From a sequence of “Cruel World” ’80s acts to “The Planets” in San Jose and a music competition in Mill Valley, there’s a lot to see and listen to within the Bay Space this weekend and past.
Right here’s a partial roundup.
Merciless World comes north
Not planning on making the trek to catch the large ’80s music celebration often called Merciless World on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Could 17? Effectively, that’s OK as a result of quite a lot of the competition’s coolest acts even have gigs scheduled within the Bay Space.
Clan of Xymox: The darkish wave music pioneers from the Netherlands play the Nice American Music Corridor in San Francisco on Could 12 (8 p.m.; $35; gamh.com).
She Previous Away: The Turkish post-punk act, which additionally tends to get lumped into the darkish wave subgenre, visits the Nice American on Could 13 (8 p.m.; $35; gamh.com).
The Go-Go’s: The wonderful Rock and Roll Corridor of Famers, recognized for such early ’80s smashes as “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat,” carry out on the Warfield in San Francisco on Could 13 (8 p.m.; $79 and up; axs.com).
Buzzcocks: The best pop-punk outfit of all time hits Harlow’s in Sacramento on Tuesday and the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on Could 14 (8 p.m.; $38.90 Sacramento; $43.95 Santa Cruz; buzzcocks.com/occasions).
Nick Cave & the Dangerous Seeds: Cave, probably the most magnetic performers in all of rock, leads the Dangerous Seeds again into the Invoice Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Could 13 (8 p.m.; $101 and up; apeconcerts.com).
Insanity: Go “One Step Beyond” with this legendary British ska-pop act that units up store on Could 14 at Channel 24 in Sacramento and Could 15 on the Fox Theater in Oakland (8 p.m.; $66 and up Sacramento; $78 and up Oakland; apeconcerts.com).
— Jim Harrington, Workers
Classical picks: ‘Planets,’ Latinx composers, UC Berkeley orchestra
This week’s classical music choices have tons in retailer, from an interplanetary voyage to a gathering of prime modern composers.
A visit by means of the photo voltaic system: Symphony San Jose’s “The Planets — An HD Odyssey” guarantees an exhilarating multi-media expertise, with music by Holst’s “The Planets” performed by the orchestra below Tatsuya Shimono at the same time as NASA pictures are projected on the large display screen above the stage. Along with Holst’s seven-movement orchestral suite, the musical program consists of Jessie Montgomery’s “Starburst” and Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony.
Particulars: 7:30 p.m. Could 10, 2:30 p.m. Could 11; California Theatre, San Jose; $35-$121.50; half-price youth tickets out there for these 17 and below when bought with a full-price ticket; symphonysanjose.org.
“Shared Rituals”: That’s the title of a Could 10 live performance by the San Francisco Modern Music Gamers, that includes works by 5 Latinx composers and introduced in partnership with the Friction Quartet. This system closes the corporate’s 54th season with a formidable gathering, together with composers Tania Léon, Gabriela Lena Frank, Ana Lara, Miguel Chuaqui, and Gabriela Ortiz. This system opens with a prelude live performance showcasing Paul Mortilla’s 2024 “Comedia”; the mainstage occasion’s visitor artists embody soprano Cara Gabrielson, mezzo Kindra Scharich, tenor Eric Dudley, baritone Ryan Bradford, and harpsichordist Solar Chang.
Particulars: Prelude live performance at 7 p.m., mainstage live performance at 8 p.m.; Brava Theater, San Francisco; $18-$45; cityboxoffice.com.
Mahler and Chen Yi in Berkeley: Established in 1923, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra has been honing the skills of college musicians since 1923. Below its present conductor, David Milnes, this weekend brings two performances on the Berkeley campus; the featured works are “Landscape Impressions” by composer and violinist Chen Yi, and Mahler’s five-movement Symphony No. 7.
Particulars: 8 p.m. Could 9-10, Hertz Live performance Corridor, UC Berkeley; $30 basic, $20 college students/seniors; $5 UC Berkeley college students; 510-642-9988; secure-tickets.berkeley.edu.
— Georgia Rowe, Correspondent
Dance highlights: King & Akinmusire; Mark Morris
Listed below are two performances Bay Space dance followers ought to find out about.
Alonzo King: The famend choreographer is thought for his many collaborations with stars within the music world, together with Kronos Quartet, Mickey Hart, Jason Moran and lots of extra. This time he’s teaming on a world premiere work with trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire, whose expertise and distinctive sound has made him a sought-after star of the jazz world. The brand new work is on a program with Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s revival of one in all its hottest works, “Scheherazade,” that includes a rating by tabla grasp Zakir Hussain.
Particulars: Could 10-18; Yerba Buena Middle for the Arts, San Francisco; $42-$124; www.cityboxoffice.com
Mark Morris Dance Group: Talking of much-anticipated revivals, Mark Morris Dance Group is bringing one in all its better-known works, “Pepperland,” again to UC Berkeley this weekend. The work, a co-commission by Cal Performances, options King’s usually evocative choreography set to music by Ethan Iverson — impressed, after all, by the long-lasting songs introduced forth by the game-changing Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
Particulars: Introduced by Cal Performances; 8 p.m. Could 9-10, 3 p.m. Could 11; Zellerbach Corridor, UC Berkeley; tickets begin at $42; calperformances.org.
— Randy McMullen, Workers
Mill Valley music on faucet
For individuals who take pleasure in stay music in attractive settings, the out of doors Mill Valley Music Competition is nestled within the verdant group that Jerry Garcia and Janis Joplin as soon as referred to as residence.
The fourth annual fest takes place over one Could weekend and options just a few new points of interest and actions. Amongst different issues, there’s going to be a fairy-tale puppet present with large puppets, a large mural-painting mission to have fun Mill Valley’s a hundred and twenty fifth anniversary, and a return of the surreal Silent Disco the place you may “dance like nobody’s watching.”
And naturally there’s music. Saturday’s invoice consists of guitarist and singer Gary Clark Jr., the Crosby Collective with Particular Company, Malian singer Vieux Farka Touré and hip-hop group Ghost-Be aware. Then on Sunday, attendees can jam to Nile Rodgers & Stylish, psychedelic-soul group Monophonics, the Jamaican DJ Sister Nancy and East L.A.’s Thee Sinseers – plus many extra artists on a second and more-intimate stage specializing in native expertise.
Particulars: noon-7 p.m. Could 10 and 11; Associates Discipline, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley; one-day grownup basic admission is $147; millvalleymusicfest.com.
— John Metcalfe, Workers
CAAMFest returns to SF
The Middle for Asian American Media’s (CAAM) annual movie competition packs in rather a lot for its four-day run (Could 8-11) with a slate of 40 movies.
The San Francisco-based program opens with the poignant and private “Third Act” (6:30 p.m. at present, AMC Kabuki, San Francisco ). Director Tadashi Nakamura turns the lens on himself and his pioneering activist, photographer and filmmaking father Robert, thought-about “The Godfather of Asian American Film.” The elder Nakamura led the best way in encouraging conversations in regards to the World Conflict II incarceration of Japanese Individuals at a time when few addressed the problem on movie. He and his son collaborated on creating this touching function that debuted at this yr’s Sundance Movie Competition. “Third Act” celebrates a father’s exceptional achievements whereas reflecting what life is like for somebody with Parkinson’s Illness.
Additionally screening:
“Chinatown Cha-Cha”: Nightclub dancer Coby Yee decides at 92 to kick up her heels once more and go on tour with the senior dance troupe Grant Avenue Follies. Director Luka Yuanyuan Yang’s movie is full of Bay Space reference factors, together with the Forbidden Metropolis nightclub. It reveals 8 p.m. Friday, AMC Kabuki.
“Yellow Face”: Playwright David Henry Hwang’s semi-autobiographical play takes a posh take a look at the casting of white actors in Asian American roles and options Daniel Dae Kim as a fictionalized model of Hwang, who mistakenly hires a white individual for an Asian half after having protested a casting determination. PBS filmed this stage manufacturing and it closes out the fest at 8 p.m. Could 11 on the AMC Kabuki.
Particulars: Full lineup, tickets, extra data is at caamfest.com/2025.
— Randy Myers, Correspondent
Freebie of the week
Members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and its pianist Robert Mollicone are gathering on the Piedmont Piano Firm in Oakland this Thursday night to supply us, free of charge, a bit “Night Music.” It’s a chamber live performance that might be mounted by vioinists Jennifer Cho (who can be the concertmaster of the Walnut Creek-based California Symphony), Leslie Ludena, Barbara Riccardi and Dian Zhang; violist Lindan Burns; bassist William Wasson; flutist Stephanie McNab; oboist Gabriel Younger; English horn participant Benjamin Brogadir and bassoonist Daniel MacNeill. Their program will embody Debussy’s Prelude from the “Suite Bergamasque”; Piazzolla’s “Oblivion”; Eugene Bozza’s “Shepherds of Provence”’Handel and Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for Violin and Viola; the Allegro from Beethoven’s Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano; the Menuet from Ravels’ “Le Tombeau de Couperin”; alternatives from Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer”; Ginastera’s Duo for Flute and Oboe and Julian Milone’s “Carmen Fantasy.”
Particulars: 7 p.m.; advance registration is required at piedmontpiano.com.
— Bay Metropolis Information Basis
