curated music programming
and special events
Atmospheres is our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound with resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS curating a mix of electronic, ambient, psychedelic and experimental records. Every Thursday at 9p.
Silent Sunday 071: Producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional live keys player for Nine Inch Nails, Alessandro Cortini’s album Avanti . Sunday October 11. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
No Room For Squares is a weekly showcase of classic jazz albums from the decade between 1955 - 1965, one of the most exciting eras in recorded music. No Room For Squares will feature iconic artists like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on iconic labels like Blue Note, Impulse! and Prestige. Plus, we’ll have whisky specials each week, so you can sip on a delicious dram while taking in some of our favorite bebop, hard-bop and post-bop albums from the collection
Selector Series Season 13 continues on Wednesday 10.14 with PROFESITO.
PROFESITO is a San Diego-born DJ, artist, and event producer based in the Bay Area since 2013. He began his DJ career in 2020 as a host for Oakland's online station Lower Grand Radio and would move to live sets in 2022. He has been the lead producer for the event series in CLB_INTRNCNL since its inception in 2023, also serving as its host in a monthly series on San Francisco's HydeFM. Dedicating his craft to promoting global music, his vinyl selections span jazz, rock, soul, cumbia, and more from languages and countries all over the world.
Atmospheres is our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound with resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS and a slate of guests curating a mix of electronic, ambient and experimental records. Every Thursday at 9p.
Silent Sunday 072: Nina Simone’s jazz/pop gem I Put A Spell On You Sunday October 18. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
No Room For Squares is a weekly showcase of classic jazz albums from the decade between 1955 - 1965, one of the most exciting eras in recorded music. No Room For Squares will feature iconic artists like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on iconic labels like Blue Note, Impulse! and Prestige. Plus, we’ll have whisky specials each week, so you can sip on a delicious dram while taking in some of our favorite bebop, hard-bop and post-bop albums from the collection.
Selector Series Season 13 continues on Wednesday 10.21 with none other than Chungtech.
Chungtech is an Oakland-based DJ and record digger who uses music as a vehicle for storytelling, following curious threads through memory and time. Her sets flow across eras and genres, connecting familiar favorites with overlooked gems, deep cuts, and unexpected turns. She’s drawn to the records just next to the dance floor: slow burners, left turns, and new discoveries that make you lean in, listen closer, and see where the story goes.
An original member of the Bay Area’s influential Sweater Funk crew, Chungtech is also a resident selector at Room 389 and recently hosted Public Access, a monthly show on Fault Radio where she follows the music wherever her curiosity leads, making room for adventure in unexpected turns.
In her offline time, you can find her trail by following her down one rabbit hole or another in pursuit of things that make her intentionally slow down: music research, drawing, making things, getting outside, soft serve, and definitely some side quests along the way.
Atmospheres is our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound with resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS curating a mix of electronic, psychedelic, ambient and experimental records. Every Thursday starting at 9p.
Silent Sunday 073: One of Wayne Shorter’s best, the 1964 post-bop heater Speak No Evil. Sunday October 25. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
No Room For Squares is a weekly showcase of classic jazz albums from the decade between 1955 - 1965, one of the most exciting eras in recorded music. No Room For Squares will feature iconic artists like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on iconic labels like Blue Note, Impulse! and Prestige. Plus, we’ll have whisky specials each week, so you can sip on a delicious dram while taking in some of our favorite bebop, hard-bop and post-bop albums from the collection.
Please to present a listening party for the new DIIV album ZIRP! on Thursday October 29.
“ZIRP! is the new album from DIIV, the Brooklyn-based shoegaze band, produced by pop mastermind A.G. Cook. this is not a niche record for music understanders only. this is our POP record. this is our extremely accessible mainstream alternative rock record. what does alternative mean? we are saying, ZIRP! is what it means. are we joking? not really. this record is FUN. everywhere “Frog” was serious, ZIRP! is fun. it was fun to make, and it is fun to listen to. life is hard. ZIRP! is easy.”
Atmospheres is our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound with resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS curating a mix of electronic, ambient and experimental records. Every Thursday at 9p.
Selector Series Season 13 continues on Wednesday 10.07 with another SMARTBOMB collaboration night, with this edition featuring the one and only Nic Feliciano in the booth.
No Room For Squares is a weekly showcase of classic jazz albums from the decade between 1955 - 1965, one of the most exciting eras in recorded music. No Room For Squares will feature iconic artists like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on iconic labels like Blue Note, Impulse! and Prestige. Plus, we’ll have whisky specials each week, so you can sip on a delicious dram while taking in some of our favorite bebop, hard-bop and post-bop albums from the collection.
Silent Sunday 070: We continue our celebration of the Coltrane centennial with arguably his finest album A Love Supreme Sunday October 4. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Every Thursday, Bar Shiru resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS take us on a journey to the outer reaches of sound, curating an eclectic mix of electronic, ambient, experimental and psychedelic records.
Join us for an early evening listening party with Oakland’s own DJ Cavem.
Selector Series Season 13 continues on Wednesday 9.30 with Mare. E. Fresh.
Mare.e.Fresh is a DJ/producer based out of the Bay Area that combines a mix of cumbia/hiphop/reggaeton/and the occasional banda to create a blend of music aimed at making people dance. She is a part of the art collective Velvet Cloud Radio and an active member of Chulita Vinyl Club’s Bay Area chapter. Her DJ'ing is centered around taking up and harvesting space in which people can have fun and dance in through music.
No Room For Squares is a weekly showcase of classic jazz albums from the decade between 1955 - 1965, one of the most exciting eras in recorded music. No Room For Squares will feature iconic artists like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on iconic labels like Blue Note, Impulse! and Prestige. Plus, we’ll have whisky specials each week, so you can sip on a delicious dram while taking in some of our favorite bebop, hard-bop and post-bop albums from the collection.
Silent Sunday 069: The 50th Anniversary of one of the greatest albums every made, Stevie Wonder’s magnum opus Songs in the Key of Life. Sunday September 27. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Selector Series Season 13 continues on Wednesday 9.23 with Krisa Cupcake.
A longtime Bay Area selector and vinyl enthusiast, Krisa spends her days as a park ranger and her nights behind the turntables. Her sets explore the soulful, eclectic sounds of the ’60s and ’70s— from girl groups to international grooves and forgotten gems from around the world. Expect a thoughtful selection of records and a soundtrack made for settling in with a good cocktail.
Silent Sunday 068: Estonian producer and multi-instrumentalist Misha Panfilov’s mesmerizing 2020 album Days As Echoes Sunday September 20. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Silent Sunday 067: Portishead’s 1994 trip-hop classic DUMMY. Sunday September 13. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Join us at Bar Shiru for a very special global listening party featuring Haruomi Hosono’s brand new album Yours Sincerely. Presented in partnership with Ghostly International and In Sheep’s Clothing. Free and open to the public. First come, first served.
Silent Sunday 066: We continue our celebration of the Miles Davis Centennial with his excellent 1958 Milestones, a gem from the First Great Quintet. Sunday September 6. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Silent Sunday 065: Japanese trombonist and compsoer Hiroshi Suzuki’s 1976 jazz-funk gem Cat. Sunday August 30. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Silent Sunday 064: We celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rihanna’s modern day classic ANTI-. Sunday August 23. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Atmospheres is our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound with resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS curating a mix of electronic, psychedelic, ambient and experimental records. Every Thursday starting at 9p.
Silent Sunday 063: Lonnie Liston Smith’s spiritual jazz funk odyssey Astral Traveling. Sunday August 16. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Silent Sunday 062: We celebrate the 10th anniversary of Charles Bradley’s penultimate album Changes. Sunday August 9. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Join us at Bar Shiru for a very special global listening party featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 1989 album “Beauty”, loving remastered and reissued.
Industry Grooves continues this week as we highlight Moonglow, our sister bar just two blocks up from Bar Shiru. The team from Moonglow will be curating records for the night. If you know you Glow.
Silent Sunday 061: We continue our celebration of the Coltrane Centennial with Blue Train. Sunday August 2. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p.
To deliver the best acoustic experience possible, no shaken cocktails will be made during the featured album. We also STRONGLY encourage guests to disconnect from their screens during Silent Sunday. Analog activities like deep listening, drawing, reading, writing, daydreaming, knitting and meditating are encouraged.
Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Industry Grooves is back on Wednesday July 29 featuring Daniel Aderaw Yeshiwas from Brundo Spice Company and Café Colucci curating records for the evening.
Through Brundo, he works directly with smallholder farmers across Ethiopia to source spices while helping preserve and celebrate Ethiopian culinary traditions. At Café Colucci, he’s focused on creating a vibrant gathering place that showcases Ethiopian food, coffee, cocktails, and culture.
8pm onwards for a night of music and community.
Silent Sunday 060 we honor the late, great Amy Winehouse’s second (and final) album Back To Black which turns 20 later this year. Sunday July 26. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p. Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
For Silent Sunday 059 we’ll be spinning the brand new album Distracted by contemporary musical polymath Thundercat. Sunday July 19. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p. Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Silent Sunday 058 features Mulatu Of Ethiopia, the landmark 1972 album by Ethio jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke. Sunday July 12. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p. Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Last summer we invited some of our friends from the hospitality industry to come hang out, play some records and maybe make a special cocktail for the evening. And it was a hoot so we’re running it back!
This July we are really excited to have our homies from Flour + Water, Soba Ichi, Popoca and Cafe Collucci in the mix.
So join us every Wednesday night in July (starting on July 8!) from 8pm - 11pm for some of The Bay Area’s best and baddest food and bev folks as they pull up to the Shiru hi-fi for the ultimate Industry Night.
Bar Shiru will be closed July 3rd through July 6th. Enjoy the long holiday weekend.
Silent Sunday 057 features the debut album by Solange Knowles, A Seat At The Table, which is somehow turning 10 years old this year. Sunday June 28. 4 - 5:30p.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p. Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Silent Sunday 056 features Filles de Kilimanjaro, the 1968 album by Miles Davis, the final LP by his Second Great Quintet. Sunday June 14.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p. Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
Silent Sunday 055 features Nicolas Jaar’s 2011 experimental electronic debut LP Space Is Only Noise. Sunday June 14.
Silent Sunday occurs every week and is free and open to all (21+ only). Doors are at 4p, the featured album spins at 4:30p and there is zero talking (except for ordering) from 4p - 5:30p. Following Silent Sunday, Bar Shiru is open until 10p.
