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The Monster Show: popular drag show celebrates 21 years
It's hard to believe that The Monster Show has been around for 21 years, yet on September 26 the show will throw a big birthday bash for its 21st birthday at its home bar, The Edge in the Castro district.
Disco, rediscovered in a new Vegas show, a book and documentaries
Disco is having another moment. Two powerful documentary films, a definitive coffee table book, and a $14 million high-tech Las Vegas experience have arrived in recent months to celebrate the music that dominated the 1970s.
The Aces hold all the cards: All-female Utah-native queer band at The Fox Oakland
3/4th of the all-female Utah-native band The Aces are queer. It's not four of a kind, but it's pretty good odds, regardless. The Aces' 2023 album "I've Loved You For So Long" features some of the catchiest and queerest songs you are likely to hear.
Kink ink: Folsom books threeway
Welcome to Folsom Week here in beautiful, diverse, and, yes, kinky, San Francisco! Here are three books of interest that have published in the past month guaranteed to appeal to your kinkier side of alternative sexual proclivities.
Going Out, Sept. 19-27, 2024 arts & nightlife events
You should be dancin', yeah. Along with our pristine/splashy and joyful/contemplative cultural events, once in a while you just need to shake your booty. We've got plenty more in our expansive listings of nightlife and art events in Going Out.
Leather Pride Fest: Pre-Folsom fun at Eagle Plaza
The legendary Folsom Street Fair takes place on September 29. But several Leather Week events precede the popular street fair with smaller yet fun events in an array of outdoor and indoor parties, celebrations and live music.
A 100th Birthday Celebration for James Baldwin - party at GLBT History Museum commemorates gay African American author
August 2nd was the 100th birthday of legendary gay African American author James Baldwin. On September 19 the GLBT History Museum, in collaboration with Books Not Bans, will throw a birthday party that promises to pull out all the stops.
Going Out, Sept. 12-20, 2024 arts & nightlife events
Don't forget to tip your bartenders, like Bernadette Fons at The Stud, the hottest new/old space that has everything! We've got plenty more in our expansive listings of nightlife and art events in Going Out.
Get naked with Juanita MORE! - Drag impresario's birthday party takes a nude direction
Juanita MORE! has been celebrating her 33rd natal day for many years. This time she's going full throttle as she throws herself a wild naked birthday party on September 20 at Haum, a Mission District Yoga Studio.
Ginger's returns - FiDi LGBTQ bar now open regularly with drag performances
Ginger's, the San Francisco Financial District's only LGBTQ bar, is now going to be open regularly on some weeknights with a new lineup of programming including drag shows and a Terror Vault takeover..
Going Out, Sept. 5-13, 2024 arts & nightlife events
While our annual Fall Arts Preview in this week's issue covers arts events through the year, we'd like to get specific with even more entertainments in Going Out, our weekly arts and nightlife listings. Check it out.
Top of the pops: Fall Arts Preview in pop, rock and more music 2024
San Francisco band Sly and the Family Stone sang about "Hot Fun in the Summertime" in the 1960s, but those of us who have been here for a while we know that the real hot music comes to the Bay Area in the fall.
Going Out, Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 2024 arts & nightlife events
Even if the fog is rolling on a cool night, you can still get hot and saucy at places like The Powerhouse, where the monthly Flex party shows off muscular men. We've got plenty more in our expansive listings of nightlife and art events in Going Out.
Road tripping to the Mariposa and Anderson Valleys
Get out of town for some refreshing overnight road trips that deliver major changes of scenery with minor fuss and planning. Jim Gladstone, his hubby and their dog, visited Mariposa Valley, Yosemite National Park, and the Anderson Valley inns and shops.