Arts & Entertainment Final Batch of SF Live Free Concerts Announced, Includes Halloween Weekend Show at McLaren Park Yet more free outdoor concerts from the SF Live crew have been announced, and the stretch run of the series includes a Halloween weekend daytime rock show at McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lower Haight Bar The Page Gets Their Live Music Permit, Despite Neighbors’ Noise Objections The happy hour live shows at The Page will continue, as the SF Entertainment Commission granted the bar a Limited Live Performance permit on Tuesday — though a few neighbors showed up to complain that the music is too damned loud.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission District Bar Casements Can Continue Rocking Live Music on Back Patio After City Hall Gives OK Mission Street bar Casements had to get new approval for live music on their back patio, despite that they’ve had live music on that patio since 2020. They did get their City Hall approval, but now their live music has a 10 p.m. cut-off time.
Arts & Entertainment Roving Jazz Concerts Bebopping Around City In Bay Area Jazz Mobile The “guerrilla jazz” van known as the Bay Area Jazz Mobile is popping up in parks and parking lots, and giving paid gigs to local jazz musicians.
SF News SF To Allow Outdoor Entertainment Again — But Will Apparently Not Permit 'Singing' or 'Shouting' The city's live music venues have been closed for some six months now, leaving the talent that would fill them without one stream of income. But, finally, live entertainment has found its way into SF's reopening plan, per a new temporary permit program for outdoor performances called "JAM."
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Best Music Venues In San Francisco While San Francisco's music scene isn't what it once was, it's still a thriving scene for good music, so you should check out a show at one of the city's fine venues. Here
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Rock-N-Roll Carnival Tonight at Public Works in the Mission, noted local broke person Broke-Ass Stuart hosts a three-ring circus of live music, burlesque, comedy and skee-ball. Because there is not enough skee-ball in San Francisco.
misc Week Around the -Ists Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city's future as the Live Music Capital of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Comedy, Darling: Sleepover!: Mary Van Note hosts a new monthly underground talk and comedy show, where the stand-up is done in pajamas. Cute! Breaking the hymen of this monthly party is gangbang
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City Last week was a great week for live music, and we managed to see three fantastic shows. Last Friday we started off seeing Rufus Wainwright at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium. Having (somehow) never
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight It's that time of the year again for San Francisco magazine's Best of the Bay party. The annual bash features lots of eats, drinks and chances to win prizes. Be prepared to fork
misc Week Around The -Ists Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight What happens when nearly 30 local artists create works of art made entirely from reclaimed and recycled materials? Head over tonight (or sometime this month) to find out at the Market Street Gallery
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Laura Veirs Best show you've ever played and what made it great? Our last gig in Paris at La Maroquinerie in April 2007. The place was packed with 400 fans who knew all the words
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Don't let the grind get you down after the holiday weekend! Here are a few ways to keep the party going around the Bay: Thunderdome + amateur hour = guerilla theater at its finest! A
Arts & Entertainment It's Carnaval! It's Memorial Day, so it must be time for Carnaval! The two-day multicultural festival on 17th and Harrison, filled with big headdresses, drums, and tasty-smelling food! (note to self: is our car parked
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Cafe in Need is a Cafe Indeed He writes, In the past, we’ve tried comedy, live music, wine events, family nights, and various “get-something-free” promotions. ... In our perfect world, we’d find some sort of evergreen event that is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today Other events: --Bowling for Rhinos! It's like the name of some kind of ska band, but it's actually a benefit for the zoo. $25 gets you two hours of bowling and pizza at
Arts & Entertainment Must John Barleycorn Die? Hey, tomorrow's Saturday. You were going to have a few stiff ones anyway, right? May as well have them at the John Barleycorn. From 1-5 p.m. tomorrow there will be a free
Arts & Entertainment Living Legend Lets Loose At Laurel Lounge No, not the Laurel Heights familiar to San Franciscans, with its chain stores and baby strollers, but Oakland's Laurel District, home to personable purveyors of down-home cooking, musical instruments and lessons, locally-penned books,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Joe Mangrum When he’s not attempting to get every single resident of the Mission to fight him, Joe makes art (maybe you’ve been lucky enough to see some of his stuff around the
SF News Going, Going, Sold! Long-standing live music venue, The Ivy Room, in Albany is also closing "as we know it." The current ownership relinquishes the premises in two weeks. Kimberly Chun and the Guardian have the details,
Arts & Entertainment Mountain Biking: Freewheeling it Festival-Style in Fairfax It's hot. No, it's freakin' hot. So what goes well with scorching heat? If you answered bands, bikes, beer, and bitchin' trail riding, then you might want to wheel yourself out to Fairfax
Arts & Entertainment We Want Freedom From 8-11 pm hit YBCA (701 Mission at 3rd Street) for short films about the Panthers and live music from Sok the Virgo, Mr. Rath & Descry (Subkrew), DJs Pink Panzer, Paul Paul
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend, Sexxxy Film Festival Edition There are a lot of film festivals underway this weekend -- and we're going to most of them! So, stay tuned all next week for SFist reports from the trenches, but that doesn't
