Thursday, Feb 11, 2009, 5-9pm – Dr. Toast will be joining unk’l funk’l for the Living Room Sessions happy hour at Mars Bar in San Francisco. Come get comfy, have a delicious beverage, and enjoy! [map]

Thursday, Dec 10, 2009, 8pm-midnight: Ride a biodiesel bus with couches, a dancefloor and a sound system and learn about our universe from the experts. We’ll end up in Marin where we will set-up several telescopes and scan the sky for interesting sights. Featuring music by Dr. Toast & Alxndr! Pick Up spot: The Bus Stop Gallery (135 Dore St. Unit C, betwn 9th / 10th in SOMA) [info, map, tickets, facebook]

Friday, November 20, 2009 – “The Black Rock Arts Foundation invites you to the grandest annual celebration of our community’s vital spirit and extraordinary artists. Once again, we gather in the majestic Bently Reserve to revel in support of BRAF’s mission to inspire art, community and civic participation worldwide. Enter into an enchanted world of abundant art, captivating entertainment, and tempting libations. Participate in interactive art experiences created by community visionaries. Be the art! Join us for our pre-event dinner for delightful fare, cocktails and auction.” 9pm – Late, The Bently Reserve, San Francisco [tickets, info, map]

September 2-4, 2009: The Toast will be popping up on the playa in a few different locations this year!

Wednesday, around sunrise: The False Profit Tuesday Party (located at 4:00 and Esplanade). From the press release: “Homo sapiens without the [silicon gene] mutation will be leaving the world of mutant commerce for False Profit’s Tuesday Night party to expose themselves to computerized sounds that will touch their Monkey-Robot brains. It should be no surprise that these sounds will be emitted from the Unimog, preferred vehicle of Space Cowboys who themselves are a future offshoot species of Homo sapiens electronica.”

Wednesday, around dusk: The Toast Party at the Relaxomatic Plushitorium. “At the Relaxomatic Plushitorium, you will find a madcap roller coaster ride of tranquility and repose — If it’s soft, squishy, and fun to sit on, you’ll probably find it here. Additionally register here to send your grilled Cheese-o-grams to your friends and enemies. Hometown: Brooklyn, NY” (photo: broxtronix)

Friday afternoon, 12:45pm: at El Circo and The Do Lab (located at 10:00 and Biology). “For the first time ever, The Do LaB and El Circo are joining forces to create an unforgettable visual sound camp, Simpler Times, at Burning Man this year. The merging of these iconic communities of San Francisco and Los Angeles is sure to produce one of the most epic and memorable places to be on the playa with the creative explosions, amazing musicians and mind-blowing performances.”

Sept 17-21, 2009: Join the Dr. at Northern California’s premier art and music festival in a beautiful outdoor location just outside Yosemite National Park. Also: Les Claypool, Amon Tobin, the Shamanic Cheerleaders, art installations and fire performances, workshops and presentations, and much more. Dr. Toast performs 3:30-5pm Friday on the Lake stage. Tickets and info at www.symbiosisgathering.com.

July 11, 2009, 4pm-2am: big ART studios presents: Sand by the Ton! Join us at Oakland’s newest beach for a grand opening fundraiser of epic proportions. Swimwear encouraged. 4 electronic music stages, 3 live music stages, 250,000 square feet of art studios, 1000s of your closest friends, 200 tons of sand, 1 carnival midway, 5 swimming pools. Symbiosis + False Profit stage with Carbon Fire Flower installations from False Profit Labs. Featuring the music of Beats Antique, Random Rab, Welder, Heyoka, Dov, Dr. Toast (7pm), Tinker and more! American Steel, 1960 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA (info, tickets, map)

Dr. Toast makes his 4th annual performance at False Profit’s Priceless campout this 4th of July weekend, at a beautiful location on the Feather River in the Sierra town of Belden, CA. Three days of camping and swimming plus interactive fire and video art from False Profit Labs, vegetarian/vegan food from Table Nectar, plus sculpture, workshops in balloon animals, hand percussion, knot tying, yoga, and staff spinning. Live music highlights include David Last, Deru, Mimosa, ganucheau, Genji, EPROM, Heyoka, Ill Gates, Kalpataru Tree, Mozaic, Random Rab, Welder, and many more. For more information, visit priceless.false-profit.com.

Thursday, April 9, 2009, 6pm-10pm – Dr. Toast presents a fascinating lecture on the current state of Toastronomical Science at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Well, either that, or he’s spinning his toasty beats there for the 3rd annual Yuri’s Night Bay Area as part of the Academy’s NightLife series. Celebrate the anniversary of the first human spaceflight with music from Dr. Toast, Nalepa, Random Rab, and Cumulus, explore the indoor rain forest and Morrison Planetarium, hear lectures from visiting NASA scientists, and enjoy ambient soundscapes in the Steinhart Aquarium.

Thursday, April 2, 2009, 8:30pm – False Profit, LLC takes over the Transported bus for an evening with selectors benchun, Obi-J, and Dr. Toast. Pick-up spot: The Bus Stop Gallery (135 Dore Street, Unit C, San Francisco). Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets.

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This important message from TransportedSF: “Decompress from New Year’s Eve with the TransportedSF bus crew. On Thursday, January 8th, we’ll be having an intimate chill night with musical masterminds Dr. Toast & F’kir. The bus will be tricked out with extra plush cushions and lounge areas. We meet at The Bus Stop Gallery, 135 Dore St, Unit C at 7:30pm for check-in and we return you at 11:30pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through our web site: http://www.transportedsf.com . We hope you can join us!”