A local guide to gay dance clubs and nightclubs in San Francisco, California — 15 spots for the LGBTQ+ community and friends, curated by Out x Out.
High-energy Castro dance bar with pop hits and Sunday beer busts.
The Castro · $$
Castro balcony bar over Market Street, known for drag brunch.
The Castro · $$
Castro dance bar with go-go nights, karaoke and a back patio.
The Castro · $$
Castro dance club with drag shows, go-go nights and weekend brunch.
The Castro · $$
Mission queer bar with drag shows and dance parties.
Mission · $$
SoMa drag cabaret and nightclub in a former bathhouse.
SoMa · $$
One of the Castro's largest gay dance clubs, over Harvey Milk Plaza.
The Castro · $$
Legendary SoMa after-hours club, home of the Sunday T-Dance.
SoMa · $$
SF's oldest queer bar (1966), worker-owned, reopened on Folsom.
SoMa · $$
East Bay's Latin LGBTQ+ nightclub for cumbia, salsa, and drag shows
Downtown Oakland · $$
Mission queer bar centering women, sapphic and trans folks.
Mission · $$

Funky Mission bar with a big patio, live music and dance nights.
Mission · $

Uptown Oakland queer supperclub with drag shows and late-night DJ sets
Uptown Oakland · $$$

North Oakland institution with drag shows and pool tables, open since the 1930s
Temescal · $

Intimate Lower Haight underground club for house and techno with a coffee bar
Lower Haight · $
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