Events for June 23, 2012
Saturday, June 23
Besides the outdoor marches and gathering, one of Pride SF’s most public displays is the giant cloth pink triangle installed for the weekend at the top of Twin Peaks.
Come to SF’s most iconic peaks to help install the pink triangle and stay for the commemoration …
Dip yourself in honey and come on in! Good Vibrations, your partners in Pride for 35 years, is proud to be your prime destination before, during, and after the Dyke March on June 23, 2012.
Party with us at our booth in Dolores Park for the …
Join us for our 12th annual Festival at the Sonoma Lavender Barn in Kenwood June 23 and 24.
Enjoy the lavender fields in full bloom while sipping a glass of wine, tasting lavender inspired cuisine by Lisa Hemenway of FRESH, taking a farm tour, listening …
Enjoy Get Outdoors Day on June 23, 2012 when going outside, hanging out with friends and family, and experiencing natural spaces is a National Holiday.
On National Get Outdoors Day, ditch work early to involve yourself in experiencing the magical mysteries of the Presidio Park. The Trust …
Now entering its 18th year, the Vans Warped Tour has become America’s longest running festival concert tour and reaches more than 600,000 kids every summer.
Vans Warped Tour is a platform for music, athletes and lifestyles to co-mingle and thrive in an atmosphere dedicated to music …
The Annual San Francisco Dyke March is a gathering of close to 200,000 lesbians, women and supportive men intended to be a precursor to the wider LGBT Pride events but is its own separate celebration.
Enjoy music hosted by deejays from about 1pm until about 5pm in Dolores …
Come out again this summer and bring your toe-tapping shoes, as the Laurel Village Association is once again hosting the Summer Solstice Music Festival on June 23, 2012.
The 7th annual event will highlight all the wonderful performers who live in the Laurel and will be …
The New Taste Marketplace is a once per month gathering of over 25+ food makers, caterers, carts, and food trucks coming together to help raise money for the local Food Pantry of SF. The event takes place from 12-5PM on Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 …
Bay Area percussionist Josh Jones and his Latin Jazz Ensemble will pay tribute to one of the most famous and beloved percussionists in the history of Latin jazz, Ray Barretto.
The program features Carlos Rosario (vocals), Edgardo Cambón (vocals/congas), Chloe Scott (flute), Marty Wehner (trombone), …
Join Macy’s in Union Square for a meet and greet with Ross Mathews, late night celebrity and a regular on Chelsea Lately, where he will take photos and sign autographs for fans.
While you’re here, enjoy informal modeling, live music and more.
Witness feats of amazing strength and bewildering beauty when The Lexington Club presents Muscle Machines: Lube Wrestling on Saturday, June 23, 2012.
Get ready for some hot queer on queer action with your host and referee Jibby. Matches include Winter, Rachel, Hot Tanya, Clark, and Cyrene. …
While in San Francisco on June 23, 2012 watch out for Bay Area Flash Mob as they celebrate San Francisco Pride with a Lady Gaga dance flash mob.
They will perform a Medley including Born This Way, Poker Face, Telephone, Judas and Bad Romance.
Locations and times:
2:30pm: …
This tasty book collects 50 recipes for Humphry Slocombe’s idolized and iconoclastic flavors, as well as surprising sundae combinations and popular toppings such as marshmallow and crumbled curry cookie.
More than 50 color photographs, dozens of graphics and drawings, and first-person essays and scenes from the …
This tasty book collects 50 recipes for Humphry Slocombe’s idolized and iconoclastic flavors, as well as surprising sundae combinations and popular toppings such as marshmallow and crumbled curry cookie.
More than 50 color photographs, dozens of graphics and drawings, and first-person essays and scenes from the …
On Saturday, June 23 at 3pm, Rasputin Berkeley will welcome R&B singer Bobby Brown for an instore meet & greet/signing in support of his new record The Masterpiece.
Pick up a copy of the album, and get it signed by the man himself.
The 12th Annual Summer Sailstice is a free event for families and sailing enthusiasts. Sail in, drive in, BART or bike over–come down for a Saturday of fun at Oakland Oakland’s Lake Merritt.
Summer Sailstice is Saturday, June 23, 2012–the weekend closest to the summer solstice.
Summer …
On Saturday, June 23, 2012 The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence bring Pride to the streets of the Castro by closing them to cars and buses and then pumping multiple sound stages with music to create the largest nighttime street party in San Francisco.
New this year …
Join the San Francisco Obscura Society for celebratory cocktails and a look at the first episode of the new West coast season of “Oddities: San Francisco” featuring the staff of the fabulous Haight Street curiosity shop Loved to Death.
Audra Kunkle, Wednesday Mourning, Corinne Griffin, and …
Comedy Central is looking for 350 diehard comedy fans to join them at The Fillmore in San Francisco for four nights of FREE stand-up comedy live tapings of the legendary Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Series from June 20-23, 2012.
The shows feature different standout comedians each night …
The Avett Brothers are an indie rock band from Concord, North Carolina made up of two brothers, Scott Avett and Seth Avett, who play the banjo and guitar respectively.
Following on from Seth and Scott’s former rock band Nemo, the Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, …
Come experience art, performance and more at Art Monsters and the FunkMonsters After Party. Shop, mix and mingle with fellow “arties”. At 10pm the funk monsters after party will be rocking by DJ Mike Major.
8pm – 10pm: ArtMonsters 3 Showcase
10pm – 2am: FunkMonsters After Party
The …
You begged for it. Now, they’re gonna deliver. Berlin-style ping pong in the East Bay. Plus $1 slices of gourmet pizza, $1 beers, fried olives, and fancy cocktails at the bar – all on the lovely enclosed back patio at Paisan (just a block …
Come remember the pre-nose-job, pre-wacko Michael Jackson with a Jacko-inspired outdoor dance party. Flashdance is a free periodic “flash-mob” type outdoor dance party led by “Trikeasaurus,” a mobile DJ set up on the back of a bike.
The party will be at Church and Market VENUE …
Ships in The Night, Stay Gold, & Party Hole are coming together again to bring San Francisco their 3rd annual Dyke March after party - an epic event of babeliness and debauchery in celebration of Pride weekend.
This year they’re taking over the entirety of Public Works. …
Born of Spanish and Japanese parents 35 years ago, Luciano Nakata Albuquerque adopted the persona Curumin (KOO-roo-mean) as a way of exploring the possibilities of Brazil’s many sonic heritages.
Known globally as the land of bossa nova and samba, the youthful vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer has borrowed much from …
Every Saturday
Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow
and meditation for body, mind, and spirit.
Purusha yogis teach free yoga on Saturday mornings in Alamo Square Park at 9:00am as part of the Purusha Seva …
The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 in 2012 and every Saturday during the summer, you can join Sports Basement for a guided run through Presidio National Park.
The route will change weekly, but will always feature breathtaking views of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. …
In celebration of the reopening of the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center, the Movement in the Parks Program brings you a limited series of free Zumba classes on Saturdays, November 3 – December 15, 2012 from 10:30am-11:30am.
>> Please note there is no class on November 24th.
RSVP …
Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow
and meditation for body, mind, and spirit.
Purusha yogis teach free yoga on Saturday mornings in Golden Gate Park at 11 am, as part of the …
Love art, but find the Murmur to be more like a Scream? Then the Saturday Stroll might be just what the artist ordered.
Many of the galleries that participate in Oakland’s highly popular Art Murmur gallery scene are extending their First Friday festivities to include Saturday …
Bring your family, friends, a blanket or low lawn chair, and a picnic to enjoy free professional theatre by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. This year the festival features Henry V, the Bard’s exciting tale about the rise of a young king and the glories and costs …
Thee Parkside hosts “Free Saturday Happy Hour Shows” on most Saturday afternoons – a free concert featuring rock and punk bands from all over the Bay Area. But make sure you check Thee Parkside schedule to confirm for any given week; they sometimes skip weeks.
Free …
Sure, Lucky 13′s always loaded with free popcorn and goldfish – but, if you’re looking for something more sustainable with your rockabilly and punk on the jukebox, be sure to drop by their outdoor patio on Saturdays between 4 pm and 7 pm.
The menu each …
Join a series of free outdoor screenings in downtown Berkeley this summer, as the Pacific Film Archive projects onto the wall on Center Street.
This August, they bring you Cerebral Cinema — some brain-addled beauties from the silver screen. These smart-ass films won’t raise your IQ, …
Come one, come all to a free family or animated movie night in the garden at Saint Leo”s Church on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland.
The movies are shown every Saturday in the month of July in 2012 – July 7, 14, 21 and 28 on the …
