San Francisco doesn't do circuit halfway — it helped invent a chunk of it. The calendar bends around two leather-and-dance high holy days: Up Your Alley (Dore Alley) in July and the Folsom Street Fair in late September, when SoMa turns into one giant street party and the afterhours run for days. That's when the big rooms earn their reputation — 1015 Folsom, DNA Lounge, SVN West and The Midway host the likes of Magnitude, Matinée Pervert, Deviants and BRÜT, while REAL BAD closes Folsom weekend as it has for decades, raising money for the community. Come for one night or block out the whole weekend; SoMa was built for this.
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