Dirtybird in the Park
The Dirtybird crew is a San Francisco institution. They started throwing parties in the park back in the day to bring their friends together for good times and good music. It is a testimony to their love for the dance community that they continue to throw these free events despite having reached global fame and success. J.Phlip, Worthy, Justin Martin, Christian Martin, and Claude Vonstroke will keep McLaren Park bumping from 12pm-6pm. The altruism intrinsic in throwing a no cover, all ages party combined with the Dirtybird penchant for sexy, jacked up beats ensures a sweet vibe throughout the grounds. Be sure to appreciate their commitment to keeping this party alive by respecting the GG Park rules. Please use the port a-potties provided, pick up your trash, be discrete with you alcohol, and be aware that smoking is prohibited in the park. This is your conscientious opportunity to support the continuation of these epic summer jams! Thanks Dirtybird, for the music and the memories. Date: Sat 8/23, Time: 12pm-6pm, Place: McLaren Park, Cover: no cover (CG)

Prepare for the Playa
The Burn is almost upon us!...Are you prepared? Come find everything you need and then some at Prepare for the Playa's party series. This weekend's two day event will feature over 60 Burner businesses and designers with tons of playa-specific products and services. Nowhere else in the world can you get access to a bigger and better collection of Burning Man gear, attire, and more. There will be fashion shows at 2pm & 5pm, along with Playa-U clinics and demonstrations going on throughout the day. Get your gear, get inspired, and get excited for Burning Man's 2009 Evolution! Date: Fri 8/22 & Sat 8/23, Time: 12-8pm, Place: Sports Basement (1590 Bryant), Cover: no cover, More Info (EB)

Stern Grove Season Finale
Last chance this year to get out there and enjoy the 72-years-long-and-counting San Francisco summer tradition that is the Stern Grove Festival! Today's season finale features the renowned San Francisco Opera Orchestra with tenor Marco Berti. The afternoon will focus on great Italian opera including selections from Un Ballo in Maschera, Cavalleria Rusticana, Tosca, Turandot, La Wally, Adrianna Lecouvreur, and more. Berti is one of the opera world's greatest tenors for the the dramatic Italian reperatoire, so even those of us not so very versed in classic Italian opera should be more than impressed by the talent onstage. Pack your picnic baskets, bring a blanket, and enjoy a delightful San Francisco Sunday afternoon! Date: Sun 8/23, Time: 2pm, Place: Sigmund Stern Grove (19th Ave & Sloat), Cover: no cover, More Info (JE)

SF Street Food Fest
Most of us couldn't live without music, but none of us can live without food! La Cocina is closing down the street and opening it up to foodies for a one-day feeding frenzy. Micro-entrepreneurs are teaming up with some of SF's top chefs to create tasty street food treats with all dishes costing $8 or less. Along with street food inspired cocktails from the beer & spirit garden there will also be musicians, fun for the kids, and a street food photo contest. For ease and savings they are offering cute Street Food Fest passports that you can use for a group or all for your hungry self. Date: Sat 8/22, Time: 11am-7pm, Place: Folsom St between 25th & 26th, Cover: no cover, passports $20-150, More Info (EB)
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Know Your DJ
Carla Gardner sat down last week with Alland Byallo to get his outlook on techno and catch up on his latest work. Read interview here! |
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Flyer
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Our flyer of the week is for Saturdays this Sat @ Temple
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Link Of The Week
Time to Evolve Trailer - A preview of the new post-apocalyptic short film by sketch group Magic Hugs. If you like it you can watch the whole thing for free on the Internet. Yes, that Internet. here
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Event: Tuesday Night Nitro
Venue: Poleng Lounge
DJs: Big Sexy Ozone, Razor Ron
Music: rap, hip-hop
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On the first and third Fridays of the month, Poleng Lounge opens its doors to the neighborhood with a no cover party for the 18+ crowd. DJs Big Sexy Ozone and Razor Ron will spin strictly rap jams all night long from 10pm to 2am. Stop in early to grab some grub and catch Raw Comedy Night (also no cover) hosted by Tony Sparks, one of the godfathers of San Francisco comedy. (EB)
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Event: Black Pancakes
Venue: The Triple Crown
DJs: Solar, M3, Omar
Music: house, disco, electro, rock, soul
Cover: no cover |
Remember vinyl? Those funny black flat looking things that music used to come from? The days of records have so quickly segued into CDs and digital DJing that vinyl seems on its way to becoming obsolete in the DJ domain. Not so tonight, as Solar, M3 and Omar rock the Triple Crown with an all-vinyl alliance of house, disco, electro, rock and soul like it's never gone out of style. Come and get some tasty black pancakes! (JE) |
Event: Qoöl
Venue: 111 Minna
DJs: DF Tram, Gil, Tyler Reed, Nick Williams, Mossmoss, Scott Carrelli
Music: progressive, house
Cover: no cover b4 6pm, $5 after |
It's the middle of the week and you just got off work. You really want to party and blow off some steam, but you don't want to stay out too late. Sound familiar? Well you're in luck, because 111 Minna has just the cure for your midweek itch to party. Qoöl turns Wednesday happy hour into a raging Saturday night out, so you can get freaky on the dancefloor and still get to bed at a reasonable hour. (EB)
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Event: Dresscode
Venue: Harry Denton's Starlight Room
DJs: Tim Green, Nikita, Bells & Whistles
Music: techno
Cover: $5 b4 11pm, $10 after |
Dresscode is the hottest new techno monthly to hit San Francisco. A swift departure from the gritty, dark parties we know and love, Dresscode whisks you 21 floors up to an elegant dancefloor with a breathtaking city view. Consume your techno in good company with top notch talent Tim Green, celebrated by the likes of Richie Hawtin and M.A.N.D.Y., plus local favorite Nikita. (CG) |
Event: Familia
Venue: WISH
DJs: DJ 4am, Rebecca Watkins
Music: feel good jams
Cover: no cover |
This Thursday at WISH Rebecca Watkins and DJ 4am are bringing the feel good jams to San Francisco's music-loving family. Watkins, best known for her "Get Underground" parties, and 4am, who is also a full time memeber of the band Black Fiction, will be playing hot new re-edits, feel good funk, a little new wave, Italo disco, quality house, and whatever else gets the crowd jammin'. (EB)
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Event: Kraddy
Date: Fri, Aug 21st
Venue: Mighty
DJs: Kraddy, Ana Sia, Mozaic
Music: electronic, hip-hop, techno, glitch
Cover: $5 b4 11pm, $10 after
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Tonight's showcase of the West Coast future sound movement features former Glitch Mob member Kraddy, with support from close friends Ana Sia and Mozaic. Kraddy's music implicates cybernetic breaks with asymmetrical dub delays and hip-hop grooves with dark ethereal melodies. At times technical and frenetic, and at other times moody and etheresque, his sound weaves deep bass and crunky atomic frequencies which will resonate deep within your soul! (JE)
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Event: Back2Back
Venue: The Triple Crown
DJs: Garth, Jeno
Music: disco, funk, house, underground loft classics, dance floor oddities
Cover: $tba |
Step into the the vault with your hosts Jeno and Garth for another action packed session of Back2Back! This isn't your average club event, this is a night filled with disco, funk, Italo and plenty of dance floor rarities to keep you booty busy. They will be tag teaming on the wheels of steel and dropping tracks so esoteric even the biggest vinyl junkies will be left puzzled. Be sure not to miss the monthly party of pure dance floor gold. (WF)
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Event: Derrick Carter
Venue: Temple
DJs: Derrick Carter, Rouzbah, Punch Junkie, Gilles & Yiene, Ace & Gunz, High Spies, Tone
Music: Chicago house
Cover: $20 |
Your ears are about to explode into fireworks because the legendary Derrick Carter will be banging that box all night long. Carter has been a pinnacle in the Chicago underground dance scene since the early ninties. He has and still does play in every corner of the globe and if you like your house to jack DC is the man. This night will be so dope you won't even know. You're gonna be all like, "Whoa." (WF)
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Event: Pokerflat Recordings 10 Year Anniversary Showcase
Venue: Mezzanine
DJs: Steve Bug, John Tejada, BER, Sammy D, Limacon, Solar, Bells and Whistles
Music: house, minimal, techno, deep-house
Cover: $15 presale |
For an electronic dance lable to reach their 10 year anniversary in 2009 is truly something to celebrate. Tonight, Listed Productions brings Berlin-based label head Steve Bug to fill Mezzanine with his illustrious deep-house beats, along with the equally prolific John Tejada, whose sound melds melodic landscapes around intricate tech-house, joining him in the main room. All bets are off tonight, so slap on your best poker face and we'll see you at the party! (JE) |
Event: The Freakshow
Venue: Project One (251 Rhode Island St)
DJs: DJ Infinitee, Floorcraft, Jonboy, Kyle Murphy, Ben Broke
Music: house, breaks, electro
Cover: $5 |
The Freakshow, one of the hottest new internet radio shows is bringing in the heavy hitters for a lineup guaranteed to put some thump into your Friday night with DJ Infinitee, Floorcraft, Jonboy and others. If you haven't been to Project One, then it's time you checked out this showroom warehouse finished with warm local natural woods, comfy banquettes and a wicked sound system along with an art gallery. (FR) |
Event: Toke
Venue: Amsterdam (937 Geary @ Larkin)
DJs: Dawn of Sound, Moody Eva, Kapt'n Kirk, Sneak-E Pete
Music: house, breaks, hip-hop, dubstep
Cover: $5 |
Every third Friday at one of SF's newest venues, resident DJs will be brewing up a storm of smokin' beats. This month is a record release party celebrating Moody Eva's new album "Finishing School," which comes out on Sleevin Records and will be available for download on Addictech this Friday. Come join the festivities at Amsterdam with special guest DJs Kapt'n Kirk from Space Cowboys and Sneak-E Pete from Blunted Funk. (EB)
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Event: Cheap & Deep
Venue: Mars Bar
DJs: Jeno, M3, Ace & Gunz
Music: deep house, tech house
Cover: no cover b4 10pm, $5 b4 11pm |
Cheap & Deep is back! Mars Bar has another kiiler prepared for a cheap Saturday night out that doesn't put a deep dent in your wallet. Ace & Gunz from Bassyx will headline with deep house grooves, plus M3 from Green Gorilla and Jeno from Back2Back will support the vibe with their own deep tech house flavors. Swing by early for no cover entry and put that money toward a better use at the bar. (EB)
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Event: Data
Venue: Mezzanine
DJs: Data, Eli Glad, Alexander Fredrick, Sick Face, Sleazemore
Music: electro, disco
Cover: $10 advance |
If Daft Punk showed you the light, and Justice gets you there, it is definitely time to check out a French electro disco DJ set from Data. These guys are doing one U.S. stop in SF during an impressive world tour so don't miss out on the latest and greatest in this futuristic funky sound. (CG) |
Event: Go BANG! Atomic Dancefloor Disco Action!
Venue: Deco Lounge (510 Larkin @ Turk)
DJs: Tamara Palmer, Sergio, Stanley, Nicky B, Flight
Music: disco, 80s, boogie-funk
Cover: $5 |
San Francisco's disco scene is diverse and thriving, but if you want to take your disco dancing to the next level then go to Deco Lounge tonight for a disco explosion sure to make your night Go BANG! They start the party with fire and end it with fire so be sure to bring shoes that let you dance from opening to last call. Wear your flashiest, trashiest, classiest, sexiest, craziest style, bring an open mind, and come get sweaty on the dancefloor! (EB)
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Event: Lights Down Low
Venue: Triple Crown
DJs: Acid Girls, Miss Toats, Sleazemore, Pance Party
Music: electro, tech-house, indie, balaeric, post rave
Cover: $10 |
Lights Down Low is back this Month featuring Acid Girls from LA which is on fire right now having just released "Wake Up" on Kitsune and "The Numbers Song" on IHeartComix. They also have the beautiful Miss Toats up from San Diego, up and coming local SF producers Pance Party, plus the antics of resident Sleazemore. This event is sure to give you a dancefloor workout. (FR) |
Event: Stacey Pullen
Venue: Mighty
DJs: Stacey Pullen, Fluid, Rooz, Michael Anthony, Bo, Johnny Collective, Dimitri Playdoughboy, ThuyVu, Ken Minn, Mark Slee
Music: Detroit techno, house, tech-house
Cover: $10-20 |
Detroit techno legend Stacey Pullen is flexing his deck skills tonight at Mighty. As part of Detroit's second wave of techno, following Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, he is known for his warmer approach to the genre with more jazzocentric grooves, African beats and ambient flavor. He frequents the European dance circuit, however, tonight he is here to grace our ears with his beautiful music. (WF) |
Event: The Launch
Venue: Cirque Lounge (1015 Folsom)
DJs: Frankie Jr, Little B, Rob Bishop, BB Hayes, Ghost
Music: electro, funky house
Cover: $tba |
1015 recently remodeled their basement room to make it even more beautiful than it was before and renamed it the Cirque Lounge. To help christen their new look, RiseSF is kicking off The Launch party to take things back to the basics. Tonight is about great house music and the freedom to be who you want to be on the dancefloor. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter where you come from. In this house, we are all free! (EB)
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Event: Bionic SF
Venue: The Triple Crown
DJs: Alland Byallo, Worthy, Mossmoss, Marc Smith (live), Nikola Baytala
Music: tech, house
Cover: $5 b4 11pm |
Tonight, Alland Byallo celebrates the release of his debut album amongst his many talented and supportive friends. Alland has contributed so much great music to the techno community as a resident at [KONTROL] parties and releasing tracks for labels including his own Nightlight Recordings. Come congratulate him for following his musical integrity and taking his passion to the next level. (CG) |
Event: Dub Mission
Venue: Elbo Room
DJs: Rob Symeonn, Mikey Assassin, DJ Sep, Ludichris
Music: dub, dubstep, reggae, dancehall, roots
Cover: $7 presale, $10 door |
Dub Mission, SF's longest running weekly and dub music party, presents an exclusive show this week with special guests returning from Brooklyn, Rob Symeonn on the mic and Mikey Assassin on the turntables. Rob will be performing a brand new set of original, modern roots classics, dub sound system style, as veteran DJ/Producer Mikey gives support from behind the decks. As always, Dub Mission residents DJ Sep and Ludichris will be laying down the beats to get the early crowd groovin'. Presale tickets here! (EB)
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Event: What's The Werd? 2 Year Anniversary
Venue: Otis
DJs: Clint Stewart, Jake Patrick, Nick Williams, Brandon Wade, Gomez
Music: deep minimal, tech house
Cover: $5 |
Werd celebrates two years running at Otis tonight with local talent Clint Stewart from Auralism and Avalon Hollywood resident Jake Patrick. Nick Williams and Brandon Wade have come a long way since they started Werd two years ago, so let's celebrate! (CG) |
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