Friday Dancing

(Also see Bay Area Dance Venues.)

Weekly

Live Music

Alameda Oakland Berkeley

• Cheeseboard Collective, 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5 to 8pm, free.
• Cinema Grill, Alameda, usually Larrie Noble, 7:30 to 10:15pm, $0.
• OCMA, Oakland
• Speisekammer, Alameda, Mitch Polzak 4th Friday.
• Jupiter, Berkeley.
• The Sound Room, Oakland.
• The Back Room, Berkeley.
• Ashkenaz, Berkeley.
• Freight and Salvage, Berkeley.

SF

• Beach Chalet, SF, jazz?, 5 to 8pm.
• Mr. Tipple’s Recording Studio,
• 7 Mile House, Brisbane, live pop covers 1st and 3rd Fridays, 7 to 10pm, free.
• Sheba Piano Lounge, SF, jazz, 7:30 to 10:30pm, free.
• Keys Jazz Bistro, Comstock Saloon (Gaucho Jazz 8 to 11pm), Ferry Plaza, GG Park Bandshell, Local Edition, Dawn Club, Tonga Room, Lion’s Den, Monroe, Off the Grid at Fort Mason, Pier 23, Bachata Takeover. Adult skate 7 to 11pm Church of 8 Wheels.

To Try

• Halfway Club, 1166 Geneva St, SF, 6pm, all ages.
• Lakehouse Jazz, Blue Heron Boathouse, SF, 7:30 to 9:30pm, $38.
  
  Not yet reopened. Gaucho Jazz Comstock Saloon, Top of the Mark.
  Other; Iron Gate, Dancers’ Den, Kizomba at Il Pirata, Cornerstone.
  Ferry Plaza SF, live music, 3 to 6pm, free. La Cocina on 3rd Friday. https://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/happenings.
  GG Park Bandshell, Soul Jazz RnB or Funk, free, 4:30 to 7:30, Mar thru Nov. https://sfrecpark.org/1570/Golden-Gate-Bandshell-Concerts. https://sanfranciscoparksalliance.org/event/golden-gate-bandshell-concert-soul-jazz-rb-happy-hour-10.
  Monroe, 473 Broadway, 5pm to 2am, Battle of the Decades starting with 60s 5 to 6pm.
  Off the Grid at Fort Mason, 5 to 10pm, free. Food trucks and live music (8pm start), 2022 Apr 1 thru Nov 11, https://fortmason.org/event/off-grid-2022.
  Tonga Room, SF, band, 7 to 11pm, $15 seated guests (unless the hostess is absent).
  Lion’s Den, 57 Wentworth Pl, SF. Portsmouth Square Parking, $3 with validation, 7 to 11pm, RnB, 6 to 7pm Bar, 7 to 1am Piano Lounge, https://www.lionsdenbarandlounge.com.
  SSF 550 Barnevald, salsa, bachata, kizomba or zouk or forro, $20, 7:30pm to 2:30am.
  Archive.
  Comstock Saloon, 155 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, 8 to xpm, $0, https://comstocksaloon.com.
  Rum and Sugar, 823 Geary St, San Francisco, 8 to 11pm, $0, http://www.rumandsugarbar.com/jazz-events.
  The Royale, 800 Post St (at Leavenworth), SF, $x, 9pm to 2am, live jazz. http://www.theroyalesf.com/calendar-1.
  Pier 23, San Francisco, 7 to 10pm, $0.
  El Valenciano, xpm, $x. https://elvalencianosf.com/entertainment.
  Bissap Baobab, 3388 19th St, San Francisco, 10pm to 12am, $0, http://www.facebook.com/events/1835630196559031. http://www.bissapbaobab.com/san-francisco-events.
  Summer Swing in the Sky at Salesforce TC, last (4th) Friday, April to October, 5 to 7pm $0.
  YBG (Yerba Buena Gardens), SF, May to October, 11am to 12:45pm, $0, https://ybgfestival.org/events.
  Not so interesting; Makeout Room.

DJ

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Monthly

• Starry Plough, Berkeley, Blues Dancing lesson (Jeannie Tran) followed by live blues band, 8 to 11:30pm.

Afar

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Archive

Reopening

• The DeLuxe, nee Club Deluxe, 1511 Haight, SF, 8 to 11pm.

No More Dancing / Closed?

• Terrace Room, Oakland
• Wine and Waffles, Alameda
• Rosenblum Cellars, 10 Clay St, Oakland.  Live, 5:30 – 8:30pm (most Fridays), $0.
• 39 Fell St (between Van Ness and Polk), San Francisco.  Live jazz, 9pm – 12am, $0.
• ?? Plank, Jack London Square, 98 Broadway, Oakland; $0, 6:30 – 9:30pm, live band.
• The Local, Alameda.
• Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF.
• The Royale, 800 Post St (@ Leavenworth), SF.  Live jazz, 9pm – 2am?, $0?.
• Double Dutch, 3192 16th St, SF.
• Cafe Claude, 7 Claude Lane, San Francisco.
  Cava 22, 3239 22nd St, San Francisco.
• Lou’s Fish Shack, 300 Jefferson St, San Francisco.

• Top of the Mark – Black Market Jazz Orchestra, 9pm – 12:30am, $10 > 8:30pm
• St. James Gate / KoKeto’s, 1410 Old County Road, Belmont.  Rock or cover band, 8pm – ?, $5 after 8pm.
• Cascal – live band, 9pm – midnight, $0
• Just Dance Ballroom – ballroom DJs, 9:05pm – 11:30pm, $6
• Starlight – DJs, >8:30pm, price and start varies
• Tonga Room – Island Groove Band, 8:15 – 11:30pm, $15 after band starts.
• Burritt Room – GDF Trio, jazz, 7 – 10pm, $0?
• Dance Fridays, 550 Barneveld, SF.  live & DJs, Latin, 8pm – ?am (lesson 8 – 9pm), $15 adv / $20 door?
• Lobby Lounge, San Jose – live, 9pm – 12am, $0
• Dragon Rouge, 10pm – 2am, $10 before 11pm / $15 on 1st Fridays
• Savanna Jazz, San Carlos – live band, 8 – 11:30pm, $5?

• 1st Fri
  • Dancin’ Kings & Queens, Monaghan’s on the Hill, 2820 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, $0, 7 – 11pm, DJ Terry Hobson
  • Oakland First Fridays, $0, 5 – 9:30pm, Telegraph Ave from West Grand to 27th St, oaklandfirstfridays.org
• 2nd Fri
  • Swing Out! at Lake Merritt Dance Center, 200 Grand Ave, Oakland, $10, 8:30 – 11pm, DJ WCS
  • Level 13 (used to be Shadow Ultra Lounge), 341 13th St, Oakland.  DJ Damone Hodges, 6 – 10pm, $10; stepper sharp attire.
  • Exec Suite, 306 Pendleton Way, Oakland.  DJ, Steppers – Ladies Choice, host Tim Perkins, 9pm – ~12am, $10 ($7 w/bracelet <11pm)
• 3rd Fri
  • 3rd Fri Steppers’ Set, Moose Lodge 1491, 20835 Rutlege Rd, Castro Valley.  DJ Terry Hobson, R&B and Neo Soul, 8:30pm – 1:30am (lesson 7:30 – 8:30pm), $5 before 8:30pm / $10 after.

Other.
Sailing Goat, Main St Kitchen in WC, Baltic Kiss, Sausalito Seahorse, Edgardo at Cascal, Rancho Nicasio, Friday Night Waltz.
Q’s Lounge.
Not yet reopened Other.
Smoking Pig BBQ Fremont, Club Caliente in San Leandro, Elbo Room, Stepping in Castro Valley, Cornerstone, First Fr Steppers at Monaghan’s, Bachata Takeover.
OCMA, 5 to 10pm, parking $7, galleries $7.50, http://museumca.org/friday-nights-omca.
Wine and Waffles, 6 to 9pm, Park Street, http://www.facebook.com/WineandWaffles. https://www.wineandwaffles.com.
Speisekammer, Alameda, 8:30 to 11:30pm, $0, http://speisekammer.com.
Zydeco at Eagles Hall, 2305 Alameda Ave, Alameda, live band, lessons 8 to 9pm, dance 9pm to 12am, $15, http://calendar10.tripod.com.
Friday Night Waltz, Palo Alto. http://www.fridaynightwaltz.com.
Archive.
Terrace Room, 1800 Madison St, Oakland $0, 7 to 10pm, live band. http://www.theterraceroom.com/go/events-2/live-music.
Q’s Lounge at Everett and Jones, 423 2nd St, Oakland, 8 to 11pm, $0.
Rosenblum Cellars, 10 Clay St, Oakland. Live, 5:30 to 8:30pm (most Fridays), $0, http://www.rosenblumcellars.com/Events/Calendar-of-Events.
The Bistro, B and Maine St, Hayward, 7pm to 12am, $x.
Oakland 1st Fridays, $0, 5 to 9pm, Telegraph from W Grand to 27th. http://oaklandfirstfridays.org/map.
Bissap Baobab, 351 15th St, Oakland, 10pm 12am, $0, Kulcha Latino.
LaTiDo at Cascal Restaurant, 400 Castro St, Mountain View, 9:00pm to 12am, $0. http://cascalrestaurant.com/site2011/events.asp. http://www.musicandela.com.
Second Fri (see listing).
Sausalito Seahorse, 8 to 11pm, $10. http://www.sausalitoseahorse.com/calendar.
LaTiDo at Cascal Restaurant, 400 Castro St, Mountain View, 9:00pm to 12am, $0. http://cascalrestaurant.com/site2011/events.asp. http://www.musicandela.com.
Allegro Milonga, Emeryville, $16 ($20 wi lessons), 7:30 to 8:30pm lesson, 8:30pm to 12:30am dance.
Fourth Fri Bachata Takeover, Club BNB, Oakland, http://www.jhonatananddaniela.com/bto.
Chic Steppers, Stepahanos, 2272 Sacramento St, Vallejo, 8:30pm to 12:30am, $10 .
Live on the Square, Jack London Square, 6 to 11pm, Jun to Sep, $0.

Not Very Interesting

Small Wonder, 37 Grand Ave, Oakland, 7 to 10pm, $0.