With the city's 45th Pride Parade marching down Market Street Sunday morning, there are plenty of celebrations scattered throughout the Tenderloin this weekend. You'll find everything from educational activities, like a discussion with three black men on overcoming stigmas surrounding HIV at the Luggage Store Gallery, to pure debauchery, like OMG!'s underwear dance party with all-you-can-drink Coors Light and a free clothes check.
You'll also find a few live performances this weekend, including Chicago blues at Biscuits and Blues, sketch comedy at Piano Fight and more.
Read on for the full run down and let us know what we missed in the comments.
Saturday, June 27th
Photo: Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials / Facebook
Mighty Real presents Poolside Pride Party — 12pm, Phoenix Hotel (601 Eddy St). Soulful house with dance and funky disco classics by DJs Ultra Naté, Lisa Moody, David Harness and Homero Espinosa.
T-Dance Underwear Party — 3pm, OMG! (43 6th St). $5 cover, $12 all you can drink Coors Light and a free clothes check. Doors close at 8pm in preparation for an all-night dance party that starts at 9pm.
Our Stories, Our Freedom: Black Voices Transforming Shame & Stigma — 4:30pm, The Luggage Store Gallery (998 Market St). Three men who have lived through the early days of the HIV epidemic share their stories of redemption, survival and hope, presented by Black Brothers Esteem and San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Killing My Lobster Fundraiser & June Show — 6pm, Piano Fight (144 Taylor St). The sketch comedy troupe aims to raise $2,000 in two hours, before dragging everyone's favorite season, wedding season, through the mud at 8 and 10pm.
Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials — 7:30 & 10pm, Biscuits and Blues (401 Mason St). Hailing from Chicago, Lil' Ed Williams and his Blues Imperials deliver a show that's "riotous and rollicking to intensely emotional and moving."
Max & Nicky 5 — 8pm, Bindlestiff Studio (185 6th St). Musicians, writers and twins Max & Nicky present their fifth variety show full of songs, sketches and banter.
HAUS of Towers Presents Phallus in Wonderland Pride Party — 10pm, The Empire Room (555 Golden Gate Ave). Two dance floors, art installations, lots of lights and projected movies until the wee hours of the morning.
Sunday, June 28
(Image: FunkTronic Entertainment / Facebook)
T-Dance Underwear Party — 11am, OMG! (43 6th St). $5 cover, $12 all you can drink Coors Light and a free clothes check.
Mezcal Tasting — 2pm, Bartlett Hall (242 O'Farrell St). Taste 20 different brands of Mezcal while hamming it up with the owners of the brands and enjoying small bites of Mexican cuisine.
Love Train Presented by FunkTronic Entertainment — 2pm, The Basement (222 Hyde St). Dance the afternoon away, mimosa in hand.
