No estaba muerto, estaba de parranda - July 07 - 13
A dark variety entertainment that evokes horror nostalgia including: 2 years of darwave bowling, goth nights, art shows for freaks, movies for maniacs and radical community.
For daily updates please follow me on IG: @notdead__sf
07/07
Dark Alleys: 2 Years of Darkwave Bowling
What a perfect way to celebrate after pride weekend and a fundraiser!
From $10 | 21+ | 6pm | Link
Dark Chisme: Summer of Chisme Tour 2025
With Kyd Barrett, Holy Water, 55 Castles and Post Crucifixion
$15.66 | 21+ | 7pm | Link
ivy room presents: Sucker Crush + Claire Morales + Nüxia
All ages | 7:30pm | Link
Lydia Lunch + Brontez Purnell
Street Walker/Cat Club/SF Eagle present a Night of Ecstasy on the Brink of Destruction…
$10 (Donation) | 8pm | Link
Day Four Of The Ko’s 20th Year Anniversary Celebration! : Krazy For Karaoke Every Monday Night!
Krazy For Karaoke Celebrates With The Return Of The One & Only Kj Filipino Jones!
Free | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Hubba Hubba Revue presents Monday Night Hubba
Featuring performances by: Roller skater Kendra Ferguson, Kando, Niki Six, Nikita, Lolita, Queera Nightly, Gucci Gyatt, Andy Rose. Hosted by: Juicy D. Light & Red Bettie
From $10 | 18+ | 9pm | Link
Killer Cuts: Attack the Block (2011)
Inner City vs. Outer Space
$21.98 | 9:25pm | Link
07/08
Queen of the Damned
Follows the legendary vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary American music scene
$16 | 7:30pm | Link
Day Six Of The Ko’s 20th Year Anniversary Celebration! : Teenage Jesus And The Jerks (Lydia Lunch Nyc), Ccr Headcleaner, Rip Room, Sympathy Flowers, Solo Organ
$30.65 | 21+ | 8pm | Link
Interzone SF: Little Treasure
The flawless vinyl rhythms of DJ “Little Treasure”, mod80sDisco (Oakland) return!
Come out and dance to the best of modern Darkwave and classics!
FREE (Before 11pm) | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Terror Tuesday: Slither (2006)
James Gunn's throwback creature future is an all-out assault of gory fun
$18.48 | 9:25pm | Link
07/09
Julie and the Warm Bodies
A 6-piece Bay Area based Pop, Soul, R&B and Indie band: With District 8 and Recliner
$13 | 21+ | 8pm | Link
Maggie Gently, Mommy Mommy and Dinner Date
$13.39 | 21+ | 8pm | Link
Playland: Playland Vs. Death Guild
Play/Mingle/Dance with Death Guild DJs: Bit + Decay. GoGos: Mari V + Nana. Bootblack by Izzy. Vending: Randy Toys
$10 (in Fetishwear) / ($20 in Street Clothes) | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Run It Back presents Wes Pierce
July Edition featuring Crash Course, Wes Pierce, Highground, Prinsesa, Wraith and more
Free (W/ RSVP before 11pm) | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Scary Hot (Redwood City, CA)
A goth night for the bold, the beautiful, and the barely alive:
$12 | 21+ | 10pm | Link
07/10
Best Daze: Group Gallery Exhibition
Join us for a collaborative group show featuring a variety of bay area artists with unique styles
Free w/ RSVP | All ages | 6:30pm | Link
JURASSIQ PARQ - A Musiqal Parody
Get ready for a musical parody 65 million years in the making!
From $57.33 | 21+ | 6:30pm | Link
ivy room presents: Queen Bee Records MicroFest #2
A night of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene's most adventurous and exciting bands
$17.82 | 21+ | 7:30pm | Link
Day Seven Of The Ko’s 20th Year Anniversary Celebration! : Claimed Choice, Powerhouse, Bomber, Basilica Ruin
Short Haired Rock N’ Roll From Lyon, France + Hardcore Punk From Oakland + Boot Stomping Oi! From Memphis + Rockin’ Oi! From Frisco, Brought To You By Yofc Presents
$17.85 | 21+ | 8pm | Link
Wolf Langis presents... Open Mike Eagle Ngu Tour
With Lealani, Cavalier and Rhys Langston
$20 | All ages | 8:15pm | Link
Class of 1984: Blondie vs The Psychedelic Furs
Watch, dance & sing along to all the great music from the 80's, typified by Blondie & The Psychedelic Furs, with DJ Damon from Club Gossip & New Wave City DJ Shindog at the musical and video controls
Free | 21+ | 9pm | Link
07/11
The 2025 San Francisco Art Book Fair
For a third year in a row, Minnesota Street Project Foundation is thrilled to present the San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF)
11am | Link
Collections Tour: Design and Social Justice with Sabiha Basrai
Explore a facet of Letterform Archive’s vast collection during this in-person, docent-led tour
$7.18 | 1:30pm | Link
MOViES FOR MANiACS 35mm Double Bill: Rich Kids & The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Hosted by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks of MOViES FOR MANiACS, emphasizing dismissed, underrated and forgotten films for over 23 years
$16 | 7pm | Link
Nightmare Show (Santa Rosa, CA)
A night of dark variety entertainment that evokes horror nostalgia through queer performance art
From $30 | 7:30pm | Link
Night Court, Hammerbombs, Sterile Eye
Reccess Recrod Lo-Fi, Indie, Punk, Garage, Pop!
$13.40 | 21+ | 8pm | Link
Day Eight Of The Ko’s 20th Year Anniversary Celebration! : The Mummies, Juicebumps, Buzzed Lightbeer, Wife, Dj Big Nate
Tix Available At Thrillhouse Records Sf
21+ | 8pm | Link
KNOW ID: A Night Of Uk Garage Djs
Step into festival season with a night of UK Garage, heavy basslines, and everything in between. Whether you’re deep in the scene or just checking things out, swing by and catch a vibe!
$5 | 21+ | 9pm | Link
MATTE BLVCK "Holy Wars" Tour (Berkeley, CA)
with DIE SEXUAL, DJ set by GLEN and HOLY WATER
$28.29 | 21+ | 9pm | Link
fraenkel film festival 2025: The Silence of the Lambs
A groundbreaking cinema series curated entirely by visual artists
$17.62 | 9:10pm | Link
Ross From Friends presents: BUBBLE LOVE
Ross From Friends has debuted his new musical project Bubble Love with the single ‘Believe’
From $25 | 9:30pm | Link
NIGHTSHIFT: Tribute to Nine Inch Nails
DJs Starr Noir & Owen spin extra Nine Inch Nails & all the Goth, Industrial, EBM, & Dark 80's jams that make you run to the dance floor & stay there all night!
$10 | 21+ | 9:30pm | Link
Another Planet, DJ Dials & 1015 Folsom Present: Devault
With John Liwag, whoisbblu, nitehawk
$25.05 | 21+ | 10pm | Link
Bassrush and Vital present: The Afters
Secret lineup, TBA!
From $29 | 18+ | 10:30pm | Link
07/12
San Jose Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2025
The world's largest traveling oddities event showcasing hand selected vendors, dealers, artists and small businesses with all things weird
From $11.55 | All ages | 10am | Link
Empire Seven Studios presents: Exquisite Corpse Art Show (San Jose, CA)
A playful mashup of head, torso, and legs, each painted blindly by a different hand
12pm | Link
Psyched! Market
Vintage clothing, vinyl art and radical community. Featuring local vendors, artists and makers offering everything from records and zines to handmade goods
$5 (Suggested donation) | 12pm | Link
Machinedrum
The Midway Presents: Machinedrum on The Midway's Terrace
From $27.81 | 21+ | 2pm | Link
San Francisco 2.0 presents Carmela's bday bash!
Local legends playing SF's Punk Classics: Including members of Makin Muffins, Touch Me Hooker, Class of '77, Spot 1019, Short Dogs Grow and Wilson Gil and the Willful Sinners
Free | 21+ | 2pm | Link
Summer SF Gothic Picnic
Let's have a summer goth picnic!
Free | 2pm | Link
OAKLASH’S OBSURDITIES (Oakland, CA)
An experimental cabaret of gorgeously arranged sounds, queer fearlessness, dynamic movement, and DRAG
$0 - $75 (Suggested) | 18+ | 7pm | Link
Makeroom & Friends
DJs: ppinkyring, Kilo.Wav, LBXX, D.N., Arthur Tan, A.G., Tromac, Gods and Monsters
From $6.18 | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Near Dark Danse Night w/ DJs Liquid Temple & Eisbaer
Near Dark Danse Night w/ DJs Liquid Temple & Eisbaer
$6.19 | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Bottom of the Hill Presents: Waterstrider
With Dear Banshee and Girl Swallows Nightingale
$15 | All ages | 9pm | Link
Sapphoria: The BFF.FM Dj Edition!
The sexiest sapphic party in SF is back at El Rio! We’ve got the babes from @bffdotfm in the building and it’s going to be a DELICIOUS night
$5 | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Global P w/ DJs Baysik and Guapi
The sexiest DJ night in San Francisco!
Free | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Club Gossip: Duran Mode Night
Duran Duran vs Depeche Mode: Dance and sing a long to all the totally awesome music and classic videos of the punk, post-punk, goth and new wave era
From $9.85 | 21+ | 9pm | Link
Now That's What I Call Italo-Disco Vol.15
A local Bay-Area party created by DJ PlayStation out of his love for Italo-Disco; a playful side of the 80's
$14.52 (Before 11pm) | Age | 9pm | Link
Pisces Music presents Secret Psychedelica: Cancer
Secret Psychedelica presents its annual Cancer psytrance show
From $19 | 18+ | 9pm | Link
Universal Grammar presents FUNK FREAKS (San Jose, CA)
Universal Grammar presents The OFFICIAL EMPIRE SEVEN ART SHOW AFTER PARTY: DJ sets by special guests
From $23.18 | 21+ | 9pm | Link
DANG! - A Soulful Electronic Dance Night
Welcome to DANG! A soulful electronic dance night: Just good energy, vibes and music
From $20.24 | 21+| 9:30pm | Link
REPARATIONS: 2000's Throwback!
Its time to go back when P!nk was the only Black Pink you knew!
From $12.28 | 21+ | 9:30pm | Link
Day Nine Of The Ko’s 20th Year Anniversary Celebration! : The Chulita Vinyl Club Dance Party
Funk, Souldies, Hip Hop, Cumbia, Rap, Reggaeton, Freestyle, Y Más
$5 | 21+ | 10pm | Link
DAD SF ft. Jellyfish (PGH)
We DO think you're ready for this Jelly... for this Fish... Steph and Ricky from Pittsburgh's Jellyfish are back to make waves at DAD!
From $12.51 | 21+ | 10pm | Link
07/13
Bassrush x Vital present THE AFTERS
Bassrush x Vital present THE AFTERS with special guests ALL NIGHT
From $35.84 | 18+ | 1am | Link
R&B and RIBS - El Rio
A Day Party with Good Food and Dope DJs: W / Spydatek (Las Vegas), Marcus Lee (Bay Area), KB (Philly), CC Elise (Las Vegas), Ross Hogg (SF)
Free (With RSVP) | 21+ | 2pm | Link
Day Ten Of The Ko’s 20th Year Anniversary Celebration : Sunday Rock N’ Roll Matinee Show : Very Paranoia, Gravedodger, Crystal Logic
Sizzling, Short, Sharp, Jolts Of Electrified Rock N’ Roll All Afternoon!
$10 | 21+ | 6pm | Link
King of Drag Viewing Party
King of Drag is streamling live at Oasis!
Free | 21+ | 6pm | Link
NOT.GREENDAY - the world’s most dangerous tribute to the band we are NOT
With Tess & The Details and Lost Puppy Forever
$15 | All ages | 7pm | Link
V is for Vows
Cheers to the happy couple, or throuple, or throng! Guido and Polly are really truly getting married-- that's for real!
Donation | 21+ | 7pm | Link
The Glow - 10 Year Anniversary Tour Gold Celeste , Vinyl Williams
Gold Celeste is steeped in inspiration, drawing from the relentless energy of the ’60s, the sweet soul of the ’70s, the contrarians of ’80s indie and hip-hop, and the lo-fi, shoegaze, and dream pop of the ’90s
$36.91 | 8pm | Link
Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Frankie and the Studs, Build a Rocket and Fast Friends
$24.72 | 21+ | 8pm | Link
TULPA: Monthly Goth Dance Club (Santa Rosa, CA)
Celebrating 1 year anniversary, revisiting the very first set list, first visuals and honoring the first friends of Tulpa!
$15 | 21+ | 8pm | Link
Day Ten Of The Ko’s 20th Year Anniversary Celebration : Reggae Sunday Presents The ‘champion Sunday’ Reggae Dancehall Party
Spinning Dancehall, Reggae, Dub And More On Vinyl
Free | 21+ | 9pm | Link
For daily updates please follow me on IG: @notdead__sf
As always, please make sure to check with the organizer of the event directly for the most updated information (ticket pages, social media posts etc), as details can change at the last minute!
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