Bootie Mashup
20 Years of Bootie! Celebrating SF’s Iconic Mashup Night
Back in the mid-2000s, my friends and I regularly swapped music from one of SF’s longest-running mashup nights, Bootie Mashup. April marks 20-years of ‘Bootie‘. Since 2003, Bootie has been creating genre-themed mashup nights that blend both current and throwback pop songs and often feature fun variety show acts dancing
DNA Lounge Reopening June 19 With Hubba Hubba And Bootie
Bars all over the Bay Area are slowly reopening for in-person drinking and live events, but reopening nights for certain iconic bars like El Rio, Spec’s, and Bender’s were super special occasions that readers of this blog enjoyed showing up for and celebrating in person. Add to that list the
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
DNA Lounge Issues Cease-and-Desist Letter To East Coast Bar That Stole Its Name
About two weeks ago, news popped up in Eater Washington DC that a new bar in DC was opening with the name DNA Lounge. San Francisco’s DNA Lounge responded immediately with a cease-and-desist letter, because the 36-year-old South of Market nightclub has the name trademarked. The owner of DC’s newfake
Watch ‘Prince & The Revolution: Live’ And Other Rad Livestreams
Dearly beloved…. Prince’s estate is releasing a vintage 1985 Prince & the Revolution concert that will be available all weekend long, a sign o the times as it will be a fundraiser for COVID-19 relief. A whole bunch of your other favorite weekly events and parties are providing online streaming
How To Watch The Hunky Jesus Contest Online And Other Rad Livestreams
The Hunky Jesus Contest is happening live online for Easter Sunday, and a whole bunch of your other favorite weekly events and parties are providing online streaming alternatives too. There are gobs of Bay Area artists creating awesome streaming content and putting on shows this weekend, we’ve listed a shit-ton
Best Online Events This Week for Bay Area Nightlife and Entertainment
The bars and venues may all be shut down, but the movers and shakers of the Bay Area nightlife scene are still putting on shows. Online shows, that is! Just like the Hunky Jesus Contest is going online this year, some of your favorite weekly events and parties are providing
Bootie’s Sweet 16 Anniversary is Almost Here!
You only turn 16 once, and we plan to celebrate it in style, with all of our resident DJs coming together to spin the best mashups of the past 16 years, along with house band Smash-Up Derby, burlesque show Hubba Hubba Revue, and even a taste of drag with The Monster Show! The whole gang is here!