San Francisco events this week
Sun Oct 5
at Golden Gate Park (all day) Music
Featuring Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Gogol Bordello, Bonnie Prince Billy, Earl Scruggs, MC Hammer, Tift Merrit, Ben Kweller, Loudon Wainwright III, Emmylou Harris, Asleep at the Wheel, Mike Farris & the Roseland Rhythm Revue and many more...
Sun Oct 5
SF International
With the continued growth of dragon boating in the Bay Area, the California Dragon Boat Association (CDBA) again expects record attendance in all divisions this year. Come join us for another great weekend...
Sun Oct 5
The conference presents internationally recognized yoga masters and other experts who in the course of three days will guide classes, workshops and lectures specifically intended to address the therapeutic applications of Yoga...
Sun Oct 5
Benefit for Muttville
at Slim's (9pm - midnight) Benefit
Gogol Bordello brings high-energy gypsy punk cabaret to Slim’s on October 5 to benefit Muttville, a nonprofit organization that rescues senior dogs from shelters and finds them happy homes in which to live out their days. San Francisco’s cabaret queen Connie Champagne will emcee. All ages (6 and up) are welcome.
Sun Oct 5
The annual celebration of all things German, this is the largest festival of its kind in California, with authentic food, drink, music, dancing & German arts & crafts...
Through Sun Oct 12
at various locations (see listing for times) Movies
With 200 films featuring the best of independent and world cinema from 49 countries, the wonderful family-oriented children’s film festival and cutting edge concepts at Vision Fest. Don’t miss the celebrity tributes, gala celebrations, exciting film premieres and panel events with renowned...
Mon Oct 6 - Tue Oct 7
The David Byrne/Brian Eno record "was born as a dinner conversation," Says Eno. "I mentioned (to Byrne) that I had accumulated a lot of music, which, despite my intentions, I had never formed into songs. David volunteered to give them a try. By and large, we stuck to our separate territories...
Mon Oct 6
This Filthy World – Dirtier & Filthier
John Waters brings his one-man “vaudeville” show to the Castro for one night only! Focusing on Waters’ early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue...
Tue Oct 7
Also with Alice Smith and Low Vs. Diamond
"Santogold is a survivor of a half century worth of living along musical evolution’s most cutting edges. The only live act that can boast of having out-aged Barbara Bush, having outlived..."
Wed Oct 8 - Sun Oct 12
The latest expansion in the Film Society’s year-round programming, this new addition to the fall schedule focuses on bringing the most significant new work from one of the world’s most renown filmmaking countries to discerning Bay Area audiences.
Wed Oct 8
"One of many boy/girl indie electro duos formed in 2006, Rob Barber and Mary Pearson of Brooklyn's High Places approach recording with creative abandon, experimenting with offbeat production techniques like random microphone positioning, pitch shifting, delays, and saturated..."
Thu Oct 9
at Pink (10pm - afterhours) Clubs
Pink - San Francisco Nightclub featuring SF's finest house music. Featuring DJ's sets from Galen (Sunset), Tasho (Stompy), and Nima G. (connectedgrooves). Ladies free before 11pm. | SF Events This Week |
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Youth, Imagination and Transformation
by Nirmala Nataraj
The new exhibition at indie arts space Intersection for the Arts predictably foregoes gallery gambits and examines the power of public art to create communal transformation.
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Sat Oct 4
Tens of Thousands to Dance in the Streets in front of 25+ Stages and World’s Top DJs and love takes over the streets of San Francisco. A giant outdoor dance club for all ages and all people to celebrate music, love, diversity, tolerance, peace...
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Funner Than Fun
by Jialin Luh
Though many have started skating hoping to achieve fame and fortune, there are still people in it for the unadulterated love of skateboarding.
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