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Win a Pair of Tix to A Celebration of Adolph Sutro w/ Live Music, Circus Performances and More!

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There’s a lot going on at this super cool event so I’m just gonna copy and paste the info. You don’t really care anyways right? I mean you’re just like “Enough with the babbling Stuart! Give me those damn tickets already!” you can enter at the bottom of the post. Tickets are normally $17 and you can buy them here. There will be two winners. Each winner gets a pair of tickets. Good luck!

Please join us Thursday Aug 8th, as we embark on a musical journey into History, Mystery, Magic & Wonder in celebration of the life and legacy of Adolph Sutro at the historic Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California.

A themed rock concert party for all ages(6+), featuring Tracorum with Jazz Mafia Horns (Adam Theis, Joe Cohen,Mike Olmos)

Costumes are encouraged! Come dressed as a traveler from any time in San Francisco history or just dive headfirst into the wanderings of your own celebratory creations. As you walk up the red carpet and enter the music hall prepare to be immersed in a world of pure imagination, filled with mysterious performers, historic time travelers, inventive illusionists and the musical spirit of San Francisco’s greatest philanthropist, Adolph Sutro.

Proceeds from this event will go to support The Blue Bear School of Music and The Rex Foundation.

Featuring current Blue Bear Youth Band: Spotted Botanists! Prepare to be amazed and get rocked!

Be sure to get there early! From 7pm on there will be performers of all types adding to the mystery and celebration at this event, Circus folk,dancers,actors , pirates and many more characters of an eternal nature including yourselves. Don’t miss our opening showcase of magic, enchantment and imagination!

The Harpoons!

A genre-bending, boundary-pushing classically-trained duo featuring two of the most mysterious and magical instruments of the orchestra: harp and bassoon, and many more characters of an eternal nature including yourselves.

We will be awarding the 1st ever Spirit of Sutro Award

The Spirit of Sutro Award will be given out twice a year – Once on Sutro’s birthday and once on the anniversary of his passing which is Aug 8th! It will be given by Sutro’s Last Wish to an individual who exemplifies the wondrous spirit of Adolph Sutro.

Look forward to a keynote presentation from Jim Schein of Schein & Schein Vintage Maps and Prints on the wild and amazing legacy of the Great Adolph Sutro!

I have no idea what the SPirit of Sutro award is, but I want one! Anyways, enter to win below:

Win Tix to A Celebration of Adolph Sutro!
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Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is a travel writer, poet, TV host, activist, and general shit-stirrer. His website BrokeAssStuart.com is one of the most influential arts & culture sites in the San Francisco Bay Area and his freelance writing has been featured in Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveler, The Bold Italic, Geek.com and too many other outlets to remember. His weekly column, Broke-Ass City, appears every other Thursday in the San Francisco Examiner. Stuart’s writing has been translated into four languages. In 2011 Stuart created and hosted the travel show Young, Broke, and Beautiful on IFC and in 2015 he ran for Mayor of San Francisco and got nearly 20k votes.

He's been called "an Underground legend": SF Chronicle, "an SF cult hero":SF Bay Guardian, and "the chief of cheap": Time Out New York.