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Werewolves, witches, warlocks! Wyrms, wizards, wights!

Tonight let us party – let us weirdos unite!

It is All-Hallow’s Week in our City sublime,

And there’s plenty on tap, plus a twist of lime!

So paint your face, don your mask, remember Broke-Ass Stuart’s Number One —

— And now, here’s what we’re most excited about for the week of ten-twenty-six, twenty-twenty-one…

Our Partners’ Events

Skybridge on Stevenson

Every Thursday through 11/18, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Stevenson Street between 6th and 7th Streets | Free

Every Thursday, the 500 block of Stevenson Street transforms into an incredible party, with DJs, music, dancing, acrobats, aerialists, and more. It’s called Skybridge on Stevenson, and it’s an amazing way to explore a little-known area of the city while partying it up with your pals! We love it a little extra because it’s always free to attend, too 😉

All Hallow’s Eve

Friday, 10/29 | 9:00 pm | DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street | $30 (5-Night Multipass: $80)

For the 18th year in a row, DNA Lounge is bringing you a double-sized Halloween madhouse in all four rooms! This can’t-miss, annual event offers bewitching burlesque upstairs from 10pm to 11:30pm, as well as ambient ghostly acrobats and skillful circus syrens performing all night to the top DJs in Halloweentown! Get a 5-night multipass for admission to every one of DNA Lounge’s Halloween parties! This ticket admits one person to seven parties over five nights: Sequence, Star Crash, All Hallow’s Eve, Booootie, Technolatry, So Stoked and Death Guild! (Note: one person, five nights. This does not get five people into one party on the same night, or any other combination.)

This Week’s Special Offers

$10 Off The Oakland & East Bay Beer Passport During October!

To celebrate the great beer drinking month of October, and mourn the fact that Oktoberfest is cancelled this year, we are giving a $10 discount on the Oakland & East Bay Beer Passport! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally owned bars, breweries, dives, diners and restaurants in Oakland and the East Bay. And the best part? It’s usually $39.95, but this month it’s only $29.95! Use the code “Oktober10” when you check out right here.

This Week’s Giveaways

Check out Never a Clown for Free with Our Exclusive Promo Code!

We Wanna Send You to Party with Acid Pauli on Halloween!

Win Tix to See Jungle Live at the Fox!

Win Tix to See Don Toliver Live at the Fox!

We Wanna Give You Some Awesome Art Posters by Rob Goodman!

This Week’s Events

Tuesday, 10/26

The Unreal Garden

Through 12/31 | 2:00 – 8:30 (reserve specific time slots online) | 10 South Van Ness Avenue | $30

The Unreal Garden is an immersive mixed-reality experience, the first of its kind. The experience uses the Microsoft HoloLens 2, a powerful mixed-reality headset that allows you to see your surroundings and fellow guests, while cool augmented creatures, plant life, and art come to life around you. Explore the magic of The Garden, meeting familiar faces and mystical beings alike.

Wednesday, 10/27

Decibels Film Festival (Launch Party Tonight!)

Through 11/7 | Virtually and in-person at various SF theaters | All-Access Shorts Pass: $65

Decibels Film Festival works to bring the mosh pit, dance party, rap battle and sing-along to your local indie theater and living room by showcasing the diversity of music subcultures found on-screen. Decibels Film Festival will present 25 films playing on-demand online through 11/7. The festival will also present 11 programs live and in-person at the Roxie Theater, Great Star Theater and DNA Lounge 10/27 – 10/31.Full festival information, film descriptions and trailers can be found right here! And check out this link for all the info about tonight’s launch party at DNA Lounge.

United Nations Association Film Festival

6:30 pm | Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street | $13-20

This one-night festival has two fantastic films on offer, tonight only! First on the lineup is Los Hermanos, the story of two musically-gifted brothers on either side of an intense geopolitical divide; then, revel in the music and the power of Fanny: The Right to Rock, about the life and times of trailblazing rock band, Fanny.

Thursday, 10/28

The Big Quiz Thing

Every Thursday through 11/4, 7:00 pm | Salesforce Park, 425 Mission Street | Free

Assemble your team and your picnic baskets – the Big Quiz Thing in Salesforce Park is giving the traditional pub quiz a run for its money! Featuring multimedia puzzles, “figureoutable” quiz questions, and more, the Big Quiz Thing expands the fun and friendly bar-trivia model into a true game-show experience, for guests at all levels of trivia acumen. (Even wrong-but-funny answers can earn Smart-Ass Points… which means STUART’S ON  MY TEAM I CALLED IT FIRST!)

Skybridge on Stevenson

Every Thursday through 11/18, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Stevenson Street between 6th and 7th Streets | Free

Every Thursday, the 500 block of Stevenson Street transforms into an incredible party, with DJs, music, dancing, acrobats, aerialists, and more. It’s called Skybridge on Stevenson, and it’s an amazing way to explore a little-known area of the city while partying it up with your pals! We love it a little extra because it’s always free to attend, too 😉

The Monster Mash Bash

9:00 pm – 2:00 am | Cat Club | Free

Cat Club’s usual weekly party, 1984, gets overrun by the spooky spirit this week! Party all night with DJs Owen and Damon in everyone’s favorite old-school goth party space, and let the true darkness of the season (and plenty of cocktails!) flow through you.

Vehement: A Deviant Sideshow

9:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Berber Supper Club and Restaurant, 1516 Broadway Street | $30

This adults-only event is not for the fainthearted or easily-upset – expect nightmarish acts to provoke and unsettle guests into the late evening, a dark coven of queer oddities and performers that pushes boundaries. Wear your most avant-garde Halloween looks, because a runway show costume contest will be held to celebrate the most distorted, depraved, and grotesquely beautiful. Partial proceeds from all ticket sales will be donated to the SF LGBT Center too, so you can feel saintly about your evening of sin!

Friday, 10/29

Soccer Mommy

8:00 pm | The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Boulevard | $26.50-30.50

Sad-girl indie-pop icon Soccer Mommy is bringing her understated sound and diary-like lyrics to The Fillmore tonight. With her late 90’s/early-aughts vibes and dive-bar-shuffle-dance rhythms, this show promises to please you AND your inner teenager.

Halloween Horror Benefit for West Oakland Punks with Lunch

8:00 pm – 1:00 am | The Golden Bull, 412 14th Street, Oakland | $10

Get ready for a full-on Halloween clusterf*ck of awesomeness as five local acts perform in costume and in character, covering old favorites and putting a new spin on the classics! And you can feel good about your ticket purchase – this event benefits the West Oakland Punks with Lunch!

Wajatta (Reggie Watts + John Tejada)

9:00 pm – 3:00 am | The Great Northern, 119 Utah Street | $30-40

Coming from different worlds, but sharing a passion for the rich history of electronic music, beat-boxer/comedian/musician Reggie Watts (aka my favorite part of Comedy Bang Bang) and electronic music artist/DJ/producer John Tejada bring out the best in each other’s formidable skill sets. See them tonight, up-close and personal in the Great Northern’s spacious-but-intimate setting!

All Hallow’s Eve

9:00 pm | DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street | $30 (5-Night Multipass: $80)

For the 18th year in a row, DNA Lounge is bringing you a double-sized Halloween madhouse in all four rooms! This can’t-miss, annual event offers bewitching burlesque upstairs from 10pm to 11:30pm, as well as ambient ghostly acrobats and skillful circus syrens performing all night to the top DJs in Halloweentown! Get a 5-night multipass for admission to every one of DNA Lounge’s Halloween parties! This ticket admits one person to seven parties over five nights: Sequence, Star Crash, All Hallow’s Eve, Booootie, Technolatry, So Stoked and Death Guild! (Note: one person, five nights. This does not get five people into one party on the same night, or any other combination.)

Saturday, 10/30

Halloween Hoopla

12:00 pm | Yerba Buena Gardens | Free 

This outdoor Halloween party for tiny humans 10 and under (plus their attendant adults, obviously!) features performances by festival favorites The Unique Derique, Caterpillar Puppets, and the Grammy-nominated Alphabet Rockers. Make ghoulishly good crafts at the Mexican Museum and Museum of African Diaspora tables, or get your creative juices flowing at the Children’s Creativity Museum station. And don’t forget to hitch a free ride on the LeRoy King Carousel before you finish your day!

Om Nom Nom Nonbinary Burlesque

Doors at 8:00 pm, show at 8:30 pm | Amado’s, 998 Valencia Street | $15-20

Om Nom Nom is a team of burlesque, drag, freak-show, and circus performers who all identify however they damn well please! They’re here to entertain all and break past the binary, tantalizing audiences with sexy moves and jaw-dropping acts. Starring hostex Nitrix Oxide, The Max Madame, Queer Al Skankovic, and more, this home-grown troupe (who are now known across the nation for their virtual shows) are once again making a triumphant return to live performance. Get your tickets before they sell out!

Mansion of Horrors

9:00 pm – 2:00 am | Monarch, 101 6th Street | $10-20

Monarch knows how to throw a party, and this Halloween they’ll be throwing a sweet one! Get down to the sounds of Life On Planets, The Whooligan, and King Most, then groove in the lounge with DJs M3, MPHD, and Nat Turner.

After the triumphant premiere of its mesmerizing video adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Manual Cinema returns at the behest of Cal Performances with a live adaptation of the same. Actors join puppeteers onstage, creating a silent animated film in real time with an immersive score performed live by four musicians – don’t miss this extraordinary blending of film and stage in this one-day-only matinee performance!

Marc Rebillet  

10:00 pm | 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom Street | $35-45

I knew nothing about this dude until halfway through quarantine when a friend mentioned him to me (thanks, Kitty!). Now I can’t get enough of his tongue-in-cheek electronic performances, and I’m super pumped that he’s coming to town as part of the official Outside Lands Nighttime Series (Note: At the time of writing, according to the ticket website there are only a few dozen tickets left, so get ‘em while ya can!)

Monday, 11/1

Metalachi

8:30 pm | The New Parish, 1740 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland | $12

The electric emotion of an 80’s power ballad…. The passionate yearning of a mariachi’s love song… Who knew they were a natural combo? I had to check them out on Spotify to believe it, but damn – Metalachi has made a believer out of me! Do NOT miss out on this Monday night show – I’ll see you in the mosh pit!

Mark Your Calendar for Next Week

Saturday, 11/6 – SF Symphony’s Dia de los Muertos

Sunday, 11/7 – SF Leonard Cohen Festival presents: Graham Patzner and Friends

Rad Ongoing Events

Tonight, 10/26, 8:00 pm (bi-monthly Tuesdays) – SFLCD Erotic Storytelling Hour

Every Saturday – Bootie Mashup @ DNA Lounge

And don’t forget to check out our Big Bad List of Rad ongoing events right here!