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Saturday, Jul 04, 2009

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Sat Jul 4

San Francisco Symphony

at Shoreline Amphitheatre (8pm) Music

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"Fourth of July festivities continue with a program celebrating the American ethos of hope, innovation, and exploration, featuring sultry Bay Area songstress Stephanie Harwood and 15-year-old cello prodigy Nathan Chan. The evening concludes with a spectacular fireworks display, set to stirring patriotic songs and marches..."

Sat Jul 4

Wicket Mercies

at Hemlock Tavern (10pm) Music

"Six Piece chick-driven sweat fest ready for action. Come on down, bring the neighborhood! And groove and rock to the sounds of Wicked Mercies and Heavy Hindenburgh..."

Sat Jul 4-Sun July 5

Fillmore Jazz Festival

at Fillmore- Jackson to Eddy (10am) Music

"The best talent the Bay has to offer is showcased on our stages, from up-and-coming jazz fusion and latin-flavored acts to seasoned crooners belting out jazz standards. Groove to your old favorites or tune in to new sounds - our performance schedule will help you get the most out of the Fillmore Jazz Festival..."

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Air Guitar Championships at The Independent

Sunset Rubdown at Rickshaw Stop

Starfucker at Bottom of the Hill

Sunday, Jul 05, 2009

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Sun Jul 5

Stern Grove Festival

at Sigmund Stern Grove (2pm) Music

"Stern Grove Festival is San Francisco's celebration of community, nature, and the arts. Every summer, Stern Grove Festival brings world-class performing arts to you, admission-free, in one of the country's most beautiful and unique natural settings. Year after year, summer after summer, this is your Festival..."

Monday, Jul 06, 2009

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Mon Jul 6

Reverend Horton Heat

at GAMH (8pm) Music

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"Undeniably, The Reverend Horton Heat, aka Jim Heath, is the biggest, baddest, grittiest, greasiest, greatest rocker that ever piled his hair up and pounded the drinks down. Without question, for all of his outlandish antics, blistering stage performances and legendary musical prowess, the one thing The Rev always gets asked about is the story behind his unusual and rather clerical moniker..."

Mon Jul 6

David Dondero

at Hemlock Tavern (7pm) Music

"From the acclaimed songwriting troubadour David Dondero comes Simple Love, the follow up to his critically lauded 2005 release, South of the South. Few songwriters have experienced and expressed the sinking depths and uplifting optimism of humanity like David Dondero, and his ability to shine a light on the human condition..."

Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009

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Tue Jul 7

Duran Duran

at The Fillmore (9pm) Music

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"Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason, too. Duran Duran's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, it's likely that the band's pop-funk would never have made them international pop stars..."

Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009

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Wed Jul 8

Nightmare of You

at Cafe du Nord (8pm) Music

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"2009 finds New York City-based indie-pop masters Nightmare of You at the height of their most inspired and creative period to date; with new songs, a new lineup, and a brand new full-length album entitled Infomaniac, slated for a August 4th, 2009 release..."

Thursday, Jul 09, 2009

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Thu Jul 9

Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound

at Hemlock Tavern (9pm) Music

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"San Francisco’s Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound is a soundtrack for strange days and futures bright and bleak. But there is also a crooked thread that runs backward through every Assemble Head record—the celestial trajectories of The Notorious Byrd Brothers and circa ‘70 Floyd..."

Thu Jul 9

Old 97's

at The Fillmore (9pm) Music

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Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller’s self-titled album — his first since 2006’s The Believer — will take fans on an up-close-and-personal journey through love, loss and redemption, set to the kind of rollicking tunes for which he’s known..."

Friday, Jul 10, 2009

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Fri Jul 10

Beyoné

at Oracle Arena (7:30pm) Music

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"This spring, Beyoncé is set to embark on her 'I AM...' world tour. 'I AM...' will mark Beyoncé's first full-length concert tour since 2007's sold-out 'The Beyoncé Experience' and will premiere live performances of songs from I am...Sasha Fierce, her latest #1 chart-topping album..."

Fri Jul 10

Adam Freeland

at Mezzanine (10pm) Music

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"Fresh off his acclaimed full length artist album'Cope' and a sold out tour across Europe and the States with his Freeland Live band, Adam Freeland comes to Mezzanine with his genre smashing, high energy dance music infused with his love of indie music..."

Fri Jul 10

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

at The Fillmore (8pm) Music

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"The Mighty Mighty Bosstones formed in 1985 in Boston, featuring Tim Bridewell, Dicky Barrett (vocals), Nate Albert (guitar), Joe Gittleman (bass), Josh Dalsimer (drums), and Tim 'Johnny Vegas' Burton (saxophone), plus dancer Ben Carr..."

Fri Jul 10

Apside

at Bottom of the Hill (8pm) Music

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"Apside is a San Francisco based rock band. In April 2005 a popular radio station in San Paolo, Brazil 2000 gets hold of Apside's newly recorded EP and starts playing the single 'Collide' on their alternative rock weekly show. The band is unaware of the magnitude of the public's response until they get an email inviting them to Brazil to tour the country..."

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