BIG WEEK: Bowie Bash, Tape Music Festival, Make-Out Room's 30th Anniversary... - 48 hills

"Do not miss this only-in-SF two-day tribute to the fabulous alien of pop. The First Church of the Sacred Silversexual brings together live music, burlesque, drag, and performance art into a cosmic ritual of supreme Bowie adulation. On tap? Full performances of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Station to Station, and Let's Dance."

"This trippy annual surround-sound event always brings a surprisingly lively crowd of aural adventurers. The invaluable San Francisco Tape Music Center has been around since 1962, preserving and promoting fantastic sound creations that range from classic musique concrete to full-blown experimental freakouts. Basically, you sit in the dark beneath 24 high-end loudspeakers and engage in some wonderful deep listening, as sound takes shape around you. This year's three-evening installment features "Twin Peaks" sound design by David Lynch, a major presentation of Bernard Parmegiani's monumental 1984 masterpiece La Création du Monde, and, on Saturday, "late-night-appropriate works that lean toward ambient and long-form sonic exploration.""

"SAT/10: MAKEOUT ROOM 30TH ANNIVERSARY While we weep into our cups at the news that Bottom of the Hill is closing after 35 years, another fantastic venue celebrates three decades of indie resilience. With sets from classic SF faves Mark Eitzel, Flying Color, Tarnation, Music Lovers, and Fantasy. 7pm-11pm, Make-Out Room, SF. More info here. THROUGH JANUARY 26: 'RAVE INTO THE FUTURE' Featuring the work of 10 West Asian artists, this colorful show at the Asian Art Museum "offers a space of joyful connecti"

San Francisco offers a compact weekend of arts events including a two-day Bowie tribute at the Great American Music Hall with full performances of Ziggy Stardust, Station to Station, and Let's Dance. The San Francisco Tape Music Festival presents immersive surround-sound evenings under 24 loudspeakers, featuring Twin Peaks sound design by David Lynch and Bernard Parmegiani's La Création du Monde alongside ambient, long-form works. The Make-Out Room celebrates its 30th anniversary with sets from Mark Eitzel, Flying Color, Tarnation, Music Lovers, and Fantasy. The Asian Art Museum presents 'Rave Into the Future,' a colorful exhibition by 10 West Asian artists offering joyful connection.

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