San Francisco is lucky to have some ofthe good bars in the country , as well as some pretty phenomenalplaces to dance until all hours of the night(or last call , anyway ) . But even we can accept that sometimes we want to do something else besides drink or dance . Or , at least we require to drink in and/or trip the light fantastic while in a museum or take heed to write up about sexual urge or after we ’ve flown on a trapeze .
The bar and clubs will always be there , so it ’s nice to change it up every once in a while . When those night life cravings hit , here are all of the unusual and unique places we wish to go and things we wish to do .
Stay up late for midnight movies
The Clay Theatrein the Fillmore hosts midnight ( well , 11:55pm ) motion picture each Friday , featuring midnight maniac staple such asThe Rocky Horror Picture ShowandThe Room , as well as classic favorites likePulp FictionandValley of the Dolls . Rumor has it that they also occasionally show XXX photographic film , so , you know , keep your optic peeled .
Embrace your kink withBawdy Storytelling
get wind lawful stories of sexual ( mis)adventure at this monthly storytelling issue at the Verdi Club on the border of the Mission and Potrero Hill . At Bawdy , real citizenry ( and the occasional local famous person ) share their true sexual exploit onstage , usually following a theme . Past motif include " unlikeliest places , " " sexual activity wonk , " and " CraigsLust . " admission charge to Bawdy will gear up you back $ 20 – and usually includes a raffle for sexual urge toys . Bring a date to this unique night out ‘ cause you never roll in the hay : try about everyone else ’s sexual adventures just may make you want to create some floor of your own .
Discover your inner scientist while boozing it up
Science rule at the Exploratorium and Academy of Sciences both of which discombobulate themed adults - only nighttime parties every hebdomad , complete with cocktail bar throughout both museum . thing really do look differentAfter Dark at the Exploratorium(not to mention after a few drink ) , which gives visitors 18 and over access to all 650 of the mind - bendy interactive exhibits . NightLife at the Academy of Sciences also leave the great unwashed 21 and over after - time of day access to the nocturnal side of the museum , including an option to allow a Planetarium Pass ( which you definitely require to do ) . Both events pass off every Thursday from 6 to 10 pm and also have music and special on - theme programing .
Clown around atCircus Center
On select Friday nights from 6:30 to 9:30pm , Circus Center stays clear after hours so anyone 21 and up with 10 bucks can see performances by clowns , the flying trapeze troupe , and other circus artist , plus instruct how to play with some circus toys on their own . Want a chance to vaporize on the trapeze ? That ’ll be another 10 bucks , but you ’ll also get a chicken feed of wine or beer ( after you land safely , of course ) .
Get dinner and a show like no other atAsia SF
This restaurant , waiting area and nightclub is cosmos famous for a good rationality : delectable CalAsian food , a springy party atmosphere , and help and a show from the stunning and gifted “ Ladies of AsiaSF , ” transgender performing artist who will make your experience a night you ’ll never blank out thanks to awing cordial reception and hourly choreographed numbers game atop a runway ginmill . On Friday and Saturday night , you may keep the party going by heading below to the dance club where the DJ whirl till 2 am .
Laugh at the outrageous performances and politics of Beach Blanket Babylon
This melodic revue is the longest - running one in the world and is the arrant , campy night out for local anaesthetic and holidaymaker . The mellow - energy satire maintain audiences express mirth out loud thanks to a heavy dose puns , politics , and pop culture , not to mention over - the - top song and lid like you ’ve never seen before . convey cash ( and do n’t go to the Sunday matinee ) if you want to revel the show with beer or wine .
Plan an improvised night (?) atEndgames Improv
Right in the warmheartedness of the Mission , Endgames Improv offers cheap clowning exhibit six nights a workweek at Stage Werx Theatre . It ’s the perfect fleck to catch up - and - coming , community - tailor clowning , with a smorgasbord of themed nights to suit your tastes . try out SF Tonight where you ’ll drive the show by cutting out newspaper articles that get spun into comedy ; check out the THUNDERDOME improv rival where two teams go foreland - to - head and the audience decides who make headway ; or take a date to “ Your Fucked Up Relationship , ” which is one of the city ’s most popular improv prove probably because the scenes are all inspired by your ridiculous and wholly make love up attempts at erotic love .
Get your rocks off atAlcatraz at Night
Even natives can agree : Alcatraz is middling cool , especially if you chitchat at night . The former prison house consume on an superfluous - creepy vibration on the pre- and post - sunset circuit , where the tale are chilling , and the term of enlistment group are smaller . Also , unlike when you go during the day , the nighttime tour starts as soon as the ferry entrust your landing place . Plan ahead because the Nox tours trade out speedily , especially on Friday and Saturday nights . If you ’re prosperous enough to get on the island after dark , pile a jumper for the cold bay breeze … and perhaps a pickaxe ( in case you want to escape the Rock ) .
Roll back in time atChurch of 8 Wheels
This " rolligious experience " inside the former Sacred Heart Church in the Lower Haight only convenes for Mass on Friday and Saturday , but it ’s the only rolling wave rink in San Francisco , so we ’ll take it when we can get it . For $ 10 entrance and a $ 5 rental fee ( and simulate you ’re 18 or over ) , you may skate to older - schoolhouse funk and tumbler pigeon disco from 8 to midnight on Fridays and 7 - 11pm on Saturdays .
Explore SF’s most notorious hood withTenderloin Night Moves
Join the of late opened Tenderloin Museum for an grownup - only nighttime walking tour of the fabled 31 - blockage locality . The tour is totally different from what you ’ll get during the daytime and it visit honest-to-god gambling joints , brothels , speakeasy , clubs , and other position that once made the Tenderloin the frailty upper-case letter of San Francisco . Plus , there are halt and discounted potable at historically significant watering hole along the way . The 21 + turn happen the first and third Wednesday of every month at 5:30pm and cost $ 20 .
Attend an Odd Salon
double a month , Public crop SF in the Mission host cocktail minute rebuke about odd subject that crystallise “ extraordinary and strange chapters from history , scientific discipline , art , and adventure . ” These are talks about adult topics like historic jerks and animals acquit badly to tale of tragically defective luck . Luckily , there are grownup beverage served , which make the darker stories , and just being an adult in general , far more palatable .
Kvell atNight at the Jewseum
The Contemporary Jewish Museum has a quarterly after - hour event that ’s subject to goyim , too . For $ 5 , you’re able to relish admittance to the museum as well as lively music , disc jockey , crafts , and customize drunkenness and snack . Previous Jewseum events have included 1960s report and display on Amy Winehouse . The CJM does n’t have the massive plug of other museum after - hours effect , gain this a big , not - gaga - crowded mode to spend well-chosen 60 minutes .
See classic theater in an entirely new way
Not into sitting in a saturnine theater of operations for a couple of hr watching people execute on phase ? The We Players totally get it , which is why all of their play take place in public spaces that are transformed into a participatory field of operations where you ’ll engage with the performance in way unlike anything you ’ve ever experienced before . ( Pro tip : wear comfortable shoe because you ’ll be doing a mess of walking . ) It ’s more like an risky venture than a drama . retiring performance included “ Macbeth ” at Fort Point , where ticket bearer drift stone corridors , interior William Chambers , and end on the roof beneath the Golden Gate Bridge after sunset , and “ Hamlet ” on Alcatraz , where the audience was able to enter areas normally closed to the world as Hamlet struggled with how to be or if he even should be at all . Suddenly theater does n’t seem so stuffy , right ?
Hunt for ghosts in Pacific Heights
If you wish the thrill of shivery ghost story , you ’ll appreciate this lantern - get off ( OK , also probably street lamp - lit because : electrical energy and all of that ) stroll through Pacific Heights where you ’ll hear taradiddle about murder , ghost brides , and other very true haunted story told by a magician , fabricator , and SF ’s haunted history expert . It ’s the perfect path to get yourself all worked up and in the mood for a drunkenness at one of those aforementioned quality cocktail spots we mentioned before .
Go back in time to a roaring ’20s speakeasy
Sure , SF has speakeasy - urge bars , but The Speakeasy pack it to another layer with a fully immersive “ choose your own adventure ” experience in a 1920s - vogue jazz nightclub . You ’ll record either through the Cabaret , Bar , or Casino , and from there you ’ll adjudicate your own destiny as you explore the huge , seven - way space complete with secret passage and costume performing artist everywhere you call on . It ’s insufferable to go through it all in the three and a one-half hours you ’ll be there , but that ’s okay because you may go back again and again and it will never be the same .
Dig super-SF drag show/dance party,Mother
This “ Mothership ” of drag in SF show / dance company features a rotate plaster cast of mythical drag queen from around the earth , including contestants from RuPaul ’s Drag Race , performing themed nighttime and protection shows to pop royal line like Dolly Parton and David Bowie . Mother is have at SoMa’sOasis , which was opened by San Francisco puff legends Heklina and D’Arcy Drollinger on New Year ’s daytime 2015 .
Gawk at the “Fight Club of Underground Art”
Shock and transport your out - of - Ithiel Town guests or vanilla supporter – or relish in some amazing feats , just because – atTourettes Without Regrets , contain on the first Thursday of each calendar month at Oakland Metro . $ 15 will gain you entranceway to a dark of dirty haiku , tap battles , wild aerialists , burlesque , and much more . Host / master of ceremonies Jamie DeWolf place together the ultimate performance case that is as unearthly as it is engrossing . It ’s utter rabidity ( in the better manner ) .
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