Artists at The Mystic Theatre

Calm & Chaos

Calm & Chaos was formed in November of 2008 in order to play a benefit for Shannon Boaz’ fight against Leukemia. While the members of the band had known each other for many years it was the first time they had… (Read More)

Camper Van Beethoven

At the time of their 1985 debut, Camper Van Beethoven’s merging of punk, folk, ska, and world musics was truly a revelation. Self-described as “surrealist absurdist folk,” the band formed in Santa Cruz, CA, after singer/songwriter David Lowery of Redlands, CA… (Read More)

Carolina Chocolate Drops

“Tradition is a guide, not a jailer. We play in an older tradition but we are modern musicians.” —Justin Robinson In the summer and fall of 2005, three young black musicians, Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson, made the commitment… (Read More)

CB3 (Chris Berry Trio)

CB-3 (Chris Berry Trio) Featuring Steve Kimock What happens when you put African grooves born in the ghettos of Zimbabwe with the ground breaking guitar work of San Francisco’s scene and combine it with New York City’s urban electronica? The west… (Read More)

Christmas Jug Band

“The kings of 100% acoustic folk-skiffle-swing holiday highjinks. Stalwart purveyors of the jugabilly mystique!” A tongue-in-cheek seasonal convergence of San Francisco Bay Area luminaries. The Christmas Jug Band Story – A momentary lapse of sanity that became an annual holiday tradition… (Read More)

Chrome Johnson

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Chuck Prophet

Pure, guileless rock abandon. Chuck Prophet is in the middle of his European tour dates in support of his amazing new album “Let Freedom Ring” which is out now on Cooking Vinyl and a few copies are available here to order… (Read More)

Cloverleaf Drive

Cloverleaf Drive was formed in the fall of 2007 by Michael Rhinehart and Mack St.Pierre. Shortly after they added Chris Michael on vocals and Guitar. The three performed their first show at Expression College in Emeryville California. The band eventually made… (Read More)

Coco Montoya

With the release of Just Let Go, his third recording for Blind Pig, Coco Montoya continues to prove he’s one of the most formidable blues and roots rock guitar slingers on the scene. Montoya was born in Santa Monica, California in… (Read More)

Country Joe McDonald

Country Joe and the Fish came about as part political device, part necessity, and part entertainment. In the Fall of 1965, the remnants of the FSM (Free Speech Movement) on the Berkeley Campus were organizing a series of demonstrations against the… (Read More)

Cracker

Of all the bands that enjoyed a flirtation with fame and fortune during the alternative rock boom of the 1990s, few success stories seemed more of a fluke than Cracker. While David Lowery and Johnny Hickman were (and are) talented songwriters… (Read More)

Crown City Rockers

Crown City Rockers is a genre-blending collective whose music is all together original, powerful and provocative. With an organic blend of lush, funk-drenched grooves, riveting classic soul samples, sharp live instrumentation and old-school rhymes, Crown City Rockers is a welcome breath… (Read More)

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