House of Shields will be hosting Bette's (chicken parm sandos) from 5pm-10pm and DJ Jon Got'em from 8pm until late. Free and 21+

DOWNTOWN FIRST THURSDAYS OFFICIAL AFTER-PARTY at MADARAE - FREE EVENT - Live DJs - Full Bar

📆DATE : Thursday, ,July 2nd
🎧ARTIST : Guest Dj
💿MUSIC TYPE : Open Format
📋GUEST LIST : FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT WITH RSVP HERE
⏱️TIME : 8PM - LATE
👗👔 DRESS CODE:
👩‍💼🧑‍💼 AGE: 21+ WITH VALID ID
📍ADRESS : 46 Minna Street, San Francisco, Ca, 94105

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Known for blending throwback hip-hop, country, and today's biggest hits, Eric's mixes and mashups regularly go viral. Brands trust him, fans follow him, and crowds across the country keep coming back for more.

Vinyl Nights bring a fresh spin to midweek evenings with live sets by DJ Works! Join us in the Living Room every Tuesday & Thursday at 7PM.

A Tarot Vin Pop-up At Wine Down

Wine Down will offer Happiest Hours specials all night--$9 select wines, $7 select beer, $5 off carafes, pitchers, and cheese & meat feasts--plus DJ TASH and DJ SNKR will be spinning beats from 6 - 9 PM. Plus a pop-up with Tarot Vin offering tarot card readings from 5- 8 pm.

KALW partners with 111 Minna gallery on the first Thursday of every month as a part of the city’s Downtown First Thursdays.

KALW’s community dance party and live broadcast, produced in collaboration with 111 Minna Gallery, programs prominent Bay Area DJs and welcomes artists who activate the space for performance, art, and interactivity.

For over 30 years, 111 Minna Gallery has been a beacon of art and culture in the Bay Area, earning accolades such as Best Art Gallery (2019 & 2018 / SF Weekly) and the Small Business of the Year Award (2018 / SF Chamber of Commerce, 2018 Ebbies).

As a longtime home for the Bay Area creative community, 111 Minna has hosted hundreds of exhibits and thousands of parties, making it a key cultivator of Bay Area creative culture. Through our partnership, KALW and 111 Minna are committed to creating a welcoming and creative space dedicated to community art and culture in Downtown San Francisco.

• Happy Hour & Live Broadcast Dance Party by 91.7 FM-KALW Music | 5:30-10 P

• Rising Tides: Group art show exploring ecology.

• 111 Minna Mini: New mini art gallery.

DFT (Downtown First Thursdays) is a free monthly street party hosted in Downtown San Francisco taking place on every first Thursday of the month from 5pm to 10pm. Get ready for disco in the streets, DJs, live music, drag, fashion, street performances, and more!

Join Yerba Buena Partnership and The East Cut at Second and Minna Streets for free rotating activities like face painting, coloring, live portraits, letter writing and more. 

Don't forget! Admission to YBCA and MoAD is free all evening on first Thursdays.

KARAOKE at ZOE COCKTAIL BAR

Join us at Zoe for the official Block After Party with a night of Karaoke and Dance! Enjoy Food & Drink Specials starting at $3

Get ready to sing your heart out at ZOE COCKTAIL BAR!
Join us for our new monthly Thursday night Karaoke extravaganza! Show off your vocal skills and have a blast with friends.

When: First Thursday of the Month
Where: ZOE COCKTAIL BAR, San Francisco
Time: Doors open at 5 PM, Karaoke starts at 8 PM
Cost: FREE ENTRY

Enjoy our delicious Happy Hour food and drink menu while you sing along to your favorite tunes. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, everyone is welcome!

RSVP now to secure your spot and get ready for a night of unforgettable fun.

MoAD celebrates our dynamic arts & culture neighborhood in conjunction with Downtown First Thursdays. Join us every First Thursday of the month for free admission to the exhibitions and programming at the museum from 4-8pm. Be sure to check out the street party on Second Street between Market & Howard!

You will have free access to our current exhibitions, UNBOUND: Art, Blackness & the Universe and Demetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes — Crops of Empire.

Vinyl Nights bring a fresh spin to midweek evenings with live sets by DJ Works! Join us in the Living Room every Tuesday & Thursday at 7PM.

Wine Down will offer Happiest Hours specials all night--$9 select wines, $7 select beer, $5 off carafes, pitchers, and cheese & meat feasts--plus DJ TASH and DJ SNKR will be spinning beats from 6 - 9 PM

Peaches Christ’s Great American Variety Show, featuring the return of the infamous Hot Dog Eating Contest.

KARAOKE at ZOE COCKTAIL BAR

Join us at Zoe for the official Block After Party with a night of Karaoke and Dance! Enjoy Food & Drink Specials starting at $3

Get ready to sing your heart out at ZOE COCKTAIL BAR!
Join us for our new monthly Thursday night Karaoke extravaganza! Show off your vocal skills and have a blast with friends.

When: First Thursday of the Month
Where: ZOE COCKTAIL BAR, San Francisco
Time: Doors open at 5 PM, Karaoke starts at 8 PM
Cost: FREE ENTRY

Enjoy our delicious Happy Hour food and drink menu while you sing along to your favorite tunes. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, everyone is welcome!

RSVP now to secure your spot and get ready for a night of unforgettable fun.

MoAD celebrates our dynamic arts & culture neighborhood in conjunction with Downtown First Thursdays. Join us every First Thursday of the month for free admission to the exhibitions and programming at the museum from 4-8pm. Be sure to check out the street party on Second Street between Market & Howard!

You will have free access to our current exhibitions, UNBOUND: Art, Blackness & the Universe and Demetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes — Crops of Empire.

Vinyl Nights bring a fresh spin to midweek evenings with live sets by DJ Works! Join us in the Living Room every Tuesday & Thursday at 7PM.

Wine Down will offer Happiest Hours specials all night--$9 select wines, $7 select beer, $5 off carafes, pitchers, and cheese & meat feasts--plus DJ TASH and DJ SNKR will be spinning beats from 6 - 9 PM

KALW partners with 111 Minna gallery on the first Thursday of every month as a part of the city’s Downtown First Thursdays.

KALW’s community dance party and live broadcast, produced in collaboration with 111 Minna Gallery, programs prominent Bay Area DJs and welcomes artists who activate the space for performance, art, and interactivity.

For over 30 years, 111 Minna Gallery has been a beacon of art and culture in the Bay Area, earning accolades such as Best Art Gallery (2019 & 2018 / SF Weekly) and the Small Business of the Year Award (2018 / SF Chamber of Commerce, 2018 Ebbies).

As a longtime home for the Bay Area creative community, 111 Minna has hosted hundreds of exhibits and thousands of parties, making it a key cultivator of Bay Area creative culture. Through our partnership, KALW and 111 Minna are committed to creating a welcoming and creative space dedicated to community art and culture in Downtown San Francisco.

• Happy Hour & Live Broadcast Dance Party by 91.7 FM-KALW Music | 5:30-10 P

• Rising Tides: Group art show exploring ecology.

• 111 Minna Mini: New mini art gallery.

Get ready for a homegrown Pride Month disco-fueled takeover, with:

A Discoteca Takeover @ Howard Stage hosted byGrace Towers: featuring David Harness and Erika (presented by Another Planet Entertainment), Good VBZ, and Oakland to All.

It’s a Frisco Disco street party fever dream, with go-go’s, pop-up performances, drag, dancing all night, and three blocks full of all-ages fun to explore.

Drag For Your LIFE! is a celebration of drag as art, resistance, and radical imagination.

Hosted by the incomparable Tina Valentin Aguirre, co-curator of Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements, the evening conjures a spectacular lineup of artists: Donna Persona, Kenya Pfister, Leigh Crow, Madd Dogg 20/20, Miss Shugana, Mx. Kiki Krunch, Per Sia, and Raya Light, each bringing their own unapologetic self-expression to the spotlight.

Through glamour, humor, protest, and transformation, these performers embody the living legacy of queer and trans performance—honoring the past while dazzling us toward new futures.

Prepare for a night where art, activism, and fabulousness collide.

Jon Leidecker (aka Wobbly) makes music with anything that listens, charting the shrinking distances between music and recordings, as well as musicians and their tools. Pamela Z and Wobbly will join forces for a mesmerizing, boundary-pushing performance to close the show on an unforgettable note.

The performance begins at 7pm. Galleries are free and open to public from 5–8pm.

Get Tickets Here

Grand Lobby, YBCA
Tickets: Free with registration
Doors open at 6:30pm. Performances begin at 7pm. 

KARAOKE at ZOE COCKTAIL BAR

Join us at Zoe for the official Block After Party with a night of Karaoke and Dance! Enjoy Food & Drink Specials starting at $3

Get ready to sing your heart out at ZOE COCKTAIL BAR!
Join us for our new monthly Thursday night Karaoke extravaganza! Show off your vocal skills and have a blast with friends.

When: First Thursday of the Month
Where: ZOE COCKTAIL BAR, San Francisco
Time: Doors open at 5 PM, Karaoke starts at 8 PM
Cost: FREE ENTRY

Enjoy our delicious Happy Hour food and drink menu while you sing along to your favorite tunes. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, everyone is welcome!

RSVP now to secure your spot and get ready for a night of unforgettable fun.

MoAD celebrates our dynamic arts & culture neighborhood in conjunction with Downtown First Thursdays. Join us every First Thursday of the month for free admission to the exhibitions and programming at the museum from 4-8pm.

You will have free access to our current exhibitions, UNBOUND: Art, Blackness & the Universe.