LovEvolution, née LoveFest, has found a new home after the city grew weary of the thumping bass and rolling crowds of brightly colored teensters descending on Civic Center every year. Growing concerns about the free event's surging popularity and recent cases of nightlife-adjacent violence made city officials standoffish about these sorts of things and last year's event was canceled after a dispute about the location. more ›

Do you like this (warning: autoplay) kind of music? Do you like crowds? Do you love the fun yet oddly titled SF LovEvolution/LoveFest, the annual rave-ish parade cum dance party? Well then, listen up: The SF LovEvolution/LoveFest lost the right to use Civic Center this year for their annual end-of-summer bash, and now they're looking for a new venue. the party's promoters write: more ›

Speaking of fuzzy hats... It's been dubbed LovEvolution this year, but it's all the same shit. Nostalgia for 90s-rave-era fashion, combined with deep house beats and nostalgia for 60s-era peace, love and body paint -- all reveled in by teenagers who are too young to remember either. Well, them and at least A DOZEN fully naked, middle-aged men who looked like they just wandered out of the dungeon they've been in since Folsom Street Fair just to get their picture taken with some kids. Seriously, guys -- half of these girls and boys are, like, twelve! Put some clothes on! We couldn't even stomach taking pics of the nudists, but here's some general sense of the day-drinking, dancing, and drugging that paraded up Market Street toward the afternoon rave at Civic Center. more ›