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/

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!!!!!!!!!

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.

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

Fabulosa Fest 2011

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)

Dottie Lux

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!