Welcome to the New Year!
Of course there ain't much here just yet, but that will change as the present pushes on and more and more days tumble into the past.
Feel like you're in the wrong place? How about heading on to 2016 or back to 2014?
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Maceo Parker | Miner Auditorium | January 1, 2015 |
| Julia Bullock & Renate Rohlfing | Nourse Theater | January 6, 2015 |
| Pharoah Sanders Quartet | Miner Auditorium | January 8, 2015 |
| Emanuel Ax | Davies Symphony Hall | January 11, 2015 |
| Gidon Kremer & Daniil Trifonov | First Congregational Church | January 13, 2015 |
| Gregory Porter | Miner Auditorium | January 14, 2015 |
| the New Orleans Radiators; Susan Cowsill | Tipitina's | January 15, 2015 |
| the New Orleans Radiators; Marc Stone & Joshua Paxton | Tipitina's | January 16, 2015 |
| the New Orleans Radiators; Honey Island Swamp Band | Tipitina's | January 17, 2015 |
| Bayou Brothers | Chickie Wah Wah | January 18, 2015 |
| Lera Auerbach, with Philippe Quint and Joshua Roman | Miner Auditorium | January 20, 2015 |
| David Nelson Band | Terrapin Crossroads | January 23, 2015 |
| Robert Greenberg & the Alexander String Quartet, with Sarah Cahill | St. John's Presbyterian Church | January 24, 2015 |
| the Peking Acrobats with JIGU! Thunder Drums of China | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | January 24, 2015 |
| Paul Jacobs | Davies Symphony Hall | January 25, 2015 |
| Paolo Fazioli; Duo Biondi Brunialti; Geoffrey Keezer & Kenny Washington | Piedmont Piano Company | January 26, 2015 |
| Taylor Eigsti, Eric Harland & Julian Lage: TEJ Trio | Miner Auditorium | January 29, 2015 |
| Eric Harland with Snarky Puppy & Special Guests | Miner Auditorium | January 31, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kodo | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | February 1, 2015 |
| Sō Percussion | Miner Auditorium | February 3, 2015 |
| Les 7 Doigts de la Main Circus: Séquence 8 | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | February 4, 2015 |
| Uri Caine | Miner Auditorium | February 7, 2015 |
| Telstar! featuring Phil Lesh with Cody Dickinson, Scott Law, Lebo & Steve Molitz | Terrapin Crossroads | February 8, 2015 |
| Patricia Barber | Miner Auditorium | February 12, 2015 |
| Mark Karan | Sweetwater Music Hall | February 13, 2015 |
| Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project | Miner Auditorium | February 14, 2015 |
| Phil Lesh with Jeff Chimenti, Stanley Jordan, John Kadlecik and John Molo | Terrapin Crossroads | February 15, 2015 |
| The Nile Project | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | February 19, 2015 |
| Jordi Savall & Hèsperion XXI | First Congregational Church | February 20, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Glass, with Timo Andres and Maki Namekawa | Davies Symphony Hall | March 2, 2015 |
| San Francisco Symphony, with Thomas Adès, Kirill Gerstein and Dawn Upshaw | Davies Symphony Hall | March 5, 2015 |
| The Intergalactic Nemesis performing a live-action graphic novel Book 2: Robot Planet Rising | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | March 6, 2015 |
| New Century Chamber Orchestra | Nourse Theater | March 7, 2015 |
| Isabelle Demers | Davies Symphony Hall | March 8, 2015 |
| Adam Theis & the Mingus Ah Um Project | Joe Henderson Lab | March 8, 2015 |
| Hugh Masekela & Vusi Mahlasela | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | March 11, 2015 |
| Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Rachel Podger | Miner Auditorium | March 13, 2015 |
| the Musical Box | Regency Ballroom | March 14, 2015 |
| Jennifer Koh | Hertz Hall | March 15, 2015 |
| Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with Jeremy Denk | Davies Symphony Hall | March 16, 2015 |
| Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | March 19, 2015 |
| Kiran Ahluwalia | Miner Auditorium | March 20, 2015 |
| Black Violin | Carriage House Theatre | March 21, 2015 |
| Cirque Mechanics: Pedal Punk | Memorial Auditorium | March 22, 2015 |
| Chris Potter's Underground Orchestra | Miner Auditorium | March 26, 2015 |
| Egberto Gismonti | Miner Auditorium | March 28, 2015 |
| San Francisco Contemporary Music Players | Hertz Hall | March 29, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Neill & Mikel Rouse: the Demo | Bing Concert Hall | April 1, 2015 |
| Zakir Hussain's Celtic Connections | Miner Auditorium | April 2, 2015 |
| Kaki King; Shovelman | Public Works | April 3, 2015 |
| Zakir Hussain & Lionel Loueke | Miner Auditorium | April 5, 2015 |
| Garrick Ohlsson | Miner Auditorium | April 6, 2015 |
| Cypress String Quartet | Koret Auditorium | April 7, 2015 |
| Alonzo King LINES Ballet | YBCA Theater | April 8, 2015 |
| San Francisco Symphony with Pablo Heras-Casado and Joshua Bell | Davies Symphony Hall | April 9, 2015 |
| Leftover Salmon | Terrapin Crossroads | April 9, 2015 |
| The Tallis Scholars | First Congregational Church | April 10, 2015 |
| Terence Blanchard Quintet performs A Tale of God’s Will with Opera Parallèle Orchestra | Miner Auditorium | April 12, 2015 |
| DakhaBrakha | Miner Auditorium | April 16, 2015 |
| Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Miner Auditorium | April 17, 2015 |
| Pop-Up Magazine LIVE! featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra | Nourse Theater | April 18, 2015 |
| Pat Nevins and Echo Trail | Moss House | April 19, 2015 |
| Moonalice; Doobie Decibel System | Slim's | April 19, 2015 |
| Phil Lesh & Friends; Stu Allen & Friends; Scott Law Electric Band | Terrapin Crossroads | April 20, 2015 |
| Phil Lesh with Rob Barraco, Bill Frisell, Lebo and Billy Martin | Terrapin Crossroads | April 22, 2015 |
| Charles Lloyd with special guests Miklos Lukacs and Sokratis Sinopoulos: Wild Man Dance Suite | Miner Auditorium | April 23, 2015 |
| Charles Lloyd with Bill Frisell & Friends | Miner Auditorium | April 26, 2015 |
| Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique | Davies Symphony Hall | April 27, 2015 |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony | Davies Symphony Hall | April 30, 2015 |
| Berkeley Symphony Orchestra | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | April 30, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kala Ramnath | Cowell Theater | May 1, 2015 |
| June Taylor | Zellerbach Playhouse | May 2, 2015 |
| David Nelson & Eric Thompson | Narad's | May 3, 2015 |
| Esperanza Spalding | Miner Auditorium | May 3, 2015 |
| Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band; Incidental Animals | Terrapin Crossroads | May 7, 2015 |
| Brentano Quartet | Miner Auditorium | May 10, 2015 |
| Carolina Chocolate Drops | Miner Auditorium | May 14, 2015 |
| Communion | Terrapin Crossroads | May 19, 2015 |
| San Francisco Symphony | Davies Symphony Hall | May 27, 2015 |
| Peter Rowan rambles with Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band | Terrapin Crossroads | May 28, 2015 |
| New Century Chamber Orchestra | San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall | May 30, 2015 |
| Hot Buttered Rum | Narad's | May 31, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| A Birthday Bash with Jason Crosby & Friends | Terrapin Crossroads | June 2, 2015 |
| San Francisco Symphony | Davies Symphony Hall | June 4, 2015 |
| Steve Kimock | Sweetwater Music Hall | June 6, 2015 |
| Fare Thee Well Precompression Party featuring Phil Lesh & Friends | Terrapin Crossroads | June 7, 2015 |
| Phil Lesh & the Terrapin All-Stars | Terrapin Crossroads Bar | June 9, 2015 |
| Snarky Puppy | Miner Auditorium | June 10, 2015 |
| Chris Eldridge & Julian Lage | Joe Henderson Lab | June 11, 2015 |
| Celebrating Jazz in the Present Tense | YBCA Theater | June 13, 2015 |
| Shelby Lynne | Miner Auditorium | June 15, 2015 |
| Campbell Brothers | Miner Auditorium | June 16, 2015 |
| John Scofield Quartet, featuring John Medeski | Miner Auditorium | June 17, 2015 |
| CalArts Sila Ensemble | Faculty Glade | June 18, 2015 |
| San Francisco Symphony performs Beethoven's Fidelio | Davies Symphony Hall | June 25, 2015 |
| Chris Robinson Brotherhood; Melvin Seals & JGB with John Kadlecik | the Warfield | June 26, 2015 |
| Fare Thee Well Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead | Levi's Stadium | June 27, 2015 |
| Fare Thee Well Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead | Levi's Stadium | June 28, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Fare Thee Well Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead | Soldier Field | July 3, 2015 |
| Fare Thee Well Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead | Soldier Field | July 4, 2015 |
| Fare Thee Well Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead | Soldier Field | July 5, 2015 |
| California Shakespeare Theater: Life is a Dream | Bruns Amphitheater | July 9, 2015 |
| Catherine Russell | Joe Henderson Lab | July 17, 2015 |
| Donny McCaslin's Fast Future | Dinkelspiel Auditorium | July 20, 2015 |
| Amy Helm & the Handsome Strangers | Terrapin Crossroads | July 22, 2015 |
| TomFoolery | Eureka Theatre | July 23, 2015 |
| Mark Karan and Robin Sylvester | Kamen's House | July 26, 2015 |
| Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom | Dinkelspiel Auditorium | July 30, 2015 |
| Fish Rock Party! featuring Planet of the Abts; Moksha; Johnny Stachela | Fish Rock Ranch | July 31, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Fish Rock Party! featuring Planet of the Abts; Moksha; Johnny Stachela | Fish Rock Ranch | August 1, 2015 |
| Jerry Day Celebration featuring Stu Allen & Mars Hotel; Melvin Seals & JGB | Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre | August 2, 2015 |
| Planet of the Abts with Mark Karan; the Delta Saints | Sweetwater Music Hall | August 5, 2015 |
| Aurelio Martinez | Miner Auditorium | August 6, 2015 |
| Cabrillo Festival Orchestra | Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium | August 7, 2015 |
| Charles Lloyd | Bing Concert Hall | August 8, 2015 |
| SF Giants Grateful Dead Tribute Night featuring Moonalice | AT&T Park | August 13, 2015 |
| Vieux Farka Touré | Miner Auditorium | August 16, 2015 |
| Antonio Sánchez accompanies Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman | Miner Auditorium | August 22, 2015 |
| Club Foot Orchestra accompanies Buster Keaton's Go West | Miner Auditorium | August 23, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz is Dead | Marinship Park | September 5, 2015 |
| Quicksilver Happy Trails | Marinship Park | September 5, 2015 |
| Jefferson Starship | Marinship Park | September 5, 2015 |
| Chick Corea & Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Miner Auditorium | September 11, 2015 |
| Too Much Coffee Man, the Opera | Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse | September 12, 2015 |
| Chick Corea & Béla Fleck | Miner Auditorium | September 13, 2015 |
| New Century Chamber Orchestra with Ailyn Peréz | First Congregational Church | September 17, 2015 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | September 18, 2015 |
| the New Orleans Suspects; Allofasudden | Great American Music Hall | September 20, 2015 |
| Hiromi | Miner Auditorium | September 25, 2015 |
| Terrapin Nation Backyard Blowout featuring Phil Lesh & Friends, Cosmic Twang, Midnight North, Terrapin All-Stars | Terrapin Crossroads | September 27, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Zakir Hussain | Miner Auditorium | October 1, 2015 |
| Dry Branch Fire Squad | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 2, 2015 |
| Monophonics | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 2, 2015 |
| the Mavericks | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 2, 2015 |
| Punch Brothers | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 2, 2015 |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 2, 2015 |
| Chatham County Line | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 3, 2015 |
| Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 3, 2015 |
| Hot Tuna | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 3, 2015 |
| Gillian Welch | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 3, 2015 |
| Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 3, 2015 |
| Steve Earle & the Dukes | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 3, 2015 |
| Rodney Crowell | Banjo Stage | October 4, 2015 |
| Fairfield Four | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 4, 2015 |
| Alison Brown | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 4, 2015 |
| Justin Townes Earle | Banjo Stage | October 4, 2015 |
| Blind Boys of Alabama | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 4, 2015 |
| the Time Jumpers | Banjo Stage | October 4, 2015 |
| Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell | Banjo Stage, Hellman Hollow | October 4, 2015 |
| Steve Kimock's 60th Birthday Bash | Sweetwater Music Hall | October 5, 2015 |
| Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Bing Concert Hall | October 7, 2015 |
| St. Lawrence String Quartet | Memorial Church | October 8, 2015 |
| Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | October 9, 2015 |
| Kronos Quartet with Rinde Eckert and Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ | Bing Concert Hall | October 10, 2015 |
| Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart | Joe Henderson Lab | October 11, 2015 |
| Myra Melford Quintet | Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse | October 13, 2015 |
| Berkeley Symphony Orchestra | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | October 14, 2015 |
| SFJAZZ Collective | Joe Henderson Lab | October 15, 2015 |
| Wayne Shorter Quartet | Miner Auditorium | October 16, 2015 |
| Neil Young with Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real; Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir | Greek Theatre | October 17, 2015 |
| Paul Jacobs & Christine Brewer | Davies Symphony Hall | October 18, 2015 |
| the Rough Riders | Weinberg Auditorium | October 23, 2015 |
| Chucho Valdés & Irakere 40 | Miner Auditorium | October 29, 2015 |
| Circa, with the Debussy String Quartet | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | October 30, 2015 |
| New Riders of the Purple Sage with Steve Kimock | Sweetwater Music Hall | October 31, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| John Santos 60th BD Concert | Miner Auditorium | November 1, 2015 |
| Jennifer Koh & Shai Wosner | Herbst Theatre | November 4, 2015 |
| Degenerate Art Ensemble | YBCA Forum | November 5, 2015 |
| Jorma Kaukonen | the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads | November 6, 2015 |
| Youssou N'Dour | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | November 7, 2015 |
| Leila Josefowicz with John Novacek | Hertz Hall | November 8, 2015 |
| Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Richard Egarr | ODC Theater | November 9, 2015 |
| Richard Thompson | the Fillmore | November 10, 2015 |
| Brad Mehldau Trio | Miner Auditorium | November 11, 2015 |
| Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Richard Egarr | Herbst Theatre | November 12, 2015 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet featuring Lisa Fischer & JC Maillard | YBCA Theater | November 13, 2015 |
| Evan Christopher & Clarinet Road | Joe Henderson Lab | November 15, 2015 |
| Jay Blakesberg's Hippie Chick Book Release Party featuring Nicki Bluhm and many other musical guests | Terrapin Crossroads Bar | November 16, 2015 |
| Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan | Herbst Theatre | November 20, 2015 |
| Danish String Quartet | Hertz Hall | November 22, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | 1st Bank Center | November 24, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | 1st Bank Center | November 25, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | MGM Grand Garden Arena | November 27, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | MGM Grand Garden Arena | November 28, 2015 |
| Group Name | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| ALO; Brad Parsons | City Winery Napa | December 1, 2015 |
| Berkeley Symphony Orchestra with Geir Draugsvoll | Zellerbach Hall Auditorium | December 3, 2015 |
| Los Lobos | the Fillmore | December 4, 2015 |
| Alexander String Quartet with Andrew Duckles; Robert Greenberg lecturer | St. John's Presbyterian Church | December 5, 2015 |
| Reflections: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia – A Benefit for the Rex Foundation | the Fillmore | December 5, 2015 |
| North Mississippi Allstars | the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads | December 6, 2015 |
| Jason Crosby & Friends | the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads | December 8, 2015 |
| The Bad Plus with Joshua Redman | Miner Auditorium | December 10, 2015 |
| Chris Robinson Brotherhood | the Fillmore | December 11, 2015 |
| Alexander String Quartet with Eli Eban and Jodi Levitz; Robert Greenberg lecturer | St. John's Presbyterian Church | December 12, 2015 |
| Mark Karan & Friends | Sweetwater Music Hall | December 12, 2015 |
| Mark O'Connor | Miner Auditorium | December 16, 2015 |
| Guitarmageddon 10th Anniversary | the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads | December 17, 2015 |
| Hard Working Americans; Jerry Joseph | Sweetwater Music Hall | December 18, 2015 |
| Alexander String Quartet | St. John's Presbyterian Church | December 19, 2015 |
| New Century Chamber Orchestra with David Krakauer and the San Francisco Girls Chorus | Herbst Theatre | December 19, 2015 |
| This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: A Salute to the Grateful Dead | Great American Music Hall | December 20, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | December 27, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | December 28, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | the Forum | December 30, 2015 |
| Dead and Company | the Forum | December 31, 2015 |
And so it ends!
18 pages and 5 files posted for this month.
164 pages and 60 files posted for this year.
Up to the top? On to 2016 – or should it be back to 2014 instead?