Legendary hip-hop artist Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest)and the duo The Cool Kids joined forces onstage for the 4th Annual 2K Sports Bounce Tour at the Mezzanine. Hip-Hop is NOT dead. Photos by Mekuria Getinet.

The Material Girl's Sticky & Sweet Tour rolled into Oakland over the weekend. Photos by Karla Rivera.

San Francisco has long put its own thumbprint on the Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday to honor those who have passed, on November 2. For the 30th annual procession on Sunday, hordes of burners, artists, hipsters, a few Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and other various culturephiles donned turn-of-the-century costumes and skeleton face paint and pranced through the Mission as though they just stepped out of a Jose Guadalupe Posada etching. Photos by Lauren Smiley.

The place to be on All Hallows' Eve was definitely the Cat Club's "Halloween: A Party," as evidenced by the three buses outside and the long line at the door. And if you managed not to be the unfortunate soul who didn't dress up and got penalized at the ticket booth, the party didn't disappoint. Every square inch of the dance floor was packed with the sexy, the divine and the nearly-naked. Photos by Mike and Jen Cash.

And just like that, October's over. Here's one last look at all the colorful things we covered here at SFWeekly.com.

San Francisco nightlife recently put another one of its staples, Trannyshack, to rest while Stud's new Tuesday night party, Pink Slip, revved up its engine and sauntered out to find an identity of its own. Photos of Tuesday's party (10/28) by Crystal Akins.

Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis was all business as he hit an overflowing Fillmore Tuesday night. He was soon joined by hundreds of fans on stage. Much crowd-surfing ensued. Photos by Mekuria Getinet.

Hollywood's red carpet rolled into San Franisco Tuesday night (10/28) for the world premiere of Milk, a movie about gay civil rights activist Harvey Milk. The star-studded event at the Castro Theater drew hundreds of No on 8 supporters who waved placards and cheered wildly as Sean Penn, who played Milk, arrived with his wife, Robin Wright Penn. Other actors who walked the carpet included James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna and Alison Pill. Photos by Tim Wagner.

Crappy transportation aside, Saturday's Exotic Erotic Ball on Treasure Island was a pretty colorful experience that lured the traditional (corset-and-pastie crowd) and untraditional (Mickey Mouse, pants-free Santa Claus) fetishists out of the house. Photos by Mike and Jen Cash.

If you love dancing in the middle of a sea of gay men (and women!), go go dancers and good music, Booty Call at The Bar in the Castro is a Wednesday night must.Read the related review by Crystal Akins.

Hundreds of enthusiasts and casual fans crowded the venue's first two floors and teetered from one sake cuisine line to the next. Sixteen local restaurants provided decadent bites that perfectly complemented the five varieties of sake up for tasting. Notes and photos by Janine Kahn.

On Saturday and Sunday, the T-Line turned into a modern dance stage with various performances taking place on and off the metro. It was a two hour adventure put on by local choreographers that carried tons of energy from start to finish. The cost? A mere $1.50. Photos by Sam Heller.