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This will be the last issue of Singing Around the Bay for a while, so hang on to it for the lists of venues and open mics! |
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🌱 are new in this issue. V E N U E S and regular O P E N M I C S are all the way at the bottom. |
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Wed. Dec. 31 🍾 ♫ Americano Social Club, Mr. Tipple's (SF), 6 PM & 7:45 PM ♫ Paula West, Feinstein's (SF), 7 PM & 10:30 PM ♫ "New Year's Eve at El Matador", Mary Stallings, Kenny Washington and Ritmo y Voz, Keys Jazz Bistro (SF), 7 PM, 9 PM & 10:30 PM ♫ "New Year's Eve Blues Bash" and "Ring in the New Year with the Blues!", Marina Crouse with Jules Leyhe, The Sound Room (Oakland), 7:30 PM & 10 PM ♫ New Year's Eve with M'sippi Slide and Sam Rudin, The Back Room (Berkeley), 8 PM ♫ "Ring in the New" open mic, Russell Deason, Martuni's (SF), 9 PM-1 AM ♫ Tony Lindsay, Mr. Tipple's (SF), 9:15 PM & 11 PM Fri. Jan. 2 ♫ Tony Lindsay, Meyhouse Jazz (Palo Alto), 5 PM & 8 PM ♫ Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, Local Edition (SF), 8:30 PM-11:30 PM 🌱 Sat. Jan. 3 ♫ Kay Kostopoulos with the Noel Jewkes Quartet, Bird & Beckett (SF), 7:30 PM 🌱 ♫ Tiffany Austin, Mr. Tipple's (SF), 9 PM & 10:30 PM |
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Each Wednesday
♫ Not Just Jazz, weekly guests with the Craig & MacGregor Band, The Marsh (Berkeley), 7:30 PM-9:30 PM Every other Wednesday ♫ Azure McCall, Romano's Macaroni Grill (El Cerrito), 4:30 PM-7:30 PM First Wednesday of each month ♫ Opera Cocktales, Martuni's (SF), 7 PM Last Wednesday of each month (not in December) ♫ Perry Sings Sinatra, Lion's Den (SF), 8 PM
Each Thursday (in December: on December 31)
♫ Perry Sings Sinatra, North Beach Restaurant (SF), 6:30 PM-9 PM
Most Fridays & Sundays
♫ Lavay Smith & Chris Siebert, The Royal Cuckoo Organ Lounge (SF), around 8:30 PM First Saturday of each month (this week!) ♫ "It's a Grand Night for Singing", Jarvis Conservatory (Napa), 7 PM Second Saturday of each month ♫ E.G. Phillips & friends, wildly diverse singer-songwriters, Bazaar Cafe (SF), 7 PM. In January: "Urban Geography: Mapping Cities in Song", J.J. Schultz, Oscar Garcia & E.G. Phillips. First Sunday of each month (this week!)
♫ Alexandra Rieloff Trio, jazz, bossa nova & bolero, Stookey's Blue Room (SF), 8 PM-11 PM Third Sunday of each month ♫ "Katya Presents", Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, Martuni's (SF), 7 PM-8:30 PM Fourth Sunday of each month ♫ "Crooners: A Lavender Live-Sing Cabaret", Chester Vanderbox, EnSeanTé & Polly Amber Ross, Stookey's Blue Room (SF), 7 PM & 9 PM Each Monday
♫ "Circlesongs", Bobby McFerrin & MOTION, The Freight (Berkeley), 12 PM
Last Tuesday of each month ♫ Beauty, Martuni's (SF), 7 PM |
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Wed. Jan. 7 ♫ "Cabaret Piano Night", Jason Brock with Dr. Dee Spencer, The Academy (SF), 7:30 PM Thu. Jan. 8 ♫ "The Blue Note Songbook", Kim Nalley with David K. Mathews and friends, Stookey's Blue Room (SF), 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Fri. Jan. 9 ♫ "Night of Soul and Swing", Jamie Davis, Meyhouse Jazz (Palo Alto), 5 PM & 7 PM ♫ Clairdee, Keys Jazz Bistro (SF), 7 PM Sat. Jan. 10 ♫ "Night of Soul and Swing", Jamie Davis, Meyhouse Jazz (Palo Alto), 5 PM & 7 PM ♫ Agape Soul, Keys Jazz Bistro (SF), 9 PM & 10:30 PM
Sun. Jan. 11 ♫ "Pop Piano Cabaret", Dennis Palmieri, Stookey's Blue Room (SF), 7 PM-9:30 PM 🌱 |
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Wed. Jan. 14 ♫ May Oskan with Will Norman, stripped-down standards, Cato's Ale House (Oakland), 6 PM-9 PM ♫ GX3, The Black Cat (SF), 7 PM & 9:15 PM 🌱
Thu. Jan. 15 ♫ Radio Gatsby, Local Edition (SF), 8 PM-11:30 PM 🌱
Fri. Jan. 16 ♫ Cosmo Alleycats, Local Edition (SF), 8 PM-11:30 PM 🌱 Sat. Jan. 17 ♫ Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Keys Jazz Bistro (SF), 7 PM & 9 PM ♫ "In the Name of Love", 22nd Annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King featuring the music of Sly & The Family Stone, Kev Choice & many other Bay Area musicians, Paramount Theatre (Oakland), 6 PM 🌱 Sun. Jan. 18 ♫ "Romantic Arias & Folk Songs", Anna Muravitskaya with Naomi Stine, The Piano Palace (Half Moon Bay), 4 PM 🌱 ♫ Suzanna Smith, Keys Jazz Bistro (SF), 5 PM & 7 PM ♫ Kitten on the Keys, Stookey's Blue Room (SF), 7:30 PM 🌱
Sat. Jan. 24 ♫ "BIG Birthday Bash", Marina Crouse with the Garth Webber Band, The Sound Room (Oakland), 7:30 PM
Sun. Jan. 25 ♫ "A Night of Jazz, R&B and Soul", PHER & friends, The Black Cat (SF), 7 PM & 9:15 PM
Tue. Jan. 28 ♫ Lorin Benedict 4tet, The Black Cat (SF), 7 PM & 9:15 PM 🌱 ♫ Lori Carsillo and her band, Mr. Tipple's (SF), 7 PM & 8:45 PM
Thu. Jan. 29 ♫ Parlor Tricks, "industrial ragtime", playing the music of Fats Waller, Stookey's Blue Room (SF), 7:30 PM 🌱
Fri. Jan. 30 ♫ Jacqui Naylor, Meyhouse Jazz (Palo Alto), 5 PM & 8 PM 🌱 ♫ Drag @ the Nikko, Katya Smirnoff-Skyy with Joe Wicht, Feinstein's (SF), 8 PM 🌱 ♫ Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Mr. Tipple's (SF), 9 PM & 10:30 PM 🌱
Sat. Jan. 31 ♫ Jacqui Naylor, Meyhouse Jazz (Palo Alto), 5 PM & 8 PM 🌱 |
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Listeners always welcome, and usually free! But please, please, please tip your musicians. |
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The Alley (Oakland), most nights, 8 or 9 PM-close · The Back Room (Berkeley), 2nd Sun, 3 PM-5:30 PM · The Barnyard Wine Bar (Danville), one Wed a month · Beaux (SF), Thu 4:30 PM-8:30 PM · The Belrose (San Rafael), one Tue a month, 7 PM-9 PM · Bradley School of Music (Lafayette), one Fri a month, 7 PM-9 PM · Clarion Performing Arts Center (SF), one Sun a month · Club 1220 (Walnut Creek), 2nd Sun, 6 PM · Curtain Call (SF), 1st Sun at Martuni's, 4 PM-7 PM or 3 PM-6 PM · Community Music Hangout (SF) · The Freight (Berkeley), one Sun a month, 7:30 PM · Jazz Jam at Hayes Valley Art Works (SF), last Sat, 1 PM-4 PM · Hoot! (Berkeley) · The Hotel Utah (SF), Mon 7:30 PM · The Jazzschool (Berkeley), last Sun (jazz), 4 PM-7 PM · The Liberties (SF), Wed 5:30 PM-7:30 PM · Longboard (Pacifica), 1st & 3rd Tue, 7 PM-10 PM · Madrone Art Bar (SF), some Sundays, 5 PM-8 PM · Martuni's (SF), 7 nights 9 PM-close and Mon & Fri 5:30 PM-8:30 PM · Waystone (SF), Mon 6 PM-9 PM And Jam the Bay lists many jam sessions that welcome vocalists. |
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