tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84575925847590920262012-01-13T13:42:15.449-08:00Rich DDT’s SF Sift Events Listhand curated cross section of the best music, festivals, events, underground parties and outdoor adventures available in San FranciscoRich DDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07928328579635377618noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457592584759092026.post-81460575138923626392010-03-22T11:00:00.000-07:002011-07-17T00:41:38.510-07:00Risen to the Top - Latest Events Sift<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">See the Right Hand Column for </span><a href="http://www.icantbelievetheydidthat.com/archives/2008/December/ICBTDT%20Exclusive%20Working%20Time%20Machine.html" style="font-weight: bold; ">TIME MACHINE</a><span style="font-weight: bold; "> info</span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 163px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P3hPU8_R4ks/TiKR6q8iPMI/AAAAAAAAHBA/ZxzRDCbSMgo/s320/LT-NEW-LOGO-Tight.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630222921313172674" /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">LoveTech</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last Saturdays @Il Pirata</span><br />2007 16th St (@ Utah St)<br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSICIANSHIP</strong><br />Collaborative Music Technology Party & Interactive Art Salon!<br />All Live All Electronic All Participatory All Artistic Awesomeness<br /><a href="http://lovetechsf.com/">http://LoveTech.org</a><span><p left="" align=""> Join the LoveTech Mailing List to hear about future events: <a href="http://moldover.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/lovetechsf">Sign Up Here</a><br />Join the LoveTech Facebook Group: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105912651809">http://facebook.com/groups?/105912651809</a></p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The event listings below are out of date<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fear not - you can still stay in the loop!</span><b><br /></b><span style="font-weight: bold;">For all my latest event recommendations:<br />Check out my Facebook Events tab <a href="http://www.facebook.com/richddt#/richddt?v=app_2344061033">HERE</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">(only pay attention to the Maybe's and Yes's!)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And follow me on Twitter @</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">richddt</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://twitter.com/richddt">HERE</a></span><br />Also try the <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/be_sociable/">Sociable App</a> on Facebook to see what me and everyone else is doing<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If all else fails, send me a txt and I'll clue you in ;)</div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8457592584759092026-8146057513892362639?l=sfsift.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rich DDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07928328579635377618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457592584759092026.post-28255247863504842292009-10-05T08:00:00.000-07:002009-12-13T21:22:39.920-08:00Rich DDT's SF Sift Events Archive<span style="">ie, The Fun You May Have Missed ;)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Scroll to the bottom for the most recent past events</span><br /><br />2007<br /><br />Friday Sep 7<br />6pm Get Freaky Afterburn party w/ Bassnectar @ 1015 Folsom<br /></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8457592584759092026&postID=2825524786350484229">Blogger: Rich DDT’s SF Sift Events List - Edit Post "Rich DDT's SF Sift Events Archive"</a><br /><span style="">Saturday Sep 8<br />11am DJ Spooky @ Power to the Peaceful Festival @ Golden Gate Park<br />3:30pm Michael Frante @ Power to the Peaceful Festival @ GGP 27th Ave<br />10pm Burning Man after party @ Mighty 119 Utah st<br /><br />Wednesday Sep 12<br />9pm Fluokids @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St<br />9pm Passionistas @ Edinburgh Castle 950 Geary $5<br />7pm Old School rap @ Puma 865 Market St<br />9pm ParaOne/Surkin/RobotRock/<wbr>Walter Meego/VHS or Beta @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St $15 adv<br /><br />Saturday Sep 15<br />12pm Polk St Party w/ Claude VonStroke betw/ Pine & Post<br />2:45pm Treasure Island Music Fest: MIA, DJ Shadow, Ghostland Obs.,<br />Gotan Project, Kinky, Flosstradamus, Thievery Corp<br />10pm Treasure Island Afterparty @ Mighty 119 Utah<br /><br />Sunday Sep 16<br />2:45pm Treasure Island Music Fest2: Modest Mouse, Spoon, Built to<br />Spill, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah<br /><br />Tuesday Sep 18<br />9pm The Sounds @ Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd $22.50<br /><br />Wednesday Sep 19<br />10pm Cat Power @ Fillmore $32.50<br /><br />Thursday Sep 20<br />10pm ItaloBoyz, Claude VonStroke @ End Up 401 6th St (at Harrison)<br />11pm Audiofly @ Mighty 119 Utah St<br /><br />Friday Sep 21<br />8pm SMD preparty @ Anu 43 6th St free<br />9pm Simian Mobile Disco/Boys Noize @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St $15 adv<br /><br />Saturday Sep 22<br />7pm Guns N Bombs, Motor @ BlastHaus / RX Gallery 132 Eddy Street<br />11pm Diplo, Switch @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St $20 adv<br /><br />Tuesday Sep 25<br />10pm !!!, The Field @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St $17<br />11pm Basiliferous @ Cat Club 1190 Folsom St<br /><br />Friday Sep 28<br />9pm Klaxons @ Fillmore $22.50<br />10pm Chemical Bros @ The Concourse 620 7th St<br />11:30pm MinimalTechno @ Mighty<br /><br />Saturday Sep 29<br />12pm LoveFest electronic music festival & parade @ 2nd St & Market St<br />9pm Sasha @ Bill Graham Auditorium<br />9:45pm Cirk O Love @ Anon 285 9th St $10 Life rate<br />10pm Miguel Migs @ Bodyshoppe 350 Treat @ 16th & Harrison<br />11pm Ladytron @ Mezzanine 44 Jessie $25 adv<br /><br />Sunday Sep 30<br />2am Purgatory @ Fat City @ 11th & Folsom<br />5am Touane @ EndUp 401 6th St<br />5pm Ladytron @ Folsom St Fair @ 12th St<br /><br />Wednesday Oct 3<br />9pm Ulrich Schnauss @ Cafe Du Nord 2170 Market St $12<br /><br />Thursday Oct 4<br />10pm Trentemoller @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St $15<br /><br />Friday Oct 5<br />8pm Entheocentric Salon @ Temple 540 Howard<br />10pm Datarock @ Rickshaw 155 Fell St $13<br />11pm Charles Feelgood @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St<br /><br />Saturday Oct 6<br />5pm Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival w/ Bela Fleck & Steve Earl @ GGP<br /><br />Sunday Oct 7<br />5pm Burning Man Decompression w/ Gamelan X, DJM3, Green Gorilla,<br />much much more!<br /><br />Tuesday Oct 9<br />8pm Beirut @ Herbst Theatre 401 Van Ness $25<br /><br />Wednesday Oct 10<br />10pm Justice, DJ Mehdi, Midnight Juggernaut @ Mezzanine<br /><br />upcoming:<br />Guns N Bombs<br />Dirtybird, CLaude VonStroke<br />Matthew Dear<br />Kavinsky/A-Track/DJ Mehdi<br />Nels Cline<br />Digitalism<br />MSTRKRFT<br />Eric Prydz<br />Ravi Shankar<br />Joanna Newsom<br />Feist<br />Band of Horses<br />Tiefschwarz<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 10/25:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Musica Clasica y Flamenca @ Mission Cultural Center 2868 Mission St<br />(betw/ 24 & 25th St)<br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Crush Lab Halloween Singles Costume Party @ Mission St<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yq3v2a" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/yq3v2a</a><br />$20<br /><br />9pm:<br />Nels Cline, members of Tortoise @ Cafe Du Nord 2170 Market St<br /><a href="http://www.cafedunord.com/brilliant/cal/p.event.php?E_id=1184195597&B_id=1187313261&P_id=3" target="_blank">http://www.cafedunord.com/<wbr>brilliant/cal/p.event.php?E_<wbr>id=1184195597&B_id=1187313261&<wbr>P_id=3</a><br />$14<br /><br />11pm:<br />Craig Richards (Fabric, London) @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/craigrichards" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>craigrichards</a><br />free before 11:30pm with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/26:<br /><br />6:30pm:<br />*Critical Mass costume bike ride @ Justin Herman Plaza (Market and Embarcadero)<br /><a href="http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/San_Francisco" target="_blank">http://criticalmass.wikia.com/<wbr>wiki/San_Francisco</a><br />Bring: bike, helmet, headlamp, costume<br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />SOMA Artists Open Studios 2007 @ SOMA Artists Studios 689 Bryant St<br />6:00 PM - 10:00 PM<br />Refreshments with ambient sound provided by DJ Blake Scrivner.<br />The studios will also be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday,<br />October 27 and 28 from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m.<br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/289891" target="_blank">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/<wbr>event/289891</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />*Dr. Rick's Haunted House Party @ 3340 Folsom St<br />Fête of phobias at The Farmhouse Mansion & Graveyard<br />(415) 285-5068<br />$20 before 8pm<br /><br />9pm:<br />Halloween Ball @ The Regency Center 1300 Van Ness Ave<br /><a href="http://www.alfandalf.com/nextevent/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.alfandalf.com/<wbr>nextevent/index.htm</a><br />$55<br /><br />11pm:<br />*Digitalism @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St<br /><a href="http://www.mezzaninesf.com/calendar.asp" target="_blank">http://www.mezzaninesf.com/<wbr>calendar.asp</a><br />$15 advance (more at the door)<br /><br />midnight & later:<br />Bassnectar at Spiderball @ Bently Reserve 301 Battery St<br /><a href="http://tickets.bassnectar.net/evinfo.php?eventid=19676&sid=" target="_blank">http://tickets.bassnectar.net/<wbr>evinfo.php?eventid=19676&sid=</a><br />$20 online presale with link above, $55 at door<br /><br />*Anon Salon presents PHANTASMAGORIA, A HeLLuvawEEn UnBurial Party @<br />ANON GALLERY 285 9th Street (@ Folsom)<br />10pm-late<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/oct07" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/oct07</a><br />Suggestive Donations:<br />$10 before 10:30/<br />$20-spine-tingling (includes horror prize + plus raffle ticket for a<br />pair of tickets to Sea oF Dreams NYE!)<br />$25-deadly undead (anti-expressive manic-conventional)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/27:<br /><br />11am<br />*End the War Now – Protest @ SF Civic Center<br />March to Dolores Park, A "DIE-IN" there WILL BE an<br />art/photo/lie-down-amongst-<wbr>strangers opportunity that day.<br />A.N.S.W.E.R. is organizing a mass 'die-in' on the incline between<br />Valencia and Duboce streets, marchers will lie down across Market<br />Street by the thousands.<br /><a href="http://www.oct27sf.org/DotNetNuke/" target="_blank">http://www.oct27sf.org/<wbr>DotNetNuke/</a><br /><a href="http://www.unitedforpeace.org/" target="_blank">http://www.unitedforpeace.org/</a><br />free<br /><br />2pm:<br />Parade for Peace @ Market & 7th St to 450 Golden Gate Ave<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/77625d5a-e062-45ff-9529-a11c4866760c" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/<wbr>event/77625d5a-e062-45ff-9529-<wbr>a11c4866760c</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Frisco Disco costume party @ The Transfer 198 Church Street<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-9258" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-9258</a><br />free before 10:30pm with RSVP link above, else $5<br /><br />10pm:<br />*MSTRKRFT @ Fat City 314 11th St (@ Folsom)<br /><a href="http://blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">http://blasthaus.com/calendar.<wbr>html</a><br />$15 advance (more at the door)<br /><br />11pm:<br />Space Cowboys WANTED: Undead or Alive party @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br /><a href="http://spacecowboys.org/" target="_blank">http://spacecowboys.org/</a><br />$10 in costume before 11pm<br /><br />midnight & later:<br />Opel Halloween extravanganza Night of the Living Bass! @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />Dylan Rhymes (Lot 49, UK) & the mighty Elite Force (Used & Abused<br />Records, Lot 49, <a href="http://eliteforce.co.uk/" target="_blank">eliteforce.co.uk</a> / UK).<br />Local heroes in full effect with Syd Gris, Hoj, Melyss, + ICON, Spesh,<br />Fred Funk, Alain Octavo, Scottino, Dirtyhertz, Tamo, DJ Hill,<br />Vinkalmann, & MACE.<br /><a href="http://www.opelproductions.com/" target="_blank">www.opelproductions.com</a><br />$15 advance (more at the door)<br /><br />Tonal: Clockwork Orange Halloween Party @ TBA call 888-482-9281 or<br />415-412-0406, or visit <a href="http://prismatictracks.com/" target="_blank">prismatictracks.com</a><br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=172683&year=2007&month=10" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=172683&year=<wbr>2007&month=10</a><br />$10 before 11PM, $15 before 1AM, $20 after<br /><br />Exotic Erotic Ball Official Halloween Afterparty @ Gold Club 650 Howard St<br /><a href="http://surrealsf.com/email/101907/" target="_blank">http://surrealsf.com/email/<wbr>101907/</a><br />$20-40<br /><br />*Private Loft Party @ secret SOMA location (contact me for more info)<br />$5<br /><br />6:66am:<br />*Secret Sunrise Halloween Party @ secret location (contact me for more info)<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 10/28:<br /><br />4pm:<br />Cardboard Tube Fighting League Tournament @ Justin Herman Plaza<br />(Market and Embarcadero):<br /><a href="http://www.tubeduel.com/" target="_blank">www.tubeduel.com</a><br />free<br /><br />4pm:<br />*Musica Clasica y Flamenca @ JCC Kanbar Hall 3200 California St Presidio<br />free<br /><br />5pm-11pm:<br />*Sunset Halloween Costume Boat Party @ Pier 9 (& cruising around the bay)<br /><a href="http://pacificsound.net/events.html" target="_blank">http://pacificsound.net/<wbr>events.html</a><br />$35<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mon 10/29:<br /><br />10pm:<br />Dead Rockstar Karaoke<br /><a href="http://www.sfstation.com/dead-rockstar-karaoke-e165561" target="_blank">http://www.sfstation.com/dead-<wbr>rockstar-karaoke-e165561</a><br />free<br /><br />11pm:<br />*New Young Pony Club, Jefrodisiac, Richie Panic @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/newyoungponyclub" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>newyoungponyclub</a><br />$15 presale<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tues 10/30:<br /><br />7pm:<br />The Haunted Laundromat: A Pre-Halloween Spooktacular @ Brainwash 1122 Folsom St<br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />J.Phlip, Worthy, Christian @ 222 Hyde St<br />Dirtybird night (home of Claude VonStroke)<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 10/31:<br /><br />7pm:<br />HallowGreen Party w/ The Flux @ Green City Gallery, 1950 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley<br />Wear your sustainability-themed costume<br />$5 - $20 sliding<br /><br />7pm:<br />Kinky Carnival of Halloween Horror @ Good Vibrations 603 Valencia St<br /><a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Content--Events--id-43" target="_blank">http://www.goodvibes.com/<wbr>Content--Events--id-43</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Riptide's Psycho Beach Party @ Riptide 3639 Taraval at 47th Ave<br />DJ Glamtasm spins psychobilly, phantom surf, haunted garage, dark glam<br />and the Devil's own music – rock'n'roll!<br /><a href="http://www.riptidesf.com/" target="_blank">www.riptidesf.com</a><br />free, $1.00 off your drinks if we like your costume<br /><br />9pm:<br />Black Rock Roller Disco @ Ferry Plaza at Market St and the Embarcadero<br />Rollerskate to the Castro in costume<br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Sound Tribe Sector 9, Glitch Mob @ The Warfield 982 Market St<br /><a href="http://sts9.com/" target="_blank">http://sts9.com/</a><br />$30<br /><br />10pm:<br />Eric Prydz @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br /><a href="http://www.rubyskye.com/" target="_blank">http://www.rubyskye.com/</a><br />$15<br /><br />11pm:<br />*Castro??? (officially canceled but many will likely come to 18th & Castro, rather than Market St)<br />closed bars: <a href="http://homeforhalloween.blogspot.com/2007/10/bars-none.html" target="_blank">http://homeforhalloween.<wbr>blogspot.com/2007/10/bars-<wbr>none.html</a><br />free<br /><br />11:30pm:<br />*Chromeo & DJ Franki Chan @ Fat City 314 11th St at Folsom<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/chromeo" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/chromeo</a><br /><a href="http://www.viceland.com/hellgatehalloween/" target="_blank">http://www.viceland.com/<wbr>hellgatehalloween/</a><br />Free with RSVP link above and OPEN BAR ALL NIGHT!<br /><br />midnight & later:<br />Venni Vetti Vecci Halloween Party @ Club Six 60 6th St<br />BODY ROCKIN Electronica, Hip Hop, IDM, Crunk, w/ Glitch Mob<br /><a href="http://www.clubsix1.com/flyer.php?event_id=193" target="_blank">http://www.clubsix1.com/flyer.<wbr>php?event_id=193</a><br />free guestlist before 10:30pm email <a href="mailto:events@artsfnow.com" target="_blank">events@artsfnow.com</a> or RSVP here:<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-12340" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-12340</a><br />$10 before 11pm, $15 after<br /><br />Miguel Migs, Green Gorilla, Sunset @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />Costume contest, $500 prize<br />$5 before 10pm<br /><br />*Mad Hatter's Ball w/ Glitch Mob, Orgasmitron @ 1015 Folsom<br />Official STS9 Afterparty<br /><a href="http://www.an-ten-nae.net/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.an-ten-nae.net/<wbr>events.html</a><br />$10 before 11pm, $20 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/1:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />5pm:<br />*Last MATCHA @ Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St<br />Photography, Fashion, + Film Live<br /><a href="http://www.asianart.org/matcha.htm#November" target="_blank">http://www.asianart.org/<wbr>matcha.htm#November</a><br />free w/ museum admission ($5 after 5pm)<br /><br />5:30pm:<br />Art receptions @ 49 Geary St (till 7:30pm), @ 77 Geary (till 8pm)<br />49 Geary is a 5 story building with 20 art galleries! FUN VISUAL PARTY! Many People attending!<br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />Latin house w/ live accompaniment @ Slide 430 Mason St<br /><a href="http://www.donovansf.com/" target="_blank">www.donovansf.com</a><br />free this & every Thurs with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/2:<br /><br />5pm:<br />*PIE FIGHT FLASH MOB! @ Powell Cable Car Turnaround<br /><a href="http://sf0.org/events/?id=41" target="_blank">http://sf0.org/events/?id=41</a><br />free and messy - use shaving cream & a sturdy paper plate<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Dia de los Muertos Procession @ 24th & Bryant (Mission District)<br />Please bring flowers, candles, and remembrances of your loved ones for<br />our community altar.<br /><a href="http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/" target="_blank">www.dayofthedeadsf.org</a><br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/268937" target="_blank">upcoming.yahoo.com/event/<wbr>268937</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Ravi Shankar @ Nob Hill Masonic Center 1111 California St<br />$47<br /><br />10pm:<br />*DJ Tony la Funk @ Retox 628 20th St<br />free, $5 after 11pm<br /><br />11pm:<br />*20meat:6fry BrassTax Halloween Electro House @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St<br />Wear your costume!<br />free<br /><br />midnight & later:<br />Swayzak @ Temple 540 Howard St<br />$20<br /><br />*Damian Lazarus & M.A.N.D.Y. @ Gingerbread House 1275 Connecticut St (@ Cesar Chavez)<br />tech/electro house<br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/3:<br /><br />2pm:<br />Samhain All Hallows Masquerade @ Cedar & Bonita, Berkeley<br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />Space Cowboys @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />free before 10pm, $10 before midnight<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/4:<br /><br />2pm:<br />*Joanna Newsom @ Music in the Mountains, Grass Valley, CA<br /><a href="http://www.musicinthemountains.org/shop/index.php?action=item&id=113" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>musicinthemountains.org/shop/<wbr>index.php?action=item&id=113</a><br />$25-40<br /><br />9pm:<br />*DJ Battle & dessert @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />house on your own bed<br />free<br /><br />11pm:<br />*One Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St<br />electro house & party tunes<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 11/5:<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />*Low vs Diamond @ Cafe Du Nord 2170 Market St<br />Strokes-esque indie rock<br /><a href="http://hypem.com/search/low%20vs%20diamond/1/" target="_blank">http://hypem.com/search/low%<wbr>20vs%20diamond/1/</a><br />$10<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Grande Opening Gala Event for the Five and Diamond @ 510 Valencia St (@ 16th St)<br />featuring champagne toast & live models<br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Five and Diamond celebration continues @ Elbo Room 647 Valencia St (@ 17th St)<br />Special Dia De Los Muertos/ Five and Diamond performances by<br />The Black and Blue Burlesque Review and The Yard Dogs Fabulous Traveling Road Show<br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 11/6:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />8pm:<br />*Election Party for Team Newsom @ 1st floor of Ferry Building (head of Market St)<br />mention Aaron Goldsmith<br />free, open bar<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/7:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />8:30pm:<br />Indie Rock Rumble @ Harlot 46 Minna St (betw/ 1st & 2nd St)<br />Dance Party Round II<br />free lemon drops courtesy of Ketel One Citroen<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-13937" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-13937</a><br />free with RSVP link above, else $5<br /><br />9pm:<br />[KONTROL] / Satellite @ Anu 43 6th St (betw Market & Mission)<br />minimal and glitchy techno<br />free before 10pm, $5 after<br /><br />10pm:<br />dot.club @ PINK (16th/So.VanNess)<br />Indie.Postpunk.Electro.<wbr>Synthpop.Breaks.MusicVideos.<wbr>ForeignCinema.PhotoArt<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dotclubsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dotclubsf</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/8:<br /><br />7pm:<br />KlubEurope Deluxe mingle @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.klubeurope.com/" target="_blank">http://www.KlubEurope.com/</a><br />$9 RSVP with link above (incl. appetizers), otherwise $12 at the door, "free" for ordering expensive dinner<br /><br />10pm:<br />*j.Phlip at MINX @ The EndUp 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />LadyHouse - all female DJ's<br />$5 before midnite, $10 after<br /><br />midnite & later:<br />*SOLID @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />Claude VonStroke, Fred Everything, M3, Galen, Solar, Anthony, Lance Desardi, Worthy, Fluid, Alland Byallo, Craig Kuna<br />Funky/dirty house & minimal techno from Om Records, Green Gorilla Lounge, Dirty Bird Records, Kontrol & Sunset<br />$? donation - Benefit for Otto Schutt<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/9:<br /><br />6:30pm:<br />*Neve BDay Happy Hour @ Faultline Studios 1139 Howard St (@ 7th St)<br />Happy Hour at a recording studio<br />free, BYOB<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Eyes of Life Artshow @ The Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br />Go Go Gracie Gallery art reception until 9:30, live African/Reggae/Punk until 2am<br />free, $3 cover after 10pm<br /><br />8pm:<br />Feist @ Nob Hill Masonic Center 1111 California St<br />Listen here: <a href="http://hypem.com/search/feist/1/" target="_blank">http://hypem.com/search/feist/<wbr>1/</a><br />$35<br /><br />9pm:<br />Joanna Newsom w/ full concert orchestra @ Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 South Grand Ave LA<br />$30-55<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Glitch Mob edIT album release party @ 1015 Folsom St (@ 6th St)<br />Bohemian Carnival w/ Aquasky, Gooferman, featuring chocolate syrup wrestling :)<br /><a href="http://www.an-ten-nae.net/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.an-ten-nae.net/<wbr>events.html</a><br />RSVP: <a href="http://www.stun1.com/stun/viewRsvpForm.php?q=MjQ0MQ==" target="_blank">http://www.stun1.com/stun/<wbr>viewRsvpForm.php?q=MjQ0MQ==</a><br />$15 before 11pm with RSVP link above, $20 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/10:<br /><br />11am-5pm<br />Yet Another Free Museum Day!<br />*MOMA, CA Academy of Sciences, CA Historical Society, Cartoon Art Museum, Contemporary Jewish Museum, GLBT Historical Society of Northern CA, Museum of the African Diaspora, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, SF Camerawork, Society of CA Pioneers, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeum<br /><a href="http://ybca.org/about/news/" target="_blank">http://ybca.org/about/news/</a><br /><br />2pm:<br />The Green Festival @ Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (@ Brannan St)<br />featuring John Francis the Planetwalker<br /><a href="http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/blogcategory/124/243/" target="_blank">http://www.greenfestivals.org/<wbr>content/blogcategory/124/243/</a><br />$10 1 day, $15 3 days (discounted price for riding your bike there)<br /><br />3pm, 8pm:<br />Swearing Festival II @ Edinburgh Castle Pub, 950 Geary (@ Larkin)<br />featuring the Shite Discoteque & Shit Parade<br /><a href="http://www.castlenews.com/swearingfestival.html" target="_blank">http://www.castlenews.com/<wbr>swearingfestival.html</a><br />$5 for 3pm panel, $12 for 8pm main event<br /><br />8pm:<br />Wine tasting party & Pink Mammoth @ Mars Bar 7th Street and Brannan St<br />4th anniversary for Pink Mammoth, all you can drink wine tasting<br />$10 if you BYOW else $20<br /><br />9pm:<br />Kafana Balkan w/ Brass Menazeri @ 12 Galaxies 2565 Mission (@ 22nd St)<br />Brass Menazeri: <a href="http://brassmenazeri.com/" target="_blank">brassmenazeri.com</a><br />Kafana Balkan: <a href="http://myspace.com/kafanabalkan" target="_blank">myspace.com/kafanabalkan</a><br />Hleb i Sir Circus: <a href="http://myspace.com/humanitariancircus" target="_blank">myspace.com/humanitariancircus</a><br />Advance tickets here: <a href="http://12galaxies.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=20042" target="_blank">12galaxies.inticketing.com/<wbr>evinfo.php?eventid=20042</a><br />$10-25 sliding scale<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Pamela's Loft Party Fundraiser/Pantydropper @ 3375 Mission St (@ Virginia Ave)<br />DJ's Ales & Steve spin Northern soul, garage, funky dance, electro, pop<br />$5 donation, BYOB<br /><br />10:30pm:<br />*2nd annual NEXUS HAY MAZE PARTY @ Half Moon Bay<br />Come join us for an unforgettable evening within the confusing confines of a nearly 2 acre maze constructed entirely of 8-14 ft. haybale walls. Hidden within the labyrinth you will find two large scale sound stages and a multitude of strange and unusual surprises around every corner. This opportunity only comes once a year, don't miss it, it's going to be epic!<br />Live music and DJ sets all night<br />High Lonesome Hill Billy Hay Ride every hour<br />Camping OK<br />Rumors of a breakfast bar afterparty<br /><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/22278" target="_blank">http://www.brownpapertickets.<wbr>com/event/22278</a> w/o ride $25<br /><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/22595" target="_blank">http://www.brownpapertickets.<wbr>com/event/22595</a> w/ ride on biodiesel bus $40 (FYI I'm taking the bus)<br /><br />midnite & later:<br />Auralism party @ secret loft location<br />minimal techno feat. Twerk<br /><a href="http://www.auralismrecords.com/" target="_blank">http://www.auralismrecords.<wbr>com/</a><br />$15 presale includes free mix CD<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/11:<br /><br />12pm-3pm:<br />Mob of Waldos @ Market & Embarcadero (outside the Ferry Building)<br /><a href="http://www.mobofwaldos.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mobofwaldos.com/</a><br />bring a red & white striped shirt and blue jeans<br />free<br /><br />1pm:<br />The Green Festival @ Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (@ Brannan St)<br />featuring Eugene Tsui the Organic Architect<br /><a href="http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/blogcategory/124/243/" target="_blank">http://www.greenfestivals.org/<wbr>content/blogcategory/124/243/</a><br />$10 for 1 day (discounted price for riding your bike there)<br />...or get in free here:<br /><a href="http://www.workingassets.com/greenfest_ticket.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.workingassets.com/<wbr>greenfest_ticket.cfm</a><br /><br />3:30pm (& various show times until 11/18):<br />After Dark Horrorfest @ Century 20 Daly City Cinema 1901 Junipero Serra Blvd, Daly City<br /><a href="http://www.horrorfestonline.com/" target="_blank">http://www.horrorfestonline.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.fandango.com/century20dalycity_aaqlt/theaterpage" target="_blank">http://www.fandango.com/<wbr>century20dalycity_aaqlt/<wbr>theaterpage</a><br />$7.75 matinée, else $10.25<br /><br />6pm:<br />New Italian Cinema / Our Country @ 1 Embarcadero Center<br /><a href="http://www.sffs.org/events/index_series_nic07.html" target="_blank">http://www.sffs.org/events/<wbr>index_series_nic07.html</a><br />$11 or $18 w/ reception at 8pm<br /><br />9pm-1am:<br />***Dj DDT & Tony La Funk & Deviant-1 @ Fuse 493 Broadway (@ Kearny St)<br />DDT is In The House!!! Catch me closer to 9pm<br /><a href="http://a333.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/32/l_b4932cea4965638545f5d7d9fb8c3274.jpg" target="_blank">http://a333.ac-images.<wbr>myspacecdn.com/images01/32/l_<wbr>b4932cea4965638545f5d7d9fb8c32<wbr>74.jpg</a><br />I'll be mixing in electro house, hip hop, and indie remixes into the funky house of the night<br />free<br /><br />11pm:<br />Torch of Truth @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />feat. Kraddy & Anasia of the Glitch Mob, Live hip hop, reggae, and Tibetan music<br /><a href="http://cyphertown.com/" target="_blank">http://cyphertown.com/</a><br />$15 before 11:11pm, $20 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 11/12:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*3HOTchiXXX @ Fat City 314 11th St (@ Folsom)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/3hotchixxx" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>3hotchixxx</a><br />giddy psycho rock<br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 11/13:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Stars w/ Lloyd Cole @ Bimbo's 365 Club 1025 Columbus Ave (@ Chestnut St)<br />Listen here: <a href="http://omahype.com/index.php?entry=entry071104-002907" target="_blank">http://omahype.com/index.php?<wbr>entry=entry071104-002907</a><br />$20 advance, $23 at door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/14:<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Synesthesia @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th Street (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />Lynn Robertson, Professor of Psychology & Senior Research Scientist, UC Berkeley<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Art Show @ The Grant Building (2nd Floor) 1095 Market St. (@ 7th)<br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Stars w/ Lloyd Cole @ Bimbo's 365 Club 1025 Columbus Ave (@ Chestnut St)<br />Listen here: <a href="http://omahype.com/index.php?entry=entry071104-002907" target="_blank">http://omahype.com/index.php?<wbr>entry=entry071104-002907</a><br />$20 advance, $23 at door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/15:<br /><br />5pm-9pm:<br />From the Depths Reception at Third Thursday @ California Academy of Sciences 875 Howard St (@ 5th St)<br />Filled with clownfish, cocktails, and conversation, a new science and art exhibit, will be unveiled at this event. Enjoy music and a cash bar featuring Francis Ford Coppola wine.<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/air/" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/<wbr>exhibits/air/</a><br />$5<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Broke-Ass Stuart's Guide Cheap SF Party @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Live music from Hippie Grenade, Gooferman; DJs Nick & Ant playing soul, funk & black rock<br />Free food provided by Asqew Grill, Escape from NY Pizza, The Woodhouse Fish Company, and more<br /><a href="http://www.rickshawstop.com/phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.php?id=1282" target="_blank">http://www.rickshawstop.com/<wbr>phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.<wbr>php?id=1282</a><br />$1 cover<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Shur-i-kan, j.Phlip @ The Endup 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />LadyHouse Dj's, DJ B's birthday, last MINX night<br /><a href="http://www.theendup.com/events/minx.html" target="_blank">http://www.theendup.com/<wbr>events/minx.html</a><br />$5 before midnite, $10 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/16:<br /><br />7pm:<br />Local South Asian Short Films @ Victoria Theater 2961 16th St (@ Capp St)<br /><a href="http://www.thirdi.org/festival/film/shorts.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thirdi.org/<wbr>festival/film/shorts.htm</a><br /><br />9pm:<br />Suite Jesus Art/Beat @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-14685" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-14685</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP link above, else $5, $10 after 11pm<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Indie-Pop-Disco-Noir feat. The Glass (NYC electro duo), Pink Skull (Philly DJs go crunk crazy!)<br /><a href="http://www.rickshawstop.com/phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.php?id=1228" target="_blank">http://www.rickshawstop.com/<wbr>phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.<wbr>php?id=1228</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm:<br />Worthy vs Christian Martin @ Shine Lounge 1337 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />Dirtybird Hyphy House<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP link above<br /><br />10pm - midnite & later:<br />1 Night Stiletto Workout @ AsiaSF 201 9th St (@ Howard St)<br />ALSO: after party at an amazing new after hours spot with a full bar...<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-14803" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-14803</a><br />$8<br /><br />10pm - midnite & later:<br />*Butterball @ Anon Gallery 285 9th Street (@ Folsom)<br />A Climate Theater BENEFIT + Scorpio Birthday-ma-gig!<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/nov07" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/nov07</a><br />Suggestive Donations:<br />$10/ before 10:30 ~ $15/ Festooned & Free<br />$20/ Undressed & Birdless<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/17:<br /><br />3pm:<br />*Come play Calvin (& Hobbes) Ball! @ Dolores Park Dolores and 19th St<br />Balls, weapons, and spontaneous rules in the spirit of the comic strip<br /><a href="http://sf0.org/events/?id=43" target="_blank">http://sf0.org/events/?id=43</a><br /><br />3-6pm:<br />*Vulcan Pre-Party Barbecue Potluck @ The Vulcan 4401 San Leandro St, #24, Oakland<br />bring something yummy<br />free<br /><br />8pm-sunrise:<br />***Raunchy Tea Party @ The Vulcan 4401 San Leandro St, #24, Oakland<br />feat. Dj DDT! (yours truly, plus 5 other DJ's) spinning Electro, House, French touch, 90s Japanese pop<br />Classy Cocktails! Pinata! Sleazy Performances! Noise! Live Music! Drinks! Wilderness!<br />costumes encouraged (mad hatters, alice, etc)<br />$5 donation<br /><br />9pm:<br />Nonstop Bhangra @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />feat. DJ Jimmy Love, Dholrhythms Dance Troupe, live painting by Marcus Murray<br />Bhangra Lesson at 9:30pm<br /><a href="http://www.rickshawstop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=63" target="_blank">http://www.rickshawstop.com/<wbr>catalog/product_info.php?<wbr>products_id=63</a><br />$10 adv, $15 door<br /><br />10pm:<br />Frisco Disco @ The Transfer 198 Church St (@ Market)<br />electro / new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/18:<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />*JD Samson (Le Tigre/Men) @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />with DJ's Hatchmatik, Pink Skull spinning electro, disco, punk, indie, bmore, mash ups, & party jams<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-15271" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-15271</a><br />free "Pink" shots from 10-11pm<br />$6<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 11/19:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Sigur Ros Film: HEIMA<br />RSVP at <a href="mailto:RSVP@mezzaninesf.com" target="_blank">RSVP@mezzaninesf.com</a><br />Please type "SIGUR ROS" in subject line<br />Include your FIRST and LAST name in the email<br />free with RSVP email above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 11/20:<br /><br />6pm-9pm:<br />Plastic Bag Ban Bash @ 111 Minna Gallery (@ 2nd St)<br /><a href="http://bagmonster.com/" target="_blank">http://bagmonster.com</a><br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/21:<br /><br />5pm-10pm:<br />*Qööl @ 111 Minna Gallery (@ 2nd St)<br />DJ's Future BC, Jason Short, And Tim McCormack<br /><a href="http://www.qoolsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.qoolsf.com/</a><br />free before 6pm, $5 after<br /><br />10pm:<br />Doc Martin gets Plucked @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />Have house in your bed with Doc Martin, M3, Adnan, Rooz, Eric Sharp, Michael Anthony<br /><a href="http://www.supperclub.com/" target="_blank">http://www.supperclub.com/</a><br /><a href="mailto:rsvp@supperclub.com" target="_blank">rsvp@supperclub.com</a><br />free with RSVP email above, else $10<br /><br />10pm:<br />Mark Farina @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />World class house & hip-hop<br /><a href="http://www.club-calendar.com/cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?TEMPLATE=rubyweb-event.html&EVENTNO=00680" target="_blank">http://www.club-calendar.com/<wbr>cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?<wbr>TEMPLATE=rubyweb-event.html&<wbr>EVENTNO=00680</a><br />free with food or toy donation<br /><br />10pm:<br />Miguel Migs and Julius Papp @ Harlot 46 Minna St (betw/ 1st & 2nd St)<br />Smooth and soulful house<br /><a href="http://www.harlotsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.harlotsf.com/</a><br />free with food donation<br /><br />midnite & later:<br />Torpedo Boyz Funksgiving @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />Nufunk & breaks from Berlin!<br /><a href="http://www.mighty119.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mighty119.com/</a><br />$10-15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/22 (THANKSGIVING):<br /><br />10pm:<br />Art & fashion & drum & bass @ Temple 540 Howard St (55 Natoma St entrance) betw/ 1st & 2nd<br /><a href="http://www.templesf.com/calendar" target="_blank">http://www.templesf.com/<wbr>calendar</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP link above<br /><br />10pm:<br />Phonic Part Deux: Dirty Dirty Techno @ The Endup 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />Minimal tech funk and breakbeats<br /><a href="http://www.theendup.com/events/phonic.html" target="_blank">http://www.theendup.com/<wbr>events/phonic.html</a><br />$5-10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/23:<br /><br />2pm-4pm:<br />Buy Nothing Day Caroling @ Union Square (Geary & Stockton St)<br /><a href="http://www.globalizethissf.org/" target="_blank">http://www.globalizethissf.org</a><br />free<br /><br />5pm:<br />*Flash Mob Dance Off @ One Stockton St (@ 4th & Market)<br />Bring a music player and headphones and when the whistle blows dance down Market St!<br /><a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/456771414.html" target="_blank">http://sfbay.craigslist.org/<wbr>eve/456771414.html</a><br />free<br /><br />5pm-8:45pm:<br />Friday Nights at the de Young Museum @ 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr<br />Live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, lectures, cocktails, food, artist demonstrations, and interactive art projects<br /><a href="http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/day.asp?calendarid=3458&day=11%2F20%2F2007" target="_blank">http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/<wbr>calendar/day.asp?calendarid=<wbr>3458&day=11%2F20%2F2007</a><br />$10<br /><br />8pm-2am:<br />Auraluxe @ Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br /><a href="http://www.acidtotem.net/" target="_blank">http://www.acidtotem.net/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Band of Horses @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandofhorses" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>bandofhorses</a><br />$20<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/24:<br /><br />10am-2pm:<br />Fungus Festival @ Ferry Building Marketplace<br />Far West Fungi and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market celebrate culinary mushrooms with the 2nd annual Ferry Building Fungus Festival.<br /><a href="http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/ferry_fungus_2007_events.php" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/<wbr>ferry_fungus_2007_events.php</a><br />free<br /><br />1pm-5pm:<br />Buy Nothing Day + Really Really Free Market @ Dolores Park (@ 19th & Dolores St)<br />Giant potluck of ideas, food, music, books, skills, games and many other resources that our community can share.<br /><a href="http://reallyreallyfree.org/" target="_blank">http://reallyreallyfree.org</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Frisco Disco w/ Glass Candy @ The Transfer 198 Church St (@ Market)<br />electro / new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />$5<br /><br />10pm:<br />Rebel Girl @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />electroindierockhiphop80'<wbr>smashups homofabulous dance party<br /><a href="http://rickshawstop.com/phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.php?id=1219" target="_blank">http://rickshawstop.com/<wbr>phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.<wbr>php?id=1219</a><br />$7<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Uptempo Daft Punk-DeLa Soul @ Madrone 500 Divisadero St (@ Fell)<br />Electro & Hip Hop<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-15023" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-15023</a><br />$5, possibly free with RSVP<br /><br />10pm:<br />DJ Helicopter @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />House with live congas and trumpet<br /><a href="http://www.vesselsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.vesselsf.com</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/25:<br /><br />8:30am:<br />Run Wild 5K/10K in Golden Gate Park @ JFK Drive & 8th Avenue<br />The only race where herds of costumed cows, chickens, squid, cavemen, and other wild things compete side-by-side with serious athletes in a beautiful jaunt through Golden Gate Park<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/runwild/" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/<wbr>runwild/</a><br />$30 pre-registration/$35 at the gate to participate, free to view<br /><br />10am-2pm:<br />*Fungus Festival @ Ferry Building Marketplace<br />Far West Fungi and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market celebrate culinary mushrooms with the 2nd annual Ferry Building Fungus Festival.<br /><a href="http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/ferry_fungus_2007_events.php" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/<wbr>ferry_fungus_2007_events.php</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 11/26:<br /><br />9:30am/1:30pm/6pm:<br />Free Bartending Class @ SF School of Bartending 760 Market S<br /><a href="http://www.sfbartending.com/intro_class.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sfbartending.com/<wbr>intro_class.htm</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br />7pm:<br />*BioAesthetics @ California College of the Arts 1111 8th St<br />Blur the boundaries between art & science<br /><a href="http://flavorpill.com/sanfrancisco/events/2007/11/26/bioaesthetics" target="_blank">http://flavorpill.com/<wbr>sanfrancisco/events/2007/11/<wbr>26/bioaesthetics</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 11/27:<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Down to a Science: Neuroscience of Meditation @ 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />Science cafe on Mindfulness & the Brain<br /><a href="http://www.sciencecafesf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sciencecafesf.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />*ML Tronik & Christian Martin @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />dirty techno Tuesdays<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/birdydird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>birdydird</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />Big Stereo: Hold Yr Horses @ Aunt Charlie's 133 Turk (@ Taylor)<br />Rchrd Oh?! vs Forever21 - electro, indie, new wave, disco punk<br /><a href="http://this.bigstereo.net/hold-yr-horses/" target="_blank">http://this.bigstereo.net/<wbr>hold-yr-horses/</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/28:<br /><br />6pm-10pm:<br />*Techform - SF Social Web Technologies Showcase @ Sugar Cafe 679 Sutter St (@ Taylor)<br />geek technologies in a fun social atmosphere<br /><a href="http://techform.vox.com/" target="_blank">http://techform.vox.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-10pm:<br />Juggle, Spin, Balance & Acro Flow Yoga @ The Vulcan 4401 San Leandro St #56, Oakland<br /><a href="http://www.instaryoga.com/" target="_blank">http://www.instaryoga.com</a><br />Juggle: free; Yoga: $10, RSVP to Rich at link above<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*BlowUp + BPM + LA Riots! @ Harlot 46 Minna St (betw/ 1st & 2nd St)<br />electro indie insanity and free drinks! This will be epic! :)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lariotsofficial" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lariotsofficial</a><br />RSVP to <a href="mailto:linda@overamerica.com" target="_blank">linda@overamerica.com</a><br />free, RSVP only<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/29:<br /><br />7pm:<br />Gallery Potluck @ Cell Space 2050 Bryant (btwn 18th/19th St)<br />Food Fun Community Space<br /><a href="http://cellspace.org/" target="_blank">http://cellspace.org</a><br />free, bring something yummy<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Art Exhibit - MORE BRAINS @ Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br />Zombies both visceral and subtle<br /><a href="http://www.spacegallerysf.com/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.spacegallerysf.com/<wbr>events.html</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Transported SF DJ bus loading @ Rite Spot Cafe 2099 Folsom St (@ 17th St)<br />dance and ride with DJ's Alxndr & Obi-J<br /><a href="http://www.transportedsf.com/djbus.html" target="_blank">http://www.transportedsf.com/<wbr>djbus.html</a><br />$15<br /><br />8pm:<br />CrushLab Singles party @ secret Mission location<br /><a href="http://www.crushlab.com/" target="_blank">http://www.crushlab.com/</a><br />$20, RSVP only at link above<br /><br />8pm-11pm:<br />*Toychestra/Crank Ensemble @ Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market St (@ 6th St)<br /><a href="http://www.toychestra.com/" target="_blank">http://www.toychestra.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crankensemble" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>crankensemble</a><br />$6-10 sliding scale<br /><br />9pm:<br />Ghostland Observatory @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />Plus Tronik Youth, Robot Rock Djs Jefrodisiac & Richie Panic<br /><a href="http://hypem.com/search/ghostland%20observatory/1/" target="_blank">http://hypem.com/search/<wbr>ghostland%20observatory/1/</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Relief SoCal Fires Benefit Party @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th)<br />breaks, house, trance, techno, funk, soul<br /><a href="http://mighty119.com/gallery/index_flyers.html#relief" target="_blank">http://mighty119.com/gallery/<wbr>index_flyers.html#relief</a><br />$10 donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/30:<br /><br />5:30pm:<br />*Critical Mass Bike Ride @ Justin Herman Plaza<br /><a href="http://critmasssf.tribe.net/" target="_blank">http://critmasssf.tribe.net/</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Flaming Lotus Girls @ Somarts Gallery 934 Brannan St<br />Flaming Art - Lipstick Kisses Fundraiser<br />Why: Because YOU want to see more super giant fire art!<br /><a href="http://flaminglotus.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://flaminglotus.wordpress.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-10pm:<br />Urban Alliance for Sustainability Volunteer Soiree @ Sophia Healing Center 776 Haight St (@ Scott)<br /><a href="http://www.uas.coop/node/838" target="_blank">http://www.uas.coop/node/838</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-dawn:<br />*Paradise Disco Party @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />Live performance by Escort: 18 piece Disco Phenom - debauchery all night long!<br /><a href="http://www.mezzaninesf.com/calendar.asp" target="_blank">http://www.mezzaninesf.com/<wbr>calendar.asp</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br />midnite:<br />*Daft Punk's ELECTROMA @ The Clay 2261 Fillmore St (@ Clay St)<br />new avant garde French film from your favorite dance music superstars<br /><a href="http://landmarkafterdark.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=212&Itemid=1" target="_blank">http://landmarkafterdark.com/<wbr>index.php?option=com_content&<wbr>task=view&id=212&Itemid=1</a><br />$9.75, 74min<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/1:<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />38th Annual Fungus Fair @ Oakland Museum 1000 Oak Street (@ 10th St), Oakland<br /><a href="http://www.museumca.org/events/fungus_fair.html" target="_blank">http://www.museumca.org/<wbr>events/fungus_fair.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.museumca.org/pdf/FF2007sched,v6.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.museumca.org/pdf/<wbr>FF2007sched,v6.pdf</a><br />$8<br /><br />10am-5pm:<br />Asian Art Museum Community Day @ 200 Larkin St (@ McAllistar)<br />11am Korean Drum Performance<br /><a href="http://www.asianart.org/communityday.htm" target="_blank">http://www.asianart.org/<wbr>communityday.htm</a><br />free<br /><br />11:30am-10pm:<br />Animal Rights Film Festival & Potluck Brunch @ Fort Mason Bldg C #260, Laguna & Marina St<br /><a href="http://sfvs.org/" target="_blank">http://sfvs.org/</a><br />$10<br /><br />1pm:<br />*Kayak trip around the Bay!<br /><br />2pm:<br />aWear Eco Fashion Event @ Green City Gallery 1950 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley<br /><a href="http://www.greencitygallery.org/" target="_blank">http://www.greencitygallery.<wbr>org/</a><br />$5-20 sliding scale donation<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Chillin': A Night Of Fashion, Art, And Music @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />80 artists, 60 fashion designers, 40 filmmakers and 8 DJ's<br /><a href="http://www.chillinproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.chillinproductions.<wbr>com/</a><br />$6 before 10pm, $7 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />***dj DDT & 2HottDonkeys play The Legendary Wig & Sox Party @ Lower Haight<br />Bring your crazy wig and silly socks and/or slippers for a slippery Birthday dance party<br />$5 - contact me if you want in<br /><br />10pm-10:30pm:<br />Leonard Shlain's 'Art and Physics' Lecture @ Bernal Bubbles 397 Cortland Ave (@ Bennington St)<br />Parallel Visions in Space, Time & Light - art inspiring science through the classical, medieval, Renaissance & modern eras<br />free<br /><br />10pm-very late:<br />Dust Galaxy (Thievery Corp), Ursula 1000 @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/robgarzamusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>robgarzamusic</a><br /><a href="http://www.blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">http://www.blasthaus.com/<wbr>calendar.html</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />midnite:<br />*Daft Punk's ELECTROMA @ The Clay 2261 Fillmore St (@ Clay St)<br />new avant garde French film from your favorite dance music superstars<br /><a href="http://landmarkafterdark.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=212&Itemid=1" target="_blank">http://landmarkafterdark.com/<wbr>index.php?option=com_content&<wbr>task=view&id=212&Itemid=1</a><br />$9.75, 74min<br /><br />midnite & later:<br />Escort Service @ underground location (see link below)<br />DJ's from Escort & Green Gorilla Lounge destroy your Sat night with disco funk house & soul<br /><a href="http://www.greengorillalounge.com/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.greengorillalounge.<wbr>com/events.html</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 12/2<br /><br />12pm-5pm:<br />38th Annual Fungus Fair @ Oakland Museum 1000 Oak Street (@ 10th St), Oakland<br /><a href="http://www.museumca.org/events/fungus_fair.html" target="_blank">http://www.museumca.org/<wbr>events/fungus_fair.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.museumca.org/pdf/FF2007sched,v6.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.museumca.org/pdf/<wbr>FF2007sched,v6.pdf</a><br />$8<br /><br />12pm-7pm:<br />Animal Rights Film Festival @ Fort Mason Bldg C #260, Laguna & Marina St<br /><a href="http://sfvs.org/" target="_blank">http://sfvs.org/</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm-1am:<br />*Funkin The House @ Fuse 493 Broadway (@ Kearny)<br />with Tony La Funk (Funky, Dirty House) & Deviant-1 (Funky Beats)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/funkinthehousesf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>funkinthehousesf</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*1 Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />electrosex Sundays to finish off your weekend with a happy ending<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-200082" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-200082</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/3:<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />*Break Dancing & Board Sports (tumbling, trampoline) @ AcroSports 639 Frederick St (@ Willard St)<br /><a href="http://acrosports.org/forms/schedule-Winter08.pdf" target="_blank">http://acrosports.org/forms/<wbr>schedule-Winter08.pdf</a><br />$27<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 12/4:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />6:30pm:<br />BioTechnique's Get Small @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room 701 Mission St<br />state-of-the-art computer simulations of cell-sized interactions<br /><a href="http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=4500" target="_blank">http://www.ybca.org/tickets/<wbr>production.aspx?<wbr>performanceNumber=4500</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />*lil brthr: Jason Short, Clint, Dead Seal @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />dirty techno Tuesdays<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/222hyde" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/222hyde</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/5:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences, SF Zoo<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.sfzoo.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sfzoo.org/</a><br /><br />8pm:<br />Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings @ Bimbo's 1025 Columbus Ave (@Chestnut St)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=8ouI5KcyHfE</a><br />$18 adv, $20 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 12/6:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/mus...s_3.htm" target="_blank">sanfrancisco.about.com/od/mus.<wbr>..s_3.htm</a><br /><br />7:30pm:<br />SF Weekly Holiday Party @ Aquarium of the Bay Pier 39<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/sfwholiday" target="_blank">sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>sfwholiday</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Boozoo Bajou @ Poleng Lounge 1751 Fulton St (@ Masonic)<br />Thievery Corp. remixes; dub, downtempo, bossa nova, latin, and blues<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/boozoobajouatpoleng" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>boozoobajouatpoleng</a><br />free before midnite w/ RSVP link above, $5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Electropolis w/ John Bourke @ Etiquette Lounge 1108 Market Street (@ 7th St)<br />live electro rock band<br /><a href="http://www.clubelectropolis.com/" target="_blank">www.clubelectropolis.com/</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-16503" target="_blank">sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-<wbr>16503</a><br />$5<br /><br />10:30pm:<br />SF Weekly Afterparty @ Hard Rock Cafe 1699 Van Ness Ave (@ Sacramento St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/hardrock" target="_blank">sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>hardrock</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/7:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Strangelove @ The Cat Club 1190 Folsom (@ 8th St)<br />Siouxsie & the Banshees cover band; Tomas Diablo spins dark electro, industrial, new wave, goth<br /><a href="http://www.tomasdiablo.com/strangelove.html" target="_blank">www.tomasdiablo.com/<wbr>strangelove.html</a><br />free before 10pm, $5 after<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Surkin / Institubes @ 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/surkin" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/surkin</a><br /><a href="http://www.an-ten-nae.net/" target="_blank">www.an-ten-nae.net</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/8:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Prefuse73 @ Slim's 333 11th Street (@ Folsom)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/prefusion1973" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/prefusion1973</a><br />$16<br /><br />10pm:<br />Surya Dub @ Club Six 60 6th St (b/w Mission & Market)<br /><a href="http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php" target="_blank">www.dubstepforum.com/<wbr>viewtopic.php</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 12/9:<br /><br />8am:<br />*Kayak trip to Yerba Buena Island<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/10:<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />*Break Dancing & Board Sports (tumbling, trampoline) @ AcroSports 639 Frederick St (@ Willard St)<br /><a href="http://acrosports.org/forms/schedule-Winter08.pdf" target="_blank">http://acrosports.org/forms/<wbr>schedule-Winter08.pdf</a><br />$27<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 12/11:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*American Geophysical Union reception @ the Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St<br />Antarctic science cafe & drinks served over 3000-year-old ice from an ice core<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/12:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Modular/Bigstereo Party! @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />The Winter of Our Discotheque w/ Publicist, Claws, Omar, Richard Oh?!, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.modularpeople.com/03/08.asp" target="_blank">http://www.modularpeople.com/<wbr>03/08.asp</a><br /><a href="http://www.modularpeople.com/rsvp.asp?ShowId=820" target="_blank">http://www.modularpeople.com/<wbr>rsvp.asp?ShowId=820</a><br />free w/ RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/14:<br /><br />8pm:<br />***DDT Tropical December Detonation Houseparty! @ The Haight House<br /><a href="http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=XRXSRRBQSTXZNTSDSQGN&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6" target="_blank">http://www.evite.com/pages/<wbr>invite/viewInvite.jsp?<wbr>inviteId=XRXSRRBQSTXZNTSDSQGN&<wbr>li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6</a><br />$4 keg/cleanup donation<br /><br />11pm:<br />Tropicalifragilistic @ Anon Salon 285 9th Street (@ Folsom)<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/dec07/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/<wbr>dec07/index.html</a><br />$10 before 10:30pm, $15 after in tropical costume, else $20<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/15:<br /><br />*Purisima Creek Redwoods Hike!<br /><br />*SantaCon!<br /><a href="http://sanfranciscosantarchy.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">sanfranciscosantarchy.<wbr>wordpress.com/</a><br />free, wear your Santa costume<br /><br />11am-6pm:<br />Bazaar Bizarre @ SF County Fair Building GGP Lincoln Way (@ 9th Ave)<br />alternative holiday shopping<br /><a href="http://www.bazaarbizarre.org/sanfrancisco.html" target="_blank">www.bazaarbizarre.org/<wbr>sanfrancisco.html</a><br />$1<br /><br />6-10pm:<br />*Robots Are Art @ Float 1091 Calcot Place Unit #116, Oakland<br />DIY robot art , artist party and contest - plus they have a SENSORY DEPRIVATION CHAMBER!<br /><a href="http://www.thefloatcenter.com/robot_art.html" target="_blank">www.thefloatcenter.com/robot_<wbr>art.html</a><br /><br />10pm:<br />*Tiefschwarz (Berlin) @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/tiefschwarz" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/tiefschwarz</a><br /><a href="http://www.blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">www.blasthaus.com/calendar.<wbr>html</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 12/16<br /><br />*Sunset sailing party cruise around the bay!<br /><br />9am:<br />*Thai Buddhist Brunch<br /><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-buddhist-temple-wat-mongkolratanaram-berkeley" target="_blank">http://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-<wbr>buddhist-temple-wat-<wbr>mongkolratanaram-berkeley</a><br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />MINESHAFT @ 103 Harriet (6th & Folsom)<br />Megatone Records Night<br />The Former Sutro Bathouse<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-17869?src=v_wi_sfo_17869_aa59356703" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-17869?src=v_wi_sfo_<wbr>17869_aa59356703</a><br />$5<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/17:<br /><br />10pm:<br />Salted Holiday Party w/ Miguel Miggs @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br /><a href="http://www.mighty119.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mighty119.com</a><br />$10 before 11pm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/19:<br /><br />7pm:<br />The Knife's Silent Shout - AudioVisual Experience @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-18176" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-18176</a><br />$5 RSVP list - email <a href="mailto:info@sf360.org" target="_blank">info@sf360.org</a> with your full name<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Bang the Box vs HellaMode @ Icon 1192 Folsom St (@ 8th)<br />DJ Solar tech & minimal crew vs hip hop freestyling & electro<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-18553" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-18553</a><br />free before midnite with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 12/20:<br /><br />5pm-9pm:<br />*Last Third Thursday Party @ California Academy of Sciences & Aquarium 875 Howard St (@ 5th St)<br />schmooze, listen to jazz, drink, and geek out for the last time before this aquarium & museum moves to GGP<br />$5<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Lusty Lady Burlesque Rock Show @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/12/19/lusty-lady-live-nude-xxxmas-party-with-candy-cane-suck-off-soma/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/<wbr>12/19/lusty-lady-live-nude-<wbr>xxxmas-party-with-candy-cane-<wbr>suck-off-soma/</a><br />$5 for NoBAWC members, else $10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/21:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Suite Jesus @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />art opening and dj's<br />prizes for best holiday costume<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-16753" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-16753</a><br />free with toy donation or RSVP link above, else $5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Dirtybird night @ Shine Lounge 1337 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin, Christian Martin and Worthy<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />$5 after 10pm<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Blow Up w/ Missingtoof & Gold Chains @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />electro indie insanity - SF's wildest & sexiest hipster dance party<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/blow_up_415</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Stiletto: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls @ AsiaSF 201 9th St (@ Howward St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/stilettosf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>stilettosf</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-17717" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-17717</a><br />$8<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/22:<br /><br />6:45pm:<br />*Unsilent Night @ Mission Dolores Park, 18th & Dolores St<br />BYOB(oombox) Cacophony & Giant social boombox orchestra (participate!)<br /><a href="http://www.unsilentnight.com/" target="_blank">http://www.unsilentnight.com</a><br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=173565" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=173565</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />*electROTIC @ The Uptown 1928 Telegraph Ave, Oakland<br />Short Shortzz electro dance party<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/electrotic" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/electrotic</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-208313" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-208313</a><br />$5<br /><br />9pm-5am:<br />Radiance/CELLspace Winter Solstice Celebration @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th)<br />DJ's An-Ten-Nae, Little John, & crew; midnite ritual to honor the Solstice<br /><a href="http://www.cellspace.org/services/events_list.php" target="_blank">http://www.cellspace.org/<wbr>services/events_list.php</a><br />$15 donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 12/23<br /><br />9am-2pm:<br />Thai Buddhist Brunch @ Thai Buddhist Temple, 1911 Russell St (@ Otis St), South Berkeley<br /><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-buddhist-temple-wat-mongkolratanaram-berkeley" target="_blank">http://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-<wbr>buddhist-temple-wat-<wbr>mongkolratanaram-berkeley</a><br />cheap<br /><br />2pm, 4:15pm, 7:15pm, 9:30pm:<br />*Baraka @ Red Vic Movie Theatre 1727 Haight St (@ Cole St)<br />pretty much my favorite movie ever; no dialogue, just stunning images & music<br /><a href="http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/" target="_blank">http://www.redvicmoviehouse.<wbr>com/</a><br />$6.50 for 2pm, $8.50 after<br /><br />8pm:<br />Venus Christ Superstar @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />A rock opera to end all time<br />DJ Nisus spins @ the afterparty!<br /><a href="http://www.venuschrist.com/" target="_blank">http://www.venuschrist.com/</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm-1am:<br />Tony La Funk & Deviant-1 @ Fuse 493 Broadway (@ Kearny St)<br />Funky house night, I make an occassional appearance here as DJ DDT<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/funkinthehousesf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>funkinthehousesf</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/24<br /><br />9pm:<br />Latke Ball @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />where Jews go to dance on Christmas Eve<br /><a href="http://www.sfjcf.org/calendar/jcf/oneevent.asp?EventID=2112" target="_blank">http://www.sfjcf.org/calendar/<wbr>jcf/oneevent.asp?EventID=2112</a><br />$35<br /><br />9pm:<br />Chicken John's Chaos Christmas Carol: Variety Show @ 12 Galaxies 2565 Mission Street (@ 22nd St)<br />Everyone brings a stupid gift or two, and puts it under the tree. Chicken hosts a game show that everyone in the club plays<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/12/19/a-chaos-christmas-carol-w-chicken-john-variety-show-mission-dist/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/<wbr>12/19/a-chaos-christmas-carol-<wbr>w-chicken-john-variety-show-<wbr>mission-dist/</a><br />$8<br /><br />9:30pm:<br />15th Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy @ New Asia Restaurant 772 Pacific Ave (@ Stockton St)<br />Chinese food & comedy feat. Shelley Berman from Curb Your Enthusiam<br /><a href="http://www.koshercomedy.com/" target="_blank">http://www.koshercomedy.com/</a><br />$40<br /><br />10:15pm:<br />Midnight Mass & Choir @ Grace Cathedral (Nob Hill) 1100 California St (@ Taylor St)<br />Musical prelude begins at 10:15p, followed the Choir of Men and Boys with Orchestra and Midnight Mass at 11 p.m.<br /><a href="http://www.gracecathedral.org/calendar/detail.php?eid=1179" target="_blank">http://www.gracecathedral.org/<wbr>calendar/detail.php?eid=1179</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 12/25 CHRISTMAS<br /><br />10am:<br />*VeloGirls 9th Annual Christmas Orphans' Bike Tour of San Francisco @ Golden Gate Park, Stanyan and Fell St<br />29-mile figure-eight loop bike tour of San Francisco<br />bring your own bike & water<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/12/20/9th-annual-christmas-orphans-bike-tour-of-san-francisco-gg-park/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/<wbr>12/20/9th-annual-christmas-<wbr>orphans-bike-tour-of-san-<wbr>francisco-gg-park/</a><br />free<br /><br />11am-3pm:<br />Contemporary Jewish Museum's Annual Family Day @ Rayko Photo Center 428 3rd St (@ Harrison St)<br /><a href="http://www.jmsf.org/exhibitions/special-programs.html" target="_blank">http://www.jmsf.org/<wbr>exhibitions/special-programs.<wbr>html</a><br />free<br /><br />8:30pm:<br />10th Annual Black X Mass: Live music, fire dancing & satanic party @ Elbo Room 647 Valencia St (@ 17th St)<br />The Fuxedos, The Grabes Brothers Deluxe, Abu Ghraib, K-rob, burlesque fire dancer, Theremin Wizard Barney, Hydrogen Pellets, DJ'S and give-aways<br /><a href="http://www.satanicchurch.com/content/news/" target="_blank">http://www.satanicchurch.com/<wbr>content/news/</a><br />$10<br /><br />9:30pm:<br />15th Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy @ New Asia Restaurant 772 Pacific Ave (@ Stockton St)<br />Chinese food & comedy feat. Shelley Berman from Curb Your Enthusiam<br /><a href="http://www.koshercomedy.com/" target="_blank">http://www.koshercomedy.com/</a><br />$40<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/26<br /><br />2pm, 7:15pm, 9:30pm:<br />*Baraka @ Red Vic Movie Theatre 1727 Haight St (@ Cole St)<br />pretty much my favorite movie ever; no dialogue, just stunning images & music<br /><a href="http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/" target="_blank">http://www.redvicmoviehouse.<wbr>com/</a><br />$6.50 for 2pm, $8.50 after<br /><br />2pm:<br />Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />X-mas Hangover Erotic Reading Circle @ The Center for Sex and Culture 1519 Mission (@ 11th St)<br /><a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/512077119.html" target="_blank">http://sfbay.craigslist.org/<wbr>eve/512077119.html</a><br />$5<br /><br />8pm:<br />Twas the Night After Christmas - A Benefit for Burners Without Borders @ Beale St Bar 133 Beale St (@ Mission St)<br />J. Wail & Absynth perform live instrument electronica, dance and groove weaving a rich tapestry of sounds<br />$10 ($8 if you're in a Santa Suit)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 12/27<br /><br />2pm:<br />Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Onion News Network: 2007 Year in Review w/ free beer @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Watch the funniest 2007 segments from the Onion News Network while drinking free beer<br /><a href="http://rickshawstop.com/phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.php?id=1346" target="_blank">http://rickshawstop.com/<wbr>phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.<wbr>php?id=1346</a><br />free<br /><br />7:15pm, 9:30pm:<br />Baraka @ Red Vic Movie Theatre 1727 Haight St (@ Cole St)<br />pretty much my favorite movie ever; no dialogue, just stunning images & music<br /><a href="http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/" target="_blank">http://www.redvicmoviehouse.<wbr>com/</a><br />$6.50 for 2pm, $8.50 after<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />*Walking With Dinosaurs - The Live Experience @ HP Pavilion 525 W Santa Clara, San Jose<br /><a href="http://www.dinosaurlive.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dinosaurlive.com/</a><br />$30-70<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Dirtybird @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk St)<br />The Martin Brothers, Monty Luke<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*40 DJ Gang Bang - Kollol's BDay Bash @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />insane Bengali Bday bash<br /><a href="http://www.mighty119.com/gallery/index_flyers.html#kollol" target="_blank">http://www.mighty119.com/<wbr>gallery/index_flyers.html#<wbr>kollol</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/28<br /><br />8pm:<br />Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />9pm:<br />Cyphertown Throwdown! II @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th)<br />Social justice, hip hop, massive art party<br /><a href="http://www.cellspace.org/services/events_list.php" target="_blank">http://www.cellspace.org/<wbr>services/events_list.php</a><br /><a href="http://www.cyphertown.com/" target="_blank">www.cyphertown.com</a><br />$20<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Absinthe Repeal Party @ Club Whisper 535 Florida St (@ 18th)<br /><a href="http://www.kabaretstore.com/absintheparty/" target="_blank">http://www.kabaretstore.com/<wbr>absintheparty/</a><br />$10 online advance before 12/25, $15 advance after or in costume, else $20 at the door<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Lights Down Low @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />Felix Cartal! HyphyCrunk! Forever21! Sleazemore! this is an awesome lineup :)<br /><a href="http://www.sleazemore.com/2007/12/26/lights-down-low-this-friday-with-felix-cartal-1st-us-show/" target="_blank">http://www.sleazemore.com/<wbr>2007/12/26/lights-down-low-<wbr>this-friday-with-felix-cartal-<wbr>1st-us-show/</a><br />$7<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/29<br /><br />1pm-5pm:<br />Really Really Free Market @ ArtSF 110 Capp St 5th Fl (@ 16th St)<br />community build and crap trade<br /><a href="http://www.reallyreallyfree.org/" target="_blank">http://www.reallyreallyfree.<wbr>org/</a><br />free<br /><br />2pm & 8pm:<br />*Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />9pm:<br />Zero Ground w/ Bassnectar, Drop the Lime @ The Regency Center 1300 Van Ness (@ Sutter)<br />Z-Trip, Glitch Mob, Symbiotic Orchestra, An-Ten-Nae - this is a killer lineup!<br /><a href="http://www.zerogroundsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.zerogroundsf.com/</a><br />$50 advance, $65 door<br /><br />10pm:<br />Opel & In Deep Present Closing Party 2007 @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />Opel DJ's featuring the Neuroweapon art car outside<br /><a href="http://www.mighty119.com/gallery/index_flyers.html#closing" target="_blank">http://www.mighty119.com/<wbr>gallery/index_flyers.html#<wbr>closing</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Frisco Disco vs Sucker Punch @ The Transfer 198 Church St (@ Market)<br />electro / indie / hip hop / new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 12/30<br /><br />3pm-5pm:<br />*San Francisco Chamber Orchestra: Prodigies @ Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave (across from City Hall)<br />brings the immediacy and intimacy of music for small orchestra and chamber ensemble to the general public<br /><a href="http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sfchamberorchestra.<wbr>org/</a><br />free<br /><br />2pm & 7pm:<br />Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />3pm-5pm:<br />Odd new soundtracks to old Italian films plus wine & snacks @ Red Hill Books 401 Cortland Ave (@ Bennington)<br />Michelangelo Antonioni films L'Avventura, L'Eclisse, and Deserto Rosso set to alto-saxophonist Phillip Greenlief's music<br /><a href="http://www.dogearedbooks.com/redhill/events.php4" target="_blank">http://www.dogearedbooks.com/<wbr>redhill/events.php4</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/31: NEW YEARS EVE<br /><br />12:45pm & 3pm:<br />New Year's Eve Daytime Balloon Drop @ Chabot Space Center 10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland<br />Celebrate New Year's with music and balloons dropping from our Rotunda, many filled with prizes<br /><a href="http://chabotspace.org/visit/calendar/?date=12/31/2007#calendar" target="_blank">http://chabotspace.org/visit/<wbr>calendar/?date=12/31/2007#<wbr>calendar</a><br />$11 w/ canned food donation, else $13 (includes museum admission)<br /><br />5pm-2am:<br />New World Eve @ Bissap Baobab, Little Baobab and Bollyhood Cafe 2323 Mission St, 3388/3372 19th St<br />Bangra, reggae, salsa, merengue, african, world, samba, zouk, soca<br /><a href="http://www.bissapbaobab.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bissapbaobab.com/</a><br />$42<br /><br />5:30pm-midnite:<br />*Green New Year w/ free champagne & cava toast @ Thirsty Bear Brewing Company 661 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br />Ring in the New Year with our Premium Organic Hand-crafted Ales & Lagers paired with Chef Amy's all local, all organic tapa and paella specials<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/12/23/green-new-year-thirsty-bear-w-free-champagne-cava-soma/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/<wbr>12/23/green-new-year-thirsty-<wbr>bear-w-free-champagne-cava-<wbr>soma/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-5am:<br />*Sea of Dreams New Years (Anon Salon, Gooferman) @ The Concourse 635 8th St (@ Brannan)<br />This is where the Burner style creativity will converge!<br /><a href="http://seaofdreamsnye.com/" target="_blank">http://seaofdreamsnye.com/</a><br />~$60 before Dec 10th, more afterwards<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Eclectic Fever @ Gift Center Pavillion 888 Brannan St (@ 8th St)<br />This is where all the best live world music, funk, and dance performances will be<br /><a href="http://eclecticfever.com/" target="_blank">http://eclecticfever.com/</a><br />$55 advance<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />Diplo / Pharrell / Rekha / Motion Potion / Richie Panic & RICHRD OH?! @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />This is where all the best booty shaking electro will be!<br /><a href="http://www.sunsetpromotions.net/evinfo.php?eventid=20472&sid=" target="_blank">http://www.sunsetpromotions.<wbr>net/evinfo.php?eventid=20472&<wbr>sid=</a><br />$65 advance<br /><br />after midnite -> New Years Day & afternoon:<br />2am-12pm:<br />'Fresh Start' NYE All Morning After Bash @ 12 Galaxies 2565 Mission St (@ 22nd St)<br />BLVD, Blue Turtle Seduction, live painting, free breakfast<br /><a href="http://www.sunsettickets.com/evinfo.php?eventid=20786&sid=" target="_blank">http://www.sunsettickets.com/<wbr>evinfo.php?eventid=20786&sid=</a><br />$15 adv<br /><br />4am-noon:<br />*Opel Afterparty @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />deep electro house & breaks and free continental breakfast<br /><a href="http://www.opelproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.opelproductions.<wbr>com/</a><br />$15<br /><br />4am-noon:<br />Bohemian Carnival's Afterlife @ Xenodrome 1320 Potrero Ave (@ 25th St)<br />Vau De Vire, Gooferman, DJ Smoove, Soulsalaam, Breakbeat Buddha<br />$10<br /><br />6am-7pm:<br />*Space Cowboys Breakfast of Champions @ Club Whisper 535 Florida St (betw/ 17th St & Mariposa)<br />Only the strong survive! Feat. Kapt'n Kirk, Mancub, 8ball, Ding Dong, Felix the Dog, & many more!<br /><a href="http://www.spacecowboys.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spacecowboys.org/</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br />2008<br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 1/2:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences, SF Zoo<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.sfzoo.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sfzoo.org/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/3:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/4:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />8pm-9:30pm:<br />The Rusalka Cycle @ JCCSF 3200 California St (@ Presidio Ave)<br />Haunting theater weaving traditional Eastern European folk song with original music by Mariana Sadovska<br /><a href="http://www.kitka.org/calendar/rusalka2008.html" target="_blank">http://www.kitka.org/calendar/<wbr>rusalka2008.html</a><br />$28/$15 student<br /><br />9pm-11pm:<br />*Vodka tasting @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />free Lotus Vodka & house music<br /><a href="http://www.jhpro2.com/vip_tastings/lotus/rubyskye/010408.html" target="_blank">http://www.jhpro2.com/vip_<wbr>tastings/lotus/rubyskye/<wbr>010408.html</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />Electro house with DingDong and Fred Funk<br />$5 (free w/ the secret password)<br /><br /><br />10pm - 2am:<br />*Loaded @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Jeans Team (Berlin) SF Premiere! RCHRD OH?! Sleazemore - awesome lineup!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/clubloaded" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>clubloaded</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/5:<br /><br />2pm-4pm:<br />Epifanía 2008: Medievel chants & Latin American Folk Concert @ Mission Cultural Center 2868 Mission St (@ 24th St)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/01/03/epifania-2008-medievel-chants-latin-american-folk-concert-mission-dist/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>01/03/epifania-2008-medievel-<wbr>chants-latin-american-folk-<wbr>concert-mission-dist/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />8pm-9:30pm:<br />The Rusalka Cycle @ JCCSF 3200 California St (@ Presidio Ave)<br />Haunting theater weaving traditional Eastern European folk song with original music by Mariana Sadovska<br /><a href="http://www.kitka.org/calendar/rusalka2008.html" target="_blank">http://www.kitka.org/calendar/<wbr>rusalka2008.html</a><br />$28/$15 student<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Frisco Disco @ The Transfer 198 Church Street (@ Market)<br />electro, new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Syd Gris, Alain Octavo @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />Electro house breaks techno goodness from Opel<br /><a href="http://www.jhpro2.com/rubyskye/2007_emails/121707/email.html" target="_blank">http://www.jhpro2.com/<wbr>rubyskye/2007_emails/121707/<wbr>email.html</a><br />free before midnite with RSVP link above<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Wu Tang Clan's Killah Priest @ Club Six 60 6th St (b/w Mission & Market)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-18443" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-18443</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP link above, $5 before 10:30pm, more after<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />*[KONTROL] Presents The New Sound of Detroit @ The EndUp 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />new school Detroit sound from the birthplace of techno<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-19257" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-19257</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP link above, $15 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 1/6:<br /><br />10am-5pm: (4pm ceremony)<br />*California Academy of Sciences Closing Ceremonies @ 875 Howard St (@ 5th St)<br />Last chance to see the aquarium & science hall before it moves to Golden Gate Park in Fall 2008<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/events/calendar/index.php?mo=1&yr=2008" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/<wbr>events/calendar/index.php?mo=<wbr>1&yr=2008</a><br />free with "housewarming" gift from this Wish List: <a href="http://www.calacademy.org/events/calendar/pdfs/wish_list.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/<wbr>events/calendar/pdfs/wish_<wbr>list.pdf</a><br /><br />1pm-4pm:<br />Endangered Species Lecture & Presentation @ SF Zoo Sloat Boulevard (@ 47th Ave)<br />GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year Kick-Off Event<br /><a href="http://www.ggnrabigyear.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ggnrabigyear.org/</a><br />free<br /><br />1pm-7pm:<br />Free Hot Dog Day Battle: Veggie vs. Beef @ Frankenart Mart Art Gallery 515 Balboa St (@ 6th Ave)<br /><a href="http://www.frankenartmart.com/hotdog.html" target="_blank">http://www.frankenartmart.com/<wbr>hotdog.html</a><br />free<br /><br />2pm-3:30pm:<br />*The Rusalka Cycle @ JCCSF 3200 California St (@ Presidio Ave)<br />Haunting theater weaving traditional Eastern European folk song with original music by Mariana Sadovska<br /><a href="http://www.kitka.org/calendar/rusalka2008.html" target="_blank">http://www.kitka.org/calendar/<wbr>rusalka2008.html</a><br />$28/$15 student<br /><br />7pm:<br />*No Country for Old Men @ The Bridge Theatre 3010 Geary (@ Blake St)<br />latest masterpiece from the Coen brothers - come along if you haven't seen this already<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/<wbr>tt0477348/</a><br />$9.75<br /><br />7pm:<br />Sweet Can Habitat Aerial Silk Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre 3316 24th St (@ Mission St)<br />aerial silk dance, circus stunts, live band<br /><a href="http://www.sweetcanproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sweetcanproductions.com</a><br />$15-20<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*1 Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />electrosex Sundays to finish off your weekend with a happy ending<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/1nightstandsf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>1nightstandsf</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 1/7:<br /><br />6pm-midnite:<br />KrOB'S Film Farm: 'Drive-Out' Theater @ 6pm bus boarding at Ritual Roasters 1026 Valencia St (@ 21st St)<br />Kingpin & tribute to The Big Lebowski on Chicken John's Applause Bus<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174021" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174021</a><br />space is limited - email <a href="mailto:smquestionmark@yahoo.com" target="_blank">smquestionmark@yahoo.com</a> to reserve your spot<br />$10, free popcorn<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Filmmaker Michel Gondry - Be Kind Rewind @ Apple Store 1 Stockton St (@ Market)<br />Discussion with Gondry and preview of his new film Be Kind Rewind, edited with Apple's Final Cut Pro<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327273/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/name/<wbr>nm0327273/</a><br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/390183" target="_blank">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/<wbr>event/390183</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 1/8:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*Legion of Honor, De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Cartoon Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />6pm-8pm:<br />*Community Organizing with Twitter and The Point mobile tech @ TechSoup/CompuMentor 525 Brannan St Suite 300 (@ 4th St)<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174004" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174004</a><br />free<br /><br />6pm-11pm, 7pm film:<br />Boomerang art opening @ John's Hayes Valley Market 580 Hayes St (@ Laguna)<br /><a href="http://www.boomerangexhibit.com/" target="_blank">http://www.boomerangexhibit.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />New Year's Resolution Slam with Sasha Cagen @ Modern Times Books 888 Valencia St (@ 20th St)<br />like a poetry slam, but for new year's resolution lists<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174037" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174037</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />*Big Stereo: Hold Yr Horses @ Aunt Charlie's 133 Turk (@ Taylor)<br />Rchrd Oh?! vs Forever21 - electro, indie, new wave, disco punk<br /><a href="http://this.bigstereo.net/hold-yr-horses/" target="_blank">http://this.bigstereo.net/<wbr>hold-yr-horses/</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 1/9:<br /><br />11:30am-12:30pm:<br />Bike Valet Grand Opening Celebration @ Caltrain SF Station 4th St (@ Townsend St)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/01/04/bike-valet-grand-opening-celebration-at-caltrain%e2%80%99s-sf-station-soma/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>01/04/bike-valet-grand-<wbr>opening-celebration-at-<wbr>caltrain%e2%80%99s-sf-station-<wbr>soma/</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Dirtybird & Funky house @ Icon 1192 Folsom St (@ 8th St)<br />The Martin Brothers, Colossus/King Kooba, J Boogie<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-19517" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-19517</a><br />$5 before midnite with RSVP link above, $10 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/10:<br /><br />5pm-8pm:<br />SIMULACRA: Art through the lens of time @ Masterworks Institute 251 Post St 5th floor (@ Stockton St)<br />19th century albumen photographs<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174055" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174055</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Odd Reel Night @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room 701 Mission St (@ 3rd St)<br />live '60s and '70s trash film mashup<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174123" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174123</a><br />$5<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Night Class Drip Drop @ Madrone 500 Divisadero St (@ Fell)<br />New wave, ghettotech & live electronica with LL Cool DJ, Shezilla, Lazer Sword, & Superdunny<br />free<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Phonic Acid House @ The EndUp 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br /><a href="http://www.theendup.com/events/phonic.html" target="_blank">http://www.theendup.com/<wbr>events/phonic.html</a><br />free before midnite, $10 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/11:<br /><br />7pm-8pm:<br />Comics that Could've Saved Us From This Mess @ The Booksmith 1644 Haight St (@ Belvedere St)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/12/20/comics-that-couldve-saved-us-from-this-mess-haight/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2007/<wbr>12/20/comics-that-couldve-<wbr>saved-us-from-this-mess-<wbr>haight/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Hastle Free @ Madrone 500 Divisadero St (@ Fell)<br />Kaptain Harris spins Electro, B.more, Booty Bass, Breaks, Hyphy, Fidget, Funk, Crunk, Classics, & Rap<br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Nu-mark @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />DJ wizard Nu-mark's feats: wielding a 6 turntable dj rig + a turntable necklace + stand up bass turntable<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djnumark" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djnumark</a><br />$?<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />Electro, disco, blog house, post rave with June D, RCHRD OH?!, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lightsdownlow" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lightsdownlow</a><br />$7<br /><br />10pm-very late:<br />6th Annual Slide into Capricorn @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />House & Techno with Justin Martin (Dirtybird), Hipp-E, Jeno<br /><a href="http://www.mighty119.com/gallery/index_flyers.html#capricorn" target="_blank">http://www.mighty119.com/<wbr>gallery/index_flyers.html#<wbr>capricorn</a><br />free for Capricorns, 1st 50 others $5, else $15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/12:<br /><br />*Snowboarding @ Sierra, South Lake Tahoe<br /><br />7-11pm:<br />ANSI art opening @ Twenty Goto Ten Gallery 679 Geary St (@ Leavenworth St)<br />ANSIs from legendary artists Somms & Lord Jazz of ACiD<br /><a href="http://ansi.notchill.com/" target="_blank">http://ansi.notchill.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Frisco Disco @ The Transfer 198 Church Street (@ Market)<br />electro, new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />9:30pm-late:<br />The Onion's 2nd Annual Celebration Of Broken Resolutions @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />Onion style comedy, Brass Mafia brass band, Kid Beyond, Why? folk-pop, indie-hop<br /><a href="http://www.mighty119.com/gallery/index_flyers.html#onion" target="_blank">http://www.mighty119.com/<wbr>gallery/index_flyers.html#<wbr>onion</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 1/13:<br /><br />*Snowshoeing @ Echo Lake, South Lake Tahoe<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 1/14:<br /><br />11am-6pm:<br />Mac World Expo @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/conference_program" target="_blank">http://www.macworldexpo.com/<wbr>conference_program</a><br />free with early registration, priority codes 08-V-EF01, 08-E-CEHB<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 1/15:<br /><br />11am-6pm:<br />Mac World Expo @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/conference_program" target="_blank">http://www.macworldexpo.com/<wbr>conference_program</a><br />free with early registration, priority codes 08-V-EF01, 08-E-CEHB<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Computer Rock @ Laszlo 2534 Mission St (@ 21st St)<br />electrofunk, technosoul, and rock&roll w/ Commodore69, TrainRx, Forever21<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/computer_rock" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>computer_rock</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Excuses, Excuses (Bigstereo.net) @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up w/ RCHRD OH?! & Miss Toats<br /><a href="http://www.pinksf.com/calendar/index.php?year=2008&today=15&month=1" target="_blank">http://www.pinksf.com/<wbr>calendar/index.php?year=2008&<wbr>today=15&month=1</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 1/16:<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Mac World Expo @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/conference_program" target="_blank">http://www.macworldexpo.com/<wbr>conference_program</a><br />free with early registration, priority codes 08-V-EF01, 08-E-CEHB<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Language @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th St (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />Terry Deacon neurologist and anthropologist, UC Berkeley<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />DailyTechTalk's MacWorld 2008 Party @ Swing-Bar 561 Geary St (@ Shannon St)<br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/271815/" target="_blank">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/<wbr>event/271815/</a><br />free<br /><br />9:30pm-2am:<br />*Silversun Pickups @ Club Six 60 6th St (b/w Mission & Market)<br />w/ DJs Richie Panic & Jefrodisiac, Chad Muska, Satva<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/silversunpickups" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>silversunpickups</a><br /><a href="http://img.timeinc.net/skate/content/images/08/elementsf1l.jpg" target="_blank">http://img.timeinc.net/skate/<wbr>content/images/08/elementsf1l.<wbr>jpg</a><br />free with RSVP to <a href="mailto:rsvpvlesparty@vesta-life.com" target="_blank">rsvpvlesparty@vesta-life.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/17:<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Mac World Expo @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/conference_program" target="_blank">http://www.macworldexpo.com/<wbr>conference_program</a><br />free with early registration, priority codes 08-V-EF01, 08-E-CEHB<br /><br />7pm-8:30pm:<br />Dr. Temple Grandin: Autism and Visual Thinking @ the Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/08-1Mind.html" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/<wbr>pr/documents/08-1Mind.html</a><br />free, reserved spots may be gone<br /><br />7pm-10pm:<br />Hot Couture: A Fusion of Fire & Fashion @ 1260 7th St (@ Union St), Oakland<br />flaming showcase of wearable art by Bay Area designers<br /><a href="http://www.thecrucible.org/calendar/hotcouture_08.html" target="_blank">http://www.thecrucible.org/<wbr>calendar/hotcouture_08.html</a><br />$15 adv, $20 door<br /><br />7pm-late:<br />Culture Catch & Artsfest E.A.T. MacWorld Party @ Metreon 4th floor 101 4th St (@ Mission St)<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174211" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174211</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm:<br />The Cool Kids @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gocoolkids" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gocoolkids</a><br />$13<br /><br />11pm-2am:<br />*Steve Aoki @ Pop Scene 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/steveaoki" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>steveaoki</a><br /><a href="http://popscene-sf.com/calendar/" target="_blank">http://popscene-sf.com/<wbr>calendar/</a><br />$8<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/18:<br /><br />10am-4pm:<br />Mac World Expo @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/conference_program" target="_blank">http://www.macworldexpo.com/<wbr>conference_program</a><br />free with early registration, priority codes 08-V-EF01, 08-E-CEHB<br /><br />5pm-10pm:<br />Friday Nights at the de Young Kick-off Event @ 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr<br />Live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, lectures, cocktails, food, artist demonstrations, and interactive art projects<br /><a href="http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/day.asp?categoryid=32" target="_blank">http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/<wbr>calendar/day.asp?categoryid=32</a><br />$10<br /><br />7pm-10pm:<br />Hot Couture: A Fusion of Fire & Fashion @ 1260 7th St (@ Union St), Oakland<br />flaming showcase of wearable art by Bay Area designers<br /><a href="http://www.thecrucible.org/calendar/hotcouture_08.html" target="_blank">http://www.thecrucible.org/<wbr>calendar/hotcouture_08.html</a><br />$35 adv, $40 door<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Cornelius presents the Ultimate Sensuous Synchronized Show @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />psychedelic electro acoustic with synchronized sensual visuals<br /><a href="http://www.corneliusjapan.com/" target="_blank">http://www.corneliusjapan.com/</a><br />$25<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Electro-Indie-Pop-Disco-Noir feat. DJ Skeet Skeet<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Stiletto @ AsiaSF 201 9th St (@ Howard St)<br />feat. Hottub live and DJ's Sleazemore & Chelsea Starr<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/stilettosf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>stilettosf</a><br />$8<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/19:<br /><br />2pm:<br />David Lynch film @ Red Vic Movie Theatre 1727 Haight St (@ Cole St)<br /><a href="http://redvicmoviehouse.com/show.php?pageid=568" target="_blank">http://redvicmoviehouse.com/<wbr>show.php?pageid=568</a><br />$6.50<br /><br />8pm-2am:<br />*Chad's Bday Blowout! @ Beale St Bar 133 Beale St (@ Mission St)<br />feat. 3 HOT chiXXX, Psycho Kitty, The Gentlemen of Lordly Calibre<br />cheerleading, dancing, drinking, pom poms, gogo boots, free sunglasses<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/3hotchixxx" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>3hotchixxx</a><br />$3<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Frisco Disco @ The Transfer 198 Church Street (@ Market)<br />electro, new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Plaid (Warp Records) @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />melodic IDM from London, killer live show with intriguing video<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/plaid4thepeople" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>plaid4thepeople</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />9pm:<br />Nonstop Bhangra @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />feat. DJ Jimmy Love, Dholrhythms Dance Troupe, live painting by Marcus Murray<br />Bhangra Lesson at 9:30pm<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nonstopbhangra" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>nonstopbhangra</a><br />$10 adv, $15 door<br /><br />11pm - 7am:<br />*Afterburner Renegade Party @ secret location in the heart of SF<br />Burning Man camps: Coda & Love Potion Evolution<br />DJ's Alain Octavo, Dirtyhertz, Jason Knight, and more<br />contact me for more info <a href="http://codasf.com/afterburner/index.html" target="_blank">http://codasf.com/afterburner/<wbr>index.html</a> <<<<<<<<<<<< $10 Sunday 1/20: 12pm-4pm: *Ambient audio adventure through Golden Gate Park @ 2332 Fulton St (@ Stanyan St) Come with us down hillsides, through fields, into caves and across ravines with music & stories Bring a discman/walkman/mp3 player <a href="http://www.theabsurdists.com/ifyouconsider.html" target="_blank">http://www.theabsurdists.com/<wbr>ifyouconsider.html</a><br />free<br /><br />2pm:<br />David Lynch film @ Red Vic Movie Theatre 1727 Haight St (@ Cole St)<br /><a href="http://redvicmoviehouse.com/show.php?pageid=568" target="_blank">http://redvicmoviehouse.com/<wbr>show.php?pageid=568</a><br />$6.50<br /><br />7pm:<br />Moon art opening @ Live Worms Gallery 1345 Grant Ave (betw/ Green St & Vallejo St)<br /><a href="http://nommesen.com/torrey/events/" target="_blank">http://nommesen.com/torrey/<wbr>events/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-1am:<br />***Dj DDT & Tony La Funk & Deviant-1 @ Fuse 493 Broadway (@ Kearny St)<br />It's Tony's BDay party & DDT is In The House!!! Catch me @ 9pm<br />I'll be mixing in some funky house and electro<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/funkinthehousesf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>funkinthehousesf</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 1/21:<br /><br />*Snowboarding trip @ Kirkwood, South Lake Tahoe<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/24:<br /><br />6pm-7pm:<br />*Philip Zimbardo lecture @ World Affairs Council Auditorium 312 Sutter St, 2nd Floor (@ Grant Ave)<br />The creator of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment gives a compelling talk:<br />From Genocide to Abu Ghraib — Understanding How Good People Turn Evil<br /><a href="http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2100&SnID=1181550025" target="_blank">http://www.itsyourworld.org/<wbr>assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2100&SnID=<wbr>1181550025</a><br />$5<br /><br />7pm-8pm:<br />*Harvesting Beauty in the Dark @ Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St (@ Fulton St)<br />Butoh Dance Performance by Katsura Kan<br /><a href="http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/popup.php?&op=view&id=12693249&crd=aam" target="_blank">http://www.calendarwiz.com/<wbr>calendars/popup.php?&op=view&<wbr>id=12693249&crd=aam</a><br />$5 after 5pm (includes museum admission)<br /><br />9pm-1:30am:<br />*The Teenagers @ Pop Scene 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />sexy French rock group, remixed by Guns N Bombs & many others<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/theteenagers" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>theteenagers</a><br />$12<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Donovan's 2008 Grand Opening Party @ Slide 430 Mason St (@ Geary St)<br />Donovan returns from Brazil and resumes this exclusive Thur night party<br /><a href="http://www.skeeomedia.com/forms/donovansf/slide_rsvp.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.skeeomedia.com/<wbr>forms/donovansf/slide_rsvp.cfm</a><br />free with RSVP above (required)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/25:<br /><br />7pm-2am:<br />Amoeba Art Show @ The Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br /><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/content/art-show-2008.html" target="_blank">http://www.amoeba.com/content/<wbr>art-show-2008.html</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*OMGLOL!!!! With Nisus (theMovement) @ Lipo Lounge 916 Grant Ave (@ Washington St)<br />Killer dance party in the style of the underground parties in Paris and the UK<br />Nisus totally rocked my last house party!!! Expect cutting edge indie and electro<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-20792;OMGLOL_With_Nisus_theMovement" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-20792;OMGLOL_With_<wbr>Nisus_theMovement</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $8 after<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*Gui Boratto @ Fat City 314 11th St (@ Folsom St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/boratto" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/boratto</a><br />$12 advance, $15 door tix: <a href="http://blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">http://blasthaus.com/calendar.<wbr>html</a><br /><br />9:30pm-2am:<br />Mellowdrone & Rykarda Parasol @ Cafe Du Nord 2170 Market St (@ Sanchez St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mellowdrone" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>mellowdrone</a><br /><a href="http://www.cafedunord.com/brilliant/cal/p.event.php?E_id=1194555826&B_id=1068577843977&P_id=3" target="_blank">http://www.cafedunord.com/<wbr>brilliant/cal/p.event.php?E_<wbr>id=1194555826&B_id=<wbr>1068577843977&P_id=3</a><br />$12<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />Electro, disco, blog house, post rave with Eric Sharp, RCHRD OH?!, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lightsdownlow" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lightsdownlow</a><br />$7<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Dirtybird 2 year anniversary @ Shine Lounge 1337 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />Worthy & Christian Martin spin Hyphy House<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-21263;dirtybird_two_year_anniversary_Shine" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-21263;dirtybird_two_<wbr>year_anniversary_Shine</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP above, else $5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/26:<br /><br />2-3:30pm:<br />Dr. Paul Ekman: Universals In Human Emotion @ the Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/08-1Mind.html" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/<wbr>pr/documents/08-1Mind.html</a><br />free with admission, reserve your spot<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Frisco Disco @ The Transfer 198 Church Street (@ Market)<br />electro, new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />8pm-10:30pm:<br />Xp1ora7ion @ 1750 Arch St (@ Virginia St), Berkeley<br />Center for New Music and Audio Technologies electro-acoustic music/interaction/<wbr>improvisation<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174261" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174261</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />MyKill @ 1015 Folsom St (@ 6th St)<br />Dj's Mykill And Forever 21 Invade The Basement For A Night Of Bmore Mash Up Fidget House Hip Hop Party Jams!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/26 - Saturday 2/2: *trip to NYC<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 2/2:<br /><br />2-3:30pm:<br />Pireeni Sundaralingam: Art, Emotion and the Brain @ the Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/08-1Mind.html" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/<wbr>pr/documents/08-1Mind.html</a><br />free with admission, reserve your spot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/3:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*1 Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />electrosex Sundays to finish off your weekend with a happy ending<br />feat. special guest Baron Von Luxxury<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-200082" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-200082</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br />feat. special guest PartyBen (BootieSF)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 2/5:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />7pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist Special Event: Phat Tuesday Physics Circus! @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th Street (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />Ringmaster Zeke Kossover sideshow scientists perform dazzling demonstrations illustrating physics - participation encouraged!<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/6:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />*No More Conversations @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk St)<br />FriscoDisco's Richie Panic smashes the middle of your week with bangin electro<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nomoreconversationssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>nomoreconversationssf</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-22385;NO_MORE_CONVERSATIONS" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-22385;NO_MORE_<wbr>CONVERSATIONS</a><br />$3 with RSVP link above, else $5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 2/7:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Geary galleries (49/77 Geary St)<br />49 Geary is a 5 story building with 20 art galleries open till 7:30pm, 77 Geary open till 8pm<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />6pm-8pm:<br />*Art openings @ Hang Art & Annex 556/567 Sutter St (@ Mason St)<br />Siddharth Parasnis - The Architecture of Emotion<br />Structured Thoughts - Mark Baugh-Sasaki's sculptures, inspired by abandoned industrial buildings,<br />are both awkward and elegant in their homage to the fumblings of man's attempts to force nature into use<br /><a href="http://www.hangart.com/new/events/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.hangart.com/new/<wbr>events/index.cfm</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Bang on a Can All-Stars @ Amoeba Records 1855 Haight St (@ Stanyan St)<br />Utterly unique sound from this part classical ensemble, part rock band, part jazz band<br /><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/performances/san-francisco/2008-february-07/bang-on-a-can-all-stars/artist.html" target="_blank">http://www.amoeba.com/live-<wbr>shows/performances/san-<wbr>francisco/2008-february-07/<wbr>bang-on-a-can-all-stars/<wbr>artist.html</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />SF Independent Film Festival Opening Night Party @ CellSpace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br /><a href="http://www.sfindie.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sfindie.com/</a><br />free?<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*MicromusicSF Launch Party! @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />electro, techno and hip hop produced with classic video game consoles<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/micromusicsf_launch" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>micromusicsf_launch</a><br />free w/ RSVP link above, else $5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 2/8:<br /><br />*Heavenly snowboarding trip<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />D. Ramirez, Syd Gris @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />excellent electro house add remixes from the UK<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dramirezmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dramirezmusic</a><br /><a href="http://www.club-calendar.com/cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?TEMPLATE=rubyweb-event.html&EVENTNO=00795" target="_blank">http://www.club-calendar.com/<wbr>cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?<wbr>TEMPLATE=rubyweb-event.html&<wbr>EVENTNO=00795</a><br />$15<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />8-bit, electro, blog house, post rave with Commodore69, Laromlab, RCHRD OH?!, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lightsdownlow" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lightsdownlow</a><br />$7<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />Switch, Claude VonStroke, Glitch Mob, Loefah @ 1015 Folsom St (@ 6th St)<br />incl. Midnite Chinese New Year Procession w/ Lion Dancers, circus, martial arts<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/chinesenewyear" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>chinesenewyear</a><br />$20 presale, $25 door<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />Deep Blue Party @ secret underground location (check link below)<br />Dj's M3, Rooz, Christian Martin (Dirtybird), Galen, and more<br /><a href="http://www.djrooz.com/djrooz/deep-blue-friday.html" target="_blank">http://www.djrooz.com/djrooz/<wbr>deep-blue-friday.html</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP link above, $10 before midnite, $15 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 2/9:<br /><br />*Squaw snowboarding trip<br /><br />12pm-6pm:<br />Bang On A Can Marathon and All-Stars Concert @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission St (@ 3rd St)<br />Adventurous confluence of trailblazer composers and players from SF's eclectic alternative music scene<br /><a href="http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3149" target="_blank">http://www.ybca.org/tickets/<wbr>production.aspx?<wbr>performanceNumber=3149</a><br />free<br /><br />2-3:30pm:<br />Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: The Creative Person & Context @ the Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/08-1Mind.html" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/<wbr>pr/documents/08-1Mind.html</a><br />free with admission, reserve your spot<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Roller Disco Party @ CellSpace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />skate rentals & music provided by Black Rock Roller Disco<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174676" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174676</a><br />free with any IndieFest movie ticket stub, else $5<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Dr. Rick's Playground Party @ Dr. Rick's 3340 Folsom St (@ Ripley St)<br />feat. 3 HOT chiXXX, the Viles, & the Back Burner Blues Band<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/3hotchixxx" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>3hotchixxx</a><br /><a href="http://www.thepaintetdturtle.org/" target="_blank">http://www.thepaintetdturtle.<wbr>org</a><br />small donation requested<br /><br />9:30pm-late:<br />Devotion Cheb I Sabbah CD Release Party @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />arabic/urdu/sufi/electronica fusion music<br /><a href="http://www.templesf.com/calendar" target="_blank">http://www.templesf.com/<wbr>calendar</a><br />$18<br /><br />12am-4am:<br />Paul van Dyk @ 1015 Folsom St (@ 6th St)<br />world class trance constructed live<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/paulvandyk" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>paulvandyk</a><br />$40<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/10:<br /><br />*Kirkwood snowboarding trip<br /><br />4pm-7pm:<br />SF Symphony's Chinese New Year Celebration @ Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness (@ Grove St)<br />Musical fusion of East and West with Asian instruments, lion dancers, and more<br /><a href="http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/event_info.asp?nodeid=250&callid=93&eventid=1309" target="_blank">http://www.sfsymphony.org/<wbr>templates/event_info.asp?<wbr>nodeid=250&callid=93&eventid=<wbr>1309</a><br />$20-$50<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 2/12:<br /><br />*Ano Nuevo coastal trip South of SF<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/13:<br /><br />*Muir Woods coastal trip North of SF<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 2/14: V Day<br /><br />6pm:<br />*Pillowfight Flashmob @ Embarcadero Plaza<br />bring a pillow, preferably slitted feather (for uncontrolled explosions!), whack away!<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-231034;Pillow_Fight" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-231034;Pillow_Fight</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />*XOXO: All Mediums Nude Art Show @ Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br />gogograciegalleries presents an art show with live music performance art raffles and prizes!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gogograciegalleriessf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gogograciegalleriessf</a><br />$1-5 sliding scale donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 2/15:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. Richie Panic, Jefrodisiac<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10 (ages 18+)<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*Glass Candy & Joakim @ Fat City 314 11th St (@ Folsom)<br />obscure and impressive live indie electro<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/glasscandy/" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>glasscandy/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jimibazzouka/" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>jimibazzouka/</a><br />$12 advance, $15 door<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Stiletto @ AsiaSF 201 9th St (@ Howard St)<br />The Warriors theme party with DJ's Miss Toats, White Girl Lust, Forever21<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/stilettosf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>stilettosf</a><br />$8<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*Anon Salon's Queen of Arts @ Club Whisper 535 Florida St (betw/ 17th St & Mariposa)<br />Anon Salon's Valentine's Day party reemerges within a new venue<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/feb08/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/<wbr>feb08/index.html</a><br />$10 before 10pm, $15 after in red costume, else $20<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 2/16:<br /><br />9pm:<br />5th Annual Big Lebowski Party @ Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br />party it up like The Dude<br /><a href="http://www.sfindie.com/indiefest08/parties.html" target="_blank">http://www.sfindie.com/<wbr>indiefest08/parties.html</a><br />free with SFIndieFest film stub or Lewbowski inspired costume, else $10<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Frisco Disco @ The Transfer 198 Church Street (@ Market)<br />electro, new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Pop Roxx 3 Yr Anniversary Party Feat. Popscene & AI @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />electro indie mashup feat. mashup genius Party Ben (Bootie) & DJ M3 (Green Gorilla)<br /><a href="http://www.poproxxsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.poproxxsf.com/</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-22500;POP_ROXX_3_yr_anniversary_party_feat_POPSCENE_AI" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-22500;POP_ROXX_3_yr_<wbr>anniversary_party_feat_<wbr>POPSCENE_AI</a><br />$5 before 10pm, $10 after<br /><br />9pm:<br />Nonstop Bhangra @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />feat. DJ Jimmy Love, Dholrhythms Dance Troupe, live painting by Marcus Murray<br />Bhangra Lesson at 9:30pm<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nonstopbhangra" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>nonstopbhangra</a><br />$10 adv, $15 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/17:<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Sacred Spaces @ St. Luke's Episcopal Church 1755 Clay St (@ Van Ness)<br />unique contemporary music written for the combination of voices and instruments<br /><a href="http://www.sde.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sde.org/</a><br />$25 donation<br /><br />8pm:<br />SFIndieFest Closing Party @ 12 Galaxies 2565 Mission (@ 22nd St)<br />feat IndieFest Awards ceremony & Midnight Bombers<br /><a href="http://www.sfindie.com/indiefest08/parties.html" target="_blank">http://www.sfindie.com/<wbr>indiefest08/parties.html</a><br />free with SFIndieFest film stub, else $5<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Fedde le Grand @ Slide 430 Mason St (@ Geary St)<br />put your hands up for Detroit!<br /><a href="http://www.feddelegrand.com/" target="_blank">http://www.feddelegrand.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.slidesf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.slidesf.com/</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />9:30pm-late:<br />Element's President's Day Bash @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />hip hop & house mashup<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-23665;ELEMENT_is_back_Temple_Nightclub_-_217_Sunday" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-23665;ELEMENT_is_back_<wbr>Temple_Nightclub_-_217_Sunday</a><br />$? discount with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 2/18: President's Day<br /><br />9am-6pm:<br />Game Developers Conference @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.gdconf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gdconf.com/</a><br />$75<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />Grindhouse (Tarantino's "Death Proof" & "Planet Terror") @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462322/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/<wbr>tt0462322/</a><br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/02/06/grindhouse-double-feature-tarantinos-death-proof-planet-terror-independent-alamo-sq/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>02/06/grindhouse-double-<wbr>feature-tarantinos-death-<wbr>proof-planet-terror-<wbr>independent-alamo-sq/</a><br />free with 2 drink minimum<br /><br />8pm-10pm:<br />Laughing Liberally Local 415 w/ Will Durst @ The Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St (@ Mission)<br />political comedy showcase<br /><a href="http://www.natogreen.com/" target="_blank">http://www.natogreen.com/</a><br />$8<br /><br />8pm-1am:<br />Sia @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />female vocalist from Massive Attack, Zero 7 & William Orbit<br /><a href="http://www.siamusic.net/main.html" target="_blank">http://www.siamusic.net/main.<wbr>html</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/20:<br /><br />6:30pm-8:30pm:<br />Total Lunar Eclipse @ The Randall Museum 199 Museum Way (on Corona Heights)<br />The SF Sidewalk Astronomers will have their telescopes setup for the occasion! Lecture to follow at 8pm<br /><a href="http://shadowandsubstance.com/" target="_blank">http://shadowandsubstance.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.sfsidewalkastronomers.org/?mact=Calendar,cntnt01,default,0&event_id=83&cntnt01display=event&cntnt01lang=en_US&cntnt01detailpage=&cntnt01return_id=88&cntnt01returnid=88" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>sfsidewalkastronomers.org/?<wbr>mact=Calendar,cntnt01,default,<wbr>0&event_id=83&cntnt01display=<wbr>event&cntnt01lang=en_US&<wbr>cntnt01detailpage=&<wbr>cntnt01return_id=88&<wbr>cntnt01returnid=88</a><br />free<br /><br />11pm-2:30am:<br />BAGG Blood Wrestling @ The Glas Kat 520 4th St (@ Bryant St)<br /><a href="http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/45c/532/45c532d2-4d31-409e-a64b-065ce8818761" target="_blank">http://images.tribe.net/tribe/<wbr>upload/photo/45c/532/45c532d2-<wbr>4d31-409e-a64b-065ce8818761</a><br />$7<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 2/21: (my BDay)<br /><br />7pm-11pm:<br />Phil Holt Tattoo Art Opening @ Lower Haters Gallery 597 Haight St (@ Steiner)<br /><a href="http://lowerhater.com/" target="_blank">http://lowerhater.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm: BDay dinner party<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Robustitron, Bella Bella, EasyStreet and Nasty Nate @ Milk 1840 Haight St (@ Shrader St)<br />mesmerizing downtempo fusion of electro, rock beats and live electronica<br /><a href="http://www.robustitron.com/" target="_blank">http://www.robustitron.com</a><br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 2/22:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low 2yr anniversary @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />Blaqstarr (MIA's producer), Dave Nada, DJ Fame, RCHRD OH?!, and Sleazemore guarantee you get down & dirty<br /><a href="http://this.bigstereo.net/" target="_blank">http://this.bigstereo.net/</a><br />$7<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. Hollertronix (MIA's DJ), MC Jelly Donut, Short Shortzz<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10 (ages 18+)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 2/23: End of the Chinese New Year<br /><br />2-3:30pm:<br />Pireeni Sundaralingam: Neuroscience to Shop, Vote, & Pay Taxes @ the Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/08-1Mind.html" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/<wbr>pr/documents/08-1Mind.html</a><br />free with admission, reserve your spot<br /><br />4:30pm-9pm:<br />The Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt @ Embarcadero Justin Herman Plaza<br />SF's biggest scavenger hunt. Big Trouble In Little China!<br /><a href="http://www.sftreasurehunts.com/hunts/chinese_new_year/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.sftreasurehunts.<wbr>com/hunts/chinese_new_year/<wbr>index.html</a><br />$40<br /><br />5:30pm-8pm:<br />Chinese New Year's Parade @ Market St & Kearny St<br />feat 200+ foot long Gum Lung and 600,000+ firecrackers<br /><a href="http://www.chineseparade.com/route.asp" target="_blank">http://www.chineseparade.com/<wbr>route.asp</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*Bonobo @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sibonobo" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sibonobo</a><br />$12 advance, $15 door tix: <a href="http://blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">http://blasthaus.com/calendar.<wbr>html</a><br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />DJ Mykill @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djmykill" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djmykill</a><br />free on guestlist with full name & email (message MyKill via link above)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/24:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 2/25:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Switch, CLAWS, & XLR8R DJ's @ Slide 430 Mason St (@ Geary St)<br />cutting edge electro house dance music<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/switchandsolidgroove" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>switchandsolidgroove</a><br /><a href="https://secure.scion.com/scion/ssl/rsvp/scionHouseParty.do" target="_blank">https://secure.scion.com/<wbr>scion/ssl/rsvp/<wbr>scionHouseParty.do</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 2/26:<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Ancient Science @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th St (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />Richard Carrier discusses the 2000-year-old computer other achievements of ancient science<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Hun Huur Tu (Tuvan Throat Singers) @ Great American Music Hall 859 O'Farrell St (@ Polk St)<br />unique tribal Tibetan music feat. deep multitonal humming<br /><a href="http://www.gamh.com/artist_pages/huun_huur_tu_022608.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gamh.com/artist_<wbr>pages/huun_huur_tu_022608.htm</a><br />$25<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Dirtybird @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk St)<br />The Martin Brothers, Monty Luke<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/27:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Denise King: Recognizing Bacteria in the Field @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />8pm:<br />The Walkmen @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />noise pop festival highlight<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewalkmen" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thewalkmen</a><br />$18<br /><br />9pm:<br />Quasi @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />noise pop festival highlight<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/theequasi" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>theequasi</a><br />$12<br /><br />8:30pm-late:<br />Salsa dancing @ Roccapulco 3140 Mission St (@ Cesar Chavez)<br />includes 2hr lesson 8:30-10:30pm<br /><a href="http://www.roccapulco.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=51" target="_blank">http://www.roccapulco.com/<wbr>index.php?option=com_content&<wbr>task=view&id=32&Itemid=51</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Noise Pop Festival Afterparty @ Harlot 46 Minna St (@ 1st St)<br />with DJ Mike Simonetti of Italians Do It Better<br /><a href="http://noisepop.com/2008/schedule.php" target="_blank">http://noisepop.com/2008/<wbr>schedule.php</a><br />$5<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />SF Weekly DJ Battle @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />DJ Atimatik, Rickabone, DJ Forever 21, Mark Campbell, Gabe Gavilanes, Robbie Kowal<br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Claude VonStroke @ Anu 43 6th St (betw Market & Mission)<br />DrtyBird's captain helps celebrate Satellite Wednesdays' 7 Year Anniversary Party<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/claudevonstroke" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>claudevonstroke</a><br />free before 10pm, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 2/28:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Andrej Zdravic: Water Waves multi-channel video installation @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />6:30-10pm<br />Pacific Orchid Exposition 2008 GALA Benefit Preview Party @ Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason (@ Laguna St & Marina Blvd)<br />view 150,000 exotic Orchids and enjoy live music, hors d'oeuvres and wine-tasting<br /><a href="http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/" target="_blank">http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.<wbr>org/</a><br />$30 advance<br /><br />7pm:<br />Stellastarr* @ Great American Music Hall 859 O'Farrell St (@ Polk St)<br />noise pop festival highlight<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/stellastarr" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>stellastarr</a><br />$18<br /><br />8pm:<br />Magnetic Fields @ Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave (across from City Hall)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/themagneticfields" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>themagneticfields</a><br />$30<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Great Northern @ Pop Scene 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />Brit-pop, soul, new wave, indie-rock and electronica<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/greatnorthern" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>greatnorthern</a><br /><a href="http://popscene-sf.com/calendar/" target="_blank">http://popscene-sf.com/<wbr>calendar/</a><br />$12<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*MissToats' Going Away Party @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />Dj free for all featuring Nisus<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/misstoats" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>misstoats</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 2/29:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Kitka In Concert @ Old First Presbyterian Church 1751 Sacramento St (@ Van Ness)<br />Haunting Bulgarian style female choir - Sanctuary CD Release Celebration<br /><a href="http://www.kitka.org/music/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.kitka.org/music/<wbr>index.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performances/150/" target="_blank">http://www.oldfirstconcerts.<wbr>org/performances/150/</a><br />$15<br /><br />8pm:<br />Magnetic Fields @ Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave (across from City Hall)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/themagneticfields" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>themagneticfields</a><br />$30<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Wale @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wale202" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/wale202</a><br />$15 advance, $20 door tix: <a href="http://blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">http://blasthaus.com/calendar.<wbr>html</a><br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*The Mutaytor, Cirque Berzerk, Bootie DJ's @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />Pirates and clowns run wild with techno and circus performance in this wild freak fair<br /><a href="http://www.mutaytor.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mutaytor.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.cirqueberzerk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cirqueberzerk.com/</a><br />$17 advance and with pirate/clown costume, $20 before 11pm, more after<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. The Rapture & Missingtoof DJ's<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10 (ages 18+)<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Classixx!! @ UndergroundSF 424 Haight St (@ Webster St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/classixxmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>classixxmusic</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-23296;POP_OFF" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-23296;POP_OFF</a><br />$5<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*OMGLOL!!!! With Nisus (theMovement) @ Lipo Lounge 916 Grant Ave (@ Washington St)<br />Killer dance party in the style of the underground parties in Paris and the UK<br />Nisus totally rocked my last house party!!! Expect cutting edge indie electro and filthbass<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/OMGLOL" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>OMGLOL</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $8 after<br /><br />12am-12pm:<br />*Mondogroove @ 60 13th St (@ Folsom)<br />DirtyBird crew (Worthy, Christian Martin), Franky Boissy, and ItalianJob crew propel you into Saturday<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/mondogroove" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>mondogroove</a><br />$5 with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 3/1:<br /><br />12pm-5pm:<br />Noise Pop Education Session @ 12 Galaxies 2565 Mission (@ 22nd St)<br />insight into the music industry from multiple angles<br /><a href="http://noisepop.com/2008/expo.php" target="_blank">http://noisepop.com/2008/expo.<wbr>php</a><br />free, register by sending an email to <a href="mailto:register@noisepop.com" target="_blank">register@noisepop.com</a><br /><br />8pm-10pm:<br />Creative Commons Open Source Festival @ Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia St (@ 21st St)<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=174859" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=174859</a><br />$6<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Frisco Disco w/ The Rapture @ The Transfer 198 Church St (@ Market)<br />electro / new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*MSTRKRFT, Lazaro Casanova, LA Riots @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />This insane electro dance party will melt your face off!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mstrkrft" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>mstrkrft</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lazarocasanova" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lazarocasanova</a><br />$15 advance, $20 door tix: <a href="http://blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">http://blasthaus.com/calendar.<wbr>html</a><br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />Claude VonStroke, Derek Plaslaiko @ The EndUp 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />the master DirtyBird joins forces with NYC's minimal/avant techno master<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />free until 11pm, $15 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 3/2:<br /><br />2pm-3pm:<br />*Guided Hike & History Lecture: Shipwrecks at Lands End @ USS SF Memorial parking lot (@ El Camino del Mar & Seal Rock Drive)<br />Docent Rich Harned uncovers ships that were wrecked upon the Golden Gate's rocky cliffs<br /><a href="http://www.parksconservancy.org/calendar/index.asp?event=980" target="_blank">http://www.parksconservancy.<wbr>org/calendar/index.asp?event=<wbr>980</a><br />free, reservations recommended: Please call (415) 561-4323<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />SF Cinematheque presents Close at Hand @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room 701 Mission St (@ 3rd St)<br />film setting lyrical rhythm and form to the flow of rushing water<br /><a href="http://www.sfcinematheque.org/calendar.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.sfcinematheque.org/<wbr>calendar.shtml</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*1 Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />electrosex Sundays to finish off your weekend with a happy ending<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-243948;1_NIGHT_STAND" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-243948;1_NIGHT_STAND</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Classixx!! @ French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/classixxmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>classixxmusic</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 3/3:<br /><br />5:45pm-6:45pm<br />White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima @ USF Main Campus, Fromm Hall (@ Parker St betw/ Golden Gate & Fulton)<br />Film followed by a discussion with the film's director, Steven Okazaki<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/02/28/film-director-qa-the-destruction-of-hiroshima-usf/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>02/28/film-director-qa-the-<wbr>destruction-of-hiroshima-usf/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 3/4:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />7:30pm-late:<br />3HOTchixxx @ El Rincon 2700 16th St (@ Harrison)<br />Trish's BDay Party, with Buttercream Gang, Hi Watters, Gabiotas, and a Special Surprise!!!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/3HOTchixxx" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>3HOTchixxx</a><br />free, $2 Tecate, $4 margaritas<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 3/5:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences, SF Zoo<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.sfzoo.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sfzoo.org/</a><br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Sebastian Martin: The Music of the Earth @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 3/6:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />8pm-1am:<br />Balkan Beat Box @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />world class gypsy punk and Mediterranean dub<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/balkanbeatbox" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>balkanbeatbox</a><br />cancelled!<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />I Love my DJ party @ Harlot 46 Minna St (betw/ 1st & 2nd St)<br />Nitevibe's DJ Dreamteam preparty, featuring a few of the winner's favorite DJs<br /><a href="http://www.nitevibe.com/#Thursday" target="_blank">http://www.nitevibe.com/#<wbr>Thursday</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2f7jft" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2f7jft</a><br />free, RSVP only via link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 3/7:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />Electro house with DingDong and Fred Funk<br />$5 (free w/ the secret password)<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />DJ Dreamteam Party @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />House Room: Miguel Migs, Mark Farina, David Harness, Julius Papp<br />Progressive Room: Taj, Rooz, Icon, Dirtyhertz<br />Breaks Room: an-tn-nae, Smoove, Mancub, Kapt'n Kirk<br />Electro-Mix Room: M3, Aaron Jae, Shooy, Motion Potion<br /><a href="http://www.djdreamteam.com/" target="_blank">http://www.djdreamteam.com/</a><br />$15 presale<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 3/8:<br /><br />8pm-4am:<br />*Burnal Equinox 2008 Flambe Lounge @ Club Whisper 535 Florida St (@ 18th)<br />Burning Man 2008 pre-party!<br /><a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/08bmvirgins/thread/3429e177-af7c-4858-a11f-175a1e154a46" target="_blank">http://tribes.tribe.net/<wbr>08bmvirgins/thread/3429e177-<wbr>af7c-4858-a11f-175a1e154a46</a><br />$15 in Playa finery, $25 in street clothes<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Crystal Castles @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>crystalcastles</a><br />$16<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Ursula 1000 @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />Eclectic electro tinged dance music at the coolest club in SF<br /><a href="http://www.ursula1000.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ursula1000.com/</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Dirtybird 3yr Birthday @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />the hottest house in SF: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/invite-24381;dirtybird_3_year_label_anniversary_Mighty" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>invite-24381;dirtybird_3_year_<wbr>label_anniversary_Mighty</a><br />free before 11pm, $5 before 1am w/ RSVP link above, else $10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 3/9:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Kill The Noize @ French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/killnoisekill" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>killnoisekill</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 3/10:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />SXSF @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />indie rock version of SXSW: Persephone's Bees, The Duke Spirit, Hottub<br /><a href="http://popscene-sf.com/calendar/calendar_032008.html" target="_blank">http://popscene-sf.com/<wbr>calendar/calendar_032008.html</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 3/11:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Film: Divorzio all'italiana @ Istituto Italiano di Cultura 425 Washington St (@ Battery St)<br />the classic Italian black comedy<br /><a href="http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/IIC_SanFrancisco/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=229&citta=SanFrancisco" target="_blank">http://www.iicsanfrancisco.<wbr>esteri.it/IIC_SanFrancisco/<wbr>webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=<wbr>229&citta=SanFrancisco</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*The Voodoo Cabaret @ The Otis Lounge 25 Maiden Ln (@ Kearney St)<br />soulful vocals, hot West African rhymes, djembe rhythms, live exotic dancers<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=175411" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=175411</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 3/12:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Karen Kalamuck: The Battle Against Antiobiotic-Resistant Bacteria @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />7pm:<br />*SF films in SF presents Time Bandits, Sleeper @ Variety Preview Room Theatre Hobart Bldg, 582 Market St (@ 2nd St)<br />the Terry Gilliam classic through the past, followed by the zany Woody Allen visit to the future<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=175349" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=175349</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Guns N Bombs, RCHRD OH?!, Sleazemore @ Vessel 85 Campton Pl (@ Stockton St)<br />cutting edge electro doesn't get much better than this!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gunsnbombs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gunsnbombs</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 3/13:<br /><br />5:30pm-6pm:<br />Flash Mob For Zoo Animals @ SF City Hall Rm 408, 1 Dr Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk St & Grove St)<br />standing ovations for SF Zoo rescue zoo conversion proposal, drinks after<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=175379" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=175379</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-1am:<br />*Gogol Bordello @ The Warfield 982 Market St (@ 6th St)<br />Ultimate Gypsy Punk!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gogolbordello" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gogolbordello</a><br />$25.50<br /><br />11pm-2am:<br />*Bloody Beetroots @ Pop Scene 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />spidermen providing you the best Timbaland remixes available<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebloodybeetroots" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thebloodybeetroots</a><br /><a href="http://popscene-sf.com/calendar/" target="_blank">http://popscene-sf.com/<wbr>calendar/</a><br />$12<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 3/14:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />Honey Soundsystem, RCHRD OH?!, and Sleazemore deliver underground electro sounds<br /><a href="http://this.bigstereo.net/" target="_blank">http://this.bigstereo.net/</a><br />$5<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. Them Jeans, MC Jelly Donut<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10 (ages 18+)<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />DJ Mehdi, HotTub, DJ Omar @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />French electro straight from Ed Banger<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djmehdi" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/djmehdi</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hottub94608" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>hottub94608</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*John Tejada & Audion (Matthew Dear) @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />tech house delievered oh so smoove<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHq7dZacsf0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=fHq7dZacsf0</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/matthewdear" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>matthewdear</a><br />$15 advance, $20 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 3/15:<br /><br />2:30pm-late:<br />Brides of March flash mob! @ Tunnel Top Bar 601 Bush St (@ Stockton)<br />wear your wedding dress, guys that includes you too!<br /><a href="http://www.bridesofmarch.org/Brides/BridesOfMarch.html" target="_blank">http://www.bridesofmarch.org/<wbr>Brides/BridesOfMarch.html</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Nonstop Bhangra @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Delhi2Dublin Celtic strings to Bhangra laced dance beats over nasty dub bass<br />Bhangra Lesson at 9:30pm<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nonstopbhangra" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>nonstopbhangra</a><br />$10 adv, $15 door<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*Boys Noize @ Fat City 314 11th St (@ Folsom)<br />dirtiest most intense electro available from Berlin<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/boysnoizemusic" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>boysnoizemusic</a><br />$12 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 3/16:<br /><br />10am-3pm:<br />KUSF Rock 'n' Swap Music Lover's Fair @ USF McLaren Hall 2130 Fulton St (@ Cole St)<br />features rare vinyl, CDs, DVDs, posters, books<br /><a href="http://kusf.org/rocknswap.shtml" target="_blank">http://kusf.org/rocknswap.<wbr>shtml</a><br />$1 if you mention "funcheap" at the door, else $3<br /><br />1pm-5:30pm:<br />Purim Festival @ The African American Art & Culture Complex 762 Fulton St (@ Webster)<br />capoeira workshop, carnival games, magic, crafts, Jewish cuisine<br /><a href="http://www.jewishresearch.org/events.htm" target="_blank">http://www.jewishresearch.org/<wbr>events.htm</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 3/17:<br /><br />6pm:<br />Louis Lortie piano concert: Ravel/Chopin/Beethoven @ Community Music Center 544 Capp St (@ 20th St)<br /><a href="http://sfcmc.org/calendar/index.php?id=&event_id=752" target="_blank">http://sfcmc.org/calendar/<wbr>index.php?id=&event_id=752</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />Perú Negro Afro-Peruvian concert @ Amoeba Music 1855 Haight St (@ Shrader)<br /><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/calendars.html" target="_blank">http://www.amoeba.com/live-<wbr>shows/calendars.html</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 3/18:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />The Black Ghosts, Richie Panic & Jefrodisiac @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />the lead singer from Simian's new indie rock band<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blackghosts" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>blackghosts</a><br />$12<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 3/19:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Brian Shoichet: Proteins: Not Just For Breakfast Anymore @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Modeselektor, Boreta (Glitch Mob) @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />excellent glitch-hop IDM from Berlin<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 3/20:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Venus Christ Equinox Cabaret @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />A rock opera to end all time<br />DJ Nisus spins @ the afterparty!<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.venuschrist.com/" target="_blank">http://www.venuschrist.com/</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 3/21:<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />***Spring Fling EquinoXXX Party @ the Haight House 788 Haight St (@ Scott)<br />the unmissable sequel to our last epic blow out!<br />featuring 3HOTchiXXX (10pm): <a href="http://www.myspace.com/3hotchixxx" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>3hotchixxx</a><br />Nisus (11:30pm): <a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br />DJ DDT: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/richtrapani" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>richtrapani</a><br />Full Evite here: <a href="http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=NNUMEULKIDBTZCGTSGYU" target="_blank">http://www.evite.com/pages/<wbr>invite/viewInvite.jsp?<wbr>inviteId=NNUMEULKIDBTZCGTSGYU</a><br />$5 keg donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 3/22:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Vampire Weekend @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />indie electronic goodness<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>vampireweekend</a><br />$15<br /><br />10pm:<br />Miami Gold WMC PreParty feat. Nisus @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />also feat. Nikola Baytala, Monty Luke, J.Boogie, Michael Anthony, Sleazemore, Rev. Underpants, Swayzee & White Girl Lust<br /><a href="http://www.blasthaus.com/calendar.html" target="_blank">http://www.blasthaus.com/<wbr>calendar.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br />$10 with RSVP to <a href="mailto:monika@blasthaus.com" target="_blank">monika@blasthaus.com</a>, wear gold and get in for only $5 until midnight/$10 after, else $20<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 3/23:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 3/25:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Nero Nava and the Invitation to Love @ Cafe Du Nord 2170 Market St (@ Sanchez St)<br />also feat. Ultraset, Sexx, Jacqui Elliot & Marc Perry, Goliath, Relise<br /><a href="http://www.goldfoot.com/ultraset" target="_blank">http://www.goldfoot.com/<wbr>ultraset</a><br />$8 includes free Barbarasteele CD mixtape<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />ArtNowSF 2sday @ Double Dutch 3192 16th St (@ Guerrero St)<br />Mashups, HipHop, Electro, PartyClassics, Reggae, & Live Painting<br />Up and coming Dj's and Artists submit disc of your skills with contact info to be special guest dj or live painter<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/2ddd" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>2ddd</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Big Stereo: Hold Yr Horses @ Aunt Charlie's 133 Turk (@ Taylor)<br />Rchrd Oh?! vs Forever21 - electro, indie, new wave, disco punk<br /><a href="http://this.bigstereo.net/hold-yr-horses/" target="_blank">http://this.bigstereo.net/<wbr>hold-yr-horses/</a><br />$3<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />C.L.A.W.S., Monty Luke, Christian Martin @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk St)<br />Dirtybird night (home of Claude VonStroke)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/clawsmusik" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>clawsmusik</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 3/26:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Richard Brown: Neurotransmitters, Hormones, & Drugs @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*ToneLov, Drake Andreae @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk St)<br />dirty tech house groove with hints of funk, electro and darkness<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/222hyde" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/222hyde</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 3/27:<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />*Justice, Diplo & Fancy @ Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (@ Brannan St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/diplo" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/diplo</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>etjusticepourtous</a><br />$35 (get them at the Independent's Box Office)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 3/29:<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />*BOING! Trampoline party!!! @ 2880 Mead Ave, Santa Clara<br />Trampoline warehouse + DJ's on massive TURBO soundsystem + dodgeball teams = best party ever!<br /><a href="http://www.jumpskyhigh.com/index.asp" target="_blank">http://www.jumpskyhigh.com/<wbr>index.asp</a><br />$30<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 4/1:<br /><br />12pm-2:30pm:<br />*30th Annual St Stupid's Day Parade @ Justin Herman Plaza (Market and Embarcadero)<br />bring a crazy costume, socks, pennies, lottery tickets, sins and a good sense of humor<br /><a href="http://www.saintstupid.com/" target="_blank">http://www.saintstupid.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Richard Brown: Quack! A Look At Questionable Medical Practices @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Tornados @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th St (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />John Monteverdi, meteorologist and storm chaser unleashes the latest<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 4/2:<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Digitalism, Guns N Bombs @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />live electro doesn't get much better than this<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/digitalism" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>digitalism</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gunsnbombs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gunsnbombs</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 4/4:<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Groove Armada, Damian Lazarus @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br /><a href="http://www.groovearmada.com/" target="_blank">http://www.groovearmada.com/</a><br />$22 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 4/5:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />The Voodoo Cabaret @ El Rincon 2700 16th St (@ Harrison)<br />soulful vocals, hot West African rhymes, djembe rhythms, live exotic dancers<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/voodoocabaretsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>voodoocabaretsf</a><br />$10<br /><br />9:30pm-late:<br />Gallerie N!NE @ Anon Salon 285 9th Street (@ Folsom)<br />POP tART art opening, festivities, theater performances, & afterparty<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/april08/nine1.html" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/<wbr>april08/nine1.html</a><br />donation only<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Autechre, Massonix @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />cutting edge Warp IDM<br /><a href="http://www.warprecords.com/artists/index.php?artist=ae" target="_blank">http://www.warprecords.com/<wbr>artists/index.php?artist=ae</a><br />$18 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*OMGLOL!!!! With Nisus (theMovement) @ Lipo Lounge 916 Grant Ave (@ Washington St)<br />Killer dance party in the style of the underground parties in Paris and the UK<br />Nisus totally rocked my last house party!!! Expect cutting edge indie electro and filthbass<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/OMGLOL" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>OMGLOL</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $8 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 4/6:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*1 Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />electrosex Sundays to finish off your weekend with a happy ending<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/1nightstandsf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>1nightstandsf</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 4/9:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Luigi Anzivino: The Science of Magic @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 4/10:<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />*Gamelan X, Kaura, Unwoman (Rasputina) @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />excellent modern/Balinese gamelan fusion accompanied by circus performances<br /><a href="http://www.dnalounge.com/flyers/2008/04/10-gamelanx.html" target="_blank">http://www.dnalounge.com/<wbr>flyers/2008/04/10-gamelanx.<wbr>html</a><br />$8 advance, $10 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 4/11:<br /><br />8pm-10pm:<br />Beethoven, Brahms and Belinda: SF Chamber Orchestra @ Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave (across from City Hall)<br /><a href="http://sfchamberorchestra.org/" target="_blank">http://sfchamberorchestra.org/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-1am:<br />Meat Beat Manifesto @ Slim's 333 11th Street (@ Folsom)<br />techno vs. hip hop with these funky masters perform with Raz Mesinai's Badawi, Dub Gabriel & Bomb SF<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/meatbeatmanifesto" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>meatbeatmanifesto</a><br />$21 adv, $23 door<br /><br />9pm-1am:<br />Morcheeba @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />groovy lounge soundscapes with influences from trip hop, r&b, jazz, & downtempo<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/morcheeba" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>morcheeba</a><br />$26<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. Cut Copy record release, Jeffrey Paradise solo debut, Richie Panic, MyKill<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 4/12:<br /><br />11am-3pm:<br />Burningman Open House @ BMHQ 1900 3rd St (@ 16th St)<br />Annual Pot Luck BBQ? You betcha! Pretend you're going to Center Camp Cafe and BRING YOUR OWN CUP! Playa Fashions Clothing Swap!<br />Airport, ARTery, Black Rock Arts Foundation, Black Rock Rangers, Café, Dept. of Mutant Vehicles, Dept. of Public Works, Earth Guardians, Emergency Services Dept., Exodus, Gate & Perimeter, Greeters, Lamp Lighters, Media, Playa Info, Recycle Camp, Special Events, Technology and Web Teams ... all volunteer coordinators and managers of these teams will be available to meet and greet potential volunteers to help them find the purrfect volunteer position!<br />Then off to Ocean Beach for the 7PM Fire!<br /><a href="http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/town2007.html" target="_blank">http://www.burningman.com/<wbr>blackrockcity_yearround/<wbr>special_events/town2007.html</a><br />free<br /><br />11am-5pm:<br />Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival @ Post St and Laguna St<br />Queen program, food bazaar & Japanese cooking demos, arts and crafts fair, performances by Japanese classical and folk dancers, martial artists, taiko drummers<br /><a href="http://nccbf.org/home/" target="_blank">http://nccbf.org/home/</a><br />free<br /><br />6:30pm-1am:<br />Ultraset @ Bollyhood 3372 19th St (@ Mission)<br />Gogograciegalleries Presents WO MAN Art Show: Mixed media sensual art for your pleasure!<br /><a href="http://goldfoot.com/ultraset/" target="_blank">http://goldfoot.com/ultraset/</a><br />free<br /><br />2pm-2am:<br />*Yuri's Night @ NASA Ames Aircraft Hangar 211, Moffett Field<br />That awesome space rave is happening again! Feat. Amon Tobin, John Tejada, Dr. Toast, & Tycho<br />OMFG they are bringng back I.T. (Michael Christian's ominous War of the Worlds-esque tripod sculpture) from BM 2006!!!<br />overview: <a href="http://www.yurisnightbayarea.net/2008/" target="_blank">http://www.yurisnightbayarea.<wbr>net/2008/</a><br />submissions: <a href="http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/11/yuris-night-2008-nasa-ames-call-for-submissions/" target="_blank">http://createdigitalmusic.com/<wbr>2008/01/11/yuris-night-2008-<wbr>nasa-ames-call-for-<wbr>submissions/</a><br />directions: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/directions.html" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/centers/<wbr>ames/home/directions.html</a><br />$40 advance, $50 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 4/13:<br /><br />11am-12:30pm:<br />How to Bike Anywhere in SF & Fix a Flat @ REI 840 Brannan St (@ 7th St)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/04/09/how-to-bike-anywhere-in-sf-fix-a-flat/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>04/09/how-to-bike-anywhere-in-<wbr>sf-fix-a-flat/</a><br />free<br /><br />11am-5pm:<br />Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival @ Post St and Laguna St<br />food bazaar & Japanese cooking demos, arts and crafts fair, performances by Japanese classical and folk dancers, martial artists, taiko drummers<br /><a href="http://nccbf.org/home/" target="_blank">http://nccbf.org/home/</a><br />free<br /><br />1pm-2pm:<br />*Guided Hike & History Lecture: Shipwrecks at Lands End @ USS SF Memorial parking lot (@ El Camino del Mar & Seal Rock Drive)<br />Docent Rich Harned uncovers ships that were wrecked upon the Golden Gate's rocky cliffs<br /><a href="http://www.parksconservancy.org/calendar/index.asp?event=980" target="_blank">http://www.parksconservancy.<wbr>org/calendar/index.asp?event=<wbr>980</a><br />free, reservations required: Call (415) 561-4323<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 4/14:<br /><br />6pm-10pm:<br />Averna Italian Cocktail Competition @ Cantina 580 Sutter St (@ Mason)<br />winning drink mixer will receive a trip to Sicily<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/04/11/averna-italian-cocktail-competition-cantina-union-square/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>04/11/averna-italian-cocktail-<wbr>competition-cantina-union-<wbr>square/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-12am:<br />Ask Dr. Hal! Presents Dragon Vs. Cyclops: Battle Of Improbable Monsters! @ 12 Galaxies 2565 Mission (@ 22nd St)<br />interactive intellectual salon set to the frenetic soundscapes of KROB's audio and visual collage<br /><a href="http://www.askdrhal.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askdrhal.com/</a><br />$8<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 4/15:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Cat Power @ The Warfield 982 Market St (@ 6th St)<br />the passionate melancholy songstress known for unforgettable live performances<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/catpower" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>catpower</a><br />$32.50<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 4/16:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Jamylle Carter: Cool Math @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 4/17:<br /><br />6-7:30pm:<br />Music Software Clinic: Ableton Live 7 @ Robotspeak 589 1/2 Haight St (@ Steiner)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/04/09/music-software-clinic-ableton-live-7-new-instruments-and-suite/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>04/09/music-software-clinic-<wbr>ableton-live-7-new-<wbr>instruments-and-suite/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 4/18:<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />Anon Salon's Dee-Lite-Fool @ Whisper 535 Florida St (@ Mariposa St)<br />feat. ColorfOOL Rhthyms, Cake Art, Live Painting, Royal Fire Spinners, Badass Art, Sculpture & Play Space<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/april08/" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/<wbr>april08/</a><br />$10 before 10pm, $15 FOOl Hearted costume, $20 AlOOF<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 4/19:<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*A-Trak, Sinden, Steve Aoki @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />solid gold highlights of the dirty electro crunk insanity<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/foolsgoldrecs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>foolsgoldrecs</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 4/20:<br /><br />11am-5pm:<br />Earth Day Festival @ McLaren Park along John F. Shelley Dr<br />Live Music, Food, Performances, DIY Bicycle Repair, Eco-Stewardship Fair Native Plant Sale, Creek Clean-up and Planting<br />Meet and Hold Live Animals, Enjoy Hikes, Walks & Talks: Birding, Butterflies, Wildflowers, Geology & more<br /><a href="http://natureinthecity.org/earthday_2008.php" target="_blank">http://natureinthecity.org/<wbr>earthday_2008.php</a><br />free<br /><br />4:20pm:<br />420 in SF @ Undisclosed Location<br />The largest 420 event ever, documented by a collaborative film and web project. Sign up here to make it happen.<br /><a href="http://www.420sanfrancisco.com/" target="_blank">www.420sanfrancisco.com</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 4/23:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Paul Doherty: Cosmology 101 @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 4/24:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Yelle @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />the sensational French electro-esque singer<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/iloveyelle" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>iloveyelle</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Hot Chip, Free Blood @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />live indie electro jam rock music<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hotchip" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/hotchip</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 4/25:<br /><br />Institubes @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />Para One, Surkin, Orgasmic funnel French touch electro on par with Ed Banger (also @ Coachella, below)<br /><a href="http://www.institubes.com/" target="_blank">http://www.institubes.com/</a><br />$12 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y. @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />incredible live electro house (also @ Coachella, below)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/getbookashade" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>getbookashade</a><br />$22 advance<br /><br />Saturday 4/26:<br /><br />9pm:<br />múm @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />the gorgeous Icelandic ensemble (also @ Coachella, below)<br /><a href="http://www.mum.is/" target="_blank">http://www.mum.is/</a><br />$15<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Simian Mobile Disco, Cut Copy @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />world class funky electro dance duo (also @ Coachella, below)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/simianmobiledisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>simianmobiledisco</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />Friday 4/25 - Sunday 4/27:<br /><br />*Coachella! @ Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA<br />Highlights:<br />Fri: the Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Battles, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Spank Rock, Busy P, Datarock, Aphex Twin, Goldfrapp<br />Sat: Portishead, Kraftwerk, SebastiAn, Kavinsky, Death Cab for Cutie, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Turbonegro, Boys Noize, the Teenagers, Yelle, Institubes<br />Sun: Roger Waters, Justice, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, Simian Mobile Disco, Booka Shade, Stars, Sia, Kid Sister/A-Trak, Modeselektor, Deadmau5<br /><a href="http://www.coachella.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coachella.com/</a><br />$269.00 for 3-day pass<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 4/29:<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*The Bloody Beetroots, La Riots, Felix Cartal Scion Tour @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />This is a killer lineup of cutting edge electro and indie/hip hop remixes!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebloodybeetroots" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thebloodybeetroots</a><br /><a href="https://secure.scion.com/scion/ssl/rsvp/sfoScionAV.do" target="_blank">https://secure.scion.com/<wbr>scion/ssl/rsvp/sfoScionAV.do</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 4/30:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Thomas Humphrey: Symmetry & the LHC @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 5/2:<br /><br />Beltane Festival @ Redwood forests North of Santa Cruz<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />Electro house with DingDong and Fred Funk<br />$5 (free w/ the secret password)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 5/3:<br /><br />Beltane Festival @ Redwood forests North of Santa Cruz<br /><br />10am-10pm:<br />Maker Faire @ San Mateo Fairgrounds 2495 South Delaware Street, San Mateo<br />Create and witness arts, crafts, performances, engineering, science & DIY projects - perfect inspiration for your next Burning Man art project!<br />Cool projects include LEDs art & toys, robotics, Tesla coils, and clothing reconstruction<br /><a href="http://www.makerfaire.com/" target="_blank">http://www.makerfaire.com/</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 5/4:<br /><br />11am-6pm:<br />Maker Faire @ San Mateo Fairgrounds 2495 South Delaware Street, San Mateo<br />Create and witness arts, crafts, performances, engineering, science & DIY projects - perfect inspiration for your next Burning Man art project!<br />Cool projects include LEDs art & toys, robotics, Tesla coils, and clothing reconstruction<br /><a href="http://www.makerfaire.com/" target="_blank">http://www.makerfaire.com/</a><br />$25<br /><br />11:11am-5:55pm:<br />How Weird Street Faire @ Howard St (betw/ 1st St & New Montgomery)<br /><a href="http://www.howweird.org/" target="_blank">http://www.howweird.org/</a><br />after hours at Temple and 111 Minna<br />free, email savehowweird(at)<a href="http://gmail.com/" target="_blank">gmail.com</a> to volunteer<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*1 Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />Eli's BDay! electrosex Sundays to finish off your weekend with a happy ending<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/1nightstandsf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>1nightstandsf</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 5/6:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Radiocl*t, 120 Days, Franki Chan @ Pop Scene 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/radioclit" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>radioclit</a><br /><a href="https://secure.scion.com/scion/ssl/rsvp/scionHouseParty.do" target="_blank">https://secure.scion.com/<wbr>scion/ssl/rsvp/<wbr>scionHouseParty.do</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 5/7:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Linda Shore: Galaxies @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 5/8:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 5/15:<br /><br />***Vortexual @ UndergroundSF 424 Haight St (@ Webster St)<br />DJ's Rich DDT & Nisus teleport Sounds from the Electric Future through our TIME MACHINE!<br />cutting edge blog house, electro, indie and hip hop remixes<br />free before 11pm, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 5/16:<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Connectivate - An Intentional Dance Experience @ The Sera Phi Center 2829 California St (@ Divisadero St)<br />costumed dance party on a vibrating dance floor<br /><a href="http://web.mac.com/jamieluv/Connectivate_5_16/Connectivate_Home.html" target="_blank">http://web.mac.com/jamieluv/<wbr>Connectivate_5_16/<wbr>Connectivate_Home.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.seracal.com/connectivate" target="_blank">http://www.seracal.com/<wbr>connectivate</a><br />$15<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Peter Pan Party @ undisclosed location<br />costume party feat. Nisus and various performances<br />contact me for more info<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 5/17:<br /><br />8pm:<br />The Desire Project @ Mama Calizo's Voice Factory 1519 Mission Street (betw/ 11th and 12th)<br />A multi-media performance and installation exploring the theme of desire, directed by Judy Cohen<br />$15<br /><br />8pm:<br />Bassnectar @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />this DJ really knows how to work the crowd<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bassnectar" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>bassnectar</a><br />$30<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 5/18:<br /><br />8am-4pm:<br />Bay to Breakers Race/Parade! @ Embarcadero to Ocean Beach<br />biggest costume party in the city<br /><a href="http://www.baytobreakers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.baytobreakers.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />B2B AfterParty @ Undisclosed location<br />contact me for more info<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 5/19:<br /><br />1-6pm:<br />Uncorked! Ghirardelli Wine Festival @ Ghirardelli Square<br />3pm: Wine & Food Pairing Seminars at 3pm<br />1:30pm: Chef Demos at Cellar 360: $10<br />Wine-Tasting Tickets: $40/$45<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 5/20:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Buffet @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />indie dance remixes feat. DJ Chelsea Starr<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thechelseastarr" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thechelseastarr</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Soft Target @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />minimal and electro feat. Davey Shubeck of Roundmusic<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 5/21:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Julie Yu: Chemical Origins of Life @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />6pm:<br />Dizzee Rascal & El P live @ Amoeba Records 1855 Haight St (@ Stanyan St)<br />UK hip-hop mixer uses an eclectic palette of influences ranging from metal to Japanese court music<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dizzeerascal" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dizzeerascal</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Destroyer @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />Indie rock from key member of the New Pornographers<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/destroyer" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>destroyer</a><br />$15<br /><br />8pm:<br />*MIA @ Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (@ Brannan St)<br />holy shit can she kill it - watch out this is going to be wild<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mia" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/mia</a><br />$35<br /><br />9pm:<br />M83 @ Great American Music Hall 859 O'Farrell St (@ Polk St)<br />shoegazing electronica<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/m83" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/m83</a><br />$16<br /><br />9pm:<br />*The Presets, Walter Meego @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />live electro dance rock group from Australia<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thepresets" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thepresets</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*MIA afterparty w/ DJ Low B, Rchrd OH?!, Sleazemore @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. MIA's DJ<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lowbee" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/lowbee</a><br />free<br /><br />2am-4am:<br />*MIA after-afterparty w/ HotTub & MIA! @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />the super secret afterparty<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mia" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/mia</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 5/22:<br /><br />6:30pm-10:30pm:<br />Burning Man: Center Camp Craft Party & Dinner @ BMHQ 1900 3rd St (@ 16th St)<br />Bring your sewing machines, your fabulous self, and friends! Come even if you don't sew, there is other craftiness to be had!<br />Dinner/potluck/BYOB 6:30-7:00<br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />Burning Man Photography @ Apple Store 1 Stockton St (@ Ellis)<br />Photographer Patrick Roddie captures the unique individuals and eclectic vibe behind the event<br /><a href="http://webbery.com/" target="_blank">http://webbery.com</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm-10:30pm:<br />Play Party Retrospective Panel Discussion @ Center for Sex and Culture 1519 Mission (@ 11th St)<br /><a href="http://sexandculture.org/" target="_blank">http://sexandculture.org/</a><br />$5 donation<br /><br />8pm:<br />37 isolated events dance performance @ CounterPULSE 1310 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />Blindsight/Lucy HG/Susan Hawkins immersive & interactive video, contemporary performance/Butoh dance, & experimental music/sound art<br /><a href="http://www.sfiaf.org/2008/artists/dance/info.php?1" target="_blank">http://www.sfiaf.org/2008/<wbr>artists/dance/info.php?1</a><br />$20<br /><br />8pm-11:30pm:<br />TransportedSF Party Bus pickup @ Shine 1337 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />Uptempo DJ bus feat. Alxndr, Mancub & Raydeus<br /><a href="http://transportedsf.com/schedule.html" target="_blank">http://transportedsf.com/<wbr>schedule.html</a><br />$20<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Burn Barrel Fire Performances and Party @ ACME Warehouse 1281 30th St (@ Peralta St), Emeryville<br />ACME's Department of Spontaneous Combustion presents three stunning fire performance troupes<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/bb9befb0-0b5d-4da9-bc59-0f11e8036165" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/<wbr>event/bb9befb0-0b5d-4da9-bc59-<wbr>0f11e8036165</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm:<br />Mates of State @ Slim's 333 11th Street (@ Folsom)<br />cutesy indie pop duo<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/matesofstate" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>matesofstate</a><br />$17<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />The Foals @ Pop Scene 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />uppity indie rock<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/foals" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/foals</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />MyKill & PartyBen @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />spinning some of the best indie electro remixes<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/therealpartyben" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>therealpartyben</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 5/23:<br /><br />Rosin Coven, Vagabond Opera & Jessica Fichot @ Cafe du Nord 2217 Market St (@ Sanchez St)<br />lounge, tango, waltz, march, swing and dirge<br /><a href="http://www.rosincoven.com/" target="_blank">http://www.rosincoven.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.vagabondopera.com/" target="_blank">http://www.vagabondopera.com</a><br />$15<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Burn Barrel Fire Performances and Party @ ACME Warehouse 1281 30th St (@ Peralta St), Emeryville<br />ACME's Department of Spontaneous Combustion presents three stunning fire performance troupes<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/bb9befb0-0b5d-4da9-bc59-0f11e8036165" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/<wbr>event/bb9befb0-0b5d-4da9-bc59-<wbr>0f11e8036165</a><br />$15<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Felix Da Housecat @ Slide 430 Mason St (@ Geary St)<br />soulful synth-funk and pulsing electronic disco<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/felixdahousecat" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>felixdahousecat</a><br /><a href="http://www.club-calendar.com/cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?TEMPLATE=slideweb-event.html&EVENTNO=00884" target="_blank">http://www.club-calendar.com/<wbr>cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?<wbr>TEMPLATE=slideweb-event.html&<wbr>EVENTNO=00884</a><br />$20<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*D.I.M., Nisus, and Sleazemore @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />hard hitting electro house and cutting edge remixes from Hamburg<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dimhh" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/dimhh</a><br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 5/23 - Monday 5/26:<br /><br />*Lightning In a Bottle 2008 @ Live Oak Campground 4600 Highway 154, Santa Barbara<br />The Do LaB's burner style festival in beautiful rolling Oak foothills near Santa Barbara<br />feat. Adam Freeland, Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Cirque Berzerk, Lucent Dossier, David Starfire, tons of speakers & workshops<br /><a href="http://lightninginabottle.org/2008/" target="_blank">http://lightninginabottle.org/<wbr>2008/</a><br />$70 day pass, $140 for 4-day pass<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 5/24:<br /><br />10am:<br />Wildflower Walk @ Inspiration Point, Presidio<br />Hike Mt. Davidson with Hoenie Luk, focus on food and medicinal uses of plants<br />For more information email Hoenie at <a href="mailto:airedale@hoenie.com" target="_blank">airedale@hoenie.com</a><br />free<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Carnaval Festival @ Harrison St betw/ 16th & 24th St<br />Brazilian & mulitcultural festival, visit Zona Verde @ 17th St (Green Zone)<br /><a href="http://www.carnavalsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.carnavalsf.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />The 2nd Annual Croquet Party @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />dress in your finest croquet attire and dance to Monty Luke, Sleazemore, and Nisus<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blasthaus.com/calendar.html#croquet" target="_blank">http://www.blasthaus.com/<wbr>calendar.html#croquet</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Schools Out Forever @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />Kill The Noise, Treasure Fingers, Bling Crosby, Sleazemore, RCHRD OH?!, Missingtoof DJ's<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/killnoisekill" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>killnoisekill</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/treasurefingers" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>treasurefingers</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />6pm-2am:<br />Electro Techno Disco POP @ Cow Palace 2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City<br />Huge DJ festival feat. Stanton Warriors, Colette, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Markus Shultz, Donald Glaude, Deep voices, Syd Gris<br /><a href="http://www.skillsdjworkshop.com/pop08/" target="_blank">http://www.skillsdjworkshop.<wbr>com/pop08/</a><br />$45/55/65 advance, $80 door<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Opulent Temple's Playa dreams benefit party @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />feat. Syd Gris, Felix The Dog, Fred Funk (BrassTax), Eric Sharp<br /><a href="http://www.opulenttemple.org/" target="_blank">www.opulenttemple.org</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $10 - 15 sliding donation after<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Super Mash Bros @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />Bootie's Miyamoto and DJ Wiij mash it up using the Nintendo Wii video game system instead more traditional spinning methods. With a live guitarist, keyboardist, and VJ, this live show isn't just for gamers or mash-up lovers!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/miyamototheband" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>miyamototheband</a><br /><a href="http://www.bootiesf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bootiesf.com/</a><br />$6 before 10:30, $12 after<br /><br />3am-very late:<br />ETD POP After Party @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />feat. Ferry Corsten & Derrick Carter<br /><a href="http://www.club-calendar.com/cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?TEMPLATE=rubyweb-event.html&EVENTNO=00926" target="_blank">http://www.club-calendar.com/<wbr>cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?<wbr>TEMPLATE=rubyweb-event.html&<wbr>EVENTNO=00926</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 5/25:<br /><br />9am-1pm:<br />Ecstatic Dance & yoga @ Sweet's Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland (19th St BART)<br />free form dance space with electronic and world beats, yoga 9-10am<br /><a href="http://www.ecstaticdanceeastbay.com/" target="_blank">www.EcstaticDanceEastBay.com</a><br />$15<br /><br />9:30am:<br />Carnaval Grand Parade Starts @ Harrison St & 24th St, up Mission St, to Harrison & 15th St<br />map: <a href="http://www.carnavalsf.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=104&Itemid=316" target="_blank">http://www.carnavalsf.com/<wbr>index.php?option=com_content&<wbr>task=view&id=104&Itemid=316</a><br /><a href="http://www.carnavalsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.carnavalsf.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Carnaval Festival @ Harrison St betw/ 16th & 24th St<br />Brazilian & mulitcultural festival, visit Zona Verde @ 17th St (Green Zone)<br /><a href="http://www.carnavalsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.carnavalsf.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm-4am:<br />Carnival Fete @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />Official Carnaval Afterparty feat. dancehall, global soul, hip-hop, Afro-Brazilian from DJs Capleton, Dead Prez, Samba Do Mar, Agua Libre, Zion – I, A-Ron, D-Sharp, Fuze, J-Boogie, Kblo, Mr.E, and more<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/sfcarnival" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>sfcarnival</a><br />$25<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Glass Candy, Chromatics, Italians Do It Better @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Glass Candy alone is a charming electronic rock duo worth the price of admission<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/glasscandy" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/glasscandy</a><br /><a href="http://www.rickshawstop.com/phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.php?id=1423" target="_blank">http://www.rickshawstop.com/<wbr>phpEventCalendar/eventdisplay.<wbr>php?id=1423</a><br />$12 advance<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />Dj Ayres from The Rub NYC, electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>frenchkisssf</a><br />$5 advance, $10 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 5/26: Memorial Day<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 5/27:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Ladytron, Datarock, The Delta Fiasco @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />electronic rock bands from silly to smooth to sexy<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ladytron" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>ladytron</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/datarock" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>datarock</a><br />$27.50<br /><br />11pm-2am:<br />*Ladytron/Datarock Bowling Afterparty @ Presidio Bowling Center 93 Moraga Ave (@ Montgomery St)<br />Ladytron and Datarock DJ's plus special guests<br /><a href="http://www.uptheantics.com/RSVP/LadytronSF" target="_blank">http://www.uptheantics.com/<wbr>RSVP/LadytronSF</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 5/28:<br /><br />12pm-1:15pm:<br />Kristina Yu: Model Organisms @ the Exploratorium McBean Theater 3601 Lyon St<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.exploratorium.edu/</a><br />free, contact me for access<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />The Cure @ HP Pavilion 525 W Santa Clara, San Jose<br />back with a decent new album<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thecure" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/thecure</a><br />$35/65.00<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />*Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (Bulgarian Women's Choir) @ Grace Cathedral 1100 California St (@ Taylor)<br />intensely surreal heart stopping passion and sadness straight from Bulgaria<br /><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Le+Myst%C3%A8re+des+voix+Bulgares" target="_blank">http://www.last.fm/music/Le+<wbr>Myst%C3%A8re+des+voix+Bulgares</a><br />$25/45<br /><br />8pm:<br />Beirut @ The Grand 1300 Van Ness Ave (@ Sutter St)<br />Balkan-esque indie rock bliss<br /><a href="http://www.beirutband.com/" target="_blank">http://www.beirutband.com/</a><br />$29.50<br /><br />9pm:<br />Stephen Marley @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />reggae from Bob Marley's 2nd son<br /><a href="http://www.stephenmarleymusic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.stephenmarleymusic.<wbr>com/</a><br />$30<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Franki Chan, Rchrd OH?!, Sleazemore @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. iheartcomix pioneer from LA<br /><a href="http://www.iheartcomix.com/" target="_blank">http://www.iheartcomix.com/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 5/29:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Beirut @ The Grand 1300 Van Ness Ave (@ Sutter St)<br />Balkan-esque indie rock bliss<br /><a href="http://www.beirutband.com/" target="_blank">http://www.beirutband.com/</a><br />$29.50<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Pleasuremaker @ Elbo Room 647 Valencia St (@ 17th St)<br />funky jazz goodness with a killer touch of sax<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/pleasuremaker" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>pleasuremaker</a><br />$7<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 5/30:<br /><br />1:13-3:13pm<br />Andres Amador Live Playa Painting @ Adjacent to the Cliff House, Point Lobos Ave (@ Ocean Beach)<br />jaw dropping large scale sand art painting<br /><a href="http://andresamador.net/" target="_blank">http://andresamador.net/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Sound-Sculptured Space Theater @ Audium 1616 Bush St (@ Franklin)<br />the trippiest pitch black soundscape experience imaginable<br /><a href="http://www.audium.org/" target="_blank">http://www.audium.org/</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman) @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />Warp Records star delivers cataclysmic IDM<br /><a href="http://www.richiehawtin.com/" target="_blank">http://www.richiehawtin.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/plastikman" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>plastikman</a><br />$23 tickets (available at Tweekin' Records, 593 Haight St)<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*Bohemian Carnival @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />feat. Gooferman, Vau de Vire Society, Extra Action Marching Band<br />wild and fantastic subculture circus and costume party<br /><a href="http://www.bohemiancarnival.net/" target="_blank">www.bohemiancarnival.net</a><br />$20<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. Missingtoof DJ's<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10 (ages 18+)<br /><br />11pm-afterhours:<br />*Cosmo Vitelli @ 1515 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />secret Gray Area Gallery afterparty with Cosmo Vitelli, C.L.A.W.S., The BeatBroker<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cosmovitelli" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>cosmovitelli</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 5/31:<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Union St Eco-Urban Festival @ Union St from Gough to Steiner<br /><a href="http://www.unionstreetfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>unionstreetfestival.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />12pm-7pm:<br />*Peanut Butter Jelly Time @ Elk Glen Meadow/Picnic Area, Golden Gate Park<br />BrassTax daytime party in the park!<br /><a href="http://www.parks.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945" target="_blank">http://www.parks.sfgov.org/<wbr>site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm-1am:<br />*Laughing Squid Lucky 13 @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />Celebrate 13 years of Laughing Squid feat. $teven Ra$pa, TCHO, Electronic Frontier Foundation, SWARM Orbs<br /><a href="http://www.cellspace.org/new/node/46" target="_blank">http://www.cellspace.org/new/<wbr>node/46</a><br />$10 (only available at door)<br /><br />6pm:<br />R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The National @ The Greek Theater, Hearst & Gayley St (@ UC Berkeley)<br />rock legends on tour for their new Accelerate album, with ample indie rock support<br /><a href="http://remhq.com/index.php" target="_blank">http://remhq.com/index.php</a><br />$39.50/59.50/89.50<br /><br />8pm:<br />Sound-Sculptured Space Theater @ Audium 1616 Bush St (@ Franklin)<br />the trippiest pitch black soundscape experience imaginable<br /><a href="http://www.audium.org/" target="_blank">http://www.audium.org/</a><br />$15<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Four Tet, Maus Haus @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />feat. CreativemindsSF Art Show (over 30 emerging SF artists) 8-10pm<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/fourtetkieranhebden" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>fourtetkieranhebden</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />8pm-4am:<br />RhythmWave 2008 @ Radiance Factory, 278 4th St (betw Webster & Jackson), Oakland<br />Ecstatic trance and 5 Rhythms dance sets, Meditative visuals, Massage tables, Tantric Eye Gazing<br /><a href="http://www.rhythmwave.org/benefit.html" target="_blank">http://www.rhythmwave.org/<wbr>benefit.html</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Camp Zoom FUNdraiser Party @ Oasis 135 12th St, Oakland<br />Dancing, Art, Performances by the Fire Arts Collective<br /><a href="http://www.neonbunny.com/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.neonbunny.com/<wbr>events.html</a><br />$5 in costume, else $10<br /><br />9:30pm-late:<br />Gallerie N!NE @ Anon Salon 285 9th St(@ Folsom)<br />Anon Salon art showing, performances and afterparty - come in costume!<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/nine/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/nine/<wbr>index.html</a><br />donation requested<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Frisco Disco @ The Transfer 198 Church St (@ Market)<br />electro / new wave party with exhibitionist hipsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/friscodisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>friscodisco</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 6/1:<br /><br />9am-1pm:<br />Ecstatic Dance & yoga @ Sweet's Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland (19th St BART)<br />free form dance space with electronic and world beats, yoga 9-10am<br /><a href="http://www.ecstaticdanceeastbay.com/" target="_blank">www.EcstaticDanceEastBay.com</a><br />$15<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Union St Eco-Urban Festival @ Union St from Gough to Steiner<br /><a href="http://www.unionstreetfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>unionstreetfestival.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />12pm-7pm:<br />*Dirtybird BBQ Party in the Park @ Elk Glen Meadow, Golden Gate Park<br />Season opener for this famously awesome outdoor dance party, byob<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br /><a href="http://www.parks.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945" target="_blank">http://www.parks.sfgov.org/<wbr>site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945</a><br />free<br /><br />5pm:<br />R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The National @ The Greek Theater, Hearst & Gayley St (@ UC Berkeley)<br />rock legends on tour for their new Accelerate album, with ample indie rock support<br /><a href="http://remhq.com/index.php" target="_blank">http://remhq.com/index.php</a><br />$39.50/59.50/89.50<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*1 Night Stand @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />Last ever electrosex Sunday! Finish off your weekend with a happy ending<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/1nightstandsf" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>1nightstandsf</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Dirtybird in the Park Afterparty @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />feat. Solar, Justin Martin, Sammy D<br />$5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 6/3: ELECTION DAY<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 6/4:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Rchrd OH?!, Sleazemore, OMAR @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 6/5:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />6pm-late:<br />Suite Jesus 365 ArtNowSF @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />art opening and dj's Eliot Lipp, Daedelus<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-272435;RSVP_for365_ArtNowSF_Art_ShowOpening_SUITE_JESUS" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-272435;RSVP_for365_<wbr>ArtNowSF_Art_ShowOpening_<wbr>SUITE_JESUS</a><br />free before 10:30pm with RSVP link above, else $5 before 10pm, $10 after<br /><br />8pm:<br />Metalocalypse: Dethklok with Chimaira and Soilent Green @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />hilarious take on hardcore metal mayhem<br /><a href="http://www.adultswim.com/shows/metal/" target="_blank">http://www.adultswim.com/<wbr>shows/metal/</a><br />$26.50<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 6/6:<br /><br />7pm-11pm:<br />Vinyl Apocalypse @ Lower Haters Gallery 597 Haight St (@ Steiner)<br />New and Original Art on Vinyl<br /><a href="http://lowerhater.com/" target="_blank">http://lowerhater.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />Kanye West, Rihanna, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco @ HP Pavilion 525 W Santa Clara, San Jose<br />hip hop Grammy winner with electro shades<br /><a href="http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/" target="_blank">http://www.kanyeuniversecity.<wbr>com/</a><br />$39.50/55/75<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Sound-Sculptured Space Theater @ Audium 1616 Bush St (@ Franklin)<br />the trippiest pitch black soundscape experience imaginable<br /><a href="http://www.audium.org/" target="_blank">http://www.audium.org/</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />Electro house with DingDong and Fred Funk<br />$5 (free w/ the secret password)<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Young Bloodz @ Milk 1840 Haight St (@ Shrader St)<br />feat. electro indie DJ's Eli Glad, Lxndr, Public<br /><a href="http://youngbloodzparty.com/" target="_blank">http://youngbloodzparty.com</a><br />$8<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Tits @ The Transfer 198 Church St (@ Market)<br />electro dance party with exhibitionist hipsters, feat. Baron Von Luxxury & ChelseaStarr<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/baronvonluxxury" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>baronvonluxxury</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Louche Nu-Gitane Disko & Absinthe Kabaret @ Club Whisper 535 Florida St (@ 18th St)<br />Notorious absinthe mixer returns to whisper for a crypto-flipto green fairy blow-out beyond all past proportion!<br /><a href="http://www.louchesf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.louchesf.com/</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 6/6 - Sunday 6/8:<br /><br />*Harmony Festival @ Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa<br />feat. Damian Marley, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Paula Cole, Jefferson Starship, FreQ Nasty, R2DJ, Vau De Vire Society, Alex Grey live painting (Techno-Tribal Community Dance sub-festival Sat night)<br /><a href="http://www.harmonyfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.HarmonyFestival.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://techno-tribal.com/" target="_blank">http://techno-tribal.com/</a><br />$30 Single Day, $99 3 Day, $30 Camping (special advance prices)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 6/7:<br /><br />12pm-8:30pm:<br />LIVE 105 BFD 08 @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View<br />feat. MSTRKRFT, Moby, Cypress Hill, Steve Aoki, Flogging Molly, DJ AM, Santogold<br /><a href="http://www.live105.com/pages/2017060.php" target="_blank">http://www.live105.com/pages/<wbr>2017060.php</a>?<br />$10.59<br /><br />12pm-9pm:<br />Berkeley World Music Festival @ all along Telegraph Ave, Berkeley<br />Dengue Fever (Cambodian Pop/Psychedelic Rock), Sila (Africa's James Brown), SambaDá (Brazilian Samba Afro Funk), Pakistani, Didjeridu Fusion, Cajun Dance Music, Ukrainian & Eastern European, Rebetika (Old Time Greek Blues) and more<br /><a href="http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.org/" target="_blank">http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.<wbr>org/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-3am:<br />Dawn 2008 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission St (@ 3rd St)<br />All-night cultural arts festival grand opening celebration feat. Dengue Fever, theatrical performances, film premieres, visual arts, dancing, DJs, lectures, readings, comedy<br /><a href="http://www.dawn2008.org/" target="_blank">http://www.dawn2008.org/</a><br />$15<br /><br />9:30pm:<br />Berkeley World Music Festival Afterparty @ Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Ave (@ Gilman St), Berkeley<br />Prestige, Ras Kidus - Reggae from Jamaica<br />$15<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />The Voodoo Cabaret @ El Rincon 2700 16th St (@ Harrison)<br />soulful vocals, hot West African rhymes, djembe rhythms, live exotic dancers<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/voodoocabaretsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>voodoocabaretsf</a><br />$15 - call 415-684-4461 or email <a href="mailto:amandaroseloveland@gmail.com" target="_blank">amandaroseloveland@gmail.com</a> for presale tickets<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*Thunderdome Fundraiser Party @ Ace's Junkyard 2255 McKinnon Ave (@ Upton St)<br />feat. Dome fights, bellydancing, industrial opera, post punk, bellydance, DJ's, tesla coil & fire art!<br /><a href="http://www.deathguildthunderdome.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>deathguildthunderdome.com/</a><br />$15 advance, $20 door<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />*Motor, Moby, MSTRKRFT, Shit Disco @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />beautifully dark electro from the UK, and bangin electro from golden masked marauders, plus special guests!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/motor66" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/motor66</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/moby" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/moby</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mstrkrft" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>mstrkrft</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 6/8:<br /><br />12pm-12am:<br />2nd Sunday 10 Year Anniversary @ Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ Mariposa St)<br />DJ's throwin it down all day, incl. Andy Caldwell, M3, Rooz, Smoove, Julius Papp w/ Morrisson<br /><a href="http://www.2ndsunday.com/" target="_blank">http://www.2ndsunday.com/</a><br />$10-$25<br /><br />1pm-6pm:<br />Alice in Wonderland Croquet Contest, Tea Party & Trunk Show @ SF Croquet Lawns, Stern Grove, 19th Ave & Wawona St<br />Come in costume, play croquet with the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat, hang out with the Mad Hatter, enjoy the summer breeze and the beautiful creations of our best local designers and artists<br /><a href="http://eternalspringproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>eternalspringproductions.com/</a><br />$10 Fair Only (No croquet), $25 advance (incl croquet)<br /><br />9am-1pm:<br />Ecstatic Dance & yoga @ Sweet's Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland (19th St BART)<br />free form dance space with electronic and world beats, yoga 9-10am<br /><a href="http://www.ecstaticdanceeastbay.com/" target="_blank">www.EcstaticDanceEastBay.com</a><br />$15<br /><br />11am-5:30pm:<br />Haight-Ashbury Street Fair @ Haight St btwn/ Masonic & Stanyan St<br /><a href="http://www.haightashburystreetfair.org/" target="_blank">www.haightashburystreetfair.<wbr>org</a><br />free<br /><br />6pm-late:<br />Upper Haighters - Haight St Afterparty @ Milk 1840 Haight St (@ Shrader St)<br />Festival afterparty feat. Mothership producer and XLR8R contributor Monty Luke<br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 6/9 - Friday 6/13:<br /><br />Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/<wbr>wwdc/</a><br />expensive<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 6/9:<br /><br />7pm:<br />Buzz Andersen's 5th Annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Party @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/460378/" target="_blank">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/<wbr>event/460378/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 6/10:<br /><br />8pm-11pm:<br />WWDC SF Invasion Party @ Harlot 46 Minna St (betw/ 1st & 2nd St)<br />free drinks at this Apple DevCon afterparty<br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/501501/" target="_blank">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/<wbr>event/501501/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Crystal Castles, dd/mm/yyyy @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />low-res electronic noise with pop hooks<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>crystalcastles</a><br />$16<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />TuTu Tuesdays @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Make and wear your own TuTu's and dance to beats by M3, Sleazemore, We Are Champagne<br /><a href="http://www.tututuesday.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tututuesday.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Big Stereo: Hold Yr Horses @ Aunt Charlie's 133 Turk (@ Taylor)<br />Rchrd Oh?! vs Forever21 - electro, indie, new wave, disco punk<br /><a href="http://this.bigstereo.net/hold-yr-horses/" target="_blank">http://this.bigstereo.net/<wbr>hold-yr-horses/</a><br />$3<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 6/11:<br /><br />7pm-late:<br />Return to Forever @ The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St (@ Van Ness Ave)<br />feat. jazz/rock/fusion legends Al DiMeola, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White<br /><a href="http://www.return2forever.com/" target="_blank">http://www.return2forever.com/</a><br />$79.70<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Shit Disco, Rchrd OH?!, Sleazemore @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. kung fu DJ's from the UK<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/shitdisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>shitdisco</a><br /><a href="mailto:linda@overamerica.com" target="_blank">linda@overamerica.com</a><br />free with RSVP email to address above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 6/12:<br /><br />7pm:<br />Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group (BArCMuT) @ Digidesign 2001 Junipero Serra Blvd, Daly City<br />Plug-In design, Archaeopteryx: A Ruby MIDI Generator, Micro-Open Sound Control, Laptop Orchestra of the Left<br /><a href="http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/calendar/6921840/" target="_blank">http://electronicmusic.meetup.<wbr>com/152/calendar/6921840/</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Sagrada Burning Man Temple Fundraiser @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />splendid downtempo late-night celebration with art, performances, and presentations<br /><a href="http://www.dnalounge.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dnalounge.com</a> <a href="http://www.basurasagrada.org/" target="_blank">http://www.basurasagrada.org</a><br />$17 advance, $20 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 6/13:<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Opulent Temple @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (@ 2nd St)<br />feat. Icon, Smoove, Cosmic Selector, Drew Drop, Billy Cassaza, Dulce, Vita, Emily Fox<br /><a href="http://www.opulenttemple.org/" target="_blank">http://www.opulenttemple.org</a><br />$15-$20 sliding donation<br /><br />10pm:<br />Lifelike, Alan Braxe @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />electro tinged dance music & remixes<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lifelikevulture" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lifelikevulture</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/alan_braxe" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/alan_<wbr>braxe</a><br />$10 limited advance @ <a href="http://going.com/Lifelike" target="_blank">going.com/Lifelike</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 6/13-Sunday 6/15:<br /><br />Stilldream Gathering @ High Sierra Nevada Mountains, TOP SECRET until Thursday June 12th<br />feat. Dave Ralph, BLVD w/ SoulEye, Dylan Rhymes, Geezer, Detonate, The New Regime, Candy Bullet, Deviant, Adam Ant, Dirty Sanchez; Music/Community/Nature\<wbr>Culture\Consciousness<br /><a href="http://www.stilldream.org/" target="_blank">http://www.stilldream.org/</a><br />$30/40/50 advance, $60 at the gate<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 6/14-Sunday 6/15:<br /><br />*MT SHASTA ASCENT - still looking for more hikers!<br />free, bring your own gear<br /><br />Free Museum Weekend!<br />Chihuly Opening Weekend @ The de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr (@ Golden Gate Park)<br />stunning glasswork premiere<br /><a href="http://www.chihulyatthedeyoung.org/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>chihulyatthedeyoung.org/</a><br />free<br /><br />Fairfax Festival @ Bolinas Park, Park Rd & Bolinas Rd, Fairfax<br />feat. (W+T) J2 (Chuck Day), Tom Finch and The Purple Passion Band, Roadnoise, Mother Truckers, Rancho Nicasio Allstars, Honeydust, Big Brother and The Holding Company; Parade, EcoFest, Arts & Crafts<br /><a href="http://www.fairfaxfestival.com/MSMusic.html" target="_blank">http://www.fairfaxfestival.<wbr>com/MSMusic.html</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 6/14:<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />North Beach Italian Festival @ Washington Square Park, 1200-1500 blocks of Grant Ave<br /><a href="http://www.sfnorthbeach.org/festival/" target="_blank">http://www.sfnorthbeach.org/<wbr>festival/</a><br />free<br /><br />11am-5pm:<br />Burning Man BBQ-A-NEWBIE Picnic @ Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park<br />Bring your virgins, your newbies, your dust-free friends...And introduce them to the Burners in their backyard.<br />This as an event FOR and BY Burning Man volunteers and their NOOBIE friends<br /><a href="http://www.parks.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945" target="_blank">http://www.parks.sfgov.org/<wbr>site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945</a><br />free<br /><br />8:30pm-4am:<br />Yoga Tai Chi Solstice Soiree @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />enchanted evening full of music, dance and performance feat. DJ's Soul Salaam, Shawna, Mycho Coco, Clay<br />Sunru and Aerialist Arts, Visual Scape by Jacobeye, Raw treats, Edible Love Chocolates and Fuzzy's Fabulous Fluff upstairs<br />$15 before 10pm, $20 after<br /><br />9pm:<br />Venus Christ Book 2 @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />A rock opera to end all time; DJ Nisus spins @ the afterparty!<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.venuschrist.com/" target="_blank">http://www.venuschrist.com/</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 6/15:<br /><br />6:30pm-10:30pm:<br />Burning Man: The Father of all Craft Parties @ BMHQ 1900 3rd St (@ 16th St)<br />free<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />North Beach Italian Festival @ Washington Square Park, 1200-1500 blocks of Grant Ave<br /><a href="http://www.sfnorthbeach.org/festival/" target="_blank">http://www.sfnorthbeach.org/<wbr>festival/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 6/18:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*DJ Assault, Rchrd OH?!, Sleazemore @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. notorious DJ Assault from Detroit<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dj_assault" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/dj_<wbr>assault</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Skream & Benga @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />two of the biggest names in dubstep join forces for the 1st time in SF<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/skream_and_benga" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>skream_and_benga</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bengabeats" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>bengabeats</a><br />$15 adv, $20 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 6/19:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />POSTPONED!: Vortexual Time Machine Party@ UndergroundSF 424 Haight St (@ Webster St)<br />DJ's Rich DDT & Nisus teleport Sounds from the Electric Future through our TIME MACHINE!<br />cutting edge blog house, electro, indie and hip hop remixes<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/vortexualsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>vortexualsf</a><br />free before 11pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Call In Sick @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br />electro feat. DJ's MyKill & Party Ben<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djmykill" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djmykill</a><br /><a href="http://www.partyben.com/" target="_blank">http://www.partyben.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Compression / Down Like This @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />Dead Seal, Jimmy B, Mario Dubs spin drum & bass, breaks<br />Bachelors Of Science 2Cents, Mal, Aye-N, Colonel MC, Sharp & Ivry spin electro, nu disco<br /><a href="http://www.templesf.com/calendar" target="_blank">http://www.templesf.com/<wbr>calendar</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 6/20 - Sunday 6/22:<br /><br />*Rain Dance Campout Festival @ 2500 China Grade Rd, Boulder Creek<br />family fun freak fest in the mystical redwood forest<br />Highlights include:<br />Nisus, Mancub, Skream & Benga, Lawgiverz, Little John, EPROM, Nyxyss (Haj -Subswara&Hannah Thiem), Ant-ten-nae, Bassbin Twins<br /><a href="http://www.raindancepresents.com/campout2008/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.raindancepresents.<wbr>com/campout2008/index.php</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-294888;Raindance_Campout" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-294888;Raindance_Campout</a><br />$100/$125 advance, $30 parking pass<br /><br />Soulstance Precompression Festival @ Lupin Lodge 20600 Aldercroft Heights, Los Gatos<br />Southbay, Santa Cruz and Monterey burner communities unite for a gigantic precom campout festival<br />swimming pool, 2 hot tubs, a sauna, showers on site<br /><a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/soulstance" target="_blank">http://tribes.tribe.net/<wbr>soulstance</a><br /><a href="http://www.soulstanceinfo.com/" target="_blank">http://www.soulstanceinfo.com/</a><br />$10 advance, $15 gate plus $15/$55/$72 1/2/3 day camping facility fee<br /><br />Sierra Nevada World Music Festival @ Mendocino County Fair, 14480 Highway 128, Boonville<br />outdoor music festival feat. Michael Franti & Spearhead, Buju Banton, English Beat, The Wailing Souls, Panjea<br /><a href="http://www.snwmf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.snwmf.com/</a><br />$60-70 1day, $150 3day<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 6/20:<br /><br />4pm-late:<br />Listening Lounge @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />feat. an early 4-5pm set by Nisus, later set by Freddie Joachim<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-339979;Listening_Lounge_feat_freddie_Joachim" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-339979;Listening_Lounge_<wbr>feat_freddie_Joachim</a><br />free before 9pm, $5 before 11pm<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Thievery Corporation @ The Greek Theater, Hearst & Gayley St (@ UC Berkeley)<br />smooth dancey world lounge doesn't get much better than this, esp given their killer live configuration<br />with Seu George, Bebel Gilberto, Los Amigos Invisibles & Federico Aubele<br /><a href="http://www.thieverycorporation.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>thieverycorporation.com/</a><br />$35 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Thievery Corporation Afterparty @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />feat. local groovemeisters J Boogie, Romanowski, Centipede & a Special Guest<br />$10 with ticketstub, else $20<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*Flambe Precompression Party @ 1015 Folsom @ 6th St (with Burner-friendly security team and kinder attitude)<br /><a href="http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/precom2008.html" target="_blank">http://www.burningman.com/<wbr>blackrockcity_yearround/<wbr>special_events/precom2008.html</a><br />$15 in Playa costume finery; $25 in street clothes<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Guns N Bombs Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. supreme electro bangers Guns N Bombs!!!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gunsnbombs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gunsnbombs</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10 (ages 18+)<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />Super Psychedelic Trance Fundraiser @ The Sera Phi Center 2829 California St (@ Divisadero St)<br />Acid Totem breaks party fundraiser for a community veggie powered diesel generator; kitchen will be open!<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/Super-Psychedelic-Trance-Fundraiser-Sera-Phi/san-francisco-ca/bd0e2ab1-0a7a-4dbc-b698-5ccd79bf9d7a" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/<wbr>event/Super-Psychedelic-<wbr>Trance-Fundraiser-Sera-Phi/<wbr>san-francisco-ca/bd0e2ab1-<wbr>0a7a-4dbc-b698-5ccd79bf9d7a</a><br /><a href="http://www.seraphi.org/" target="_blank">http://www.seraphi.org</a><br />$10 donation<br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 6/21:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Death Cab For Cutie, Rogue Wave @ The Greek Theater, Hearst & Gayley St (@ UC Berkeley)<br />melodic indie rock gone pop<br /><a href="http://www.deathcabforcutie.com/" target="_blank">http://www.deathcabforcutie.<wbr>com/</a><br />$39.50<br /><br />8pm:<br />DJ Dance Showdown Part 2! @ Paper Mill Creek Saloon 1 Castro St, Forest Knolls<br />electrodiscohouse, reggae, dub feat. YR LTTL PWNY and DJ Willow From Paris<br />Western disco costumes encouraged!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kegponysmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>kegponysmusic</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-331269;Paper_Mill_Creek_Saloon_DJ_DANCE_Showdown_Part_2" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-331269;Paper_Mill_Creek_<wbr>Saloon_DJ_DANCE_Showdown_Part_<wbr>2</a><br />free<br /><br />5:45pm-1am:<br />StrategiK Pirates in the Park Party @ Old Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park<br />renegade pirate party! costumes encouraged!<br />free<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Freestyle Olympics @ Club Six 60 6th St (b/w Mission & Market)<br />ultimate SF Hip Hop freestylin competition<br /><a href="http://www.clubsix1.com/flyer.php?event_id=287" target="_blank">http://www.clubsix1.com/flyer.<wbr>php?event_id=287</a><br />$5 before 10:30pm, $10 after, guestlist: email <a href="mailto:freestyleolympics@gmail.com" target="_blank">freestyleolympics@gmail.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 6/22:<br /><br />11am-5pm:<br />Golden Gate Park Band Festival @ Spreckels Temple of Music, Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park<br />10 bands w/ Classical, Marches, Swing & Jazz<br /><a href="http://www.mindspring.com/%7Enemoyten/ggpb/Home.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindspring.com/~<wbr>nemoyten/ggpb/Home.html</a><br />free<br /><br />12pm-5pm:<br />Alice 97.3 Summerthing Music Festival w/ Lifehouse @ Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park<br />also feat. Ingrid Michaelson, The Last Goodnight, Marié Digby; an interactive trapeze and a green market<br /><a href="http://www.radioalice.com/pages/427796.php" target="_blank">http://www.radioalice.com/<wbr>pages/427796.php</a><br />free<br /><br />12pm-6pm:<br />Summer of Love Festival @ Mission Dolores Park<br />feat. Gamelan-X, Scissors For Lefty, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Salvador Santana Band<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gamelanx" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gamelanx</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/SUMMEROFLOVEINTERNATIONAL" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>SUMMEROFLOVEINTERNATIONAL</a><br />free<br /><br />1pm-1am:<br />Prepare for The Playa @ Cafe Cocomo 650 Indiana St (@ 18th St)<br />Burner-Preneurs Playa fashion, hoopers, Playa 'U' How to Clinics, Poi, DJ's<br /><a href="http://www.preparefortheplaya.com/" target="_blank">http://www.preparefortheplaya.<wbr>com/</a><br />free 1pm-5pm, $10 5pm-7pm, $15 7pm-1am, $5 discount with RSVP (link above)<br /><br />2pm:<br />Sila & the Afrofunk Experience, Seun Kuti And Egypt 80 @ Stern Grove 19th Ave & Sloat Blvd<br />free funk courtesy of SF's Stern Grove Festival<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/afrofunk" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>afrofunk</a><br /><a href="http://www.sterngrove.org/2008season.html" target="_blank">http://www.sterngrove.org/<wbr>2008season.html</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 6/24:<br /><br />6pm:<br />*George Lakoff: The Political Mind @ The Mechanics' Institute 57 Post St (@ Montgomery St)<br />Berkeley linguist explains why you can't understand 21st century American politics with an 18th century brain<br /><a href="http://www.milibrary.org/events.html#1" target="_blank">http://www.milibrary.org/<wbr>events.html#1</a><br />reservations call 415-393-0100 or email at <a href="mailto:rsvp@milibrary.org" target="_blank">rsvp@milibrary.org</a><br />free for Members of MI and PJA; general public $10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 6/25:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Crookers @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />hard edge electro from Italy<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crookers" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>crookers</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-343675;Infatuation_and_Blasthaus_present_Crookers" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-343675;Infatuation_and_<wbr>Blasthaus_present_Crookers</a><br />free with RSVP link above, $5 advance, $10 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 6/26:<br /><br />9pm:<br />People Under the Stairs @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />classic LA hip hop<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/peopleunderthestairs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>peopleunderthestairs</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Body Rock @ Vertigo 1160 Polk St (@ Sutter)<br />Richi Panic party, afterparty to follow<br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Nisus @ Beauty Bar 2299 Mission St (@ 19th St)<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 6/27:<br /><br />4pm-late:<br />Suite Jesus 365 @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />feat. an early 4-5pm set by Nisus, & Monika's (Blasthaus) BDay ceclebration<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-272435;365_Suite_Jesus" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-272435;365_Suite_Jesus</a><br />free before 9pm, free before 10:30pm with RSVP above, $5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br />6:30pm:<br />Argentine tango dance performance, stained glass art projects, films @ De Young Museum 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, Golden Gate Park<br />Dance in Wilsey Court, Breaking the Maya Code film in Koret Auditorium<br /><a href="http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/day.asp?categoryid=32&calendarid=3944&day=6%2F12%2F2008" target="_blank">http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/<wbr>calendar/day.asp?categoryid=<wbr>32&calendarid=3944&day=6%2F12%<wbr>2F2008</a><br />free (Museum galleries require regular admission charge, but events listed above in public spaces are free)<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Encounters At The End Of The World @ Lumiere Theatre 1572 California St (@ Polk St)<br />Werner Herzog documentary on Antarctica, followed by discussion with crew<br /><a href="http://encountersfilm.com/" target="_blank">http://encountersfilm.com/</a><br />$9.75<br /><br />8pm-6am:<br />*Connectivate - An Intentional Dance Experience @ The Sera Phi Center 2829 California St (@ Divisadero St)<br />Dinner and EyeGazing/Contact Dance Experience, followed by all night dance party on a unique vibrating dance floor!<br /><a href="http://www.connectivate.net/" target="_blank">www.connectivate.net</a><br />$10 General Admission 10:00pm-6:00am, $15 EyeGazing/Contact Dance Experience 8:30-10:00pm<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*D. Ramirez @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />high quality electro house<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dramirezmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dramirezmusic</a><br /><a href="http://www.jhpro2.com/rubyskye/newsletters/062508/email.html" target="_blank">http://www.jhpro2.com/<wbr>rubyskye/newsletters/062508/<wbr>email.html</a><br />free with RSVP link above, else $15<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />Electro, hip hop, old skool feat. Gameboy/Gamegirl, MiamiHorror, RCHRD OH?!, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lightsdownlow" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lightsdownlow</a><br />$7<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 6/28 - Sunday 6/29:<br /><br />12pm-7pm:<br />LGBT Pride Celebration & Parade @ Civic Center<br />Parade — Sunday at 10:30am. Parade from Market & Beale to Market & 8th St<br /><a href="http://www.sfpride.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sfpride.org/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 6/28:<br /><br />4pm-4am:<br />*Electric Daisy Carnival @ LA Memorial Coliseum 3939 S Figueroa St, LA<br />Ginormous DJ Festival feat. Armand Van Helden, Rabbit In The Moon, D.I.M., Boys Noize, Classixx, Moby, D. Ramirez, Z-Trip, Shinichi Osawa, Paul van Dyk, Benny Benassi, The Glitch Mob, Andy Caldwell, Om Records, Le Castle Vania, Villains, Goldie, Dieselboy<br /><a href="http://www.electricdaisycarnival.com/la/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>electricdaisycarnival.com/la/</a><br />$55<br /><br />7pm-2am:<br />Big Big Serious Fun Show feat. 3HOTchiXXX @ Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br />3HOTchiXXX 1 Year Anniversary and Art Opening, special guest Buttercream Gang<br /><a href="http://www.goldfoot.com/gggg/" target="_blank">http://www.goldfoot.com/gggg/</a><br />free before 9pm, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 6/29:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 7/1:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 7/1 - Monday 7/7:<br /><br />Rainbow 2008 World Gathering @ Dutch Joe G.S. campground off WY-353 14 miles from Boulder, Wyoming<br />highly inclusive camp out festival of harmony and cooperative unity united in promoting world peace<br /><a href="http://welcomehere.org/gathering_of_the_tribes/annual/" target="_blank">http://welcomehere.org/<wbr>gathering_of_the_tribes/<wbr>annual/</a><br />free, utterly noncommercial<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 7/2:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />9pm-late:<br />***Tony La Funk & Rich DDT @ Fuse 493 Broadway (@ Kearny St)<br />Funky house night, at 9pm DJ DDT will bring in the dirty electro and french disko<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/funkinthehousesf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>funkinthehousesf</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Pase Rock & Acid Girls @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. cutting edge electro mixes for Rchrd Oh's BDay!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thepaserock" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thepaserock</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/acid_girls" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/acid_<wbr>girls</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 7/3:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Intelligent Design: Next Aid Fundraiser @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />benefit for AIDS children in Africa feat. Solar, Monty Luke, J.Phlip<br /><a href="http://www.nextaid.org/events-upcoming.htm#intelligent" target="_blank">http://www.nextaid.org/events-<wbr>upcoming.htm#intelligent</a><br />$10 w/ RSVP to <a href="mailto:events@nextaid.org" target="_blank">events@nextaid.org</a><br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Worthy (of Dirtybird) @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />party with one of the dirtiest birds, also feat. Pheeko Dub Funk<br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />FavelaFunk @ UndergroundSF 424 Haight St (@ Webster St)<br />electro, Brazilian funk, and samba<br /><a href="http://www.favelafunksf.com/" target="_blank">www.favelafunksf.com</a><br />free for ladies, $5 for men<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />*Dyn-O-Might! @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />CLP deliver intergalactic hip hop, ghetto beats, sexy booty, IDM and dirty techno c/o Evil Breaks, Tonal, & Ambient Mafia<br /><a href="http://www.mighty119.com/gallery/index_flyers.html#dyno" target="_blank">http://www.mighty119.com/<wbr>gallery/index_flyers.html#dyno</a><br />$10 advance, $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 7/3 - Sunday 7/6:<br /><br />High Sierra Music Festival @ 204 Fairground Rd, Quincy<br />Highlights include:<br />Bassnectar, Built To Spill, Béla Fleck, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Gamelan X, Gov't Mule, Bob Weir & RatDog, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Buckethead, The Slip, MarchFourth Marching Band, Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Blue Turtle Seduction, Flowmotion, Bourgeois Gypsies<br /><a href="http://www.highsierramusic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.highsierramusic.com</a><br />$60 1day, $136 2day, $157 3day, $168 4day<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 7/4 - Sunday 7/6:<br /><br />4th of JuPlaya Festival @ Black Rock Desert, near Gerlach, NV<br />secret Burning Man gathering, old school burner style!<br /><a href="http://renopassport.blogspot.com/2008/06/4th-of-juplaya-4th-of-july-playa-event.html" target="_blank">http://renopassport.blogspot.<wbr>com/2008/06/4th-of-juplaya-<wbr>4th-of-july-playa-event.html</a><br />free, $20 to share supplies/facilities (link above)<br /><br />POSTPONED due to Forest Fires! EVAC party Sat night instead!:<br />Priceless Breaks Festival @ Belden Resort, 14785 Belden Town Rd, Belden<br />False Profit's outdoor music campout along a river in the Sierra mountains<br /><a href="http://priceless.false-profit.com/" target="_blank">http://priceless.false-profit.<wbr>com/</a><br />$35<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 7/4:<br /><br />1pm-4pm:<br />Sand-n-Surf Vegan Food Party @ Montara State Beach, Montara<br />vegan potluck style beach party<br /><a href="http://www.bayareaveg.org/events.htm?EID=1904#1904" target="_blank">http://www.bayareaveg.org/<wbr>events.htm?EID=1904#1904</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />Thumpin electro house with DingDong and Fred Funk, special guests Alex Windsor, AndyW, Indigo<br />$5 (free w/ the secret password)<br /><br />10pm - 2am:<br />Loaded @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />InFlagranti, AcidGirls, Landshark, Sleazemore spin indie electro<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/clubloaded" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>clubloaded</a><br />$10<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Tits @ The Transfer 198 Church St (@ Market)<br />indie electro dance party with exhibitionist hipsters, feat. Eric Sharp & LadyMeat<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/itsthetits" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>itsthetits</a><br />free before 11pm, $5 after, free forties!<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Young Bloodz @ Milk 1840 Haight St (@ Shrader St)<br />feat. electro indie DJ's Eli Glad, Lxndr, Public<br /><a href="http://youngbloodzparty.com/" target="_blank">http://youngbloodzparty.com</a><br />$4 before 11pm, $8 after<br />feat. an All Night Afterparty<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />*Sky of Diamonds @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />Anon Salon & Weapons of Ass Destruction present a 4th of July party with DJ's, fashion, and visual arts<br /><a href="http://www.anonsalon.com/july08/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.anonsalon.com/<wbr>july08/index.html</a><br />$15 costumed, $20 w/o<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 7/5:<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Fillmore Jazz Festival @ Fillmore St (betw/ Jackson & Eddy St)<br />free jazz greats at four stages, feat. Randy Vincent Quartet w/ Tyler Blanton<br /><a href="http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>fillmorejazzfestival.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-4am:<br />Technologic @ SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan St (@ 8th St)<br />wear your best futuristic/cyber themed costume to this party of full spectrum dance music<br /><a href="http://www.nocturnalismsf.com/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.nocturnalismsf.com/<wbr>events.html</a><br />$20-30 advance, $35 door<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />*EVAC! False Profit Emergency Response Party @ secret underground location (call info line 415-820-3954)<br />feat. EPROM, Random Rab, Phat Conductor, ANASIA, Dr. Toast, Bass Science<br /><a href="http://www.false-profit.com/2008/07/05/evac/" target="_blank">http://www.false-profit.com/<wbr>2008/07/05/evac/</a><br />$15-20 (sliding scale, to recoup cancellation of Priceless)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 7/6:<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Fillmore Jazz Festival @ Fillmore St (betw/ Jackson & Eddy St)<br />free jazz greats at four stages, feat. Sila & the AfroFunk Experience<br /><a href="http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>fillmorejazzfestival.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />We Are Scientists @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />catchy indie rock<br /><a href="http://www.wearescientists.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wearescientists.<wbr>com/</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Beat-B-Q @ Club Oasis 135 12th St (@ Madison St)<br />feat the techno heads behind Auralism, Soft Target, Binary, and Blipswitch<br />$5<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 7/8:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />TuTu Tuesdays @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Make and wear your own TuTu's and dance to beats by Shane King, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.tututuesday.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tututuesday.com/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 7/9:<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Native American Science @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th Street (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />Indigenous learning processes vs the Western scientific method<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Pretty Titty @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. indie remixes by Pretty Titty<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/pretty_titty" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/pretty_<wbr>titty</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 7/9 - Saturday 7/12:<br /><br />The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival @ Fire Arts Arena, Kirkham St & 5th St, Oakland<br />spectacular exhibition of interactive fire art, performance and the largest collection of fire sculpture on the West Coast<br /><a href="http://www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.thecrucible.org/<wbr>fireartsfestival/index.html</a><br />$35/40/45/50 advance each day, $40/45/50/55 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 7/11 - Sunday 7/13:<br /><br />Oregon Country Fair @ off Highway 126, Veneta, OR<br />Epic festival of music, dance, nonstop performance, and grand scale festivity<br /><a href="http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/" target="_blank">http://www.oregoncountryfair.<wbr>org/</a><br />$18/21 1day, $47 3day advance<br /><br />Elysium Midsummer Festival @ La Jolla Indian Campground 22000 Highway 76, Pauma Valley<br />Feat. a huge lineup of musicians, fire performers, and DJ's including 20meat:6fry, Red Sonya, Yona<br /><a href="http://www.elysiumfestival.org/" target="_blank">http://www.elysiumfestival.<wbr>org/</a><br />$85<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 7/12:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Le Castle Vania @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />wear a headband to this indie blog house party feat. one of LA's best indie electro producers<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/castlevaniadisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>castlevaniadisco</a><br />$10 advance or with headband<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 7/13:<br /><br />3pm:<br />Phillip Glass & Frans Lanting of National Geographic present LIFE! @ Napa Valley Lincoln Theater 299 California Drive, Yountville (NAPA valley)<br />Frans Lanting, Philip Glass, Paul Cyote present a multimedia exploration of environmental threats to earth (fans of Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi take note)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/Phillip-Glass-Frans-Lanting-of-National-Geographic-present-LIFE/yountville-ca-napa-valley/c2f30ac8-286e-4d91-b63e-ce7ce599b944" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/<wbr>event/Phillip-Glass-Frans-<wbr>Lanting-of-National-<wbr>Geographic-present-LIFE/<wbr>yountville-ca-napa-valley/<wbr>c2f30ac8-286e-4d91-b63e-<wbr>ce7ce599b944</a><br />$10 students, $45-125 sliding scale<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 7/16:<br /><br />6:30pm-10:30pm:<br />Burning Man: The Father of all Craft Parties @ BMHQ 1900 3rd St (@ 16th St)<br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Trevor Loveys @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. tech house hip hop from London<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/trevorloveysmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>trevorloveysmusic</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 7/17:<br /><br />6pm:<br />Burning Man Desert Art Preview @ BMHQ 1900 3rd St (@ 16th St)<br />free<br /><br />7pm-10pm:<br />Wine-Music-Art Party @ Gray Area Gallery 1515 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />Music by Worthy (Dirtybird) & Ozen, complimentary Australian wine<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/grayareagallery" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>grayareagallery</a><br />free, must RSVP to <a href="mailto:rsvp@grayareagallery.org" target="_blank">rsvp@grayareagallery.org</a><br /><br />8pm:<br />Wolf Parade @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />quirky catchy indie rock fun<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wolfparade" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>wolfparade</a><br />$22.50<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 7/18:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*The Bloody Beetroots @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />these spidermen deliver the best electro remixes ever; also feat. Congorock, Lilofee, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebloodybeetroots" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thebloodybeetroots</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 7/18 - Sunday 7/20:<br /><br />Emrg+N+See Festival @ 10425 Edmunson Dr SE, Salem, OR<br />Feat. DJ's Eliot Lipp, Heavyweight Dub Champions, Zilla, Pnuma, Welder, EPROM, Gabriel, visual arts, workshops<br /><a href="http://2008.emrgnsee.com/" target="_blank">http://2008.emrgnsee.com/</a><br />$40 1day, $110 3day advance, $125 at the gate<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 7/19:<br /><br />9am-4pm:<br />*"Tour de Fat" all-day wacky bicycle and beer festival @ Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park<br />custom bikes and beer, what more could you ask for? Bike parade from 10am to 11:30am, The Sprockettes (Portland's original minibike dance troupe), live bands, a "carpocalypse" event with a funeral procession and acrobats perform at 2pm<br /><a href="http://www.tour-de-fat.com/category/san-francisco/" target="_blank">http://www.tour-de-fat.com/<wbr>category/san-francisco/</a><br />free<br /><br />1pm-11:45pm:<br />*Download Festival 2008 @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View<br />feat. Jesus & Mary Chain, Gang Of Four, Brand New, MuteMath, YeaSayer, M83, Mates Of State, The Whigs, Datarock, Flosstradamus, Rjd2, Cut Copy, Louis XIV<br /><a href="http://www.downloadfestival.com/home/" target="_blank">http://www.downloadfestival.<wbr>com/home/</a><br />$20<br /><br />8pm:<br />Feist @ The Greek Theater, Hearst & Gayley St (@ UC Berkeley)<br />sexy indie rock turned pop goddess<br /><a href="http://www.listentofeist.com/" target="_blank">http://www.listentofeist.com/</a><br />$29.50<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Treasure Fingers & Nisus @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />funky electro-disco craziness<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/treasurefingers" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>treasurefingers</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-354664;blasthaus_Vessel_present_TREASURE_FINGERS" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-354664;blasthaus_Vessel_<wbr>present_TREASURE_FINGERS</a><br />free before 11pm on guestlist (see link above)<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Download Afterparty @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />Datarock and Flosstradamus super silly fun dance rock and killer indie electro hop<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/datarock" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/datarock</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/flosstradamus" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>flosstradamus</a><br />$12 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 7/20:<br /><br />5pm-11pm:<br />*Sunset Summer Boat Party @ Pier 9, Broadway & Embarcadero<br />techno party sunset cruise feat. John Tejada, Solar, Galen, J-Bird<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/johntejadasounds" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>johntejadasounds</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-350398;Sunset_Summer_Boat_Party" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-350398;Sunset_Summer_<wbr>Boat_Party</a><br />$38 limited advance (if tickets sell out, come to the pier)<br /><br />1pm-10pm:<br />*Prepare for The Playa @ Cafe Cocomo 650 Indiana St (@ 18th St)<br />Funky Playa fashion shows, Playa 'U' How to Clinics for Burning Man, Poi, DJ's Laird & Dex Stakker<br /><a href="http://www.preparefortheplaya.com/" target="_blank">http://www.preparefortheplaya.<wbr>com/</a><br />free before 3pm, $10 after<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Afterparty for Sunset Boat Party @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />feat. Anthony Mansfield, Alland Byallo, Sammy D, Solar, Galen, J-Bird<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-355021;Official_SUNSET_Boat_After-Party_FREE_wRSVP" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-355021;Official_SUNSET_<wbr>Boat_After-Party_FREE_wRSVP</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 7/21:<br /><br />7:30pm: Cancelled due to death :(<br />*George Carlin @ Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road Saratoga, CA<br />one of the greatest living comedians makes a rare appearance<br />$49.50/65/75<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 7/23:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />I Heart Comix, LA Riots @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. indie electro hip hop from LA<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/spankrock" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>spankrock</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thusday 7/24:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />***Vortexual Time Machine Party @ UndergroundSF 424 Haight St (@ Webster St)<br />DJ's Rich DDT, Nisus, & Tonelov teleport Sounds from the Electric Future through our TIME MACHINE!<br />cutting edge blog house, electro, indie and hip hop remixes<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/vortexualsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>vortexualsf</a><br />free before 11pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Does It Offend You Yeah? @ Pop Scene 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />hi energy British electro thrash dance<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>doesitoffendyou</a><br /><a href="http://popscene-sf.com/calendar/" target="_blank">http://popscene-sf.com/<wbr>calendar/</a><br />$12<br /><br />9pm:<br />Drop the Lime @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />bone crushing dubstep and breakcore from NYC<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dropthelime" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dropthelime</a><br />$12 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 7/25:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Black Ghosts & Holy Ghost @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />new indie dance rock band from the Simian lead singer, paired with NYC disco revivalists<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blackghosts" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>blackghosts</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/holyghostnyc" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>holyghostnyc</a><br />$12 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Dizzee Rascal @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />UK hip-hop mixer uses an eclectic palette of influences ranging from metal to Japanese court music<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dropthelime" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dropthelime</a><br />$18 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 7/26:<br /><br />1pm-5pm:<br />Burning Man Costume swap + Art Bike reconditioning + prep for pARTiciPARADE @ BMHQ 1900 3rd St (@ 16th St)<br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Hercules & Love Affair (live!) @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />catchy indie-tronica dance bliss, also feat. Honey Soundsystem & Omar<br /><a href="http://www.herculesandloveaffair.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>herculesandloveaffair.com/</a><br />$16 advance, $20 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 7/27:<br /><br />2pm-5pm:<br />*Burning Man pARTiciPARADE! Meet @ Buena Vista Park on Haight St<br />free<br /><br />7pm-10pm:<br />Burning Man Fire Jam @ BMHQ 1900 3rd St (@ 16th St)<br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Booka Shade (live!) @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />incredible live electro house, also feat. Kontrol minimal techno dj's<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/getbookashade" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>getbookashade</a><br /><a href="http://going.com/BOOKA" target="_blank">http://going.com/BOOKA</a><br />$14 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 7/29:<br /><br />8pm:<br />The Hold Steady @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />solid indie rock from Brooklyn<br /><a href="http://www.theholdsteady.com/" target="_blank">http://www.theholdsteady.com/</a><br />$14 advance<br /><br />9pm:<br />Chromeo @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />fun retro dance funk<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/chromeo" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/chromeo</a><br />$24<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 7/30:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Bloc Party, Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />hi energy dance rock<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>doesitoffendyou</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blocparty" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>blocparty</a><br />$27.50<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Devlin and Darko of Spank Rock @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. indie electro hip hop from Philly<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/spankrock" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>spankrock</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 8/1-Sunday 8/3:<br /><br />*Rhadiante's OM Gardens Campout Festival & Fundraiser @ Highway 9 & King's Creek Rd, Boulder Creek<br />feat. DJs Nisus, Lawgiverz, Mr. Rogers, Majitope, a hot tub and camping in gorgeous redwoods<br /><a href="http://omgardens.org/party.html" target="_blank">http://omgardens.org/party.<wbr>html</a><br />$30 donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 8/3:<br /><br />2pm:<br />*Bajofondo, Si*Se' @ Stern Grove 19th Ave & Sloat Blvd<br />free Argentine/Uruguayan and Latin electronica music courtesy of SF's Stern Grove Festival<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bajofondomardulce" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/<wbr>bajofondomardulce</a><br /><a href="http://www.sterngrove.org/2008season.html" target="_blank">http://www.sterngrove.org/<wbr>2008season.html</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 8/4:<br /><br />9pm:<br />The Faint @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />hi energy dancey punk<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thefaint" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thefaint</a><br />$25<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Glass Candy, The Faint DJ's @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />official Faint afterparty! also feat. DJ's Aaron & Omar<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/glasscandy" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>glasscandy</a><br />$7<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 8/5:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />*De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />8pm-1am:<br />*3HotChiXXX @ El Rincon 2700 16th St (@ Harrison St)<br />and a fashion show from Arara ! also feat. Grimace and The Fakers, Control-R<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/3hotchixxx" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/3hotchixxx</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Fancy Footwork @ the Matador 10 6th St (@ Market)<br />electro indie feat DJ's RCHRD OH?! and DIOR<br />free before 11pm $3 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 8/6:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />7pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Robots @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th Street (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />David Calkins founder of the ROBOGames describes the future of robotics<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />The Rumble @ Harlot 46 Minna St (betw/ 1st & 2nd St)<br />indie dance party feat. Sugar & Gold live, win free Stereolab swag + tickets<br /><a href="http://sonicliving.com/event/957921" target="_blank">http://sonicliving.com/event/<wbr>957921</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />Amanda Palmer @ Great American Music Hall 859 O'Farrell St (@ Polk St)<br />dark Brechtian punk cabaret from Boston<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/whokilledamandapalmer" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>whokilledamandapalmer</a><br />$16<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 8/7:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />5pm-late:<br />Matcha Jet Li-style martial arts @ Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St (@ McAllistar)<br />6:30pm In-depth talk on shaolin martial arts, 7&8pm Live demonstration by Pacific Wushu (approx. 20 minutes)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/06/24/matcha-jet-li-style-martial-arts-demonstration-asian-art-museum-civic-center/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>06/24/matcha-jet-li-style-<wbr>martial-arts-demonstration-<wbr>asian-art-museum-civic-center/</a><br />$5<br /><br />8pm:<br />"This is the Thing" multimedia performance of odd fantasies @ Shotwell Studios 3252A 19th St (@ Shotwell)<br />evening of stories and performances about sex work, hallucinations and the apocalypse<br /><br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/07/31/this-is-the-thing-multimedia-performance-of-odd-fantasies-shotwell-studios-mission-dist/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>07/31/this-is-the-thing-<wbr>multimedia-performance-of-odd-<wbr>fantasies-shotwell-studios-<wbr>mission-dist/</a><br />donation<br />- pay what you can<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Guardian's Best of the Bay 2008 Party @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />feat: Locuat, Hot Tub, Kev Choice Ensemble, Raashan Ahmad, burlesque shows, tons of DJs & the Bay Area Derby Girls<br /><a href="http://www.sfbg.com/bobparty" target="_blank">http://www.sfbg.com/bobparty</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*DJ Kelly, Tony 2Tone, Tony LaFunk @ Retox 628 20th St (@ 3rd St)<br />house and dirty electro by local DJ extraordinaires<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ahurstjr" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>ahurstjr</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*LCD Soundsystem's Special Disco Version @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />disco house extravaganza feat. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem/DFA<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lcdsoundsystem" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lcdsoundsystem</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/sdv" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>sdv</a><br />$5/10 advance, $15 doors<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Semisexual Night @ 222 Hyde (@ Polk St)<br />glitch, IDM, downtempo, techno feat. Mr. Projectile, Comma, Pauley Unsaturated<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/misterprojectile" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>misterprojectile</a><br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 8/8:<br /><br />1pm-9pm:<br />World Hoop Day @ Treasure Island Great Lawn<br />hula hoop & poi lessons and performances, free hoops, games<br /><a href="http://www.worldhoopday.com/San_Francisco_888.html" target="_blank">http://www.worldhoopday.com/<wbr>San_Francisco_888.html</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm-late:<br />Numi 9yr Anniv Party @ Numi Tea Garden 2230 Livingston St (@ Cotton St), Oakland<br />feat. Nya Jade, MJ Greenmountain, DJ Dragonfly, TEABeer, marTEAnis, and hot Numi teas<br /><a href="http://www.numiteagarden.com/calendar.htm" target="_blank">http://www.numiteagarden.com/<wbr>calendar.htm</a><br />$5-10 donation<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />HEIDI @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />Booka Shade / M.A.N.D.Y. GetPhysical labelmate<br /><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=36121775" target="_blank">http://profile.myspace.com/<wbr>index.cfm?fuseaction=user.<wbr>viewprofile&friendid=36121775</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-355957;HEIDI_Get_Physical_UK" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-355957;HEIDI_Get_<wbr>Physical_UK</a><br />$10 advance, $15 door<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Soul Revival @ Anon Salon 285 9th St (@ Folsom)<br />a benefit for Entheon Village's Temple Pantheogenesis at Burning Man, feat song, dance, art and star gazing<br /><a href="http://www.temple08.com/?q=8808" target="_blank">http://www.temple08.com/?q=<wbr>8808</a><br />$15-20 suggested donation<br /><br />8pm-6am:<br />Open Up The Gate Party @ The Sera Phi Center 2829 California St (@ Divisadero St)<br />Sound Healing Concert followed by DJs Dr. Spook, Random (trance, down tempo, minimal techno)<br /><a href="http://seracal.com/node/1075" target="_blank">http://seracal.com/node/1075</a><br />$17 donation<br /><br />8pm-next day:<br />YR LTTL PWNY house/pool party @ San Rafael<br />poolside dfun and slumber party feat. DJ YR LTTL PWNY<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kegponysmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>kegponysmusic</a><br />free<br /><br />11pm-late:<br />Revolution! World Hoop Day Afterparty @ Fat City 314 11th St (@ Folsom)<br />feat. Vau de Vire Society, Gooferman, Fou Fou Ha, Lapsus, Dr. Abacus, DJ's Smoove & F'kir<br /><a href="http://www.bigtopmagazine.com/revolution.html" target="_blank">http://www.bigtopmagazine.com/<wbr>revolution.html</a><br />$17 advance, $20 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 8/9:<br /><br />*Kayak trip to Angel Island<br /><br />Overnight camping trip @ Lake Sonoma<br /><br />12pm-10pm:<br />The Music Store 10th Anniv Party & Concerts @ The Music Store 66 West Portal Ave (@ Vicente St)<br />free bands across 3 stages (Roots, Jazz & World, Indie Rock), free food, drinks & prizes<br /><a href="http://www.shelbyashpresents.net/anniversary/anniversary.html" target="_blank">http://www.shelbyashpresents.<wbr>net/anniversary/anniversary.<wbr>html</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Bootie 5yr Anniversary Party @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />biggest mashup party in the world, feat. Party Ben and Revenge of the A+D Show<br />showcase DJ battle with videos, a live Guitar Hero mashup duel, & crowd sing-a-long<br /><a href="http://www.bootiesf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.BootieSF.com</a><br />$10 before 10pm, $15 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />The Deep End's Last Supper @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />costumed Burning Man fundraiser w/ DJ's spinning tribal, prog, house, electro, breaks<br />$15 playafied, $20 street clothes<br /><br />9:30pm-5am:<br />Coda Igniter Party @ 1345 17th St (@ Connecticut)<br />secret underground burner party feat. DJ's Syd Gris, Jeff Richmond, Jason Knight, and more<br /><a href="http://codasf.com/" target="_blank">http://codasf.com/</a><br />$10 before 11pm, $15 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 8/10:<br /><br />12pm-late:<br />House of OM 2nd Sunday @ Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />all day danceparty feat Andy Caldwell, Mark Farina, DJ Heather, Colette, M3, Rooz<br /><a href="http://www.2ndsunday.com/" target="_blank">http://www.2ndsunday.com/</a><br />$15/20 advance<br /><br />2pm:<br />One Hawaii @ Stern Grove 19th Ave & Sloat Blvd<br />Hawaiian showcase feat. Na Leo, Ernie Cruz, Jr, Kaukahi, and One Right Turn<br /><a href="http://www.sterngrove.org/2008season.html" target="_blank">http://www.sterngrove.org/<wbr>2008season.html</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />French Kiss @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />electro disco punk pop indie rock mash up<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/frenchkisssf</a><br />$3 includes free Pink Shot<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 8/13:<br /><br />6pm-8pm:<br />Fair Trade S'mores Happy Hour Party @ Dolores Park<br />s'mores roasting, live music, free chocolate bars, limited grahams & mallows so bring extra<br /><a href="http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=9592" target="_blank">http://www.globalexchange.org/<wbr>getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=<wbr>9592</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 8/14:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Divine @ Harlot 46 Minna St (betw/ 1st & 2nd St)<br />progressive house feat. Sen-Sei, Andrew Phelan, Alain Octavo<br /><a href="http://www.sen-sei.com/ss1.html" target="_blank">http://www.sen-sei.com/ss1.<wbr>html</a><br /><a href="http://www.prismatictracks.com/divineguestlist.php" target="_blank">http://www.prismatictracks.<wbr>com/divineguestlist.php</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 8/14 - Sunday 8/17:<br /><br />Phoenix Fire Festival @ forest location near Santa Cruz<br />drug/alcohol-free Sacred Fire Circle, study with teachers of drumming, dance and magickal arts<br /><a href="http://www.firefamilygathering.org/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>firefamilygathering.org/</a><br />$195/225/250 time tiered advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 8/15:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Sound Tribe Sector 9 @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />trippy electonica rock jam band<br /><a href="http://www.sts9.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sts9.com/</a><br />$30<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 8/15 - Sunday 8/17:<br /><br />Oregon Open Air Sacred Art and Music Festival @ Oregon Coastal Forest E Tidewater Rd, OR 97390<br />featuring some of the best musicians in traditional music along with contemporary pioneers<br />in electronic music, traditional and visionary artists<br /><a href="http://www.belovedfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.belovedfestival.com</a><br />$95 advance, $120 gate<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 8/16:<br /><br />Overnight camping trip @ Union Valley Reservoir<br /><br />11am-late:<br />*Rock The Bells Hip Hop Festival @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View<br />Highlights: A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, Spank Rock, Kidz in the Hall, Kid Sister, Cool Kids, The Pharcyde<br /><a href="http://www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells/" target="_blank">http://www.guerillaunion.com/<wbr>rockthebells/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/rockthebells" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>rockthebells</a><br />$35.50/59.50/75.00<br /><br />10am-4pm:<br />Community Day at San Francisco's Victory Garden @ City Hall, Civic Center<br />sustainable garden education and carnival games<br /><a href="http://www.empowersf.org/events/e_victorygarden.htm" target="_blank">http://www.empowersf.org/<wbr>events/e_victorygarden.htm</a><br />free<br /><br />6:30pm:<br />Sound Tribe Sector 9 @ The Greek Theater, Hearst & Gayley St (@ UC Berkeley)<br />trippy electonica rock jam band<br /><a href="http://www.sts9.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sts9.com/</a><br />$39.50<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 8/16 - Sunday 8/17:<br /><br />SolFest Alternative Energy & Tech Festival @ Hopland, CA<br />celebration of renewable energy and sustainable living feat speakers, workshops, music and more<br /><a href="http://www.solarliving.org/display.asp?catid=17" target="_blank">http://www.solarliving.org/<wbr>display.asp?catid=17</a><br />rideshare/carpools: <a href="http://spaceshare.com/solfest/" target="_blank">http://spaceshare.com/solfest/</a><br />$30/25 Sat/Sun, $45 2day<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 8/17:<br /><br />1pm-10pm:<br />*Prepare for The Playa @ Cafe Cocomo 650 Indiana St (@ 18th St)<br />Funky Playa fashion shows, Playa 'U' How to Clinics for Burning Man, playa gear raffle<br /><a href="http://www.preparefortheplaya.com/" target="_blank">http://www.preparefortheplaya.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />2pm:<br />SF Opera @ Stern Grove 19th Ave & Sloat Blvd<br />the festival of the gorgeous eucalyptus grove goes out in style<br /><a href="http://www.sterngrove.org/2008season.html" target="_blank">http://www.sterngrove.org/<wbr>2008season.html</a><br />free<br /><br />12pm-7pm:<br /><br />Sunset Party @ location TBA<br />huge tech house dance party feat DJs Galen, Solar, J-Bird, & special guests<br /><a href="http://www.pacificsound.net/" target="_blank">http://www.pacificsound.net/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 8/22:<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />DJ Cats Pussy Party @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />party from Miami's Winter Music Conference brings full spectrum dance music to SF<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djcatnyc" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/djcatnyc</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 8/22 - Sunday 8/24:<br /><br />Outside Lands Festival @ Golden Gate Park<br />Highlights:<br />*Fri: Radiohead, Beck, Manu Chao, The Black Keys<br />Sat: Tom Petty, Cake, Regina Spektor, The Walkmen, Sila & The AFrofunk Experience<br />Sun: Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Sharon Jones, Cool Kids, Andrew Bird<br /><a href="http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/</a><br />$85.00 Single Day, $225.50 3 Days<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 8/23:<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Steve Bug @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />tech house super star<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/buginmyspace" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/buginmyspace</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 8/25 - Monday 9/1:<br /><br />*Burningman @ Black Rock City, Nevada<br />2008 Art Theme: "American Dream"<br /><a href="http://www.burningman.com/" target="_blank">http://www.burningman.com/</a><br />$210/225/250/295 advance; NO ticket sales at the event gate<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 8/27:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Guns N Bombs, Rchrd OH?!, Sleazemore @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. supreme electro bangers from LA<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gunsnbombs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gunsnbombs</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 9/5:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Modeselektor & Ellen Allien @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />supremely excellent glitch-hop electro IDM from Berlin<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ellenallienbpc" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>ellenallienbpc</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />9pm-6am:<br />*Get Freaky Afterburn Party @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />feat. SebastiAn, Bassnectar, Freq Nasty, Eprom, Ana Sia, Mozaic, Little John, OOAH... this lineup is insane!<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-354062;SEBASTIAN_-_BASSNECTAR_-_FREQ_NASTY" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-354062;SEBASTIAN_-_<wbr>BASSNECTAR_-_FREQ_NASTY</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/0sebastian0" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>0sebastian0</a><br />$25/30 advance, $35 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 9/12:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Digitalism, Midnight Juggernauts, The Juan Maclean @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />amazing lineup of excellent live electro and indie dance rock<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/digitalism" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>digitalism</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/midnightjuggernauts" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/<wbr>midnightjuggernauts</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 9/12 - Sunday 9/14:<br /><br />*EarthDance @ Black Oak Ranch Hwy 101, Laytonville<br />Music, dance, art, ritual, workshop festival feat. Michael Franti & Spearhead, Digable Planets, Neko Case, Kinky, Dumpstaphunk, Buckethead<br /><a href="http://www.earthdance.org/laytonville/" target="_blank">http://www.earthdance.org/<wbr>laytonville/</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthdancelive.com/" target="_blank">http://www.earthdancelive.com/</a><br />$140 advance until July 8th, more after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 9/18:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ Great American Music Hall 859 Ofarrell St (@ Polk St)<br />hi energy British electro thrash dance<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>doesitoffendyou</a><br />$13<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Nisus & Does It Offend You, Yeah? DJ Set @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />the afterparty features a killer dirty French disco DJ set from co-conspirator Nisus<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 9/19:<br /><br />9:30pm-late:<br />Miss Kitten & The Hacker @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />Parisian electro house with a sexy female vocalist<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kittinmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>kittinmusic</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 9/20 - Sunday 9/21:<br /><br />Treasure Island Music Festival @ Treasure Island Great Lawn<br />Highlights:<br />*Sat: Justice, Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, Amon Tobin, TV on the Radio, Antibalas, Aesop Rock<br />Sun: Raconteurs, Vampire Weekend, Tegan & Sara, The Kills, Spiritualized<br /><a href="http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>treasureislandfestival.com/</a><br />$65 1 Day, $115 2 Days<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 9/25:<br /><br />9:30pm-2am:<br />Semisexual Night @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />feat. Nexus DJ's Mr. Projectile, Comma, Pauley Unsaturated<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/misterprojectile" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>misterprojectile</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 9/25 - Sunday 9/28:<br /><br />Art Car Fest @ driving thru SF, Marin, Sacramento & Berkeley<br />parade of cool art cars, some of which made it to Burning Man<br /><a href="http://www.artcarfest.com/schedule.html" target="_blank">http://www.artcarfest.com/<wbr>schedule.html</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 9/26:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low - Last One Ever @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />electro, hip hop, old skool<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lightsdownlow" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lightsdownlow</a><br />$7<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 9/26 - Sunday 9/28:<br /><br />*Priceless Campout @ Beldentown, CA<br />False-Profit's burner style festival in a beautiful river canyon<br />feat. EPROM, Heyoka, Lazer Sword, Timonkey, a Dr. Seuss party, river tubing, art installations & workshops<br /><a href="http://priceless.false-profit.com/" target="_blank">http://priceless.false-profit.<wbr>com/</a><br />$65/$85 advance, $25 parking pass<br /><br />Red Marines 5th Annual Music & Arts Festival @ 5360 La Honda Rd (Hwy 84), San Gregorio, CA<br />live bands, DJ's, art installations and camping to benefit veterans in need<br /><a href="http://www.redmarines.com/" target="_blank">http://www.redmarines.com/</a><br />$60, $5 parking pass<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 9/27:<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Deadmau5 @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />Canadian electro tech house remixer dujour<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadmau5" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>deadmau5</a><br />$~15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 9/28:<br /><br />11am-6pm:<br />Folsom St Fair @ Folsom St (betw/ 7th & 12th St)<br />world's biggest gay fetish and leather festival<br />feat. The Presets, Berlin, The English Beat & Shiny Toy Guns<br /><a href="http://folsomstreetfair.org/entertainment/" target="_blank">http://folsomstreetfair.org/<wbr>entertainment/</a><br />$5 suggested donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 9/30:<br /><br />8pm:<br />My Bloody Valentine @ Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (@ Brannan St)<br />classic noise rock group reunited<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mybloodyvalentine" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>mybloodyvalentine</a><br />$47.50<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 10/1:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />12pm-1:30pm:<br />Environmental & Vegan Panel Lecture @ SF Main Library 100 Larkin St (@ Grove)<br />good for you and the environment too (when done correctly)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/09/24/environmental-vegan-panel-lecture-sf-main-library-civic-center/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>09/24/environmental-vegan-<wbr>panel-lecture-sf-main-library-<wbr>civic-center/</a><br />free<br /><br />5pm-10pm:<br />Qoöl's Official Lovefest Kick-Off Party @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />this trendy afterwork spot should be more crowded than ever, feat. Alain Octavo, Syd Gris, DJ Messiah<br /><a href="http://www.qoolsf.com/events/event.php?id=195" target="_blank">http://www.qoolsf.com/events/<wbr>event.php?id=195</a><br />free before 6pm, $5 after<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Murs @ Rasputin Records 2401 Telegraph Ave (@ Channing), Berkeley<br />rocketing hip hop powerhouse - in store performance & signing<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/murs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/murs</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.winniecooper.net/flores/June%202008/To%20Protect%20And%20Entertain%20%28Crookers%20Remix%29.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.winniecooper.net/<wbr>flores/June%202008/To%<wbr>20Protect%20And%20Entertain%<wbr>20(Crookers%20Remix).mp3</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Ladyfest Lovefest Kick-Off Party @ Anu 43 6th St (betw Market & Mission)<br />all lady house DJ's, feat. J.Phlip, Faranza, Braceface<br /><a href="http://www.satellitesf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.satellitesf.com/</a><br />free before 10pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*MSTRKRFT & Felix Cartal @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />banging electro goodness from the golden masked marauders<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/felixcartal" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>felixcartal</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mstrkrft" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>mstrkrft</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Kid Cudi & Hollywood Holt @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. hip hop electro collaborators of the Crookers, Cool Kids, & Flosstradamus<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kidcudi" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/kidcudi</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://thesidestage.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/day-n-nite-crookers-remix.mp3" target="_blank">http://thesidestage.files.<wbr>wordpress.com/2008/05/day-n-<wbr>nite-crookers-remix.mp3</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 10/2 - Sunday 10/5:<br /><br />Oktoberfest @ Fort Mason Center<br />the famous beer festival including traditional Bavarian song & dance<br /><a href="http://www.oktoberfestbythebay.com/tickets.html" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>oktoberfestbythebay.com/<wbr>tickets.html</a><br />$25-35<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 10/2:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />5pm-9pm:<br />Matcha: Japanese Tattoos @ Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St (@ McAllistar)<br />live demonstrations of traditional & modern Japanese tattooing and tea sampling<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/06/24/matcha-live-japanese-tattoo-demonstrations-asian-art-museum-civic-center/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>06/24/matcha-live-japanese-<wbr>tattoo-demonstrations-asian-<wbr>art-museum-civic-center/</a><br />$5<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Axwell @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />blissed out house and disco from Sweden<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/axwell" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/axwell</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.catapult.co.uk/resources/audio/19903/spaceibiza2007.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.catapult.co.uk/<wbr>resources/audio/19903/<wbr>spaceibiza2007.mp3</a><br />RSVP: <a href="http://www.mailboto.com/cgi-bin/uls/uls.cgi?ulsJoin=19=10" target="_blank">http://www.mailboto.com/cgi-<wbr>bin/uls/uls.cgi?ulsJoin=19=10</a><br />free with RSVP link above before 11pm, else $10/15/20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/3:<br /><br />6pm-late:<br />ElectricitySF @ Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />indie electro BBQ party feat. Le Castlevania, Paprazzi, Richie Panic, Sleazemore<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/elektricitysf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>elektricitysf</a><br />$12<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Sigur Ros @ The Greek Theater, Hearst & Gayley St (@ UC Berkeley)<br />epic melodramatic orchestral rock from Iceland<br />Watch: <a href="http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/dldvideo.php" target="_blank">http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/<wbr>media/dldvideo.php</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sigurros" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sigurros</a><br />$42.50<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Adam Freeland & DJ Medhi @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />electro breakbeat power player teams with Parisian electro hip hop talent<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djmehdi" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/djmehdi</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/adamfreelandmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>adamfreelandmusic</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Fort Knox Five @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />DC's best in funky electro house and breaks<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/fortknoxrecordings" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>fortknoxrecordings</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Dirtybird Records Lovefest Pre-party @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />the entire crew throws it down: Justin & Christian Martin, Claude VonStroke, Worthy, J.Phlip<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />$10/15 advance $20 door<br /><br />9pm-1am:<br />Hercules and Love Affair & Mos Def @ YBCA Forum 701 Mission St (@ 3rd St)<br />7th Annual Artists' Ball Party fundraiser for YBCA's New Works Fund<br /><a href="http://www.ybca.org/join/artistsballseven/index.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ybca.org/join/<wbr>artistsballseven/index.aspx</a><br />$150<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/3 - Sunday 10/5:<br /><br />Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival @ Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park<br />Highlights:<br />*Fri: MC Hammer(!), Robert Plant, Alison Krauss<br />*Sat: Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin & Buddy Miller<br />*Sun: Gogol Bordello, Ben Kweller, Moonalice, Iron & Wine<br /><a href="http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/" target="_blank">http://www.strictlybluegrass.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/4 - Sunday 10/5:<br /><br />*World Vegetarian Day Festival @ County Fair Building (9th Ave & Lincoln Way), Golden Gate Park<br />vegetarian/vegan food & film, jazz musicians, Chinese acrobats, and belly dancers<br /><a href="http://www.sfvs.org/wvd/schedule.php" target="_blank">http://www.sfvs.org/wvd/<wbr>schedule.php</a><br />free before 10:30am, $6 suggested donation after<br /><br />SF International Dragon Boat Festival @ Treasure Island<br />dragon boat racing from 8am-5pm, various performances 10am-5pm<br /><a href="http://www.sfdragonboat.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sfdragonboat.com/</a><br />free, free shuttle transport from Powell St BART and Washington St & Kearny St<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/4:<br /><br />10am-4pm:<br />25th Annual Sandcastle Classic Competition @ Ocean Beach (Great Highway & Balboa Ave)<br />largest sandcastle building event of the year<br /><a href="http://leap4kids.org/collection/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=96" target="_blank">http://leap4kids.org/<wbr>collection/index.php?option=<wbr>com_content&task=view&id=52&<wbr>Itemid=96</a><br />free<br /><br />12pm-8pm:<br />*SF LoveFest @ Civic Center Plaza (parade starts noon @ 2nd St & Market St)<br />huge all day dance party with awesome DJ's on elaborate floats, don't forget to dress up!<br />you can find me and Nisus on the Solid Gold Jacuzzi<br /><a href="http://www.sflovefest.org/dj_line_up.php" target="_blank">http://www.sflovefest.org/dj_<wbr>line_up.php</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Official LoveFest Afterparty @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 99 Grove St (@ Polk St)<br />feat. Above & Beyond, ATB, Green Velvet, Armin Van Buuren, Dave Dresden, Colette<br /><a href="http://www.sflovefest.org/afterparty.php" target="_blank">http://www.sflovefest.org/<wbr>afterparty.php</a><br />$45/55/65 advance, $70 doors<br /><br />9pm-5am:<br />Aquasky & Plaza de Funk @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />British breakbeat bass remixers extraordinaire<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/aquaskyuk" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>aquaskyuk</a><br /><a href="http://www.seismicsf.org/" target="_blank">http://www.seismicsf.org/</a><br />$15 advance, $20 doors before midnight<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Infuse Lovefest Afterparty @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />feat. Syd Gris, Hoj, Dex Stakker, Worthy (Dirtybird)<br /><a href="http://www.opelproductions.com/archives/000253.php" target="_blank">http://www.opelproductions.<wbr>com/archives/000253.php</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Bass Nasty Lovefest Afterparty @ Club Six 60 6th St (b/w Mission & Market)<br />dirty dubstep feat. Sleepyhead, Mimosa, Heyoka, El Diablo, live painting, costumes<br /><a href="http://www.mallabelmusic.com/mallabel_music_event_production_home.php" target="_blank">http://www.mallabelmusic.com/<wbr>mallabel_music_event_<wbr>production_home.php</a><br />$10 before 11pm, $12 after<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />Drop the Lime & Spank Rock DJ's @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />Curses! delivers the bassy breakcore fidgit & dubstep while Devlin & Darko bring on the electro ghetto beats<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/spankthelime" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>spankthelime</a><br />$10/15/20 advance<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Headhunter Dubstep Lovefest Afterparty @ secret underground location TBA<br />deep techy dubstep from the UK in a new underground location<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-380428;OUCH_-_LOVEFEST_DUBSTEP_AFTERPARTY" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-380428;OUCH_-_LOVEFEST_<wbr>DUBSTEP_AFTERPARTY</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />11pm-6am:<br />Pleasure from the Bass Lovefest Afterparty @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />tech house electro breaks feat. Justin & Christian Martin, David Starfire, Ana Sia, Timonkey, Little John<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-388895;Pleasure_From_The_Bass" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-388895;Pleasure_From_<wbr>The_Bass</a><br />$20<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 10/5:<br /><br />5am-11am:<br />*Breakfast in Bed @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />get served breakfast & beats from Methodrone, Alain Octavo, Cosmic Selector, Rooz, and top secret major guests<br /><a href="http://groovetickets.com/ordersystem/groove/eventviewqb.asp?AffilID=93&EventsID=42368&PGname=Dutch%20presents" target="_blank">http://groovetickets.com/<wbr>ordersystem/groove/<wbr>eventviewqb.asp?AffilID=93&<wbr>EventsID=42368&PGname=Dutch%<wbr>20presents</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br />6am-10pm:<br />Morning After The Love After After Party @ The Endup 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />16 hrs of mayhem and ridiculousness feat. Three, Bill Patrick, Nikola Baytala, and many more<br /><a href="http://www.theendup.com/events/special_afterlove.html" target="_blank">http://www.theendup.com/<wbr>events/special_afterlove.html</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />11am-6pm:<br />*Castro St Fair @ Castro St (betw/ Market & 19th St)<br />neighborhood culture, music & arts festival feat. Notorious, Diva Bowie, Rocky Horror Show Live, DJ Omar<br /><a href="http://www.castrostreetfair.org/" target="_blank">http://www.castrostreetfair.<wbr>org</a><br />free, suggested donation<br /><br />7:30pm-10pm:<br />SF Open Studios Exhibition Opening Reception @ SomArts Main Gallery 934 Brannan St (@ 8th St)<br />kickoff reception for the longest running and most extensive open studio event in the country<br /><a href="http://www.artspan.org/events_calendar.php" target="_blank">http://www.artspan.org/events_<wbr>calendar.php</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />*The Presets & Cut Copy @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />edgy electro indie dance rock from Australia - great live energy<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cutcopy" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/cutcopy</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thepresets" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thepresets</a><br />$~25 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 10/6:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Stars @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />incredibly genuine indie pop rocksters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/stars" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/stars</a><br />$25<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 10/7:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />8pm:<br />Santogold & Mates of State @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />indie rocktronica often remixed onto the dancefloor, supported by the poppy married Mates<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/santogold" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>santogold</a><br />$25<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Murs & Kidz in the Hall @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />rocketing hip hop powerhouse<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/murs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/murs</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.winniecooper.net/flores/June%202008/To%20Protect%20And%20Entertain%20%28Crookers%20Remix%29.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.winniecooper.net/<wbr>flores/June%202008/To%<wbr>20Protect%20And%20Entertain%<wbr>20(Crookers%20Remix).mp3</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 10/8:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Para One @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. epic Parisian electro remix genius<br />Listen: <a href="http://www.aolcdn.com/_media/ch_music/para_one-dudun-dun.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.aolcdn.com/_media/<wbr>ch_music/para_one-dudun-dun.<wbr>mp3</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/paraone" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/paraone</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 10/9:<br /><br />5:30pm-2am:<br />Beats for Boobs @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />breast cancer fundraiser feat. live art, fire performances, fashion show, innovative DJ's<br /><a href="http://www.beats4boobs.org/" target="_blank">http://www.beats4boobs.org/</a><br />$25 donation<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Donovan's 2yr Anniversary Party @ Slide 430 Mason St (@ Geary St)<br />classy and latin house at this exclusive Thur night party<br /><a href="http://www.skeeomedia.com/forms/donovansf/slide_rsvp.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.skeeomedia.com/<wbr>forms/donovansf/slide_rsvp.cfm</a><br />free with RSVP above (required)<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Work @ UndergroundSF 424 Haight St (@ Webster St)<br />electro indie battle w/ Rchrd Oh?! vs. Sleazemore, Johnatron, Futuristic Prince<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-388244;RCHRD_OH_vs_SLEAZEMORE_WORK" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-388244;RCHRD_OH_vs_<wbr>SLEAZEMORE_WORK</a><br />free before 10:30pm w/ RSVP above, else $5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/10:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Cake @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />the indie pop superstars play a benefit for the SF Clean Energy Act<br /><a href="http://www.cakemusic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cakemusic.com/</a><br />$49.50<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />The Glitch Mob @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />the definitive dubby glitch hop collective, also feat. EPROM & Ana Sia<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/theglitchmob" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>theglitchmob</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Matthew Dear's Big Hands & Telefon Tel Aviv @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />3 piece live electronic ensemble coupled with smooth loungy electronica<br /><a href="http://www.telefontelaviv.com/" target="_blank">http://www.telefontelaviv.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/matthewdear" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>matthewdear</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/11:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />DZ @ Matador 10 6th St (@ Market)<br />dubstep breakbeat electro makeout sessions<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/theevolvers" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>theevolvers</a><br />$5<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Atimatik @ Aura Nightclub 4825 Hopyard Rd (@ Stoneridge), Pleasanton, CA<br />slammin' dirty electro bangers and booty bass c/o DJ Atimatik<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/atimatik" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>atimatik</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.atimatikarmy.com/mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_skye2.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.atimatikarmy.com/<wbr>mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_<wbr>skye2.mp3</a><br /><a href="http://www.tmmarketing.la/aura/events/101108/101108guestlistpage.html" target="_blank">http://www.tmmarketing.la/<wbr>aura/events/101108/<wbr>101108guestlistpage.html</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br />9pm-5am:<br />LA to the Bay Rave @ 1,000 capacity SF warehouse TBA call 415-963-3552<br />SF vs LA DJ Battle in Electro/House/Trance and Drum & Bass/Hardcore arenas<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/energized_events" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>energized_events</a><br />$15/20 advance, $25 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 10/12:<br /><br />12pm-12am:<br />*Burning Man Decompression @ 19th St & Minnesota St<br />5 blocks of art, theme camps, music, dancing, performances, fire sculpture, workshops, and more!<br />I'll be greeting from 6-8pm!<br /><a href="http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/decompression/decom2008.html" target="_blank">http://www.burningman.com/<wbr>blackrockcity_yearround/<wbr>special_events/decompression/<wbr>decom2008.html</a><br />$10 w/ Playa costume, $20 without<br /><br />12:30pm:<br />140th Annual Italian Heritage Parade @ Jefferson & Stockton St -> Washington Sq<br />nation's oldest Italian-American parade and community celebration<br /><a href="http://www.sfcolumbusday.org/parade/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.sfcolumbusday.org/<wbr>parade/index.html</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Opulent Temple's Decom After Party @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />eclectic set of playa crews feat. Syd Gris, Cosmic Selector, Drew Drop, Influence (Strategik), T Dub (Tahoe Breakz)<br /><a href="http://www.opelproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.opelproductions.<wbr>com/</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />All About The Bass feat. Yossi Fine @ Elbo Room 647 Valencia St (@ 17th St)<br />one man bassist dubstep production powerhouse<br /><a href="http://www.yossifine.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yossifine.com/</a><br />$8 advance, $10 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 10/14:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Pendulum & Guns N Bombs @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />astounding live Australian drum & bass rocktronica and supreme electro bangers<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gunsnbombs" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gunsnbombs</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/pendulum" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>pendulum</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 10/15:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />California Academy of Science<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/</a><br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*LeCastleVania @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. LA electro disco DJ champion<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/castlevaniadisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>castlevaniadisco</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 10/16:<br /><br />9am-5:30pm:<br />Refugee Camp Tour @ Little Marina Green Park (Marina waterfront, East of Crissy Field)<br />Step into the lives of 42 million people worldwide in this simulated refugee camp, c/o Doctors Without Borders<br /><a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/education/refugeecamp/event/?id=sanfrancisco" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>doctorswithoutborders.org/<wbr>education/refugeecamp/event/?<wbr>id=sanfrancisco</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Drumcode @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />Swedish bouncy techno based solely on (modified) drum sounds<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/drumcoderecords">http://www.myspace.com/drumcoderecords</a><br />$8/10 advance, $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/17 - Sunday 10/19:<br /><br />ApocaLIPS Campout @ Fremont Peak State Park, San Juan Canyon Road 12<br />miles South of Highway 156, San Juan Bautista<br />Monterey Bay Regional Burning Man group's campout to reunite the<br />Burner community, costumes, creativity, music, dance, and play<br /><a href="http://www.mpyreburn.com/$10/15" target="_blank">http://www.mpyreburn.com/<br />$10/15</a> ticket only / ticket + group campsite fee; $11 extra for<br />offsite camping, book thru the park:<br /><a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=564" target="_blank">http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_<wbr>id=564</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/17:<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Alice in Wonderland Costume Party @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/<br />2nd & 3rd St)<br />costumed performance, art & fashion show, InterXn live, DJ's Eric<br />Sharp, Laird, more<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ybr" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/ybr</a><br />donation<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Dirty South @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />smooth and solid house music remixer from Australia<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dirtysouth909" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dirtysouth909</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Ursula 1000 Funkonnection @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />Alex Gimeno's electro funk & electronica<br /><a href="http://www.ursula1000.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ursula1000.com/</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />UNKLE (James LaVelle DJ set) @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />moody and dark downtempo electronica<br /><a href="http://www.unkle.com/" target="_blank">http://www.unkle.com/</a><br />$10 advance $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/18 - Sunday 10/19:<br /><br />SF Open Studios Weekend 3 @ Bernal Heights, Castro, Duboce, Eureka<br />Valley, Glen Park, Mission, Noe Valley, Portola<br />the longest running and most extensive open studio event in the country<br /><a href="http://www.artspan.org/events_calendar.php" target="_blank">http://www.artspan.org/events_<wbr>calendar.php</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/18:<br /><br />11am-3pm:<br />*Red Bull Soapbox Art Car Race @ Dolores Park (Dolores St & 21st St)<br />insanely creative mutant soapbox derby, 1st race 1pm<br /><a href="http://www.redbullsoapboxusa.com/SanFrancisco-2008/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.redbullsoapboxusa.<wbr>com/SanFrancisco-2008/default.<wbr>aspx</a><br />free<br /><br />11am-6pm (Mos Def ~4pm):<br />Mos Def & The Realistic Orchestra @ Music Concourse Bandshell (betw/<br />de Young & California Academy of Sciences), Golden Gate Park<br />backed by a 30-piece jazz orchestra, with openers Mingus Amungus,<br />Guest Arab Summit, Bayonics, Zion I, Josh Jones Latin Jazz Ensemble,<br />and more<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/10/17/mos-def-backed-by-30-piece-orchestra-golden-gate-park/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>10/17/mos-def-backed-by-30-<wbr>piece-orchestra-golden-gate-<wbr>park/</a><br />free with printed voucher (see link above)<br /><br />10am-7:30pm (6pm finals):<br />Icer Air Snowboarding/Ski Jump Competition @ AT&T Park's McCovey Cove<br />Lot A (3rd St & Mission Rock St)<br />ski/snowboarding, freestyle motocross, skate & bmx stunts right in the<br />city! feat. music by The Cool Kids, DJ Spyder<br /><a href="http://www.icerair.com/2008/" target="_blank">http://www.icerair.com/2008/</a><br />$28<br /><br />2pm-5pm:<br />An Unnatural History of Golden Gate Park @ Conservatory of Flowers,<br />Golden Gate Park<br />guided walking tour offering cartographical and audio portraits<br />revealing its forgotten history<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/10/09/guided-walking-tour-an-unnatural-history-of-golden-gate-park/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>10/09/guided-walking-tour-an-<wbr>unnatural-history-of-golden-<wbr>gate-park/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />LTJ Bukem feat. MC Conrad @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />pioneer of more jazzy, intelligent drum & bass<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/therealdannyltjbukem" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>therealdannyltjbukem</a><br />$20 advance, $23 door<br /><br />9:30pm:<br />Gamelan-X & The Loyd Family Players @ The Starry Plough Pub 3101<br />Shattuck Ave (@ Prince St), Berkeley<br />Weapons of Mass Percussion night featuring Bali-inspired gamelan<br />orchestra & booty shakin funk<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gamelanx" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gamelanx</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Buddy Akai live @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />electro dance rock also feat. DJ's Eli Glad, MyKill and a fashion show<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/clubsuperego" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>clubsuperego</a><br />free before 9:30pm, $10 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*M.A.N.D.Y. @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />fantastic bubbly tech house from Berlin<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/getmandy" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>getmandy</a><br />$14<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Lights Down Low vs Smut @ Matador 10 6th St (@ Market)<br />electro, hip hop, old skool feat. RCHRD OH, Sleazemore, LXNDR<br /><a href="http://www.going.com/smutsf" target="_blank">http://www.going.com/smutsf</a><br />$3 before 11pm (w/ RSVP link above), $6 after<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Stanton Warriors & Nisus @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />killer delivery of nasty electro-breaks, backed by Nisus<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.stantonwarriors.com/" target="_blank">http://www.stantonwarriors.<wbr>com/</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 10/19:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Contemporary Jewish Museum<br /><a href="http://thecjm.org/" target="_blank">http://thecjm.org/</a><br /><br />7:30am-4pm:<br />Whale Watching Expedition @ Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association<br />Marina Blvd & Scott St<br />experience the diverse wildlife of the Farallones Islands, focus on<br />Humpback Whales<br />to register contact Adrian Skaj at 415-561-6625x300 <a href="mailto:askaj@farallones.org">askaj@farallones.org</a><br /><a href="http://farallones.org/" target="_blank">http://farallones.org/</a><br />$85<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 10/21:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Stereolab @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />classic indie electronica rock<br /><a href="http://stereolab.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://stereolab.co.uk/</a><br />$27.50<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 10/22:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Stereolab @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />classic indie electronica rock<br /><a href="http://stereolab.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://stereolab.co.uk/</a><br />$27.50<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Blaqstarr & South Rakkas Crew @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. Baltimore hip hop club banger & MIA collaborator<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blaqstarrmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>blaqstarrmusic</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Dirtybird presents Motherbird @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />Claude VonStroke, Christian Martin, and J.Phlip<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />free before 12am, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 10/23:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Mimosa & Heyoka @ Shine Lounge 1337 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />the sickest dubstep the bay has to offer<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/tigranmimosa" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>tigranmimosa</a><br />free or cheap<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/24:<br /><br />2pm-10pm:<br />Exotic Erotic Expo @ Treasure Island<br />the industry gets fully exposed in this famous event<br /><a href="http://exoticeroticball.com/expo.htm" target="_blank">http://exoticeroticball.com/<wbr>expo.htm</a><br />$20<br /><br />4pm-8pm:<br />CCOF's Annual Beer & Wine Tasting @ Ferry Building, Embarcadero<br />fundraiser for California Certified Organic Farmers<br /><a href="http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=158736" target="_blank">http://www.acteva.com/booking.<wbr>cfm?bevaid=158736</a><br />$15 for 5 tastes, $25 for 10 tastes<br /><br />4pm-9pm:<br />Look Out Weekend @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />ghettotech, minimal, hip-hop, electro, fidget house c/o Nisus, Swayzee, Shane King, White Girl Lust, LL Kool DJ<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br />$3 before 6pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Black Rock Roller Disco Costume Party @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />Burning Man style Halloween costume party at one of the best spaces in SF<br /><a href="https://sfdocfest08.withoutabox.com/festivals/event_item.php?id=19794" target="_blank">https://sfdocfest08.<wbr>withoutabox.com/festivals/<wbr>event_item.php?id=19794</a><br />free with any SF DocFest ticket stub/pass, $5 in costume, $10 without<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*O's for Obama @ 1015 Folsom St (@ 6th St)<br />feat. a guided Breath-gasm experience by Destin Gerek, the Erotic Rockstar<br />DJs Syd Gris, Smoove, Neptune, ALXNDR, aerial & bellydancing, hookah lounge and sensual/political performances<br /><a href="http://osforobama.com/" target="_blank">http://osforobama.com/</a><br />$15 advance, $20 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/25 - Sunday 10/26:<br /><br />SF Open Studios Weekend 4 @ Financial District, North Beach, Potrero Hill, Russian Hill, SOMA, Tenderloin, Bayview, Excelsior<br />the longest running and most extensive open studio event in the country<br /><a href="http://www.artspan.org/events_calendar.php" target="_blank">http://www.artspan.org/events_<wbr>calendar.php</a><br />free<br /><br />5pm-late (Sat), 2pm-late (Sun):<br />*22nd Annual Bridge School Benefit @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View<br />the famous benefit concert featuring a stunning lineup of rock musicians!:<br />Neil Young, Norah Jones, Cat Power, ZZ Top, Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco, Smashing Pumpkins, Sarah McLachlan, Jack Johnson<br /><a href="http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/337864" target="_blank">http://www.livenation.com/edp/<wbr>eventId/337864</a><br />$21.75/35.50/71/146 depending on section<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 10/25:<br /><br />12pm-6pm & 8pm-2am:<br />Exotic Erotic Expo & Ball @ Treasure Island<br />the industry gets fully exposed in this famous event<br /><a href="http://exoticeroticball.com/" target="_blank">http://exoticeroticball.com/</a><br />$20 expo, $69 ball<br /><br />9pm:<br />Sila and the Afrofunk Experience & Pleasuremaker @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />authentic afrofunkified pleasure<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/afrofunk" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>afrofunk</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Atimatik & Bad Boy Bill @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />slammin' electro bangers & booty bass with a multimedia house set c/o Bill<br /><a href="http://www.badboybill.com/" target="_blank">http://www.badboybill.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/atimatik" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>atimatik</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.atimatikarmy.com/mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_skye2.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.atimatikarmy.com/<wbr>mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_<wbr>skye2.mp3</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Wolfgang Gartner @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />sexy and delicious electro from Austin<br /><a href="http://www.wolfganggartner.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wolfganggartner.<wbr>com/</a><br />$20<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Face Down Ass Up Underground Party @ 19 Heron St (@ 8th St)<br />booty bass electro rap feat. Cobra Krames, Nisus, Lazer Sword, DJ Dials<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djnisus" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/djnisus</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/facedownassupsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>facedownassupsf</a><br />$tba<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 10/26:<br /><br />5pm-11pm:<br />*Sunset Halloween Costume Boat Party @ Pier 9, Broadway & Embarcadero<br />epic costumed sunset cruise all around the bay feat. Dan Ghenacia, Jeno & Garth, Solar, Galen<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-431998;SUNSET_Halloween_Costume_Boat_Party" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-431998;SUNSET_Halloween_<wbr>Costume_Boat_Party</a><br />$40 (if tickets sell out, come to the pier and get on the waitlist, chances are great for the patient!)<br /><br />10:30pm-2am:<br />*Sunset Boat Party Afterparty @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />tech house with Dan Ghenacia, Solar, Galen, J-Bird<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-444127;SUNSET_Halloween_Boat_After-Party" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-444127;SUNSET_Halloween_<wbr>Boat_After-Party</a><br />free with costume or RSVP link above, $5 without<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 10/28:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Fujiya & Miyagi @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />unique indie electronica with strangely alluring vocals<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>fujiyaandmiyagi</a><br />$16<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />TuTu Tuesdays @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />bring or buy a TuTu, dancey beats by Adnan & M3, Halloween facepainting & candy<br /><a href="http://www.tututuesday.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tututuesday.com/</a><br />$2<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 10/29:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Crystal Castles @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />psychotic live indie electro feat. an insane strobe show<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>crystalcastles</a><br />$20<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Larry Tee & Them Jeans Halloween Party @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. NYC's most lickable electroclash booty bass<br />Listen: <a href="http://216.69.172.62/sndz/oct07/3/Licky%20-%20%28Herve%20Goes%20Low%20remix%29.mp3" target="_blank">http://216.69.172.62/sndz/<wbr>oct07/3/Licky%20-%20(Herve%<wbr>20Goes%20Low%20remix).mp3</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nylarrytee" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>nylarrytee</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 10/30:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Crystal Castles @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />psychotic live indie electro feat. an insane strobe show<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>crystalcastles</a><br />$20<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />*Soulwax Live & 2Many DJs @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />electro indie dancerockers and seasoned envelope pushing DJ's, this will be awesome<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/soulwax" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/soulwax</a><br />$18 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/31: HALLOWEEN<br /><br />4pm-midnite:<br />Halloween Festival formerly in the Castro now @ Lot A & Terry Francois St (waterfront)<br />the famous street festival (infamously shut down last year) makes a return!<br /><a href="http://www.halloweeninthecastro.com/index2008.html" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>halloweeninthecastro.com/<wbr>index2008.html</a><br />free<br /><br />5pm-very late:<br />*Freaker's Ball 13 Yr Anniversary @ Veterans Memorial Hall 846 Front St, Santa Cruz<br />Burner Halloween Festival feat. Mutaytor, Nisus, Cool Hand Luke, VibeSquad, Heyoka, Cheb I Sabbah, Mozaic, LittleJohn, Rastatronics, The Flying Skulls live, Hypnotech, Evinrude, Naomi & the Curteous Rudeboys (live funk) + many more acts<br />Peformances By Gravity Girls - Side Show Freaks - SC Samba Stilt Circus - Live Painting by Spencer<br />Benefitting the Santa Cruz Iraq Veterans Against the War<br /><a href="http://www.raindancepresents.com/" target="_blank">http://www.raindancepresents.<wbr>com/</a><br />$20 Vets Hall only, $30 includes Cafe' Mare & Cypress Lounge sideshow, $10 sideshow only<br /><br />5:30pm:<br />*Critical Mass costume bike ride @ Justin Herman Plaza (Market and Embarcadero)<br />the best critical mass of the year! bring: bike, helmet, headlamp, costume<br /><a href="http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/San_Francisco" target="_blank">http://criticalmass.wikia.com/<wbr>wiki/San_Francisco</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-4am:<br />*Hard Haunted Mansion @ The Shrine Expo Hall, 700 W. 32nd St, Los Angeles<br />Justice, Soulwax, Crookers, SebastiAn, Simian Mobile Disco, Boys Noize, Crystal Castles, Deadmau5, DJ AM, Paparazzi, Destructo<br />Holy Fuck the mother of all electro banger lineups!<br /><a href="http://www.hardfest.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hardfest.com/</a><br />$45/50/55 advance, $65 doors<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Yelle @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />endlessly energetic spunky indie electro pop from Paris, pure bliss<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/iloveyelle" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>iloveyelle</a><br />$20 advance, $25 doors<br /><br />9pm-3am<br />Spider Ball @ The Bently Reserve 301 Battery St (@ Sacramento St)<br />BRAF Burner benefit feat. Freq Nasty, Ana Sia, an-ten-nae, mystery cirque, performance art<br /><a href="http://spiderball.com/" target="_blank">http://spiderball.com/</a><br />$45/55/65<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Eric Prydz @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />melodic tech house remix master, on theatrical Gotham City Halloween stage<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ericprydz" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>ericprydz</a><br />$25<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Meat vs DeathGuild @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />goth, industrial, electro, breaks, c/o Decaym Intoner, Dex Stakker, Icon, theatrical performances, and costume contest<br /><a href="http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2008/10.html#31" target="_blank">http://www.dnalounge.com/<wbr>calendar/2008/10.html#31</a><br />$13<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Inferno Paradiso @ The Regency Center 1270 Sutter St (@ Van Ness)<br />Anon Salon's Halloween gala event feat David Starfire, DingDong, M3, Sunset DJ's and performances<br /><a href="http://anonsalon.com/halloween08/" target="_blank">http://anonsalon.com/<wbr>halloween08/</a><br />$30 advance, $40 door<br /><br />9pm-5am:<br />Night of the Living Bass @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />wicked, twisted beats c/o Meat Katie backed by Opel & Spapce Cowboy DJ's<br /><a href="http://meatkatie.com/" target="_blank">http://meatkatie.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.evilbreaks.com/" target="_blank">http://www.evilbreaks.com/</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Z-Trip @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />eclectic hip hop mashup master<br /><a href="http://www.djztrip.com/" target="_blank">http://www.djztrip.com/</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 10/31 - Sunday 11/2:<br /><br />*VamPYRE Prance / A Rave called Jethro Campout @ Lupin Lodge 20600 Aldercroft Heights, Los Gatos<br />Halloween theme camps, costume parade, fire circles, DJ's pool, hot tub, sauna<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-389216;VamPYREs_Prance" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-389216;VamPYREs_Prance</a><br />$30/55/72 Fri 3pm – Sat 11am / Sat-Sun all day / Fri-Sun all day<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/1 - Sunday 11/2:<br /><br />SF Open Studios Weekend 5 @ Hunters Point Shipyard<br />the longest running and most extensive open studio event in the country<br /><a href="http://www.artspan.org/events_calendar.php" target="_blank">http://www.artspan.org/events_<wbr>calendar.php</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/1:<br /><br />5am-11am:<br />Halloween Breakfast in Bed @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />get served food beats and treats, feat. Syd Gris, Cosmic Selector, Alain Octavo + more<br /><a href="http://www.supperclub.com/" target="_blank">http://www.supperclub.com/</a><br />$10 presale, $15 door<br /><br />8pm-midnight:<br />1,000 Faces Ball @ OmniCircus 550 Natoma St (@ Russ St, betw/ 6th & 7th)<br />poem to the American Ghetto with robots, music, projections, dance, performance and video<br /><a href="http://www.omnicircus.com/events/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.omnicircus.com/<wbr>events/index.html</a><br />$10 donation<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />The Voodoo Cabaret @ El Rincon 2700 16th St (@ Harrison)<br />soulful vocals, hot West African rhymes, djembe rhythms, live exotic dancers<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/voodoocabaretsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>voodoocabaretsf</a><br />$5<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*Switch & Claude VonStroke @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />epic! the man behind fidget house with the man behind hyphy house - guaranteed head melting<br />fyi Switch = Speakerjunk = Trevor Loveys = Solid Groove = Awesome!, plus dubstep room upstairs!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/switchandsolidgroove" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>switchandsolidgroove</a><br />$17 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Ghostship @ SFFD 180 Warehouse, California St, Treasure Island<br />Spacecowboys throw the ultimate Halloween breaks party, feat. Brad Robinson, Murphstar, Mancub, 8ball, DingDong, Flaming Lotus Girls<br /><a href="http://spacecowboys.org/" target="_blank">http://spacecowboys.org/</a><br />$20 in costume<br /><br />10pm-7am:<br />Fabulous Festival @ Orleans Arena Complex 4500 W Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV<br />SebastiAn, MSTRKRFT, DJ Mehdi, Deadmau5, Crystal Castles, Felix Cartal, Busy P, So Me, Mr Flash, Armin Van Buuren, HeartsRevolution<br />what an incredible electro infused lineup! if you ever needed a reason to visit Las Vegas... :)<br /><a href="http://www.fabulousfest.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fabulousfest.com/</a><br />$66 advance, $80 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/2:<br /><br />6:66am-sunset:<br />*8th Annual Brass Tax Halloween Renegade Party @ secret location within SF city limits (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6m84e7" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/6m84e7</a>)<br />this is one of the best renegade parties of the year!<br /><a href="http://brasstax.samo.org/" target="_blank">http://brasstax.samo.org/</a><br />free, donation encouraged<br /><br />12:30pm-8pm:<br />*Country Club Pavilion & Pool Party @ Cathedral Hill Hotel 1101 Van Ness (@ Geary)<br />DJ's Nisus, Eric Sharp, Solar, RichiePanic, Rchrd Oh, swimming, croquet, badminton, bocce ball<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/rxgallery" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>rxgallery</a><br />$5 before 2pm, $8$12 after<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Day of the Dead Procession @ 24th & Bryant (route ends 26th & Harrison)<br />come in costume to this unmissable macabre celebration; bring flowers, candles for the community altar<br /><a href="http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/" target="_blank">http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Shudder to Think @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />indie hard(ish) rock group reunited<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jadedusteyes" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>jadedusteyes</a><br />$22.50<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 11/4: Don't forget to VOTE!<br /><br />Election Guide:<br />Check out False Profit's voter guide to help you sift through the countless Propositions:<br /><a href="http://www.false-profit.com/2008-voter-guide/" target="_blank">http://www.false-profit.com/<wbr>2008-voter-guide/</a><br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br /><br />Election parties at local bars & art galleries:<br />5pm-1am:<br />Election Party @ Edinburgh Castle 950 Geary St (betw/ Polk & Larkin)<br /><a href="http://www.castlenews.com/" target="_blank">http://www.castlenews.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />6pm-1am:<br />*Obama Victory Party @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br /><a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsx7xf#rsvp" target="_blank">http://my.barackobama.com/<wbr>page/event/detail/gsx7xf#rsvp</a><br />free<br /><br />$1 drinks @ Shanghai Kelly's 2064 Polk St (@ Broadway); Northstar 1560 Powell St (@ Green St)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/10/29/1-drinks-for-voters-northstar-shanghai-kellys-north-beach-russian-hill/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>10/29/1-drinks-for-voters-<wbr>northstar-shanghai-kellys-<wbr>north-beach-russian-hill/</a><br />$1 drink with voter receipt<br /><br />Don't Dodge The Drafts Election Night Beer Party @ Kilowatt 3160 16th St (@ Albion St)<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/10/27/dont-dodge-the-drafts-election-night-beer-party-kilowatt-mission-dist/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>10/27/dont-dodge-the-drafts-<wbr>election-night-beer-party-<wbr>kilowatt-mission-dist/</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm-10pm:<br />The Final Days of Bush: Art for Democracy @ the Vulcan's Inferno Gallery 4401 San Leandro St (@ High St), Oakland<br /><a href="http://www.infernogallery.com/" target="_blank">http://www.infernogallery.com/</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm-late:<br />*Obama / No on 8 Street Party @ Castro & Market<br />mob of giddy insanity for this epic election night<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/5:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Simian Mobile Disco DJ set @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. SMD, hustling the most excellent funky electro of all!<br />Listen: <a href="http://inbedwithdactylo.free.fr/ecoute/HotDog.mp3" target="_blank">http://inbedwithdactylo.free.<wbr>fr/ecoute/HotDog.mp3</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/simianmobiledisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>simianmobiledisco</a><br />$20 advance, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/6:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />5pm-9pm:<br />*Matcha: Afghanistan music & dance @ Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St (@ McAllistar)<br />feat. Ballet Afsaneh, Bactrian gold style jewelry making, Afghani cuisine<br /><a href="http://asianart.org/matcha08november.htm" target="_blank">http://asianart.org/<wbr>matcha08november.htm</a><br />$5<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />Scotch Whisky Tasting & Lectures @ Elixir 3200 16th Street (@ Guerrero St)<br /><a href="http://www.elixirsf.com/CocktailClub.htm" target="_blank">http://www.elixirsf.com/<wbr>CocktailClub.htm</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Natacha Atlas @ Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave (across from City Hall)<br />classic middle eastern styled songtress with hip hop and electronica infusion<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/natachaatlas">http://www.myspace.com/natachaatlas</a><br />$20-60<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Andy Caldwell @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />electro tech house warrior with a jazzy edge<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djandycaldwell" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djandycaldwell</a><br /><a href="http://www.clubdesire.us/events_thursdayVSL.html" target="_blank">http://www.clubdesire.us/<wbr>events_thursdayVSL.html</a><br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Jeans Team, French Disco @ Bottom of the Hill 1233 17th St (@ Missouri St)<br />german electro pop and french disco<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jeansteam" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>jeansteam</a><br />$8<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/7:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />electro house and breaks with Ding Dong and Fred Funk<br />$5 (free w/ the secret password)<br /><br />10pm-5am:<br />*Nexus Hay Maze Party @ Arata's Pumpkin Farm 185 Verde Rd, Half Moon Bay<br />Come join us for an unforgettable evening within the twisting confines of a nearly 2 acre maze constructed entirely of 8-15 ft. haybale walls<br />Live music and DJ sets by Nisus, Ana Sia, EPROM, Mozaic, Comma, JPhlip, Rastatronic, Gomorran Social Aid and Pleasure Club<br />Strange and unusual interactive installations hidden throughout the maze, High Lonesome Hill Billy Hay Rides, Breakfast bar afterparty<br />This opportunity only comes once a year, don't miss it, it's going to be epic!<br /><a href="http://www.nexusorg.org/" target="_blank">http://www.nexusorg.org/</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-RRU9bJTYg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=_-RRU9bJTYg</a><br />$20/25 advance, $30 door: <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/44667" target="_blank">http://www.brownpapertickets.<wbr>com/event/44667</a><br />$55 TransportedSF bus ride package (check in 10:30pm for 11pm departure): <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/48040" target="_blank">http://www.brownpapertickets.<wbr>com/event/48040</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/8:<br /><br />8pm-midnight:<br />1,000 Faces Ball @ OmniCircus 550 Natoma St (@ Russ St, betw/ 6th & 7th)<br />poem to the American Ghetto with robots, music, projections, dance, performance and video<br /><a href="http://www.omnicircus.com/events/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.omnicircus.com/<wbr>events/index.html</a><br />$10 donation<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Brainfeeder Festival @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />cutting edge dubby lazer bass feat. Flying Lotus, Daedelus +++<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/flyinglotus" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>flyinglotus</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />DJ Sneak & Derrick Carter @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />gangsta house from the pioneers<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sneakthedj" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sneakthedj</a><br />$22 advance, $30 doors<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Atimatik @ Aura Nightclub 4825 Hopyard Rd (@ Stoneridge), Pleasanton, CA<br />slammin' dirty electro bangers and booty bass c/o DJ Atimatik<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/atimatik" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>atimatik</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.atimatikarmy.com/mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_skye2.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.atimatikarmy.com/<wbr>mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_<wbr>skye2.mp3</a><br /><a href="http://www.club-calendar.com/cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?TEMPLATE=auraweb-event.html&EVENTNO=01177" target="_blank">http://www.club-calendar.com/<wbr>cgi-bin/DJcalendar.cgi?<wbr>TEMPLATE=auraweb-event.html&<wbr>EVENTNO=01177</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP to Atimatik, $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/9:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Lo Cura & Opa Cupa @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />passionate flamenco tango reggae Cuban fusion, highly recommended!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/locuramusica" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/locuramusica</a><br />$8/10 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 11/11:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />TuTu Tuesday @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />feat. live electro from 3L3Tronic and Dirtybird's Justin Martin<br />http://www.myspace.com/tututues<br />$2<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/12:<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Surviving in Space @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th Street (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />NASA's Sherwin Gormly explores life support innovations in space and real-world conservation applications on Earth<br /><a href="http://www.askascientistsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.askascientistsf.<wbr>com/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*The Toxic Avenger & Franki Chan @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. Parisian emotronic electrothrash remixer & LA curator of hip<br />Listen: <a href="http://s212534378.onlinehome.fr/BAF-files/JB/Health_-_glitter_pills_%5Btoxic_avenger_remix%5D.mp3" target="_blank">http://s212534378.onlinehome.<wbr>fr/BAF-files/JB/Health_-_<wbr>glitter_pills_%5Btoxic_<wbr>avenger_remix%5D.mp3</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/toxavanger" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>toxavanger</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />Stargate Portal Party @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />Xavi's art unveiling, feat. sick dubstep from Ana Sia, Mozaic, David Starfire, and more!<br /><a href="http://www.templesf.com/static/images/event_artwork/event_186_front.jpg">http://www.templesf.com/static/images/event_artwork/event_186_front.jpg<br /></a>free before 11pm with RSVP, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/13:<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Q-tip & The Cool Kids @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />indie hip hop with electro infused beats, collaborator with The Chemical Bros<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/qtip" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/qtip</a><br />$25/30 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/14 - Sunday 11/16:<br /><br />Green Festival @ Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (@ Brannan St)<br />huge convergence of environmental speakers and workshops<br /><a href="http://www.greenfestivals.org/san-francisco/" target="_blank">http://www.greenfestivals.org/<wbr>san-francisco/</a><br />$10/15 1/3day pass with bike valet/MUNI riders, $15/25 without<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/14:<br /><br />7pm & 9pm:<br />*Shadow Dance @ Orbis Nex 851 81st Ave Unit 217 (dial 200 at the door), Oakland<br />modernized bellydance performance, darkly intense ad beautiful<br /><a href="http://www.electricvardo.com/" target="_blank">http://www.electricvardo.com/</a><br />$20/33<br /><br />4pm-2am:<br />LOW vs BlowUp @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St) & Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />feat. Battle Axe (LIVE), Cataracs, Nisus, Jeffrey Paradise, Richie Panic, White Girl Lust<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-440575;LOW_vs_BLOW_UP_vs_BATTLE_AXE_vs_CATARACS" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-440575;LOW_vs_BLOW_UP_<wbr>vs_BATTLE_AXE_vs_CATARACS</a><br />free before 6pm (RSVP <a href="mailto:getlowsf@yahoo.com" target="_blank">getlowsf@yahoo.com</a>), $3 before 6pm, $5 after<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Cut Chemist plays Funkonnection @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />the turntable/video legend of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli fame turns heads and eyes<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cutchemist" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>cutchemist</a><br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-453540;Cut_Chemist_plays_Funkonnection" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-453540;Cut_Chemist_<wbr>plays_Funkonnection</a><br />$20 advance, discount with link above<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />Backseat Wild Wild West Party @ 400 17th St (@ Treat Ave)<br />underground Cowboy & Indian party feat. Solar, Nikola Baytala, Galen<br />$10 in costume, $15 without<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/15:<br /><br />POSTPONED: The Time Machine short circuited and sucked this party into the not-too-distant future! Updates coming soon.<br />***Vortexual Time Machine Party @ underground warehouse location in SOMA<br />DJ's RichDDT, Nisus, Ales, and more teleport Sounds from the Electric Future through our TIME MACHINE!<br />cutting edge bloghaus, electro, bootie bass, tech house, indie and hip hop remixes<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/vortexualsf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>vortexualsf</a><br />$tba, come in futuristic costume<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />Flashdance Flash Mob @ 24th St BART (@ Mission St)<br />flash mob dance party on the street c/o Deep Trouble!<br /><a href="http://www.deeptrouble.com/flashdance/" target="_blank">http://www.deeptrouble.com/<wbr>flashdance/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Colette @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />this sexy house maven adds her own sweet vocals<br /><a href="http://www.clubdesire.us/events_saturday.html" target="_blank">http://www.clubdesire.us/<wbr>events_saturday.html</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP link above,<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Bassyx presents Habit Forming @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />25 DJs, live guitarists, vocalists, percussionists, fire dancing, break dancing, go-go dancing and more<br /><a href="http://www.bassyx.org/" target="_blank">http://www.bassyx.org/</a><br />$5 before 10pm, $10 before midnight, $15 after midnight<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />The Crystal Method & Atimatik @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />slammin' electro bangers & booty bass with a classic Crystal Method DJ set<br /><a href="http://www.thecrystalmethod.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thecrystalmethod.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/atimatik" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>atimatik</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.atimatikarmy.com/mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_skye2.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.atimatikarmy.com/<wbr>mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_<wbr>skye2.mp3</a><br />$25 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Anon Salon's Hillbilly Hoedown @ Arata's Pumpkin Farm 185 Verde Rd, Half Moon Bay<br />the OTHER Hay Maze party, feat. Eric Sharp, Gooferman, Hillbilly costume contest<br /><a href="http://anonsalon.com/hoedown/" target="_blank">http://anonsalon.com/hoedown/</a><br />$25 advance, $30 door<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />Prohibition Party @ underground location (call 415-963-3553)<br />techno, electro, breaks, chill feat. Ambient Mafia, Forest Green, Dragn'fly<br /><a href="http://www.prohibitionparty.net/" target="_blank">http://www.prohibitionparty.<wbr>net/</a><br />$15, dress to impress with your best Prohibition era get up<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/16:<br /><br />12pm-8pm:<br />Resident Advisor Day Party @ The Endup 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />Detroit-influenced, techno-tinged house from Berlin house DJ Dixon & German duo Ame<br /><a href="http://www.theendup.com/events/tdance.html" target="_blank">http://www.theendup.com/<wbr>events/tdance.html</a><br />$10 advance, $15 door<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Goddess Alchemy Project CD Release Party @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />female fronted dubby hip hop also feat sick dubstep by Heyoka & Mimosa<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/goddessalchemyproject" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>goddessalchemyproject</a><br />$20<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/19:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />California Academy of Science<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/</a><br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Shadow Dancer @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. Boys Noize Records' UK labelmate<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/homeofshadowdancer" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>homeofshadowdancer</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Dirtybird presents Motherbird @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />Claude VonStroke, Christian Martin, and Berlin's Ralf Kollmann<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sfdirtybird</a><br />free before 12am, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/20:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Laidback Luke @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Holland's beloved house music-loving homeboy<br /><a href="http://www.laidbackluke.com/" target="_blank">http://www.laidbackluke.com/</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday - Sunday 11/22 - 11/23:<br /><br />7pm Sat, 3pm Sun:<br />International Taiko Drum Festival @ Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall 2430 Bancroft Ave, Berkeley<br />40th Anniversary concert feat. Kitaro, Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka & SF Taiko Dojo<br /><a href="http://www.sftaiko.com/performance_events.html">http://www.sftaiko.com/performance_events.html</a><br />$38/42/49<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/21:<br /><br />5pm-2am:<br />*Om Records Happy Hour @ Wish 1539 Folsom St (betw/ 11th and 12th St)<br />featuring DJ Kelly spinning house and electro (catch her around 7pm)<br />http://www.yelp.com/biz/wish-san-francisco<br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Of Montreal @ The Grand Ballroom At the Regency Center 1290 Sutter St (@ Van Ness)<br />melodic indie psych rock superstars<br />http://www.myspace.com/ofmontreal<br />$25<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Hipp-E with Rock It Science @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />jackin beats, techno horns, electro and soulful house<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-474698;Temple_Presents_Hipp-E_Rock_It_Science<br />free before 11:30pm w/ RSVP link above, $20 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Ana Sia, Heyoka, Flying Skulls @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />grimey Burner dubstep, delicious and deep<br />http://www.myspace.com/anasiamusic<br />$12 advance, $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/22:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Kraak & Smaak Live @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />Holland’s hottest live electro/house/soul act, highly recommended!<br />http://www.kraaksmaak.com/<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-462073;Kraak_Smaak_live_Supertaster_Independent<br />$15 advance, $18 door<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />*Artumnal Gathering Tribes & Treasures Celebration @ The Bently Reserve 400 Sansome St (@ Sacramento St)<br />Black Rock Arts Foundation's opulent gathering of tribes in celebration of our artistic treasures and vital community spirit!<br />http://blackrockarts.org/events/artumnal<br />$20 presale online, $30 at the door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/23:<br /><br />2pm-2am:<br />*Hookahdome Presents Bizarre Bazaar @ Kelly's Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />feat. Cheb i Sabbah & Janaka Selekta, burner friendly event set on the Waterfont, bring your dancing shoes and costumes!<br />http://hookahdome.com/bizarrebazaar/<br />$20 advance, $30 door, $35 advance and $45 door with dinner<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Matisyahu @ The Warfield 982 Market St (@ 6th St)<br />the Hebrew reggae hip hop supastar<br />http://www.myspace.com/matisyahu<br />$25<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*No Pants Party! @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />check your pants & get yer fanny pack, free tequila & handjobs, feat. Worthy, Solar<br />http://www.vesselsf.com/<br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 11/24:<br /><br />5:30pm:<br />Dark Energy Rules the Universe (and Why the Dinosaurs Don’t) @ Berkeley Repertory Theater 2025 Addison St (@ Milvia St), Berkeley<br />Berkeley Lab Friends of Science lecture<br />http://www.lbl.gov/friendsofscience/<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 11/25:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*The Decemberists @ The Warfield 982 Market St (@ 6th St)<br />melodic and dramatic indie rock both fantastical & anachronistic<br />http://www.decemberists.com/<br />$30<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 11/26:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Futuristic Prince & Eli Glad @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. local indie electro DJ's<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-477048;Infatuation<br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 11/27: THANKSGIVING<br /><br />5pm-8pm:<br />Turkey-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving Potluck @ Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley<br />"Food Not Bombs" hosts a turkey-free vegetarian Thanksgiving potluck dinner free and open to the public<br />http://www.ashkenaz.com/html/list.php?offset=#1765<br />free<br /><br />8pm-11pm:<br />4th Annual Thanksgiving Dodgeball Tournament @ Dolores Park tennis courts 19th St & Dolores St<br />Bring friends and balls out to the park after Thanksgiving dinner<br />http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/11/20/4th-annual-thanksgiving-dodgeball-tournament-mission-dist/<br />free<br /><br />10pm:<br />9th Annual "Meat Is Murder" Popscene tribute to The Smiths @ 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />This Charming Band performs all your favorite Smiths and Morrissey classics<br />http://www.popscene-sf.com/calendar/<br />$8<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Phonic w/ Funk D'Void @ The Endup 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />deep house & funky techno, also feat. Dirtybird Worthy, J.Phlip, Ladyhaus<br />http://www.theendup.com/events/phonic.html<br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 11/28: BUY NOTHING DAY<br /><br />1:30pm-6pm:<br />Buy Nothing Day Treasure Hunt @ Union Square and environs<br />what a perfect way to infiltrate the hordes of shoppers post Thanksgiving<br />http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=180678&year=2008&month=11<br />$20, proceeds benefit KoLabs<br /><br />5:30pm:<br />*Critical Mass bike ride @ Justin Herman Plaza (Market and Embarcadero)<br />work off that Thanksgiving meal! bring: bike, helmet, headlamp, costume<br />http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/San_Francisco<br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />M83 @ The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd (@ Fillmore St)<br />shoegazing electronica performed live<br />http://www.myspace.com/m83<br />$21.50<br /><br />9pm:<br />Nas @ The Warfield 982 Market St (@ 6th St)<br />this hip hop superstar is a post Thanksgiving tryptophan displacer<br />http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=608<br />$36.50-$52.50<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Landshark & John Tejada - Live @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />luscious hefty basslines and jaunty synths paired with refined techno bliss<br />http://www.myspace.com/landsharkbites<br />$10 before 11pm, $20 after<br /><br />11pm:<br />Bike Porn 2: Bikexploitation @ Roxie Theater 3117 16th St (@ Valencia)<br />Adult themed bike movies available for one night only<br />http://bikeporntour.blogspot.com/<br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 11/29:<br /><br />10am-5pm:<br />Indigenous Wisdom Block Party @ 24th St & Capp St<br />live music, Aztec dance, native drums<br />http://sites.google.com/site/womenswisdomwork/<br />free<br /><br />1pm-5pm:<br />*Buy Nothing Day + Really Really Free Market @ Dolores Park 19th St & Dolores St<br />Giant potluck of ideas, food, music, books, skills, games and many other resources that our community can share.<br />http://reallyreallyfree.org<br />free<br /><br />7pm-4am:<br />Give Thanks Music Festival @ The Craneway Pavilion 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond, CA<br />IndieElectro stage feat. Don Rimini, Computer Club, ProgHouse stage feat. Robbie Rivera, Starkillers, Trance stage feat. Cosmic Gate, Deep Voices, Sean Tyas<br />http://www.midniteevents.com/givethanks/<br />$30/40/50 advance<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Lights Down Low Returns! @ Paradise Lounge 1501 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />electro/disco/fidget/tech house feat. Tenderloins, Mozaic, Shane King, Alland Byallo<br />http://www.myspace.com/lightsdownlow<br />free before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Turkey Stunt @ underground location (call 888-482-9281)<br />underground house feat. Giom, Anrew Phelan, Deron, The Stuntmen<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-478041;Turkey_Stunt<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Tribal Funk: 15 Year Family Reunion @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />deep tribal house feat. Mark Farina, Bassbin Twins, Nikola, Galen, Solar, M3, Anthony Mansfield<br />http://www.tribalfunkpro.com/<br />$15 advance, $20 before 10:30pm, $25 after<br /><br />11pm-6am:<br />Deep Blue @ warehouse venue TBA (3103 3rd St @ Cezar Chavez)<br />DJs M3, Rooz, Laird, Michael Anthony bring in the underground house in a comfortable and chill atmosphere<br />http://www.djrooz.com<br />free before 12am with RSVP link above, $20 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 11/30:<br /><br />10am-5pm:<br />Bazaar Bizarre @ Golden Gate Park County Fair Building (9th Ave & Lincoln Way)<br />offbeat shopping and entertainment extravaganza<br />http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/11/26/bazaar-bizarre-odd-craft-fair-county-fair-building-golden-gate-park/<br />$1<br /><br />2pm-8pm:<br />Fashion With Responsibility Shop/Party @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />A holiday event full of clothes, accessories, and cuteness beyond compare.<br />feat. DJ's Ana Sia and Aaron Jae<br />http://www.fashionwithresponsibility.org<br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />The Herbalizer Live @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />underground hip hop and dance based space jazz<br />http://www.myspace.com/theherbz<br />$15<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />j.phlip @ Otis Lounge 25 Maiden Ln (@ Kearny St)<br />catch this Dirtybird DJ delivering bumpin tech house in this cozy shwank lounge<br />http://www.myspace.com/jphlip<br />free before 11pm, $5 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/1:<br /><br />Celestial Conjuction: Moon + Venus + Jupiter<br />Look to the Southwest after sunset for an extremely rare close conjunction between three bright solar system objects: the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter<br />http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080125-ns-moon-planets.html<br /><br />7:30-9:30pm:<br />Burn Green Soiree @ Ar+ Space 1286 Folsom St (@ 9th St)<br />Rosey Jencks & Laura Allen discuss rainwater collection and grey water systems at this eco-party<br />http://groups.google.com/group/burn-green/<br />free, bring refreshments to share<br /><br />9pm:<br />The Moonlight Orchestra @ El Rincon 2700 16th St (@ Harrison St)<br />beautiful violin infused indie rock<br />http://www.myspace.com/themoonlightorchestra<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 12/2:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br />http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm<br /><br />6-7pm:<br />Free Bicycle Blinky Lights! @ various SF locations, below<br />* Market St @ Duboce<br />* Howard St @ 8th St<br />* Valencia St @ Cesar Chavez<br />* McAllister St @ Webster<br />* Polk St @ California<br />sponsored by the SF Bicycle Coalition to safely light up the darkest month of the year<br />http://www.sfbike.org/?lights<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/3:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium<br />http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />WebGrrls Holiday Celebration @ Etiquette Lounge 1108 Market St (@ 7th St)<br />industry event celebrating the achievements of women in technology and business<br />http://www.webgrrls.com/sanfrancisco-ca/<br />$10 WebGrrls members, $20 non-members advance<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: How Computers Look at Art @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th Street (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />Stanford's David Stork explores computer analysis of perspective, shading, color and form<br />http://www.askascientistsf.com/<br />free<br /><br />7:30pm-9:30pm:<br />*Gastronomy Molecular Experiments @ Langton Labs 9 Langton St (@ Howard St, near 7th St)<br />gastronomist & biochemist Bradley Zuchero guides a learning and eating experience that will leave you with unique and edible creations<br />http://blog.langtonlabs.org/<br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Wu-Tang Clan @ The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St (@ Van Ness Ave)<br />the hip hop super group is sure to deliver<br />http://www.myspace.com/wutang<br />$45<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Holiday Fundraiser O'Fun for Leukemia & Lymphoma @ Madrone 500 Divisadero St (@ Fell)<br />door prizes, drink specials, gift raffle; DJ Novalin spins electro tech<br />http://www.dangerforce.com/music.html<br />donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 12/4:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St 5:30-7:30pm art party!, 14 & 77 Geary St until 8pm)<br />http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm<br /><br />6pm-11pm:<br />Visual Vaudeville & Built Burlesque @ Brava Theatre 2781 24th St (@ York St)<br />Pandora's Trunk presents the freshest indie fashion designs on a storytime runway show, set to viola and saw music<br />http://pandorastrunk.com/events.html<br />free<br /><br />7:30pm-10:30pm:<br />SF Weekly Holiday Benefit Party @ Aquarium of the Bay Pier 39<br />free booze, food, live music at the Fisherman's Wharf aquarium<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-455064;SF_Weekly_Holiday_Benefit_2008<br />free with RSVP link above and if you bring one warm coat to donate<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Beat Church @ Shine Lounge 1337 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />feat. cutting edge dubstep c/o Adam "An-ten-nae" Ohana and Ana Sia<br />http://www.myspace.com/anasiamusic<br />$5<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Sebastien Tellier @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />super sexy French electro lounge goodness<br />http://www.myspace.com/telliersebastien<br />$15 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/5:<br /><br />4pm:<br />Repeal Prohibition Parade @ Justin Herman Plaza to 21st Amendment Brewery 563 2nd St (@ S Park St)<br />75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition with a full marching band and a coterie of revelers in 1930's garb<br />http://21st-amendment.blogspot.com/2008/11/repeal-prohibition-week.html<br />free<br /><br />6pm-10pm:<br />*3HOTchiXXX (8:45pm) & Buttercream Gang @ Farley's Cafe 1315 18th St (@ Texas St)<br />gogogracie galleries art show , afterparty at Bloom's Bar (across the street)<br />http://www.myspace.com/3HOTchiXXX<br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Meat Beat Manifesto @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />these funky masters perform techno vs. hip hop, also feat. Dub Gabriel<br />http://www.myspace.com/meatbeatmanifesto<br />$20<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Finally Closing Party feat. Roy Davis Jr. @ Pink 2925 16th St (@ Mission)<br />the house music staple's last hurrah also feat. Sen-Sei, Andrew Phelan, Eric Sharp<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-460555;Roy_Davis_Jr_debut_performance_at_Pink<br />free for ladies before 11pm, $10-15 advance, $20 doors<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*In The Red @ underground Oakland location (call 415-963-3555)<br />2205 Union St (@ W Grand Ave)<br />Flaming Lotus Girls Mutopia Burning Man fundraiser feat. fidget house master Fine Cut Bodies, Mozaic, Syd Gris, plus an Ambient Mafia chill space, art show and visuals<br />http://www.flaminglotus.com/party.html<br />donation before 9pm, $10 advance and before 11pm, $15 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/6:<br /><br />8am-2pm:<br />Mt. Tam/Muir Woods Endangered Species Hike @ Tennessee Valley Trailhead, Marin<br />5-mile one-way journey up the slopes of Mount Tam to Muir Woods to search forCoho Salmon and Central California Coast Steelhead<br />http://www.ggnrabigyear.org/<br />free, RSVP required: call 415-572-6989<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />*Renegade Party @ Toxic Beach, end of 24th St @ 3rd St<br />heavy lineup of local DJ talent bring you this day party on the "beach"<br />special guest - fidget house hero Fine Cut Bodies from Budapest!<br />http://www.myspace.com/finecutbodies<br />free<br /><br />10am-6pm:<br />Mission Armory Bazaar @ The Armory Community Cente 333 14th St (@ Mission)<br />showcasing SF's most vibrant artistic talent and live performances by singers, musicians, circus and dance acts, DJs<br />http://www.missionbazaar.com/<br />$5<br /><br />11am-4pm:<br />San Francisco Mapping Party! @ Urban Mapping Office 690 5th St (@ Townsend St)<br />anyone can come and participate in the OpenStreetMap project<br />http://openstreetmap.org/<br />free<br /><br />12pm-6pm:<br />M-Pyre's A Day at the Beach Party @ Monterey State Beach, Del Monte Avenue, Monterey<br />Monterey Bay Regional Burning Man group's playa style beach party bring costumes, art, food to share; feat. DJ YR LTTL PWNY, live music, fire dancing<br />http://www.mpyreburn.com/<br />$10 donation<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />*Gamelan Sekar Jaya @ Langton Labs 9 Langton St (@ Howard St, near 7th St)<br />authentic Balinese music led by one of Bali's most brilliant musician/dancers, Dewa Putu Berata, feat. three Gamelan orchestras, including the rare West Balinese Jegog - a must see!<br />http://gsj.org/<br />$12 - $20 (sliding scale)<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Low vs. Diamond @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />catchy indie pop spinsters<br />http://www.lowvsdiamond.com/<br />$14<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*VibeSquaD and On The One @ Kelly's Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />psychedelic jazzy crunksters alongside dubtep DJ's Sleepyhead & Mimosa deliver funky hip-hop beats and deep, juicy bass<br />http://www.myspace.com/vibesquad<br />$12 advance, $15 door<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Fischerspooner DJ set @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />the post-electroclash masters are also an art and performance project<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-446136;Fischerspooner_dj_set<br />$15 advance<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />*A Nightmare Before Christmas @ Gingerbread House 1275 Connecticut St (@ Cesar Chavez)<br />music video shoot & all night party in a multi-sensory dub/bass-infused environment feat. Ana Sia, Hookerz N Blow (Mozaic & Eprom)<br />black and white colors and nightmarish costumes & playa wear are strongly encouraged! Audience members that dress up to get down will be caught on film as part of the expertly-produced show!<br />http://www.mallabelmusic.com/mallabel_music_event_production_home.php<br />http://www.mallabelmusic.com/mallabel_music_event_discount_ticket_list.php<br />$15 advance with RSVP link above, else $20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 12/7:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Winterkalte @ DNA Lounge 375 11th St (@ Harrison)<br />German drum 'n' noise/industrial/breakcore/IDM<br />http://www.myspace.com/winterkaelteofficial<br />$5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 12/9:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Little Joy @ Slim's 333 11th St (@ Folsom St)<br />the Strokes sideproject replaces disillusionment for genuine playful romanticism<br />http://www.myspace.com/littlejoymusic<br />$13<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/10:<br /><br />8pm-2am:<br />Vampire Weekend, Cold War Kids @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />rising indie rock stars take over Mezzanine's Pre-Not So Silent Night Party<br />http://www.vampireweekend.com/<br />$25 advance<br /><br />9pm-2am<br />*Switch aka Solid Groove @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation dance party featuring the ultimate UK fidget house master Dave Taylor! He is a visionary producer and DJ, Grammy nominated (working alongside MIA and Diplo), and XLR8R's artist of the year. Highly recommended!<br />Also 2 for 1 Drinks and Free Vodka tasting from 9-10pm<br />http://www.myspace.com/switchandsolidgroove<br />Listen here to this Switch megamix!: http://www.mediafire.com/?cdymzndzhzx<br />Email your full name to switchguestlist@gmail.com to get on the RichDDT guestlist!<br />free on RichDDT guestlist before 10:30pm, $5 after, $10 without list<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 12/11:<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />*Work @ UndergroundSF 424 Haight St (@ Webster St)<br />electro indie battle w/ Lazer Sword, Futuristic Prince<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-478035;LAZER_SWORD_WORK<br />free before 10:30pm w/ RSVP above, else $5<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Carl Craig @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />Demon Days techno party also feat. Space Time Continuum, Sikiru Adepoju, Gamall<br />http://www.myspace.com/carlcraig<br />$14 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/12:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Nine Inch Nails @ Arco Arena 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento<br />Trent Reznor tours with his new material<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nin">http://www.myspace.com/nin</a><br />$39.50 - $49.50<br /><br />9pm:<br />*CSS and Natalie Portman's Shaved Head @ Bimbo's 365 Club 1025 Columbus Ave (@ Chestnut St)<br />Brazil's provocative dance-rock quintet serves electro dancerock alongside Seattle's giddy rising stars of indie electro pop<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/natalieportmansshavedhead" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>natalieportmansshavedhead</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/canseidesersexy" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>canseidesersexy</a><br />$20<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Blow Up @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />insane electro-indie-pop-disco sweat fest feat. LA's electro superhero LeCastlevania<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/castlevaniadisco" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>castlevaniadisco</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blow_up_415" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/blow_<wbr>up_415</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*Matthew Dear, Ryan Elliot @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />Blasthaus 13 Year Anniversary party feat. live tech house delivered oh so smoove<br />also feat. Nisus!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/matthewdear" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>matthewdear</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Klashback @ Paradise Lounge 1501 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />electro clash feat. Nisus, Shane King, Forever 21, Commodore 69 vs. Train RX<br /><a href="http://www.nisusthemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisusthemovement.<wbr>com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.paradisesf.com/20081212-klashback.html" target="_blank">http://www.paradisesf.com/<wbr>20081212-klashback.html</a><br />free before 11pm on guestlist above, else $5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/13:<br /><br />12pm-2am:<br />*SantaCon/SantArchy! @ Location TBA (follow link below)<br />Both Naughty AND Nice Santas remember the 4 Fs: 1. Don't fuck with Kids. 2. Don't fuck with Cops. 3. Don't fuck with Security. 4. Don't fuck with Santa.<br /><a href="http://sanfranciscosantarchy.wordpress.com/2008/" target="_blank">http://sanfranciscosantarchy.<wbr>wordpress.com/2008/</a><br />free, wear your Santa costume<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />In Flagranti (DJ set) @ Paradise Lounge 1501 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />Paradisco's Glam Rock night feat. disco funk jams<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/inflagranti" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>inflagranti</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Atimatik @ Aura Nightclub 4825 Hopyard Rd (@ Stoneridge), Pleasanton, CA<br />slammin' dirty electro bangers and booty bass c/o DJ Atimatik<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/atimatik" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>atimatik</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.atimatikarmy.com/mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_skye2.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.atimatikarmy.com/<wbr>mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_<wbr>skye2.mp3</a><br />free before 11pm with RSVP to Atimatik on myspace, $15 doors<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Santagasm @ Anon Salon 285 9th Street (@ Folsom St)<br />the ultimate Santa convergence party, feat. dubstep and breaks from Mimosa, Mancub, Motion Potion<br /><a href="http://anonsalon.com/dec08/" target="_blank">http://anonsalon.com/dec08/</a><br />$5 donation for Santas who say "Santa conned me!", regular suggested donation $15-20<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Grinch Green @ underground SF location (call 888-482-9281)<br />Tonal party feat. DJ Fluid, Anthony Mansfield, Mozaic, Bassic Instinct, Flook - wear green!<br /><a href="http://www.prismatictracks.com/" target="_blank">http://www.prismatictracks.<wbr>com/</a><br />$10 before 11pm, $15 before 1am, $20 after<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />*Elves Revenge Benefit Party @ underground SF location (<a href="http://www.strategiksf.com/" target="_blank">www.strategiksf.com</a>)<br />all night Swag party feat. Influence, Flook, Pirata, Simple Greene, and fire dancing<br /><a href="http://www.strategiksf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.strategiksf.com</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $10 after, benefitting Homes for the Homeless<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/15:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Amanda Palmer @ Bimbo's 365 Club 1025 Columbus Ave (@ Chestnut St)<br />dark Brechtian punk cabaret from Boston w/ the Danger Ensemble<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/whokilledamandapalmer" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>whokilledamandapalmer</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 12/16:<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />TimeCrimes movie premiere @ Embarcadero Center Cinemas 1 Embarcadero Center<br />the Spanish scifi Sundance hit about time travel :)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-490899;Free_showing_of_Timecrimes_in_SF" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-490899;Free_showing_of_<wbr>Timecrimes_in_SF</a><br />free with RSVP to <a href="mailto:timecrimessf@gmail.com" target="_blank">timecrimessf@gmail.com</a><br /><br />8pm-2am:<br />*Mr Maracas Salsa y Bachata @ The Glas Kat 520 4th St (@ Bryant St)<br />lessons and live music, voted best Salsa in SF<br /><a href="http://www.glaskat-tuesday.viplist.us/" target="_blank">http://www.glaskat-tuesday.<wbr>viplist.us/</a><br />$7 with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/17:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />California Academy of Science free 3rd Wednesday<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/</a><br /><br />9pm-2am<br />*Steve Aoki @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. the LA's premiere electro hipster indie party DJ<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/steveaoki" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>steveaoki</a><br />Hilarious!: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfrIoNYTVr4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=wfrIoNYTVr4</a><br /><a href="http://www.mailboto.com/cgi-bin/uls/uls.cgi?ulsJoin=113=6" target="_blank">http://www.mailboto.com/cgi-<wbr>bin/uls/uls.cgi?ulsJoin=113=6</a><br />free before 10:30pm with RSVP above, $5 presale, $10 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 12/18:<br /><br />6:30-10pm:<br />Latkes & Vodkas Pre-Chanukah Adult Celebration @ LGBT Center Roof Terrace 1800 Market St (@ Octavia St)<br />Amelia Mae Paradise presents queer cabaret, comedy, burlesque and drag with plenty of audience participation<br /><a href="http://www.shaarzahav.org/node/1650" target="_blank">http://www.shaarzahav.org/<wbr>node/1650</a><br />$18<br /><br />8pm:<br />Hybrid Festival of New Works @ Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia St (betw/ 15th and 16th St)<br />The Living Word Project's mash-up of spoken word, hip-hop, dance, live music, and theatre, feat. dance and poetry machine Marc Bamuthi Joseph<br /><a href="http://www.theintersection.org/calendar/program_hybrid.php" target="_blank">http://www.theintersection.<wbr>org/calendar/program_hybrid.<wbr>php</a><br />pay-what-you-can<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Creative Commons' Birthday Party @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />drinks, music, videos, who new sharing creative work over the internet could be so much fun?<br /><a href="http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/11037" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/<wbr>weblog/entry/11037</a><br />$15 for CC members, $20 for non-members until 11pm, $5/$10 after 11pm<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Ladytron DJ Set @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />electronic pop goodness, also feat. Reuben Wu and Nisus!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ladytron" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>ladytron</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/19:<br /><br />5pm-8pm:<br />*Learning About the Open Stack for the Social Web @ Digg 135 Mississippi St (@ 17th St)<br />Discussion of social web technologies like OpenID, OAuth and OpenSocial from people who have helped build them<br />5:30 to 5:40 - John McCrea introducing the Open Stack<br />5:40 to 5:50 - Eran Hammer-Lahav on Discovery<br />5:50 to 6:00 - Allen Tom on OAuth<br />6:00 to 6:10 - David Recordon on OpenID (including OpenID + OAuth)<br />6:10 to 6:20 - Kevin Marks on OpenSocial<br />6:20 to 6:30 - Joseph Smarr on Portable Contacts<br />6:30 to 6:40 - Chris Messina on Activity Streams<br />6:40 to 8ish - Q & A<br /><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1406525" target="_blank">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/<wbr>event/1406525</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Hybrid Festival of New Works @ Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia St (betw/ 15th and 16th St)<br />The Living Word Project's mash-up of spoken word, hip-hop, dance, live music, and theatre, feat. dance and poetry machine Marc Bamuthi Joseph<br /><a href="http://www.theintersection.org/calendar/program_hybrid.php" target="_blank">http://www.theintersection.<wbr>org/calendar/program_hybrid.<wbr>php</a><br />$15-$25/sliding scale<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Felix da Housecat @ Ruby Skye 420 Mason St (@ Geary)<br />supporting his progressive electroclash album inspired by Milan<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/felixdahousecat" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>felixdahousecat</a><br />$20<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Touane (live) @ Paradise Lounge 1501 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />Aural Therapy techno + dubstep party, also feat. Mr. Projectile, Mikael Stavostrand, Antiserum<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/touane">http://www.myspace.com/touane</a><br />$10 before 11pm, $15 after<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Om Records Winter Ball Next Aid Fundraiser @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />deep and funky house, electro, techno c/o M3, Galen, Solar, Fluid, J. Boogie, and The Park (Live), all for a good cause!<br />NextAid is a humanitarian organization creating sustainable solutions for African children orphaned by AIDS<br /><a href="http://nextaid.org/wad2008/" target="_blank">http://nextaid.org/wad2008/</a><br />donation for NextAid<br /><br />9pm-6am:<br />Raindance Winter Solstice Party @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th)<br />Burner breaks and dubstep feat. Beats Antique, Ana Sia, An-Ten-Nea, Eprom, Djunya, Alia, Timonkey, Mozaic vs Little John<br />For the first time in the history of the space we will open never before used VIP areas, also feat. bake & decorate your own cookie bar<br />bring can food donation and recieve a very special gift<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/b2530e2c-2294-45a1-b0a2-a200dad63c33" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/<wbr>event/b2530e2c-2294-45a1-b0a2-<wbr>a200dad63c33</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/eprommusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>eprommusic</a><br />$15 before 11pm, $20 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 12/20:<br /><br />10am-4pm:<br />Circus Center Daytime Open House and Holiday Carnival @ 755 Frederick St (@ Lincoln Way)<br />try the flying trapeze and other circus arts, enjoy family entertainment, face painting and holiday shopping<br /><a href="http://www.circuscenter.org/performance/overview.html" target="_blank">http://www.circuscenter.org/<wbr>performance/overview.html</a><br />free<br /><br />7pm:<br />*Unsilent Night @ Mission Dolores Park, 18th & Dolores St<br />BYOB(oombox) beautiful cacophony & giant social boombox orchestra (participate!)<br /><a href="http://www.unsilentnight.com/" target="_blank">http://www.unsilentnight.com</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />*3HOTchiXXX @ Blondie's Bar 540 Valencia St (@ 16th St)<br />Giddy psycho cheerleader rock, BadAss, KickAss and Always Full-Throttle! Last show ever, don't miss it!!!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/3HOTchiXXX">http://www.myspace.com/3HOTchiXXX</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-morning:<br />Nuclear Winter Party @ Abandoned Train Depot 37270 Filbert St, Newark<br />electro banger party jams c/o Futuristic Prince, Bro Montana, Johnatron, LXNDR, Audiobomb<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/futuristicprince">http://www.myspace.com/futuristicprince</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Don't Panik @ 222 Hyde St (@ Turk)<br />Daft Punk tribute night feat. DJ's Swayzee, Morale<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-495510;dont_panik" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-495510;dont_panik</a><br />free before 10pm w/ RSVP link above, $5 after<br /><br />10pm-7am:<br />EvilBreaks White Xmas @ underground location (signup at website below)<br />feat. seasoned burner DJ's Aaron Jae, Bam, Mozaic, Little John, Bianca vs. Divo (3L3Tronic), Athena vs. Evinrude, Mr. Projectile<br /><a href="http://www.evilbreaks.com/" target="_blank">http://www.evilbreaks.com/</a><br />$5 w/gift & $10 w/o before 11:30pm, $10 w/gift and $15 w/o after 11:30pm<br /><br />10pm-morning:<br />Solstice Underground Party @ underground SF location tba<br />feat. J-Bird, Solar, Galen, Sammy D, Nikola Baytala<br /><a href="http://www.pacificsound.net/" target="_blank">http://www.pacificsound.net/</a><br />$10 before midnight, $15 after<br /><br />10pm-12pm Sunday:<br />Naughty or Nice? Brass Tax vs The Fringe Camp @ The EndUp 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />beat-battle between two burner crews, The Brass Tax & The Fringe!<br />feat. Fred Funk, Ernie Trevino, Motion Potion, Mycho Cocoa<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/bc207211-81fb-4620-bfdd-d47ea748f680" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/<wbr>event/bc207211-81fb-4620-bfdd-<wbr>d47ea748f680</a><br /><a href="http://www.sensesf.com/show" target="_blank">http://www.sensesf.com/show</a><br />$10 RSVP list above, wear dirty sexy Santa attire for half price<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 12/21:<br /><br />6pm-2am:<br />Super 8 Hub Hanukkah Party @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />rock bands DeLeon and Sway Machinery feat. members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Balkan Beat Box, and Arcade Fire, also free He'Brew and latkes<br /><a href="http://www.jccsf.org/content_main.aspx?catid=602" target="_blank">http://www.jccsf.org/content_<wbr>main.aspx?catid=602</a><br />$12<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*No Pants Party! @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />check your pants & get yer fanny pack, free tequila, feat. Solar, Robb Green<br /><a href="http://www.vesselsf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.vesselsf.com/</a><br />$5, additional $5 for pants check (includes fanny pack)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 12/24:<br /><br />6pm-late:<br />XXXMas Eve Party w/ Sexy & Strange White Elephant Exchange @ Center for Sex and Culture 1519 Mission (@ 11th St)<br />potluck party with a White Elephant style gift exchange of the sexy and strange<br /><a href="http://sexandculture.org/pages/upcoming-events-at-CSC.html" target="_blank">http://sexandculture.org/<wbr>pages/upcoming-events-at-CSC.<wbr>html</a><br />free, donations accepted<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 12/26:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />DJ Qbert @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />turntablist virtuoso launches the QFO to new levels<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djqbert" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/djqbert</a><br />$20<br /><br />5:30pm:<br />*Critical Mass bike ride @ Justin Herman Plaza (Market and Embarcadero)<br />work off that Christmas dinner! bring: bike, helmet, headlamp, santa costume<br /><a href="http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/San_Francisco" target="_blank">http://criticalmass.wikia.com/<wbr>wiki/San_Francisco</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Complete list of 53 New Years Eve 2008/9 Events for $20 and Under in SF Bay Area<br />includes Japanese Bell Ringing Ceremony, NYE Fireworks Show, Buddhist Meditation and Celebratory Ritual<br /><a href="http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/12/29/complete-list-of-53-new-years-eve-20089-events-for-20-and-under-in-sf-bay-area/" target="_blank">http://sf.funcheap.com/2008/<wbr>12/29/complete-list-of-53-new-<wbr>years-eve-20089-events-for-20-<wbr>and-under-in-sf-bay-area/</a><br />free-$20<br /><br />All the Best Bashes:<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*Sea of Dreams NYE 09 @ Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (@ Brannan St)<br />Thievery Corporation (Live), Bassnectar, Goddess Alchemy Project, tons of art<br /><a href="http://seaofdreamsnye.com/" target="_blank">http://seaofdreamsnye.com/</a><br />$79 advance<br /><br />9pm-9am:<br />*New Years Revolution @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St)<br />Diplo, Jesse Rose, Hookerz & Blow, Beats Antique, Heyoka (electro, house, glitch, dubstep, psyphy)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-464041;NYE2009_-_DIPLO_-_JESSE_ROSE_-_GHISLAIN_POIRIER" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-464041;NYE2009_-_DIPLO_-<wbr>_JESSE_ROSE_-_GHISLAIN_POIRIER</a><br />$45 advance<br /><br />9pm-8am:<br />*Subterra @SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan St (@ 8th St)<br />Symbiosis + Ambient Mafia + Dirtybird + Tantra (live beats, techno, psytrance, ambient)<br /><a href="http://www.subterranye2009.com/" target="_blank">http://www.subterranye2009.<wbr>com/</a><br />$40 advance, $50 doors<br /><br />5am-11am (Jan 1):<br />*Breakfast in Bed @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />Galen, Michael Anthony, Cosmic Selector, Rooz (house and electro)<br /><a href="http://www.supperclub.com/" target="_blank">http://www.supperclub.com/</a><br />$10<br /><br />6am-2am (all day and night Jan 1-2):<br />*Breakfast of Champions @ Club Whisper 535 Florida St (betw/ 17th St & Mariposa)<br />the ultimate NYE after-after party w/ the Space Cowboys! (breaks, dubstep, house)<br /><a href="http://spacecowboys.org/articles/2008/12/13/breakfast-of-champtions" target="_blank">http://spacecowboys.org/<wbr>articles/2008/12/13/breakfast-<wbr>of-champtions</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br />the Best of the Rest:<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Eclectic Fever NYE Masquerade @ Gift Center Pavilion 888 Brannan St (@ 8th St)<br />Sila and the Afrofunk Experience (Afro-Brazilian funk, bhangra, reggae, hip-hop)<br /><a href="http://eclecticfever.com/" target="_blank">http://eclecticfever.com/</a><br />$60 advance<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic vs The Greyboy Allstars @ The Warfield 982 Market St (@ 6th St)<br />the classic masters of funk duke it out with the funky alien jamsters<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gclinton" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gclinton</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thegreyboyallstars" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>thegreyboyallstars</a><br />$79-89<br /><br />9pm-5am:<br />Opel NYE Fire & Light @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />Lee Coombs, Blende (tech funk house & breaks, progressive, electro)<br /><a href="http://www.opelproductions.com/archives/000266.php" target="_blank">http://www.opelproductions.<wbr>com/archives/000266.php</a><br />$25-55 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />A Celebration of Sonic Enlightenment @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />Paul Hemming, Ben Tom, Jaswho? Live (electro, progressive house, grimey glitch hop)<br /><a href="http://www.templesf.com/calendar#12-31" target="_blank">http://www.templesf.com/<wbr>calendar#12-31</a><br />$50-80 presale<br /><br />10pm-6am:<br />Lights Down Low NYE @ 150 Folsom St (@ Main St)<br />Futuristic Prince, Eli Glad, Rchrd Oh?!, Tenderlions Live (electro disco fidget house)<br />http://this.bigstereo.net/<br />$15 before midnite, $20 after<br /><br />10pm-7am:<br />Compund #9 NYE @ underground location (check <a href="http://gaffta.org/" target="_blank">gaffta.org</a>)<br />C.L.A.W.S. (live), Christian Mora, Solar, interactive art installation utilizing surveillance and infrared technologies<br /><a href="http://www.gaffta.org/" target="_blank">http://www.gaffta.org/</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br />9pm-morning:<br />2nd Sunday NYE 09 @ Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />Derrick Carter, DJ Dan & D:Fuse (progressive, electro, mashup)<br /><a href="http://www.2ndsunday.com/" target="_blank">http://www.2ndsunday.com/</a><br />$35-40 advance<br /><br />10pm-7am:<br />Deep Blue @ Underground Location (see website below)<br />Jeno, M3, Rooz, Galen (tech-house)<br /><a href="http://www.djrooz.com/djrooz/deep-blue-nye-party.html" target="_blank">http://www.djrooz.com/djrooz/<wbr>deep-blue-nye-party.html</a><br />$20 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />........2009........<br /><br />Friday 1/2:<br /><br />9pm:<br />The Wailers @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />performing the legendary Bob Marley album "Exodus"<br /><a href="http://www.wailers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wailers.com/</a><br />$25<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />electro house and breaks with Mace and Joe Joe<br /><a href="http://brasstax.samo.org/" target="_blank">http://brasstax.samo.org/</a><br />$5 (free w/ the secret password)<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Bonobo @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />dancefloor blend of hip hop, jazz, breakbeat, Latin, funk, and soul<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sibonobo" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sibonobo</a><br />$12 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/3:<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Danger Ranger's 20th Annual Post-Yule Pyre @ Ocean Beach near Fort Funston 2750 Sloat Blvd & 47th Ave<br />Christmas tree burning party c/o one of the most famous Burning Man rangers; drinks after at the Riptide bar, 3639 Taraval St<br /><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=181187&year=2009&month=1" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/<wbr>squidlist/events/index.php?<wbr>com=detail&eID=181187&year=<wbr>2009&month=1</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />The Wailers @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />performing the legendary Bob Marley album "Exodus"<br /><a href="http://www.wailers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wailers.com/</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 1/4:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Asian Art Museum<br /><a href="http://www.asianart.org/hoursandadmission.htm#target" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.asianart.org/hoursandadmission.htm#target</span></a><br /><br />4pm-10pm (show 8pm):<br />Breakthrough Fusion Bellydance Competition & Show @ Temple 540 Howard St (@ 1st St)<br />no traditional Middle Eastern categories or music - focus on innovation and the future of the art<br /><a href="http://www.breakthroughdance.com/" target="_blank">http://www.breakthroughdance.<wbr>com/</a><br />$12 advance, $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday-Friday 1/5-9:<br /><br />11am-6pm:<br />Mac World Expo @ Moscone Center 747 Howard St (@ 3rd St)<br /><a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/conference_program" target="_blank">http://www.macworldexpo.com/<wbr>conference_program</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 1/6:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 1/7:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />12pm-2pm:<br />Bushwaffle Infalatable Urban ArtCushion Tour @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission St (@ 3rd St)<br />join the Bushwaffle walking tour to experience the cushy phenomenon in action<br /><a href="http://www.bushwaffle.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bushwaffle.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.ybca.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=8397" target="_blank">http://www.ybca.org/tickets/<wbr>calendar/view.aspx?id=8397</a><br />free with reservation above<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Bling Crosby, Shane King @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. local DJ's Shane King, Bling Crosby<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djdestro" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djdestro</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/8 - Monday 1/12:<br />Manifesto Full Moon Gathering Festival @ MalPais, Costa Rica!<br />feat. Pantyraid (MartyParty and Ooah of The Glitch Mob), Mimosa, DJ Shawna<br />http://www.manifestogathering.com/<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/8:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St 5:30-7:30pm art party!, 14 & 77 Geary St until 8pm)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />8pm:<br />Visual Music art screening @ New Nothing Cinema 16 Sherman St (off Folsom betw/ 7th & 6th St)<br />feat. multimedia artists Michael Mantra and Vanessa O'Neill<br /><a href="http://www.meetup.com/bayareavisualmusic/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/<wbr>bayareavisualmusic/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Zomby, Star Eyes, Lazer Sword @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />dubstep electro and nu-rave live!<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/zombyproductions" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>zombyproductions</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lazersword" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>lazersword</a><br />$8<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/9:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Lo Cura, GamelanX, Beats Antique @ Great American Music Hall 859 Ofarrell St (@ Polk St)<br />passionate flamenco tango reggae Cuban fusion + Balinese gamelan reimagined + world fusion dubstep, highly recommended!<br />http://www.myspace.com/locuramusica<br />http://www.gamelanx.com/<br />http://www.myspace.com/beatsantique<br />$15<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*The Stunna Party @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />electro bangers and dubstep feat Felix Cartal, Eprom, LA Riots, and Lazer Sword<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-499801;The_Stunna_LA_Riots_Felix_Cartal_Lazer_Sword<br />$10 advance<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Dirtybird 4yr Anniversary Party @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />Claude VonStroke, Justin & Christian Martin, Worthy show how hyphy tech house put SF on the map<br />http://www.myspace.com/sfdirtybird<br />$10 advance, $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/10:<br /><br />2pm-4pm:<br />8th Annual “No Pants” BART Ride Flash Mob! meet @ Dalva 3121 16th St (@ Valencia)<br />ride BART without any pants (wear interesting undies and colorful socks) but act completely normal<br />2:00pm Dalva, 2:30pm 16th St BART -> Embarcadero, N Muni -> Castro<br />http://sf.funcheap.com/2009/01/08/8th-annual-no-pants-bart-ride-mission-dist/<br />free with BART fare<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Del the Funky HomoSapien & Ana Sia @ Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />hip hop and dubstep from a funky master<br />http://www.myspace.com/delthefunkyhomosapien<br />$25 advance, $30 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 1/11:<br /><br />2pm-4pm:<br />Hula Hoop Jam @ Esprit Park Indiana St & 20th St<br />come join your fellow burners for this fun free jam gathering<br />free<br /><br />2pm-7pm or later:<br />BrassTax Renegade Sunset/Moonrise Party @ Pier 30 Bryant St & The Embarcadero<br />feat. seasoned burner electro breaks DJ's Ding Dong, Joe Joe, Frank N Beans<br />http://www.thebrasstax.com<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 1/13:<br /><br />7pm-9pm:<br />*Ask a Scientist: Bigfoot @ Axis Cafe 1201 8th Street (betw/ 16th & Irwin)<br />anthropologist Eugenie Scott sheds some light on the missing link<br />http://www.askascientistsf.com/<br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 1/14:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Low B @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. MIA's DJ spinning electro and hip hop remixes<br />http://www.myspace.com/lowbee<br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/15:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Bass Camp @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />excellent lazer bass and crunk from Tokyo's Bass Science, Berlin's Robot Koch, Hovatron, Lazer Sword, Mochipet<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mochipet" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>mochipet</a><br />$10 advance, $15 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday-Saturday 1/16-17:<br /><br />Fri 8pm & 10:30pm; Sat 8pm<br />How to Survive the Apocalypse @ Stage Werx 533 Sutter St (@ Powell St)<br />a Burning Man-inspired theatrical freak-out that combines rock opera, vaudeville, and a Dionysian revival show that is just as inspired and terrified by current events as you are. Part mutant mystery play, part crash-course in proactive future culture, the evening combines millennialist rants and sexy burlesque with select scenes and songs from the "Burning Opera," an ambitious and ferociously inventive rock musical scored by Mark Nichols, with libretto by counterculture writer Erik Davis<br /><a href="http://www.burningopera.com/" target="_blank">http://www.burningopera.com/</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/16:<br /><br />7pm-4am:<br />*Atimatik @ Kelly's Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />slammin' electro bangers, fidget & booty bass, also feat. Biggie Smalls, Switch Blade<br />come dance outside in this gorgeous weather!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/atimatik" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>atimatik</a><br />Listen: <a href="http://www.atimatikarmy.com/mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_skye2.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.atimatikarmy.com/<wbr>mixes/Atimatik_live_Ruby_<wbr>skye2.mp3</a><br />$5 before 8pm, $10 after<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />Slide into Caprcorn @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />Audio Soul Project (Live), Ana Sia, Worthy, Little John (dubstep, electro, tech house)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/daxpresents" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>daxpresents</a><br />free for Capricorns, $7 before 11pm w/ RSVP @ <a href="http://themml.com/" target="_blank">themml.com</a>, else $15<br /><br />11pm-6am:<br />Fight Night @ Legion underground 2192 Folsom St (@ 18th St)<br />DJ showdown feat. Mace v. Raydeus, Influence v. Jay Vigor, Anthony James v. J9, Cosmic Selector (breaks, electro, techno)<br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/17:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Nonstop Bhangra @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />feat. DJ Jimmy Love, Dholrhythms Dance Troupe, dance lesson at 9:30pm<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nonstopbhangra" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>nonstopbhangra</a><br />$10 adv, $15 door<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Symbiosis Party w/ Daedelus @ Kelly's Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />also feat. Mochipet, Pretty Lights, DJ Rootz and Flying Skulls<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mochipet" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>mochipet</a><br />$10?<br /><br />10pm-5am/5am-12pm Sun:<br />Space Cowboys @ The EndUp 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />burner breaks and progressive house c/o 8ball, Brad Robinson, Mancub and other seasoned DJ's<br /><a href="http://www.spacecowboys.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spacecowboys.org/</a><br />$10 guestlist with ins & outs till 9am: <a href="http://www.sensesf.com/show/" target="_blank">http://www.sensesf.com/show/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday-Monday 1/18-1/19:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Fountains of Wayne @ Cafe du Nord 2217 Market St (@ Sanchez St)<br />these entertaining indie rockers play an all acoustic full band set<br /><a href="http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fountainsofwayne.<wbr>com/</a><br />$25<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 1/20:<br /><br />7pm-11pm:<br />Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration Roller Skaters' Ball @ FunkyTown Roller Rink 1720 19th St (@ Wisconsin)<br />come skate dressed as your favorite politician at the off-playa home of the Black Rock Roller Disco<br /><a href="http://www.cora.org/ObamaParty09.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cora.org/<wbr>ObamaParty09.htm</a><br />$10, $5 skate rental<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 1/21:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Worthy @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. local Dirtybird DJ favorite<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djworthy" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djworthy</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/22:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Sara Judge @ Irelands32 3920 Geary Blvd (@ 3rd Ave)<br />gorgeous heartfelt folk rock bliss<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarajudge" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sarajudge</a><br />free<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday-Sunday 1/23-25:<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Edwardian Ball @ The Regency Center 1290 Sutter St (@ Van Ness Ave)<br />Gorey-inspired costumed revelry feat. Cirque Berzerk, Rasputina, Vau De Vire, Rosin Coven, Ghosts Project<br />http://www.edwardianball.com/<br />$30/35/25 Fri/Sat/Sun advance, $80 3-Night Weekend VIP pass<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />Gala Electronica @ Dance Mission Theater 3316 24th St (@ Mission)<br />ballet, cha cha, Brazilian samba, tango, swing and ballroom dance performances set to electronic music<br />http://www.galaelectronica.com/<br />$25 advance, $30 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/23:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Thunderheist (Live!) and Nisus @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />club-banging electro-pop with heavy boom bap party funk alongside SF's dirtiest electro banger superstar<br />http://www.nisusthemovement.com<br />http://www.myspace.com/thunderheist<br />$10 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/24:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />***LoveTech @ The Ranch 1433 Van Dyke Ave (@ Jennings St)<br />SF's LIVE electronic music community brings you a night of speaker-thumpin' live-electronic music and interactive art installations designed to blow your mind and move your ass. Featuring performances by Preshish Moments, Moldover, Komega, Colfax and a music workshop by Timo<br />Come show your support for the music, art, and performance of the FUTURE! :)<br />I'm installing my Time Machine for the occasion! (see details in the righthand column).<br />http://lovetechsf.com<br />$7<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />Icebreakers Ball @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />the big Sunset/Fringe winter party, funky house & electro c/o DJ Icey, Ground Control, Syd Gris, Evinrude<br />http://www.myspace.com/djicey<br />$15<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Edwardian Ball Afterparty @ Anon Salon 285 9th Street (@ Folsom St)<br />the ultimate after the Ball bash - come dressed to the hilt!<br />http://anonsalon.com/<br />$5-10 donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 1/26:<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />WALL•E Movie Night @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/<br />free with 2 drink minimum<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 1/28:<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Neko Case @ Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave (across from City Hall)<br />passionate indie rock singer songwriter and New Pornographer<br />http://www.myspace.com/nekocase<br />$20<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Tommie Sunshine @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. NYC's electro remix connoisseur<br />http://www.myspace.com/tommiesunshine<br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 1/29:<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />Special Disco Version w/ DFA's LCD Soundsystem and Hercules & Love Affair @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />disco and indie electro goodness from proven greats<br />http://www.myspace.com/lcdsoundsystem<br />http://www.myspace.com/herculesandloveaffair<br />$15<br /><br />9:30pm-2am:<br />Radio One Experimental Music Showcase @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />BBC's Mary Anne Hobbs hosts Kid Kameleon, Lazer Sword, Ghosts on Tape, DZ<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-523339;BBCs_Mary_Anne_Hobbs_Ghosts_on_Tape_DZ_more<br />$5<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />We Love Worthy @ The EndUp 401 6th St (@ Harrison)<br />a night to honor one of SF's favorite DJ's of Dirtybird fame<br />http://www.myspace.com/djworthy<br />free before midnite, $10 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 1/30:<br /><br />7:30pm-late:<br />Circus-Cabaret Inaugural Bash @ Flux53 5300 Foothill Blvd (@ Fairfax Ave), Oakland<br />burner themed cabaret performance and party feat. Dreamtime Circus, Fire Arts Collective, Dr. Kristov, Code Red, Recessionistas Burlesque, Sin Sisters<br />http://www.flux53.com/FLUX53/Events.html<br />$10<br /><br />8pm:<br />*Sara Judge / Allegra / Rebecca Sutlive / Vandella Sound / Veronica May @ Rockit Room 406 Clement St (@ 5th Ave)<br />all girl rock lineup feat Sara's gorgeous heartfelt folk rock bliss<br />http://www.myspace.com/sarajudge<br />$8<br /><br />9pm:<br />Amon Tobin @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />the IDM breakbeat electronica master<br />http://www.myspace.com/tobinamon<br />$23<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Soma Freak Down @ Julie's Supper Club 1123 Folsom St (@ Langton St)<br />house techno and electro c/o Ron/e, Danger Muffin and party organizers radioexplore.org and CODA<br />http://radioexplore.org/<br />$5<br /><br />9pm-3am:<br />Pulse fundraiser @ Paradise Lounge 1501 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />feat. Christian Martin (Dirtybird), Alland Byallo (KONTROL), Solar, Aaron Jae (Evil Breaks, Space Cowboys), Tamo (Angels of bAss)<br />http://www.sfpulse.org/<br />$10 before 11pm, $15 after, fundraiser benefiting A Safe Place domestic violence shelter<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 1/31:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Amon Tobin @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />the IDM breakbeat electronica master<br />http://www.myspace.com/tobinamon<br />$23<br /><br />9pm-midnite (dance lessons 9:15pm—9:45pm):<br />Surya Dub, Bhangra lessons/performance, films, free pizza, tea & Tarot @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission St (@ 3rd St)<br />YBCA’s free What the Big Idea? Party celebrates artistic innovation through dancing, art, music, food and drink<br />http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=6815<br />free, get there early for free pizza and tea<br /><br />9pm-midnite:<br />Return To The Source @ Jellyfish Abyss Temple 1286 Folsom St (@ 9th St)<br />multimedia art show fusing performance, dance, film, interactive collective journeys & visionary art<br />http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/RETURN-TO-THE-SOURCE-THIS-SAT-JAN-31ST/san-francisco-ca/08a3f06d-b674-4e16-943a-b00ac4c1d882<br />$13–20 sliding scale<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />*Lindstrom (live) @ Paradise Lounge 1501 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />the space disco maestro from Oslo takes us into the future, highly recommended!<br />http://www.myspace.com/feedelity<br />$15<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Lights Down Low @ The Triple Crown 1760 Market St (@ Octavia St)<br />Paparazzi, Rchrd Oh?!, White Girl Lust at Manny's new venue (electro disco fidget house)<br />http://www.myspace.com/lightsdownlow<br />$10<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Pink Mammoth 5 Year Anniversary Extravaganza @ Mighty 119 Utah (@ 15th St)<br />the Burning Man camp's big bash, funky house c/o Derek Hena and Gravity, open bar 9-11pm<br />http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-506250;PINK_MAMMOTH_5_Year_Anniversary_Extravaganza<br />$5 before 11pm with RSVP link above, else $10<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Pushing Air - The Remixes @ Sera Phi 1117 Howard St (@ 7th St)<br />Janaka Selekta's world electronica album release party also feat. electro fidget BrassTax DJ's Mace & Ding Dong<br />http://www.janakaselekta.net/<br />$10<br /><br />11pm-very late:<br />Weapons of ASS Destruction @ underground SOMA location (759 Harrison betw/ 3rd & 4th St)<br />underground house feat. Layne Loomis (Deep End), Deckard (Coda), Laird, Rooz<br />http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46374438433<br />$10 before 1am, $15 after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/1:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Asian Art Museum<br />includes Year of the Ox Celebration at noon! - Chinese Classical Music, Lion Dance, storytelling<br />http://www.asianart.org/hoursandadmission.htm#target<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 2/3:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />De Young Museum, MOMA, Legion of Honor, Cartoon Art<br />Museum, Yerba Buena Center Galleries<br />http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/4:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />Exploratorium<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />8:30pm:<br />*Sara Judge @ Grant & Green Saloon 1371 Grant Ave (@ Green St)<br />gorgeous heartfelt folk rock bliss<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarajudge" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sarajudge</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm:<br />Nightmares on Wax @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />chill reggae-electronica<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nightmaresonwax" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>nightmaresonwax</a><br />$15<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Futuristic Prince @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. local indie electro DJ team<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/futuristicprince" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>futuristicprince</a><br />free, free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 2/5:<br /><br />Free Museum/Art Galleries Day!<br />San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum, Geary galleries (49 Geary St 5:30-7:30pm art party!, 14 & 77 Geary St until 8pm)<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_3.htm" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.about.com/<wbr>od/museums/ss/freemuseumdays_<wbr>3.htm</a><br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Extra Action Marching Band, Live Evil @ CELLspace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th)<br />boisterous carnival rock extravaganza<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/extraactionmarchingband" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>extraactionmarchingband</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47964819316" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.<wbr>php?eid=47964819316</a><br />free with RSVP above or opening night Indie Fest film ticket stub, else $7<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 2/6:<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Sara Judge @ Cafe International 508 Haight St (@ Filmore)<br />gorgeous heartfelt folk rock bliss<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarajudge" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sarajudge</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Hercules and Love Affair DJ set @ Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St (@ Van Ness)<br />Popscene vs. Loaded night with catchy disco house delirium, also feat. Lilofee<br /><a href="http://www.herculesandloveaffair.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>herculesandloveaffair.com/</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*BrassTax @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />Electro & fidget house with DingDong, JoeJoe, j9 and BassBen<br />$5 (no password, but no one turned away - pay what you can)<br /><br />9pm-6am:<br />*Raindance Chinese New Year Celebration @ 1015 Folsom St (@ 6th St)<br />Beats Antique, Rootz vs. Murphy of STS9, Fort Knox Five, EPROM, Mr. Projectile,<br />incl. Midnite Chinese New Year Procession w/ Lion Dancers, circus, martial arts<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/chinesenewyear09" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>chinesenewyear09</a><br />$15/20/25 presale, $30 doors<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Matthew Dear @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />tech house delivered oh so smoove, also feat. Nikola Baytala<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/matthewdear" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>matthewdear</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 2/7:<br /><br />4:30pm-9pm:<br />The Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt @ Embarcadero Justin Herman Plaza<br />SF's biggest scavenger hunt. Big Trouble In Little China!<br /><a href="http://www.sftreasurehunts.com/hunts/chinese_new_year/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.sftreasurehunts.<wbr>com/hunts/chinese_new_year/<wbr>index.html</a><br />$40<br /><br />5:15pm-8pm:<br />*Chinese New Year's Parade @ Market St & Kearny St<br />feat 200+ foot long Gum Lung and 600,000+ firecrackers<br /><a href="http://www.chineseparade.com/route.asp" target="_blank">http://www.chineseparade.com/<wbr>route.asp</a><br />free<br /><br />7:30pm:<br />Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave (@ 19th St), Oakland<br />politically charged dub rock masters<br /><a href="http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>spearheadvibrations.com/</a><br />$32.50<br /><br />8pm-2am:<br />Big Digits @ Kimo's 1351 Polk St (@ Pine St)<br />live keyboards synth & drums electro pop insanity w/ Casy and Brian<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bigdigit">http://www.myspace.com/bigdigit</a><br />$5<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />5th Annual Big Lebowski Party @ CellSpace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />party it up like The Dude<br /><a href="https://sfindie09.withoutabox.com/festivals/event_item.php?id=22703" target="_blank">https://sfindie09.withoutabox.<wbr>com/festivals/event_item.php?<wbr>id=22703</a><br />free with SFIndieFest film stub, $5 in costume, else $10<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />*Disco Death Tour @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />dark French electro rockers Arnaud Rebotini with 100% analogue synth set, also feat. Blackstrobe and In Flagranti (Live laptop PA)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/arnaudrebotini" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>arnaudrebotini</a><br />$10 advance<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/8:<br /><br />4pm-7pm:<br />SF Symphony's Chinese New Year Celebration @ Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness (@ Grove St)<br />Musical fusion of East and West with Asian instruments, lion dancers, and more<br /><a href="http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=32458" target="_blank">http://www.sfsymphony.org/<wbr>season/Event.aspx?eventid=<wbr>32458</a><br />$22-$65<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 2/9:<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />On The In Side @ El Rio 3158 Mission St (@ Cesar Chavez)<br />catchy indie rock w/ Erica Sunshine Lee and The American Economy<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kellymcfarlingmusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>kellymcfarlingmusic</a><br />$5, Mustache rides are free<br /><br />10pm:<br />Honeybody Moonbee @ Hotel Utah Saloon 500 4th St (@ Bryant)<br />gorgeously haunting folk (vocals like Bjork, Emiliana Torrini)<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/emilyritz" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>emilyritz</a><br />free, open mic signup at 7:30pm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 2/10:<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*EOTO @ The Red Devil Lounge 1695 Polk St (@ Clay St)<br />Michael Travis & Jason Hann of String Cheese Incident perform live dubstep, electro and house - all improvised, nothing pre-recorded, highly recommended!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/eotomusic" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>eotomusic</a><br />$10 advance, $12 doors<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/11:<br /><br />5:30-9pm:<br />Equity feat. Sleepyhead @ Il Pirata 2007 16th St (@ Potrero)<br />False Profit monthly featuring underground burner dubstep<br /><a href="http://www.false-profit.com/equity/" target="_blank">http://www.false-profit.com/<wbr>equity/</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />*Drop the Lime @ Vessel 85 Campton Place (@ Stockton St)<br />Infatuation Wednesdays feat. NYC's electro breaks champion<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dropthelime" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>dropthelime</a><br />free on RichDDT guestlist (txt/email me your name), free vodka 9-10pm, 2 for 1 well drinks<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 2/12:<br /><br />6pm-10pm:<br />Nightlife @ California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park<br />provocative science lectures (University of Oxford's Keith Thomson on Charles Darwin), DJ's (Fluid & J-Boogie), mingling, and cocktails<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/<wbr>events/nightlife/</a><br />$10<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Lo Cura & Sol Jibe @ Amnesia 853 Valencia St (@ 19th St)<br />passionate flamenco tango reggae Cuban fusion, highly recommended!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/locuramusica" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>locuramusica</a><br />$8/10 doors<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />MartyParty & Sleepyhead @ Fat City 314 11th St (@ Folsom)<br />local underground dubstep party<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-535043;PANTyRAID_set_by_MARTYPARTY" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-535043;PANTyRAID_set_by_<wbr>MARTYPARTY</a><br />$10 before 11pm, $15 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Dubfire @ Harlot 46 Minna St (@ 1st St)<br />excellent tech house from 1/2 of Deep Dish<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djdubfire" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djdubfire</a><br /><a href="http://www.divinesf.com/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.divinesf.com/<wbr>events.html</a><br />$10 guestlist before 10pm, $15/20 presales after<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 2/13:<br /><br />5:30pm-8pm:<br />Milonga de Amor @ Ferry Building (Market & Embarcadero)<br />dance sensuous Argentinian tango and enjoy wine & slow food<br /><a href="http://www.bayareatango.org/node/96945" target="_blank">http://www.bayareatango.org/<wbr>node/96945</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm:<br />Niyaz @ Palace of Fine Arts 3301 Lyon St (@ Bay St)<br />hypnotic Middle Eastern electronica fusion<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/niyaz1" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/niyaz1</a><br />$27-53<br /><br />9pm:<br />*Sara Judge @ Cafe International 508 Haight St (@ Fillmore)<br />gorgeous heartfelt folk rock bliss<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarajudge" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>sarajudge</a><br />free<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Roller Disco Party @ CellSpace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />skate rentals & music provided by Black Rock Roller Disco<br /><a href="https://sfindie09.withoutabox.com/festivals/event_item.php?id=22704" target="_blank">https://sfindie09.withoutabox.<wbr>com/festivals/event_item.php?<wbr>id=22704</a><br />free with any IndieFest movie ticket stub, $5 in costume, else $10<br /><br />9pm-4am:<br />Evil 9/James Lavelle (UNKLE)'s Black Valentine Masquerade @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />stomping electro drums, 80s Italian horror-movie synths, dirty punk basslines for Vday<br />also feat. DJ Nisus!<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/evil9" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/evil9</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djjameslavelle" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>djjameslavelle</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Lucky Love 13 @ Anon Salon 285 9th Street (@ Folsom St)<br />the sexy Anon Salon VDay bash<br /><a href="http://anonsalon.com/" target="_blank">http://anonsalon.com/</a><br />$5-10 donation<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Miles Dyson @ Paradise Lounge 1501 Folsom St (@ 11th St)<br />the German remix mastermind with powerful bounce and dirty ass bass<br />Listen here: <a href="http://files.groove.ru/2007-08/24/22718.groove.ru.30hz___daddio__miles_dyson_re_edit_.mp3" target="_blank">http://files.groove.ru/2007-<wbr>08/24/22718.groove.ru.30hz___<wbr>daddio__miles_dyson_re_edit_.<wbr>mp3</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/milesdyson" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>milesdyson</a><br />$10 advance, $15 before 11pm, $20 after, $5 off door price with password<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 2/14: V Day<br /><br />2pm:<br />Explore Amour: Tracing the Origins of Love @ Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St (@ Marina Blvd)<br />Dr. Lewis lecture offering a Darwinian twist on the psychology behind human intimacy<br /><a href="http://calendar.exploratorium.edu/?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D82542911%26view%3Devent" target="_blank">http://calendar.exploratorium.<wbr>edu/?trumbaEmbed=eventid%<wbr>3D82542911%26view%3Devent</a><br />$14 includes Exploratorium admission<br /><br />2pm:<br />Master Musicians of Jajouka world music @ Amoeba Records 1855 Haight St (@ Stanyan St)<br />the legendary Morroccan group, featured in Brian Jones, Ornette Coleman, & Rolling Stones recordings<br /><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/performances/san-francisco/2009-february-14/master-musicians-of-jajouka/artist.html" target="_blank">http://www.amoeba.com/live-<wbr>shows/performances/san-<wbr>francisco/2009-february-14/<wbr>master-musicians-of-jajouka/<wbr>artist.html</a><br />free<br /><br />6pm:<br />*Pillowfight Flashmob @ Embarcadero Plaza<br />bring a pillow, preferably slitted feather (for uncontrolled explosions!), whack away!<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-231034;Pillow_Fight" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>event-231034;Pillow_Fight</a><br />free<br /><br />8pm-midnight:<br />1,000 Faces Misera-Ball @ OmniCircus 550 Natoma St (@ Russ St, betw/ 6th & 7th)<br />celebrating the lonely, depressed, forlorn, abused, and unloved with robots, music (Colfax controllerism!), projections, dance, performance and video<br /><a href="http://www.omnicircus.com/events/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.omnicircus.com/<wbr>events/index.html</a><br />$10 donation, special discount if you hate yourself!<br /><br />8pm-late:<br />*3rd Annual All-Mediums NUDE Art Show @ Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (@ Hemlock St)<br />gogograciegalleries presents an art show with live music performance and art! feat. Ultraset, Allison Lovejoy<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/gogograciegalleriessf" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>gogograciegalleriessf</a><br />free before 9pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Space Cowboys @ Shine Lounge 1337 Mission St (@ 9th St)<br />the infamous burner party crew's post pillowfight party - dress in zombie attire!<br /><a href="http://www.spacecowboys.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spacecowboys.org/</a><br />free before 10:30pm, $5 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />old school funk jazz jamming<br /><a href="http://www.dumpstaphunk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dumpstaphunk.com/</a><br />$22<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />My Booty Valentine @ 330 Ritch St (@ Brannan St)<br />electro hip hop blog house c/o DJ Craze, Kanye West's tour DJ & DMC World Champion<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crazearoni" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>crazearoni</a><br />$10 presale, $15 door<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Heart Beats @ Kelly's Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />Symbiosis party feat Shen, Souleye & DC (members of BLVD)<br /><a href="http://symbiosisevents.com/events/" target="_blank">http://symbiosisevents.com/<wbr>events/</a><br />$8 advance, $10 doors<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />AudioKinesis: Raw Goggin @ underground location (call 415-374-7100)<br />feat. Damian Lazarus & 3 for an intimate evening of twisted techno at a legendary 150 capacity black-box environment housing a high-definition multichannel 360-degree audiovisual system<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/damianlazarus" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>damianlazarus</a><br /><a href="http://www.roam-music.com/events/audiokinesis-raw-goggin-w" target="_blank">http://www.roam-music.com/<wbr>events/audiokinesis-raw-<wbr>goggin-w</a><br />$25 presale (use link above)<br /><br />11pm-7am:<br />My Naughty Valentine's @ private underground location (1175 Folsom St)<br />feat. J.Phlip, live vocals by Isabel Lozano<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jphlip" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/jphlip</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/15:<br /><br />2pm-2am:<br />Stompy/Sunset: Love Hangover @ Cafe Cocomo 650 Indiana St (@ 18th St)<br />legendary daytime party producers, feat. James Curd's infectious bouncy house<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jamescurd" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>jamescurd</a><br />$10 before 5pm, $20 after<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />Don Caballero @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />jazzy frenetic indie punk rock virtuosos<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/doncaballeropgh" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>doncaballeropgh</a><br />$12 adv, $14 door<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 2/16:<br /><br />5pm & 7:30pm:<br />Iron Man & Batman: The Dark Night movie night @ The Independent 628 Divisadero St (@ Hayes St)<br />free with 2 drink minimum<br /><br />5pm-10pm:<br />Philip Glass @ Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Ave (@ Grove St)<br />performing the epic minimal performance of Music in 12 Parts<br /><a href="http://www.philipglass.com/" target="_blank">http://www.philipglass.com/</a><br />$25-55, optional dinner<br /><br />8pm-12am:<br />Shades of Blues @ The Polish Club 3040 22nd St (@ Shotwell)<br />modern blues/fusion partner dancing to an eclectic mix of music (blues, trip hop, R&B, alternative tango)<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?&eid=49594559447" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.<wbr>php?&eid=49594559447</a><br />$8 dance only ($5 students), $15 lesson and dance ($12 for students) - lessons 8pm-9pm<br /><br />8pm-2am:<br />Open Mic @ Hotel Utah Saloon 500 4th St (@ Bryant)<br /><a href="http://theutah.org/" target="_blank">http://theutah.org/</a><br />free, open mic signup at 7:30pm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 2/17:<br /><br />The Music Tapes @ Bottom of the Hill 1233 17th St (@ Missouri St)<br />Elephant Six's Julian Koster produces lofi pop with singing saw & other unique instruments<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/themusictapes" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>themusictapes</a><br />$12<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/18:<br /><br />Free Museum Day!<br />California Academy of Science<br /><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.calacademy.org/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday 2/19:<br /><br />9pm-late:<br />*Bass Camp @ 111 Minna St (@ 2nd St)<br />lazer bass and crunk feat. Kill the Noise, Ludachrist, Hookerz N Blow<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/killnoisekill" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>killnoisekill</a><br />$10 advance, $15 doors<br /><br />10pm:<br />SFIndieFest Closing Party @ Medjool 2516 Mission St (@ 21st St)<br />join IndieFest staff and filmmakers for some tasty cocktails<br /><a href="http://www.sfindie.com/indiefest08/parties.html" target="_blank">http://www.sfindie.com/<wbr>indiefest08/parties.html</a><br />free<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />4th Annual Lingerie Karaoke @ Supperclub 657 Harrison St (betw/ 2nd & 3rd St)<br />an enticing fusion of two of life's most intimate and revealing acts - clothes check provided<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=49339904827">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=49339904827</a><br />$5<br /><br />10pm-late:<br />*Beats Antique @ Kelly's Mission Rock Cafe 817 Terry Francois Blvd (@ 3rd St)<br />the ultimate in world electronica breakbeat middle eastern bellydance fusion bliss<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/beatsantique" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>beatsantique</a><br />$10<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 2/20:<br /><br />7pm-late:<br />Ragga Muffins Festival '09 @ Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave (@ 19th St), Oakland<br />reggae superstars Stephen and Julian Marley, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Rootz Underground, K'Naan<br /><a href="http://www.raggamuffinsfestival.com/san_francisco_lineup.html" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>raggamuffinsfestival.com/san_<wbr>francisco_lineup.html</a><br />$37.50 advance, $40 doors<br /><br />10pm-2am:<br />Tittsworth @ Poleng Lounge 1751 Fulton St (@ Masonic)<br />Rock It Science party feat. Baltimore club, rave, electro house<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/titts">http://www.myspace.com/titts</a><br />$5 before 11pm, $10 after<br /><br />10pm-3am:<br />*The Stunna @ 1015 downstairs 103 Harriet St (@ Folsom)<br />underground dubstep c/o SuryaDub, C.L.A.W.S., Ghosts on Tape, Sleepyhead & Mimosa!<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-543616;The_Stunna-_Ghosts_on_Tape_Surya_Dub_DJs_more">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-543616;The_Stunna-_Ghosts_on_Tape_Surya_Dub_DJs_more</a><br />$5<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />*Tiefschwarz @ Mighty 119 Utah St (@ 15th St)<br />techno and bass-heavy electro house perfection from Berlin<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/tiefschwarz" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/<wbr>tiefschwarz</a><br />$15 advance<br /><br />10pm-very late:<br />Ecstatic @ Sera Phi 1117 Howard St (@ 7th St)<br />psytrance journey with newly installed vibrating dancefloor!<br /><a href="http://psybertribe.org/">http://psybertribe.org/</a><br />$15<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 2/21: Rich DDT's BDay<br /><br />*10:30am: BDay hike<br /><br />1pm-4pm:<br />Groundbreaking Ceremony @ New Gray Area Gallery 55 Taylor St (@ Turk St)<br />the gallery's grand reopening and art installation preview<br /><a href="http://gaffta.org/exhibitions/february-21st-1pm-4pm-groundbreaking-ceremony.html">http://gaffta.org/exhibitions/february-21st-1pm-4pm-groundbreaking-ceremony.html</a><br />free<br /><br />*6:30pm: Vegan potluck BDay dinner<br /><br />8pm:<br />Cake & The Lovemakers @ Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave (@ 19th St), Oakland<br />the indie pop superstars accompanied by Oakland's mischievous dance rockers<br /><a href="http://www.cakemusic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cakemusic.com/</a><br />$35<br /><br />8pm:<br />Kinky @ Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St (@ Van Ness Ave)<br />bouncy dance rock from Mexico<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kinky" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/kinky</a><br />$23.50<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />***OMGLOL Rich DDT's BDay Bash feat. Nisus @ Lipo Lounge 916 Grant Ave (@ Washington St)<br />underground dance party with cutting edge dirty electro bangers, live art, and wafflemaking!<br /><a href="http://sanfrancisco.going.com/omglol" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.going.com/<wbr>omglol</a><br />free before 10pm, $8 after<br /><br />9pm-2am:<br />Unicrons Label Launch @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />indie electro feat. Futuristic Prince, Richie Panic, Rchrd Oh?!<br /><a href="http://myspace.com/futuristicprince" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/<wbr>futuristicprince</a><br />$5 with RSVP at <a href="http://going.com/unicronslaunch" target="_blank">going.com/unicronslaunch</a>, else $8<br /><br />10pm-4am:<br />Stimulus @ CellSpace 2050 Bryant St (@ 18th St)<br />False Profit underground burner party feat. Sidecar & Satori (Beats Antique), EPROM & Mimosa!<br /><a href="http://false-profit.com/2009/02/21/stimulus/" target="_blank">http://false-profit.com/2009/<wbr>02/21/stimulus/</a><br />$15<br /><br />10pm-7am:<br />Night for Day @ The Compound 1070 Van Dyke Ave (@ Griffith St)<br />all night day-like dance party on an interactive inflatable structure<br /><a href="http://nightforday.eventbrite.com/">http://nightforday.eventbrite.com/</a><br />$10-20 sliding scale RSVP only (link above)<br /><br />10pm-7am:<br />Nestle Crunk @ underground Oakland location (call 415-963-3555)<br />Strategik + Spacecowboys crunchy underground burner goodness, feat. Joe Joe & Mace!<br /><a href="http://www.strategiksf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.strategiksf.com/</a><br />$10 donation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 2/22:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Modest Mouse @ Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave (@ 19th St), Oakland<br />the quirky indie rock superstars are still slammin it<br />http://modestmousemusic.com/<br />$30<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tuesday 2/24:<br /><br />8pm:<br />Antony and the Johnsons @ Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium 1111 California St (@ Taylor St)<br />sexy smooth vocalist featured in Bjork and Hercules & Love Affair<br />http://www.myspace.com/antonyandthejohnsons<br />$32.50/$40<br /><br />9pm:<br />Deerhunter @ Mezzanine 444 Jessie St (betw/ 5th & 6th St)<br />indie pop rock<br />http://www.uptheantics.com/noisepop<br />free with RSVP link above<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wednesday 2/25:<br /><br />9pm:<br />Deerhunter @ Rickshaw Stop 155