Oakland rock events

Dave Mason Acoustic Trio

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

Dave Mason is a living rock legend...

Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band

Thursday, May 23 8:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

When Jimmie Vaughan says “I have the best job in the world,” he isn’t kidding...

John Mayall

Sunday, May 26 7:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

John Mayall is a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical career spans over fifty years but the most notable episode in it occurred during the late '60s...

Show For Equality: The Stephanie Teel Band

Sunday, Jun 16 7:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Marriage Equality USA is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization fighting solely for the freedom to marry at the state and federal levels – including successful initiatives in New Y...

Vieux Farka Touré

Saturday, Jul 13 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Following the groundbreaking and critically adored "Toure-Raichel Collective" project with Israeli superstar Idan Raichel of 2012, Vieux Farka Toure, 'The Hendrix of the Sahara,' will release an ac...

The Artist Sessions: Christopher O'Riley

Wednesday, May 29 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Since the triumphant release of True Love Waits, pianist Christopher O’Riley’s reimagining of works by Radiohead, Elliott Smith and Nick Drake have garnered critical accolades and international acc...

Return to the Forbidden Planet

Thursday, Jun 20 8:00p

Dan Caldwell Theatre, Mill Valley

Space, Shakespeare and Rock 'n' Roll collide in "Return to the Forbidden Planet", a jukebox musical based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. A cast of 14 and a live band follow the tale of Dr...

Fall Out Boy

Sunday, Jun 16 7:30p

The Fox Theater, Oakland

Multi-platinum Grammy-nominated Island Records group Fall Out Boy finally puts an end to years of rumors and speculation, with the official announcement today from their hometown of Chicago that th...

Torche

Tuesday, May 21 7:00p

Oakland Metro Operahouse, Oakland

Bolt Thrower with Autopsy

Sunday, May 26 7:00p

Oakland Metro Operahouse, Oakland

The xx

Thursday, May 30 8:00p

The Fox Theater, Oakland

The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2008. The group released their debut album, xx in August 2009...

One Direction with 5 Seconds of Summer

Wednesday, Jul 31 7:30p

Oracle Arena, Oakland

Buy tickets for One Direction today!

The Blasthaus presents Flying Lotus

Saturday, May 25 7:00p

The Fox Theater, Oakland

Flying Lotus has scheduled the release of 'Until The Quiet Comes', the long awaited follow-up to 2010's Cosmogramma and his third on Warp Records that was released in October...

El Vez's Punk Rock Revue

Wednesday, May 22 9:00p

The New Parish, Oakland

El Vez is known for his high-production value, frenetic stage show, which features two backup singers/dancers (the Elvettes), numerous on- and off-stage costume changes, and between-song monologues...

Tame Impala

Wednesday, May 29 8:00p

The Fox Theater, Oakland

Tame Impala's debut record from 2010, "Innerspeaker," received a tropically warm reception thanks in part to its irreverent, contemporary spin on assumedly dead and forgotten sounds, as well as its...

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