"Oskar Fischinger Classics" - A retrospective of one of cinema's great modernists, who channeled his knowledge of engineering, architectural design, and organ-building into his visual symphonies.
7:30pm, $5.50-$9.50. Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft, Berk. (510) 642-1412 bampfa.berkeley.edu

Ending Mountaintop Removal: Appalachian Activists in San Francisco - To save the last remaining mountaintop in their home from removal by coal mining corporations, the Appalachian community in Coal River Valley, W.V., has gone rogue. Key activists from their group Climate Ground Zero explain.
7pm-9pm, $5-$10 donation requested. Station 40, 3030B 16th St., SF. (415) 235-0596, www.indybay.org

On Land Festival - Noise-waffle diehards and aural experimentalists have a world of ear-tugging wonder in store when Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's and Maxwell Croy's Root Strata label throws its second annual music festival. With Ohneohtrix Point Never, Zelienople, Liz Harris, and more.
Thru Sun/5, 7:30pm, $10-$20. Cafe Du Nord and Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market, SF. (415) 861-5016, www.cafedunord.com

Arts Market SF - The Tenderloin hosts the city's newest all-day art bazaar, with t-shirt company the loin plus jewelry, artists, painters, and printers.
noon-8pm, free. UN Plaza, Market and Seventh St., SF. www.artsmarketsf.org

Popscene vs. Loaded - Two of the biggest indie dance clubs team up again for rock debauchery, with DJs Omar and Aaron Axelsen and live gigs from localistas the Limousines and Lilofee.
10pm, $13. Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell, SF. (415) (415) 861-2011 www.rickshawstop.com

Miami Horror - Australian producer Benjamin Plant started out as a remix artists, creating disco-inspired tunes. Now he's branched out into electronic pop with a full band and bringing shimmery synths to the masses. With Parallels, Pance Party, and Eli Glad.
9pm, $15. Mezzanine, 444 Jessie, SF. (415) 625-8880, www.mezzaninesf.com

Motor City Drum Ensemble - He's not from the Motor City and the only drums are your feet on the dance floor, but techno knob-nymph Danilo Plessow from Stuttgart sure knows his way around dance music history -- and he's not afraid of funky. With Roman Flugel at the monthly Kontrol party.
10pm-late, $20. EndUp, 401 Sixth St., SF. (415) 255-0333, www.slims-sf.com

Gemini Disco Farewell - The kids behind this incredibly popular and stylish retro-disco affair are ending on a high note — on this, their four-year anniversary, they're packing up the mirrorball and move-move-moving on. Do the hustle, shed a tear with DJs Vin Sol, Nicky B., and Derrick Love, and hosts Le Dinosaur and Christopher McVick.
10pm, $5. UndergroundSF, 424 Haight, SF. www.geminidisco.com

Abe Vigoda - An L.A. punk crew that plays a distinctly Caribbean style of punk — a lot of steel drums and reverbed guitars — and sounds like fellow Smell bands No Age and HEALTH while maintaining a personality very much their own. With Cold Cave.
9pm, $16. Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, SF. (415) 885-0750www.gamh.com

Cocktailgate: Drowning Lady - Super-bendy drag lady Suppositori Spelling's weekly gender clown hoot kicks out the jams (watch those heels) with a lineup of bedazzled performers actively protesting Burning Man's "no glitter, no feathers" anti-drag policy. Guest hostess VivvyAnne Forevermore soaks you with love
9pm, $4. Truck, 1900 Folsom, SF. (415) 252-0306. www.trucksf.com

Panda Bear - One of the many mysteries of the intentionally mysterious Animal Collective is how the group's later albums manage to make indie music so danceable. The man behind that particular mystery is Panda Bear (a.k.a. Noah Lennox), co-singer and sampling man, who seems to draw as much inspiration from electronic music as '70s psychedelia. With Nite Jewel
8pm, $25. Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakl. (1-800-745-3000, www.thefoxoakland.com

"Cowgirl Palooza" - At this eighth annual rodeo-themed fiesta, drown your sorrows with one of El Rio's signature margaritas, eat your fill of free BBQ , and scoot your boots to the cheekily country-fried tunage 77 El Deora. With Wicked Mercies, Bootcuts, and more.
3pm, $10. El Rio, 3158 Mission, SF. (415) 282-3325, www.elriosf.com

Extreme Animals - This band's website describes its sound as "No Doubt + Linkin Park + New Red Hot Chili Peppers," and Jacob Ciocci, TEA's leader, tries to pinpoint it further with this recent tweet: "If anyone ever asks, 'What is Extreme Animals?' say 'it's like Lady Gaga — it's music AND art!'"
9pm, free. Southern Exposure, 3030 20th St., SF. (415) 863-2141, www.soex.org

Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Sandoval's voice remains a seductive study in contrast, sounding at once near and far, with a hollowed core and warm edges. The dark shadows of that voice flicker over a whole generation of younger singers -- woozy bedroom-pop types and psych-folk melancholy cases.
8pm, $26. Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, SF. (415) 885-0750 www.gamh.com