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Wanna check out a show or six this Easter week, but not into the egg hunts? We’ve got you! Whether it’s concerts, cabarets, or clusterf*cks, this week has it all. Here’s what we’re most excited about for the week of 4/12-4/18…

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Get Off Gas!
Wednesday, 4/13 | 12:00 pm | Virtual Event | Free

Ready to ditch high gas prices, while fighting against climate change? Join City of San Francisco staff to learn how to switch off gas and go electric! You’ll learn how to:

• Cut your fuel costs in half by upgrading to an electric vehicle
• Get $1000s in rebates and tax credits for purchasing an electric vehicle
• Receive over $5,000 in incentives to switch to energy-efficient, electric appliances at home
• Avoid the harmful health, safety, and environmental impacts of using natural gas

Hubba Hubba Revue presents: Undersea Burlesque!
Saturday, 4/16 | Doors at 7:00 pm, show at 7:30 pm | DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street | $15-35 

Y’arr, Mateys! San Francisco’s world-famous burlesque & variety show is taking you on a sexy voyage to the bottom of the sea –with buxom buccaneers, mischievous mermaids, and delectable denizens of the deep! Catch your fabulous faves along with visiting performers and have yourself a whale of a time!

This Week’s Events

Tuesday, 4/12

Girl in Red + Holly Humberstone
8:00 pm | The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sutter Street | $27.50-30

It’s a bit chilly today in the East Bay despite the sunshine, and I’m definitely ready to get cozy with the intimate, warm, pop/rock sounds of Norwegian songstress Marie Ulven, aka Girl in Red. Check her out with support from Holly Humberstone tonight!

 

Wednesday, 4/13

Get Off Gas!
Wednesday, 4/13 | 12:00 pm | Virtual Event | Free

Ready to ditch high gas prices, while fighting against climate change? Join City of San Francisco staff to learn how to switch off gas and go electric! You’ll learn how to:

• Cut your fuel costs in half by upgrading to an electric vehicle
• Get $1000s in rebates and tax credits for purchasing an electric vehicle
• Receive over $5,000 in incentives to switch to energy-efficient, electric appliances at home
• Avoid the harmful health, safety, and environmental impacts of using natural gas

Paper & Wax Figure Drawing
Doors at 6:00 pm, event from 7:00pm – 10:00 pm | Public Works, 161 Erie Street | $10 

Grab your sketchbook and settle in for an evening of art and chill! Enjoy a cocktail or two, mingle with your fellow artists, then spend a few hours honing your figure drawing skills among new friends!

Thursday, 4/14

Yola
8:00 pm | The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Boulevard | $35

“It’s a paradigm shift.” — And as simply as that, Yola encapsulates the giddy expansiveness, stunning emotional breadth, and exponential musical growth of her sophomore album Stand For Myself, out July 30. She may only be saying four words, but within them she’s found a whole new world – get a glimpse of it tonight at the Fillmore! Lizzie’s special note: Y’ALL. I’ve been listening to her on Spotify ALL DAY after researching this little listing – DO. NOT. MISS. THIS. SHOW.

Kush Jones
9:00 pm | Monarch, 101 6th Street | $15

Whatever the tempo might be, Kush Jones provides a fresh take on the various areas he chooses to work in, with a genuine respect for the craft and history of dance music, and a strong ear for sounds both current and yet to come. Get your fix of finest house jams tonight with one of the best DJs West of the Mississipi along with many more!

Friday, 4/15

It’s Britney, B*tch
9:00 pm | The Great Northern, 116 Utah Street | $5-15

Celebrate the ultimate Princess of Pop with a full-on Video Dance Party & Drag show! Come early and keep on dancin’ Till the World Ends! It’s going to be an all out Circus on the dance floor, so come ready to Werk dressed as your favorite Britney or in your best Y2K gear!

Midnight Tyrannosaurus
9:00 pm | DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street | $10-25

The Florida based bass music producer Midnight Tyrannosaurus has been making quite a quake in the underground dubstep community. Raw, literal dinosaur-sounding synths, and heart thumping sub bass make for  a set-asaurus you’ll never truly forget!

Saturday, 4/16

Community | Craft | Culture
12:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Harmonic Brewing, 1050 26th Street | Specialty Menu

Join Harmonic Brewing and friends for a celebration of everything they hold most dear: community, culture, and the crafting of well-made edibles and arts. With a specialty selection of tasty things from El Fuego, Lobos Ice Cream, and Cousins Maine Lobster, as well as art, music, and sweet treats, this all-day event promises fun for all, so bring all of your pals and get to know your local brewers, bakers, and candlestick makers!

Hubba Hubba Revue presents: Undersea Burlesque!
Doors at 7:00 pm, show at 7:30 pm | DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street | $15-35 

Y’arr, Mateys! San Francisco’s world-famous burlesque & variety show is taking you on a sexy voyage to the bottom of the sea –with buxom buccaneers, mischievous mermaids, and delectable denizens of the deep! Catch your fabulous faves along with visiting performers and have yourself a whale of a time!

Mothers All
Saturday 4/16 and Sunday 4/17 | 7:00 pm (Saturday and 3:00 pm (Sunday) | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley | Included with Museum Admission

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley mounts its latest production, Mothers All, in a very new future: It’s 2180. Human reproduction is now under state control in an effort to manage the population and conserve dwindling resources in a global movement known as Mothers All. Hailed as “the great democratizer,” Mothers All leads to plummeting maternal deaths, teenage pregnancies, and abortion numbers. Yet with this scientific advancement comes unforeseen consequences. Catch the show this weekend at BAMPFA, OR catch it next weekend at the Monkeybrains Warehouse in East Oakland!

Sunday, 4/17

BYO Big Wheel Race
2:00 pm | BYBOW Starting Line @ Potrero Hill | Free, Registration Required

Everybody’s family-friendly Big Wheel Race is on again, and this year promises just as much fun – if not MORE – than ever before! Grab your Big Wheel and power your way to the finish line. The real prize is the weirdly-outfitted-and-probably-very-high group of friends you make along the way!

Hunky Jesus Contest
12:00 pm | Mission Dolores Park | Free

They’re back, y’all! After a long-ass withdrawal, the best way to work through your underlying religious trauma is back onstage, bringing you some holy heaux sheananigans! Join the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for their annual celebration of Hunky Jesuses and Foxy Mother Marys – you deserve a little eye candy after this long Lent we’ve been living in during the pandemic!

Monday, 4/18

L’Imperatrice
7:00 pm | Fox Theatre, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland | $27.50

“Impératrice” is French for “Empress”, and if their moniker is the most difficult thing to grasp for anglophones, then musically there’s nothing that doesn’t translate. These Parisians draw from a range of genres, from 70s space disco to downtempo 90s synth pop, taking in French film composers like François de Roubaix and Michel Legrand along the way. Get groovy with them tonight!

Gabrielle Riouah

Mark Your Calendar

 Saturday, 4/30 – Towards a Black Testimony: A Performance

 

Rad Ongoing Events

Through October – Edith Heath: A Life in Clay
 

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