Events

monday, august 20

8/20/2018

SAD BASTARDS CLUB ~ songwriter round-robin w/ host Tom Heyman! ~
Michael Fracasso + Bob Reed + Joe Rut + Sara Rose Corrigan ~ FREE! ~ 7:30pm - 10:00pm

The August Sad Bastard Club is so action packed that I cannot even fit all of the artists into the title.
I am super excited that the great Texas singer/songwriter Michael Fracasso will be performing. You can read about Michael here...http://www.michaelfracasso.com. He has been a Sad Bastard before, and you owe it to yourself to check him out. One of my favorite singers, Bob Reed is an old friend, and Bay Area legend from his band Overwhelming Colorfast to his current Rock Steady juggernaut The Titan Ups, and I cannot actually believe it has taken this long to get him out on a Monday night. The itinerant Joe Rut, hot off of a headlining spot at The Freight and Salvage is also a first time Sad Bastard, and the line up is rounded out with the enigmatic Sara Rose Corrigan. We are going to get started a little earlier on this one, so get there on time, so you don't miss anything. The show is FREE. See you there.

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

sunday, august 19

8/19/2018

MAYYA (Solo Record Release) + BROMF ~ $8 ~ 7:00pm - 10:00pm

come on out n celebrate the release of Mayya's new solo album "Magic Happens" it will be a unique one time only performance with special elements ~
https://mayya.bandcamp.com/album/magic-happens

opening the show is enigmatic superstar BROMF - an exciting experience you won't want to miss!
https://bromf-sf.bandcamp.com/album/harryhausen

Saturday, august 18

8/18/2018

Cocktails + Yea-ming and the Rumors + Sob Stories ~ $9 ~ 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Another night of classy POP ROCK'N'ROLL at MAKE-OUT ROOM!!

FEATURING:
Cocktails
Yea-Ming and The Rumours
Sob Stories

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, august 17

8/17/2018

ROCK N' ROLL WORKSHOP ~ Friday Night Dance Party! w/ DJs Galine MoDemoiselle, Jodie Artichoke & Special Guest! ~ FREE ~ 6:00pm - 10:00pm

LOOSE JOINTS! ~ Soul, Disco, Afrobeat, Hip-Hop, more! ~ w/ DJs Damon Bell, & Tom Thump ~
$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~ 10:00pm - 2:00am

Thursday, august 16

8/16/2018

DJ PAISLEY HAPPY HOURS! Rock, surf, '60s psych, '70s funk and punk, new wave and much more! FREE ~ 6:00pm - 10:00pm

* ALCATRAZ SOUL CLUB * Soul, Funk & R&B at 45 rpm ~ a rotating cast of soul & funk DJs *
Third Thursdays * NO COVER * Dancing Satisfaction Guaranteed! * 10:00pm - 2:00am

Where you will enjoy the finest 45 selections in:

+ RAZOR-SHARP SOUL + RAW FUNK + GRITTY R&B + CROSSOVER + MODERN SOUL + LATIN GROOVES

On deck this month:

+ DONNA HUGUES (Belgium/UK)
+ SCOTT BULLEIT (TNT/Soulvation, Oakland)
+ MICHAEL SARETSKY (ASC, SF)

Needle drops at 10:00, stayin' rowdy til' 2:00.

Alcatraz Soul Club is a collective of the Bay Area's rare soul and funk DJs focused on quality, sophistication and thinking outside the box. The tunes will be killer - feet will move - booties will shake. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!
SEE YOU ON THE DANCEFLOOR!

wednesday, august 15

8/15/2018

Happy Hour with DJ K.C.- Rock n Roll, Classic Jamaican, Country Songs For Sailing ~ FREE! ~
6 - 9:30pm

FRiGO-iNTERNATiONAL DiSCOTHEQUE Cumbia, Thai Funk, Samba, Afro-Beat, Turkish Hip-hop, 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, august 14

8/14/2018

ARCHIVE FEVER - Indie Pop, C86, Punk, New Wave, Powerpop, Rock n Roll w/ DJ Andy & Guests ~ FREE ~ 6:00pm - 10:00pm

SLOW JAMS ~ Deep & Sweet 60s Soul & Stuff ~
DJ Paul Costuros w/ DX n Guest, FREE! ~ 9:30pm - 2:00am

monday, august 13

8/13/2018

The return of Punk/Folk/Ukulele Legend CARMAIG DE FOREST! Celebrating Omnivore Recordings deluxe reissue "I Shall Be Re-Released" with DEATHGROOVELOVEPARTY + special guests: LORETTA LYNCH ~ $10 ~ 7pm doors ~ 7:30 - 10pm

On special furlough, Carmaig de Forest celebrates Omnivore Recordings' deluxe reissue, "I Shall Be Re-Released"!* with a rare live performance by the punk-folk-ukulele original.
7PM**: Carmaig kicks things off with an old-school solo ukulele set. Then special guests Loretta Lynch will treat you to their harmonies and cowpunk balladry. And then Carmaig is back, plugged and with his DeathGrooveLoveParty of Bay Area stalwarts: Daniel Olmsted, guitar; Ned Doherty, bass; Tim Vaughan, drums + Val Esway, Heather Davison and Ari Fellows-Mannion!

BLACKOUT party! Candlelight dancing with BLONDE TOLEDO ~ FREE ~ 10:00pm - 12:00am

PGE is cutting off our power at 10pm on Monday, August 13.
No, not for lack of payment. They're working on the lines and the entire block will be without power. So we're taking advantage of this opportunity by presenting a BLACKOUT party! Candlelight dancing with BLONDE TOLEDO. Lights Out at 10pm! ~ NO Cover! ~ (Cash bar only - ATM will be down!)

https://blondetoledo.bandcamp.com/album/wheres-that-sound

sunday, august 12

8/12/2018

SF89 Documentary Fundraiser ~ film, interviews, footage of SF in the 80s & 90s. There will also be food, an 80s/90s playlist going, a cool raffle and a full bar of course. Suggested Donation: $20 ~
3:00pm - 6:00pm

We'll be showing clips from the film: interviews, footage of SF in the 80s & 90s. There will also be food, an 80s/90s playlist going, a door prize drawing for swag and gift certificates to local eateries and a full bar of course!

HOW IT WILL WORK:

Everyone who contributes online at Seed&Spark (Campaign goes live 9:00 am Monday August 6th I will post the link here) will have their names on the guest list to get in FREE!

You can also contribute at the door the suggested donation: $20 (hey! this is a fundraiser)

Come hang out w/ those weirdos you used to party with before you had even heard of HTML or the word "Cyber" and support this documentary about San Francisco "Before The Internet"!

The Doms + The Insufferables ~ Record Release Party + Handler & Pike ~ $8 ~ 7:00pm - 10:30pm

Finally, it’s here! Our record release party for “Argument Clinic”. Please come to hear the songs live (and maybe pick up a super cute physical cd). The Party will be at the (awesome) Make-Out Room, August 12, 2018

We'll probably bombard you with reminders and more details. Thanks for sticking with us!

Details to be announced, but it’s an early show. Doors at 7pm, no kidding. Whole event will be over well before your bedtime. So please come on over.

We recorded live to tape. (Then added some cool extras like Gene playing his glistening-sounding acoustic guitar, backing vocals, and we used the plate reverb at Tiny Telephone studio). Tracks were recorded in November, mixed in March, mastered in May.

We know you can’t wait to hear it, so head on over to band camp and take it for a spin : https://theinsufferables.bandcamp.com/album/argument-clinic

San Francisco’s The Doms are headlining and Handler & Pike (Handler Bros.) open the show. Check them out on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/TheDomsband/
https://www.facebook.com/HandlerBrothers/

saturday, August 11

8/11/2018

About the readers/performers:

Born and raised in New Orleans, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at UC Berkeley. Her debut novel, A Kind of Freedom, , was a 2017 National Book Award Nominee, a New York Times Notable Book of 2017 and a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice. Her work has been published in The New York Times Book Review, Oprah.com, Lenny Letter, The Massachusetts Review, Grey Sparrow Journal, and other publications.

Laura Antoniou is best known for her Marketplace series of BDSM erotica, the first of which was published over 25 years ago. She has also lectured, ranted, read and presented on kinky sex at hundreds of events worldwide. Her novel, The Killer Wore Leather, a comedy murder mystery set within the leather/BDSM world, won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Mystery; her stories and essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies.

Jack Kaulfus is the author of the short story collection Tomorrow or Forever (Transgress Press, 2018). Their work has been published in A Cappella Zoo, Heavy Feather Review, and Gertrude, among other journals. Jack teaches high school English in Austin, Texas, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University in San Marcos. When all the grading is finished, Jack plays in the queer Americana band Brand New Key and tries to avoid injury on the hiking trails around central Texas.

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 w/ host Charlie Jane Anders! ~ Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Hannah Pittard, Laura Antoniou, Marlee Jane Ward, Jack Kaulfus, S.L. Huang ~ $5-20 sliding (all proceeds benefit the Center for Sex & Culture) ~ 6:30 door / 7:30pm - 9:45pm

August's Writers With Drinks is basically the greatest thing ever to happen to words. We're going to be blowing words up until we can build luxury housing inside them, and then flipping them and dismissing them. It's going to be out of your jurisdiction, but also your new addiction.

Hannah Pittard was born in Atlanta. She is the author of four novels, including Listen to Me and The Fates Will Find Their Way. Her work has appeared in the Sewanee Review, the New York Times, and other publications. She is a professor of English at the University of Kentucky, where she directs the MFA program in creative writing.

Marlee Jane Ward is a writer, reader and weirdo from Melbourne, Australia. She's a Clarion West alum and her short fiction can be found at Terraform, Aurealis, Apex, Interfictions, and more. Her debut novella, 'Welcome To Orphancorp' won the Viva La Novella Prize and the Victorian Premiers Award for YA Fiction. She likes cats, babes, and making a spectacle of herself.

SL Huang is an Amazon-bestselling author who justifies her MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. Her debut novel, Zero Sum Game, is upcoming from Tor Books in October 2018, and her short fiction has sold to Strange Horizons, Analog, and The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016, among others. She is also a Hollywood stuntwoman and firearms expert, where she’s appeared on shows such as “Battlestar Galactica” and “Raising Hope.” Her proudest geek moment was getting to be killed by Nathan Fillion. The first professional female armorer in the industry, she’s worked with actors such as Sean Patrick Flanery, Jason Momoa, and Danny Glover, and been hired as a weapons expert for reality shows such as “Top Shot” and “Auction Hunters.”

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, august 10

8/10/2018

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

with your host:
Liam, plus special guests for the month!
Miki and Seanie (Cellar Doors) &
Galine (Seablite)

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

"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

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/2Dpxbts
Be our friend!
http://www.facebook.com/lastnite00s

thursday, august 9

8/9/2018

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

Dub Riot features live mixed dub inspired by Jamaican Dub of the 70s and dub cuts from vinyl with DJs Vexer and DartAjax (Members of Titan Ups and 1906). Come early and enjoy Dub Riot before Festival 68 - this is a FREE event.

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

Wake The Town Radio presents: "Festival '68"
Very special guest selector: Michael Turner aka Dr. Sappatoo (Co-author of the Jamaican Music Discography "Roots Knotty Roots") +
Your host & resident selector:
Adam (Wake the Town / KPOO Radio)

*Run come celebrate Bryn T Taylor's 48th!*

wednesday, august 7

8/7/2018

Mawkish Twaddle ~ DJ Still or Sparkling? ~ Sunshine pop, bubblegum, power pop, indie rock, psych pop, post-punk, chamber pop, C86, easy listening, twee pop, glam, northern soul, honky tonk, disco, shoegaze, fuzz, & occasional dissonance ~ FREE!

BURN DOWN the DiSCO! ~
80s DANCE PARTY! ~
groove, wave, goth, synth-pop, hip-hop ~

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

tuesday, august 7

8/7/2018

Charlie Hunter Trio featuring Lucy Woodward and Damon Grant ~ $25 ~ 7:00pm - 9:30pm

With a career spanning 25 years and almost 20 albums, Charlie Hunter consistently ups his game as an innovative writer and bandleader. He has worked with the likes of Norah Jones, Mos Def, John Mayer, D’Angelo and countless others. He is widely considered the authority on the seven and eight - string guitar, and continues to stun audiences with his ability to simultaneously bust out tasty bass parts, melodic leads and swinging rhythms.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/charlie-hunter-trio-tickets-47…
makeoutroom.com/events

SLOW JAMS ~ Deep & Sweet 60s Soul & Stuff ~ DJ Primo & friends ~ FREE! ~ 10:00pm - 2:00am

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