Coming to San Francisco

Source: Bay Improviser Calendar.

Friday, August 18

Fri 8/18 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
David Boyce and Friends

Fri 8/18 7:00 PM The Cove at the Albany Bulb [1 Buchanan St, Albany, CA 94706]
Gusty Winds May Exist (Nancy Beckman, shakuhachi/Tom Bickley, recorder) present ‘WIND, WATER, BIRDS,’ a respite both literal and figurative from the chances and changes we all encounter day to day.”

Fri 8/18 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Swells by Ven Voisey

Fri 8/18 7:30 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Splinter Reeds’ 10th Birthday Party

Fri 8/18 8:00 PM Mitchell Park Community Center [3700 Middlefield Road Palo Alto]
Earthwise welcomes Lisa Mezzacappa DuoB with special guests and video

Saturday, August 19

Sat 8/19 5:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
duo B. vs. SPELUNKER (two sets!)

Sat 8/19 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Swells by Ven Voisey

Sat 8/19 8:00 PM Studio 210 [3435 Cesar Chavez St #210, San Francisco, CA 94110]
Japanese master artist Katsura Kan, Himiko, Shelley Cook-Contrares, and Christina Braun with Amanda Chaudhary and Polly Springhorn perform.

Sat 8/19 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Free Expressions: Motoko Honda’s Simple Excesses Quartet

Sunday, August 20

Sun 8/20 12:00 PM Headlands Center for the Arts [944 Simmonds Road Sausalito, CA 94965]
Headlands Summer Open House, from 12 – 5pm, provides an opportunity to roam our campus, meet current artists, and view works in progress.

Sun 8/20 2:00 PM MITCHELL PARK BOWL [600 EAST MEADOW DRIVE Palo Alto, CA 94304]
Earthwise welcomes Shamarr Allen, The Sticklerphonics

Sun 8/20 4:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Sunday Afternoon Show! duo B. Experimental Band + Jordan Glenn Improv Sextet

Sun 8/20 7:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave enter 2nd door on 37th St Oakland]
DAVID ISRAEL KATZ and Jordan Glenn scramble your cognition with spontaneous sound eruptions that flicker in all available colors of their respective instruments.
Aaron Bennett (sax) has performed with MATT MONTGOMERY (bass) and SCOTT R LOONEY (piano) for many years in separate groups and contexts, each time thinking about how these two improvisers would sound great together.

Sun 8/20 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
THE EVIDENCE TRIO AND FAULTS

Thursday, August 24

Thu 8/24 7:00 PM Keys Jazz Bistro [498 Broadway San Francisco]
Patrick Wolff 4 – Featuring Special Guests William Hooker, Eric Revis, and Richard Sears

Thu 8/24 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Swells by Ven Voisey

Thu 8/24 8:00 PM Exploratorium [Pier 15 Embarcadero at Green St SF]
Pamela Z & Christina McPhee – CARBON SONG CYCLE at the Exploratorium

Friday, August 25

Fri 8/25 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [24th and Adeline Streets Oakland]
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Diana Rowan, solo harp and 4 course vegan menu

Fri 8/25 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
David Boyce and Friends with Phillip Greenlief

Fri 8/25 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Swells by Ven Voisey

Fri 8/25 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Neutral Attunement (Lucie Vítková, Pasakorn Nontananand & Teerapat Parnmongkol)