On the Tab, October 2011
[ October 1, 2011; 6:00 pm to 11:50 pm. ] Gay galas, beer busts, cabaret singers, drag shows, strip acts and Halloween parties; October’s ripe for a harvest of nightlife.
[ October 1, 2011; 6:00 pm to 11:50 pm. ] Gay galas, beer busts, cabaret singers, drag shows, strip acts and Halloween parties; October’s ripe for a harvest of nightlife.
[ October 1, 2011; 6:00 pm to 11:50 pm. ] Esperanza Spalding, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Castro Street Fair (in the day), and nightclub events get your October optimized.
[ October 7, 2011; 6:00 pm to 11:50 pm. ] Crooners, queens, crafty DJs, Remember the Party (at a new location), Juanita More and Thomas Dolby. Yes, you read that right; Thomas Dolby.
[ August 19, 2011; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] The Watergarden and Nob Hill Theatre feature live porn studs gettin’ nekkid through the next few months.
[ October 8, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] The air hostess with the mostes’ campy comedy act (aka Australian comic Caroline Reid) returns and you’ll take off with her dishy wit. Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Castro Theatre
[ October 9, 2011 6:00 pm to October 10, 2011 3:00 am. ] It’s a Mighty Real Disco! Celebrate the classic disco days as DJ Jerry Bonham spins classic ’70s and ’80s hits, with a musical spotlight on Sylvester.
[ October 14, 2011; 6:00 pm to 11:50 pm. ] Litcrawl, Bryan Ferry, The Shirelles, Treasure Island Music Fest, Wild Nights, Monday Musicals and more.
[ October 21, 2011; 8:00 pm to 11:50 pm. ] Wilson Cruz, Ben Cohen, Rafael Alencar, Trannyshack, Deadmau5, and Halloween events. It’s a harvest of fun!
Cocktails, Anyone?, Curtain Up! (theatre parties), Night Bites (clubs’ sandwiches), Pod People (DJs online) and due to popular demand, our expanded On the Tab listings.
Most gay nightlife history focuses on bars. But San Francisco restaurants were popular gathering places for gays, even going back to the 1930s.