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The Herbaliser, DJ Shortkut The Independent	Sun., November 30, 9:00pm	Haight/Fillmore	Electronic/Dance Hip-Hop/Soul/Funk Jazz/Blues
The Herbaliser has long been a force in U.K. hip-hop. Led by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba, the group — which now includes vocalist Jessica Darling — explores its jazz-funk roots more prominently on its seventh studio album, Same as It Never Was. The result is a more organic-sounding... More >>

"Meat Is Murder: Popscene’s Ninth Annual Thanksgiving Tribute to the Smiths" 330 Ritch	Thu., November 27, 10:00pm	South of Market	Electronic/Dance Rock/Indie/Etc.
It’s not that Morrissey hates you, per se. He just thinks you’re morally misguided. And his righteous indignation is the inspiration for this ninth annual installment of Popscene’s “Meat Is Murder” Thanksgiving party, at which DJs Aaron and Nako spin all manner of Smiths... More >>

Spetsnaz, Obscenity Trial, DJ Decay, Unit_77, Joe Radio DNA Lounge	Sun., November 23, 7:00pm	South of Market	All Ages Electronic/Dance
If music were a computer system, the industrial subgenre called E.B.M. (Electronic Body Music) would be verging on the dreaded “blue screen of death,” i.e., total debilitating freeze-up. That’s why groups like Spetsnaz are rebooting their machines to revive the genre’s... More >>

"Thing Nite" Aunt Charlie's Lounge	Third Tuesday of every month, 10:00pm	Hayes Valley/Tenderloin	Electronic/Dance LGBT Rock/Indie/Etc.
To the city’s young gays looking for something outside the “superthumpy, Vocoder-Cher-style music” to dance to, Seth Bogart promises “You’ll never hear that shit at my club.” Indeed, Bogart’s alternative to the Top 40-heavy Castro scene is the Hubba Hubba Club,... More >>

"Tribal Funk: 15-Year Family Reunion" Mezzanine	Sat., November 29, 9:00pm	South of Market	Electronic/Dance
The “Tribal Funk 15-Year Family Reunion” aims to re-create the electric vibe of the early-’90s San Frandisco rave scene that birthed it. And while glow sticks, giant Mickey Mouse gloves, and baggy pants are now scare sights outside of Halloween (and Justice shows), many of the key... More >>

"Tutu Tuesday" Vessel	Second Tuesday of every month, 9:00pm	North Beach/Chinatown	Electronic/Dance
Big secret about tutus: If you're wearing one, you can't rest your hands at your sides – not if you're wearing a real, starched, horizontal ballerina tutu. Wear any kind of tutu you want at Tutu Tuesday, floppy or erect. If you don't own a tutu, or if you forgot yours at home, make or buy... More >>

"Manic Monday" The Bar on Castro	Every week Monday, 9:00pm	Castro/Noe Valley	Electronic/Dance LGBT
For readers who spent the ’80s in utero, it's never too late to get drunk at a gay bar where the era’s music is experiencing an enthusiastic renaissance. Courtesy of DJs Dangerous Dan and Mark Andrus, the offerings at “Manic Mondays” include artists secured within the... More >>

"Manquake" The Gangway	Last Saturday of every month, 9:00pm	Nob Hill/Russian Hill	Electronic/Dance LGBT
With a name that evokes the great gay earthquake of 1906, Manquake ranks as one of San Francisco’s finest rattletraps of homespun homosexual hedonism. Thematic metaphors mix when this natural-disaster-identifying club night unfolds before the portholes of the nautically inclined Gangway.... More >>

"Meat – Operation: Turkey Day" DNA Lounge	Thu., November 27, 9:30pm-3:00am	South of Market	Electronic/Dance
It’s called “Meat.” They give away free meat — yessir, free grilled meat — every month on the fourth Thursday. And this month the fourth Thursday is Thanksgiving. Talk about holidaylicious synchronicity! That syncs up almost as perfectly as, say, two electronic dance... More >>

"Planet Big" The Stud	Second Sunday of every month, 5:00pm more dates/times	South of Market	Electronic/Dance LGBT
If you think San Francisco’s gay club scene is populated exclusively by fabulous gangs of slender men in tank tops, you’ve overlooked important niche parties like Planet Big, where fabulous gangs of large men in tank tops rule the dancefloor. “Planet Big” is a gay party for... More >>

"Shutter" Elbo Room	Last Wednesday of every month, 10:00pm	Mission/Bernal Heights	Electronic/Dance
Popscene’s DJ Nako has a secret — a dark secret. She may belong to the most ubiquitous crew of tastemakers on the Bay’s western shores, but despite all that hipster popularity she still keeps some cobwebbed skeletons in the closet. They are, believe it or not, goth skeletons. And... More >>

"Slow-Gin" John Colins	Second Thursday of every month, 9:00pm	Union Square/Financial District	Electronic/Dance Hip-Hop/Soul/Funk Jazz/Blues
Sloe gin is a liqueur made from gin, sloe berries, sugar, almond extract, and cloves. Slow-Gin, on the other hand, is one of San Francisco’s most chill DJ nights. Like its namesake, the event has a complex and subtle flavor; it’s composed of extracts from Blue Note classics, ’70s... More >>

"Sucker-Punch" Underground SF	Every week Monday, 10:00pm	Haight/Fillmore	Electronic/Dance Hip-Hop/Soul/Funk
There is a world in which Mondays mean putting your best foot forward — waking up with a brisk jog around Twin Peaks, correctly buttoning your crispy-collared Brooks Brothers shirts down to the last hole. However, precious few of us inhabit this planet of stable weekday starts. For those... More >>

More Events

"12.31.08 @ 1015" Ten 15 Folsom	Wed., December 31, 9:00pm	South of Market	Electronic/Dance

A2D Harlot	Sat., November 29, 9:00pm	Union Square/Financial District	Electronic/Dance

"Activate" LookOut	Fri., November 28, 9:00pm	Castro/Noe Valley	Electronic/Dance LGBT

"Adonis N.Y.E." Space 550	Wed., December 31, 9:00pm	Bayview-Hunters Point	Electronic/Dance LGBT

Nadia Ali, DJ Faarsheed, Trevor Simpson, DJ Nick, Johnny Thunder, Russian Mark, Homero Espinosa, Jared F, DJ Vahid, DJ Pollox Ten 15 Folsom	Fri., November 28, 10:00pm	South of Market	Electronic/Dance International

"Back in the Days" Pink	Wed., November 26, 10:00pm	Mission/Bernal Heights	Electronic/Dance

"Bear Party" The Stud	Sun., November 30, 6:00pm	South of Market	Electronic/Dance LGBT

"Beat University" Supperclub	Wed., November 26, 10:00pm	South of Market	Electronic/Dance

Benevento/Russo Duo, Moped The Independent	Fri., November 28, 9:00pm	Haight/Fillmore	Electronic/Dance Rock/Indie/Etc.

"Billy Jaz’s 40th Birthday Bonanza" Anú	Sat., November 29, 8:00pm	South of Market	Electronic/Dance

Birds & Batteries, Strip Mall Architecture, Junior Panthers, DJ Elise Nordling Café Du Nord	Mon., December 1, 8:00pm	Castro/Noe Valley	Electronic/Dance Rock/Indie/Etc.

The Birthday Massacre, Tub Ring, Creature Feature Slim's	Sun., November 30, 8:00pm	South of Market	All Ages Electronic/Dance Rock/Indie/Etc.