Events :: Nightlife Events

Over the Coals :: Drag Icon Heklina Gets Roasted

Over the Coals :: Drag Icon Heklina Gets Roasted

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Feb 15, 2018

Heklina should be given awards for so many accomplishments. But true to playfully bitchy drag form, instead of a toast she'll get a roast at the Castro Theatre on February 17.

On the Town :: Sparkling Support

On the Town :: Sparkling Support

  • by Donna Sachet
  • Nov 18, 2017

With so many natural disasters surfacing all over the world it is easy to become overwhelmed. But look around, and you will find people from our LGBTQ Community organizing events all around you.

Folsom Fair Nixes Beer Partner

Folsom Fair Nixes Beer Partner

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Sep 23, 2017

If you were hoping to purchase a cold one at this Sunday's Folsom Street Fair served up by hot men (or women) wearing wrestling singlets, you're out of luck.

Shining Stars: Gameboi SF @ Rickshaw Stop

Shining Stars: Gameboi SF @ Rickshaw Stop

  • Aug 16, 2017

Gameboi, the monthly gay Asian and pals' dance party, took over the Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell Street) with panache and a Pokemon Go presence, including Poke-swag, a few guys in Poke-costumes.

 Divas' Las Vegas :: Cher, J-Lo Shows Wow Sin City

Divas' Las Vegas :: Cher, J-Lo Shows Wow Sin City

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Feb 19, 2017

"This is our last goodbye, it's true," she sang in "Strong Enough," the second number in her thundering glitterstorm of a new show, Classic Cher, which opened last Wednesday night to a giddy Las Vegas crowd.

Stud Savers: Legendary Bar Gets A Collective Bailout

Stud Savers: Legendary Bar Gets A Collective Bailout

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Aug 14, 2016

The historic Stud bar, under seige with the possibility of closing after the building's sale and a triple raise in rent, has found a group of nightlife and business professionals who've joined together to find alternative ways to keep the SoMa bar open.

Orlando Mass Shooting Struck A Gay Sanctuary

Orlando Mass Shooting Struck A Gay Sanctuary

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Jun 18, 2016

That first step inside a gay bar, that first kiss between two girls, that first sighting of a trans or drag performer, are rites of passage for most of us, whether magical or awkward. It's a part of coming out and coming of age.

Kurtis Wolfe

Kurtis Wolfe

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Apr 13, 2016

Sexy, savvy stud's back at The Nob Hill Theatre

Bowie by the Bay: A brief history of David Bowie's Bay Area concerts

Bowie by the Bay: A brief history of David Bowie's Bay Area concerts

  • by Dave Ford
  • Jan 15, 2016

David Bowie's January 10 death from cancer proved shattering to millions of long-time admirers and obsessives. Music writer Dave Ford shares a brief chronology of his attendance at many Bowie concerts through the decades.

'Baloney' Brings Out the Burlesque Beefcake

'Baloney' Brings Out the Burlesque Beefcake

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Apr 10, 2015

With equal parts wit and wild sexiness, "Baloney," the all-male dance burlesque show, returns to Oasis for a pair of encore performances this weekend, with some new material.

Keepin' It Cazwell

Keepin' It Cazwell

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Nov 15, 2013

With an almost innocent openness that counters a streetwise attitude, Cazwell has steamed up the music world with his amusingly sexy songs and videos.

Nightlife 'War' Shows Signs of a Detente

Nightlife 'War' Shows Signs of a Detente

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 12, 2012

Nightlife denizens and club owners have long been pitted against San Francisco police and homeowners in what some have dubbed a "war on fun" that has raged on since the dot-com boom in the late 1990s.

Museum Events: the New Nightlife

Museum Events: the New Nightlife

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Sep 1, 2011

San Francisco has a lot to offer if you're ever in the mood for a little high culture. The City's plethora of museums and galleries offer not only visually, emotionally and intellectually stimulating exhibits, but a great dating alternative to bar-hopping

Some Sangin, A Red Carpet Bash, And Nostalgia

Some Sangin, A Red Carpet Bash, And Nostalgia

  • by Bebe Sweetbriar
  • Dec 9, 2009

Bebe Sweetbriar on local events of note.