BARtab :: Nightlife

Moni Talks

Moni Talks

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 27, 2013

At times sincere and at other times witty and casual, San Francisco drag diva Moni Stat balances the elegance of upscale drag with a sense of humor and self-deprecation.

BARchive :: Halloween on Polk Street 1975

BARchive :: Halloween on Polk Street 1975

  • by Jim Stewart
  • Oct 26, 2013

It was Friday, October 31, 1975. My first Halloween in San Francisco. I'd just dropped a bundle on black leather chaps from Hard On Leathers on Polk and a Muir motorcycle cap from A Taste of Leather on Folsom.

Klaus Music: Joey Arias & Kristian Hoffman

Klaus Music: Joey Arias & Kristian Hoffman

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 21, 2013

The eerily wonderful pop-opera singer Klaus Nomi is long gone, but Joey Arias and Kristian Hoffman, his two close friends and collaborators, will return to the stage in a rare duo concert

Rad Beaux-mance

Rad Beaux-mance

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 20, 2013

After enduring months of extensive renovations, and no small volley of rumors and speculation, Beaux, the stylish Castro gay nightclub, has opened.

Lit Crawl 101 :: Hitting the Streets for Lettered Mayhem

Lit Crawl 101 :: Hitting the Streets for Lettered Mayhem

  • by Ronn Vigh
  • Oct 19, 2013

"Where Literature Hits The Streets," is the tagline of Lit Crawl 2013, a free three-hour event which organizers describe as an attempt to transform the commonly seen Mission bar crawl into a mob scene of literary mayhem.

Broadway Bingo Brightens Wednesdays at Feinstein’s

Broadway Bingo Brightens Wednesdays at Feinstein’s

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 14, 2013

You can’t ask for two more talented hosts for a musical theatre trivia night. Joe Wicht and J. Conrad Frank have decades of theatre, cabaret and bar experience between them - that is, performing in bars.

Big Freedia is 'Queen of Bounce'

Big Freedia is 'Queen of Bounce'

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 12, 2013

The openly gay performer shares music and more in "Queen of Bounce," his new Fuse TV eight-part program.

Cho Biz :: Margaret Cho at Masonic Hall

Cho Biz :: Margaret Cho at Masonic Hall

  • by Ronn Vigh
  • Oct 11, 2013

Surfacing on the national comedy scene in the early 1990s and remaining a comedic staple ever since, Emmy and Grammy-nominated actress and comic Margaret Cho will return to her hometown of San Francisco where she got her very first start.

Peaches Headlines Castro Street Fair

Peaches Headlines Castro Street Fair

  • by Juan Garcia
  • Oct 4, 2013

Eclectic, experimental, punk, electro... it takes many words to try to describes the unique musical talent known as Peaches. She and her Peachettes will headline the 40th anniversary Castro Street Fair.

Lady Bunny’s Back in Town!

Lady Bunny’s Back in Town!

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 3, 2013

She’s back! Lady Bunny, New York nightlife drag queen extraordinaire, Wigstock creator, performer and DJ, returns to San Francisco with the latest edition of her bawdy variety show full of saucy songs and sassy commentary.

Midnight Makeover

Midnight Makeover

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 2, 2013

The Midnight Sun, the popular intimate Castro bar known for decades as the default TV and video-viewing gay bar, has its new face on...almost.

BARchive :: The Slot

BARchive :: The Slot

  • by Jim Stewart
  • Sep 29, 2013

In 1976, before the Folsom Street Fair became the iconic festival it is today, among the bars, baths, and blue-collar joints South of Market, at 979 Folsom Street, stood the South-of-the-Slot bathhouse.

Folsom’s Dirty Thirty

Folsom’s Dirty Thirty

  • by Scott Brogan
  • Sep 27, 2013

The Folsom Street Fair celebrates three decades this year. It’s hard to believe that it’s been thirty years since it started as a modest street fair. It’s since become the largest leather/fetish street fair in the world.

Aiden James: Philly’s Finest

Aiden James: Philly’s Finest

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Sep 27, 2013

Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Aiden James will be performing in San Francisco at the Folsom Street Fair’s main stage on September 29, and at The Midnight Sun on Monday September 30.