Enter to win the Willow Alite Backpack below!   Our friends over at Alite Designs do awesome stuff, including this ALITE BACKPACK we’re giving away. They’ve basically taken the idea of creating gear for the outdoors and made it more simple and stylish. I mean just take a look at the Hot Tamale Sleeping Bag.

Broke-Ass Stuart has a pair of tickets for  Jackie Greene + Nicki Bluhm at Fox Theater in Oakland! Enter below for your chance to win!  With Loved Wild Lost, Little Sur recording group Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers fully affirm a current place in the long winding continuum of the California

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

Veterans Day Freebie Guide Although I am from suburban America and there’s something oddly comforting about shopping in a retail plaza that consists of everything I need in one location, I am not a fan of corporate chain restaurants. I have spent many a day with my suburban group of

  Yo La Tengo at The Masonic – YLT is fresh off celebrating their 30th anniversary as one of the most beloved and adventurous bands in rock history. The trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew now return as a quartet, reuniting with former member Dave Schramm on

  FOR NEW YORK RESIDENTS ONLY! The Village Voice Holiday Spirits 3rd annual tasting event will feature an array of 25+ distilleries, wineries & more from New York City and beyond! The event will take place aboard the Hornblower Infinity Cruise Ship, on three decks (indoors and outdoors). Set sail and

  The members of Moon Taxi are no strangers to the stage. Hailing from Nashville, the five-piece formed in 2006 and set out to conquer the Southeast with their unforgettable live set. Nine years later, they’ve amassed over one thousand shows and released two albums, Cabaret (2012) and Mountains Beaches

  Since 2005, San Francisco’s This Charming Band has performed the music of The Smiths and Morrissey for thousands of fans, selling out venues all over the West Coast. We strive to make each show a celebration in unity of the love and appreciation of The Smiths/Morrissey. As a band

  Lee Ranaldo is performing at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco! Ranaldo – composer/visual artist/writer etc – is a founding member of Sonic Youth, now in its 32nd year. Although songwriting and performing with his band The Dust (Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, Tim Lüntzel) is his current focus, Lee