12/31/2011 Mango New Year’s Eve Party 2011!!!

Mango New Year's Eve 2011

Mango New Year's Eve 2011

Mango New Year’s Eve Party

When: Sat, December 31
Time: 9pm-2am
Cost: ONLINE PreSale Tickets (on SALE NOW till 12/30/11) $15 single $25 couple


Purchase PreSale Tickets: www.mango2012nye.eventbrite.com


- OR -
AT THE DOOR $15 per person

Xtras: Coat Check

Dinner Menu: Spaghetti (veggie and meat), Salad, Garlic Bread, and a selection of Fantastic Desserts!

Description:
Bye-bye 2011, hellooooooo 2012!!!

Party the year away at your favorite lesbian dance party — MANGO PM!!! Hosted in the Mission at the infamous El Rio Dive with access to indoor & outdoor dance areas • Hot hip hop and spicy latin beats by selectas EDAJ, Marcella, and guests • We’ll help you celebrate with complimentary champagne at midnight • Dinner and Desserts • and the guaranteed presence of the sexiest and hottest women in the Bay Area all in one sweet, sexy space!

Wishing you a HAPPY and SAFE New Year!!!

Walk Good — your MANGO Crew


About Mango: The offspring of Kiss My Black Ass Productions (KMBA) and our dear friend Chantal Salkey… We honor our friend by continuing her vision of sweet and sexy fun — MANGO. It is the longest running lesbian club in the Bay which not only gives our community a place to party, dance, and be themselves but also supports various non-profit causes.

12/13/2011 Live entertainment w/ Jenni and the Jerks TAKE BACK CHRISTMAS PARTY w/ Dotti Lux and Shame Shame (Rock/Doo Wop)

Jenni and the Jerks

Jenni and the Jerks

Live entertainment w/ Jenni and the Jerks TAKE BACK CHRISTMAS PARTY w/ Dotti Lux and Shame Shame (Rock/Doo Wop)
When: Tue, December 13
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5-10 s.s.
Details:
Jenni and the Jerks host “Take Back Christmas” or “Occupy Christmas”. Rockin’ 50′s-60′s doo-wop/soul band, Jenni and the Jerks (www.jenniandthejerks.com), will be hosting an all-out tacky-fantastic Christmas Pageant, including tinsel-topped burlesque by Dotti Lux and the Red Hot Burlesque girls (www.redhotsburlesque.com), original holiday tunes by Shame Shame (http://www.reverbnation.com/shameshame) and much much more! A portion of the proceeds benefit a local charity bringing holiday gifts to families in need in the Mission.

Jenni and the Jerks
www.jenniandthejerks.com
Jenni and Jerks is a San Francisco-based 50’s and 60‘s Doo-wop/Motown/Soul dance band. Complete with thick black eye-liner, snazzy suits and ties, Jenni and the Jerks turns out not only the sound, but the look and feel of the era. Our goal is to get you dancing—so do the Jerk!

 

ShameShame
http://www.facebook.com/Shameshamemusic

Dottie Lux

Dottie Lux

Dotti Lux and the Red Hot Burlesque girls
www.redhotsburlesque.com
What we say: Come with your sense of humor and get ready to ogle, hoot and holler. Every show features hot bods, pasties, outrageous costumes, a lot of humor and, of course, bumpin’ and grindin’! Red Hots Burlesque works with over 200 performers all over the country with acts ranging from the classic bump and grind to senseless sideshow stunts. We combine comedy and sex appeal for a distinct voice in Burlesque. Our show has been called “the most fun burlesque has to offer” and we work to make every event is a WOW of a show. Our show is typically an hour long and we have different performers on stage every week.[website]

12/1/2011 Go Deep! Lube Wrestling the first THURSDAY of every month!

Go Deep! Lube Wrestling the first THURSDAY of every month.
When: Thur, December 1; the 1st Thursday of every Month
Time:8pm Sign ups; 9pm Wrestling Begins
Cost: $10-15 SS
Details:
Reservations and contact edhotsburlesque@gmail.com
Dottie Lux 201-615-9245
Prizes: Bacon, Goodies from Good Vibrations www.goodvibes.com and other cool tickets and other merch!

 

Dottie Lux

Dottie Lux

Red Hots Burlesque & El Rio Present
Go Deep! Let’s Wrestle: New Monthly LUBE Wrestling Party
Thursday April 7th @ 8pm | El Rio, 3158 Mission St 415-282-3325| Sliding Scale $10-15! | The moment you’ve all been waiting for, Red Hots Burlesque SF’s Best Bump and Grind and ONLY weekly burlesque show have been conspiring with your friends at El Rio to bring you a ALL GIRL MONTHLY LUBE WRESTLING PARTY. No one can resist hot babes covered in glistening sex slick writhing and wriggling in attempts of pinning each other. You can come and watch or be a part of the action. Sign-ups done through email and night of event.

LUBE WRESTLING!
Celebrity wrestlers from Sisters of Honk, SF Girls of Leather, Hot Pink Feathers , The Lexington Bruisers, The Lusty Lady and more!

Burlesque by: Bitter Waitress, Delilah and Lady Satan
DJ- Ruby White spins bubble gum, garage rock, girl groups and more (Panty Raid, Sugar Shack SF)
The Menu- GinO is famous for her delicious dishes and for Go Deep! She promises to make them messy.

About Red Hots Burlesque:

RHB saw 6 years of successful shakes and shimmies in NYC and have made the cross country journey to bring you a show without boundaries including bizarre beauties and senseless sideshow. Red Hots have called El Rio home for San Francisco’s only weekly burlesque show for 3 years now! Their shows are not for the faint of heart or weak of humor. And as of May 2011 will be SF’s only TWICE weekly burlesque show on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Voted #1 in Nightlife by Yelp, 2010
“The City’s Best” Aol.com
Seen in New York Times, Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, Chronicle, NBC, KOFY TV, Curve Magazine and more!

12/1/2011 – Benefit: the “Road to Mopeli” in Lesotho, Africa CASINO NIGHT!!!

Casino Night Benefit: the Road to Mopeli

Casino Night Benefit: the Road to Mopeli

When: Thur, December 1
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: DONATION
Details:
Join us for a Casino fundraiser to build a road to the school in Mopeli, Lesotho, Africa. This road will provide a dry and even surface for the kids to walk to school, the school to receive necessary supplies for the kids, PLUS, the school will then be a Clinic for health care to over 12,000 residents. Have fun playing BlackJack, Craps, texas hold ‘em or 21 at El rio. Any amount of money will buy you chips so you can play in any or all of the games. All proceeds benefit the “Road to Mopeli” in Lesotho, Africa.

About this Peace Corps Partnership Project:
The village of Tabola, in Leribe, Lesotho, would like to connect Mopeli Primary School to electricity and build a brick road from the main tarred road to the school. We are hoping to do these two things in order to help Tabola and ten other surrounding villages with a medical facility and educational improvements. The lines for electricity come right up to the edge of one of our buildings, so connecting to the school should not be difficult. When Mopeli was built, the piping for electrical wiring was included in each building, as were wall outlets. We have been offered help from three electrical engineers who are willing to donate their time for this installation. With electricity and a paved road, will come an enormous amount of benefits for all the villages
in this area:

  • Light for the children while they are in school.
  • Our ability to hold after-school classes for herds boys and servant girls who are presently unable to attend school.
  • Our ability to hold after-school adult education classes.
  • Our ability to offer H.I.V./Aid’s workshops for all who want to attend.
  • Our ability to offer support groups for orphans, vulnerable children, those with H.I.V./Aid’s and those who are in some way affected y H.I.V./Aid’s.
  • Our ability to extend the hours of our community library so that people of all ages can come during the evening.
  • Our ability to make Mopeli a community center, a place where people from all the villages may come for meetings, gatherings, feasts and celebrations of all sorts.
  • Physically handicapped people will be able to get to our school.
  • We will purchase a photocopy machine that could be accessed by anyone in the community for a small fee.
  • And last, but certainly NOT LEAST, our ability to offer an extension to the St Rose Health Clinic, located in Peka. They have offered to come at least one day a week to service our villages’ needs. (Please note that our eleven villages have NO medical services at the moment…no hospital, Dr.’s office…not even a nurse!)
The children of the village of Tabola

The children of the village of Tabola

The road to Mopeli is horrendous. It is really more like a rocky cow path than a road. During the rainy season, the road fills with water and is virtually impassable for vehicles. The children have to either wade or hop rocks to get to school. A brick road would help all coming to visit our community center, especially the physically disabled.

11/23/11 Live music w/ Wave Well ~ La Fin Absolute du Monde (Electro / Punk)

Wave Well

Wave Well

When: Wed, November 23
Time: 9pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Wave Well
http://www.myspace.com/wavewell http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wave-Well/280727641967968?sk=wall
I produced this album with the intention to create an atmosphere of thought and contemplation but also with the dynamic tension of rhythmic beats keeping the listener in check. In Metacog there is no sampling or pre-made loops. All material was carefully crafted and designed from scratch down to the smallest measure and orchestrated with only my vision and ability to compose. This Album was built on a combination of soft synths and hard synths and a variety of studio recorded tracks. [website: on latest album]

La Fin Absolute du Monde

La Fin Absolute du Monde

La Fin Absolute du Monde
http://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Fin-Absolute-du-Monde/128749230475094?sk=info
http://soundcloud.com/la-fin-absolute-du-monde
We aim to utilize dark, lovely and ambient timbres and ignore conventional structures and boundaries to provide an intense and adventureful musical-listening experience. We are two people who come from entirely different worlds, both enamored by smart people who love smart music.[facebook]

11/22/11 Live music w/ Dweller ~ Growwler ~ The Memoirs (Rock / Pop)

Growwler

Growwler

When: Tue, November 22
Time: 7pm
Cost: $3
Details:
Growwler
http://growwler.com/index2.html
http://www.facebook.com/Growwler
Lots ‘o and lots ‘o influential maestros come through in our arrangement heavy musick. We’re a band of porous substances that soak up what must inevitably be acknowledged as having been done before; we then invert/revert/divert/pervert said it into something that can temporarily push back the Postmodern Blues that maligns 21st Century Schizoid Man. A pastiche pistachio is the kind of nut we are.
Art rock, rockabilly, proto punk, Philly soul, Sunshine pop, power pop, neo-psych, baroque pop, retro rock, heartland rock, freak folk, country rock, jangle pop, American Trad Rock. I mean Growwler loves all that shit. The ability to make unaffected, feel-it-to-my-bones, truly indelible songs is something the group has the ability to do on a day to day basis. We believe in what we do because the first step to convincing is confidence. After that people will eat yer sounds up regardless (sadd fact of faults of human agency and perception). Yet hopefully ever so often the music matches the bark and creation of tangible musical urgency is smelted.[facebook]

The Memoirs

The Memoirs

The Memoirs
http://myspace.com/thememoirssound
Introducing The Memoirs: Seven summers ago, five friends went into The Hangar Studios in Sacramento CA to record what would later be referred to as the “Flower’s Fade Sessions”. Engineered by Frank Maranzino, the sessions took place over two days and were later completed at the studios of Maranzino and David Houston. From the beginning of the project, everyone involved contributed to arranging the music for the sessions. Inspired by vocal duos such as The Louvin Brothers, The Everly Brothers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gene Clark with The Godsin Brothers, and The Jayhawks, the music that was created highlighted the vocal harmonies of Natan Rodriguez and Jay Raker.[myspace]

Dweller
Classic rock cover band

11/09/2011 Live music w/ Let Fall the Sparrow ~ Misophonic (Indie)

Let Fall the Sparrow

Let Fall the Sparrow

Live music w/ Let Fall the Sparrow ~ Misophonic (Indie)
When: Wed, November 9
Time: 9pm
Cost: $5-7
Details:
Let Fall the Sparrow
http://www.letfallthesparrow.com/
The San Francisco based trio, Let Fall the Sparrow, is made up of Lilly Pritchard (bass/vocals), Daniel Lemke (guitar) and Jesse Freidin (drums). Their sound is both ethereal and driving, moving between quiet melodic moments and intense sonic builds.

Misophonic
Equal parts driven and dreamy, misophonic’s music is a collision of old and new, turned inside out. Trumpet included.

10/8/2011 El Rio 33rd Anniversary Party!!

 

Doors open @ 3!!
1/2 price drinks from 3-5pm!!!
FREE BBQ from 4-7pm with Food Carts to follow!!!
Band on the Patio from 3-9:30pm!!!
DJ in the Front + Back from 10-2am!!!
GAMES! PRIZES! HUGS! KISSES!
What more doest thou wanteth?
Come out and Party with Us!!!

Live on the Patio:

3:30 – Tartufi
http://www.tartufirock.net/
http://www.myspace.com/tartufi
4:30 – Los Trainwreck
http://www.facebook.com/lostrainwreck
5:30 – Pangea
http://www.myspace.com/pangeasf
6:30 – Judea Eden Band
http://judeaedenband.com/JudeaMeet_the_band.html
7:30 – Sistahs in the Pit
http://www.myspace.com/sistasinthepit
http://www.sistasinthepit.com/
8:15 – Burlesque by Dottie Lux
http://dottielux.com/
http://www.myspace.com/dottielux
http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/
8:30 – Night Call
9:30 – Work Buddies (30 min set) – El Rio’s All-Star Staff Cover Band!!!!!!

DJ Schedule -Front
10:00 – DJ Ron
11:30 – DJ Aaron Lindell

DJ Schedule – Back
10:00 – DJ Carnita + Brown Amy (from Hard French)
12:00 – DJ Pablo

9/15/2011 – Benefit: the “Road to Mopeli” in Lesotho, Africa CASINO NIGHT!!!

Casino Night Benefit: the Road to Molepi

Casino Night Benefit: the Road to Molepi

When: Thur, September 15
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: DONATION
Details:
Join us for a Casino fundraiser to build a road to the school in Mopeli, Lesotho, Africa. This road will provide a dry and even surface for the kids to walk to school, the school to receive necessary supplies for the kids, PLUS, the school will then be a Clinic for health care to over 12,000 residents. Have fun playing BlackJack, Craps, texas hold ‘em or 21 at El rio. Any amount of money will buy you chips so you can play in any or all of the games. All proceeds benefit the “Road to Mopeli” in Lesotho, Africa.

About this Peace Corps Partnership Project:
The village of Tabola, in Leribe, Lesotho, would like to connect Mopeli Primary School to electricity and build a brick road from the main tarred road to the school. We are hoping to do these two things in order to help Tabola and ten other surrounding villages with a medical facility and educational improvements. The lines for electricity come right up to the edge of one of our buildings, so connecting to the school should not be difficult. When Mopeli was built, the piping for electrical wiring was included in each building, as were wall outlets. We have been offered help from three electrical engineers who are willing to donate their time for this installation. With electricity and a paved road, will come an enormous amount of benefits for all the villages
in this area:

  • Light for the children while they are in school.
  • Our ability to hold after-school classes for herds boys and servant girls who are presently unable to attend school.
  • Our ability to hold after-school adult education classes.
  • Our ability to offer H.I.V./Aid’s workshops for all who want to attend.
  • Our ability to offer support groups for orphans, vulnerable children, those with H.I.V./Aid’s and those who are in some way affected y H.I.V./Aid’s.
  • Our ability to extend the hours of our community library so that people of all ages can come during the evening.
  • Our ability to make Mopeli a community center, a place where people from all the villages may come for meetings, gatherings, feasts and celebrations of all sorts.
  • Physically handicapped people will be able to get to our school.
  • We will purchase a photocopy machine that could be accessed by anyone in the community for a small fee.
  • And last, but certainly NOT LEAST, our ability to offer an extension to the St Rose Health Clinic, located in Peka. They have offered to come at least one day a week to service our villages’ needs. (Please note that our eleven villages have NO medical services at the moment…no hospital, Dr.’s office…not even a nurse!)
The children of the village of Tabola

The children of the village of Tabola

The road to Mopeli is horrendous. It is really more like a rocky cow path than a road. During the rainy season, the road fills with water and is virtually impassable for vehicles. The children have to either wade or hop rocks to get to school. A brick road would help all coming to visit our community center, especially the physically disabled.

9/5/2011 – 9th Annual COWGIRL PALOOZA: Live music w/ 77 El Deora•The Legend of Kitty Rose•Kit and the Branded Men•The Judea Eden Band•Patsy Chords

77 El Deora

77 El Deora

When: Mon, September 5
Time: 3-10pm
Cost: $10
Details:
Free Tasty BBQ 4p till we run out
On The Patio For Your Viewing Pleasure!

 

77 El Deora
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/77eldeora
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/77-El-Deora/128374633855397
At the core are the sparring male and female vocals of Jenn Courtney and songwriter Maurice Tani, framed with Steve Kallai’s sweet fiddle, Tani’s guitar work, Mike Anderson’s slappin’, clankin’, doghouse, bull-fiddle, acoustic bass, and the virtuous, ethical, thoroughly “drummy” drumming of drummer Christopher Fisher. The sound is sometimes breathy acoustic, sometimes searing electric, sometimes both.

 

The Legend of Kitty Rose

The Legend of Kitty Rose

The Legend Of Kitty Rose
Website: http://www.kittyroselegend.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Legend-of-Kitty-Rose/163537743704895?sk=info
Kitty Rose was a well-known country western singer in the mid-1970′s in the waning days of Nashville, when glittered suits and cheesy arrangements ruled the day. It was uncool to be in country music back then, a genre reserved for red-necks, hicks and sodbusters. At a young age, Kitty appeared on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium, the “church of country music” along with her mentor and dearest friend, Sandy Saunders, then an up-and-coming star herself. They recorded a live album on April 1, 1972 before the Ryman closed its doors, some said then, for good. The following summer, Sandy died in a horrific car accident in the southwest desert. Kitty Rose refused to return to the stage without Sandy and her legend survived only in small circles of die-hard fans and classic country affectionados. Fast-forward to the present day and after the re-discovery of “Kitty Roses’ Greatest Hits!” and “Live at The Ryman”, Kitty Rose was found wandering the streets of a small Northern California town called Hopland, now a ghost of her former self, tending her horse ranch in the nearby hills. Legend has it that she actually is a ghost – dead and returned from hell – cursed forever for killing Sandy’s road manager who was drunk at the wheel that fateful night Sandy lost her head. Coaxed out of retirement, “The Legend of Kitty Rose” is the first recording of this some-time Nashville star since the early 1970′s. The voice is rough and the subject of her songs melancholy, some say after loosing her soul to the devil, but you’ll agree there still remain hints of her glorious past amongst the legends of country music. – The Kitty Rose Fan Club

 

Kit and the Branded Men

Kit and the Branded Men


Kit and the Branded Men

Website: http://www.kitandthebrandedmen.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kitandthebrandedmen
Kit and the Branded Men is a four piece band out of the San Francisco Bay Area. With influences such as Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline & Rose Maddox… You might stumble upon a waltz, 2-step, bopper or old timey tear jerker.

Darryl Pretto on telecaster provides the lead guitar twang, Ken Owen on drums and Glen Earl Brown Jr on bass walk out a solid rhythm section. Front and center, strumming her guitar and singing hits from the past and originals from today is the sweetheart of the bay area, Kit Lopez! [website]

 

Judea Eden Band

Judea Eden Band

The Judea Eden Band
Website: http://judeaedenband.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thejudeaedenband
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/judeaeden
Fresh out of the studio and ready to roll out the red country for this special Cowgirl show at El Rio. The Judea Eden Band will play their versions of classic favorites as well as their own well-crafted countryesque style of good old fashioned down home songwriting, pickin’ and a playin. You’ll be out of your seat and on your feet in no time, dancing and 2-steppin’ it all the way to cowgirl heaven!!

 

 

 

The Patsychords

The Patsychords

The Patsychords
Website: http://www.patsychords.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Patsychords/159262327443335?sk=info
The Patsychords are not just a Patsy Cline tribute band. We run the gamut from her greatest hits and obscure gems to other classic country songs. Margaret Belton’s love of Patsy began at a young age. She only receently decided to take her corn-fed hometown flavor to the stage. She hand-picked her players from notable local San Francisco bands. The Patsychords emulate the lonesome, velvet tones of Ms. Patsy while adding their own personal touch of sass and grit.. The Patsychords are vocalist Margaret Belton. She would make Patsy proud with her vocal stylings. Guitarist Sunny Haire, plays a distinctly rhythmic, yet melodic guitar. Chock full of reverby goodness. Sunny has been in many bands, most notably, The Bedlam Rovers, Waycross, Knife and Fork and Enorchestra. Roxane Chicoine is an upright bassist who brings a vintage rockabilly flavor. She slapped the doghouse bass in Mighty Slim Pickens and The Rev Tones. Jai Bird Carrell is an alt-country drummer hailing from Austin. She holds down the country and rock rhythms.

 

5/20/2011 TeamWino presents A BENEFIT for AIDS-LIFECYCLE (hip-hop w dj’s)

AIDS Lifecycle

AIDS Lifecycle

When: Fri, May 20
Time: 9pm
Cost: $10 Suggested Donation
Details:
TeamWino presents A BENEFIT for AIDS-LIFECYCLE
Aids-Lifecycle
http://www.aidslifecycle.org/
AIDS/LifeCycle is a fully supported, 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, June 5-11, 2011. It’s a life-changing ride—not a race—through some of California’s most beautiful countryside. AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and is designed to advance their shared interest to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.

Performers-:
TophOne • DJ Pause • Timoteo Gigante • & MCs • L-Ron • Phame • El Rock • Grand Sunz • Sco Journers • Great Muta • Spank Pops & G. Scott

4/30/2011 A Super Big Gay Dance Party to benefit the Dyke March

A Dyke March Benefit

A Dyke March Benefit

A Super Big Gay Dance Party to benefit the Dyke March
When: Sat, April 30
Time: 3-8pm
Cost: $7-500 Sliding Scale
Details:
Brought to you by: HARD FRENCH + MANGO + STAY GOLD

 

HARD FRENCH (DJ Brown Amy & DJ Carnita)
Playing 60s girl groups, early 70s soulful funk, boogaloo, garage and northern soul stompers.

MANGO (DJ Marcella)
Sweet and sexy salsa and hip hop

STAY GOLD (DJ Pink Lightning & DJ Rapid Fire)
Playing hella gay dance jams

RAFFLE with Amazing prizes!
2 tickets to see KYLIE MINOGUE LIVE in concert on May 21st at Bill Graham!, CHELSEA HANDLER @ The Paramount, SF GIANTS, EL RIO 2011 Season Pass (No line, No cover & Plus 1) and more…
PHOTO BOOTH by the amazing Closet Riots
TACOS El Rio style 4-7pm
HARD FRENCH Jiggalicious Dance Babes

Three of SF’s hottest Queer Clubs come together to help raise funds to save the Dyke March and bring you an unforgettable dance party! DJ’s on the Patio, Amazing Raffle, Photo Booth and Dancers.

Get there early! Everyone Welcome!

$7-500 sliding scale

Why The Dyke March Needs Your Help?
After 18 years, the volunteer-led Dyke March is having serious financial difficulty that may result in canceling this year’s march. This year we need to cover the enormous cost of port-o-potties, insurance and park fees – costs were previously donated or waived. In addition, some of our grant funding has been cut, leaving us with almost nothing to cover essential expenses like set up, accessibility and clean up.
We need to raise $30,000 to cover the cost of the event.

DONATE NOW: http://thedykemarch.org/donate

Hard French
Mango http://www.facebook.com/MANGOSF
Stay Gold http://www.facebook.com/staygoldsf
El Rio http://www.elriosf.com/
Jiggalicious Dance Babes http://facebook.com/jiggaliciousdancebabes
Dyke March http://thedykemarch.org/

4/24/2011 Live music w/ Salsa Sundays with LOUIS ROMERO & MAZACOTE!

Louie Romero's Mazacote • Photo by Ed Homich

Louie Romero's Mazacote • Photo by Ed Homich

Live music w/ Salsa Sundays with LOUIS ROMERO & MAZACOTE!
When: Sun, April 24
Time: 4-8pm
Cost: $8
Details:
http://www.mazacote.com/
Mazacote is the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group of legendary percussionist Louie Romero, who came to fans’ attention as the longtime timbales player for famed salsero “El Cantante” Hector Lavoe. Louie is also renowned for his work with Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Celia Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jazz stars in his native New York.

 

Based in San Francisco, Mazacote plays a crowd-pleasing, high-energy mixture of classic salsa favorites and original latin jazz tunes. It’s no wonder that Latin Beat magazine called Mazacote “one of the premier salsa ensembles in Northern California.” [website]

Get your salsa on with us!!! Join the El Rio crew in welcoming back master timbalero Louis Romero and his ORQUESTA MAZACOTE to the El Rio patio stage. Come early for our fabulous salsa class with Rosa! All levels welcome, so don’t be shy! Doors open 3pm, showtime at 4:15. Bring it!!!!!!!!!

4/23/2011 Live music w/ Mango, Sweet Sexy Fun For Women

Live music w/ Mango, Sweet Sexy Fun For Women
When: Sat, April 23
Time: 3-8:30pm
Cost: $8 (till 4pm); $10
Details:
MANGO IS COMING BACK & GIVING BACK!! We’re carrying on Chantal’s philanthropic legacy by donating monthly to deserving not-for-profits. Suggest organizations that do great work for lesbians, especially for/with lesbians of color, double especially having to do with health. Come out, support underfunded organizations and have a great time doing it! See you Saturday, March 27, 2010, 3-830p, $8 before 4p, $10 after. Walk Good!!

MANGO…sweet sexy fun for women(every 4th Saturday monthly/march to november and new years)3pm-8:30pm. Dj’s Edaj, Marcella, Olga and La Coqui droppin’ the best in hip-hop, dancehall, salsa, merengue, cumbia, samba & reggaeton\nFree BBQ & drink specials (try a Mango Margarita).MANGO… the Bay Area’s original and still the best t-dance for all women!
one of elrio’s fav days. lovely folks.
come before 4:30 and you should be able to miss the line.

4/22/2011 Live music w/ Disasteroid ~ The Here ~ Fondue (Psych / Rock)

Disastroid

Disastroid

Live music w/ Disasteroid ~ The Here ~ Fondue (Psych / Rock)
When: Fri, April 22
Time: 9pm
Cost: $8
Details:
Disastroid
http://disastroid-music.blogspot.com/
“Melvins/Minutemen/QOTSA-styled stoner rock that generally refuses to sit still.

 

“…Fucking awesome. The perfect mix of Harvey Milk, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, nomeansno, and Danzig all while tuning it into their own unique sound. It was everything that has been good about rock music and what is good about rock music now. I highly recommend these guys and it was nice to be completely blown away by an opening band I had never heard a note from before.”
- Speed Glue and Music, July ’09

The Here

The Here

The Here
http://thehere.com/
We have come to save the human race through rock and roll

 

4/9/2011 Fabulosa Fest 2011 Lunch, Ticket Give-Away, Launch Party!!!

Fabulosa Fest 2011 Poster - help us Flyer!!

Fabulosa Fest 2011

Fabulosa Fest 2011 Lunch, Ticket Give-Away, Launch Party!!!

When: Sat, April 9
Time: 12-4pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Our FABULITA party rings in FABULOSA (FabulosaFest.com) Season with Lunch, live music, raffles and DJs. Tickets for FABULOSA FEST 2011 go on sale at this event, with $50 off All Inclusive Weekend Passes! A delicious lunch is included with admission, and DJs and live performances will delight you until 4pm. We will be raffling away 2 FREE All Inclusive Weekend Passes ($180 value, not to mention 3 days of great memories)! $5 entrance comes with a raffle ticket.

This event is 21+ only.

FABULOSA Fest is 3-day fundraiser/retreat on a beautiful 1700 acre ranch in Marin County. The FABULOSA Collective curates a diverse program of Women-centered Music, Film, Comedy, Craft and Healing Arts to stimulate mind, body and spirit, and attendees will have the time of their lives, swimming, canoeing, hiking, making friends and dancing at barn parties. Fabulosa Fest is an inclusive feminist gathering for women, their families and friends of all genders. All women and friends are invited to attend and participate in this precious, sister-focused, community gathering! Our collective distributes all proceeds to LGBTQ-oriented charities that serve communities in Northern California and beyond. July 15-17, 2011 at Walker Creek Ranch.

Fabulita Lunch & Launch entertainment:
Ericha Fabay (DJ, Fabulosa Collective)
Billie Burnor (acoustic blues from singer of The Mustangs)
Jenny Hoyston (acoustic set from singer of Erase Errata, LESBIANS)
Nolita Selector (DJ, Fruitcake SF)

4/7/2011 Go Deep! Lube Wrestling the first THURSDAY of every month!

Go Deep! Lube Wrestling the first THURSDAY of every month.
When: Thur, April 7; the 1st Thursday of every Month
Time:8pm Sign ups; 9pm Wrestling Begins
Cost: $10-15 SS
Details:
Reservations and contact edhotsburlesque@gmail.com
Dottie Lux 201-615-9245
Prizes: Bacon, Goodies from Good Vibrations www.goodvibes.com and other cool tickets and other merch!

 

Dottie Lux

Dottie Lux

Red Hots Burlesque & El Rio Present
Go Deep! Let’s Wrestle: New Monthly LUBE Wrestling Party
Thursday April 7th @ 8pm | El Rio, 3158 Mission St 415-282-3325| Sliding Scale $10-15! | The moment you’ve all been waiting for, Red Hots Burlesque SF’s Best Bump and Grind and ONLY weekly burlesque show have been conspiring with your friends at El Rio to bring you a ALL GIRL MONTHLY LUBE WRESTLING PARTY. No one can resist hot babes covered in glistening sex slick writhing and wriggling in attempts of pinning each other. You can come and watch or be a part of the action. Sign-ups done through email and night of event.

LUBE WRESTLING!
Celebrity wrestlers from Sisters of Honk, SF Girls of Leather, Hot Pink Feathers , The Lexington Bruisers, The Lusty Lady and more!

Burlesque by: Bitter Waitress, Delilah and Lady Satan
DJ- Ruby White spins bubble gum, garage rock, girl groups and more (Panty Raid, Sugar Shack SF)
The Menu- GinO is famous for her delicious dishes and for Go Deep! She promises to make them messy.

About Red Hots Burlesque:

RHB saw 6 years of successful shakes and shimmies in NYC and have made the cross country journey to bring you a show without boundaries including bizarre beauties and senseless sideshow. Red Hots have called El Rio home for San Francisco’s only weekly burlesque show for 3 years now! Their shows are not for the faint of heart or weak of humor. And as of May 2011 will be SF’s only TWICE weekly burlesque show on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Voted #1 in Nightlife by Yelp, 2010
“The City’s Best” Aol.com
Seen in New York Times, Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, Chronicle, NBC, KOFY TV, Curve Magazine and more!

3/28/2011 Live music w/ Le Mutant (FR) ~ Tank Attack ~ Arms N Legs ~ Black Stool (Metal / Psych)

Le Mutant

Le Mutant

Live music w/ Le Mutant (FR) ~ Tank Attack ~ Arms N Legs ~ Black Stool (Metal / Psych)
When: Mon, March 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Le Mutant – Discount Surf/Rock from Baiona-France.
http://www.ilovelemutant.com

 

Tank Attack – 2 piece prog metal.
http://www.myspace.com/tankattack

Arms N Legs – 4 piece afro beat psych
http://www.myspace.com/severancemed

Black Stool – acoustic death metal
http://www.myspace.com/blackstool666

3/27/2011 SALSA SUNDAYS with RAY MARTINEZ & SALSA JAZZ PROJECT!

SALSA SUNDAYS with RAY MARTINEZ & SALSA JAZZ PROJECT!
When: Sun, March 27
Time: 4-8pm
Cost: $8
Details:
Guess what you’re doing on this Sunday? You are joining El Rio in welcoming local salsa favorite Ray Martinez and one of his newest co-creations with some of the bay area’s best musicians, welcome RAY MARTINEZ & SALSA JAZZ PROJECT! Showtime is 4:15 so don’t be late!!