LIVE SHOWS CALENDAR
All Shows Are Free! All Ages Welcome!
BERKELEY   (2455 Telegraph Ave.) - Map it >  
Sunday July 20th 2pm
Amoeba Home Grown Presents Agent Ribbons! Culling their unique lost-in-time sound from female jazz vocalists and old garage-rock girl groups, Agent Ribbons' first full-length album On Time Travel and Romance will stick with you like an instant classic you always loved. Also catch them live on the Amoeba stage at the "Best Of The East Bay" party on Friday, July 11th! Click HERE for more info!
Saturday July 26th 2pm
The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn is an early jazz, swing, and blues band, which features resonator guitar & vocals, upright bass, homemade washboard percussion, trumpet, and saxophone.  Their repertoire contains witty songs from 1920's & 30's and original tunes with moving (yet often bawdy) lyrics and catchy 4 part vocal harmony.
Thursday August 21st 7pm
Ever since 2002 when Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel began making noise at house parties and on street corners, they've slowly been carving out their own creative space. They craft emotional, visceral, intelligent songs that remind us of America's folk, country, and blues traditions but are fueled with the energy of punk.
SAN FRANCISCO   (1855 Haight St.) - Map it! >  
Sunday July 6th 2pm
The Kids of Widney High are a group of students from Widney High School, a special ed. high school in Los Angeles, who write and perform original songs. The group started in 1988 as a song writing class and soon skyrocketed to stardom! Their line-up changes as the students come and go from Widney.
Thursday July 10th 6pm
"James Hunter is one of the best voices, and best kept secrets, in British R'n'B and Soul. Check him out."
- Van Morrison
Saturday July 19th 2pm
Joe Goldmark is best known for taking the steel guitar out of a C&W setting, and instead using this awesome instrument to play pop, rock, and soul music. On his latest release Seducing The 60's, Joe takes some of his favorite 60's rock tunes and lovingly tinges them with a soulful, country sound.
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HOLLYWOOD   (6400 Sunset Blvd.) - Map it! >  
Tomorrow 4pm
The first Saturday of every month, Amoeba has a good time and raises money for great causes!
Tuesday July 8th 7pm
Their new album “Hymn and Her” is out July 1st on Majordomo Records. Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray have pared Earlimart down to a duo and deliver their most organic and diverse offering yet.
Playing live at Spaceland, July 18th.
Wednesday July 9th 7pm
The psychedelic-soul big band revue will be raving up the Amoeba stage, celebrating their new CD “What Is?!” and leaving behind them a colorful spell of amazement and wonder.
Playing live at The Echo, July 10th!
Friday July 11th 7pm
Come see Supergrass at a special in-store performance and CD signing for their new CD! Purchase “Diamond Hoo Ha” and receive a special download card with exclusive content (day of in-store only – while they last!)
“... it’s a brash, shiny, confident record, careering along on a second wind, or as one jaunty number puts it, ‘the return of inspiration’”. - NME
Playing live at The Avalon, July 12th!
Sunday July 13th 2pm
Bassist, songwriter and producer David Piltch plays songs from his first solo release,”Minister of the Interior.” He’s collaborated and played with artists including k.d. lang, Lizz Wright, India.Arie and Solomon Burke (among others) and on his new CD he stitches together jazz, Americana, art pop and experimental elements to create a cohesive whole.
Performing live at Largo, July 1st, 8th and 15th.
Tuesday July 15th 6pm
Celebrating the release of their brand new album “Nude With Boots” - out July 8th from your friends at Ipecac Recordings.
Sunday July 27th 12pm
Amoeba’s Sunday World Wide Underground DJ Series welcomes a very special guest: The vinyl-vulture, recording artist and record producer Andy Votel (Twisted Nerve/B-Music/Finders Keepers). His new Turkish-psych compilation, “Ersen” is out July 8th.
Monday July 28th 7pm
Free 2-song live EP with purchase of “Neptune” CD (day of in-store only)
Playing July 17th at The Hammer Museum & July 20th at The Download Festival (Gibson Amphitheater).
“… the signposts of Sonic Youth, Pixies, et al can be glimpsed as the music hurtles along, but it’s blindingly obvious they’ve been digging deep to transcend those influences, to find their true voice, indeed, their true spirit.” – BBC.com