JuicyFruit’s Juice Box Folsom Week Party Picks

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Jim.
Categories: Event Suggestions.

This week kicks off the grand daddy leather festival in San Francisco – The Folsom Street Fair. This event is celebrating 25 years and has grown in scale in the years I have gone to be quite a spectacle. With a smattering of dance events, social events, house parties, and the street fair itself, there is so much to do. However, I encourage you to go out and get into the events, don’t just be a spectator. So with that in mind, here are my picks for parties and events over the next two weekends, in chronological order (with abbreviated commentary).

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 20 – 10PM to Late
Industry – Mighty at 119 Utah
Tickets - $15 advance at Body on Castro or $25 at the door.
DJs Pagano and Luke Johnstone

This Industry is the kick off to Folsom Week with two amazing DJ talents. Luke Johnstone who is a great DJ and producer will certainly make the room come alive along with the sexy beats of DJ Pagano. Both of these guys have never let me down. Additionally, this is West Coast premiere of “Schwartzwald”, the movie you can dance to. Should be a fun crowd and a great party with a smattering of leather clad men, hot muscle, and fun party goers.

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 21 – 11PM to 3AM
Industry – Club Eight at 1151 Folsom Street
Tickets - $10 at the door
DJ Frank Wild

While this event is a little late for me on a school night (Sunday), it does offer a great DJ talent in Frank Wild, in a rather intimate setting. Fresh back from touring Germany and doing Folsom Berlin, I would expect Frank will keep the energy going from Fresh at this club for the evening. Check it out if you can stay up late and keep the energy going.

FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 26 – 9PM to Late
Bearracuda Magnum – DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh with DJ Pete Savas
Tickets - $10 in advance at DNA Lounge Web Site
Tag Team set with DJ Pete Savas and DJ Ted Eiel

This is round two for the Bearracuda folks with Magnum at DNA Lounge. As mentioned in other reviews, this is my favorite space for small venue with flagging and dancing space. I love it. And what could be better than two great DJ’s, Pete Savas and Ted Eiel, doing a tag team set on the decks that night. I hope to get a good dose of good chunky house music with a shot of lyrics to make it all go down. Ok, and there is possibly one better thing about this event, in the fact that the poster child for this event is my best friend (yes – just go check it out kids and you will know who it is).

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 27 – 10PM to 4AM
Magnitude –The Regency Center – 1290 Sutter St. (At Van Ness)
Tickets - $65 on line, $80 Retail and $100 at the door (if available) (See Magnitude Website for Ticket Details)
DJ Paul Goodyear

Magnitude is a premier dance event in San Francisco for the Leather Weekend, and certainly the place to be seen prior to the Sunday Street Fair. DJ Paul Goodyear has always thrown down great sets of music, perfectly fitting the event. Paul can range from handbags, to fluff, to deep sexy grooves, and always has an appealing set as far as I am concerned. This is a high leather gear party, while not required, gear, fetish wear, and leather is encouraged. This will be a sexy and dark party with an array of hot guys, bears, leather clad studs, and muscle galore. The venue is new to me for the dance scene, having only been there for a couple other events, so that part is yet to be seen. However, if you want the Saturday night ticket for Folsom Weekend, and you are not too busy at some “private” party, be sure to get your tickets early and get to Magnitude.

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 28 – Noon to 6PM
The Folsom Street Fair– Folsom Street from 10th to 7th

Tickets – Suggested donation collected at gate

While not likely I will make it out to much, if any, of the street fair, this is an event not to be missed. The fair runs from 10th to 7th along Folsom Street with vendors, drinking, dancing and entertainment, oh and then there is the crowd of hot leather clad folks. Check it out – this is the main attraction of the weekend. Weather looks to be good, so dress in layers to reveal some skin through the sun of the day. One of my favorite things to do at this street fair is to just hang out with friends along Dore Alley next to the Power House bar and watch the crowd pass by. The endless parade of people is really the best part of the event, and you never know what you might see (or what you did not want to see – as is often the case). However, save some energy, because when the sun goes down, there is one more event I want you to go to.

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 28 – 7PM to 4AM
Real Bad– Club 1015 – 1015 Folsom Street
Tickets – See the Web Site
DJ Tim Jones

I should preface this statement with a clear disclaimer. I am part of the production team for this event and JuicyFruitJim.com is also a proud sponsor of Real Bad XX. So with that said, this is a great party. I attended this once as a spectator and quickly found myself on the host list and participating in the production of the party. This party has a lot to offer including flagging stage, a great club space, and an amazing chill out area in “The Vault” with DJ Beatdaddy, lights, cryo blasts, and more. Come check out this community fundraiser and dance. Tickets are most easy to come by if you know a host, if not ask your friends, check Craig’s list, or be one of the few at the door to pick up one of the very limited tickets at the door.

So, there you have it – a slice of the fruit – a drink of nectar – JuicyFruit’s top picks for Folsom Week 2008. Coming up in the next release, Castro Street Fair Weekend, Love Parade, Burning Man Decompression, and Remember the Party – remember I said this is the party season in San Francisco.

See you on the dance floor.

Jim ‘Juicy Fruit’ Hauck
Check out my Blog… The Juice Box
San Francisco, California
USA

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Reviewing San Francisco Labor Weekend Events

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by Jim.
Categories: Event Reviews.

2008 is the first year I have been in San Francisco during Labor Day Weekend events, and so it was my first time to check out the activities that happen along with the Hairrison Street Fair. This fact prompted me to write my Juicy Picks for the weekend and now I want to review how those picks came out.

FRIDAY – AUGUST 29
Bearracuda Magnum – DNA Lounge – 2.5 Bottles of Water

DNA is certainly one of my favorite club spots in San Francisco. I miss the old events like Thump Radio and others. Matt and the boys from Bearracuda took the space for the larger celebration of the party held at Deco lounge, offering two dance floors and access to most of the club. Overall, production value was small, and the crowd was light, but it was still good to see several friends like Justin and James and many others show up late in the evening to get in a little bit of Friday dance time. The main floor rarely picked up to much of a crowd until later in the evening, and sadly DJ Pete Savas (a personal favorite) did not seem to find a groove that worked for everyone and got the boys dancing. It seemed that most of the dancing was happening upstairs with Boyshapedbox. Thankfully there were other opportunities to hear Pete spin his magic later in the weekend. I applaud the guys for giving this first run of a larger scale Bearracuda a run at a large club. While they can’t get all of the aesthetic of the small venue they usually use, the attempt was worthy. Thanks for setting a space for flaggers and fanners too, that always gives more points in my book.

SATURDAY – AUGUST 30
Fireball at Industry – Mighty – 3.5 Bottles of Water

Luke and team pulled of another great party at another of my favorite, quirky little dance spaces in San Francisco. The evening started off a little slow and Marcus and James and I were wondering about the crowd. It was great to see Randy and D working the VIP room and with big smiles on their faces. The crowd slowly came in as the evening moved forward. As they arrived they were greeted to a rather hard, very edgy sound from DJ Luis Yanguas. There were times I was convinced the music track was just another remix of “Shoes and Silverware in the Dryer”, but he would pull something different out and catch my attention. As the evening drew on his music improved and overall I would give him thumbs up and would like to hear him a few more times. Jamie took over the decks later in the evening and kept us all dancing until the small hours of the morning.

SUNDAY – AUGUST 31
Twisted – Club 1015 – 4.0 Bottles of Water

This was the new kid on the block and when my crew (Marcus and James and I) arrived around 11:30, the line was snaking around the corner of the club, a very good sign. Clearly the guys thought this was the party to make it to. Billed as 3 dance floors, 9 DJ’s and One Twisted Night, I would say it delivered. We hit the main dance floor right away and saw many familiar faces, and within a few hours had created our old corner of the 1015 dance space. There where one or two hitches in Chad Jack’s performance, Manny delivered a rather strong set and Paulo did not disappoint. The guys were hot, frisky, and up for a party. The club was packed and other than a nice could chill out moments with Dan and Justin down stairs, we never left the main room, and in fact the club was packed until this weary dancer finally decided to go home at 5AM. Now, I have to say to rather disappointing things. First, there was a flagging stage, but there was no black light, all this despite offering to give the black light to the event several times. I know this really disappointed the flaggers, and I am sad to have had this happen. Additionally, I am not sure what the lighting guy was up to, but I am over the strobes – they were used far too much. 1015 is a gem of a night club in San Francisco, with so much to offer, and it is sad that the main room has been getting less attention than the smaller rooms. It is time for some new lighting and improvements in the main dance space. Overall, there is a huge buzz coming off this event and I hope the promoters find themselves running with that energy and infusing it into more events. San Francisco is clearly ready to step up the game!

Great weekend out in San Francisco, that is for sure, and it was great seeing all the guys – Marcus and James (my cohorts in crime for the weekend), Dan, Randy/Scorpio, D, Randy, John, Eric, Justin, Nathan, Dave & Daniel and crew, Alex, and so many others. The crowds were some of the most fun I have seen out, and I hope this is a growing trend. Let’s have more fun and silliness on the dance floor again.

Until we meet again under the dance floor lights, Peace.

Jim ‘Juicy Fruit’ Hauck
Check out my Blog… The Juice Box
San Francisco, California
USA

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