375 Eleventh Street San Francisco 94103
Celebrating our thirty-seventh anniversary this year, DNA Lounge has been one of San Francisco's most popular nightclubs since 1985, hosting an always-eclectic variety of events, including all-ages live music, 18+ dance parties, burlesque shows, lecture series and private parties. Two stages, four dance floors, seven bars and a full-service late-night restaurant and cafe!
Most recently declared both "Best Dance Club" and "Best Live Music Venue" in the SF Weekly Readers' Poll, DNA Lounge has won over 60 "best of" awards from local publications like The Guardian, SF Weekly and 7x7 Magazine, and has been voted "Best Dance Club" every year since 2008.
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER

COVID-19 rages on, continuing to take an incalculable toll. For the safety of our staff, families and customers, we implore you: get vaccinated, get boosted, and if you are not boosted, stay away.

However, we deeply regret to inform you that we are no longer requiring proof of vaccination to enter DNA Lounge. See our statement here.

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Fri May 20 The Egyptian Lover
The Egyptian Lover! Electro, Techno, Electro Funk, Breakbeats, Detroit Techno! The Egyptian Lover is the definition of living legend. A product of 1980s Los Angeles, The Egyptian Lover (real name Greg Broussard) is funky and still committed to analog authenticity. Alluring vocals and big bass lines atop an electric stew of drum machine and synth make for non-stop dance floor ammunition. Whether you call it old school hiphop or early electronic music, The Egyptian Lover is a strong influence on both.
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Fri May 20 Hella Juicy Pole Show
Hella Juicy Pole Show! Hiphop, Pole Dancing! Come out for a night of super sexy pole dancers at Hella Juicy! This pole dance showcase will feature ONLY larger bodied, BIPOC and queer folks from San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle! Please bring cash/singles to make it rain for the performers!
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Sat May 21 Hubba Hubba Revue
Time Machine
Hubba Hubba Revue: Time Machine! Burlesque! Set the controls on the Wayback Machine, because San Francisco's world-famous Hubba Hubba Revue is taking you on an action-packed, burlesque adventure through time itself!
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Sat May 21 The Doja Cat Disco
The Doja Cat Disco! Pop, Hiphop! Get into it yuh! Introducing the Doja Cat Disco, a tribute dance party to the woman herself. While she may, or may not be "dipping", we will be coming together to celebrate her music from her full discography, as well as those of her best friends like Saweetie, SZA, Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, The Weeknd, Young Thug, BIA, Gucci Mane, Tove Lo, Latto, City Girls, Cardi B, Anne-Marie & more!
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Sat May 21 Hardly Strictly Folk Punk
Hardly Strictly Folk Punk! Folk Punk, Bluegrass, Blues, Rock N Roll! Coming from the booker of Death to False Folk Punk, this lineup (in true spirit of the parodied name) features a variety of acts from swamp rocking The Dik Diks, to the traditional folky banjo tunes of Dirty Laundry. Is it a Folk Punk show? No! Is it not a folk punk show? Also no! Come out, square dance and get down with the hardly stricklyness.
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Tue May 24 Blaze Ya Dead Homie + King Klick
Blaze Ya Dead Homie + King Klick! Hiphop, Horrorcore, Stoner Rap! For over 25 years, Blaze Ya Dead Homie has remained one of the freshest, most innovative voices in underground hiphop. A towering figure in the horrorcore sub-genre, he's mastered not just the craft of rapping but the art of reinvention, developing new characters and introducing them across his discography. It's a skill that puts him in league not just with rappers like Twiztid and N.W.A.
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Wed Jun 1 Betamaxx & Parallels
Betamaxx & Parallels! Synthpop, Synthwave! Betamaxx is an 80's synth revival project by Nick Morey, hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The project was formed in mid-2012 with the release of the "Lost Formats" LP in late September. The name "Betamaxx" was contrived from Sony "Betamax" movie player which rivaled VHS in the early-mid 80's. Betamaxx's sound is inspired and created with a use of a wide variety of analog and digital hardware synths from the 80's and today including the Roland Juno-60, Sequential Circuits Prophet-6 and Ensoniq ESQ-1.
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Fri Jun 3 Suffocation + Atheist
Suffocation + Atheist! Death Metal, Tech Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Prog Metal! Suffocation are a bunch of nice New York guys playing technical death metal for a living- and doing it well. The band began as high schoolers on Long Island, and throughout lineup changes and eight albums and several record labels have morphed into elder statesmen of American death metal. For decades Suffocation has been touring globally, bringing their brutal, aggressive sound to fans of all stripes.
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Thu Jun 9 Jungle Rot + Internal Bleeding
Jungle Rot + Internal Bleeding! Death Metal, Slam Metal, Death-Core! Long before the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin was a household name, the city gave birth to a thrash-tinged death metal band whose only mission is to bring metal to the masses: Jungle Rot. Long hair, fun, power-filled riffs, dark grooves, and a name that you don't wanna Google image search. Let's just say that lyrically they touch on all aspects of gore (death, war, bodily injury).
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Fri Jun 10 Mortified
Mortified! Hailed as a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek and celebrated for years by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, The Onion AV Club, & Entertainment Weekly, Mortified is a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, poems, letters, lyrics, home movies, schoolwork) as shared by their original authors -- in front of total strangers! Where else can you hear grown men and women confront their past with firsthand tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom, fights with mom, life at bible camp, worst hand job, best mall job, and reasons they deserved to marry Bon Jovi?
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Fri Jun 10 Holy Locust + Doom Scroll
Holy Locust + Doom Scroll! Folk, Punk, Rock, Crust! Holy Locust is a five piece acoustic folk band, seamlessly blending the raw energy and ideals of punk music with refined folk traditions from around the world. Far flung from home and steeped in the myriad of their worldly adventures, Holy Locust, in sound, is the embodiment of chaos tamed. Doom Scroll is a Folk Punk group based out of Colorado featuring members of We The Heathens, Broken Bow, Chad Hates George, and Dead Work.
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Sun Jun 19 Broadway Bares
San Francisco Strips V
Fairy Tales
Broadway Bares: San Francisco Strips V: Fairy Tales! Pop, Funk! San Francisco's sexiest benefit dance show modeled after the long-running NYC "Broadway Bares" show. Follow Pinocchio as he travels through various "Fairy Tales" trying to find out how to become a real boy presented in a series of high energy, fun dances featuring many favorite fairy tale characters who somehow all seem to lose their clothes. The show takes place in the main room and is followed by a VIP party in the upstairs club after the show for VIP ticket buyers.
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Join us at DNA Pizza, our attached restaurant and cafe, right next door. DNA Pizza is open late, and we deliver. We specialize in authentic New York-style thin crust pizza, by the slice or the whole pie. Vegetarian and vegan slices are always available, and gluten-free crust is available on request.
We also offer custom deli sandwiches, salads, cocktails, and DNA Lounge's own house brand of hand crafted, small batch vodka, rum, gin, whiskey and bourbon: by the bottle for take-out or delivery. See our menu for options. Join us in our dining room or parklet before or after your night of clubbing!