San Francisco/Oakland scene guide

San Francisco/Oakland scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at TBA - sf warehouse. The venues, promoters and artists shaping San Francisco/Oakland’s electronic scene.

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How big is San Francisco/Oakland’s electronic scene?

Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 3,497 club nights across 419 venues in San Francisco/Oakland, featuring 2,519 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in San Francisco/Oakland tonight.

Which San Francisco/Oakland venues have the most club nights?

Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:

VenueNights (12 mo)
F8 1192 Folsom393
Public Works157
Monarch149
Audio SF149
1015 Folsom97
The Great Northern93
Madarae San Francisco93
Underground SF88
Halcyon86
The Midway80

What time do San Francisco/Oakland club nights actually start and end?

From the 3,497 listings publishing door times: the median San Francisco/Oakland night opens at 21:00 — 76% open before 22:00, 23% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 740 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 11% run past 04:00 and 4% go to 06:00 or later.

How much does a club night in San Francisco/Oakland cost?

Across the 712 listings publishing prices (20% of all nights): the median advance ticket is 0, with half of all nights between $0 and $20. 31% of listed nights are free.

When does San Francisco/Oakland go out?

Saturday is the biggest night (34% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 67% of the week. The busiest month of the year is September.

What does San Francisco/Oakland sound like?

By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 36% · Techno 17% · Club 10% · Deep House 9% · Tech House 9% · Disco 9%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.

All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.

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