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647 Valencia (at 18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-552-7788

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Best Place to Feel the Riddim
Award Winner 2012

Hours: Daily 5pm-2am
Features: Coat Check
Entertainment: Live Entertainment, DJs

Description

The Elbo Room ain't the rock Valhalla it once was, but a bar and pinball machines downstairs and a music venue upstairs provide entertainment that varies between DJ nights and live bands ranging from hip-hop to punk to funk to samba. There's never a cover charge for the downstairs bar, whose crimson-candlelit booths are often jam-packed with attractive scenesters. The second-floor music room, meanwhile, attracts a crowd as varied as the events themselves: hippies, hipsters, goths, rockers, hip-hop heads, salsa dancers, old-school soul twisters - name any demographic, they've all been here at one time or another.

"San Francisco's Longest Happy Hour"

5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. daily

Though other bars' all-day specials may technically exceed the claim of this daily deal in the Mission, the Elbo happy hour — with cocktails under ...
The Carnaval Party Night with Samba Da, DJ Abel

10:00 p.m. May 26
"Dub Mission"

9:00 p.m. every Sun.

Sunday night excursions into the echo-drenched outer realms of dub
Dub Mission presents Subatomic Sound System

9:00 p.m. May 27

W/ DJ Sep, Maneesh the Twister
Aisle 45

9:00 p.m. May 30

W/ DJs Mauby, Mo-Luxx, and Romanowski

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2012 | Best Place to Feel the Riddim

DJ Sep Ghadishah has put on the Sunday night Dub Mission party at the Elbo Room for more than 15 years. As local club nights go, that's kind of insane; most survive for only a fraction of that time. But through consistent bookings, DJ Sep has managed not only to keep Dub Mission alive, but to keep it popular, as a visit any Sunday night will demonstrate. She hasn't done it alone: A roster of regular DJs that includes the esteemed J Boogie, Vinnie Esparza, and Maneesh the Twister has helped... More »
2009 | Liveliest Reading Series

San Francisco is a city of readers, and therefore of reading serieses. With so many events to choose from, each happening needs to set itself apart. Porchlight offers real-life storytelling, Writers with Drinks skews toward the naughty and offbeat, Lit & Lunch presents translated classics alongside French pastries. For its part, Literary Death Match succeeds as being the goofiest, free-wheelingest, most competitive event. Each month, four talented authors read stories (or poems) that are... More »
2009 | Best Worldbeat Dance Night

So, you've heard of Fela Kuti, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, right The Nigerian political activist and father of Afrobeat (an infusion of jazz, funk, and psychedelic rock) died in '97, but his legend lives on at the Elbo Room every last Tuesday of the month, when Afrobeat admirers gather and gyrate to Baba Ken and the Afro-Groove Connexion. The ten-man band includes, of course, guitar and bass player Baba Ken, who formerly jammed with well-known Afrobeatist King... More »

Twilight Circus on the Origin of His Moniker and the Rise of Dub Music into the Mainstream

By Christina Li | Thu, April 12, 2012

With 25 years of experience in the worlds of dub and reggae music, Ryan Moore, aka Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, has taken his musical abilities worldwide, to places like hazy Triad-ridden buildin... More »
Salvation Spoken Here

By Keith Bowers | Wed, February 29, 2012

In late 2010 we attended a reading we’ll never forget. We didn’t know it, but a madman was about to take the stage. Except he didn’t take the stage. He hopped down off it, and immediately a dozen people rushed to form a semicircle around him on th... More »
Celebrate Four Years of Debaser With This Exclusive Boyz n the Hood-Themed Mix

By SF Weekly | Fri, February 24, 2012

Editor's note: Ahead of the four-year anniversary of beloved '90s party Debaser, we invited party DJs Jamie Jams and Stab Master Arson to make a mix of some of the songs we can expect to hear at Sat... More »
There's No Trans Like PubTrans

By : Chris Torres | Wed, January 18, 2012

San Franciscans love to hate Muni. The bus smells like a bathroom. The train station smells like a methylated ashtray. The recent GPS-tracking upgrade has some passengers wondering how their ride could possibly be running late again, if it’s comin... More »
Lost in the Night: Maluca Tears the Roof Off Tormenta Tropical

By Derek Opperman | Mon, December 12, 2011

Tormenta Tropical's Four-Year Anniversary Dec. 10, 2011 Elbo Room "You're never going to believe this. I just got a picture with the double rainbow guy! He's here!" Celebrities were in attendance a... More »
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Elbo Room

647 Valencia (at 18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-552-7788

Description

"San Francisco's Longest Happy Hour"

5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. daily

The Carnaval Party Night with Samba Da, DJ Abel

10:00 p.m. May 26

"Dub Mission"

9:00 p.m. every Sun.

Dub Mission presents Subatomic Sound System

9:00 p.m. May 27

Aisle 45

9:00 p.m. May 30

2012 | Best Place to Feel the Riddim

2009 | Liveliest Reading Series

2009 | Best Worldbeat Dance Night

Twilight Circus on the Origin of His Moniker and the Rise of Dub Music into the Mainstream

By Christina Li | Thu, April 12, 2012

Salvation Spoken Here

By Keith Bowers | Wed, February 29, 2012

Celebrate Four Years of Debaser With This Exclusive Boyz n the Hood-Themed Mix

By SF Weekly | Fri, February 24, 2012

There's No Trans Like PubTrans

By : Chris Torres | Wed, January 18, 2012

Lost in the Night: Maluca Tears the Roof Off Tormenta Tropical

By Derek Opperman | Mon, December 12, 2011