December 11, 2002

music

Music listings are compiled by Sarah Han. The music intern is Cynthia Dea. Since club life is unpredictable, it's a good idea to call ahead to confirm bookings and hours. Prices are listed when provided to us. See 8 Days a Week for information on how to submit an item to listings.

music

Music listings are compiled by Sarah Han. The music intern is Cynthia Dea. Since club life is unpredictable, it's a good idea to call ahead to confirm bookings and hours. Prices are listed when provided to us. See 8 Days a Week for information on how to submit an item to listings.

wednesday 11
Rock/blues/hip-hop

Apples in Stereo, Dressy Bessy, Oranger Slim's. 8pm, $14. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Blue Reptiles Blue Lamp. 9:30pm, $3.

Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, Code, Wanted Dead Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $13.50.

Bunnysound with Adrianne Serna Band Voodoo Lounge. 8pm, $5.

Paul H Rock Soup. 7:30pm.

Highwater Rising, Meriwether Hotel Utah Saloon. 8:30pm, $5.

'Kofy House' Bruno's. 9pm, $5. With Kofy Brown.

Red Meat Elbo Room. 9pm, $6.

Virgil Shaw Hemlock Tavern. 10pm, $6.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Skeleton Key Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $10.

Top Four Flights, Free Peoples Boom Boom Room. 9:20pm, $5.

WC Easy and the Allstars, Beth Champion Band Last Day Saloon. 9pm, $3.

Bay Area

Cher, Cyndi Lauper Compaq Center, San Jose; (408) 998-TIXS. 7:30pm, $49.75-79.75.

Hebro Blakes. 9:30pm, free. Upstairs in the Tinibar.

NC Blues Connection Ashkenaz. 9pm, $9.

Jazz/new music

Al Pacheco Jazz Band Skip's Tavern. 8-10pm.

Don Asher and Kent Cohea Moose's. 7:30pm.

BJ Papa Trio Washington Square Bar and Grill. 7-10:30pm.

Michael Bluestein Bacar. 9pm, free.

Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan, Ned Boynton Enrico's. 7pm.

Charles Unger Experience Les Joulins. 8pm.

Downtown Uproar Bamboo Hut, 479 Broadway; 989-8555. 8:30pm, $5.

Michael Zisman Trio Jazz at Pearl's. 9pm, free. With pianist Matt Clark.

Mike Lipskin with Lorna K House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery; 392-7732. 5:30pm.

Jason Myers Houston's, 1800 Montgomery; 392-9280. 6pm.

One Nation Underground Trio Succotash Restaurant, 535 Florida; 503-1100. 5-7:30pm, free.

Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 7-11pm.

Supplicants Black Cat. 9pm.

Tony Saunders' Jazz Trio John's Grill, 63 Ellis; 986-0069. 6:30-10pm.

Wesla Whitefield, Mike Greensill 8pm, $20.

Bay Area

Brazilian and jazz combo concert Jazzschool, 2087 Addison, Berk; (510) 845-5373. 5-10pm, free. Student concert.

Brazzissimo Temple Israel Alameda, 3183 Mecartney Rd, Alameda; (510) 522-9355. 8pm, $12-15.

Brian Moran Trio Jupiter. 8pm.

Jing Chi Yoshi's. 8 and 10pm, $18.

Folk/world/country

'SF Songwriters Showcase' Broadway Studios. 6pm, $5.

Bay Area

Bat Makumba, Walking Fish 19 Broadway. 9pm.

Robin Huw Bowen Freight and Salvage. 8pm, $16.50.

Irish session Cato's Ale House. 6-9pm, free.

Dance clubs

Afterwards Pow! A Cocktail Lounge. 9pm-2am. Progressive house music with Danny, Drew, and Gabriel.

Audible Colors The Top. 10pm-2am. House music with weekly guests.

B.E.D. Cellar. 9:30pm, $5. R&B, hip-hop, and old-school with Blaqwest, Phiness, and rotating guests.

Blind Tiger 8pm, free. House and uptempo.

Bondage A Go-Go Cat Club. 9:30pm-3:30am, $5-10. Deathrock, industrial, '70s and '80s dance music, interactive BDSM, and go-go dancers.

The B-sides Liquid. 10pm-3am, $2-4. House music with Anita Lofton and special guests.

Construction 330 Ritch. 10pm-2am. Tech-house with residents Torque and Huey.

Dark Sparkle Cafe du Nord. 9pm, $3-5. DJs spin dark '70s and '80s rock.

Deep South An Sibin. 9pm-2am, $3, free before 11pm. Rare groove, disco classics, and deep house with Chang, TJ Hicks, Mark, and Yvonne.

Discover Ruby Skye. 9pm-3am. Hard house with DJ Ben Doren.

Dream Cloud 9 Motel. 9:30pm-2am, $5. With DJs Paul Hemming and Jenö.

Electro Rodeo Galaxy Club. 10pm, $3. With Bre Ad, Cybrid, and Joe Rice.

Engine Club Six. 9pm-2am, $3.

Exotica Glas Kat. 9pm-2am, $10. Go-go dancing with the Men of Exotica and Go-Go Tribe and funk, disco, and house music.

Happiness Skylark. 8pm, $5. With Spesh, Linden C, and Didje Kelli.

Hump The Stud. 10pm-2am. '70s-present dance music.

Insect Funeral Oxygen Bar. 9pm-2am, free.

Julip 9:30pm. DJ Consuelo and the Soul Searchers spin slow jams, soul, and hip-hop.

New Wave Hookers Sacrifice. 10pm-2am, $3. New wave and punk with DJ Queen of Noise.

1964 Edinburgh Castle. 10pm-2am, free. Mod and '60s dance party.

Orange Café Claude. 10pm-2am. With DJ Ryme and guests.

Paradise Sitio. 10pm-2am, $5 before 11pm. House and urban grooves with Mike Anon, Tune, Abdul, and special guests.

Playback Laszlo. 8:30-1:30am, free. Breaks, funk, electro-funk, and rock.

Qoöl 111 Minna Gallery. 5-10pm, $5. Pan-techno lounge with DJs Spesh, Gil, Hyper D, and Jondi.

Red Wine Social Dalva, 3121 16th St; 332-5800, ext 211. 10pm-2am, free. With Toph One and Tiki Jim.

Rock n Roll Rodeo Butter. 8pm.

Royale 9pm-2am. With DJ El-S.

Showcase City Nights. 9pm. With the Style beyond Compare DJs.

Skank Jezebels Joint. 9:30pm-2am, free. Ska, punk, and reggae.

Slow Burning Arrow. 10pm-2am, $3, free before 11pm. Electro, dub, hip-hop, Britpop, UK garage, and more.

Vitabar Divas, 1081 Polk; 928-6006. 10pm-2am, $5. With mikee and Jada Halston.

WildSeed Baobab. 9:30pm-1:30am, free. Grassroots dance party with DJ Somuchsoul and the African B-Girl Society.

X-Files Sno-Drift. 10pm, $3. Hip-hop, old-school, and R&B.

Bay Area

Late Night Hype Jupiter. 11pm, free. With Yamu, Add1, and Spun.

Lion Rock Oasis, 135 12th St, Oakl; (510) 763-0404. 10pm, $7. Reggae, dancehall, and roots with Jah Yzer, DJ Riddm, Dub Rocker, Jah Mystic, and Poppa.

Salsa Caliente Club Fusetti. 10pm. Pete Solis spins salsa and merengue. Salsa lesson at 8pm.

Shattuck Downlow 8pm-2am. Live salsa.

Soulvation Ruby Room. 10pm-2am.

Turbo Radio, 435 13th St, Oakl; (510) 451-2889. 10pm-2am, free. Indie rock, old rock, and hip-hop.

The Venue Bluesville. 9:30pm-2am. Hip-hop, dancehall, and R&B.

Classical

San Francisco Symphony San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness; 864-6000. Open rehearsal 10am, $16-28; concert 8pm, $20-90. The symphony performs works by Beinojuhani Rautavaara, Mendelssohn, and Sibelius; Mikko Franck conducts. Through Sat/14.

thursday 12
Rock/blues/hip-hop

Liz Anah, Ana Porter Hotel Utah Saloon. 8:30pm, $5.

Anti-Flag, Bouncing Souls, Wanted Dead, Code Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $13.50.

Charles Wheal Band Blue Lamp. 9:30pm, $3.

Coyotes, Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings Edinburgh Castle. 9pm.

Electro Group, FM Knives Hemlock Tavern. 10pm, $5.

Easys, Harold Ray: Live in Concert!, Girls Parkside. 9pm.

Faraway Brothers Bruno's. 9pm, $5.

Jr. Deville Biscuits and Blues. 9pm, $7.50.

Kevin Beadles Band Ireland's 32. 9pm.

Kooken and Koomen, Reorchestra Last Day Saloon. 9pm, $5.

Kottonmouth Kings, Mix Mob, Ill Kidd Slim's. 8pm, $17.

Laughing Stock, Knife and Fork, Enablers Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $7.

LickShot Crew, DJ Ashanti Hi-FI Kimo's. 9pm, $8.

Mach IV Beach Chalet. 8pm, free.

My Ruin, 40 Grit, My Horsey, Zeromind, Lowt Pound-SF. 7pm, $12.

Quails, V for Vendetta, Luster, San Andreas Eagle Tavern. 9pm, $5.

Brittany Shane Hotel Utah Saloon. 8:30pm, $5.

Single Cell Orchestra, Bass Kittens, Lil' Pocketknife, Amber DNA Lounge. 9pm, $5-7.

Substitutes, Guvner, Flexx Bronco Voodoo Lounge. 10pm, $10.

Tainted Love Tongue and Groove. 10pm, $10.

20 Minute Loop, James Combs Cafe du Nord. 10pm, $6.

Bay Area

Lynn Bobby Pier 23. 9pm, $5.

Cynyc, Echoes Plant 51, 44 S. Almaden, San Jose; (408) 297-5151. 9pm, $6.

Gravy Train!!!!, Bitesize, Blevin Blectum and Ryan Junell Oakland Metro. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Hansi, Robert and Karen, Blanche Deveraux, Fenway Park 21 Grand. 9pm, $6. bEASTfest.See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Loretta Lynch, Calamity and Main, Smelly Kelly's Plain High Drifters Starry Plough. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Meeshee, O-Type, Why Because?, French Radio Rooster's Roadhouse. 9pm, $6. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Replicator, Mass, One Step Shift, Royal Dutch Stork Club. 9pm, $6. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Vinyl 19 Broadway. 9pm, $10.

Jazz/new music

Applejack Trio Enrico's. 7pm.

Lee Bloom Chez Spencer, 82 14th St; 864-2191. 7-9pm.

Cookbook Quartet Cellar. 5:30pm.

Cecil Wells Quintet Les Joulins. 8pm.

Dick Fregulia/Vince Gomez Duo Washington Square Bar and Grill. 7-11pm.

Mike Lipskin and Waldo Carter Moose's. 7:30pm.

Eddie Marshall Bacar. 9pm, free.

Michael Zisman Quartet Jazz at Pearl's. 9pm, free. With Michael Zisman, Andrew Speight, Matt Clark, and Darryl Green.

Ken Miller and Mark Levine Paradise Pizza Restaurant, 642 Irving; 759-1487. 6:30pm, free.

Jason Myers Houston's, 1800 Montgomery; 392-9280. 6pm.

Post Junk Trio Black Cat. 9pm.

Randy Craig Quartet Bobby Ryder's, 312 Harriet; 934-1655. 7-11pm, free.

Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 5-8pm.

Swing Session Top of the Mark. 8:30pm, $5.

Starlight Orchestra Starlight Room. 9pm. With Daline Jones and Fred Ross.

Three Thinking Jazz Trio Ana Mandara, 891 Beach; 771-6800. 8-11:30pm.

Tony Saunders' Jazz Trio John's Grill, 63 Ellis; 986-0069. 6:30-10pm.

Top Shelf Jazz Trio House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery; 495-5436. 5:30pm, free.

Larry Vuckovich Bistro 339. 7-11pm.

Walter Earl Band Cosmopolitan Cafe, 121 Spear; 543-4001. 7pm.

Wesla Whitefield, Mike Greensill 8pm, $20.

Bay Area

Howard Barkan Pomegranate Mediterranean Cuisine, 1585 University, Berk; (510) 665-5567. 6:30pm.

Jing Chi Yoshi's. 8 and 10pm, $18.

Joshi Marshall Project Jupiter. 8pm.

Dave Mihaly's Shimmering Leaves Coretet, Dina Emerson 509 Cultural Center, 509 Ellis; 255-5971. 8-10pm, $6-10.

San Francisco Feet Warmers Baltic. 7:30pm, $5.

Tom Babbitt Trio Paragon Bar and Grill. 9pm, free.

Folk/world/country

Fito Reynoso con Ritmo y Armonia, DJ Carlito's Way Elbo Room. 10pm, $7.

Tipsy House Plough and Stars. 9pm.

Whiskey Brothers Atlas Cafe. 8-10pm.

Bay Area

Kevin Burke Freight and Salvage Coffee House. 8pm, $17.50.

Keni 'El Lebrijano' Albatross Pub, 1822 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 843-2473. 9pm.

Zoe Lewis, Martine Locke Rose Street House of Music, 1839 Rose, Berk; (510) 594-4000, ext 687. 7:30pm.

Dance clubs

Alley Catz The Pendulum. 6pm-2am. A dance club for women featuring hip-hop, funk, and dancehall.

Arabian Nights El Rio. 9pm. Arabian dance music.

Bali Hi-Fi Tiki Lounge RoHan Lounge. 9pm-1am. Polynesian lounge.

Chikiboom Roccapulco. 9pm-2am, $6. A gay and lesbian Latin music dance party.

Cloud 9 Motel "Altruity Happy Hour," 5-10pm, $5. House music with DJs Rocket Morton, Hawthorne, and Kramer. "Urban Chic," 10pm-2am, $10. House music with DJ Frank Boissy.

Club NV 10pm-3am, $10-15. Trance and progressive house.

Club Six 9pm-2am. House, hip-hop, and soul.

Coed Magnetic 26 Mix. 10pm-2am, $5. A dyke-fag-trans dance night featuring new wave, funk, disco, hip-hop, freestyle, rap, psycho, and soul with DJs Bodystocking, DM Feeling, and Jill.

Collective Cellar. 9:30pm, $10. R&B, soul, and hip-hop with Jerry Ross, Daymitreeus, and Daniella.

Delve Amnesia. 9pm, $3. With Joe Rice, Halothane, and Joshua Stahl.

Dig on This Sacrifice. 10pm-2am, $3. Soul, roots, reggae, and classic hip-hop with Jaybe and guests.

Dirty The Top. 10pm-2am, $5. With DJs Chris Orr and Future Primitive Sound Sessions.

Faith City Nights. 9:30pm, $10. With residents Blackstone, Ruben Mancias, Jay-R, and Twist.

Fanclub Lipo Lounge, 916 Grant; 982-0072. 10pm-2am. Rock, art-school punk, electro, and hip-hop.

The Finger Arrow. 10pm-2am. Synthcore, electro-punk, new wave, and more.

Flavour of the Week Laszlo. 8pm-2am. With DJ Rose.

Free Liquid. 10pm-2am, free. With DJs Dmitri, Tee, and friends.

The Hizzy Hush Hush Lounge. 10pm-2am, $2. Abstract hip-hop, future, electro-soul with DJs Lady Base and Miss Leema.

Ignight The Top. 10pm-2am, $5. House, progressive, and breaks with Taj, Reza, Dave Madix, and guests.

Incognita Sitio. 9pm-2am, $5. Drum 'n' bass, breakbeats, 2-step, ghettotech, electro, techno, and hip-hop.

KazaBlanka Club Tropi Gala, 358 Ocean; 282-7910. 8pm-2am, $10. Latin-fused Middle Eastern music with DJ Medi and the Arabian Knights Band.

Kit Kat Endup. 10pm-4:30am, $10. International funk.

Lo Rise Motel Backflip. Old-school, nu school, underground house and techno, and breaks with DJs.

Magic Show Trapdoor. 9pm, free. With Life, Beni B., and Malachi.

Meow Glas Kat. 10pm-2am, $10. Urban grooves, hip-hop, and R&B with Switch.

1984 Cat Club. 9pm-2am, $5. '80s music.

No Comply Pow! A Cocktail Lounge. 9pm, free. Hip-hop, drum 'n' bass, and downtempo with Cordani and Cammarata.

Passenger Skylark. 9pm-2am, free. Jazz, house, and soul with Paul Craven, Kazu, Takeshi, Capital A.

Polly Esther's 9pm-2am. '70s disco, '80s retro, and '90s house and hip-hop.

popscene 330 Ritch. 10pm-2am, $5. Britpop, indie, new wave, mod, electronic, and '60s soul with Aaron Axelsen and Jeremy.

Raise Up Café Claude. 9pm-2am. With Tomb of Doom, Alexis, and Ryme.

Real Raw Oxygen Bar. 9pm-2am, free. With Hypnomadic, Soulsalaam, and Totemplow.

Reform School The Stud. 10pm-4am. A gay, straight-friendly dance club featuring house music with DJs Jeff Chandler, Spun, Poppa, Discovery, MonkeyBoy, and special guests.

Rising An Sibin. 9:30pm-2am, $3. With DJs Brian Hamilton, Paolo, Yedi, Sonda, John Conrad, and Burn 1.

Royale 9pm-2am, free. With Vin Sol.

Shake Make-Out Room. 10pm-2am. Rap, soul, funk, and reggae with Shortkut, Derrick D, J-Boogie, Jewels, DJ 0-Dub, DJ Om, PaulyTek, and King One.

Sin! Club NV. 9pm-3am, $10-15. DJs spin trance, house, and rock at this sin-themed dance club.

Sneaks Buzz 9. 9pm, free. Underground house grooves with b.radley and Sunder.

Spirit Asia SF. 9pm-2am, $6-8. A queer dance night featuring house, hip-hop, and R&B.

Synthesis Jezebels Joint. 9:30pm-2am, free. Synth pop, nu wave, old wave, and no wave with DJs John and DeeJay.

Thang Amber, 718 14th St; 626-7827. 9pm-2am, free. Rare grooves, downtempo, funk-rock breaks, and more with DJ Neel N. Kizmiaz.

Tom and Kelly's Playland Julip. 10pm-2am, free. With Tom Thump and DJ Kelly.

Tunnel Top 10pm-2am, free. Funk, dancehall, and hip-hop.

Bay Area

Aural Confection Oasis, 135 12th St, Oakl; (510) 763-0404. 10pm-2am, $3. Deep house with rotating residents.

Beatdown Jupiter. 8-11pm, free. Outdoor DJ dance party with Delon, Yamu, Add One, and Witches Brew.

The Breaks Ruby Room. 10pm-2am. Deep grooves, old-school hip-hop, and funk.

Grateful Dead DJ Night Ashkenaz. 10pm-2am, $6. With Digital Dave.

Late Night Hype Jupiter. 11pm, free. With Yamu, Add1, and Spun.

Radio Retox Radio, 435 13th St, Oakl; (510) 451-2889. 10pm-2am.

Shattuck Downlow 9pm-2am. Funk, soul, and hip-hop.

Soundboutique Ivy Room. 10pm. With residents Jen, Jacob, and Sean.

Classical

San Francisco Symphony San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness; 864-6000. 8pm, $20-90. See Wed/11.

friday 13
Rock/blues/hip-hop

Ataris, Sugarcult, Rufio, Go Reflex Slim's. 8pm, $13.50.

Ara Avakian, Flying Venus Brainwash. 8pm.

Bizarre Love Triangle, MoonLife Kimo's. 9pm, $6.

Black Eyed Peas, K.I.T.S 'n' P.I.T.S Justice League. 9pm, $25.

Blind Guardian, Symphony X, Onward Pound-SF. 8pm, $15.

Blue Max Project, Loaded Boxers Hotel Utah Saloon. 8:30pm, $7.

Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dead Meadow, Volta Sound Cafe du Nord. 10pm, $8.

Bull Jive, Reba Hasko, Andy Zamenes Trio, Chroma, Jay Hinton, Slim Voodoo Lounge. 8pm, $8.

Deadweight, Storm, Wake, Flashlight Brown Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.

Dirty Power, Grannies, Everything Must Go Parkside. 9pm, $6. Dead Teenager Hollerday Showcase. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Neil Michael Hagerty Hemlock Tavern. 10pm, $7.

Jet Set Pat O'Shea's, 3848 Geary; 752-3148. 9:30pm.

Kooken and Hoomen Black Cat. 9pm.

Living Daylights, Will Bernard, DJ Tobiwan Boom Boom Room. 9:20pm, $12.

Luna Fillmore. 9pm, $19.50.

Motet, DJ Motion Potion Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.

Holly Near and Linda Tillery Brava Theater Center, 2489 24th St; 647-2822. 8pm.

O-Maya, DJ Soulsalaam Last Day Saloon. 9pm, $7.

Spore Attic Balazo/Mission Badlands Gallery 2811 Mission; 920-0896, www.artsf.org. 8pm-midnight, $5.

Ticket to Ride Ireland's 32. 9pm.

Wild Magnolias, Bo Dollis, June Yamagishi, It's All about Jerry Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $15.

Bay Area

Daniel Castro Band Baltic. 9:30pm, $5.

Vernon Hall, Kimiko Joy, Femi, DJ Neta Black Box. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Jack Killed Jill, Love Kills Love, Mutilators, Tantrums, Angry Amputees Blakes. 9:30pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Kooken and Hoomen, Top Four Flights 19 Broadway. 9pm, $10.

Lesser, Sagan, Festival of Stillness Stork Club. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Rock 'n' Roll Adventure Kids, Sexy, Clarendon Hills, Da Hawnay Troof, Finky Binks, Nebulous Rooster's Roadhouse. 9pm, $6. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Rosin Coven, Mark Growden's Electric Piñata, Shelly Doty X-tet Starry Plough. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Star Nova, Giant Value, Garth Steel Klippert Ivy Room. 10pm.

Tempest Main Street Brewery, 830 Main, Pleasanton; (925) 462-8218. 9pm.

Jazz/new music

Donald 'Duck' Bailey Bacar. 10pm, free.

BJ Papa Duo Washington Square Bar and Grill. 7-11pm.

Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm.

Brian Melvin Trio Rubicon, 558 Sacramento; 421-7636. 6-10pm, free.

Charles Peterson Trio Bird and Beckett Books, 2788 Diamond; 586-3733. 5:30-7:30pm, free.

Charles Unger Experience with Valencia Les Joulins. 8pm.

Mario Flores 850 Cigar Bar. 10pm, $4.

Tim Hockenberry Paisley's. 9:30pm.

Lady Memfis, King Trio The View, San Francisco Marriott, 39th floor, 55 Fourth St; 896-1600. 5:30pm-1am.

Mal Sharpe and Big Money in Jazz Enrico's. 7pm.

One Nation Underground Trio Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place; 931-3600. 5-9pm, free.

Post Junk Trio Cosmopolitan Cafe, 121 Spear; 543-4001. 7pm.

Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 5:30-8:30pm.

Starlight Orchestra Starlight Room. 8:30pm. With Daline Jones and Kent Strand.

Three Thinking Jazz Trio Ana Mandara, 891 Beach; 771-6800. 9pm-12:30am.

Tony Saunders' Jazz Trio John's Grill, 63 Ellis; 986-0069. 6:30-10pm.

Larry Vuckovich, Andrew Currier Bistro 339. 7-11pm.

Wendel-Endsley Group Bruno's. 10pm, $7.

Wesla Whitefield, Mike Greensill 8pm, $25.

Gini Wilson Moose's. 8pm.

Bay Area

Michael Bluestein Downtown. 8pm.

Brazilian, big band, blues band concert Jazzschool, 2087 Addison, Berk; (510) 845-5373. 5:30-8:30pm, free. Students' fall concert.

Kalafya Brown and Fat Jacket Jazz Mingles Lounge, 370 Embarcadero, Jack London Square, Oakl; (510) 693-5808. 4:30-7pm, free.

Jing Chi Yoshi's. 8 and 10pm, $22.

Mimi Fox Downtown. 8pm.

Phillip Greenlief and Joelle Leandre Duo, Triple D, and others 21 Grand. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest 2002. See Critic's Choice.

Michael Henderson, Jean Carne, Billy Paul Kimball's East. 8 and 10pm.

Moodswing Orchestra Ashkenaz. 9:30pm, $12.

Spectraphonic Jupiter. 8pm.

Folk/world/country

Cait Reed Band Plough and Stars. 9pm.

Bay Area

Austin Lounge Lizards Little Fox Theatre, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City; (510) 649-0319. 8pm, $18.

Ismael Duran, Marcelo Puente, Vicente 'Subverso' Duran La Peña Cultural Center. 8pm, $10.

Lucy Kaplansky Freight and Salvage Coffee House. 8pm, $18.50.

Motordude Zydeco Eagles Hall, 2305 Alameda, Alameda; (415) 285-6285. 8pm, $11

Jose Roberto and friends Cafe de la Paz, 1600 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 843-0662. 10pm, $5.

Dance clubs

Breakout Pow! A Cocktail Lounge. 6-10pm. Hip-hop, acid-jazz, downtempo, and soul with Joker.

Cafe Arguello 1499 Valencia; 643-3160. 8-10pm, free. Flamenco dancing.

Candy Sacrifice. 10pm-2am, $5. Hip-hop, rock, and new wave with Spin and guests.

Club NV 9:30pm. House and salsa with Greg Lopez, Von, and Tony O.

Club Nzinga El Rio. 9pm, $7. Jose Ruiz spins world beat.

Commotion Rawhide. 9pm-4am. With DJ Seven, Monty Luke, Geno, Maurice, Tyler Reed, DJ Manks, Bishnu, DJ Iggy, and Adam Ohana.

Deeper House Fuse. 6pm-2am, free. Deep house and disco with DJs David Hawthorn, Nate, and guests.

DJ's Friday The Top. 9pm.

F Cloud 9 Motel. 9pm-3am, $15. House music with DJ Frenchy Le Freak and rotating guests.

Fag Fridays Endup. 10pm-5:30am, $8. With residents Rolo and Ruben Mancias.

Fake Cat Club. 10pm-3am, $6. Synthpop, new wave, electro, punk, Britpop, hip-hop, and indie.

Fiendish Jezebels Joint. 9:30pm-2am, free. Dark pop, death disco, and cyber rock with DJs Fernando, Pimprock, and Rodent.

Glitter Glas Kat. 9:30pm-2am. Soul and deep house.

Going Down 10pm-2am. With DJ Chris Orr.

Hemisphere Lingba Lounge, 1469 18th St; 355-0001. 10pm-2am, free. Drum 'n' bass with Freya, Zigmund Void, Sifu, Audio Angel, Shannon, and Frogger.

Inside Whisper, 535 Florida; 339-7444. 8pm.

Jillian's 101 Fourth St; 369-6100. 9pm-2am. Top 40 and old-school.

Joy Ride 26 Mix. 10pm-2am, $5. With Vinnie Esparza and O-Dub.

The Lab Nickie's BBQ. 9pm, $5. Funk, hip-hop, soul, and more with Wisdom and guests.

Mediterranean Nights Piyassa Restaurant, 1686 Market; 864-3700. 10pm-2am. Greek, Turkish, French, Arabic, Persian, Spanish, Top 40, and '70s music.

New Asia King Street Garage. 10pm-3am, $12. A gay Asian dance club with DJs Richard Steel and Marcus Purnell.

On the Corner Movida Lounge. 9pm-2am, free. Hip-hop, downtempo, dancehall, and more.

Phantasm Oxygen Bar. 9pm-2am, free. With Alaric.

Polly Esther's 9pm-2am. '70s disco, '80s retro, and '90s house and hip-hop.

Pop An Sibin. 9pm-2am, $5-10. Minimal house and techno pop with Broker/Dealer, Matt Biederman, and guests.

Remedy DNA Lounge. 10pm-5am, $15. House, soul, garage, and urban grooves.

Royale 10pm-2am. With DJ Zatch.

Sexotica Make-Out Room. 10pm, free. Indian, Middle Eastern, and Latin grooves with DJ King Coffin.

Skylark 9:30pm, free. Downtempo and 2-step with DJ Super David.

Sluts of Sound Sublounge, 628 20th St; 552-3603. House music with M3, Anthony Garlic, and guests.

Sojurn RoHan Lounge. 9pm-1am, free. House and breaks with DJs Ted and Fred.

Storyville "4 the Love," 7-10pm, free. Classic soul, slow jams, and R&B ballads with Tomas, Consuelo, Rasta Cue Tip, and Wisdom. "True Skool," 10pm-2am, $7-10. Funk, dancehall, and hip-hop classics.

The Summit Club Six. 10pm-4am, $10.

Super Fluff Skirt Cellar. 9pm-2am, $5. '80s, rock, disco, R&B, and hip-hop with Dave Molnar and guests.

Sweet Blind Tiger. 10pm-2am, $5. With Norman Stradley and Sherif.

Transition Records Amnesia. 6pm-2am, $5, free before 8:45pm. With 75k, Kramer, DJ Seven, and John Early.

Vivid Wish, 1539 Folsom; 278-WISH. 9pm-2am, free. Mid-tempo funk and deep house with residents DJs Seven, Sol, and guests.

Zami The Stud. 9pm-3am, $10. A lesbian dance club featuring House, salsa, merengue, dancehall, and reggae with DJs Olga T., La Coqui, and Black.

Bay Area

Funk Fridays Eli's Mile High Club. 10pm-2am. With DJ E-Natural.

Late Night Hype Jupiter. 11pm, free. With Yamu, Add1, and Spun.

1001 Nights Club Fusetti. 9pm-2am, $10. Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and international music with DJ Raffy.

Party Classix Radio, 435 13th St, Oakl; (510) 451-2889. 10pm-2am.

Ruby Room 10pm-2am. '70s and '80s glam rock and pop music.

Shattuck Downlow 8pm-2am. Funk, soul, and hip-hop.

Classical

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness; 392-4400. 7:30pm, $38-53. The orchestra performs Handel's Messiah.

SFSU student chamber music recital SFSU, Knuth Hall, 19th Ave and Holloway; 338-2467. 1pm, free.

San Francisco Symphony San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness; 864-6000. 8pm, $20-90. See Wed/11.

Bay Area

Pacific Mozart Ensemble First Congregational Church, Dana and Durant, Berk; (415) 705-0848. 7:30pm. The ensemble performs a holiday concert.

saturday 14
Rock/blues/hip-hop

Ama, JND, Samantha Last Day Saloon. 9pm, $7.

Bernard Anderson and NC Blues Connection Blue Lamp. 9pm, $5.

Black Eyed Peas, K.I.T.S 'n' P.I.T.S Justice League. 9pm, $25.

Blue Buddha, Steakhouse Survivors Brainwash. 8pm.

Cari Lee and the Saddle-ites Parkside. 9pm.

Cex, Numbers, Stars as Eyes, Zeigenbock Kopf, Up Rock Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $10. Tigerbeat6 showcase.

Clarendon Hills, Skyflakes, From Monument to Masses, eE, Whysall Lane Cafe du Nord. 9:30pm, $6. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Def Leppard Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove; (510) 444-TIXS. 7:30pm, $39.50.

Frankie Lee Biscuits and Blues. 9pm, $12.50.

From Autumn to Ashes, Hope Conspiracy, Unearth, A Static Lullaby, Clearing Autumn Skies Pound-SF. 7pm, $10.

Hammer the Gods Pat O'Shea's, 3848 Geary; 752-3148. 9:30pm.

Katie Isenberg, Ashia Bazaar Café. 7pm.

Jamie Jay, Andrew Kelsey, Milkweed Soil, Guilt by Association, 35R, Monkey Wagon Voodoo Lounge. 8pm, $8.

Know-It-All Boyfriends Slim's. 9pm, $10.50.

Living Daylights, Will Bernard, DJ Tobiwan Boom Boom Room. 9:20pm, $12.

Love, Health, and Money Ireland's 32. 9pm.

Naked Barbies, Ramona the Pest, Odessa Chen Blakes. 9:30pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Holly Near and Linda Tillery Brava Theater Center, 2489 24th St; 647-2822. 8pm.

Ozomatli Fillmore. 9pm, $20.

Slings, Graves Brothers Deluxe Kimo's. 9pm, $6.

Glen Tilbrook, Jim Bianco, Attaboy and Burke Hotel Utah Saloon. 8:30pm, $15.

Vinyl Tongue and Groove. 8:30pm, $7-10.

Bay Area

Charmless, Librarians, Grain USA, Knulla Roofs, Greendale High Stork Club. 9pm, $6. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Company of Prophets, DJ Treat.U.Nice, Vicente 'Subverso' Duran La Peña Cultural Center. 8:30pm, $8-10.

Cowlicks, Moore Brothers, Garth Steel Klippert, Boatclub Starry Plough. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Peter Gabriel, Blind Boys of Alabama, Hukwe Zawose Oakland Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakl; (510) 762-2277. 7:30pm, $48.25-137.50.

Neil Michael Hagerty, Lovemakers, Connexion Ivy Room. 10pm.

Lee Press-On and the Nails 19 Broadway. 9pm, $6.

Naked Barbies, Ramona the Pest, Odessa Chen, Vanessa Lowe, Kristi Martel Blakes. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Paris King, James Eskel, Cat Five, Prophets of Rage, DJ Neta Black Box. 9pm, $7.

People's Bizarre, Glass Bead Game, pickPocket Ensemble, Spore Attic 21 Grand. 9pm, $7. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Phenomenauts, Glitter Mini 9, Heavenly States, Matches, DJ Jay T. Tempura Rooster's Roadhouse. 9pm, $6. bEASTfest. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Rick Kellog Band Baltic. 9:30pm, $5.

Tempest Redwood City, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City; (650) 369-4119. 9pm.

Jazz/new music

Andrew Speight Charles McNeal Quintet, Matt Clark Trio Jazz at Pearl's. 9:30pm, free.

Opie Bellas, Mark Little, David Udolf Paisley's. 9:30pm.

Rhian Benson Black Cat. 9pm.

'BJ Papa Jazz Jam' Cafe Prague, 584 Pacific; 433-3811. 11pm.

Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm.

Brad Niven Duo Washington Square Bar and Grill. 7-11pm.

Brian Moran/Safa Shokrai Duo Restaurante Gondola, 15 Columbus; 956-5528. 7:30pm.

Broun Fellinis Bruno's. 9pm, $7.

King Trio The View, San Francisco Marriott, 39th floor, 55 Fourth St; 896-1600. 9pm-1am.

Larry Douglas Quintet with Cecil Wells Les Joulins. 8pm.

Live jazz Ristorante Gondola, 15 Columbus; 956-5528. 7:30pm.

Al Marshall Bacar. 10pm, free.

Ken Muir Moose's. 8pm.

Orquesta d'Soul 850 Cigar Bar. 10pm, $4.

Rhonda Benin and Soulful Strut Enrico's. 8pm.

Jen Shyu Chaya Brasserie, 132 The Embarcadero; 777-8688. 7-11pm, free.

Three Thinking Jazz Trio Ana Mandara, 891 Beach; 771-6800. 9pm-12:30am.

Tony Saunders' Jazz Trio John's Grill, 63 Ellis; 986-0069. 6:30-10pm.

Vince Wallace Trio Beach Chalet. 8pm, free.

Walter Earl Band Cosmopolitan Cafe, 121 Spear; 543-4001. 7:30pm.

Lemuel West, Larry Vuckovich, Andrew Currier Bistro 339. 7-11pm.

Wesla Whitefield, Mike Greensill 8pm, $25.

Bay Area

Bob Crawford Jazz Quartet Albatross Pub, 1822 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 843-2473. 9:30pm.

Dmitri Matheny Group Jazzschool, 2087 Addison, Berk; (510) 845-5373. 4:30pm, $10-15.

'50th Anniversary of Earl Brown's December 1952' Acme Observatory, Tuva Space, 3192 Adeline, Berk; www.sf.sound.org. 8:15pm, free to $20 sliding scale.

Michael Henderson, Jean Carne, Billy Paul Kimball's East. 8 and 10pm.

Jazz combos, gospel choir concert Jazzschool, 2087 Addison, Berk; (510) 845-5373. 12:30-2:30pm, free. Student fall concert.

Jing Chi Yoshi's. 8 and 10pm, $22.

Mitch Marcus Quintet Juptier. 8pm.

Myro with Moonlight Mirror Orchestra Ground Up Cafe, 144 Kentucky, Petaluma; (707) 762-8798. 8-10pm, $10.

Jack Pollard Slates Supperclub, 1523 Giammona Dr, Walnut Creek; (925) 945-1487. 8pm, $5.

Post Junk Trio Downtown. 8pm.

Folk/world/country

Bat Makumba Elbo Room. 10pm, $7.

Danny Heines Music Store, 66 West Portal; 664-2044. 8-10pm.

'Live, without a Microphone' Sacred Grounds Cafe, 2095 Hayes; 387-3859. 7:30pm, free.

Lost Trio Atlas Cafe. 4-7pm, free.

Tempest Little Fox Theatre, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City; (510) 649-0600. 8pm, $14.

Tipsy House Plough and Stars. 9pm.

'World Music Dance Party' Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $10-20.

Bay Area

Mark Abdilla, How You Duo Trio, Amy Hofer and friends Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, Center at MLK Jr. Way, Berk; (510) 548-3333. 10am.

African Rhythm Messengers Ashkenaz. 9:30pm, $13.

'A Celebration of Jewish, Afghani, and American Music' Freight and Salvage Coffee House. 8pm, $17.50. A benefit concert for the Middle East Children's Alliance. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Long Lonesome Road First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View, 1667 Miramonte, Mountain View; (650) 691-9982. 8pm, $18.

Dance clubs

An Bodhran 668 Haight; 431-4724. 10pm-2am, free. With Rocket Morton.

Arrow 10pm-2am. Rock 'n' roll with DJ Jeff.

Ass Bomb Club Six. 10pm-4am, $10. With J. Saul Kane, Jeffrodeeziack, Jonah Sharp, Chris Orr, Shobhan, Teemoney, and TJ Hicks.

Asylum Jezebels Joint. 9:30pm-2am, free. Punk, glam, death rock, and dark wave with Shane, Rick A Mortis, and Arusha.

Beat Salad Laszlo. 8pm-2am. With DJ Kenni.

Bottom Heavy The Top. 7pm-10pm. With J Falcone, John Paul, Fiction, Dom Some, and Enzyme. 10pm-2am. U.K. garage and drum 'n' bass with rotating residents.

Cafe Arguello 1499 Valencia; 643-3160. 8-10pm, free. Flamenco dancing.

Diskotech Necromantika Il Pirata, 2007 16th St; www.houseofvoodoo.com/event.html. 9pm-2am, $5. Goth, rock, synth, and glam with Perki and Voodoo.

DK: Lounge Cloud 9 Motel. 9pm, $15. Hip-hop and house with DJ Daymeetrius.

Fashion Victim Blind Tiger. 9pm-2am. House music with Re Pete and David C.

Flava Storyville. 10pm, $8-10. Hip-hop with rotating residents.

Gloss Sno-Drift. 9pm. Deep house.

Ice Backflip. 10pm-2am, $10. House music.

Jillian's 101 Fourth St; 369-6100. 9pm-2am. Top 40 and old-school.

Jive Big Heart City. 10pm-4am. Urban grooves with Daniella, Jerry Ross, Kevin Armstrong, Trevor Mijares, and others.

Liquid Liquid. 9pm-3am, $3. House and techno with Dave Kirkland.

Misturada Make-Out Room. 10pm, free. Afro-Latin beats and Brazilian rhythms with Vanka and guests.

M3 Presents 26 Mix. 10pm-2am, $5.

Oxygen Bar 9pm-2am, free. Techno, house, and more.

The Party Cellar. 9:30pm, $10. House and hip-hop with rotating DJs.

Polly Esther's 9pm-2am. '70s disco, '80s retro, and '90s house and hip-hop.

Plug Tunin' Sublounge. 9pm, $8. Hip-hop, deep funk, rocksteady, and soul.

Revolver Nickie's BBQ. 9pm-2am. With Bulletproof DJs and guests.

The Rock Kelly's Mission Rock. 9pm. Hip-hop, R&B, dancehall, reggae, old-school, soul, funk, and breaks.

Royale 10pm-2am, free. With Zatch.

La Rumba Sigue Kelly's Mission Rock. 3:30-8pm, $6. Salsa dance club with DJ Ivette Fuentes.

Sex with Machines Arrow. 10pm. Electro, hip-hop, disco, and new wave with DJ Jeffrodeeziack.

She Said Cat Club. 9pm, $6. With Reverend Slick, Miz Margo, and guests.

Skylark 9pm, free. Funk and old soul with DJ Kyle.

Social Call Beauty Bar. 10pm-2am, free. Classic soul, rock, and hip-hop with Little Gabe.

Soul-phisticated RoHan Lounge. 9pm-1am, free. DJ Choe spins hip-hop, funk, reggae, and rare groove.

Sound Factory 9:30-10:30pm. Happy hour.

Strawberry Endup. 10pm-4am, $10. Hip-hop with Kuttin Kandi, J-Boogie, DJ Black, and Toph One.

Sugar The Stud. 9pm.

Supastar Sacrifice. 10pm-2am, $5. With local DJs.

Texture Glas Kat. 9:30pm-3:30am. House, classic soul, urban grooves, and '70s and '80s retro funk with residents.

Thump DNA Lounge. 10pm-7am, $20. Psytrance and breaks with S.U.N. Project, Dutch, Maxx, Uphonic, Masonic, Atum, Michael Anthony, Didje Kelli, and B. Smiley.

Trackshun Amnesia. 9pm, $3. With Kamahele, Joe Rice, and Monty Luke.

Undertoe Julip. 8pm-2am. With L. Ron Hubba Hubba and Junior Esteban.

Unity Fuse. 9pm-2am. House music.

Voluptuous Vibes The Phoenix, 811 Valencia; 695-1811. 10pm. Funky house, breaks, and hip-hop with DJ Amberlee and guests.

Zodiac Studio Z. 9pm-5am, $15, free on your Zodiac sign. A psychedelic-art warehouse-style nightclub with DJs Solar, Jeff Chandler, and guests.

Bay Area

Fusetti's Saturday Night Club Fusetti. 10pm.

Late Night Hype Jupiter. 11pm, free. With Yamu, Add1, and Spun.

Radio 435 13th St, Oakl; (510) 451-2889. 10pm-2am. '70s and '80s glam, rock, and pop.

The Reagan Years Ruby Room. 10pm-2am. '80s music.

Shattuck Downlow 8pm-2am. Hip-hop and dancehall.

Classical

Amanda Hahn, Lauren Cony, Jessica Ivry San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp; 647-6015. 8pm, free. The flutist, pianist, and cellist perform works by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Koechlin, and Foss.

San Francisco Symphony San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness; 864-6000. 1 and 4pm, $10-41. The symphony performs Peter and the Wolf; Edwin Outwater conducts. 8pm, $20-90. See Wed/11.

Bay Area

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison, Berk; (510) 964-0665. 8pm, donations. The chorus and orchestra perform works by Mozart, Hildegard von Bingen, and Aaron Copland. Also Sun/15.

San Francisco Early Music Society First Congregational Church, Dana and Durant, Berk; (510) 528-1725. 8pm, $19-22. The SFEMS presents a concert titled "Out of the Orient Crystal Skies," featuring Renaissance motets, Christmas songs from around the world, and more. Also Sun/15.

sunday 15
Rock/blues/hip-hop

'Battle of the Bands' Pound-SF. 6pm, $8.

Built like Alaska, Red Thread Parkside. 10pm.

Eyes of Autumn Hemlock Tavern. 10pm, $5.

Little Fuzzy Winter Extravangza, Slow Poisoners Make-Out Room. 8:30pm.

'Local Blues Spotlight' Biscuits and Blues. 8:30pm, $5.

'SF's Best Blues Jam' Blue Lamp. 9pm, free. With Ed Ivey.

Sfunk, Speak Boom Boom Room. 9:20pm, $4.

Squids Ireland's 32. 9pm.

Temple Drake Parkside. 5pm, free.

Urban Icon, Dynamic Blakes. 9:30pm, $3.

Voodoo Glow Skulls, Groovie Ghoulies, Codename Rocky Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.

Bay Area

Saturn V, Black Diamonds Ivy Room. 10pm.

'Viv and a Movie' 19 Broadway. 8-11pm.

Jazz/new music

Don Asher Moose's. 11:30am-2pm.

Barkin' Dawg Jazz Band Moose Lodge, 13233 San Pablo, Berk; 661-9893. 1:30-5:15pm, $10.

Bill 'Doc' Webster Band Les Joulins. 8pm.

Harry Connick Jr. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness; 392-4400. Noon and 2pm, $27.50.

Walter Earl Enrico's. 7pm.

Mike Greensill and friends Moose's. 7-10pm.

Jason Myers Trio Houston's, 1800 Montgomery; 392-9280. 6pm.

Noel Jewkes, Larry Vuckovich, John Wiitala, Danny Spencer Bistro 339. 5:15-8pm, $10.

Alex Kalleo Washington Square Bar and Grill. 7-10pm.

Lush Life Players L'Amour dans le Four, 1602 Lombard; 775-2134. 9:30pm, free.

Dave MacNab Bacar. 8pm, free.

Realistic, DJ Aspect Tongue and Groove. 9pm, $5.

Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 7-11pm.

'Teddy Care' Plush Room. 7:30pm, $15 and a donation of a brand new teddy bear. With host Bruce E Phillips and guests Wayne Sutton, Bill Cooper, Tim Hockenberry, Tammy Nelson, Dani Marcus, Coley Grundman, and Kitty Ultrasound; proceeds benefit Shanti and the children of SF General Hospital.

Tony Saunders' Jazz Trio John's Grill, 63 Ellis; 986-0069. 6:30-10pm.

Wesla Whitefield, Mike Greensill 8pm, $20.

Fred Zimmerman Top of the Mark. 10am-2pm.

Bay Area

Steve Heckman Bulldog Coffee Shop, 1739 Broadway, Oakl; (510) 502-1485. 1-4pm.

Michael Henderson, Jean Carne, Billy Paul Kimball's East. 5 and 8pm.

Jing Chi Yoshi's. 2 and 8pm, $5-22.

'Sunday Jazz Jam Session' Bluesville, 131 Broadway, Oakl; (510) 893-6215. 7pm.

Folk/world/country

Arte y Compás Timo's Restaurant, 842 Valencia; 647-0558. 7:30 and 9pm. Traditional music and dance from Andalucia, Southern Spain.

Circle R Boys Music Store, 66 West Portal; 664-2044. 4-6pm, free.

'Critical Grass' Hotel Utah Saloon. 7pm, $5.

Traditional Irish music session Plough and Stars. 9pm.

Bay Area

Israeli Folk Dance Ashkenaz. 1:30-5:30pm, $5.

Jackeline Rago and the Venezuelan Music Project La Peña Cultural Center. 7pm, $12.

Peter Rowan and Don Edwards Freight and Salvage. 8 and 10pm, $19.50.

Shots Cato's Ale House. 6-9pm, free.

Starry Irish Music Session Starry Plough. 8pm.

Dance clubs

Club Compression Cellar. 9pm-2am, $5. Drum 'n' bass with residents and guests.

Club Havana Jelly's. 4pm, $7. Latin music.

Dalva 9pm-1am, free. With DJ Anna and Philip Sherburne.

Devotion Endup. 8pm, $10. House music with DJ Ruben Mancias and guest Grant Nelson.

Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm-2am, $5. With DJs Sep and Ludichris.

Epilogue Skylark. 9pm, free. With Delon, Yamu, Joker, Add1, Stef, and Moontrane Conductors.

For Those Who Know An Sibin. 9pm-2am, $3. Underground hip-hop, funk, soul, and breaks.

Give N Pow! A Cocktail Lounge. 7pm-2am. House, Brazilian house, and breaks with Dustin, Riddler, and Mosses.

Juke Joint Julip. 9pm–2am, free. With Toph One.

Luscious Liquid. 10pm-2am. Deep tribal, hard progressive, and house with Dharma, Unity, Origin, and guest DJs.

A Night with Fecal Face Amnesia. 8:30pm. New artists and DJs.

Nice and Easy Oxygen Bar. 8pm-midnight, free. With DJs Matt, Garth, and special guests.

Rebirth 330 Ritch. 10pm. Soul and hip-hop with Henry, Joe Quixx, Kevvy Kev, and Will.

Reggae Sundaze Nickie's BBQ. 9pm-2am, $5. Reggae music spun by DJ Ras David I.

Salamat Sundays Club Tropi Gala, 358 Ocean; 282-7910. 9pm-2am, $12. Latin-fused Middle Eastern music with DJ Medi and the Arabian Knights Band.

SalsaCrazy Sunday Metronome Ballroom. 6:30-11:30pm, $6-15. Salsa dance social and dance lessons.

Selector Sundays Blind Tiger. 9pm-2am, $5. With the Unsung Heroes.

Shack Up! Arrow. 10pm-2am, free. Indie, art rock, soul, psychedelic, new wave, and funk with Tony Machine, Charles Kutch, and Melanie Valentine.

Simpsons Happy Hour Voodoo Lounge. 5:30pm, free. With DJ Juan2 Many.

Spundae 1015 Folsom. 9pm-6am, $5. With rotating DJs and special guests.

Storytelling Night Odeon Bar. 7pm-2am. Hosted by Jerico Reese.

Sundance Saloon Space 550. 6-11pm, $5. A country-western dance event.

Sunday School Sno-Drift. 8pm-4am, $10. House and downtempo with residents.

Sunday T-Dance Endup. 6am-8pm. House music with rotating residents.

Valley of the Dolls Fuse. 9pm, free. Hip-hop and lounge.

Volume Storyville. 10pm-2am. Hip-hop, soul, classics, and dancehall with D-Sharp, Megablack, Ball-D, Marc Stretch, and Malachi.

Bay Area

Kings of Reggae Shattuck Downlow. 8pm-2am, $5. Hip-hop and dancehall.

Oakland Reggae Eli's Mile High Club. 10pm-2am. With Namane and Rolo 1-3.

Platinum Rock Ruby Room. 10pm-2am.

Repenthouse Radio, 435 13th St, Oakl; (510) 451-2889. 10pm-2am.

Salsa con Sabor Cafe de la Paz, 1600 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 843-0662. 7-11pm, $5.

Summer Sundays Club Fusetti. 10pm. World beat and house music.

Classical

John Fenstermaker National Shrine of St. Francis Assisi, 610 Vallejo; 983-0405. 4pm, free. The organist performs works by Bach, Brahms, and Mendelssohn.

Pacific Mozart Ensemble Old First Church. 4pm. The ensemble performs a holiday concert.

San Francisco Early Music Society St Gregory Nyssen Episcopal Church, 500 DeHaro; (510) 528-1725. 8pm, $19-22. The SFEMS presents a concert called "Out of the Orient Crystal Skies," featuring Renaissance motets, Christmas songs from around the world, and more. Also Sun/15.

San Francisco Symphony San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness; 864-6000. 3 and 7pm, $10-49. The symphony presents "A Choral Christmas," conducted by Vance George.

Bay Area

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra St Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison, Berk; (510) 964-0665. 4pm, donations accepted. See Sat/14.

'Chamber Music Sundaes' St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College, Berk; (415) 584-5946. 3:15pm. San Francisco Symphony musicians and friends, including the Taneyev Piano Trio, present a concert featuring works by Ravel and Bartók.

'Young People's Concert' Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose, Berk; (510) 559-6910. 4pm, $10. Members of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra perform music by Mozart and Beethoven.

monday 16
Rock/blues/hip-hop

Asylum Street Spankers Make-Out Room. 8:30pm, $6.

'Biscuits and Blues Benefit Concert' Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $10.

Black Frames Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.

Bonedrivers Boom Boom Room. 9:20pm, $4.

'The Color of Christmas' San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness; 864-6000. 8pm, $15-73. The San Francisco Symphony presents a concert with Peabo Bryson, Jon Secada, Oleta Adams, and Jody Wately.

Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket Warfield. 8pm, $35.

Epoxies, Fabulous Disaster, Lovemakers Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $8.

Ledenhed Brainwash. 8pm.

Miranda Ireland's 32. 9pm.

'Monday Night Hoot' Cafe du Nord. 10pm, $5.

Pinback, Hella, Two Guys Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

'Viv and a Movie' Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $10.

Bay Area

Steve Gannon Band and Mz. Dee Blakes. 9:30pm, $4.

Jazz/new music

Bishop Norman Williams Quintet Les Joulins. 8pm.

Kevin Gibbs and Ruth Davies Moose's. 7:30pm.

Art Hirahara, Todd Sickafoose, Scott Amendola Bacar. 9pm, free.

Jason Myers Trio Houston's, 1800 Montgomery; 392-9280. 6pm.

Noel Jewkes, Jules Broussard, Larry Vuckovich, Nat Johnson, Harold Jones Bistro 339. 7:30-10pm, $8.

Patrick Maier Band Starlight Room. 8pm.

Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 7-11pm.

Eric Shifrin Washington Square Bar and Grill. 7-10pm.

Lavay Smith Enrico's. 7pm.

Subnautic Black Cat. 9pm.

Tony Saunders' Jazz Trio John's Grill, 63 Ellis; 986-0069. 6:30-10pm.

Bay Area

Heikki 'Mike' Koskinen Quintet Yoshi's. 8 and 10pm, $10.

Folk/world/country

Acoustic open mic Blue Lamp. 9:30pm, free. With Dave Lawrence.

Open mic Hotel Utah Saloon. 7pm, free. With Bob Willard.

Open mic Voodoo Lounge. 7pm, free.

Bay Area

Traditional Irish music session Starry Plough. 9pm.

Dance clubs

A Case of the Mondays Amnesia. 9pm-2am, free. Funky downtempo classics, deep house, and more with Cracker Jack DJs.

Club Dread Justice League. 10pm, $10. Reggae and dancehall.

Easy Delirium, 3139 16th St; 552-5525. 10pm, free. With Sly and Chad Mitchell.

Electroshock Jezebels Joint. 9:30pm-2am, free. Electro, synth, pop, and dark wave.

Elevate Cellar. 9:30pm, free. R&B, hip-hop, old-school, acid jazz, and downtempo with Inque, DJ Kurse, and Paradox.

Grateful Dead Jams Nickie's BBQ. 9pm-2am. Dark Star Dan plays rare Grateful Dead tracks.

Halflife An Sibin. 9pm-2am, free. Drum 'n' bass with kryptyk, DJ M, DJ S&M, Dominatrix, and guests.

Little Sara's Tea Party Fuse. 9pm, free. Hip-hop and downtempo.

Main Ingredient Julip. 9:30pm. With DJ Wisdom and JayBee.

Manik Mundae Skylark. 9pm, free. With Didje Kelli and Linden C.

Marinate Sacrifice. 10pm-2am, $2. Downbeat electro lounge with DJ EO and Daze.

Milkshake Mondays Sno-Drift. 10pm-2am, $5. With Travis.

Minimal Mondays Hush Hush Lounge. 9pm-2am, free. With Forest, Chris B., Terrac, Creamy Goodness, Sariah, and Joe Rice.

Redwood Room 8pm-midnight. Jazz with Consuelo Kevin.

Rhythm Riot Tunnel Top. 10pm-2am, free. Funk, reggae, Latin, rare groove, soul, R&B, and jazz with AM Radio, Stellar Trax, and special guests.

Risqué Curve, 747 Third St; 896-2286. 9pm-2am, free. Soulful house, old-school, and beats with DJs Chris Dadzitis and Zaxxon.

Self-Serve DJ Night Sublounge, 628 20th St; 552-3603. Open turntables.

Sex in Zero Gravity Border Cantina, 1192 Folsom; 820-4876. 10pm-2am, $5. Techno funk and house music with James D and Eli B.

Soul Café Blind Tiger. 9:30pm, $5-10. Funk, soul, R&B, and hip-hop with DJ Jerry Ross and Daniela.

Soul House Red Eye Lounge, 1337 Mission; 437-1337. 9pm-2am, $5, free before 11pm. House music with DJs Tune, Abdul, and Mike Anon.

The Stud 6:30-9pm, $10. Queer lindy hop lessons. 10pm. Funk and deep house.

Tranquility Base 26 Mix. 10pm-2am, free. With DF Tram and Jonas Judd.

Vroom El Rio. 8pm-midnight, $1. Punk, funk, and soul.

Bay Area

Mystery Night Ruby Room. 10pm-2am.

Underground Lounge Radio, 435 13th St, Oakl; (510) 451-2889. 10pm-2am. Psycho '60s and porno '70s.

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Rock/blues/hip-hop

Bizar Bazaar Boom Boom Room. 9:20pm, $4. With Michael Bizar, Simon Rochester, Murph, and Jim Richards.

Brad Brooks, Austin Willacy, Josh Fix Cafe du Nord. 10pm, $5.

Kenon Chen Brainwash. 8pm.

Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket Warfield. 8pm, $35.

'For the Love' Last Day Saloon. 9pm, $5. With Tajai, Soulati, and Greans.

Kentucky Slim Blue Lamp. 9:30pm, free.

Slough Feg, NunSlaughter Curve Bar. 9pm, $6. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Steve Lucky and Carmen Getit Biscuits and Blues. 9pm, $5.

Susan Tedeschi, Jackie Greene Fillmore. 8pm, $25.

Time Spent Driving, Eleventeen, My New Life Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $6.

Tremolo, Toyhouse Red Devil Lounge. 9pm, $3.

Bay Area

Asylum Street Spankers Starry Plough. 9:30pm, $12.

Tom Finch Quartet 19 Broadway. 9pm.

Jazz/new music

Jules Broussard Diego Rivera Theater, 50 Phelan; 239-3580. 8pm, free.

Cecil Wells Quintet Les Joulins. 8pm.

Collective West Jazz Orchestra Cellar at Johnny Foley's. 9pm, $3.

Fred Ross Project Starlight Room. 8pm.

Jason Myers Trio Houston's, 1800 Montgomery; 392-9280. 6pm.

Ken Miller and Mark Levine Paradise Pizza Restaurant, 642 Irving; 759-1487. 6:30pm, free.

Justin Morell Bacar. 9pm, free.

Ken Muir Moose's. 7:30pm.

Realistic Black Cat. 9pm.

Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 6-10pm.

Eric Shifrin Chez Spencer, 82 14th St; 864-2191. 7-9pm.

Adam Shulman Washington Square Bar and Grill. 7-10pm.

Shotgun Wedding Quintet Bruno's. 9pm, $5.

Swing Session Broadway Studios. 7:15pm, $15.

Tony Saunders' Jazz Trio John's Grill, 63 Ellis; 986-0069. 6:30-10pm.

Bay Area

Carla Kaufman and Larry Scala Jazz Duo Albatross Pub, 1822 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 843-2473. 9pm.

Dan Damon Baltic. 5pm, free.

Charlie Hunter Yoshi's. 8 and 10pm, $18. See 8 Days a Week, page 52.

Patty Lydecker Slates Supperclub, 1523 Giammona Dr, Walnut Creek; (925) 945-1487. 7pm.

Monkey Knife Fight Jupiter. 8pm.

Folk/world/country

Vince Keehan Plough and Stars. 9pm.

Nobody from Ipanema Elbo Room. 9pm, $6.

Bay Area

Bluegrass Intentions, How You Duo Trio Ashkenaz. 8:30pm, $10.

Christmas Jug Band Freight and Salvage Coffee House. 8pm, $16.50.

Starry Plough Open Mic Starry Plough. 8pm, free.

Dance clubs

Addicted Backflip. 10pm-2am.

Arrow 10pm-2am. Punk rock with DJ Dwight and Eyepatch Guy.

Ay Karamba! Glas Kat. 9:30pm-2am, $8. Salsa lessons.

Curve 747 Third; 896-2286. 10pm-2am, free. Soulful grooves and flashbacks with DJs Kevvy Kev, Malachi, and Ball D.

Development AsiaSF. 10pm. Reference, Raygun, and Mykul Crane spin breakbeat and house.

EZ Music for Hard Times Club Deluxe. 10pm. With DJs Brian Cox, Power Lounger, and guests.

Gravy Train Dalva. 10pm-2am, free. With DJs Vinnie Esparza, Asti Spumanti, and Jonny Deeper.

Hot Pink Voodoo Lounge. 10pm, $5. With DJ Chuck.

Impulse An Sibin. 10pm-2am. Techno with rotating residents.

Industry Jezebels Joint. 9:30pm-2am, free. Punk and industrial with DJs Chris, Rabbit, and guests.

Ja Man Sacrifice. 10pm-2am, $3. Reggae.

Konstruct 26 Mix. 10pm-2am. IDM, Downtempo, and hip-hop.

Mayonnaise Skylark. 9pm, free. House music.

Non-Tronika Amber, 718 14th St; 626-7827. 9pm-2am, free. A rock dance club with Andre Lucero, Nikola Baytala, and Ray Muller.

Outernational Mix Nickie's BBQ. 9pm-2am. DJ Cheb I Sabbah spins a blend of international music.

Oxygen Bar 9pm-2am, free. With Alaric.

S.I.N. Cellar. 9pm, free. With rotating DJs.

Taco Tuesday Border Cantina; 626-0414. 5-10pm, free. House music with M3, Anthony Garlic, Chulada, and special guests.

T.K.O. Hush Hush Lounge. 9pm-2am, $3. Hip-hop with DJs Charlie Bucket, Kaution, Ocir, Halo 1, and Able.

Totality Pow! A Cocktail Lounge. 9pm-2am, free. Hip-hop, dancehall, downtempo, acid jazz, and breaks with DJs Alexander, Joker, Kurse, Inque, and Yamu.

TrannyShack The Stud. 10pm-3am. A drag show with hostess Heklina.

Bay Area

Bounce Rock Skate Bluesville. 10pm, $5. With Bay Area DJs and special guests.

Club Purgatory Club Muse. 9pm-2am, $5. DJ Caine spins European dance, industrial, and electronic music.

Good Times Radio, 435 13th St, Oakl; (510) 451-2889. 10pm-2am. With Kitty and Sean spin '70s pop, funk-rock, and more.

Posh Shattuck Down Low. 9:30pm-2am. Downtempo, disco breaks, drum 'n' bass, and deep house.

RawSugar Oasis, 135 12th St, Oakl; (510) 763-0404. 9pm. Drum 'n' bass and breakbeats.

Ruby Room 10pm-2am. Punk, power pop, and breakbeats.