Rickshaw Stop

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa


Welcome to the high-school prom you always wanted: indie bands, DIY decor, glitter drag and '90s getups in a former TV studio. Regular events include Popscene indie bands, Brazilian breakbeat nights, Nerd Nite lecture mixers and monthly gay Asian house party GAMeBoi. Some nights welcome ages 18-plus, others 21-plus; doors open around 8pm and main acts kick off around 10pm.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa attractions

1. Twitter Headquarters

0.19 MILES

Market St's traffic-stopping 1937 Mayan deco landmark was built to accommodate 300 wholesale furniture-design showrooms – but, a decade ago, fewer than 30…

2. City Hall

0.21 MILES

Rising from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake, this beaux arts landmark echoes with history. Demonstrators protesting red-scare McCarthy hearings on City…

3. Patricia's Green

0.23 MILES

The social center of hip, walkable, tree-lined Octavia Blvd is this pocket park, featuring Burning Man–inspired temporary sculpture installations, picnic…

4. SF Arts Commission Gallery

0.24 MILES

Get in on the ground floor of the next SF art movement at this public showcase for local talent, with past exhibits ranging from Susan O'Malley's silk…

5. San Francisco Main Library

0.32 MILES

A grand light well illuminates SF's favorite subjects: poetry in the Robert Frost Collection, civil rights in the Hormel LGBTQIA Center, SF music zines in…

6. Asian Art Museum

0.34 MILES

Imaginations race from subtle Chinese ink paintings to seductive Hindu temple carvings and from elegant Islamic calligraphy to cutting-edge Japanese…

7. Zen Center

0.36 MILES

With its sunny courtyard and generous cased windows, this uplifting 1922 building is an interfaith landmark. Since 1969, it's been home to the largest…

8. Haight Street Art Center

0.41 MILES

Jeremy Fish's bronze bunny-skull sculpture hints at the weird wonders inside this nonprofit dedicated to works on paper and San Francisco's signature art…