Just a few events... Post yours here. And tell me what I should do because there are too many choices.
Friday June 23th, the Friday before Pride, 7 pm March. 3 pm - 7 pm Speakers and Performers: Trans March! Calling all transfolks, friends, allies and admirers! Performers in Dolores Park and at the Civic Center will include Shawna Virago, punk rock icon, Leslie Feinberg, pioneering trans novelist, Katastrophe, hip hop superstar, Lipstick Conspiracy, all-transwoman rock legend, The Momma's Boyz, drag king singers, The Suga-Glida, hot blues and sexy beats, Dyspecific, uncategorizable punk rock heroes, The Cockivores, sexy drag king favorites, Storm Florez, soulful comic guitarist, Kaia Wilson, lead singer of Team Dresch, Thea Hillman, brilliant intersex writer, Sini Anderson, visionary community-building poet, California State Assemblyman Mark Leno, District Attorney Kamala Harris, Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Tenants rights organizer Robert Haaland, along with: cheerleaders, belly-dancers, dancers, guitarists, and many others! The Trans March is produced by over 50 grassroots community volunteers, with primary sponsorship from: Good Vibrations, National Center for Lesbian Rights, United Genders of the Universe! Horizons Foundation, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and co-sponsorship by: Walden House, FTM International, SEIU Local 790, Fresh Meat Productions, Femina Potens, and the San Francisco LGBT Community Center. Starts at Dolores Park, Dolores and 19th Street
Friday June 23, 4 pm-5:30 pm: Reggie Williams Achievement Awards This event is in conjunction with the Eighth Annual Black, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender people In Pride Celebration, honoring Quentin Easter (Executive Director-Lorraine Hansberry Theater) and Stanley E. Williams (Artistic Director-Lorraine Hansberry Theater). Program will be hosted by Bernard Henderson, with entertainment by Fay Carroll. Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium Address: 100 Larkin St. (enter on Grove and go downstairs.)
Friday June 23, 7pm: Pride kick-off Queer Stuff Music Showcase: Featuring Funkadelic Rock & Wailing Guitar of GROOVY JUDY, Next Gen Pop Rocker BLAIR HANSEN, Rich & Eclectic Music of MITCHELLE TANNER. Benefiting SF Dyke March. Don't miss our last showcase of the summer - we come back on Sept. 15. at Spellbinding Tales Books at 1910 Encinal in Alameda. http://www.queerstuffenterprises.com/
Friday June 23, signup at 7:30, reading at 8 pm: Queer Open Mic at the Center's Three Dollar Bill Cafe. Feature: Joel A. Brown. Hosted by: Cindy Emch and Sherilyn Connelly. Proceeds from the event go to the performers and Bitch Magazine. All ages, $1-$5. No one turned away for lack of funds. (usually 2nd and 4th Fridays) At $3 Bill Cafe, LGBT Center, 1800 Market at Octavia http://www.threedollarbill.com/
Friday June 23 8 pm: Saints and Sinners: Queer Chicano/Latinos Re-defining Spirituality. Curated by Meliza Bañales for Galeria & QueLACo. Performers: Tina D'Elia, Mario Balcita, M. Park, Prado Gomez, Samuel Gonzalez, and more $7. At Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th St at Bryant. http://www.galeriadelaraza.org
Friday June 23rd , doors 8 pm, show 9 pm. Swedish glam rock band The Ark and Mon Cousin Belge. Friday before Pink Saturday. The Ark also play main stage at gay pride. $13. At Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market St. http://www.cafedunord.com
Pride Friday, June 23RD, doors and speed dating at 8 pm, show 10 pm: Fairy Butch's Pride a'Palooza! (& The Official Tranny March Afterparty!) A Campy, Erotic Cabaret, Dance Party & Speed Dating Shindig For Gals & Trannies of All Colors & Pals! 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission St. at 22nd St.
Friday June 23rd from 10pm to 2am : TOP: Set off your Pride weekend in style at TOP, guaranteed to be the hottest party in The City! We will be taking over the spacious Rawhide and rocking all three floors with beats from DJ 5X5 (The Clap, Suicide Tuesdays, Rickshaw Stop) DJ Melville (PYT, Cockblock) DJ Scottish Andy (Disco Scum, Deathrock Booty Call) and many more! The party is also a benefit for No Rack Jack, an organization that provides grants to transgender men and women who cannot afford SRS surgeries. $7-$15 sliding scale. at the Rawhide (Club Hide) 280 7th St between Howard and Folsom.
Saturday June 24, 1:15 pm: film: Fat Girls. http://www.frameline.org/festival/30th/ At the Castro Theatre.
Saturday June 24, performances 3 pm, march 7 pm: Dyke March. Starts at Dolores Park. http://www.dykemarch.com
Saturday June 24, 6pm-2 am: "Double Dutch Disco" at the Transfer: Special Pink Saturday edition. DJ Bus Station John (Tubesteak Connnection/The Rod) pays tribute to the soulful sound of Black Manhattan circa '79-'85 with "Double Dutch Disco," an 8-hour old school marathon of vintage nyc beats & treats from the Paradise Garage to the Electric Kingdom. Remember D-Train, Skyy, Bohannon & Indeep? Shake your rump to the funk with Teena, Taana, & La Toya! Cheap drink specials all night! [Returns to Every Last Sunday of the Month in July.] $3 cover, 6pm-2am. The Transfer, 198 Church @ Market
Saturday, June 24, 7:30-10:30 pm: Queer Contra Pride Dance. A friendly, folksy alternative to the crowds of Pride weekend. What is contra? It's lots of nice folks with fiddles in the background. It's like square dancing without the square. English parlor dancing without the parlor. Disco without the ball. Kind of funky and silly, lots of smiling and swinging your partner round and round. It's easy to learn and beginners are always welcome. Boston caller Laura Johannes joins a hot ensemble of Vermont musicians. $10 (or pay what you can). Bethany Church, 1268 Sanchez @ Clipper in San Francisco. More info: http://www.lcfd.org/sf/ or 510.430.2833.
Saturday June 24, Doors at 7:30 pm, show at 8 pm:
QComedy presents special Pride Eve Comedy Show. Featuring Karen Ripley and Tom Ammiano, plus Sean Hetherington, Dana Cory, Angie Krass, Erin Souza, and Ronn Vigh. Sliding scale $8-$15. Location: Jon Sims Center, 1519 Mission St (Between 11th St. and South Van Ness), South of Market, San Francisco. map
Saturday June 24: Lez Zeppelin, Sistas in the Pit, Coal Pits Wash at the Fillmore. http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/220476
Saturday June 24, 8 pm-midnight: Back by popular demand! Puttin' On The Ritz is an elegant San Francisco Women's Dance during San Francisco Gay Pride Weekend. One of San Francisco's Best Lesbian Events featuring Dance Music by DEUCE and DJ Susan Doyle. No host bar service Gourmet Hors d'Oeuvres, Coffee and Dessert. Come celebrate Gay Pride Weekend and dance the night away! Visit our website at http://www.sapphiremoonproductions.com to learn more. Ticket sales are limited at $75.00. You can purchase tickets online or by calling 650-343-0543 or email at contact@sapphiremoonproductions.com Sales after May 24, 2006 will be $100.00. Puttin' On The Ritz will be at: Marine's Memorial Club, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94102 Sign up now to win 2 free VIP Tickets to Puttin' On The Ritz
Saturday June 24th, 9-2am: Rebel Girl's Dyke March After-Party -- A nuwaveindielectrohiphoprock80's dance party for dykes, bois, femmes, trannies and queers of all genders. Featuring resident DJs China g and DNR Fabulous DJ Saratonin. Delicious Dancers Claire and Fei, Rebel Girl beaters and boi undie give-aways, Rebel Girl merch 4 sale. $8, 21+. Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell st., at Van ness, SF
Saturday, June 24th, Doors at 9:00pm party till 2:00am: Arielle and the SF Citadel Present... The Queer Playground A Queer Leather BDSM play celebration "Pride and Play"-Come in your most "colorful" outfit! Come on out Pride Weekend for The Queer Playground-a Queer Leather energy play party for anyone of any gender who identifies as queer, lesbian, gay, fag, dyke, genderqueer, genderfucker, gender-bender, differently-abled queer, queer of color, trans, MTF, FTM, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, questioning, intersexed, trysexual  Theme: Pride and Play- Dress your most "colorful" (however you define "colorful") Special Areas and Items of Interest: -service submissives for beverages, supplies and other negotiations -"Queer Hook Up" for those looking to hook up- with Pimp Daddies to assist -Wrestling Area -"Suck and Fuck" room. Entry: $20.00. Volunteer work shifts available for entry (service submissives/Pimp Daddy, DM's, setup, cleanup, door shifts) *Service submissives require a brief a training and preferable experience or desire for service submission. RSVP's requested, but not required RSVP Email to: faeriecritter@gmail.com (note new email address) Volunteer shifts available are set up, clean up, door, cashier, DM, service submissive or Pimp Daddy. Shifts are given on a first come, first serve basis. DM's require approval from host and must have prior experience. Volunteer email at faeriecritter@gmail.com *Please feel free to re-post where appropriate SF Citadel, 1277 Mission Street, between 8th and 9th (Note that, for those parking on Mission Street, ticketing and towing begins at 2am.) http://www.sfcitadel.org
Sunday June 25: Mikes On Bikes, the Queer Boys' Bicycle Contingent in the LGBT Pride Parade, is now recruiting riders for their 10th annual pleasure cruise down Market Street on Sunday, June 25th. Join 150+ buggery bikers as we celebrate a Decade of Queer Freedom---from friggin' MUNI & metermaids! Go wild & decorate yourself & your ride, or just come as you are. A sliding-scale registration fee ($5-$10) will be collected parade morning & gets you on the list for that evening's now-notorious MOB after-party, with beer, a bike check & a hot tub full of cute boys waiting just for you! 24-hr Info/ Pre-registration Hotline: 415-905-8854 P.S. Watch out for those trolley tracks---at least one queen goes down every year!
This year's ride is dedicated to Spider Davila, a local queer cyclist/activist/dj/beloved bon vivant who only last December spent two weeks in & out of consciousness in St. Luke's Intensive Care Unit, his arm broken, sinuses shattered, and jaw fractured in 40 places after he was deliberately struck down on his bicycle by a hit-and-run SUV driver -- Yet our boy recovered sufficiently from his injuries to ride 585+ miles in this month's SF-to-LA AIDS/LifeCycle! And he still looks cute! TV movie, anyone? Partial proceeds from this year's ride/after-party will go toward helping defray the cost of the extensive dental surgery Spider faces in the months to come. Donations may also be made via PayPal to jefleopard@hotmail.com |
