Events

thursday, december 20

12/20/2018

THE GIBBSMO HOLIDAY CRAPTACULAR!
Featuring:
MARC and the CASUALS! The BARNEYS! The GONKS featuring SONNY SMITH! BRAD BROOKS! The BUSHRODS! ISAIAH MITCHELL! DOUG HILSINGER and CAROLEEN! LYDIA WALKER! JASON MORGAN! PHIL CRUMAR! SO HIGH and the UPPERS! CHRIS GUTHRIDGE and NOELLE FIORE! ERIC MOFFAT, TOM HEYMAN and DEIRDRE! SPIKE SLAWSON! BLAG DALIA! PAULA FRAZER and MORE!

FOOD DRIVE to BENEFIT The SF FOOD BANK...
$25 and a NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM
DOORS 7PM SHOW 8PM

The 2018 GIBBSMO Holiday Craptacular . Tickets are selling fast:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3920851

wednesday, december 19

12/19/2018

CALYPSO BACCHANAL
1950s & '60s Trinidad at 45rpm
DJs Adam + Zeke ~ FREE!
6:00pm - 10:00pm

Calypsography.com &
Wake the Town Radio present:
"Calypso Bacchanal"
Mento and Calypso sounds from the 1950s & '60s on original 45 rpm.
Resident selectors:
The Mighty Zeke
(Bangarang Crash)
Adam (Wake the Town / Festival '68 / KPOO Radio)

FRiGO-iNTERNATiONAL DiSCOTHEQUE ~ EURO-WAVE SPECIAL EDITION!
Cumbia, Thai Funk, Samba, Afro-Beat, Salsa, Rai, Electro-Reggae, Afro-Funk, Asian-Psych, Rocksteady, Italo-Disco, Deutsche-Wave & MORE! ~ DJ 2shy-shy & DJ melt w/U ~ FREE! ~10pm - 2am

FRiGO-iNTERNATiONAL DiSCOTHEQUE: A very special FRiGO this month: 80s Dance Music from around the globe!

New Wave hits from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Spain.

Chagrin d'amour, Nena, Propaganda, Falco, Magazine 60, Alphaville, Les Rita Mitsouko, Telex, Trio, Peter Schilling, Yello, Azul y Negro, Cetu Javu, CCCP, Camouflage, Ideal, Zodiac, Elli et Jacno, PLASTIC BERTRAND + many more!

Plus: Cumbia, Thai Funk, Samba, Afro-Beat, Salsa, Rai, Electro-Reggae, Afro-Funk, Asian-Psych, Rocksteady, Italo-Disco, Deutsche-Wave & MORE!

DJ 2shy-shy & DJ melt w/U ~
FREE! 9:30pm - 2:00am

tuesday, december 18

12/18/2018

DJ Paisley Happy Hours! -
rock n roll, 60s psych, surf,
70s funk and punk, new wave, disco... ~
FREE ~ 6:00pm - 10:00pm

2 MEN will MOVE you! special edition ~ Tuesday Night Dance Party ~ DJ Primo + DJ Jordan ~ FREE ~ 10pm - 2am

I am beyond excited to announce that we will be doing a special one-off 🖤2 “MEN” WiLL MoVE YoU♠️ dance music party at Make-Out Room 🔜 this coming Tuesday!!! 👁🐯this was one of my favorite parties ever ! and Jordan Heyser my DJ partner introduced me to so much insane music I’ve never been the same since. It will be This Tuesday from 10-2 at Make Out Room on 22nd & Mission and IT WILL BE FREE! I’ve used Sarah & Leah’s pictures here because they have both been inspiring to me musically and in life #2mwmy #acidhouse #rolanddrums #italodisco #sanfrancisconightlife #raving #divebars @ Make-Out Room

monday, december 17

12/17/2018

SAD BASTARDS CLUB ~ 5th annual SF Tenants Union Fundraiser ~ songwriter round-robin w/ Peter Case, Roy Loney, Maurice Tani & Chris von Sneidern! ~ $10 and up - sliding scale ~ 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Its that time of year again...time for the 5th Annual Sad Bastard Club benefit for the SF Tenants Union. The Tenants Union is vital resource for the folks who pay rent in San Francisco. They are an all volunteer organization that helps tenants stay in their homes, as "market forces" try and get them out. Come on down and help us raise some money for them. We have a great line-up this year with Peter Case, Roy Loney, Maurice Tani, and Chris von Sneidern. There is a real "6 degrees of separation" going on with all of these folks, that connects the classic pre-Summer of Love SF to the present. I will connect the dots for you on the night of the show!!

WHISKEY RIVER ~ Booze-fueled, hard-livin', heart-breakin', foot-stompin', pot-smokin',
VINTAGE COUNTRY! ~ w/ DJs Brian Pritchard & Pretty Ricky ~ FREE! ~ 10:00pm - 2:00am

sunday, december 16

12/16/2018

Two Car Funeral (Stephen Yerkey) + Moonshine Maybelline + Macerator ~ $10 ~ 7:00pm - 10:30pm

saturday, december 15

12/15/2018

CRUMMY SOUNDS from HECK
dX (the funky grandpa) spins a set rock & roll, punk, post punk & garage ~ FREE ~ 6:00pm - 10:00pm

El SUPERRITMO! ~

DJ El Kool Kyle y DJ Roger Más ~
Cumbia, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton,
Salsa Buena y mas! ~

$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~ 10:00pm - 2:00am

friday, december 14

12/13/2018

COOL AS FUCK! Second Friday Happy Hour w/ DJs Kevin, Liam, & Raul ~ guitar-based indie pop gems that sparkle & shine, loudly rip & gently roar ~ FREE! 6:00pm - 10:00pm

COOL AS FUCK! Happy Hour
New and Classic Indie, Shoegaze, Britpop,
Rock and Roll

with your hosts
Liam, Raul and Kevin

Second Fridays 6-10pm
At the Make Out Room
3225 22nd St. SF

Arrive before 10pm to get in to LAST NITE -
A 2000s Dance Party with NO COVER!.

LAST NITE | 2000s Indie Dance Party w/ DJs Jamie Jams & Rocky ~ $10 door, $5 adv. ~
Tickets: www.lastnite00s.com 10:00pm - 2:00am

For more info:
http://www.lastnite00s.com/

DJs Jamie Jams and Rocky bring you all the hits from a time when punks suddenly remembered how to dance.

It's like we ate Pitchfork, stole your iPod and then rode off on your track bike.

$10, $5 adv.
http://ticketf.ly/2Duko9a

Be our friend!
http://www.facebook.com/lastnite00s

"Well, folks, the snake has officially reached its tail. The crew behind the '90s-themed Debaser party has gotten together to create "Last Nite," a brand new event that, much like its parent, is dedicated to reviving a specific moment in time. In this case, it's all about that brief period in the early-'00s when garage rock, dance punk, and electroclash all emerged and combined to form the soundtrack to the-then nascent hipster lifestyle. Resident DJs Jamie Jams and EmDee will be on hand to take you back to the days when "deck" was almost an adjective." - Derek Opperman, SF Weekly

"Oh gawd it's here: let the retro-00s (retr00s?) commence! Jamie Jams and Emdee, the fiendish minds behind seminal '90s revival party Debaser, kick it into the Interpol-Shins-Strokes-White Stripes era and take you slightly back to "a time when punks suddenly remembered how to dance" — you could still hear guitars on the radio." - Marke B., SF Bay Guardian

thursday, december 13

12/13/2018

DUB RIOT! ~ 70s Dub Reggae & Beyond! ~ w/ Thee Vexed One & DJ Dartajax ~ FREE! 6:00pm - 10:00pm

FESTIVAL '68 ~ Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska ~ Resident selector Adam & guests. NO COVER! 10:00pm

Wake the Town Radio presents:

"Festival '68"

Very special guest selectors:

TUFF (Suavecito Souldies/Oakland) +

SURESHOT (Wreck it Up/Oakland) +

Your host & resident selector:

Adam (Wake the Town / KPOO Radio)

wednesday, december 12

12/12/2018

Elvis Presley Tribute marking 50th Anniversary of the '68 Comeback Special!
San Francisco Elvis All Stars – live band performing Elvis Presley songs,
w/ Hank Maninger, Mitch Polzak, Les James,
& guest vocalists Jello Biafra, Ben Fong Torres, Steve Yerkey, Elvis Herselvis (Leigh Crow)!
$10, doors at 7:30pm ~
7:30pm - 2:00am

tuesday, december 11

12/11/2018

BACK STROKIN'! ~ Happy Hour w/ DJ melt w/U ~ funk, soul, disco, wave, int'l ~ FREE ~ 7 - 10pm

SLOW JAMS ~ Deep & Sweet 60s Soul & Stuff ~ DJ Paul Costuros w/ dX the funky grandpa ~ FREE! ~ 9:30pm - 2:00am

Monday, december 10

12/10/2018

King Kobra: Afro-funk, soul, funk, disco, and international grooves w/ DJ Abel Oleson and guests ~ FREE ~ 6:00pm - 9:00pm

KARAOKE MAKEOUT with your host Levi Booth! (Featuring KJ Paul Karaoke) bringing THOUSANDS of songs from KJ Paul’s library, plus fog/lighting effects to YOU! ~ FREE ~ 9:00pm - 2:00am

Sunday, december 9

12/9/2018

Fang Blennies +
Name the Band (Brazil) +
Death by Fireworks (Single Release Show)
~$10 ~ 7:00pm - 10:30pm

Fang Blennies Featuring Dan MarKen
https://www.facebook.com/nametheband/

Saturday, december 8

12/8/2018

Shawn Wen is a writer, radio producer, and multimedia artist. Her writing has appeared in n+1, The New Inquiry, Seneca Review, Iowa Review, White Revie. Her radio work has broadcast on This American Life, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Marketplace, and she is currently a producer at Youth Radio. Wen was born in Beijing, raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA, and currently resides in San Francisco.

Alan Chazaro is a high school teacher at the Oakland School for the Arts. His first poetry collection, This Is Not a Frank Ocean Cover Album, was winner of the 2018 Black River Chapbook Competition and his second, Piñata Theory, was awarded the 2018 Hudson Prize. They are both forthcoming with Black Lawrence Press.

May-lee Chai is the author of ten books of fiction, nonfiction, and translation, including her latest short story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, published this past month by Blair. She teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at San Francisco State University. Her writing has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, Bakwin Award for Writing by a Woman, Jack Dyer Fiction Prize, Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and named a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book.

About Writers With Drinks:

Writers With Drinks has won numerous "Best ofs" from local newspapers, and has been mentioned in 7x7, Spin Magazine and one of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels. The spoken word "variety show" mixes genres to raise money for local causes. The award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction, erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a freewheeling format. Hosted by author Charlie Jane Anders.

Writers With Drinks will get you ready for the holidays, with an evening of powerful poetry, intense speculative fiction, mind-expanding essays, and stories of immigrants making their way in a strange new world.

When:
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 6:30 PM
Who:
Shawn Wen, May-Lee Chai, Alan Chazaro, Jennifer S. Cheng, Jaymee Goh, Bryan Thao Worra
How much:
$5 to $20, all proceeds benefit the Center for Sex & Culture

Jennifer S. Cheng’s work includes poetry, lyric essay, and image-text forms. She is the author of MOON: LETTERS, MAPS, POEMS, selected by Bhanu Kapil for the Tarpaulin Sky Book Award; HOUSE A, selected by Claudia Rankine for the Omnidawn Poetry Book Prize; and INVOCATION: AN ESSAY, an image-text chapbook published by New Michigan Press. She has received fellowships and awards from Brown University, the University of Iowa, San Francisco State University, the U.S. Fulbright program, Kundiman, Bread Loaf, and the Academy of American Poets. Having grown up in Texas and Hong Kong, she lives in San Francisco.

Jaymee Goh is a writer, poet, critic, reviewer, and editor of science fiction and fantasy from Malaysia. She graduated from the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Workshop in 2016, and holds a PhD from the University of California, Riverside where she wrote an angry little dissertation on whiteness in steampunk. She has been published in places like Strange Horizons, Lightspeed Magazine, and Science Fiction Studies. She co-edited The Sea is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia (Rosarium Publishing), and edited The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 11: Trials By Whiteness (Aqueduct Press).

Bryan Thao Worra was born in 1973 in Vientiane, Laos during the Lao civil war. He came to the US at six months old, adopted by a civilian pilot flying in Laos. In 2003, he reunited with his biological family after 30 years during his first return to Laos. An award-winning writer, his work appears in numerous international anthologies, magazines and newspapers, including Innsmouth Free Press, Kartika Review, Outsiders Within, Bamboo Among the Oaks, Tales of the Unanticipated, Astropoetica, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Whistling Shade, Journal of the Asian American Renaissance, and Asian American Press. In 2009 he became the first Laotian American to receive an NEA Fellowship In Literature. In 2012 he was a Cultural Olympian during the Summer Olympics in London representing Laos. He is the author of the books On the Other Side of the Eye, BARROW, Tanon Sai Jai and Winter Ink. Thao Worra curated numerous readings and exhibits of Lao and Hmong American art including Legacies of War: Refugee Nation Twin Cities (2010), Emerging Voices (2002), The 5 Senses Show (2002), Lao’d and Clear (2003), Giant Lizard Theater (2005), Re: Generations (2005), and The Un-Named Series (2007).

El SUPERRITMO! ~
DJ El Kool Kyle y DJ Roger Más ~
Cumbia, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Salsa Buena y mas! ~
$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~
10:00pm - 2:00am

friday, december 7

12/7/2018

"ABOUT LAST NIGHT: A One Night Stand Story Telling Series" ~ real people sharing real stories about horrifying one night stands, awkward hookups, & regrettable romps ~ $10 ~ 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm showtime! ~ 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Join us for our LAST About Last Night of 2018! We've got an amazing lineup of storytellers eagerly awaiting to fill your innocent ears with tales of their most embarrassing one night stands. EARLY Early bird tickets have sold out and the rest are going quick. Get em before they're gone!

BOOM! Shak-a-lak-a ~
funk, soul, disco, wave, synth-pop, hip-hop, groove, international ~
DJ 2shy-shy & DJ melt w/U ~
$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~
10:00pm - 2:00am

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