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Brown Dog, Broom & Pateka
ivy room presents - genre - folk rock, experimental rock
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Tue, Sep 1 · 7:00 PM | Ivy Room | Albany | live_music rock experimental | PURCHASE TICKETS | Ivy Room | 2026-08-30 03:07 |
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Zoh Amba
Live Nation Presents: Zoh Amba Wed, Sep 2 Doors: 7:00 pm | Show: 8:00 pm Tickets: $28.30 Buy Tickets 21 and up Zoh Amba is a songwriter and musician with a formidable reputation as…
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Wed, Sep 2 · 8:00 PM | Cafe Du Nord | Castro | live_music experimental jazz | Buy Tickets | Cafe Du Nord and Swedish American Hall | 2026-08-22 07:04 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
Hanson, Amendola & Manring
Paul Hanson - Scott Amendola - Michael Manring
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Thu, Sep 3 · 7:30 PM | Wyldflowr Arts | Oakland | experimental live_music | — | Bay Improviser | 2026-08-21 14:20 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Sep 3 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 7 |
Nikita Malinin & Rainbow Eclipse
Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musica…
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Fri, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM | Medicine for Nightmares | Mission | live_music experimental | — | Medicine for Nightmares | 2026-08-28 07:05 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Sep 5 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
Theresa Wong & William Winant
Theresa Wong (cello and voice) and William Winant (percussion) come together for a performance of free improvisation in the intimate setting of a home in the Berkeley Hills. Both a…
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Sun, Sep 6 · 5:00 PM | Spruce Street Concerts | Berkeley | experimental live_music | — | Bay Improviser | 2026-08-21 14:20 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Sep 6 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Doors That Only Open in Silence
Open participation free improvisation non-hierarchical workshop. Bring your instrument or come to listen. No advance notice needed – just show up. Small groups will be randomly ass…
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Mon, Sep 7 · 7:30 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Free | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
Scott Amendola’s Floating Parade
Scott Amendola's Floating Parade @ The Ivy Room! Nate Brenner/Robert Lopez/Mark Clifford/Ryan Schaeffer
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Wed, Sep 9 · 7:00 PM | Ivy Room | Albany | live_music jazz experimental | PURCHASE TICKETS | Ivy Room Bay Improviser Stevelist | 2026-07-31 05:32 |
| ☆ | 9 |
Rumbo Tumba
ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC LATIN
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Wed, Sep 9 · 7:00 PM | The Freight & Salvage | Berkeley | live_music latin_world experimental | TICKETS SOLD BY CO-PRESENTER | The Freight & Salvage | 2026-08-28 04:17 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
The Do-Over Music Series
The Do-Over Music Series at Shapeshifters Cinema, organized by Lisa Mezzacappa and Jordan Glenn, is a monthly series of sound performances presented by a rotating cast of local lum…
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Thu, Sep 10 · 7:00 PM | Shapeshifters | Oakland | live_music experimental | $10 | Bay Improviser Shapeshifters | 2026-08-14 03:07 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Sep 10 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Classic Hat, Hvnter Colt & Scam Likely
ivy room presents - genre - indie, experimental, post-hardcore
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Thu, Sep 10 · 6:30 PM | Ivy Room | Albany | live_music rock experimental | PURCHASE TICKETS | Ivy Room Stevelist | 2026-07-31 05:32 |
| Fri, Sep 11 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Alex Heigl, Nora Free, Chris Trinidad, Ian MacKenzie
Improvised ambient soundscapes and modal grooves [More]
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Fri, Sep 11 · 7:30 PM | Center for New Music | TL | live_music experimental | — | Center for New Music | 2026-08-27 03:18 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Ochs / Johnston / Mezzacappa / Davis
Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musica…
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Fri, Sep 11 · 7:00 PM | Medicine for Nightmares | Mission | live_music experimental | — | Medicine for Nightmares | 2026-08-28 07:05 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
2x2: Improvisations
2x2: Kevin Corcoran/Jacob Heule percussion duo; James Fei/Bill Hsu electronics duo; Corcoron/Fei/Heule/Hsu quartet [More]
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Sat, Sep 12 · 7:30 PM | Center for New Music | TL | live_music experimental | — | Bay Improviser Center for New Music | 2026-08-21 03:21 |
| ☆ | 10 |
Michelle Lou / Stefan Maier
Michelle Lou / Stefan Maier + 100,000,000 Unread MessagesMichelle Lou and Stefan Maier, longtime friends working the field of electroacoustic performance and composition, perform a…
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Sat, Sep 12 · 8:30 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music experimental | $17 / free or discounted for members | Bay Improviser The Lab | 2026-08-21 14:20 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Sep 12 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
RUMBO TUMBA
COMBO TEZETARUMBO TUMBA is the electroacoustic music project of Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Facundo Salgado, who has captivated audiences worldwide for …
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Sat, Sep 12 · 8:00 PM | Rio Theatre | Santa Cruz | experimental live_music | — | Rio Theatre | 2026-08-22 04:37 |
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| ☆ | 9 |
The Geryon Trio
The Geryon Trio performs Random Ruminations. Drawing on themes of absurdity, chance, and fluidity, JOHANNA POETHIG'S text, image, and oracle project intersects with an aleatoric pe…
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Sun, Sep 13 · 7:30 PM | Dresher Ensemble Studio | Oakland | live_music experimental | — | Paul Dresher Ensemble | 2026-08-30 03:03 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Sep 13 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 7 |
Alphabet Soup 30th Anniversary
ivy room presents - Genre - West Coast 90s hip-hop, deep-groove jazz, acid jazz
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Mon, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM | Ivy Room | Albany | live_music jazz hiphop_rap experimental | PURCHASE TICKETS | Ivy Room Stevelist | 2026-07-31 05:32 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
Edgetone Records 35th Anniversary
8pm to 10:30pm, JAZZ ON TUESDAYS - EDGETONE RECORDS 35th Anniversary Showcase, Calendar: Outsound Presents, Location: Little Hill Lounge, 10753 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA 94530,…
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Tue, Sep 15 · 8:00 PM | Little Hill Lounge | El Cerrito | live_music experimental jazz | — | Bay Improviser Outsound | 2026-08-14 03:07 |
| Thu, Sep 17 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Sep 17 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Unsane / CNTS / Facet
Thursday September 17 2026
8:00PM doors -- music at 8:30PM
••• 21 AND OVER
$20 in advance / $25 at the door
$25.31 in advance [20 face value + 5.31 service fee]
Unsane
noise …
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Thu, Sep 17 · 8:00 PM | Bottom of the Hill | Potrero | live_music rock experimental | $20/$25 | Bottom of the Hill Stevelist | 2026-04-07 01:22 |
| ☆ | 5 | IMPROMPTU Details › | Thu, Sep 17 · 7:30 PM | Rootstock Arts | Temescal | live_music experimental | — | Rootstock Arts | 2026-08-28 17:16 |
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Edgetone Records 35th Anniversary
Edgetone Records celebrates 35 years on planet Earth with a series of showcase performances.Brett Carson’s Quattuor Elephantis, duoB, Matt Davignon
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Fri, Sep 18 · 7:00 PM | Wyldflowr Arts | Oakland | live_music experimental | — | Bay Improviser | 2026-08-21 14:20 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Noise Witch
Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musica…
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Fri, Sep 18 · 7:00 PM | Medicine for Nightmares | Mission | live_music experimental | — | Medicine for Nightmares | 2026-08-28 07:05 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
Rova Saxophone Quartet
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Sat, Sep 19 · 8:00 PM | Back Room | Berkeley | live_music experimental jazz | Tickets/Info More | Bay Improviser | 2026-08-21 14:20 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes
Dimmer (Hammer/Dimuzio) Medicine Cabinet (Tracy) Connor Tomaka Impact Design Mabbie Bug & Company (Luca) 26 yrs of no fuss 2 hr shows, gourmet pancakes free with entrance fee. [Mor…
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Sat, Sep 19 · 12:00 PM | Center for New Music | TL | live_music experimental | — | Center for New Music | 2026-08-27 03:18 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Sep 19 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Surplus 1980 (Last Show)
ivy room presents - genre - avant garde, experimental, post punk, art rock
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Sat, Sep 19 · 7:00 PM | Ivy Room | Albany | live_music experimental rock | PURCHASE TICKETS | Ivy Room Stevelist | 2026-08-15 03:22 |
| Sun, Sep 20 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 9 |
Glissando Flute Project
The Glissando Flute is a normal orchestral flute with Robert Dick’s invention, the “Glissando Headjoint®” (inspired by the electric guitar’s “whammy bar"), making the flute more fl…
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Sun, Sep 20 · 7:30 PM | Dresher Ensemble Studio | Oakland | live_music experimental | — | Paul Dresher Ensemble | 2026-08-30 03:03 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Sep 20 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
SIMM Series
7:30pm to 9:30pm, SIMM Series - Noertker's Moxie, Scott R. Looney, Calendar: Outsound Presents, Location: Musicians Union, 116 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, September 20, 2…
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Sun, Sep 20 · 7:30 PM | Musicians Union Hall | SOMA | live_music experimental | — | Outsound | 2026-08-21 04:15 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
SFEMF: September 24-26, 2026
25th Annual Festival THE LAB 2958 16th Street, San Francisco, CA Moor Mother | Rrose | The Gleaners (Laetitia Sonami & Matt Robidoux) | Paul DeMarinis | Albert Yeh | Idhaz & Emily …
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Thu, Sep 24 · 8:00 PM | Tom's Place | Berkeley | live_music experimental festival | — | Tom's Place Tom's Place Presents | 2026-07-20 03:11 |
| ☆ | 10 |
SF Electronic Music Festival: Night 1
The 25th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival brings a multi-day celebration of forward-thinking electronic, experimental, and audiovisual works to Gray Area. Attendees w…
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Thu, Sep 24 · 8:00 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music electronic experimental festival | $23 / free or discounted for members | The Lab Tom's Place Presents SF Electronic Music Festival Stevelist 19hz | 2026-07-20 03:12 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Sep 24 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 5 |
Vincent Antone & Lizzy Jane
future funk, hip-hop, future bass ,house, EDM
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Thu, Sep 24 · 7:00 PM | Cornerstone | Berkeley | festival live_music electronic experimental | $15-22.50 | All Ages | 19hz | 2026-08-22 14:21 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
SF Electronic Music Festival: Night 2
The 25th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival brings a multi-day celebration of forward-thinking electronic, experimental, and audiovisual works to Gray Area. Attendees w…
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Fri, Sep 25 · 8:00 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music electronic experimental festival | $23 / free or discounted for members | The Lab Tom's Place Presents SF Electronic Music Festival Stevelist 19hz | 2026-07-20 03:12 |
| ☆ | 10 |
Sarah Cahill & Regina Myers
An evening with renowned pianist Sarah Cahill, and guest Regina Myers, tracing a century of playful invention, from Darius Milhaud's wit to the restless imaginations of Lou Harriso…
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Fri, Sep 25 · 7:30 PM | Littlefield Hall | Oakland | live_music classical experimental | — | Bay Improviser | 2026-08-21 14:20 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Red Fast Triple Luck
Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musica…
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Fri, Sep 25 · 7:00 PM | Medicine for Nightmares | Mission | live_music experimental | — | Medicine for Nightmares | 2026-08-28 07:05 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
SF Electronic Music Festival: Night 3
The 25th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival brings a multi-day celebration of forward-thinking electronic, experimental, and audiovisual works to Gray Area. Attendees w…
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Sat, Sep 26 · 8:00 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music electronic experimental festival | $23 | The Lab Tom's Place Presents SF Electronic Music Festival Stevelist 19hz | 2026-07-20 03:12 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Patrick Anderson: Metamorphosis I–V
A solo performance of Metamorphosis I-V by Philip Glass with supporting ambient and electronic effects. [More]
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Sat, Sep 26 · 6:15 PM | Center for New Music | TL | live_music experimental | — | Center for New Music | 2026-08-27 03:18 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Sep 26 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Laurie Anderson - Republic of Love
Laurie Anderson - Republic of LoveLaurie Anderson is a writer, director, composer, visual artist, musician, and vocalist whose groundbreaking work spans art, theater, experimental …
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Sat, Sep 26 · 8:00 PM | Rio Theatre | Santa Cruz | art experimental live_music theater | — | Rio Theatre | 2026-08-22 04:37 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Sep 27 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 10 |
Devin Gray (perc) and Lorin Benedict (voice)
This intimate performance at Tom's Place features an improvised duo collaboration between drummer Devin Gray on percussion and vocalist Lorin Benedict. The two musicians will explo…
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Mon, Sep 28 · 8:00 PM | Tom's Place | Berkeley | live_music experimental | — | Tom's Place Tom's Place Presents | 2026-07-20 03:11 |
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Morton Feldman Centenary Concert II
Date: Tue, 09/29/2026 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
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Tue, Sep 29 · 7:30 PM | CCRMA | Stanford | live_music experimental classical | FREE | CCRMA | 2026-08-26 03:28 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Oct 1 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Oct 3 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Marielle V Jakobsons + Leia Hohenfeld
Saturday, October 3, Indexical presents an evening with Bay Area composer and multi-instrumentalist Marielle V Jakobsons and fluitist Leia Hohenfeld. Marielle V Jakobsons performs …
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Sat, Oct 3 · 8:00 PM | Indexical | Santa Cruz | live_music experimental | $18 Advance / $20 Door / FREE or discounted for Members | Indexical | 2026-08-22 05:50 |
| ☆ | 6 |
Igorrr, Secret Chiefs 3, Violent Magic Orchestra
all ages
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Sat, Oct 3 · 7:30 PM | Great American | TL | live_music experimental | $32.50/$38 | Stevelist | 2026-08-15 03:56 |
| ☆ | 6 |
Bay Bridges
Get ready for an evening of bold, boundary-pushing music with the SF Contemporary Players at Brava Theater . Bay Bridges brings together five distinctive works that explore movemen…
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Sat, Oct 3 · 7:30 PM | Brava Theater | Mission | live_music experimental | Price: $15 tickets ($10 for Supermusers) | Groupmuse | 2026-08-30 03:42 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Oct 4 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Doors That Only Open in Silence
Open participation free improvisation non-hierarchical workshop. Bring your instrument or come to listen. No advance notice needed – just show up. Small groups will be randomly ass…
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Mon, Oct 5 · 7:30 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Free | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Wed, Oct 7 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Oct 8 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Xiu Xiu: Eraserhead
Xiu Xiu was born on a dance floor, arriving alone at the club and going home alone from the club. That night the first Xiu Xiu song, Jennifer Lopez, was recorded. Its line, “is it …
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Thu, Oct 8 · 8:00 PM | Gray Area | Mission | live_music experimental | $30.49/$36.59 | Gray Area Stevelist | 2026-06-02 03:49 |
| ☆ | 6 |
Somesurprises, Ilyas Ahmed, Chuck Johnson
21+
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Thu, Oct 8 · 8:00 PM | Thee Stork Club | Oakland | live_music experimental | $15/$18 | Stevelist Thee Stork Club | 2026-08-15 03:56 |
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Jaap Blonk with Tom Djll and Gino Robair
Renowned Dutch sound poet and vocalist Jaap Blonk joins forces with Bay Area improvisers Tom Djll and Gino Robair for an evening of experimental music. The trio will deliver a capt…
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Sat, Oct 10 · 8:00 PM | Tom's Place | Berkeley | live_music experimental | — | Tom's Place Tom's Place Presents | 2026-07-20 03:11 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Oct 10 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Oct 11 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 5 |
Other Minds Music Festival
Every year, Other Minds holds a Festival of new music, around an idea, theme, or group of composers. Known for featuring stellar guest performers, a significant number of world pre…
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Tue, Oct 13 · See venue | Great Star Theater | Chinatown | experimental festival live_music | — | Great Star Theater | 2026-08-30 04:06 |
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| ☆ | 9 |
Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming
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An evening of experimental collaboration featuring Smegma founders The Tenses (Ju Suk Reet Meate & Oblivia), electronic sound-sculpture duo MSHR (Brenna Murphy & Birch Cooper), and…
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Thu, Oct 15 · 8:00 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music experimental art | Free or discounted for members | The Lab | 2026-08-28 04:26 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Oct 15 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 9 |
Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming
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Atmospheric, acoustic-electronic songcraft from British/Australian composer Hana Stretton touring in support of 'tiarn', alongside improvisation and acid folk by Phipps Pt. (Lovage…
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Fri, Oct 16 · 8:00 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music folk experimental art | $27 adv / $29 door / free or discounted for members | The Lab | 2026-08-28 04:26 |
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| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Oct 17 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Oct 18 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
SIMM Series
7:30pm to 9:30pm, SIMM Series , Calendar: Outsound Presents, Location: Musicians Union, 116 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, October 18, 2026
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Sun, Oct 18 · 7:30 PM | Musicians Union Hall | SOMA | live_music experimental | — | Outsound | 2026-08-21 04:15 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Oct 22 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sat, Oct 24 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 9 |
Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming
run
unconfirmed
Buy Tickets
Doors 8pm / Show 8:30pm
$23 adv / $25 door / free or discounted for members
Member tickets are not yet available for Fall 2026 Programs
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Sat, Oct 24 · 8:30 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music electronic experimental art | $23 adv / $25 door / free or discounted for members | The Lab | 2026-08-28 04:26 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes
Pay to get in and indulge in free GOURMET vegan pancakes. 26 yrs of bizarre experimental ecstasies! [More]
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Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PM | Center for New Music | TL | live_music experimental | — | Center for New Music | 2026-08-27 03:18 |
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Oct 24 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Steve Reich at 90
A one-night Reich extravaganza celebrating the trailblazing composer’s 90th birthday with a program of seminal works and a West Coast premiere. Learn More
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Sat, Oct 24 · 7:30 PM | Cal Performances | Berkeley | live_music experimental | Subscribe May 5 | Cal Performances | 2026-08-17 07:47 |
| Sun, Oct 25 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Oct 25 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Thu, Oct 29 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Oct 29 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Fri, Oct 30 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 10 |
NEWT POOL (Cheryl Leonard + Wobbly)
Artists Newt Pool and composer Phillip Perkins present an evening of experimental sound and audio art at Gray Area. The event features evocative sonic textures and innovative compo…
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Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM | Tom's Place | Berkeley | live_music experimental | — | Tom's Place Presents | 2026-08-21 03:05 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Eternities (Katie Porter and Bob Bellerue)
Eternities is an intuitive collaboration between bass clarinetist Katie Porter and sound artist Bob Bellerue. Their work is inspired by deep presence, resonant feedback, melodic dr…
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Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM | Indexical | Santa Cruz | live_music experimental | $16 Advance / $18 Door / FREE or discounted for Members | Indexical | 2026-08-22 05:50 |
| ☆ | 6 |
Let the Poets Speak
Presented by Stanford Live - Featuring Timo Andres, Taylor Mac, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus - Contemporary
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Fri, Oct 30 · 7:30 PM | Bing Hall | Stanford | live_music experimental | — | Stanford Live | 2026-08-22 10:37 |
| Sat, Oct 31 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Oct 31 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sun, Nov 1 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Nov 1 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Tue, Nov 3 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Tue, Nov 3 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Thu, Nov 5 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Nov 5 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Fri, Nov 6 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 9 |
Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming
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unconfirmed
Deep resonant drone and bass clarinet interplay from Eternities (Katie Porter & Bob Bellerue) paired with raw electronic oscillator textures from Antimatter (Xopher Davidson).
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Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music experimental art | $17 / free or discounted for members | The Lab | 2026-08-28 04:26 |
| Sat, Nov 7 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Nov 7 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sun, Nov 8 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Nov 8 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Thu, Nov 12 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Nov 12 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Fri, Nov 13 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 9 |
Leila Weefur: The Chapel of Becoming
run
unconfirmed
Buy Tickets
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8pm
$29 / free or discounted for members
Member tickets are not yet available for Fall 2026 Programs
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Fri, Nov 13 · 8:00 PM | The Lab | Mission | live_music experimental | Free or discounted for members | The Lab | 2026-08-28 04:26 |
| Sat, Nov 14 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
run
Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Nov 14 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sun, Nov 15 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Nov 15 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 7 |
SIMM Series
7:30pm to 9:30pm, SIMM Series , Calendar: Outsound Presents, Location: Musicians Union, 116 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, November 15, 2026
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Sun, Nov 15 · 7:30 PM | Musicians Union Hall | SOMA | live_music experimental | — | Outsound | 2026-08-21 04:15 |
| Thu, Nov 19 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Nov 19 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sat, Nov 21 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Nov 21 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| ☆ | 6 |
Agriculture, Uniform, Pure Hex
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Sat, Nov 21 · 8:00 PM | August Hall | Union Sq | live_music experimental | $34.70 | Stevelist | 2026-08-15 03:56 |
| Sun, Nov 22 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Nov 22 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Thu, Nov 26 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Thu, Nov 26 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sat, Nov 28 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sat, Nov 28 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Sun, Nov 29 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
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Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Sun, Nov 29 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
| Tue, Dec 1 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Improvisation Workshop - First Tuesdays
Improvisation is the key - hosted by Lewis Jordan. Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Come to listen, to be …
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Tue, Dec 1 · 8:00 PM | Temescal Arts Center | Temescal | workshop live_music experimental | Donations encouraged | Temescal Arts Center | 2026-08-28 07:09 |
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| ☆ | 6 |
L'Rain
all ages
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Wed, Dec 2 · 8:00 PM | Rickshaw Stop | Hayes Valley | live_music experimental | $25/$28 | Stevelist | 2026-08-15 03:56 |
| Wed, Dec 9 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 7 |
Mark Guiliana Beat Music
ivy room presents - genre - jazz, afrofuturism, dub, experimental, psychedelic, hip hop, trip hop
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Wed, Dec 9 · 7:00 PM | Ivy Room | Albany | live_music jazz electronic experimental hiphop_rap | PURCHASE TICKETS | Ivy Room Stevelist | 2026-07-31 05:32 |
| Sat, Dec 12 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 8 |
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes
Get your free vegan GOURMET pancakes with entrance fee, watta deal! Noon-2pm sharp! 26 yrs of odd sounds and cyborscht. [More]
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Sat, Dec 12 · 12:00 PM | Center for New Music | TL | live_music experimental | — | Center for New Music | 2026-08-27 03:18 |
| ☆ | 7 |
Basic
ivy room presents - genre - experimental, art rock, avant rock
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Sat, Dec 12 · 7:00 PM | Ivy Room | Albany | live_music rock experimental | PURCHASE TICKETS | Ivy Room Stevelist | 2026-07-31 05:32 |
| Sun, Dec 20 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 7 |
SIMM Series
7:30pm to 9:30pm, SIMM Series , Calendar: Outsound Presents, Location: Musicians Union, 116 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, December 20, 2026
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Sun, Dec 20 · 7:30 PM | Musicians Union Hall | SOMA | live_music experimental | — | Outsound | 2026-08-21 04:15 |
| Sun, Jan 17 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 7 |
SIMM Series
7:30pm to 9:30pm, SIMM Series , Calendar: Outsound Presents, Location: Musicians Union, 116 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, January 17, 2027
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Sun, Jan 17 · 7:30 PM | Musicians Union Hall | SOMA | live_music experimental | — | Outsound | 2026-08-21 04:15 |
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| ☆ | 7 |
Eco Ensemble
UC Berkeley's acclaimed new music ensemble in residence brings its nuanced and attentive interpretations of contemporary chamber music. Learn More
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Sat, Feb 6 · 7:30 PM | Cal Performances | Berkeley | live_music experimental classical | Subscribe May 5 | Cal Performances | 2026-08-17 07:47 |
| Sun, Feb 21 | |||||||||
| ☆ | 7 |
SIMM Series
7:30pm to 9:30pm, SIMM Series , Calendar: Outsound Presents, Location: Musicians Union, 116 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, February 21, 2027
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Sun, Feb 21 · 7:30 PM | Musicians Union Hall | SOMA | live_music experimental | — | Outsound | 2026-08-21 04:15 |
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| ☆ | 6 |
CWICO Orchestra
Rika Iwasaki Ellis, Frances Feldon, Rebecca Hass, Lee Heuermann, and Joyce McBride
Formed in 2025, CWICO (Creative Women Improvising Composers Orchestra) came together to workshop…
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Fri, Feb 26 · 7:00 PM | First Cong Ch Berkeley | Berkeley | live_music classical experimental | $35 general; $20 First Church members and students under 25 | First Cong Ch Berkeley | 2026-08-28 14:07 |