courtesy Maxine Chan GigList
Open Mics & Jams:
2nd+4th Sun Benicia Mare Island Taphouse upstairs 2-5 Irish 2pm slow, 3pm faster; FB The Benicia Session
2nd+4th Sun Benicia Round Table Pizza Southhampton Shopping Center Irish Music 2-5pm
Occasional Sundays Martinez Campbell Theater 6p open mic hosted by Dave Salchak 7/14-8/4-9/8-10/6-11/3-12/1
1st+3rd Sun Napa 1-4 Feast It Forward wine bar FB Open Mic Napa Valley
1st Sun Rancho Cordova IAM Western Swing Society. jam session in the back room About The Western Swing Society
Sun San Jose Poorhouse Bistro 4-7pm Aki Kumar’s Blues Jam
2nd+4th Sun Sunnyvale Moose Lodge sign up to jam for one song w/the TCB Band 2-6p, country & ballroom dance
Mon Berkeley Freight & Salvage Open Mic free w/reservation 7:30pm Performance Lottery @7:20
Mon Concord Vinnie’s Open Mic Jam with the Band! 9p-12:30a hosted by Vince Lay & Joey Nunez
Every Mon Fairfax Mac’s 19 Broadway Blue Mondays 7-10 pro blues jam
Mon Hayward Bistro open mic @7
Mon Livermore Pine Stret Bar campfire acoustic jam 7-10p Jacques G
Every Mon Martinez Luigi’s 6-8pm open mic hosted by Roy Jeans/Jay Olson and guest hosts
1st, 2nd, 3rd Mon Pt. Richmond Baltic Kiss 8p-12m jam night mics provided 12-min sets, signup at 7
Mon Vallejo Townhouse not an open mic: acoustic songbook 7-10p Don Bassey, Ern Bakke & friends
Every Tue Benicia Rellik 8pm OPEN MIC hosted by Glenn Lowe
Tue Fremont Jack’s Brewing 6:30-9p Open Mic w/Melody Medina
Every Tue Milpitas The Note 7-11pm Dennis Dove Jam Session
Tue Oakland Cato’s Ale House Brewgrass Jam 6:30p
Every Tue Pinole Antlers Blues Jam 7:30pm
1st Tue Sebastopol HopMonk 6:30-9 open mic 2 songs/10min, sign up by em only Ceni@HopMonk.dot.com >3 Tuesday (full by 3:45)
1st Tue Walnut Creek Hess Brewing Open mic 6-8p Scott Anderson
Wed Fremont Florence Bar 7pm Dave Moreno Jam
Last Wed Martinez Del Cielo Brewing 6-9:30 jam with Javier Cabanillas & Little Campana House
Wed Martinez Luigi’s 6:30 Guest bands hosted by Scotty O’Neill
Wed Novato Hopmonk open mic 2 songs or 8 min, house drum set & keyboard 6:30 w/Dennis Haneda
Wed Pleasant Hill CJ’s Jam Night & Live Band Karaoke w/Brooks Lundy 8-11p
Wed Pleasanton Main Street Brewery 7-11pm Blues Jam
Wed Redwood City Club Fox 7-11pm Blues Jam
Wed San Rafael Big Rock Deli open mic 5-8
Wed Sonoma HopMonk Tavern Stage 8pm free open mic hosted by Matt
Wed Vallejo Town House 401 Georgia St. 8-11pm open mic hosted by Rich Adams, DARK June 19-26
Wed & Fri Walnut Creek Larkey Park near the pool 11:30-1
2nd+4th Thu Benicia Bruehol Brewery mini Irish session 4-8pm
Thu Crockett Toot’s Tavern 8pm
Thu Napa Elks Lodge 6:30-10 FaceBook: OPEN MIC NAPA VALLEY
1st & 3rd Thu Pleasanton Middle 8 sign up @7
1st & 3rd Thu Redwood City Club Fox 8pm Grateful Dead Jam hosted by Alex Jordan
Thu Sausalito Seahorse 6-7pm Open Mic
3rd Thu Winters 6p 3 songs/15 min max Winters Opera House/The Palms 13 Main St;
4th Fri American Canyon 6-8:30 Napa Junction Community Center
3rd Fri Vallejo 7-9:30 Consumer Music Fusion Friday 3 songs +8:30 jam 1017 Tennessee see www.consumermusic.net for last-minute changes
1st Sat Sunol Bosco’s 1-5pm with Daniel Avery; no house band, so more opportunities to jam
Sat Napa 5-8 Feast It Forward wine bar 1031 McKinstry FaceBook Open Mic Napa Valley 707.819.2403
3rd Sat in summer Winters 5pm The Palms Playhouse outdoors wintersopenmic@wintersopenmic
Live Music for Listening/Dancing:
Every Mon Fairfax Mac’s Blue Monday 6:30-9:30Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s
Mon & Wed San Bruno Senior Center on Crystal Springs Rd10:45am-12N $5 lunch Bob Gutierrez 415.454.6422
Every Other Mon San FranciscoLocal Edition 8-11p Barbary Coast Jazz Band 6/17, 7/1, 7/15, 7/29
Mon San Francisco Local Edition 8-11p 6/24 Le Jazz Hot Quartet
Every Mon Sausalito No Name Bar Kimrea & the Dreamdawgs
Every Mon Vallejo Moose Lodge $25 incl. 5:30pm dinner or $15/dance only 7-10pm 1st+3rd Deaf Already, 2nd Natural Blend, 4th+5th 100 Pruf
Every Tue Martinez Live @ Luigi’s hosted by Scotty O’Neill
3rd Tue Mill Valley Community Center 7:30-10pm Starduster Orchestra 6/18, Dark July-August
Every Tue San Francisco Local Edition Jazz Orchestra 8-11p
Every Tue San Francisco Verdi Club Woodchopper’s Ball assorted live bands weekly @9-11:30pm preceded by int. swing class@ 7
Wed Alamo Forli’s 6:30-9:30 7/3+7/10 Syria T Berry
Every Wed Berkeley Ashkenaz 8p Grateful Dead Night
Wed Berkeley Cheeseboard Collective no cover 5-8pm 1st-3rd-5th Wed Sweet City Blues
Wed Livermore Almost Famous Wine Co. 7pm 7/17 Carolyn Wonderland
Every Wed Martinez Live @ Luigi’s hosts Brian Walker & Mark McAllister
1st & 3rd Wed Menlo Park Park James Hotel Ken Cooper 6-9p
Wed Pacifica Nick’s Rockaway 7/3 @6:30 California Cowboys
Wed Pt. Richmond Baltic Kiss 8p-12 6/26 Cali Gr
Wed Pt. Richmond Rigger’s Loft 6-10p 7/3 Andre Thierry and FIREWORKS & games
Every Mon & Wed San Bruno Senior Center on Crystal Springs Rd10:45a-12n $3 lunch Bob Gutierrez 415.454.6422
Wed San Francisco Local Edition 8-11p 6/19 James Robinson, 6/26 Verve Quintet
Wed Sebastopol HopMonk 6:30-9 6/19 Joe Craven
Thu Alamo Forli’s 7:30-10:30 7/11 Jeff & & Tony Lindsay
Every Thu Antioch Celia’s 523 W 10th Mariachi San Miguel 6-8p
Thu BeniciaLucca Beer Garden 6:30-9p 6/20 Jeff Tamelier & Tony Lindsay w/Ken Maffeo, 6/27 Jinx Jones, 7/
Every Thu Concord Todos Santos Park Music & Market 6-8p 6/20 Sacred Fire/Santana tribute, 6/27 Traveling Wilburys Revue/best of George Harrison-Bob Dylan-Roy Orbison-Tom Petty-Jeff Lynne; (dark on 7/4) 7/11 Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings/blues; 7/18 Zepparella, 7/25 Dirty Cello
4th Thu Fremont Senior Center 1:30-3:30 Canyon Band 6/27, 7/25, 8/22 etc.
Thu LivermoreAlmost Famous Wine Co. 6:30p 6/20 Darin and Brooke Aldridge, 7/24 Tuck & Patti @7:30
Thu Martinez Roxx on Main 6-8p 6/20 Two New Frantics, 6/27 Joe V Rogers & Brian Walker, 7/
Thu Moraga Canyon Club Brewery 5-8p 6/20 James Funk
Thu Pacifica Nick’s Rockaway Soundwaves unless otherwise noted 7/4 @11a-2p California Cowboys
Thu Petaluma Brewsters Beer Garden 5-8p 6/20 Back Porchestra, 6/27 Matt Bolton; 7/4 Stick Shifts, 7/11 Matt Bolton, 7/18 Elvis Johnson’s Blues Emporium, 7/25 Matt Bolton
Thu Pleasant Hill WiseGirl 6-9p 6/20 Paul Cotruvo & Kiki Stack, 6/27 Tommy, Dave & The Chandeliers w/Randy Hayes
Thu Pleasanton Main St. Brewery 6p6/20 Los Paranoias, 6/27 Drew Harrison Experience
Every Thu Pleasanton Middle Eight 310 Main 8-11pm VintageJukeboxMusic.com
Thu Pt. Richmond Baltic Kiss 8pm 6/27 Vaxxines + Local Bylaws + The Rinds + The Krypters, 7/4 Take Cover
Thu Pt. Richmond Riggers Loft 6-8p 6/20 Threat Level Orange
Thu Port Costa Bull Valley Roadhouse 5:30-8:30 1st & 3rd Thu Terry Henry Trio, jazz classics;
Every Thu Richmond Lara’s Fine Dining 1900 Esplanade Donna Spitzer Duo
Thu San Francico Local Edition 8:30-11:30p 6/20 Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces, 6/27 @9 Jazz Odyssey Quartet
Every Thu San Jose Three Flames Restaurant 7-11pm Heartland country music
Thu Walnut Creek Mike Hess Brewery 5-8 6/20 Crosstown 5
Thu Walnut Creek Rocco’s Pizzeria 7pm 6/20 Billy Schaub 6/27 Doug Houser
4th Fri Alameda Spieskammer 8-10p 6/28 Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces country-rockabilly-honky tonk
Fri Alamoi Forli’s 6:30-9:30p 6/28 PTK the Band, 8/9 Take 2-John & Lynn
Fri BeniciaLucca 6:30-9p 6/21 Juan Escovedo All Stars Band, 6/28 Don Bassey & Friends, 7/5
Fri Benicia Rellik 5 & 8:30pm 6/21 Skyylark, Fishcake; 6/28 CBD
Every Fri Danville 6::30-10pm Incontro Ristorante by the firepit Ken Cooper
Fri Livermore Almost Famous Wine Co. 7:30pm 6/21 Nicholas Jamerson and The Morning Jays @7:30; 6/28 Terrie Odabi, 7/19 Almond Brothers tribute to the Allman Brothers
Fri Martinez Del Cielo Brewing 6-9p 6/21 Sunhunter Duo, 6/28 Max Cortes Quartet @6:30
Fri Martinez Roxx on Main 7-9 6/21 Kurt Ribak Trio, 6/28 Carlos Reyes, 7/5 Duo Gadjo, 7/19 Kurt Ribak Trio
Fri Martinez Slow Hand BBQ 5:30p6/21 Diablo Rhythm Wranglers, 6/28 Jr. DeVille, 7/12 Smokin’ J’s
Fri Menlo ParkLeft Bank Brasserie Vintage Jukebox 6-8 French & American jazz
Fri Moraga Canyon Club Brewery 6-8p 6/21 Jimbo Trout, 6/28 Glenn Lowe
Fri-Sat Pacifica Nick’s Rockaway 7-11pm Soundwaves unless otherwise noted; 7/12+7/19 Terry Hanck
Friday Petaluma Brewsters Beer Garden 5-8p 6/21 Fabulous Biotones, 6/28 The Beer Scouts; 7/5 Norman Collins & The Tumblers, 7/12 IrieFuse, 7/19 David Monterey & The Tide, 7/26 Dream Farmers
Fri Pleasant Hill Slow Hand BBQ 6-9p 6/21 Brooks Lundy
Fri Pleasant Hill WiseGirl 7-10p 6/21 Frankie G & The Conviction, 6/28 Sixteen Scandals
Fri Pleasanton Main St. Brewery 8p 6/21 Groove Doctors, 6/28 Rock of Ages
Fri Pt Richmond Baltic Kiss 8p-12m 6/28 Captain Monk, 7/5 Coffis Brothers + Alice Howe & Freebo;
Fri Pt Richmond Riggers Loft 6-9p 6/21 Amy Obenski, 6/28 Lee Waterman/Bob Scott Group, 7/5 Bob Roden Quintet, 7/12 Bryan Girard Trio
Fri San Francisco Local Edition 6/21 Sofie Mae & Prophet Martian @9-12, 6/28 Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums @8-11
Fri San Rafael Big Rock Deli 5-8p 5/31 PB and Jam
Every Friday 7:30 Sausalito No Name Bar Michael LaMacchia & Bumpin’
Fri Sebastopol Hop Monk Tavern 6/21 Bohoss Boogie Boys
2nd & 4th Fri Sunnyvale Moose Lodge 8-10p Moose Big Band w/Jim & Judy
1st & 3rd Fri 7:30-10p Walnut Creek Elks Lodge Merry Mixers Dance $20/nm 7:30-10 6/21 Canyon Band, 7/7 Oaktown Strutters, 7/21 Canyon Band, 7/5 Natural Blend, 7/19 Bob Gutierrez
Sat AlamoForli’s 6:30pm Take 2-John &Lynn 6/22+7/6+7/20+8/17+8/24
Sat Jun 22 Arnold Music in the Park FREE! 6-9p 6/22 Tom Rigney & Flambeau
Sat-Sun Avery Howard’s Mystic Saloon 8-11p 6/22-23 Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces
Sat BeniciaLucca 6/22 Landbirds @1-3:30, April & Monroe Grisman Project @6:30-9; 6/29 Early slot closed for pvt event, Walking Mirrors @6:30;
Sat Benicia Rellik Tavern 5 & 8:30p, 6/22 Bell Brothers, Sixteen Scandals; 6/29 360’s, PTK;
3rd Sat Berkeley Ashkenaz 8pm 7/20 Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces
Sat Berkeley Starry Plough Pub 1st Sat monthly 4-6p FREE Out of Towners blues-swing-Americana
Sat Livermore Almost Famous Wine Co. 7:30 6/22 Stu Hamm’s Tribute to Jeff Beck, 6/29 Jeff Bordes, Meredith McHenry and Friends; 7/13 Rick Estrin and the Nightcats; 7/20 West Coast Songwriters Grand Finals @7; 7/27 Meredith McHenry and the Mundaze jam @1:30, Wolf Hamlin and the Front Porch Drifters jam @7:30
Sat Martinez Del Cielo Brewery 6-9p 6/22 Cubani Jazz Project Latin Jazz Series #2; 6/29 Justin Garns Trio, 9/28+12/21 CubaniJazz Project
Sat Martinez Five Suns Brewing 6-8:30 6/22 Wasted Rangers
Sat Martinez Roxx on Main 7-9 6/22 Steve Lucky & Carmen Getit, 6/29 Jeffrey Halford & The Healers, 7/6 Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora
Sat Martinez Slow Hand BBQ 5p 6/22 Quattro, 6/29 Landbirds; 7/6 Great Space Coaster @4, 7/13 Paper Kayak
Every Sat Menlo Park Park James Hotel Ken Cooper
Sat Moraga Canyon Club Brewery 6-8pm 6/22 Stewart Patrick, 6/29 Cole Panther
Sat Novato Hop Monk Tavern 6pm 6/22 Bill Rhyne, 6/29 The Mother Hips
Sat Napa Senior Center 1500 Jefferson 7:30-9:30p $20 7/13 Alex & The Tradewinds preceded by Ted Rocha’s 7pm Tango lesson. 9/14 Oaktown Strutters preceded by Chelsea Andre’s East Coast Swing lesson. 10/12 Alex & the Tradewinds preceded by Heidi Dee’s Cowboy Chacha lesson. 11/9 100 PRUF preceded by Country Swing lesson.
12/1 Nob Hill Sounds preceded by Waltz lesson
Sat Pacifica Nick’s Rockaway 7-11pm Soundwaves unless otherwise noted 7/13 Dave Crimmen, 7/20 Cruisetones
Sat Petaluma Brewsters Beer Garden 1-4 & 5-8: 6/22 The Pitchforks, Noelle Glory & the Guarantees; 6/29 Lotus, Redwood Highway Ramblers; 7/6 Z and the Benders, Humdinger; 7/13 Bloomfield Bluegrass, Nicole Marden; 7/20 Interpretation, Noelle Glory & The Guarantees; 7/27 Lowatters, Walt D. Dog
Sat Pleasant Hill Slow Hand BBQ 6-9p 6/22 Jay Jackl & John Schurr, 7/13 Ken Cooper
Sat Pleasant Hill WiseGirl 7-10p 6/22 Crosstown 5, 6/29 Full Spectrum,
Sat Pleasanton Main Street Brewery 8p 6/22 Damn Dirty Apes, 6/29
Sat Pt Richmond Baltic Kiss 8pm 6/22 Sausalito, 6/29 Alamo Mission Band
Sat Pt Richmond Riggers Loft 2-5p 6/29 Key Elements, 7/6 David Landon, 7/13 Ali & The Crisi
Sat-Sun Jun 15-16 Sacramento Cal Expo Crawdad Festival 11a-9p Tom Rigney & Flambeau @ 1:30 each day
Sat San Francisco Local Edition 9-12m 6/29 Candela Viva, 7/6+8/3 Severe Thrill (Funk Edition)@9:30
Last Sat San Pablo Sportsman’s 7pm 6/29 100 PRUF, 7/27 Jun Simundo, 8/31 100 PRUF, 9/28 open
Sat San Rafael Big Rock Deli 5-8p 6/22 Laren and the Stampid, 6/29 King Tide
Sat Sebastopol Hop Monk Tavern 6/22 Jeremy Gorman @12:30, Tim O’Neil @5:30
Sat Sonoma Hop Monk Tavern 6/22 Jon Williams @12:30, Third Rail @6
Sat Twin Oaks Hop Monk Tavern 5:30-7:30p 6/22 Geo Howard
Sat Walnut Creek Mike Hess Brewery live music every Saturday @5-8
Sat Walnut Creek Rocco’s Ristorante 7p 6/22 Ken Cooper, 6/29 Jay Jackl
Sun Antioch Smith’s Landing 2-5p
Sun Benicia Lucca 2:30-5:30 6/23 Jeff Crossman Band, 6/30 GarageLand Rodel
Sun Benicia Rellik 3pm 6/23+6/30 Jeff Tamelier & Darby Gould
Sun Crockett Toots Tavern 5-8pm First Sun High Card Drifters, Last Sun 19 Hand Horse
Sun Danville Incontro Ristorante 11-2 brunch Ken Cooper
1st Sun Fairfax Mac’s on Broadway 19 Broadway Goodtime Band
Sun Martinez 5 Suns Brewery 12n-2:30 6/23 Hipster Cocktail Party, 6/30 Ken Cooper,
Sun MartinezSlow Hand Music & Mimosas 1p 6/23 Idlewild West, 6/30 Delta Deuce, 7/7 Chad/Ticket to the Limit
Every Sun Menlo Park Left Bank Brasserie Vintage Jukebox 11:30am-2pm brunch.
Sun Moraga Canyon Club Brewery 2-4pm 6/23 Brad Edelman, 6/30 Adam Alviso
Sun Novato Hop Monk Tavern 6pm 6/30 Jackie Greene
Sun Petaluma Brewsters Beer Garden 12-3 & 4-7, 6/23 Sunhunter, Spike Sikes & His Awesome Hotcakes; 6/30 Bluegrass Holiday, Jinx Jones; 7/7 Band of Coyotes, Alt City; 7/14 Jason Movrich, Derek & Damir; 7/21 Tom Finch, Blackcat Zydeco; 7/28 South County Blues, Bluebyrds
Sun Pleasant Hill CJ’s Live Band Sundays 3-8:30p
Sun Pleasant Hill City Hall Lake 6-8p 6/23 Beaufunk, 7/7 Big Jangle, 8/4 Hot for Teacher, 7/
Sun Pt Richmond Baltic Kiss 4-7p 6/23 Cole Panther, 6/30 Faires + Phat Luv; 7/7 Judge Jeff Jazz
Sun Pt Richmond Rigger’s Loft 2-5p 6/23 Juke Joint, 6/30 James Funk, 7/7 Slinky Thing, 7/14 Jinx Jones
1st Sun Rancho Cordova Western Swing Society @ Machinists Hall 2749 Sunrise music dance lesson @12n Guest Bands 1-5p 7/7 Rhonda Rogers Edgewood Station, 8/4 Janice Allen & All the Queen’s Men, 9/1 Natural Country
3rd & Last Sun San Bruno Senior Center Tea Dance on Crystal Springs Rd 1:00-3:30 pm Bob Gutierrez Trio w/Gregg Hutto and Martin Rossip
2nd Sun San Francisco Zeitgeist Eggs Appeal Drag Brunch 1-3 Ecalypstick
2nd Sun San Rafael Marin Civic Center French Market Marin 9:30a-12n Vintage Jukebox Music
Sun San Rafael Big Rock Deli 3-6 6/23 Bo. Jipsy Americana classics, 6/30 Gerry Pagano and the Old Dogs New Tricks 2-7p Leukemia fundraiser
2nd SunSausalito Travis Marina Bar 2-5pm Lone Star Retrobates
3rd Sun Sausalito Travis Marina Bar 2-4pm Dale Alstrom’s 8-pc band music from the 40’s
Sun Sebastopol Hop Monk Tavern 6/23 Bill Rhyne @12:30, Dave Hooper @5:30
Sat Sonomal Hop Monk Tavern 6/23 Clay Bell @12:30
2nd +4th Sun Sunnyvale Moose Lodge 2-6pTCB Band sing/jam with the band 5/26, 6/9, 6/23
Sun Twin Oaks Hop Monk Tavern 12:30-2:30 6/23 Ricky Ray
Sun Walnut Creek Mike Hess Brewery 6/23 @5-7:30 Luvsik AngelMaxine Chan
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