Festivals and Parades

Lovefest Shakes That Ass in San Francisco

Sunday: Burning Man ParticiParade on Haight Street

Hair Ball

Wigstock lovingly documents New York's premier drag event

Aisle Seat

Wigstock lovingly documents New York's premier drag event

Night+Day

Wigstock lovingly documents New York's premier drag event

No Toilet Paper, No Peace

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

Next!

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

Five Minutes to Fame

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

Mission Craziness

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

It's in the Can

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

Au Revoir, Addis

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

Meeting And Exceeding Your Beer Needs

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

LoveFest Promises 65,000 Ravers Listening to DJ Dan and Donald Glaude at City Hall

The Porta Potti Arsonist speaks.

Burning Books

Two new art books about Burning Man remind you how nice things are in S.F. when all the Burners go away

Burnt Man

One of the founders of Burning Man is suing and makes a case for opening up the cultish event to more subversive fun

Finders, Tweakers!

Presenting the Love Week Scavenger Hunt: because ravers aren't already stimulated enough

Best New Music Festival

Presenting the Love Week Scavenger Hunt: because ravers aren't already stimulated enough

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Nov. 24, 2004

This Is Burning Man

Arguably the best prose ever written about the 18-year-old festival

The Politics of Burning Man

Burning Man and the Republican convention coincide. Where's a good progressive to go?

Can You Love a Love Parade?

Berlin's legendary -- but embattled -- Love Parade makes a San Francisco debut. But will thousands dance to its beat?

Best Burning Man-Esque Bar

Sublounge

St. Patrick's Day Listings

Sublounge

Best Place to Show Off Your Fierce Face

The Fifth Annual San Francisco Hip-Hop Dance Festival

Culture Klatsch

When the Burning Man folks met the Air Force guys, the desert camping tips flew

The Winter's Tale

With so much going right, it's hard to tell why this clever production falls flat

Burning Spin

Organizers of the Burning Man festival pull out all the stops to control the press -- and it's a good thing they do

Cultural Events

Organizers of the Burning Man festival pull out all the stops to control the press -- and it's a good thing they do

No Sleep Till Indio

Road trip to Coachella

First Steps

Summerfest/Dance 2000 Presents Six Programs

Back to the Streets

Summerfest/Dance 2000 Presents Six Programs

Just Plain Folk

Summerfest/Dance 2000 Presents Six Programs

Burning Desire

Summerfest/Dance 2000 Presents Six Programs

Dog Bites

Summerfest/Dance 2000 Presents Six Programs

Ten Holiday Weekend Treats for Under $10

T.G.I.A.H.W. Which stands for Thank God It's a Holiday Weekend. In the next three days, there's plenty of cheap stuff to do for those planning a little staycation in San Francisco. Below are a couple of our top selections for what to do for under $10.Sarah Applebaum (see Saturday)Mundane Shift Shape ... More >>

Chicken Man

Somebody out there thinks joke mayoral candidate Chicken John Rinaldi ain't funny

Oakland's Eat Real Festival Announces Dates for Next Year's Street-Food Bash

Jenny Oh/Eat Real FestivalOrganizers are promising more food at next year's scarf-athon.​Organizers of Oakland's Eat Real Festival have a date for next year's event. A spokesperson told SFoodie the three-day street food fest will drop Aug. 27-29 next year in Jack London Square, in the same sit ... More >>

Foreign Cinema Finds Its Inner German for Oktoberfest Menus

pilzeleben/FlickrReally into it? Wear your own.​Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission at 21st St.) is busting out the lederhosen and offering two Oktoberfest dinners, tomorrow night and again on Thursday, Oct. 29. Chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark are cooking special three-course meals designed as odes ... More >>

Desert Lights

pilzeleben/FlickrReally into it? Wear your own.​Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission at 21st St.) is busting out the lederhosen and offering two Oktoberfest dinners, tomorrow night and again on Thursday, Oct. 29. Chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark are cooking special three-course meals designed as odes ... More >>

Spring Out of the Jungle

pilzeleben/FlickrReally into it? Wear your own.​Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission at 21st St.) is busting out the lederhosen and offering two Oktoberfest dinners, tomorrow night and again on Thursday, Oct. 29. Chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark are cooking special three-course meals designed as odes ... More >>

It's Carnaval Weekend. Don't Settle for Meat on a Stick

barbcollishaw/FlickrWhat to avoid: Generic festival booths.​This weekend is Carnaval, the vibrant, skin-baring, two-day dance festival celebrating Latin American and Caribbean traditions. It rolls down a seven-block stretch of Harrison, between 16th and 22nd Streets. trythinking/FlickrLook f ... More >>

We Built This City

barbcollishaw/FlickrWhat to avoid: Generic festival booths.​This weekend is Carnaval, the vibrant, skin-baring, two-day dance festival celebrating Latin American and Caribbean traditions. It rolls down a seven-block stretch of Harrison, between 16th and 22nd Streets. trythinking/FlickrLook f ... More >>

Full-on Filipino

barbcollishaw/FlickrWhat to avoid: Generic festival booths.​This weekend is Carnaval, the vibrant, skin-baring, two-day dance festival celebrating Latin American and Caribbean traditions. It rolls down a seven-block stretch of Harrison, between 16th and 22nd Streets. trythinking/FlickrLook f ... More >>

Orchard Supply Hardware Anoints Self Burning Man Central

Pick one of these babies up at OSH! ​Your ears did not deceive you. Orchard Supply Hardware, the place best known for its ads about "bringing you timeless value since 1931," has now labeled itself Burning Man Central. A series of radio spots for the San Jose-based chain advertise OSH as just the p ... More >>

What Does it Take To Get Sued By Burning Man?

Meps 'n' BarryCease and desist, comrades!​Yesterday we reported on how Orchard Supply Hardware's radio ads anointed the store the place to pick up supplies for your eclectic Burning Man projects -- and Burners were none too pleased. OSH won't be getting a call from Black Rock City's legal departme ... More >>

Dancing in the Streets

Meps 'n' BarryCease and desist, comrades!​Yesterday we reported on how Orchard Supply Hardware's radio ads anointed the store the place to pick up supplies for your eclectic Burning Man projects -- and Burners were none too pleased. OSH won't be getting a call from Black Rock City's legal departme ... More >>

Trio of Events Keeps Oktoberfest Alive

OaktoberfestThree oompah-pah fests keep Oktoberfest alive for another week.​Oktoberfest is over. Long live Oktoberfest! The original Oktoberfest in Munich ends today, but that doesn't mean you can't still get your polka on. For three days in a row this week, starting in the city, moving up to ... More >>

Full-Frontal Assault on the Senses

OaktoberfestThree oompah-pah fests keep Oktoberfest alive for another week.​Oktoberfest is over. Long live Oktoberfest! The original Oktoberfest in Munich ends today, but that doesn't mean you can't still get your polka on. For three days in a row this week, starting in the city, moving up to ... More >>

Burning Man: What If They Run Out of Tickets?

Curious Josh ​Burning Man's first-ever ticket lottery has had far more requests for tickets than the 40,000 that have been made available.  What does this mean?The Internet will be very, very, angryNo one will ever get to go to Burning Man againSan Franciscans finally have something other tha ... More >>

Burning Man Bummer: Ticket Lottery Won't Fill Demand

Curious Josh ​Burning Man's first-ever ticket lottery has had far more requests for tickets than the 40,000 that have been made available.  What does this mean?The Internet will be very, very, angryNo one will ever get to go to Burning Man againSan Franciscans finally have something other tha ... More >>