A rotating crew of the Bay Area’s finest, led by Hal Petcher, tears through gritty, soulful blues every Tuesday. Fifteen dollars, one intimate room, and a lineup that changes every week.

Two decades holding the guitar chair in John Lee Hooker Jr.’s band, then Memphis for the International Blues Challenge. One night at Biscuits and Blues, Jeffrey James plays his own songs with his own trio.

Tony Lindsay sang lead for Carlos Santana for roughly 25 years and carried home 11 Grammys along the way, Supernatural among them. Two sets in a 100 seat room, and they go fast.

A rotating crew of the Bay Area’s finest, led by Hal Petcher, tears through gritty, soulful blues every Tuesday. Fifteen dollars, one intimate room, and a lineup that changes every week.

Laughs and Blues is Biscuits and Blues turned comedy club for one night: a comedy showcase on the main stage with a live blues band swinging between sets.

Ryan Allay wrote, produced, mixed and mastered all seventeen tracks on Ellipsis himself. Born in Ghana, he sings in four languages, and this is his first night at Biscuits and Blues. One show only.

West Coast Blues Hall of Fame, opened for B.B. King at the original Fillmore, and still the sharpest dressed man in any room he walks into.

A rotating crew of the Bay Area’s finest, led by Hal Petcher, tears through gritty, soulful blues every Tuesday. Fifteen dollars, one intimate room, and a lineup that changes every week.

A rotating crew of the Bay Area’s finest, led by Hal Petcher, tears through gritty, soulful blues every Tuesday. Fifteen dollars, one intimate room, and a lineup that changes every week.

Joe Bonamassa calls him pound for pound the best guitar player in the world. No bass player, no singer, just a Hammond B3 and his son on drums. One show only.

Mick Jagger flew Harvey Mandel to Munich to audition for the Rolling Stones, and his playing landed on Black and Blue. The King of Sustain was tapping the fretboard years before Van Halen. Two sets, 100 seats.

The Golden Gate Blues Society decides who carries San Francisco to Memphis, and every ticket comes with a ballot. Doors at four, music at five thirty.

A rotating crew of the Bay Area’s finest, led by Hal Petcher, tears through gritty, soulful blues every Tuesday. Fifteen dollars, one intimate room, and a lineup that changes every week.

Herbie Hancock, Coltrane and Monk run through a funk lens, from a drummer whose album was engineered by a guitarist out of Miles Davis’s band. One night, kit up front.

Alvon Johnson sang with The Coasters and learned the blues from John Lee Hooker and Pee Wee Crayton. Two shows, one Friday night at Biscuits and Blues.

Joe Bonamassa’s favorite blues player on the scene today, with the voice of B.B. King and the chops of Albert King. Two shows.

B.B. King opener and 2019 International Blues Challenge third place finisher Celso Salim brings his blues-rock power trio to Mason Street. One show, 7pm.

A rotating crew of the Bay Area’s finest, led by Hal Petcher, tears through gritty, soulful blues every Tuesday. Fifteen dollars, one intimate room, and a lineup that changes every week.

Laughs and Blues is Biscuits and Blues turned comedy club for one night: a comedy showcase on the main stage with a live blues band swinging between sets.

Juno Award winners Blue Moon Marquee bring their swinging, howling blues to Union Square as a trio, with Peter Cormier on keys. Two sets, one night only.

Michael Tilson Thomas heard her at the Alta Plaza and put her onstage with the San Francisco Symphony. She ran Jazz at Pearl’s for five years. Two shows, 110 seats.

A rotating crew of the Bay Area’s finest, led by Hal Petcher, tears through gritty, soulful blues every Tuesday. Fifteen dollars, one intimate room, and a lineup that changes every week.