Entertainment in San Francisco
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Koko Cocktails
This retro-cool cocktail lounge spins reggae, soul and sometimes hip-hop - a snappy place to start a pub crawl.
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Annie's Social Club
Annie's stages kick-ass new music, burlesque, punk-rock-and-schlock karaoke, and open-mic comedy; check the website.
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Eagle Tavern
Eagle TavernThe place on Sunday afternoons; wear leather and blend right in. All-you-can-drink beer from 3pm to 6pm ($10).
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Cav Wine Bar
Cav serves 40 wines by the glass (most under $10), available in flights or 2.5oz pours, in a concrete-and-metal industrial space. Tasty small plates keep your palate zinging.
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Triple Crown
A storefront bar with adjoining black-box rooms – one with glittering chandeliers, another with a disco-ball dance floor – Triple Crown hosts DJs spinning everything from ‘60s-soul and ‘80s-pop to down-tempo funk and hip-hop. Expect an upbeat crowd of happy locals that love to dance and schmooze. Tuesdays are gay. Call ahead or check website to confirm opening times.
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Red Vic Movie House
Collectively owned and operated for decades, the Red Vic has preserved a funky ’70s vibe right down to the dilapidated couch seating and popcorn served in faux-wood snack bowls with optional brewer’s yeast. Surfer flicks, punk rockumentaries and movies by local filmmakers pack the place, so get in line if you hope to avoid the too-deep seats with busted springs.
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Jazz at Pearl's
A stylish supper club with a friendly, sophisticated vibe, Pearl's features modern jazz talent and has expanded its repertoire to blues and Latin music. It draws a well-heeled, mature crowd with its high-quality vocalists and instrumentalists. Sultry diva Kim Nalley, who owns Pearl's with her husband, is a throwback to the glamorous jazz era, and on some Mondays and Tuesdays, she'll grace audiences with an appearance.
At cocktail tables, a two-drink minimum is in effect - best to make a night of it.
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Bar Agricole
Drink your way to a history degree with well-researched cocktails: Bellamy Scotch Sour with egg whites passes the test, but Tequila Fix with lime, pineapple gum and hellfire bitters earns honors. And talk about an overachiever – for its modern wabi-sabi design with natural materials and sleek deck, Agricole won a James Beard Award for restaurant design. Bar bites here are a proper pig-out, including pork pâté with aspic fried farm egg with crispy pork belly.
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Smuggler's Cove
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum…or wait, make that a Dead Reckoning tawny port cocktail with Angostura bitters, Nicaraguan rum and vanilla liqueur, unless someone wants to share the flaming Scorpion Bowl? Pirates are bedeviled by choice at this shambling Barbary Coast shipwreck of a tiki bar, hidden speakeasy-style behind a tinted door. With tasting flights from a selection of 200 specialty rums and 70 historic cocktail recipes gleaned from rum-running around the world, you won't be dry-docked for long.
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Sundance Kabuki Cinema
The silver screen gone green, from recycled-fiber reserved seating to local Hangar vodka cocktails at 21+ shows.
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Theatre Bay Area
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SHN
<strong>SHN</strong> hosts touring Broadway shows.
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Juanita More
The drag superstar throws fierce parties attended by hot boys, especially for Pride.
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KQED Community
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Literary Death Match
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LYRIC
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Pocket Opera Company
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San Francisco Mime Troupe
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San Francisco Performances
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SF Classical Voice
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Artists' Television Access
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Betty's List
Parties, fundraisers, power lesbian mixers.
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Bluegrass Signal
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Chanticleer
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