Sing, Swing, and Swig Your Way Through This Week’s Best Events!

22 Mar 2022

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The Equinox has come and gone, and it’s OFFICIALLY Springtime in the City. There’s no better time to get out there and check out some rad events – from live music to live comedy, from dance parties to boat parties, Spring has definitely sprung, bringing with it all kinds of fresh fun! Here’s what we’re most excited about for the week of 3/22/22….

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Jim Norton

Friday, 3/25 – Saturday, 3/26 | 7:30 pm | Cobb’s Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue | $30-90

American stand up comedian, radio personality, bestselling author and actor, Jim Norton is the co-host of The Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show that can be heard every morning on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. His latest stand up special, “Mouthful of Shame” is streaming now on Netflix where Jim lays out a full serving of refreshingly unapologetic humor in his first Netflix comedy special. In May 2016, he was announced as co-host of UFC’s Unfiltered Podcast with Jim Norton & Matt Serra. Since 2014 he has been a contributor to Time Magazine. He has an additional 4 one-hour comedy specials that can be seen on Hulu, Amazon and HBO GO. Catch him at Cobb’s this weekend!

Mioli Music presents: Kausmic

Saturday, 3/26 | 9:00 pm | Monarch, 101 6th Street | $10-20

Step into an intergalactic, out-of-this-world experience! Kausmic brings planets into orbit with celestial grooves and dance moves, and featuring a star studded line up of local icons, both DJs and dancers. Get heavenly with Emanate, Shri, and more!

This Week’s Events

Tuesday, 3/22

Lucky Daye w/ Joyce Wrice

8:00 pm | The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sutter Street | $27.50-40

R&B, hip hop, indie acoustic, and Americana all converge in one sweet, sweet package when it comes to Lucky Daye. Born in New Orleans, this multi-talented singer-songwriter brings dozens of influences together into a melting pot of musical magic. Don’t miss him tonight with support from Joyce Wrice!

The 1-800 + Villains Kiss + LoserLee

8:00 pm | DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street | $10-15

From deep in the west Texas town of El Paso comes The 1-800, an indie pop outfit that you’re sure to fall for. It doesn’t hurt that these four guys are talented and good looking. Heavy nostalgia with catchy electronics layered between power chords and all-around tight instrumentals, the 1-800 draws not only from the 80s synth greats (A-Ha, anyone?) but also psychedelic pop of the 2000s. Catch ’em tonight with Villains Kiss and LoserLee!

Wednesday, 3/23

Caught in the Act Cabaret

8:00 pm | Club Deluxe, 1511 Haight Street | $5

From the showgirl genius behind Skylark’s No Cover Cabaret comes a brand new showcase of the sexy, the silly, and the strange! Trixie Fou Laurent’s Caught in the Act Cabaret debuts a new show at Club Deluxe tonight, featuring performances from some of the Bay Area’s best performers, including Sgt. Die Wies, Maria Diploudis, and Vita St. Venom, and showing off the best of the best in drag, burlesque, comedy, and more.

Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum

8:00 pm | Starline Social Club, 2236 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Berkeley | $27-32

Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum is a trio comprised of vocalist, lyricist, musician and award-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under), keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie), and drummer Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood). A theatrical sensibility is part of the trio’s DNA, especially in live shows, having met several years ago on Broadway during a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, so tonight’s show promises to be one for the history books for sure!

Live Goth Music w/ Vision Video

8:00 pm | The Knockout, 3223 Mission Street | $12

Get your goth on with all your pals at the Knockout! Featuring Vision Video and Creaux Lies, and with DJ Deathbeats powering you up between sets, you’ll want to make sure you don’t need to be up early for work – unless they don’t mind you showing up hungover with eyeliner still everywhere….

Thursday, 3/24

Elle King

8:00 pm | The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sutter Street | $30-60

Multi-platinum artist Elle King drops into the City this week and you definitely don’t want to miss out! From her first big hit “Exes and Ohs” to the new girls’-night-out anthem “Drunk (and I don’t Wanna Go Home),” King’s got the infectious pop-rock sound you need to get your weekend started early.

Portland Cello Project: Purple Reign

8:00 pm | The Chapel, 777 Valencia Street | $18

The Pacific Northwest’s premiere alt-classical ensemble turns the evening purple, blending their deep textures with the unique harmonic landscape of the artistic power of Prince. Joined by musicians who have worked with Prince such as Saeeda Wright and Tyrone Hendrix, expect a lively evening of diversely-curated music that influenced or was influenced by The Purple One.

Friday, 3/25

Funk 4 Peace: Ukraine Benefit w/ Beatbox

10:00 pm | 1015 Folsom | $20

Dance your cares away while caring for others! This ultimate DJ dance party will feature 3 rooms full of sweet beats and musical treats. The best part? 100% of ticket proceeds will benefit United Help Ukraine, going towards humanitarian relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees.

Polyglamorous + Public Works present: Horse Meat Disco

10:00 pm | Public Works, 161 Erie Street | $10-25

Polyglamorous is teaming up with Public Works to bring out their UK buddies Horse Meat Disco for a debaucherous disco diversion! Also presenting Detroit artist Whodat and the one and only Lady Blacktronika in the loft, this party will be serving deep house and funky vibes for a very special Friday night excursion.

Jim Norton

Tonight through Saturday, 3/26 | 7:30 pm | Cobb’s Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue | $30-90

Saturday, 3/26

Mioli Music presents: Kausmic

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

Brava presents: Pachuquísmo

Tonight and tomorrow night | 7:30 pm | Brava Theatre, 2781 24th Street | $32

Join Brava! for Women in the Arts for the return of Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcla’s multidisciplinary performance Pachuquísmo, a rhythmic remembrance of las Pachucas and their stylized power of rebellious resistance, live on themain stage! Returning after two sold-out shows, Pachuquísmo unveils the forgotten history of Mexican-American female youth during the era of the Zoot Suit Riots and explores the struggles that communities of color continue to face today.

Sunday, 3/27

Drag the Oscars

Red carpet viewing party at 3:00 pm, drag show at 5:00 pm | Balboa Theatre, 3630 Balboa Street | $15

Awards show season is upon us, and whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em, this all-afternoon, big-screen viewing of the Oscars promises to be a total blast! Join Media Meltdown hosts Piranha and Franzia Kafka as they drag the sh*t out of the nominees, skewer their red carpet looks, and share their bets on who’ll walk away with a little golden man.

Halcyon Sunset Boat Party: Tube + Berger

Boarding at 6:00 pm, departure at 6:30 pm | China Basin Ferry Terminal, 24 Willie Mays Plaza | $50-68

Dude… SUNSET. BOAT. PARTY. Need I even say more????

Just Add Heather: Culinary Cabaret

7:00 pm | DNA lounge, 375 11th Street | $15-35

San Francisco’s favorite culinary cabaret is adding fresh ingredients and making the move to the main room at DNA Lounge! Join chef-chanteuse, Heather Thiel and her band, for a fresh, delicious banquet of entirely improvised music, variety acts, and hot, live, baking on stage!