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SF Jazz is probably best known for presenting the SF Jazz Festival, one of the great annual music events in the city. But each spring, the non-profit organizes a series of jazz performances, big and small, for its Spring Season. This year, they’re in the midst of putting on over forty shows at venues throughout [...]
The history of the Fillmore is no secret, and while there are traces of the thriving jazz neighborhood it once was, it ain’t nearly the same. Which is why it was so exciting when Yoshi’s opened up a few years ago in the heart of the old Fillmore. It’s a massive space with a restaurant [...]
When it started in 1993, Noise Pop was just another music festival, presenting an annual roster of local and nationally touring bands with little profile. Over the years, through tremendous hard work, will and smarts, the festival has grown considerably. There are more bands at more venues and Noise Pop is now Noise Pop Industries, which puts on the Treasure Island Music Festival and various other special events and projects, from podcasts to pop-up shops.
Viracocha, just down Valencia from Spork, may well be the closest thing San Francisco has to a cabaret. The performance space is in the basement of a store of the same name – in fact walking through the store, which exclusively sells little treasures and antiques, including beautiful old typewriters, is almost an event in itself.
On Sundays at Thee Parkside, just five blocks away from Plow, you’ll find some good old fashioned, down home, country roots music. Thee Parkside has music most nights, which range across genres and may not be for everyone, but Twang Sundays are the dive bar’s old standby.
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