From their website: The theatre consists of a foyer, sound labyrinth and main performance space. It is a building within a building, conceived directly for this art form, and built in part with a grant from the National Endowment For [more...]

People say California has no seasons, but that just goes to show you how wrong people can be. Why, we've got football season, outdoor theater season, the Christmas shopping season, and, of course, opera season. This year, kick off the [more...]

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.