(((folkYEAH!))) Presents Grails + Nathan Bowles Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM Rather than pick up where they left off, Grails take the sky-high riff-based heaviness of their earlier albums and distill it into a nuanced, widescreen opus. The perennial influences of mid-20th century Western film scores, obscure library music, and psychedelic krautrock are indelibly imprinted, but Chalice Hymnal exudes an eerie patience in unfurling the many layers of its subtle details. Produced by the band over the past five years,…

$16 adv / $20 door El Radio Fantastique is the band that would be playing at Salvador Dali's birthday party. They are the band that defies all labels and description, that floats effortlessly across genres while always conveying a sense of cinematic drama, reckless abandon, and broken beauty. Through lush arrangements, driving rhythms and pop hooks, the dynamic swell of emotion that emanates from this group is undeniably deep. If Anton LaVey, Frank Sinatra and David Bowie dropped acid in…

An Evening with Holly Bowling - Solo Piano Interpretations of Phish & The Grateful Dead" $22 adv / $25 door Partially Seated - First Come, First Served Texture, nuance, and a gift for dexterous high-wire improvisation are the hallmarks of San Francisco-based classically trained pianist Holly Bowling, who infuses jam band music with a technically advanced, emotionally rich style. After studying piano performance at SF State University, Bowling has turned her agile mind and interpretive prowess to the works of…

Going to Dick's? Consider this your warmup! Not going? Well, this is as close as you're gonna get to the real thing for a while. We're ecstatic to be back at The Chapel--please come help us ring out the summer. $18 adv / $22 door Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm When Chum played their first live date in December of 2010 on a rainy Tuesday night in North Beach, nobody in the band knew what to expect. Phish fans are…

Crash Test Dummies + Jill Sobule $42 adv / $44 door Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies will reunite for the first time in 17-years to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their seminal sophomore album God shuffled His Feet. The north American tour will launch November 23 and will feature the original line-up of Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts, and Mitch Dorge. "After a huge hit in Canada with our folksier debut album, our…

(((folkYEAH!))) Presents Lumerians + Carlton Melton + Death Cheetah $16 adv / $18 door Oakland, CA outfit Lumerians are a prodigious force in the extra-terrestrial realms of modern psychedelia. Since forming in San Francisco back in 2006, Lumerians have traversed their way through multiple different genres – offering mind-bending adventures into everything from space rock, kraut and noise to zamrock, free jazz, drone and dub. Drawing from a range of influences, both familiar and esoteric, past and present, Lumerians conjure…