Marina district nightclub MatrixFillmore closed earlier this year for a remodel, and has reopened as a low-key cocktail bar and changed back to its original name, Matrix. Famous live shows took place inside this venue, with performances spanning Bob Marley to The Velvet Underground. The Matrix…
Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park will be renamed after the late, great San Francisco comedian and Academy Award-winner, Robin Williams. The Recreation and Park Department made the announcement earlier this week, just in time for Comedy Day, which takes place on Sunday, September 17. San Francisco…
One of the longest-running monthly music parties is coming to a bittersweet end this week. 21 years, by any standard, is a very impressive run for any party, and especially when you consider for 18 of those year it was a Sunday weekly event. On…
On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee dismantled a bill that would allow communities to decide whether bars can serve alcohol past the current 2AM cutoff. Democratic State Senator Scott Wiener introduced the latest piece of legislation back in February….
The annual gathering in the Nevada desert drew nearly 70,000 people this year to create the temporary metropolis known as Black Rock City. The area experienced flooding earlier this year but dried out in time for the show to go on. Here are some incredible…
While thick cloud cover trolled the Bay Area during this week’s total solar eclipse, flocks of fortunate sun seekers chased a conglomerate of festival producers up to Big Summit Prairie, Oregon, to catch the event in totality. In an off-year of their widely praised festival,…
Heavyweight electronic acts like A-Trak, Dillon Francis, What So Not, and Zeds Dead have all been confirmed for the 2017 BOO! San Francisco festival. The two-day, Halloween-themed festival make stops in Dallas and Arizona before touching down in San Francisco on October 27 and 28….
Keeping tabs on the status of the Elbo Room is like following a can being perpetually kicked down the road. Owners of the Mission district bar and event venue recently signed a third extension of the lease agreement to stay at their current location until…
Two-night Halloween costume rave Ghost Ship announced its final holiday event at Pier 70 location. This large-scale annual event returns October 27 and 28 for its 10th consecutive year—and now with a brand new name. The spooky party, officially called LoveBoat Halloween, to avoid any…
Burning Man is a spectacle of human creativity in the middle of the Nevada desert, a gathering unlike any other in the world. Camps at Burning Man range from 5 people in a tent to organized groups with 200+ people that can build massive sound…
The redwoods of Nor-Cal shook this past weekend with the fifth glitter-bombed edition of Northern Nights Music Festival. All walks of beautiful life drifted and boogied around the banks of Eel River and the luscious redwood groves of Cooks Valley Campground. The headliners in big…
This October 6-8th, pack your tents and sleeping bags for the third installment of Dirtybird’s raucous Dirtybird Campout. Today, the label released the lineup for its summer camp themed music festival—now even more diverse and star-studded than ever before. Touting all of their core Dirtybird…
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