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1600 17th St. (at Wisconsin) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-252-1330

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Best Place to Play Ping-Pong
Award Winner 2007

Cuisine(s): American, Bar Food

Hours: Daily 4pm-2am
Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining

Entertainment: Live Entertainment

Description

This longtime home to bikers and blue-collars has transformed itself into one of the city's finest small rooms for rock. The calendar is jammed with the crème de la crème of garage, punk, metal, indie, and underground acts delivering intimate shows in the main room for a low cover. The back patio is great on warm afternoons and evenings, too.

2007 | Best Place to Play Ping-Pong

At an establishment that bills itself as San Francisco's premier dive venue, you'd best not be expecting some slick Olympic setup. No, ping-pong on Thee Parkside's back patio is a ramshackle affair. The table sags and the paddles are frayed (last time we were there, one paddle had the editorial comment "Loser!" scrawled on its surface). But the bar's proprietors know that ping-pong, when played slightly sauced in a crowded area, is simultaneously excellent physical exercise and a great... More »
2006 | Best Live Music Nights

"If it's twang it's our thang." So goes the motto of "Twang Sundays," which pretty much sums up this Sunday afternoon series of local music. Country, western, Americana, y'all-ternative, and rockabilly, as played by bands like the Pine Box Boys, the Robber Barons, and many more, comprise the fare. And Thee Parkside's patio offers benches and Ping-Pong for those who take their Buck Owens with a spoonful of midday sun. Ease into your Sunday for the low, low price of $0. More »
2004 | Best Music Community

Many locals complain that our music scene has a lot of bands and a lot of fans but very little community. That's not the case at Thee Parkside, where, as its Web site boasts, "the staff drinks right along with you." As many who've been to Thee Parkside's budget rock Fridays can attest, this place is one of the coolest, cheapest, most hospitable spots to catch garage, punk, and country-fried rock in town. What you may not know is that it's also a great place to eat a yak burger (yes, you read... More »

Mean Jeans: Show Preview

By Reyan Ali | Wed, May 23, 2012

Punk rock can be an immensely powerful weapon of change, with fiery guitars and drums creating intense, perspective-shaking expressions of the human condition. Alternately, punk can be used to par-tay, which Mean Jeans cares about way more than an... More »
Metallibash, For Whom the Bay Tolls: Show Preview

By Ian S. Port | Wed, December 07, 2011

Metallica turns 30 years old this week, and to celebrate, the local heavy metal juggernaut will be performing four intimate shows at the Fillmore — for fan club members only. You casual supporters could hang outside the Fillmore and moan, cry, or ... More »
Can't Make It to Metallica's 30th Anniversary Concerts? Celebrate at These Shows Instead

By Tamara Palmer | Mon, December 5, 2011

If you aren't a member of Metallica's fan club and didn't succumb to a scalper, chances are that you aren't going to catch the Bay Area metal titans' 30th Anniversary concerts at the Fillmore this wee... More »
Budget Rock 10: Show Preview

By Ian S. Port | Wed, October 19, 2011

Now in its 10th year, the 2011 edition of the Bay Area's Budget Rock Festival will be its last — it's fittingly billed as "the final insult." But this garage-rock and punk orgy is saying goodbye with a bang: The lineup includes more than 20 bands ... More »
High Castle: Show Preview

By Ian S. Port | Wed, October 12, 2011

For those who take their punk without prefixes ("post," "pop," etc.), may we suggest Oakland's High Castle? This demonic power trio's debut LP, Spirit of the West, melds raw sonics and spastic adventurousness with deliciously obnoxious shouting fr... More »
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Thee Parkside

1600 17th St. (at Wisconsin) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-252-1330

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Hell On Wheels, Necroveck

3:00 p.m. May 26

Across Tundras, Electric Shepherd & Outlaw, Hollow Mirrors, Owl

9:00 p.m. May 26

"Twang Sunday"

5:00 p.m. every Sun.

King Louie’s Missing Monuments, Thee Chemicals, Top Ten, The Suicide Notes

8:00 p.m. May 27

Tim Barry, Kevin Seconds, Julie Karr, Travis Hayes

8:00 p.m. May 30

2007 | Best Place to Play Ping-Pong

2006 | Best Live Music Nights

2004 | Best Music Community

Mean Jeans: Show Preview

By Reyan Ali | Wed, May 23, 2012

Metallibash, For Whom the Bay Tolls: Show Preview

By Ian S. Port | Wed, December 07, 2011

Can't Make It to Metallica's 30th Anniversary Concerts? Celebrate at These Shows Instead

By Tamara Palmer | Mon, December 5, 2011

Budget Rock 10: Show Preview

By Ian S. Port | Wed, October 19, 2011

High Castle: Show Preview

By Ian S. Port | Wed, October 12, 2011

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