On the Tab :: June 1-7
Fri 1
Bad Girl Cocktail Hour @ The Lexington Club
Every Friday night, bad girls can get $1 dollar margaritas between 9pm and 10pm. All drinks being served up by the fabulous bartending duo of Tanya and Amy. 3464 19th St. between Mission and Valencia. 863-2052. www.lexingtonclub.com
Barbara Cook @ The Rrazz Room
Broadway icon performs an intimate concert of classic songs. $50-$60. 8pm. Thru June 10; various times. 2-drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (800) 380-3095. www.TheRrazzRoom.com
Club Vogue @ Raven
1990s videos and a fun crowd; DJs Porter, Granny, Sparkle and Panic. No cover. 9pm-2am. 1151 Folsom St. www.clubvoguesf.com
Friday Nights @ de Young Museum
Weekly parties, live performances and quick art installations, paired with current shows, including the Jean Paul Gaultier couture/costume exhibit. Free-$18 (tickets required for exhibit entry). 5:30pm-8:30pm. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park. www.deyoung.famsf.org
Ho-Down @ Thee Parkside
New monthly queer music night, with wild comic and unusual acts; Jer Ber Jones, MC Crumbsnatcher, Vain Hein, Rodney O’Neal Austin, Mini Pearl Necklace, DJ Dingbat; plus drinks and food. $15. 9pm. 2am. 1600 17th St. 21+. www.theeparkside.com
Huichica Music Festival @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma
Two days of music concerts at Sonoma’s oldest winery. $75-$240. www.huichicamusicfestival.com
Joe @ The Lookout
Shots, drinks and DJed fun. $2. 10pm-2am. 3600 16th St. at Market. www.lookoutsf.com
Kinky Beats @ Café Flore
Sergio’s weekly DJ night at the popular café-bar. 2 for 1 martinis! 9pm-1:30am. 2298 Market St. 621-8579. www.cafeflore.com
Latin Explosion @ Club 21, Oakland
Dance club (eight bars, more dance floors, lounge) hosts the largest gay Latin dance night in the Bay Area. Happy hour 4pm-8:30pm. Dancing 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St. (510) 268-9425. www.club21oakland.com
The Loved Ones @ Metreon
Peaches Christ hosts a midnight showing of the prom slasher film, with a costume contest for fans. $9. 101 4th St. 369-6201. www.peacheschrist.com
Serving Fish @ Deco Lounge
Kylie Minono’s drag show with the Ladies of Fantazia. Drink specials and ticket giveaways for their June 24 party. 10:30pm show. 510 Larkin St. at Turk. www.decosf.com
Some Thing @ The Stud
Weekly drag show with unusual acts. 10pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com
Thunder From Down Under @ the Rrazz Room
Australian male strip troupe returns. $35-$55. 8pm. Thru June 3 (7pm). 2-drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (800) 380-3095. www.TheRrazzRoom.com
Sat 2
Bearracuda @ Holy Cow
Ursine Undies night, with DJs Medic and 50 Pound Note. Clothes check, snacks and bears. $6-$8. 9pm-2am. 1535 Folsom St. www.bearracuda.com
Beef Bar @ Truck
Shower guys, furry friends, DJ Brian Maier. 8pm-2am. 1900 Folsom St. 252-0306. www.trucksf.com
Beer Bust @ Hole in the Wall Saloon
Beer only $8 until you bust. 4pm-7pm. 1369 Folsom St. 431-4695. www.holeinthewallsaloon.com
The Bi-larious Show @ LGBT Center
Julie Cohen, Nick Leonard, Jennifer Dronsky, David Hawkins, Tammy Powers and drag artists Sandra O. Noshi-Di’n’t perform at a comedy night with bisexual themes. $12. 7:30pm. 1800 Market St. www.Qcomedy.com
Bistroteque @ Café Flore
DJ Ken Vulsion spins tunes at the popular café-bar. 2 for 1 cosmos. 9pm-1:30am. 2298 Market St. 621-8579. www.cafeflore.com
Black and White Ball @ Davies Hall, City Hall
San Francisco Symphony’s annual huge fundraiser, with food, drinks, concerts in tents and in arts buildings of Civic Center. Paul Simon headlines the Davies Hall concert, and Cyndi Lauper headlines the outdoor stage. More than a dozen other bands (Janelle Monae, The Drifters, Avance, Notorious) in various lavishly designed area of the War Memorial Opera House and other venues. $250, $350 and up. 6pm-1am. www.sfsymphony.org/ball
Bloody Mary Bar @ Pilsner Inn
Build your own nutritious beverage with a zing. Every Saturday and Sunday, 10am-2pm. 225 Church St. www.pilsnerinn.com
Bootie SF @ DNA Lounge
Wild weekly mash-up dance night, with resident DJs Adrian & Mysterious D. No matter the theme, a mixed fun good time’s assured. $8-$15. 9pm-3am. 21+. 375 11th st. at Harrison. www.BootieSF.com www.DNAlounge.com
La Bota Loca @ Club 21, Oakland
DJed tunes, gogo hotties, drag shows, drink specials, all at Oakland’s premiere Latin nightclub and weekly cowboy night. $10-$15. Dancing 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St. (510) 268-9425. www.club21oakland.com
Club Rimshot @ Bench and Bar, Oakland
Weekly hip hop and R&B night. $8-$15. 9pm to 4am. 510 17th St. www.bench-and-bar.com
Code @ The Stud
Indie dance party with DJs Six and Candy; 1st & 5th Saturdays. 9pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com
GLAAD Media Awards @ Marriott Marquis Hotel
23rd annual San Francisco edition of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s awards show, with celebrity host Dianna Agron (Glee), guest presenters Mario Lopez, Sean Mayer (Firefly), Zach Walls, Thomas Roberts, Chandler Massey and others. $325 and up. 5pm-11pm. 55 4th St. www.glaad.org
Holla Day @ Truck
Fake celebration theme night. No cover. 9pm-2am. 1900 Folsom St. 252-0306. www.trucksf.com
Stallion @ Rebel
Porn daddy Spencer Reed guest-DJs at Joshua J’s weekly night; DJ David Harness and Joey Jinks spin tunes while sexy gogo guys shake it and offer lap dances. $5-$8. 21+. 9pm-4am. 1760 Market St. at Octavia. www.joshuajpresents.com
This Side of Paradise @ Hillside Gardens, Mill Valley
Litquake hosts a stylish fundraiser, A Great Gatsy Garden Party, with 1920s styled cocktails, food, all at a lovely mansion estate, with hosts Amy Tan, Joyce Maynard Don Novello and Tiffany Baker. $75 and up. 4pm-7pm. 425 Sycamore Ave. www.litquake.org
Sun 3
All-Male Amateur Strip Show @ Deco Lounge
Ruby Holiday and Diva LaFever cohost the weekly night of newbies gettin’ nude. $100 cash prize. DJ Lambchop spins tunes. Contest 10:30pm. 510 Larkin St. at Turk. 346-2025. www.decosf.com
Beer Bust @ 440
$8 a cup and good times at the popular Castro bar. 3pm-8pm. 440 Castro St. www.the440.com
Beer Bust @ Truck
Beer, and lots of it. $10. 4pm-8pm. Ice Queen Sundays, a new drag show, follows. Shows at 9:30 and 11pm. 1900 Folsom St. www.trucksf.com
Flagging in the Park @ National AIDS Memorial Grove
The popular outdoor flagging party returns. 12pm-4pm. Bowling green Drive at Middle Drive East, Golden Gate Park. www.aidsmemorial.org
Honey Soundsystem @ Holy Cow
The coolest Sunday music mix crew plays groove-adelic sounds for a hip, diverse crowd. 10pm-2am. 1535 Folsom St. at 11th. www.honeysoundsystem.com
Jock @ Lookout
Weekly fundraiser for various local LGBT sports groups. $2 cover. Drink specials. 3pm-9pm. 3600 16th St. at Market. www.lookoutsf.com
Jockstrap Bust @ Kok Bar
$8 stripped down, $10 not; all you can drink Bud Light or Rolling Rock. Weekly. 5pm-9pm. 1225 Folsom St. www.kokbarsf.com
Salsa Sundays @ El Rio
Salsa dancing for LGBT folks and friends, with live merengue and cumbia bands; tapas and donations that support local causes. 2nd & 4th Sundays. 3pm-8pm. 3158 Mission St. 282-3325. www.elriosf.com
Sonoma County Pride @ Guerneville
Gay by Nature Pride parade 11am, Main Street celebration 12pm-6pm, with live music by Adonisaurus, Bobby Jo Valentine, The Del Mars and others. Plus, a party at the Guerneville Lodge, 15905 River Road. www.sonomacountypride.org
Sunday School @ The EndUp
T-dance and beer bust at the famed disco. Enjoy the sunny/heated patio (depending on the weather) and grooves by DJ Hawthorne and the Ghetto Disco crew. $5 cover. $3 drinks. 3pm-8pm. 401 6th St. www.theendup.com
Sundance Saloon @ Space 550
The popular country western LGBT dance night. $5. 5pm-10:30pm with lessons from 5:30-7:15 pm. Also Thursdays. 550 Barneveld Ave. www.sundancesaloon.org
Sunday’s a Drag @ Starlight Room
Donna Sachet and Harry Denton host the weekly fabulous brunch and drag show. $45. 11am, show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in Union Square. 395-8595. www.harrydenton.com
Mon 4
Cock and Bull Mondays @ Hole in the Wall Saloon
Specials on drinks made with "Cock and Bull" ginger ale (Jack and Cock, Russian Mule, and more). 8pm-closing. 1369 Folsom St. 431-4695. www.holeinthewallsaloon.com
Funny Mondays @ Deco Lounge
Victor Torres hosts a comedy open mic night. 7pm-9pm. 510 Larkin St. at Turk. www.decosf.com
Karaoke @ The Lookout
Paul K hosts the amateur singing night. 8pm-2am. 3600 16th St. at Market. www.lookoutsf.com
Katya Smirnoff-Skyy @ The Rrazz Room
Russian exiled princess (J. Conrad Frank’s drag alter-ego) performs classic and contemporary tunes with a vodka-infused edge. $30. 8pm. Also June 5. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.therrazzroom.com
Monday Musicals @ The Edge
The renovated bar now shows fun musicals each week. 7pm-2am. 2 for 1 cocktail, 5pm-closing. 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com
Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni’s
Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht (aka Trauma Flintstone). 9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.dragatmartunis.com
Supernova @ Truck
Trivia show at the lil gay bar, with DJs Pork Sweats and Jimmy Swear. 1900 Folsom St. www.trucksf.com
Tue 5
13 Licks @ Q Bar
Weekly women’s night at the stylish intimate bar. 9pm-2am. 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com
Funny Tuesdays @ Harvey’s
Ronn Vigh hosts the weekly LGBT and gay-friendly comedy night. One drink or menu item minimum. 9pm. 500 Castro St. at 18th. 431-HARV. www.harveyssf.com
Golden Wheel Awards @ War Memorial Bldg. Green Room
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s annual awards gala and fundraiser, with drinks, nibblies, auction items, and complimentary valet bike parking. $75 and up. 6pm-9pm. 401 Van Ness Ave. www.sfbike.org
Meow Mix @ The Stud
Weekly drag and variety show. 9pm-2am. 399 9th St. at Harrison. www.studsf.com
Rookie Idol @ Nob Hill Theatre
See new performer try out their stripping talents $20. 8pm-11pm. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 781-9468. www.thenobhilltheatre.com
Queer Night @ Easy Lounge, Oakland
Weekly LGBT electro space jam night with DJ Dr. Sleep, organic cocktails, patio, chill vibe. No cover. 8pm-close. 3255 Lakeshore Ave. www.easy510.com
Sex and the City @ Rebel
Heklina and her crew do drag parody performances of episodes of the HBO series. $20-$25. 7pm & 9pm. Also June 12, 18, 19 & 26. 1760 Market St. www.trannyshack.com
Wed 6
Bear Bust @ Kok
All-you-can-drink Bud Light, Rolling Rock draft. 8pm-12am. 1225 Folsom St. www.kokbarsf.com
Booty Call @ Q Bar
Juanita More and Joshua J’s weekly night packs the intimate stylish bar with grooves and a groovy younger crowd. $3. 9pm-2am. 456 Castro St. www.juanitamore.com www.QbarSF.com
Bubba @ Truck
Good ole boy drinks, specials and Bubba bartenders. 9pm-2am. 1900 Folsom St. www.trucksf.com
D’lysh @ Deco Lounge
Isa Manzanita hosts the weekly drag show at 10:30pm. No cover. 510 Larkin St. at Turk. 346-2025. www.decosf.com
Mary-Go-Round @ The Lookout
A fun weekly drag show with Suppositori Spelling, Mercedez Munro and Ginger Snap. $5. 10pm-2am. 3600 16th St. at Market. www.lookoutsf.com
Pit Stop @ Kok
Hamisi DJs the popular happy hour, 6pm-9pm, where fun continues later. 1225 Folsom St. www.kokbarsf.com
Red Hots Burlesque @ El Rio
Women’s burlesque show performs each Wed & Fri. $5-$10. 7pm. 3158 Mission St. 282-3325. www.elriosf.com
Wolf @ The Watergarden, San Jose
Monthly event for furry men on the prowl, at the South Bay private men’s bath house. $8-$39. Reg hours 24/7. 18+. 1010 The Alameda. (408) 275-1215. www.thewatergarden.com
Thu 7
Be Scene @ W Hotel
SF Pride’s swanky fundraiser, with hors d’eouvres, cash bar, sponsored comp drinks, and schmoozing fun. $50-$1000. 7pm-10pm. 181 3rd St. W San Francisco, www.sfpride.org www.wsanfrancisco.com
Club Temple @ White Horse Bar, Oakland
Weekly DJed music night. No cover. 6551 Telegraph Ave. (510) 652-3820. www.whitehorsebar.com
Comedy Bodega @ Esta Nocha
The new weekly LGBT and indie comic stand-up night. 8pm-9:30pm. 3079 16th St. at Mission. www.comedybodega.com
Daddy @ Kok
Daddies and their boys enjoy drink specials and porn entertainment. 10pm-2am. 1225 Folsom St. www.kokbarsf.com
Fuego @ The Watergarden, San Jose
New weekly event, with Latin music, half-off locker fees and Latin men, at the South Bay private men’s bath house. $8-$39. Reg hours 24/7. 18+. 1010 The Alameda. (408) 275-1215. www.thewatergarden.com
Garrin Benfield, David Gans @ Frieght and Salvage, Berkeley
Gay folk-rock singer and his friend perform at the popular coffeehouse. $20. 8pm. 2020 Addison St. www.garrin.com www.freighandsalvage.org
The Monster Show @ The Edge
Cookie Dough’s weekly raucous drag show with hot gogo guys and DJ MC2. 9pm-2am. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com
Shirts Off @ Hole in the Wall Saloon
$1 off any drink if ya doff yer shirt. 8pm-2am. 1369 Folsom St. 431-4695. www.holeinthewallsaloon.com
Show Off @ Truck
Weekly drag variety show hosted by Pristine Condition. 9pm-2am. 1900 Folsom St. www.trucksf.com
Sony Holland @ The Rrazz Room
The gorgeous jazz singer who sings gorgeously returns for a night of cabaret classic songs. $35. 8pm. Thru June 10 (7pm). 2-drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (800) 380-3095. www.TheRrazzRoom.com
Sundance Saloon @ Space 550
The popular country western LGBT dance night. $5. 6:30pm-10:30pm with lessons from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Also Sundays 5pm-10:30pm with lessons from 5:30-7:15 pm. 550 Barneveld Ave. www.sundancesaloon.org
Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
Shake your groove thang at the intimate retro disco night where DJ Bus Station John plays classic records. $4. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com





