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Cow Palace

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Number 38: Broken Record's Crawfish Grits

    SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​On New Year's Eve of 1973, the Allman Brothers put on a legendary, marathon show at the Cow Palace. Nearly four decades later, up Geneva at The Broken Record, Georgian Shane LaValley creates something just as unapologe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Unemployed Still? Cannabis Jobs Fair at Cow Palace This Weekend

    ​This being election season means it's also jobs season. Jobs are on the lips of every politician worth his or her soft money -- from Barack Obama's jobs plan to Mayor Ed Lee's own Wilsonesque 17-point jobs plan (in some ways eerily similar to the 17-point jobs plan offered in June by mayoral oppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Watch an Amazing Video of Nirvana Playing at the Cow Palace and Destroying Shit from 1991

    Breaking shit since 1987​This will remind you '90s-swiping teenyboppers of the high-as-fuck standards you have to live up to: A heretofore "rare" video of Nirvana playing the Cow Palace in Daly City (right next to S.F.) from 1991. Shot from the side of the stage, the clip shows the band screa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Anti-Rave Bill Nixed By Fiona Ma

    The anti-anti-raves crowd will be pleased​Readers may recall Assemblywoman Fiona Ma empowering the "I'm a raver and I vote" contingent with last week's introduction of the Anti-Raves Act of 2011. Well, the party's over... on ending parties. Ma yesterday announced she's pulling back her bill until ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Anti-Rave Legislator Fiona Ma Coming To Rave Near You

    This is NOT a real photograph. Yet. ​Fiona Ma taketh away, and Fiona Ma giveth. The San Francisco Assemblywoman yesterday decided to nix her controversial "Anti-Raves Act of 2011." Area rave promoters may soon get something else, however: Fiona Ma. Ma told SF Weekly she plans on attending a rave s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    SF Lawmaker Fiona Ma Wants To Ban Raves Statewide

    Thomas LevinsonIs this the future of raves in California?​Following several drug-related deaths, arrests, and hospitalizations at raves in the Bay Area and Los Angeles this year, S.F. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma says the state should ban raves altogether.Ma's bill, the Anti-Raves Act of 2011, would out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Anti-Rave Bill Introduced By Fiona Ma

    Now a slightly tougher choice​In the legislative version of the cops showing up and busting up your party, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma is attempting to make California a rave-free zone. The San Francisco politico's Anti-Raves Act of 2011 would forbid any "public event at night that includes prerecorded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Cow Palace Says No to Subsonic Spookfest, Pop Raves

    ​You'll have to take your glow sticks somewhere else, raver kids: the Cow Palace in Daly City won't be hosting any more Subsonic Spookfests or Pop 2010 parties. The board of directors that controls the state-owned arena voted yesterday to specifically ban those events, after two died of ecstasy ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    San Francycle: Local Gems at SF Bike Expo

    ​ Hey, I have an idea. Let's convene a vertigo-sufferers convention in the Swiss Alps. Then we'll hold a family picnic in an Alaskan timberwolf preserve. And finally we can organize an ocean cruise to Kansas. But first, let's hold the San Francisco Bike Expo at the Cow Palace. It's the perfec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Delorean Reaches for (Musical) Ecstasy at Great American Music Hall

    Delorean last night at Great American​DeloreanLemonadeNovember 10, 2010@ Great American Music HallBetter than: taking drugs at the Cow Palace.With all due respect to the lovers and survivors of house and trance music, the movement has moved, onward and outward, to bigger sounds and better ideas. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Cattle Stampede Planned for San Francisco Streets Tonight

    Stop! You're violating the city charter! ​Here's the difference between Daly City and San Francisco: In the former, they'll have cows on the streets. Here we have people who think they're cows. Actually, tonight San Francisco will have cows trotting through its city streets as well. In order to co ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    The Exotic Erotic Ball ditched the Cow Palace over ticket fraud

    Stop! You're violating the city charter! ​Here's the difference between Daly City and San Francisco: In the former, they'll have cows on the streets. Here we have people who think they're cows. Actually, tonight San Francisco will have cows trotting through its city streets as well. In order to co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Exotic Erotic Ball Heads to Richmond, Abandoning Cow Palace

    May I have this dance?​The San Francisco peninsula might be home to some of the world's most avid sexual recreation, but this year it will be bidding a fond adieu to one of its kinkiest confabs. The 31st annual Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo is moving from the Cow Palace to the East Bay, where it w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Brazen Diaper Theft on Bus

    ''ll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash ya got...'​In the closest we've seen to the signature scene from Raising Arizona being recreated on Muni, a woman reported to police she was forcibly robbed of a package of diapers. The incident, which took place at Geneva and Santos -- a stone's thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Off the Grid, Urban Wine Experience, Street-Food Birthday: Your Weekend Planner

    John BirdsallFriday: Happy Dumpling cheers up Fort Mason Center.​Can you believe it's almost August? Before summer advances into downed foliage and the sun starts setting before the end of happy hour, there's no better weekend to head out and enjoy yourself. Fri., July 30: • Feeling a littl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Cow Palace Farmers' Market Starts Quietly

    Urban Village The Cow Palace Farmers' Market takes place Saturdays through mid-October.​What would happen if there was a farmers' market and nobody showed up? That's sort of what happened last Saturday, when a first-ever market debuted at the Cow Palace, with just about zero fanfare. Organize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Should the Underground Market Move to a Bigger Venue?

    kewzoo/FlickrSmall and packed or trade-show sprawling?​Should the SF Underground Market go huge? The monthly phenomenon that's drawn thousands of locals interested in scoring artisan edibles from small, home-based vendors is suffering from growing pains. Last week, organizer Iso Rabins posted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Funkless Crook Fails With The Bop Gun

    www.duke.eduOne make-believe weapon, under a groove​The bop gun can do you no harm; it frees your mind so your kind can follow. Which is why fake firearms make for poor accessories to crime; which is why a young man attempting to pull off a robbery with what the San Francisco Police Department gen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    High Times at International Pot Expo

    Chris RobertsHardcore pot enthusiasts probably didn't even notice the woman in the background of this photo. Right?​VIEW OUR POT EXPO SLIDESHOW HERE California is pot-friendly, but public mass consumption of cannabis is still a feat -- especially when it's on state property. That is partiall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Fast & Lovely: Bike Fashion Porn

    At this weekend's SF Bike Expo at the Cow Palace, fashion-conscious cyclists rolled out their best gear. Check out more in Joe Schell's "Heavy Pedal: The S.F. Bike Expo @ The Cow Palace." ​A bicycle built for too sexy. ​We're plaid about it!​Can we hop in your basket?

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Exotic Erotic Ball Slideshow: Wildest Party on Earth (NSFW)

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    The Great Dickens Christmas Fair Offers Free Orphans, Bad Teeth

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Engineers’ Roundup: Thousands of Scientists Descend Upon Cow Palace for Grueling Exam

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Tomorrow: Round Two American Idol Auditions at Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Thursday: American Idol Auditions in Daly City

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Bitch is Back: American Idol Auditions Kick Off in Daly City

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    Exotic Erotic Ball Ditches Cow Palace for Treasure Island

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Exotic Erotic Ball Couches Tits as Freedom: Get Real! ... about Freedom (not Tits; fake Tits are fine)

    ​San Francisco gathered at the Cow Palace last weekend so celebrate the wilder side of human sexuality at the Exotic Erotic Ball--six hours of unadulterated(and adult) fun. Click through our (very NSFW) slideshow for lingerie, fetish, and leather.

  • Calendar

    October 26, 2005

    His Story

    Love through the ages

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2005

    Green Scene

    Nature's in bloom at the Cow Palace

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2005

    Tag Tour

    Graffiti spree

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2004

    Planet Party

    One-stop New Year's Eve shopping

  • News

    November 24, 2004

    Wake Up, America!

    Infiltrator works his way into an anti-immigration petition drive -- at a gun show

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2004

    Wiener World

    Dachshund-lovers unite

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2004

    Yippie-Ki-Yay!

    Getting back to what the Cow Palace was intended for: rodeo

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2004

    Drop a Bomb

    Custom cars are really hoppin'

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2004

    Wild Wild Life

    Invading the privacy of birds

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2004

    No Strings

    Make your own manikin at MOCHA

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2004

    Painted Ladies

    Antique ads from old Shanghai

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2004

    Tricksters

    The Globetrotters dribble into town

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2003

    Cool Medium

    Video commentaries cut the crap

  • News

    December 27, 2000

    San Francisco Victorians

    At the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, 'tis always the season for historical fidelity

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    The Full Monty

    A Horse Whisperer's marketing caravan rolls into the Cow Palace

  • Music

    May 20, 1998

    Riff Raff

    A Horse Whisperer's marketing caravan rolls into the Cow Palace

  • Music

    October 29, 1997

    Night Crawler

    A Horse Whisperer's marketing caravan rolls into the Cow Palace

  • Calendar

    February 12, 1997

    Slap Shots

    A Horse Whisperer's marketing caravan rolls into the Cow Palace

  • Music

    December 25, 1996

    Kiddie Primer

    A Horse Whisperer's marketing caravan rolls into the Cow Palace

  • Music

    August 21, 1996

    Night Crawler

    A Horse Whisperer's marketing caravan rolls into the Cow Palace

  • Music

    September 13, 1995

    Night Crawler

    A Horse Whisperer's marketing caravan rolls into the Cow Palace

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