The Utah presents

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Hotel Utah Saloon

500 4th St San Francisco, CA

7P $12 adv $15 door 21+

Full Bar // Kitchen

Make it dinner, drinks, and a show at The Utah!

THE LOVE BOMBS

SF Bay Area punk/indie/riot grrrl.

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MAMA COON & THE YES DADDIES

Independent outlaw roots outfit delivering raw storytelling and soulful, genre-blending grooves straight out of The Bay.

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KEN NEWMAN

Ken Newman came to songwriting later than many artists, after decades as a guitarist and performer. Based between San Francisco and Zihuatanejo, Mexico, he writes songs that ask difficult questions without pretending to have easy answers.

Blending Americana, folk, rock, and subtle flamenco influences, Newman's music explores the places where certainty begins to unravel—politics without slogans, love without clichés, and the complicated space where hope and disappointment often coexist.

His latest single, *Who Are the Bad Guys*, reflects that approach. Rather than choosing sides, it asks listeners to consider how blurred the line between innocence and complicity can become. Early reviews have described Newman as "a quintessential storyteller," praising his thoughtful writing and willingness to explore uncomfortable questions.

Whether performing with a full band or alone with an acoustic guitar, Newman believes the best songs don't tell people what to think. They invite listeners into the conversation and leave room for them to find their own answers.

kennewmanmusic.com

AL CABRÓN

Al Cabrón is the pseudonym of San Francisco based artist Alan Peters.

A solo project spun out of Bear Flag Rebellion, the alt-country band formed by members of SF based punk-trio Bad Girls Go to Hell, Al Cabrón keeps the outlaw spirit alive and kicking. More understated instrumentally, the project puts more emphasis on the storytelling that was less obvious in Bear Flag's punk-country crossover fire.

Born and raised in the coastal-range forest-land of California, in its most lunatic-fringe era, Cabrón tells semi-autobiographical or at times historical tales with running themes of addiction, criminality and grief - with the varied rural settings of vast California each playing characters of their own.

With producer Jason Brownell on micro-independent label Revenant Ventures, Al Cabrón is writing, re-writing, and releasing a first album one track at a time.

instagram.com/alcabronmusic