This is our meetup group’s second year. We like to get together with people who are interested in all kinds of Middle Eastern music - Arabic, Persian, Jewish, Turkish, Kurdish, …. - , have food and drinks, and go to concerts and performances around the Bay Area. Above all, the meetup is about getting to meet people interested in sharing and exploring great music and having fun. I personally like music from all over the middle east and really enjoy discovering new performers and local hotspot …

Fringe It's better on the edge The indie music video dance party! http://www.fringesf.com/ DJ Blondie K & subOctave spin the best indie music videos all night with radical visual effects from artists such as: Cut Copy * Robyn * La Roux * Passion PIt * Marina and the Diamonds * Little Boots * Calvin Harris * Friendly Fires * The Ting Tings * CSS * Ladyhawke * Chromeo * Yelle * LCD Soundsystem * Daft Punk * Yeah Yeah Yeahs * Franz Ferdinand * The Limousines * Phoenix * MGMT * Miike Snow * Hot …

A community to share and collaborate off of the ideas and innovations in music technology.

Learn more about our networking events at www.playthemusic.biz Digital Music SF is the premiere networking event for music professionals in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley area. Our events bring together the complete ecosystem - managers, producers, marketers, artists and more- to explore new technologies, products and revenue models that are creating new business opportunities for the music industry. Explore digital and interactive music technologies, business models, devices and creativ …

Bi-monthly event at Morac in the mission. Come down to hear local electronic DJs play their latest music from iPads. We have a live PA set up so come down to plug in your iPad and be a part of the San Francisco electronic music community. 7-10 pm Monday evenings, we'll post exact dates as they come up.

Meet other computer music technology enthusiasts for presentations of computer music techniques and technologies (all music genre outputs are welcome). If you are a user of max/msp, csound, ChucK, CLM, Live, Reaktor, Kyma, JMSL, SuperCollider, or other computer music synthesis, composition, and live performance software this group is for you. Come to learn new techniques, better the code base, find collaborators, and find out what what's happening in studios, labs, and live work spaces around th …

The purpose of this meetup group is to develop and implement successful promotion, production and organization strategies for electronic music dance parties. DJs, musicians, visual artists, dancers and other artists are welcome to join if you are all passionate about electronic music and love to throw awesome parties!

Extra Fly, is a culmination of hip hop, new tunes, old tunes as well as reggae and latin and soca 'riddims', designed to ease your mind, your body and your soul. Our DJ is the talented DJ Synergy, an East Coast artist and hiphop connoisseur.  The music and the crowds are tasteful and professional; rif rafs need not apply! If hip hop, soca, reggae and positive vibes are your scene, join us for our club events .... and be... Extra Fly.

Meet other Bay Area fans of 80's music! From concerts and club nights to local bands and everything in-between, this is the place to keep up with all that's happening in San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area. Check our calendar- even if there's no official MeetUp event scheduled, you'll find plenty there related to 80s music, theme nights, and more. Feel free to post on the message boards to connect with others or simply sound off. As always, please feel free to email me with suggestions …

Meet other local fans of indie pop, indie rock, indie folk, shoegaze/nugaze, electro, twee, and the like... A place to discuss music and hear about shows in town (gamh, ind, popscene, both, fillmore, bimbos, mezzanine, c du nord etc...). If you enjoy anything from the sampling of bands below, join us! animalcollective asobiseksu atlassound autolux bandofhorses batforlashes beachhouse beirut blacklips blonderedhead boniver brighteyes britishseapower brokensocialscene clapyourhands cloudcult cry …

Get your live music fix with other fans of indie/indie rock and music that sounds like indie rock but isn't on an indie label. Places I expect this group will frequent are: the Independent, Mezzanine, Bimbo's, GAMH, the Fillmore, Warfield, Slim's, etc. We aim to check out note worthy local acts as well as great folks coming through town.  We are always open to suggestions and try to meet up at shows with tickets at all price points...including free!  If you like any of the following bands, you'v …

South East Asian Cultural Heritage & Musical Performing Arts (SEACHAMPA), a non-profit organization, are a collaboration of volunteers and supporters of a South East Asian American lifestyle, uniting artists, musicians and performers. This grassroots effort is supported by volunteers and will organically change with the population it serves. Currently SEACHAMPA offers the following: • Courses: Infant & Adult CPR & 1st Aid 2 yr Certification (Available in Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Lao, or Tha …

Meet other amateurs and professional who use the tools of the trade (Reason, Ableton Live, ProTools, CuBase, VSTs, MIDI controller boards, etc...) to make their own electronic music.

This is a group dedicated to improving the success of all its members in fashion, art, and music industries-Our goal is to help our members become more successful in their field. We bring together trend setters for mutual collaborations & partnerships so that the fam can become greater than the sum of all our parts. We want our members making new connections, helping others, growing their network, learning how to further their career and gaining access to the people and resources you need.

These days, most of the dance clubs and social meetup groups are focused on music from the 80s and later, from hair metal to house to hip-hop to funk/R&B to DJ mashups and the like. What is missing is a group with an emphasis on live band music from oldies rock and roll, to classic 60s rock (the British invasion, beach music, folk and acid rock, etc.) through the more popular 70s rock (Eagles, Doobies, etc.) You know the kind of music I am talking about! Well, THIS IS IT! Dancing to live mus …

Do you love underground house & techno music? Are you looking to meet a fun group of like-minded folks whose focus is experiencing quality music rather than just going out to hook up or black out? Are you tired of trying to wrangle your friends out to a good show that just dont "get it"? THIS GROUP IS FOR YOU. This group is for anyone who loves house music- whether you just want to meet up with true music lovers alike, love to dance to a good beat and see different DJ's live, or you're slipping …

Rockers' Club is an association of rock bands which also gets together for jams and group events.  We welcome players of all skill levels, but becoming a member of the group involves a commitment to get together and play music regularly with at least some of our members.  We also welcome entire rock bands who are interested in reducing the costs of playing music by sharing our equipment and practice space. Unlike most other Meetup groups, almost all of our members attend our events one or more …

The purpose of this Meetup group is to encourage and foster participatory singing in the San Francisco Bay Area-- to be a forum where people who love to sing can connect with like-minded individuals and find fun opportunities to raise their voices in supportive environments. If you have a group or event consistent with the ethos of "San Francisco Sings" that you'd like to list here, please contact the organizers at: http://www.meetup.com/sfsings/suggestion/ Organizations that list events with th …

Live in San Francisco or the Bay area? Love EDM? Headed to Vegas for EDC? What are you waiting for!?, click "Join us!" This meetup is for the lovely ladies of the Bay who are headed to EDC in Vegas this June! Join if you already have your tickets and a group of friends headed to Sin City or if you're looking for tickets//people to go with, && we will get together to chat music, fantastic festival attire && hopefully connect everyone with some rad new girlfriends to rage with at, before and after …

This meetup group is here to bring San Francisco turntable.fm DJ/fans together and meet each other and play their favorite music for each other using turntable.fm of course. We'll have both a virtual and physical space set-up for you to come and enjoy. While we meet let's vote with awesomes and get to know other turntable.fm fans.

40's+ baby boomers or others who just love to enjoy a good time, sing or play 50's, 60's, 70's music. Bring your guitar, bongos, tambourine or just your 'shower only' voice that will blend in perfectly with everyone else's. We provide song books for you to pick your favorites. This is not for original compositions or performers. Think of it as kind of live karaoke. Please be prepared to bring something good to eat for 8-10 people. Preferably vegetarian. We will provide paper goods so there will …

Trance music events for the 40+ year old generation. Do you love electronic music? Do you like to move to van Dyk, Markus Schulz, van Buuren and alike? Do you feel awkward in clubs surrounded by 20+ year old ravers? Then you found your group! We're scouting for chill events, and organize evenings on the town at trance events and perhaps local clubs.

New Orleans Jazz Fest is happening this year over a fabulous 10 day period (2 extended weekends): April 26 - May 5th. This year's NOLA Jazz Fest lineup looks amazing. Feel free to check it out: http://www.nojazzfest.com/ Years ago, I was fortunate enough to join a Yahoo Group that organized a trip to NOLA. What a fabulous experience it was. The live music and talent that is seen is unparalleled. I'm starting this group to meet up with folks from SF & the Bay Area who may be interested in joining …

This is a group to collect/connect jazz musicians,jazz listeners/lovers, and dance lovers at a place where all these things are possible. Currently many clubs featuring great jazz don't have much space for dancing--strange because the fun of moving to music is so natural! However, at most rock etc dance clubs the music is at bio hazard volume levels. Our JJ&D events feature dance-friendly space & creative music at an enjoyable level great for your all-over health! Dancing--all types, beats, etc. …

Introduction The SF/Bay Area Ableton Live User Group is for anyone interested in Ableton Live, music production and performance. The goal of the group is to create a community around music making and performance through the sharing of ideas, projects and lectures on a wide variety of Ableton and music production related topics. This group is rad! Meetings These meetings center around User Group members sharing their projects with the group alongside lectures given by Ableton Certified Trainer …

The Ukulele Rebellion has begun!  Join us at our bi-weekly meetings (and other events). Our primary songbook is The Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition. The pages to be covered for each meeting are posted on the homepage. The DULYE can be found at music stores and Amazon. We also play some songs from chord/lyric sheets that can be downloaded (see below). We ask a $2 donation per meeting to cover site maintenance and other costs. Excess funds go into the Oakside Cafe tip jar. If you can print out you …

A meetup for people who can play one or two traditional Irish tunes and are eager to learn more in an informal setting. All instruments welcome to join the session, which will be played at a slow to medium pace.

GREETINGS TRAVELER! Do you noodle? Do you eat drums for breakfast? Do you dabble in the art of the guitar? Do you navigate nebulae with your trusty SH101? You do!? Great! We would like to invite you to come to enjoy the earth beverage known as beer whilst engaging in organized sound communication. We speak the universal language of music, and we would like to find others who will help us translate the forces that drive it all. Come! Join us! Introduce yourselves! Make new friends! Help populate …