San Franciscans celebrated David Bowie’s legacy at the 14th annual Bowie Bash, which featured drag, burlesque, and puppetry. A night of live music, dance, and inclusivity.

Improv Curious? The All Out Comedy Theater delivered a night of laughter and hijinks, elevating the improv art form up out of the basement. Walking into All Out Comedy Theater on a Saturday evening felt like stepping into a cozy artist’s living room. Located on Telegraph Avenue, the theater’s small,

Misfit Cabaret is more than a performance; it’s an experience — a dazzling, eclectic, and glittering celebration of some of the most talented performers the city has to offer. Kat Robichaud, Jordan Nathan and their cast of artists played to a sold-out crowd, their polished performances revealing the work of world-class craftspeople. This was live theater at its most unrestrained, and it was breathtaking.

Lily Diamond Vickers is a Sonoma Valley native who has become a local celebrity, radiating positive energy and radiating a love for making people smile and feel good, which enhances her talent as a performer.

The Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Holiday Market is a massive immersive theatrical experience made possible by hundreds of actors, musicians, artists, cooks, cleaners, carpenters, and chestnut roasters, including Mark Montgomery French, Sean Owens, Polly Amber Ross, Brendan Getzell, and Kerri Jones.

By Kellie Hanna Nutcracker Nightmare Fantasy is a provocative holiday experience you won’t want to miss. Told through seductive aerial, pole, modern dance, and roller skating, the story is a reimagining of the familiar Nutcracker Ballet plot. It’s got elements of circus and burlesque, and it’s more kinky than wholesome,

At Fan Expo San Francisco, a panel on Drag and Burlesque discussed the intersection of drag, burlesque, and pop culture, highlighting the importance of marginalized communities and the power of performance art to push boundaries and challenge traditional notions of gender, sexuality, and identity.

If you’ve ever lived abroad, the comedy of globe-trotting Desmond ‘Des’ Bishop will strike a chord. Despite having the perhaps the blackest sounding name in comedy, Bishop looks like John Slattery from Mad Men, and talks with a Queens NY accent, in an Irish cadence. Bishop was born in Queens,