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.
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Sun Jun 26 Ascend
Down the Rabbit Hole
Ascend: Down the Rabbit Hole! House! Evan J. Sun and Cecil Russell are joining forces once again to bring you our annual San Francisco Pride closing event Ascend: Down the Rabbit Hole with the return of Isaac Escalante and Arno Diem to bring you on an amazing musical journey. Conveniently located right across the street and happening immediately following the World famous Hot Tea, Perfect to make this your last party of the weekend.
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Mon Jun 27 Death Guild
Death Guild! Gothic, Industrial, Synthpop! Death Guild is the oldest weekly goth/industrial dance night in the world! Every Monday, six DJs in two rooms play a mix of gothic, industrial, synthpop, noise, ambient, and weird stuff for those who love the darker side of things.
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Mon Jun 27 Monday Night Hubba
Monday Night Hubba! Burlesque! Monday Night Hubba is the perfect way to start your week sexy: with cocktails, tease, comedy and a more intimate experience than Hubba's big monthly extravaganzas! Each Monday night is a fun-filled, shimmering showcase of local, national and international burlesque and variety talent -- and a chance to see the most dazzling debuts before they hit it big!
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Fri Jul 1 J Balvin & Bad Bunny Oasis Party
J Balvin & Bad Bunny Oasis Party! Reggaeton, Latin Pop, Top 40! Kick start your summer right by dancing the night away to the hottest Latin pop and reggaetón. Brought to you by Bay Area DJs Audio1 and Otebnsolrac, hyphy meets house meets cumbia on the dance floor. Oteb and Solrac are DJs and twins, so you know their b2b is going telepathically good. The set will have each twin rep an artist; Solrac taking Bad Bunny while his brother Oteb spins for J Balvin.
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Fri Jul 1 Chyl
Chyl! Bass House, Tech House, Speed House, Trap! Chinese-Canadian artist CHYL, brings a fresh take to the bass house genre in dance music. With inspirations such as Wenzday and Nostalgix, CHYL creates a hard-hitting energy through her music. Turning to dance music full-time in 2017, she pours her heart and soul into her performance and her creations. With tracks such as "Boom Boom" and "Six One Nine" in her catalog, she'll be bringing heat to get the dancefloor moving, along with a stacked supporting lineup to bring the best vibes!
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Sat Jul 2 Indie Nite
Indie Nite! Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Dance! Welcome to Indie Nite, an Indie Rock + Indie Pop Dance Party for friends. For one special night, step into a time when Coachella was Indie and you could rock out to all your favorite bands in one place. On July 2nd, get ready to dance to all your favorite Indie Anthems by The Strokes, Tame Impala, Mgmt, Lcd Soundsystem, The Arcade Fire, The Arctic Monkeys, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix, Passion Pit, Vampire Weekend, Robyn, The Black Keys, The 1975, Franz Ferdinand & More!
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Fri Jul 8 Mortified
Super Sexy Summer Show
Mortified: Super Sexy Summer Show! Join us for our annual hot and sizzling Super Sexy Summer Show! Featuring all sex-themed teenage diaries, awkward and horny poems, and poorly written attempts at erotic fiction! 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!
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Sat Jul 16 Hubba Hubba Revue
Big Top Burlesque
Hubba Hubba Revue: Big Top Burlesque! Burlesque! Step right up, step right up! San Francisco's world-famous burlesque & variety show invites you to run away with the circus! Join us in the main room at DNA Lounge for an all-star showcase of acrobats, aerialists, circus skills, and over a thousand pounds of clowns!
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Tue Jul 26 Hocico
Hocico! Industrial, Gothic, Ebm! Los elder statesmen of Mexican industrial are in prime condition! Formed by two cousins who loved electric body music and Skinny Puppy, Hocico sprang to life in the early 90s, gracing the stage with dark electronica, touring globally and opening for Rammstein at home in Mexico. After a dozen albums and a short hiatus, the band still ain't slowing down (think Moenia, but much scarier).
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Sun Aug 7 Little Miss Nasty + Gina and the Eastern Block
Little Miss Nasty + Gina and the Eastern Block! Metal! Little Miss Nasty are the innovators and iconic pioneers of Rock and Roll Burlesque. Beautiful women. Ridiculously talented performers. Absolutely the most bad ass rock and metal (and even some hiphop) Vegas style production that you'll ever see! The Little Miss Nasty live experience is a professionally choreographed production featuring some of the entertainment industry's best dancers, aerialists, vocalists and contortionists.
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Sat Sep 3 Monuments + Essenger + Sammy Boller
Monuments + Essenger + Sammy Boller! Progressive Metal, Metalcore, Djent, Alternative, Synthwave! Monuments are a British progressive metal band formed by former Fellsilent guitarist, John Browne, and former Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza guitarist, Josh Travis. Essenger stands on the cutting edge of electronic music, blending an array of influences for a sound that pays tribute to modern alt rock, Edm, and synthwave. His highly personal songwriting style and personal lyrics result in a unique style that opens new possibilities for both retro and future synth music.
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Fri Sep 9 Pink Turns Blue
Pink Turns Blue! Post-Punk, New Wave, Gothic, Industrial, Ebm! Performing Live: Pink Turns Blue. Violator. Plus guests, TBA! With DJ: Callum McGowan.
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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!