San Francisco Metro: Sat, Dec 5, 2026 · Jazz · San Francisco · 5 events · data version 20261109-183057
10:30 AM · Kassa Overall · SFJAZZ Lab (Hayes Valley) · live_music, jazz · rating 8
sfjazz.org · details Drummer, rapper, producer, and songwriter Kassa Overall leads a one-of-a-kind workshop on unlocking creativity and carrying an idea all the way to the finish line. Together, we'll dissect the songwriting and production process through the lens of intuition and spontaneous composition. Kassa will also break down his signature approach to "creativity hacking", practical tools for pushing past writer's block and reigniting inspiration when the well runs dry.
7:00 PM · KASSA OVERALL · SFJAZZ Lab (Hayes Valley) · live_music, jazz · rating 8
sfjazz.org · details Blending a bone-deep grasp of the jazz tradition with an innate feel for cutting-edge rhythms and technology, drummer and producer Kassa Overall returns to SFJAZZ on the heels of his most recent release CREAM.
7:30 PM · ATOM Ensemble · Bird & Beckett (Glen Park) · $20 · live_music, jazz · rating 8
birdbeckett.com · details Roopa Mahadevan, vocals; Erika Oba, piano; Chris Trinidad, bass; Keven Amos, drums
“exploring diaspora through music”
Featuring some of the busiest jazz and crossover musicians on the Bay Area scene, ATOM Ensemble is an exciting new project formed in 2025 over a series of residencies produced by Wyldflowr Arts/Rootstock Arts in Oakland.
7:30 PM · JAKE SHIMABUKURO · SFJAZZ Auditorium (Hayes Valley) · live_music, jazz · rating 8
sfjazz.org · details In one of the most highly anticipated returns of the season, Jake Shimabukuro brings his joyful holiday classics program back to the Miner stage. Widely recognized as “the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele, Shimabukuro has created an international fanbase as a sensational performer whose concerts leave audiences awed, dazzled and delighted.
6:00 PM · Parlor Tricks · Scopo Divino (Pacific Heights) · live_music, jazz · rating 6
scopodivino.com · details Parlor Tricks is the world's first and foremost industrial ragtime band. An hot-music combination specializing in vaudeville, blues, swing, and original numbers all distinguished by heavy doses of syncopation and stomp.