375 Eleventh Street San Francisco 94103
Celebrating our thirty-sixth 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.
PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED

Because antivaxxers have ruined it for everybody, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination before entering DNA Lounge: either your original CDC Vaccination Card (not a copy or photo); or the CA DPH Vaccination QR Code, downloadable from myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov.

We also strongly recommend that you wear a mask while indoors, per CDC guidance.

We thank you for respecting our policies, which are meant to keep our customers, our staff and our families safe. Do your part to end the pandemic and protect everyone else.

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Fri Jul 30 Sequence
Barely Alive
Sequence: Barely Alive! Dubstep! Barely Alive has been making classic dubstep tunes from their adopted hometown of LA for years now. Originally from the East Coast, the two producers have been pals since they were kids and use that shared history to create tracks that heat up the internet and - now that the pandemic is winding down - the dance floor. They check all the boxes for a good time: fun novelty costume, riddim beats, b2bs and collage with heavy hitters, and an appreciation for the finer decades (it's not hard to hear that 80s influence).
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Fri Jul 30 Cipher Takes the Bay
Angels & Demons
Cipher Takes the Bay: Angels & Demons! Drag, Burlesque, Pop! CipherPunk is a collective of LGBTQIA+ artists taking the stage to showcase their art through drag, burlesque, and performance told through a given theme.
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Sat Jul 31 Bootie Mashup
Oops! Just Pop
Bootie Mashup: Oops! Just Pop! Mashups, Pop, Emo, Throwback, Hiphop, Club Bangers, Rock! All your current and classic pop favorites, mashed-up of course by DJ Tyme and Adriana A! For the 11:11 Show, The Monster Show presents a pop-tactic drag extravaganza, while DJ Ajax brings the hiphop, and DoesItBang? presents Oops! All Bangers in the Above and Dazzle Room. Showcasing the best mashups in the world ever, Bootie Mashup has been throwing genre-fluid dance parties in San Francisco since 2003, shamelessly combining pop songs both throwback and current.
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Sat Jul 31 Oops! All Bangers
Oops! All Bangers! Booty, Donk, Hard Dance, Hardcore, Jersey Club, Juke, Jungle! A new party brought to you from your favorite East Bay crew, where every single song is an absolute banger! Does It Bang is a multi genre party dedicated to all things that bang! A welcoming place for newbies and veteran DJ's/VJ's to try new bangin' experiments.
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Tue Aug 3 Hobo Johnson and The Lovemakers
Hobo Johnson and The Lovemakers! Alternative, Indie, Hiphop, Emo! Hobo Johnson and The Lovemakers come to DNA Lounge for a surprise intimate gathering limited to only 400 people, for a mere twenty bucks! Tickets to this will sell out fast. Hobo Johnson is a young man, born in the back of a 1994 Toyota Corolla. The product of a section of pop culture fandom whose life was changed by Kid Cudi. His music is a genre-bending mash of spoken-word, pop, and Lin-Manuel Miranda-style raps, backed by a versatile band called the Lovemakers, that play punk, folk, and jazz.
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Thu Aug 5 The Splatterhouse
The Splatterhouse! Chiptune, Dark Electro, Video Game Music, Terror Ebm! The horrifying theme of this night may be inappropriate for young children... and cowards. Here in the Splatterhouse, we pay tribute to the sights and sounds of classic horror films and games. Our selection of Retro-Electro Horror-themed music spans genres from chiptune/video game music, synthwave/darksynth, dark electro, industrial/ebm, and more.
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Fri Aug 13 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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Sat Aug 14 Hubba Hubba Revue
Summer Camp
Hubba Hubba Revue: Summer Camp! Burlesque! Pack up your pasties & your bug spray 'cuz San Francisco's world-famous burlesque & variety show is bringing the outdoors indoors for a Sexy summer showcase of the Tops In Tease! Stick around after Hubba for Bootie Mashup, with another set of burlesque at 11:11PM!
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Sun Aug 15 Glüme
Glüme! Electropop, Indie, Post-Punk, Alternative! Who is Glüme? Well, you're about to find out. Either from another planet, or a different dimension, this self-described "Walmart Marilyn Monroe" displays her brand of dreaminess through sparse keys, pounding synths, and ethereal vocal layovers. She haunts just as much as she uplifts. From the Italians Do It Better stable - home to the likes of Chromatics and Glass Candy - this doll-like beauty from the city of angels perfectly blends glamour and mystery.
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Fri Aug 20 Turbo Drive
Droid Bishop & Tonebox
Turbo Drive: Droid Bishop & Tonebox! Synthwave, Retrowave, Outrun, Cyberpunk, Darksynth, Electro! Emerging from the shadows of Los Angeles, Droid Bishop creates eclectic colors in the world of synth & guitar driven electronic music. Although inspired by retro sounds and aesthetics, he makes his music from somewhere in the near future. Droid Bishop avoids being boxed in a genre by progressing in his unique style and love for all the music in the galaxy.
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Sun Aug 22 Lich King
Lich King! Metal! Not named after a World of Warcraft character, and nothing to do with Adventure Time. Lich King creates new-old-school thrash metal in the vein of Exodus, Vio-Lence, S.O.D., Slayer and others. Lich King believes the sound of thrash was perfected in the 80's and are not trying to add anything to the mix. They're just coming up with riffs and songs that the old masters didn't. Each release features fast, headbangable riffs, and modern stomp anthems.
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Wed Aug 25 Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam! Thrash Metal, Speed Metal! Straight out of the hot, dry desert of Phoenix, Arizona comes Flotsam and Jetsam, bringing with them a full metal thrash assault on your ear drums. While never finding the great successes promised by the early metal scene, Flotsam and Jetsam pushed on through time to become respected elder statesmen of the genre (or at least as much as that is possible for thrash legends).
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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!