A 90-minute circus show at Club Fugazi in North Beach. Created by two co-founders of The 7 Fingers (Montreal) as a tribute to San Francisco. Opened October 2021 in the venue that hosted Beach Blanket Babylon from 1975 to 2019.
A one-block residential alley in the Mission covered with murals since 1972. Themes include immigration, Central American politics, and neighborhood history. Free to visit, daylight is best.
A one-block alley in the Mission with rotating murals managed by the Clarion Alley Mural Project, founded 1992. Themes include housing, identity, and political resistance. Free to visit.
A sound art theater at 1616 Bush Street with 176 speakers and 75-minute compositions presented in total darkness. Founded by Stan Shaff in 1962; current room opened in 1975.
Internet Archive headquarters at 300 Funston Avenue, in a former Christian Science church the nonprofit bought in 2009. Servers where the pews used to be. Free public reading room and Friday tours.
Mark McCloud’s private collection of LSD blotter art, housed in his Mission District home. Generally considered the largest collection of its kind. Visits by appointment only.
James Turrell skyspace inside a grassy mound in the de Young Museum’s Osher Sculpture Garden. Free to visit. LED lights around the oculus shift how the sky color appears.
A hands-on typography and design archive in Dogpatch with over 100,000 items, from medieval manuscripts to punk zines. Staff pull pieces for you to examine. Free visits by appointment.
A small Mission District bar at Folsom and 17th with live music most nights. Jazz, blues, folk, and singer-songwriters. No cover.
A renovated 1939 Art Deco theater at 99 Moraga Avenue in the Presidio Main Post, reopened in 2019. About 600 seats. Film, music, theater, and private events.
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