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Venue Finder Our critics have culled the best concerts of the season for this year's Summer Music Guide to go along with our exhaustive (it wore us out anyway) day-by-day calendar of top shows in the Silicon Valley and nearby environs. We've provided a venue finder to help locate the auditoriums, halls, wineries and clubs--and let you know the easiest way to get tickets. Not all of the details for some of these shows have been completely settled--so be sure to call ahead. Afribbean Festival Mountain View Downtown Castro Street, Mountain View Afribbean Festival San Jose Guadalupe River Park, downtown San Jose Aptos Village Park 100 Aptos Creek Rd, Aptos, 831.454.7956 Backbeat Nightclub 777 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, 408.241.0777 Baylands Park Lawrence Expressway and Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale, 408.730.7709 Cactus Club 417 S. First St, San Jose, 408.491.9300 Chronicle Pavilion 2000 Kirker Pass Rd, Concord, 408.998.TIXS Compaq Center at San Jose 525 W. Santa Clara St, San Jose, 408.998.TIXS Discovery Meadow Guadalupe Park, San Carlos Street and Woz Way, San Jose, 831.338.2578 The Fairmont 170 S. Market St, San Jose, 408.998.1900 The Fillmore 1805 Geary at Fillmore, San Francisco, 408.998.TIXS Flint Center 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, 408.864.8820 Frost Amphitheatre Stanford University, Stanford, 650.725.ARTS Fuel 44 Almaden Ave, San Jose, 408.295.7374 The Fox Theater 2215 Broadway, Redwood City 408.961.5858 Gardner Community Center 520 W. Virginia St, San Jose, 408.279.1498. Greek Theatre UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, 408.998.TIXS Hedley Club Hotel De Anza, 233 W. Santa Clara St, San Jose, 408.286.1000 Hyatt Regency Burlingame 1333 Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, 408.998.TIXS. Icon Supperclub 260 California Ave, Palo Alto, 650.289.0222 Ironstone Vineyards 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys, 408.961.5858 JJ's Blues 3439 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose, 408.243.6441 The King's Head 201 Orchard City Dr, Campbell, 408.871.2499 Lick Observatory Mt. Hamilton, 831.459.2159 Maritime Hall 450 Harrison St, San Francisco, 415.974.0634 BASS Montalvo's Carriage House Theatre 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858. Montalvo's Front Lawn Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858 Montalvo's Garden Theatre Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858 Mountain Winery 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, 408.998.TIXS. Network Associates Coliseum 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, 408.998.2277 Oakland Arena 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, 408.998.BASS Paramount's Great America Redwood Amphitheatre, 4699 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, 408.998.TIXS Paramount Theatre 2025 Broadway, Oakland, 408.998.TIXS Pier 30/32 San Francisco, 408.998.TIXS Plaza de Cesar Chavez Market and San Carlos streets, San Jose St. James Park St. James and First streets, San Jose San Jose Civic Auditorium 145 W. San Carlos St, San Jose Santa Clara Rodeo Arena Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Rd, San Jose Scruffy Murphy's 187 S. Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale, 408.735.7394 Shoreline Amphitheatre 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, 408.998.TIXS San Jose Jazz Festival Stages throughout downtown San Jose San Jose America Festival Downtown San Jose Stanford Jazz Festival Various venues at Stanford University USS Hornet Museum Pier 3, Alameda Point, Alameda, 510.521.8448 The Usual 400 S. First St, San Jose, 408.535.0330 The Warfield 982 Market St, San Francisco, 408.998.TIXS Waves Smokehouse & Saloon 65 Post St, San Jose, 408.885.9283 Summer Music Guide Crowd Control: Summer's best moments can still happen within the impromptu community of a crowd. Critics Choice: Reviews of select upcoming music events. Summer Sounds: A four-month planner for all the season's best concerts. Free For All: The summers offers plenty of chances to listen up--for nothing. [ San Jose | Metroactive Central | Archives ]