every Wednesday 7pm-9pm. FREE event!
