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Nightlife Events Aug.15-22, 2019

Nightlife Events Aug.15-22, 2019

  • by Events Editor
  • Aug 14, 2019

'Whadda you wanna do, Marty?' 'I dunno, whadda you wanna do?' Your queries have been answered.

Samantha Sidley likes girls: Pop/Jazz singer at the Rickshaw Stop

Samantha Sidley likes girls: Pop/Jazz singer at the Rickshaw Stop

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Aug 14, 2019

Samantha Sidley cuts to the chase in her just released single "I Like Girls." The song's video begins with a tight close-up of her face. "I like girls!" she proclaims, before she starts singing.

Drag performers seek fair pay

Drag performers seek fair pay

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 7, 2019

What is a drag performer or performance worth? The question is at the heart of a movement, still in its infancy, to set a minimum booking fee for drag queens and kings in the Bay Area.

Nightlife Events Aug. 8-15, 2019

Nightlife Events Aug. 8-15, 2019

  • by Events Editor
  • Aug 7, 2019

Celebrate summer's end with fog and fun, in or out of bars and nightclubs.

Tyne Daly & Sharon Gless: 'Cagney and Lacey,' together again at REAF benefit concert

Tyne Daly & Sharon Gless: 'Cagney and Lacey,' together again at REAF benefit concert

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Aug 7, 2019

On Sunday, August 18, Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless, stars of the iconic 1980s police show Cagney and Lacey, will reunite onstage at the Herbst Theater for Help Is On The Way 25, a concert and gala which will raise money for two good causes.

Caitlin Gill:  Comic comes home

Caitlin Gill: Comic comes home

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Aug 7, 2019

Stand-up comic and former San Francisco resident Caitlin Gill returns to the scene of the crime on Friday August 16, when she'll appear with fellow comics Jackie Kashian and Chris Fairbanks at the Verdi Club.

Outside Lands' super-queer notables

Outside Lands' super-queer notables

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Jul 31, 2019

The annual huge outdoor, multi-stage music festival includes headliner Paul Simon, plus food, drinks, comedy, all in lovely Golden Gate Park. Here are a few select, lesser-known bands and events, including a few queer notables.

Celebrating A Star is Born: Popular musical films get a cabaret tribute at Feinstein's

Celebrating A Star is Born: Popular musical films get a cabaret tribute at Feinstein's

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Jul 31, 2019

On August 9 and 10, a tribute to a trio of musical films makes a cabaret debut when Feinstein's at The Nikko presents 'A Star Is Born: The Concert,' a show which will offer live performances of songs from three versions of the story.

Nightlife Events Aug. 1-8, 2019

Nightlife Events Aug. 1-8, 2019

  • by Events Editor
  • Jul 31, 2019

Pull up to the bumper for auto-motivated amusements; meaning, get yourself out to have fun.

Up Your Alley weekend's packin'

Up Your Alley weekend's packin'

  • by Race Bannon
  • Jul 24, 2019

Up Your Alley weekend annually draws thousands of fans of kink, leather, and a cruisy outdoor street fair. The amount of related events has multiplied, ranging from bar nights to dance parties and sex-play events. Strap on your harness and dive in.

Nightlife Events July 25-Aug. 1, 2019

Nightlife Events July 25-Aug. 1, 2019

  • by Events Editor
  • Jul 24, 2019

Sleaze and salacious saturnalias saturate our selections, with a few nightlife options where you can keep your clothes on.

SF Jewish Film Festival Opening Party @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

SF Jewish Film Festival Opening Party @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

  • by Steven Underhill
  • Jul 24, 2019

After the opening night screening of 'Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles' at the Castro Theatre, filmmakers, producers, actors and patrons enjoyed the Opening Night party at The Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Ryan Raftery: The comic actor-singer cooks up Martha Stewart

Ryan Raftery: The comic actor-singer cooks up Martha Stewart

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Jul 17, 2019

Comic actor Ryan Raftery's one-man musical, 'The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Martha Stewart' brings recipes and song parodies to Feinstein's.

GameBoi SF @ Rickshaw Stop

GameBoi SF @ Rickshaw Stop

  • by Steven Underhill
  • Jul 10, 2019

GameBoi SF's monthly party, held at The Rickshaw Stop (133 Fell St.), drew fewer attendees than usual on July 6, due to the holiday weekend. But the Asian gays and pals night still brought K-pop and other genres played by DJ Larock.