SF music

SF music

For years, Thee Parkside has served a cross section of San Francisco's subcultures, hosting punk shows, motorcycle meetups and karaoke nights. It's one of a handful of the city's small, independent venues, and cherished by the local music scene. On a typical night, a mix of young and older patrons gather in the bar's patio area, downing beers and chatting over bar food.

There's a particular way artists talk about San Francisco when the city has truly mattered to them-not as scenery, but as a place where something shifted. For Cate Le Bon, the Bay Area lives in that register, folded into memory, music, and a formative period that still resonates beneath the surface of the Welsh singer-songwriter's work. "I've spent a lot of time in San Francisco," she says, simply.

Free Thursday Party featuring DJs spinning House, Disco, Remixes, Currents, Classics and more every Thursday at White Rabbit. Join us at White Rabbit on Thursdays for Inner Circle, a weekly get-together dedicated to the DJ and a love for dance music. No cover. No worries! Inner Circle Thursdays Every Thursday | 9pm 'til late White Rabbit, 3138 Fillmore St., SF Inner Circle is alwaysFree with RSVP Follow Inner Circle on Instagram for monthly lineup, photos, mixes, and more!

BTS is giving Bay Area fans even more of what they want. These K-Pop superstars have just announced a third date at Stanford Stadium on their long-awaited return to the global stage with their 2026-27 world tour. The new BTS date is May 19. The BTS tour, which kicks off on the band's home turf in South Korea on April 9, was already scheduled to play May 16-17 at Stanford Stadium.

British pop and soul star Sam Smith is back on the road in 2026 with a series of concerts and a special residency run, marking one of the year's most anticipated live music events. After a run of shows in late 2025 that included an extended 'To Be Free' residency in Brooklyn, Smith has expanded their performance schedule into February and March 2026 with a residency at San Francisco's historic Castro Theatre - part of the venue's grand reopening.

Throwing Muses, the highly influential band that helped draw up the road map for alt-rock in the '80s and paved the way for Nirvana and so many other acts to follow in the '90s, is finally coming back to town. Throwing Muses, led by phenomenal singer-songwriter-guitarist Kristin Hersh and featuring the equally awesome rhythm section of David Narcizo on drums and Bernard Georges on bass, are set to perform on April 17 at The Chapel in San Francisco.

Bay Area musicians Steve Wyreman (Grammy-winning songwriter) and guitarist Evanne Barcenas co-lead Effie Zilch & Friends. The duo claims influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix to Jefferson Airplane to Memphis legends the Staple Singers. Beyond music, they draw inspiration from visual art (Maxfield Parrish), poetry (Walt Whitman), and classical music (Maurice Ravel). Effie Zilch's latest release, the EP, follows three previous long players, all since 2022.