Look at all the shows that are promoted on this site. I'm not gonna list them all but I've been to rap shows in san Jose, Oakland, san Francisco, vacaville fairfield, Santa Cruz. Monterey. Salinas. Berkeley, Santa Rosa, petaluma, stockton, modesto, Sacramento, glory, sunnyvale, mountain view, Santa Clara, belmont etc etc yes some of these locations are outside the bay but they right next door and in most those cities are multiple venues all within a short traveling distance