By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor

Words cannot express how rad this week is gonna be! We’ve got more festivals coming up (hell yeah, summer!), art shows, concerts and so much more. Here’s what I’m most excited about for the week of 7/11..

Our Partners’ Events

Finesse Mitchell
7/14-7/15 | Cobb’s Comedy Club | 915 Columbus Ave, SF | 7:30 & 9:45 pm | $26-41

Finesse has been a multi-faceted actor, author, and stand-up comedian with four one-hour comedy specials titled, “Snap Famous,” “One Man Monster,” “The Spirit Told Me To Tell You,” and 2023’s self-produced “Slightly Offensive” under his belt.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Finesse graduated from the University of Miami and is a distinguished member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. He is also a former student-athlete who was a walk-on for the National Champion Hurricanes football team where he played Hurricane greats like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Warren Sapp, and Ray Lewis.

Hubba Hubba Revue Space Station: Burlesque
7/16 | DNA Lounge | 375 11th St, SF | 7 pm | $15-35

Set the hyperdrive for DNA Lounge,as San Francisco’s world-famous burlesque & variety show welcomes a galaxy of gorgeous aliens, delectable droids, & sultry sith for a stellar (& interstellar!) evening with the best in sci-fi tease!

The Breathing Room, Suzanimal, Nyte Skye
7/24 | Cafu du Nord | 2174 Market St, SF | 7 pm | $15

The Breathing Room creates a dreamy & atmospheric space for their listeners to inhabit. Based in San Francisco, California, their sound is a unique blend of their eclectic surroundings & musical influences ranging from psychedelia, jazz, classic songwriting to heartfelt soul. 

This Week’s Giveaway

We Wanna Send You to the 2023 Blue Note Jazz Festival!

This Week’s Events

Tuesday, 7/11

Ezra Lipp’s 40th Bday Show & Shindig!
7/11 | Ivy Room | 860 San Pablo Ave, Albany | 7:30 pm | $18-20

For his 40th bday show and shindig Ezra Lipp invites you to gather with some of his favorite musical friends as well as a very special reunion performance of his band Magic In The Other for a night of music and magic that’s not to be missed!

Me in a(ME)rica
7/11-7/29 | Root Division Gallery | 1131 Mission St, SF | 11 am-6 pm | $5

Curated by Jusun Seo/ WE DA PEPO (with Open Call) WE DA PEPO’s discussion begins with the question “What place do I occupy in America?” A question which is often proliferated in mainstream media with manufactured labels, propaganda structures, and fragmented histories. Our collective emerges from the re-examination of our identities and roles within this rhetoric. This collaboration led us to explore the cultural myths and truths in our own journey as immigrants and to deconstruct the oversimplified categorizations and labels imposed upon us. Especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, where many spectacles of culture merge, it is important for us and participating artists to show our work in the location. 

Idiocracy
7/11 | The Cut Outdoor Cinema | 250 Main St, SF | 8 pm | $14-27

Corporal Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program.

Wednesday, 7/12

Matthew and Jay Comedy
7/12 | The New Parish | 1743 San Pablo Ave, Oakland | 7 pm | $20

Prepare for an unforgettable night as two of the most irreverent, bizarre, and inscrutable funnymen in North America link up to embark on an uproarious cross-country tour! Get ready to laugh until your belly aches as they bring their comedic innovations to venues from coast to coast. Introducing Traveling With Humor, starring the dynamic duo: Matthew Goldin and Jay Weingarten!

The Moth StorySLAM – SWEAT
7/12 | Freight & Salvage | 2020 Addison St, Berkeley | 7 pm | $15

Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories told live and without notes. Moth shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase. Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.

SWEAT: Prepare a five-minute story about perspiration. Realizing you forgot to wear deodorant to the job interview. Taking on that Ghost Pepper Wings challenge. Getting busted sneaking in past curfew. Bungee jumping or hot yoga. Opening night or the Sunday scaries. Being told “we need to talk” or fretting the small stuff that makes your palms clammy, knees weak, arms heavy…

Ic3 Peak
7/12 | The Independent | 628 Divisadero St, SF | 8 pm | $25

Ic3 Peak is a Russian electronic music duo that was founded in 2013. It consists of Anastasia Kreslina and Nikolay Kostilev. They are characterized by the political undertones in their music, particularly criticizing the Russian government. Their radical views and lyrics has led to censorship of their music in 2019. Their effects in mainstream media led to outpouring support throughout the West, and in Russia.

Franks & Deans
7/12 | Bottom of the Hill | 1233 17th St, SF | 8 pm | $15

Since the winter of 2013, Franks & Deans have been stirring up your favorite crooner classics, but with a new twist. Their in your face, Rock and Roll takes on the songs of yesteryear have been exciting audiences from coast to coast ever since. With 3 part harmonies and their very own Vegas showgirl, Franks & Deans bring their unique Vegas show to everybody’s neck of the woods. From Louis Armstrong to Billie Joe Armstrong, they cover all the classic songs from the Rat Pack era of American music. They’re not trying to reinvent the wheel: their main goal is to keep the Great American Songbook alive.

Thursday, 7/13

A Very Ferry Birthday Party
7/13 | Ferry Bldg | 1 Ferry Mktplc, SF | 11 am-2 pm | free

San Francisco’s Ferry Building turns 125!

Celebrate San Francisco’s favorite landmark with events and specials throughout the year! Kicking off the fun is A Very Ferry Birthday Party at the Ferry Building Marketplace on July 13th. The festivities include themed offerings from marketplace merchants, a free ice cream sundae at Humphry Slocombe, a special birthday happy hour at Fort Point, limited-edition Ferry Building swag giveaways, crafting and time capsule letter writing with SF Etsy, performers and lunchtime music by the Gemstones. Grab a Clocktower Crawl Card at Bay Crossings and stamps at participating shops to be entered in a weekly prize drawing through August 17th and celebrate at the first ever Summer Ferry Fest!

Scary Goldings
7/13 | August Hall | 420 Mason St, SF | 9 pm | $25

A collaboration between rotating funk ensemble Scary Pockets (anchored by guitarist Ryan Lerman and keyboardist Jack Conte) and keyboardist Larry Goldings (who’s played with everyone from Jack De Johnette and James Taylor to John Mayer), Scary Goldings combines hard-hitting grooves and well-crafted parts to make for a truly fun and unique time.

Live In The Atrium: DJ Quik
7/13 | The Catalyst | 1011 Pacific Ave, SC | 9 pm | $30

Widely revered West Coast MC and producer known for his slick flow and laid-back but funky production work.

Overkill
7/13 | Great American Music Hall | 859 O’Farrell St, SF | 6:45 pm | $28-35

LIGHT THE MATCH! Setting the scene ablaze, the rough and rowdy OVERKILL have reappeared to bludgeon your ears with their twentieth, that’s right, twentieth studio album: SCORCHED. For four decades their bottom line crazy method of thrash has produced some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. Now in the latter half of their career, all the experience is showing face with SCORCHED as it somehow rings more mature, refined, and embellished with hints of more than just thrash metal.

Friday, 7/14

Club Guillotine
7/14 | Ivy Room | 860 San Pablo Ave, Albany | 9 pm | $20+

DANCE. LOSE YOUR HEAD. WE’LL TREAT YOU LIKE ROYALTY.

Club Guillotine is a dance club with a midnight Guillotine Stage Show complete with beheadings, sing alongs, performances, and SO MUCH BLOOD. We dare you to wear your finest ivory…

Black Tiger Sex Machine
7/14 | San Jose Civic | 135 W San Carlos St, SJ | 8 pm | $56

Black Tiger Sex Machine, often abbreviated BTSM, are a Canadian electronic music trio based in Montreal, Quebec. The trio are the label heads for Kannibalen Records, which has signed such artists as Kai Wachi, Apashe, Dabin and Lektrique. BTSM specialize in aggressive, dark electronic music, as well as a live show that extends beyond a DJ performance. The trio are Marc Chagnon, Julien Maranda and Patrick Barry. The group wear illuminated tiger helmets during their live shows.

Northern Nights Music Festival
7/14-7/16 | Cook’s Valley Campground | 779 N Hwy 101, Piercy | 12 pm | $299+

Northern Nights’ penchant for discovery continues to make it one of the West Coast’s staple summer music festivals. It all begins with the music, where the picturesque backdrop of Cook’s Valley Campground provides the ideal setting for fans to discover their new favorite artists alongside performances from some of electronic music’s freshest names.

With an eclectic music lineup, top-tier cannabis and wellness programming, and serene natural landscapes, Northern Nights remains one of North America’s most unique boutique festival experiences.

Pool Kids w/ Sydney Sprague, Chase Petra
7/14 | Bottom of the Hill | 1233 17th St, SF | 8:30 pm | $16-18

Pool Kids are energy. Raw, sporadic, and indisputably authentic, the four piece group originally hails from Tallahassee, FL. Pool Kids, the band’s masterful self-titled album, fuses fan-favorite math and art rock familiarities with a tide of emotional and technical growth, engulfing the listener in a wave of impassioned indie rock angst. ‘Pool Kids’ is the first studio album to include writing contributions from new additions Nicolette Alvarez and Andy Anaya, seeing the band at their final, most kinetic form.

Club Blush: An Ethereal & Euphoric Dance Night
7/14 | Public Works | 161 Erie St, SF | 9:30 pm | $20

A tribute to the hits from ODESZA, Rufus Du Sol, Flume Disclosure, Kaskade, Hayden James, Jamie xx, Bob Moses, Lane 8, Bonobo, Fred Again…, MGMT, Zhu, Duke Dumont, Empire of the Sun, Flight Facilities, Gorgon City, Purity Ring, Nora En Pure, Snakehips, Kaytranada… etc. Song requests are available through Instagram. @clubblush.party

FREE W/ RSVP BEFORE 10:30PM

Bhangra & Beats Night Market

7/14 | Downtown SF | Clay St & Battery St, SF | 5-10 pm | free

The Bhangra & Beats Night Market is a unique celebration of San Francisco’s cultural renaissance, featuring the eclectic sound of South Asian Bhangra music and other popular Bay Area music genres. Bay Area and international talent will get everyone moving in the streets while visitors can taste delicious street food cuisines, sip cocktails, and shop from over 30 unique local artisans and retailers featuring hard-to-find Indian goods and San Francisco-made jewelry, apparel, personal care and art.

Saturday, 7/15

Golden States Music Festival
7/15 | Oxbow RiverStage | 1268 McKinstry St, Napa | 2 pm | $65+

Golden States is a personally curated destination one-day music festival by Tycho. Featuring Tycho, Channel Tres, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Buscabulla, Washed Out DJ Set, Brijean, and Kaelin Ellis.

De Lux w/ Analog Dog
7/15 | Rickshaw Stop | 155 Fell St, SF | 8 pm | $15-18

From lead track “Better At Making Time,” De Lux roars through Psychedelic Furs or Duran Duran-style pop (“Love Is A Phase”), delivers shouts and whispers like James Murphy at his most frantic (“Make Space”), sinks into Eno-esque moments of bliss (“On The Day”) and rockets through the agit-funk David Byrne-style rave-up finale “Sometimes Your Friends Are Not Your Friends.”

Glitterbox
7/15 | The Midway | 900 Marin St, SF | 9 pm | $25+

Starring: Derrick Carter, Jellybean Benitez, Anna Collecta, David Harness, and Nina Sol

Diana Krall
7/15 | Fox Theater | 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland | 7 pm | $70+

Diana Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered two Grammy® Awards, ten Juno® Awards and have also earned nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums. Krall’s unique artistry transcends any single musical style and has made her one of the most recognizable artists of our time. As The New York Times recently noted Krall possesses, “A voice at once cool and sultry, wielded with a rhythmic sophistication.”

Dead House
7/15 | The Fillmore | 1805 Geary Blvd, SF | 11 pm | $30

LP Giobbi is a producer-DJ-music director-synth warrior goddess born draped in sequins and cloaked in fog at a seance in the mountains of Oregon. Her educational platform, FEMMEHOUSE, addresses the lack of representation and equity in electronic music by using her production skills to empower women to learn the language of the studio. When she’s not sharing stages with the likes of Jax Jones, Hotel Garuda, Gallant and Madame Gandhi, touring the world with Sofi Tukker (while helping run their label, Animal Talk), or curating music for W Hotels, she’s jumping tits first into the world of fashion with her line, GIOBBI—a line of blouses and tees that celebrates the differences in all wild womxn, honoring the sacred feminine in all of us.

Sunday, 7/16

Summer Salt + The Rare Occasions + Addison Grace
7/16 | The Ritz | 400 S 1st St, SJ | 7 pm | $28

Summer Salt is a rock’n’roll three-o of best pals. With influences of bossa nova and oldies, we create the perfect soundtrack for chillaxin’ by the pool. Matt has the voice of an angel, Eugene has that in-the-pocket drummin’, and Phil’s bass is funny.

Circle Jerks
7/16 | The Catalyst | 1011 Pacific Ave, SF | 8 pm | $35

Circle Jerks with TSOL and Negative Approach.

SonoMusette and special guest Bistro Moustache
7/16 | Freight & Salvage | 2020 Addison St, Berkeley | 7 pm | $18-22

SonoMusette’s renditions of these timeless French classics provide a freshness and excitement that is contemporary, yet faithful, to the spirit and tradition of the original artists. This music has retained its power to charm and transport listeners and SonoMusette taps that nostalgia with artistry in both vocals and instrumentation. Inspired by the great performers of the era, such as Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Charles Trenet, and Django Reinhardt, along with contemporary musicians such as Zaz and Patrick Bruel, SonoMusette brings French Chanson to the “moderne” era.

TWANG! Sunday
7/16 | Thee Parkside | 1600 17th St, SF | 4 pm | free

Featuring The Ettiquete, Meredith Edgar, and The Ragged Jubilee.

Sing-A-Long A Sound Of Music
7/16 | Davies Symphony Hall | 201 Van Ness Ave, SF | 2 pm | $19-129

The smash-hit musical show that has been around the world comes to Davies Symphony Hall! Led by a live host, Sing-Along-A Sound of Music brings the classic Julie Andrews film musical to the big screen in glorious technicolor, complete with subtitles so that the whole audience can sing along. There are free fun packs for all, filled with interactive surprises, and a not-to-be missed fancy-dress competition, where those in costume show off their tailoring skills. So get those vocal cords warmed up, cut up those chintz curtains, and hurry down for the perfect night out. Costumes are not obligatory but highly recommended!

Monday, 7/17

Death Guild
7/17 | DNA Lounge | 375 11th St, SF | 9:30 pm | $5-8

Death Guild is the oldest weekly goth/industrial dance night in the world! Every Monday, six DJs in two rooms play a mix of gothic, industrial, synthpop, noise, ambient, and weird stuff for those who love the darker side of things.

Qiensave with special guest Chuck Prophet
7/17 | Cafe du Nord | 2174 Market St, SF | 7 pm | $25

A Cumbia Urbana band rocking from Salinas, CA. Spreading their love of music and making you move your body!

Welcome to a Calm Place – Learn to Meditate in Three Minutes a Day
7/17-8/4 | online | 12 pm | free

This free course contains an introduction to calmness meditation, the basis for insight into the experience. All of us experience periods in which we seem to lose control, almost as if external events require us to respond in various ways. Calmness meditation is a key life skill here, allowing more control and flexibility in our range of responses. This is the subject of a series of eight half-hour classes, entitled ‘Welcome to a Calm Place’, in which a set of simple three-minute daily exercises introduce the state of calm. In learning to manage our habit of reacting reflexively to external events, we find a more spacious way of living and create a platform to generate a more creative way of life. This course is offered twice yearly at no charge to all interested, though if participants feel by week eight that a donation to Dharma College is warranted, it will help keep the lights on!

Kiki’s Delivery Service
7/17 | The Village | 1618 Redwood Hwy, Corte Madera | 4 pm | $9-13

13-year-old Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year alone, in accordance with her village’s tradition for witches in training. After learning to control her broomstick, Kiki sets up a flying courier service and soon becomes a fixture in the community. But when the insecure young witch begins questioning herself and loses her magic abilities, she must overcome her self-doubt to get her powers back.

Rad Upcoming Events 

7/19 | Cobb’s Comedy Club | Jessica Michelle Singleton & Justin Martindael
7/27 | Bottom of the Hill | The Dollyrots, Dog Party

Don’t forget to check out our Big Bad List of Rad Ongoing Events right here!

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