Once every year, the sound of thousands of loud, proud female feet fills the city for the annual Dyke March. Part of the official Gay Pride celebrations, the [more...]

Turn your radio to 90.7 FM (or just click "listen now" on the website) to hear local bands performing live on KALX every Saturday night at 8 pm. KALX Live is a great [more...]

In a green-thinking city, it makes sense that one of its largest street fairs is going green as well. The Union Street Festival is taking on a green tint as of [more...]

If you can't make it to New Orleans this year, don't despair: San Francisco has its own version of Mardi Gras, the SF Carnaval. This huge annual festival highlights [more...]

The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival offers almost 100 free events, beginning in May and running through October. Come check out classical and jazz concerts, opera, [more...]

Pack a picnic and spread a blanket to see the Golden Gate Park Band perform on a sunny Sunday. The band performs every Sunday at 1:00 from April through October. The [more...]

The Black & White Ball is San Francisco's most notorious black tie event. Nominally a formal-wear benefit for the SF Symphony, the Black & White has become an [more...]

Check out Yoshi's Jazz House & Restaurant for an evening of great music. Yoshi's attracts top jazz performers to its intimate stage. Plus, you can occasionally [more...]

The annual Edwardian Ball is a celebration of all things Edwardian -- which, of course, includes the peerless author and illustrator, Edward Gorey, whose [more...]

If you want to go dancing for real -- not just the hyper shimmy that passes for dancing in clubs -- pay a visit to Harry Denton's Starlight Room. Located on the [more...]

DJ Page Hodel is a local legend. She fell into the DJ biz after she became famous for her wild birthday blowouts, and wound up DJing for one of the Bay Area's most [more...]

We Be The Echo is a favorite local band. Composed of a ridiculously tall Finnish guy, a confusingly accented English guy, and Mike, the band slams their way through high-energy sets of rock, rock and more rock. Plus, they're friendly [more...]

Maybe it's always been your dream to sleep with Keanu Reeves, a member of Pearl Jam, or Little Richard. (Hey, we've all got our fetishes; let's not judge.) Or maybe your dream is simpler: to find a fun, funky hotel to stay in when you [more...]

Bottom of the Hill combines a surpassingly cool performance space with a hokey, lovable neon font reminiscent of the Cave Train at the Santa Cruz Beach [more...]

When you want some solid indie rock in a convivial atmosphere, you want The Rockit Room. Here you will find a jukebox whose playlist is impressively eclectic, and [more...]

Local radio station KFOG hosts an annual fireworks show called KFOG Kaboom every May. In addition to the explosions, KFOG books live music acts for the show.

Attend a performance of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the world's oldest gay men's chorus (a statistic I sort of love). This chorus provides beautiful music no matter what your orientation is.

UC Berkeley's music department offers free concerts twice a week in Hertz Hall on campus.

The Fillmore is one of San Francisco's legendary venues; they've hosted huge acts, and acts about to become huge (like the late, great Elliott Smith just before the [more...]

Music lovers can catch the big acts at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.

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