The Calendar
Show listings throughout the greater Bay Area
featuring groups listed on the Hicks with Sticks Bands page.
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FEBRUARY 2012
MONDAY FEBRUARY 6
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8
Los Train Wreck @ Yoshi’s, 510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Sq., Oakland 8pm $12/$15
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9
Acacia/The GoldDiggers/The Silver Threads @ Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 9pm $6–10 sliding scale
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10–SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19
13th Annual SF Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10
Jinx Jones & the KingTones @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 4pm free
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit/The Brothers Comatose/Emily Bonn & the Vivants @ Slim’s, 333 11th St., SF 8pm $16
Slim Jenkins/The Rumble Strippers @ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, SF 9pm $14
The Creak/Kitchen Fire/Deborah Crooks @ Plough & Stars, 116 Clement St., SF 930pm sliding scale $6–10
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11
Hillbilly Hootenanny: Jenny Lynn/Jeanie & Chuck/Tom Armstrong/The Yani-Tones (Greg & Anne Yanito)/Eric Reedy/Maurice Tani/Jinx Jones/Smelly Kelly/Chicken John @ Chicken Shack, 3359 Ceasar Chavez St., SF 2pm free Radio Valencia 87.9FM
Tom Huebner @ 19 Broadway, 19 Broadway, Fairfax 3pm free
The Chop Tops/The Merry Widows/The Badmen @ Oakland Metro Operahouse, 630 3rd St., Oakland 8pm $10/$13
The Seducers @ Speisekammer Restaurant, 2424 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 830pm free
Jinx Jones & the KingTones @ Brixx, 16 Kentucky St., Petaluma 9pm
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12
Gayle Lynn & the Hired Hands/Laura Allen & the Shooflies @ Thee Parkside, 1600 17th St., SF 4pm free
The Seducers @ The Riptide, 3639 Taraval, SF 7pm free
MONDAY FEBRUARY 13
Toshio Hirano @ Amnesia, 853 Valencia, SF 9pm free
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14
Country jam w/Los Train Wreck @ El Rio, 3158 Mission, SF 8pm free
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16
Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers/Mad Cow String Band/Misisipi Rider/Sweetback Sisters @ Café DuNord, 2170 Market St., SF 8pm $13/$15
The Seducers @ Blondie’s Bar amp; No Grill, 540 Valencia St., SF 9pm free
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17
Whisky Pills Fiasco @ Speakeasy Brewery, 1195 Evans Ave., SF 4pm free
Jinx Jones’ Jazzabilly All-Stars @ Speisekammer Restaurant, 2424 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 830pm free
Red Meat @ Old Western Saloon, 11201 Hwy. 1, Pt. Reyes Station 9pm $5
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18
Jinx Jones’ Honky Tonk Duo @ Back 40 Texas BBQ & Roadhouse, 100 Coggins Dr., Pleasant Hill 6pm
The Lonestar Retrobates @ Presidio Yacht Club, Sommerville Rd., Bldg. T679, Ft. Baker, Sausalito 8pm $8
Pine Box Boys/The Jugtown Pirates/Hang Jones @ Café DuNord, 2170 Market St., SF 9pm $13/$15
Jenny Lynn & her Real Gone Daddies/The RoundUps @ 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason St., SF 9pm free
Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons/Jay Lingo @ The Crêpe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 9pm $8
Porkchop Express @ The Riptide, 3639 Taraval, SF 930pm free
Petunia & the Vipers/Damon & the Heathens @ Vitus, 201 Broadway, Oakland
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19
The Sweetback Sisters/Patti Maxine & the Saddle Pals @ Don Quixote’s Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton 1pm $10
The Lonestar Retrobates @ 19 Broadway, 19 Broadway, Fairfax 3pm free
Petunia & the Vipers @ Russian River Brewing Co., 725 4th St., Santa Rosa 7pm free
Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons/Jay Lingo @ Trout Farm Inn, 7701 E. Zayante Rd., Felton 8pm
MONDAY FEBRUARY 20
Petunia & the Vipers @ The Crêpe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 9pm
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22
Country Classics Band @ Sam’s BBQ, 1110 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose 6pm free
The Polka Cowboys @ Champa Restaurant, 3550 San Pablo Dam Rd., El Sobrante 7pm free
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25
Jinx Jones & the KingTones @ Lagunitas TapRoom, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma 3pm free
8th Annual Johnny Cash Birthday Bash: Tiny Television/Jenny Lynn & her Real Gone Daddies/The Better Haves/Tom Armstrong/Peppermint Twist Girls (burlesque)/Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers @ The Knockout, 3223 Mission St., SF 8pm $10
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26
The Heel Draggers/Hobnobbers @ Don Quixote’s Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton 1pm $10
MONDAY FEBRUARY 27
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
MARCH 2012
THURSDAY MARCH 1
Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers/The Heel Draggers @ Amnesia, 853 Valencia, SF 9pm $7–10
FRIDAY MARCH 2
Don Burnham & the Bolos @ Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley 8pm $20.50/$22.50
The Brothers Comatose @ The Crêpe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 9pm $10
SATURDAY MARCH 3
Classic country open mic @ Caffe Trieste, 1667 Market St., SF 445pm free
The GoldDiggers/The Muddy Roses @ The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., SF 730pm
Whisky Pills Fiasco @ Plough & Stars, 116 Clement, SF 9pm
The Brothers Comatose/Teddy Thomas @ The Crêpe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 9pm $10
The RevTones @ Mojo Lounge, 3714 Peralta Blvd., Fremont 930pm $5
Red Meat @ The Knockout, 3223 Mission, SF 10pm
SUNDAY MARCH 4
The Lonestar Retrobates @ Presidio Yacht Club, Sommerville Rd., Bldg. T679, Ft. Baker, Sausalito 3pm free
Hillbilly Hootenanny West Side Review @ The Riptide, 3639 Taraval, SF 7pm free
MONDAY MARCH 5
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
THURSDAY MARCH 8
Railroad Earth/The Brothers Comatose @ Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa 8pm $37
The Red Elvises @ Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 930pm $12/$15
FRIDAY MARCH 9
West Coast Ramblers @ Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd., Nicasio 8pm free
Loretta Lynch @ Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 9pm
Deke Dickerson/The RevTones/The B-Stars @ The Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 10pm $12
SATURDAY MARCH 10
The GoldDiggers/Muddy Roses @ The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., SF 730pm $8
The Red Elvises @ Café DuNord, 2170 Market St., SF 9pm $20
Red Meat @ 23 Club, 23 Visitacion, Brisbane 9pm
SUNDAY MARCH 11
Porkchop Express @ Thee Parkside, 1600 17th St., SF 4pm free
The Seducers @ The Riptide, 3639 Taraval, SF 7pm free
MONDAY MARCH 12
Toshio Hirano @ Amnesia, 853 Valencia, SF 9pm free
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
TUESDAY MARCH 13
Country jam w/Los Train Wreck @ El Rio, 3158 Mission, SF 8pm free
THURSDAY MARCH 15
Gayle Lynn & the Hired Hands @ Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St., SF 8pm free
Golden West Trio w/Miss Kay Marie @ Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 8pm free
FRIDAY MARCH 16
Matt Lax & Nearly Beloved (CD release) @ The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., SF 730pm $8
Jinx Jones’ Jazzabilly All-Stars @ Speisekammer Restaurant, 2424 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 830pm free
Lonestar Retrobates @ Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd., Nicasio 830pm $10
Golden West Trio w/Miss Kay Marie/West Coast Ramblers @ 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason St., SF 10pm
SATURDAY MARCH 17 ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Mandatory Merle @ 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason St., SF 10pm
SUNDAY MARCH 18
The Lonestar Retrobates @ 19 Broadway, 19 Broadway, Fairfax 3pm free
MONDAY MARCH 19
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
THURSDAY MARCH 22
The Hotsy-Totsy Hillbilly Jazzbos @ Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St., SF 8pm free
SATURDAY MARCH 24
Jinx Jones & the KingTones @ The Riptide, 3639 Taraval, SF 9pm free
Whisky Pills Fiasco @ Brixx, 16 Kentucky St., Petaluma 9pm
SUNDAY MARCH 25
Palm Wine Boys/Matt Lax & Nearly Beloved (CD release) @ Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo, Berkeley 730pm $8
MONDAY MARCH 26
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
WEDNESDAY MARCH 28
Country Classics Band @ Sam’s BBQ, 1110 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose 6pm free
The Polka Cowboys @ Champa Restaurant, 3550 San Pablo Dam Rd., El Sobrante 7pm free
APRIL 2012
MONDAY APRIL 2
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
THURSDAY APRIL 5—SUNDAY APRIL 8
Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender 15 @ Orleans Hotel & Casino, 4500 W. Tropicana Blvd., Las Vegas, NV
THURSDAY APRIL 5
Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers/The Heel Draggers @ Amnesia, 853 Valencia, SF 9pm $7–10
SATURDAY APRIL 7
Classic country open mic @ Caffe Trieste, 1667 Market St., SF 445pm free
MONDAY APRIL 9
Toshio Hirano @ Amnesia, 853 Valencia, SF 9pm fre
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
TUESDAY APRIL 10
Country jam w/Los Train Wreck @ El Rio, 3158 Mission, SF 8pm free
FRIDAY APRIL 13
Wayne “The Train” Hancock/+ @ The Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 10pm $12
SATURDAY APRIL 14
14th Annual Booze Broads & Hot Rods: Nick Curran & the Lowlifes/Roddy Jackson/Almon Loos & the Hoop–n-Hollers/Miguel & the Atomic Three/The Golden West Trio @ Embassy Suites, 150 Anza Blvd., Burlingame 1pm $20/$15 w/hot rod
SUNDAY APRIL 15
The Lonestar Retrobates @ 19 Broadway, 19 Broadway, Fairfax 3pm free
MONDAY APRIL 16
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
THURSDAY APRIL 19
West Coast Ramblers @ Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 8pm free
SATURDAY APRIL 21
Jinx Jones & the KingTones @ Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant, 902 Main, Napa 930pm free
MONDAY APRIL 23
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free
WEDNESDAY APRIL 24
Country Classics Band @ Sam’s BBQ, 1110 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose 6pm free
The Polka Cowboys @ Champa Restaurant, 3550 San Pablo Dam Rd., El Sobrante 7pm free
SUNDAY APRIL 29
14th Annual Glen Park Festival: Pangea/Jinx Jones & the KingTones/District 8/Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers/Gayle Schmitt & the Toodalla Ramblers @ Diamond & Wilder Sts., SF 10am free
1st Annual A-Town Festival: Stompy Jones/Kit & the Branded Men/The B-Stars/West Coast Ramblers/Slim Jenkins/Golden West Trio w/Miss Kay Marie @ @ The Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, SF 230pm $15/$20
MONDAY APRIL 30
The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 10pm free