THU 11/5
COMEDY
‘THE DOSE: A PSYCHEDELIC COMEDY SHOW’
What could possibly make a comedy show even better? Comedian Steve Gillespie, the Master of Ceremonies for this touring multimedia comedy show, has the answer. With the help of music, visuals and interactive elements—plus a little extra—”The Dose” promises a mind-bending, immersive experience. Pumped up with music by DJ N3ilface, the show includes comedians seen on HBO, Comedy Central, Netflix, Late Night and Don’t Tell, plus sets by Gillespie himself. On the side of this surreal experience is an after-show dance party, a final chance to come together before heading back into the ordinary world. It’s a one-of-a-kind night for psychonauts, the psychedelic-curious and anyone looking for a dose of the extraordinary. – Collin Ziegler
INFO: Thu, 8pm, The Continental Club, 1658 12th St., Oakland. $22. 510.394.5974.
THU 11/5
JAZZ
MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO
Had Marcus Roberts not lost his sight at age 5, received a piano from his parents and taught himself to play, the world of music would not be what it is. There’d be fewer stellar recordings and live performances of great jazz standards and no J-Master Records label. Roberts’ compositions and contributions to young musicians would not exist. But because these miraculous things did occur, the Roberts Trio joined Bay Area-based New Century Chamber Orchestra in sold-out shows in 2019. Returning this year, the program includes the music of Gershwin and Ellington interspliced with women composers Caroline Shaw and Rhiannon Giddens. Music Director Daniel Hope conducts. – Lou Fancher
INFO: Thu, 7:30pm, First Church UCC, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley. $35-$86. 510.848.3696. Tickets: cityboxoffice.com
FRI 11/6
INDIE-ROCK
TEEN SUICIDE
Sam Ray has been producing, alongside various band personnel, gritty, lovely tracks under the name Teen Suicide since 2009. The band came onto the scene then with an angsty bedroom indie-rock sound that wasn’t yet cliché. Over time, as that sound became played out, Ray and the band grew up. Their recent music incorporates elements of pop, sludge-metal, emo, math-rock and everything in between, propping up Ray’s lyrics as he faces mortality and the equally intimidating subject of love. Now, Ray has found an incredible synergy with his keyboardist/singer/wife Kitty Ray—evident on the tracks of the band’s first proper studio album released this year. – CZ
INFO: Fri, 6:30pm, The Planetarium, 5327 Jacuzzi St., Suite 3D, Richmond. $18-$20. ragtagshows.com
FRI 11/6
CELTIC
ALASDAIR FRASER BAND
What’s better than one master fiddler? A family of fiddlers, plus a Spanish Castilian fiddler and singer, all together on one stage. Alasdair Fraser, iconic Scottish maestro of strings, is joined by sons Galen and Cameron, alongside María San Miguel, Galen’s musical and life partner, in a quartet interpreting the traditional repertoire of Scotland, while also celebrating its long connection to the Iberian Peninsula. Fiddle lovers are promised a mix of “fiery dance tunes, lyrical airs, original compositions and unexpected musical journeys.” Something to look forward to: Alasdair Fraser’s famous fiddle imitations of the bagpipe. – Janis Hashe
INFO: Fri, 8pm, Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley. $30-$35. 510.525.5099.
FRI 11/6
LATIN
‘LALO GUERRERO LEGACY FESTIVAL’
For the second year, the enduring influence of Lalo Guerrero is celebrated at the Freight. Called “The Father of Chicano Music,” Guerrero passed away in 2005 after a long, music-filled life that included salsa, norteña, banda, rancheras, boleros, corridos, cumbias, mambos, cha cha chás, swing, rock ’n’ roll and blues. His son Mark co-curates the festivities, which include performance by the reunited Rockin’ Jalapeño Band, founded by another Chicano music legend, Dr. Loco. The evening’s special guest is Jerry Salas of the beloved East L.A. band, El Chicano. Even more festive? A participatory Lalo Guerrero ofrenda—temporary altar—a marigold-making station and free snacks. Also Nov. 7. – JH
INFO: Fri, 8pm, The Freight, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley. $44-$72. 510.644.2020.
SAT 11/7
HIP-HOP
‘BAY AREA FEST’
Baaaaayy Arrrreeaaaa! If y’all tryna find a function in The Town that hella slaps, then get hyphy at the Oakland Arena this weekend with the Bay Area Fest. This one-night gig features some of the best in today’s local hip-hop like Kamaiyah and 1Umbrella along with legends like Daboii and B-Legit. Headlining are G Herbo, DaBaby and Moneybagg Yo, three notably non-Bay Area rappers who still know how to keep a party going all night long. – Mat Weir
INFO: Sat, 8pm, Oakland Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland. $59-$175. 510.569.2121.
SAT 11/7
ELECTRONIC
HUGEL
Although he didn’t rise to international fame until 2018 with his remix of “Bella Ciao,” French house-producer Hugel started DJing at the age of 16 in 2003. The following year he started making waves with his collab with Robin Schultz on the gold-certified hit, “I Believe I’m Fine.” Since then, he has played internationally renowned festivals like Lollapalooza and EDC and is a regular fixture at clubs on the island playground for the elite, Ibiza. In 2025, his catalog surpassed 1 billion streams within the calendar year, marking a huge milestone for any musical artist. – MW
INFO: Sat, 6pm, Greek Theatre, 2001 Gayley Rd., Berkeley. $78-$234. 510.871.9225.
SAT 11/7
JAZZ
JACKIE RYAN QUINTET
Possessing a sumptuously rich voice, an R&B-inflected jazz sensibility and a polyglot repertoire that encompasses sultry Latin American boleros, sensuous bossa novas and swinging American Songbook standards, Jackie Ryan is a Bay Area treasure. She’s recorded with some of jazz’s most celebrated improvisers, and the band she brings to the Sound Room is stocked with top players, including piano-ace John R. Burr, veteran bassist Doug Miller and drummer Leon Joyce Jr., an expert accompanist known for his work with the Bay Area’s best jazz vocalists. Rounding out her quintet is savvy trumpeter Erik Jekabson, whose distilled lyricism provides blue-flame fuel for Ryan’s fervid flights. – Andrew Gilbert
INFO: Sat, 7:30pm, Sound Room, 3022 Broadway, Oakland. $39-$45. 510.708.9691.
SUN 11/8
FOLK
CHRIS ACKER
Lay back and let the New Orleans-based musician croon about humidity, humanity, doing dishes and “Shit Surprise,” a song from his 2024 album, Famous Lunch. The energy bumps up in jaunty fashion in other songs like “Stubborn Eyes” and “Eyelash.” The songwriting pairs happy land with honest accounts of half-rotten love. Nimble on guitar and imbued with the swing and sway of down-at-the-farm, lean-on-the-bar country tunes, Acker tells his tall tales and teases those memories of late-night carousing with a bestie or wallowing in the bottom of a glass of whiskey. Funny how going low and listening to music, especially with other folks, lifts a person up. Get high on Acker’s mellow and mountainous wave. – LF
INFO: Sun, 8pm, Ivy Room, 860 San Pablo Ave., Albany. $21. 510.526.5888.
WED 11/11
LATIN
ATERCIOPELADOS
Colombian alt-rockers Aterciopelados were already a force on the fecund Bogota music scene when the band’s third album, 1996’s La Pipa de la Paz, catapulted them to international prominence. Still co-led by guitarist and vocalist Andrea Echeverri and bassist Hector Boitrago, the band is celebrating the breakthrough album’s 30th anniversary on this tour, charging through seminal hits like “Cosita Seria,” “No Necesito,” “Expreso Amazonia” and “Chica Dificil”—which introduced the band to many U.S. listeners via the soundtrack to the film Real Women Have Curves. Combining art-rock aesthetics and the populist hooks of Queen with cumbia grooves and Indigenous Amazonian cadences, Aterciopelados has carved out a distinctively South American sound. – AG
INFO: Wed, 8pm, UC Theatre, 2036 University Ave., Berkeley. $35. 510.356.4000.
