Promotional Events

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  2008 SF Weekly Music Awards
  Ruby Skye [Map]
  Thu., October 16, 8:00pm
  The 2008 SF Weekly Music Awards are upon us. This year's big party to recognize excellence by local artists and club night promoters is open to the public and goes down on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Ruby Skye.

  This year's awards show will be hosted by Bucky Sinister (Author of Get Up)

  Featuring the Pre-Esurance Icer Air Rail Jam and live sets from Lyrics Born, The Heavenly States, and other guests.

  Purchase tickets at inticketing.com for only $10. Click here to purchase tickets.

  Get in for free before 8pm by RSVPing at going.com, click here to RSVP.

  SF Weekly would like to thank its sponsors: Gordon Biersch, Parkmerced, SF Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology, Crunch, and Hard Rock Cafe.

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  Esurance ICER AIR 2008
  McCovey Cove Parking Lot [Map]
  Sat., October 18
  Esurance ICER AIR, the famed urban big air ski & snowboard, action sports, music and lifestyle event is back OCTOBER 18 on San Francisco’s world famous waterfront on McCovey Cove. Get your tickets early to check out Olympic and X Games skiers and snowboarders compete for $100k in cash and prizes. Also feel free to check out the pros throw down in the bmx/skate park or huck the 70ft Freestyle Motocross ramps.
  The concert series will feature musical powerhouses such as Men Women & Children, 3OH3, K’Naan, and Cool Kids.

  For Tickets and Information check out: www.icerair.com

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  SF360 FILM+CLUB:WILD COMBINATION
  Mezzanine [Map]
  Mon., September 22
  SF360 Film+Club, the Film Society's monthly social screening series, is back at Mezzanine on Monday, September 22, with Wild Combination, Matt Wolf's documentary about avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist and disco producer Arthur Russel. The film captures the beauty, complexity and troubled genius that marked Russell's life and work. Throughout the night, DJ Johnny Ray Huston will spin from his personal collection of Russel tracks.

  Tickets are $8 for year-round Film Society members ($12 for general public), and you can buy them now.

  Tickets are on sale to SFFS year-round members only and will go on sale to the public on September 9 at https://www.trilogyticketing.com/sffs/.

  Sales will be cash only at the door.

  Doors will open at 7:00 pm with the screening starting at 7:30 pm.

  Part of the '70s art scene in New York, Russell collaborated with composers like Philip Glass to produce achingly beautiful cello recordings and also became musical director of famed art space The Kitchen. All the while, he composed some of the juiciest underground dance tracks around ("Is It All over My Face," "She Bang"), spurring the sound that eventually defined the burgeoning disco scene and nightclubs like Studio 54. Wolf's deft direction captures the anxious excitement of New York in the late '70s and early '80s, giving a well-rounded view of Russell's complicated life including his multifaceted talents and the self-defeating perfectionism that held him back. Russell died of AIDS in 1992, and his name and music fell into relative obscurity, but this compelling portrait will no doubt add to Russell's rejuvenated fan base and reintroduce us to someone we should all know.

  Tickets on sale at https://www.trilogyticketing.com/sffs/

  More information on the film at http://www.sffs.org/events/index.html

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  Oktoberfest By The Bay, October 2-5
  Fort Mason, Festival Pavilion [Map]
  Daily from Thu., October 2 until Sun., October 5
  Oktoberfest By The Bay, October 2-5 – Now the largest and most authentic festival of its kind, Oktoberfest By The Bay, is coming back for its 9th year at Fort Mason, Festival Pavilion. Oktoberfest By The Bay captures the true spirit of Munich’s famed Oktoberfest with the finest German cuisine, world’s best beer and authentic music and dancing. The world famous 21 piece Chico Bavarian Band will headline our stage along with performances from the The Internationals and The Nature Friend Schuhplattlers.

  Tickets are on sale now.

  Visit www.oktoberfestbythebay.com for more information and specials.

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  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents Artists Ball Seven: The New Party, featuring Mos Def
  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [Map]
  Fri., October 3, 9:00pm
  Some galas you attend because, well, you must. Others? You know it's the right thing to do. And a handful are merely de rigueur for making the scene. Then there is the Artists Ball... it felt as if we'd scaled the mountaintop and glimpsed the gala future. — Catherine Bigelow, San Francisco Chronicle

  Inspired by the current political season, YBCA’s Artists Ball Seven: The New Party, features hip-hop superstar Mos Def, and music by Hercules and Love Affair—Live Set, Rogue Wave and other surprise guests. The dance party begins at 9 pm at YBCA, 701 Mission Street at 3rd.

  For tickets and information call 415.978.ARTS (2787) or visit www.ybca.org/artistsballseven.