DNA Lounge
375 Eleventh Street San Francisco 94103
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Celebrating our fortieth anniversary this year, DNA Lounge has been one of San Francisco's most popular nightclubs since 1985, hosting an always-eclectic variety of events, including all-ages live music, 18+ dance parties, burlesque shows, lecture series and private parties. Two stages, four dance floors, six bars and a full-service late-night restaurant and cafe!
Most recently declared both "Best Dance Club" and "Best Live Music Venue" in the SF Weekly Readers' Poll, DNA Lounge has won over 80 "best of" awards from local publications like The Guardian, SF Weekly and 7x7 Magazine, and has been voted "Best Dance Club" every year since 2008.

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Sun Mar 16 Star Crash
Matinee Music Video Party
Star Crash: Matinee Music Video Party! Synthpop, Electro Pop, Indie Dance! Celebrating 5 years of Star Crash (our first show was in Jan 2020) with an all ages, FREE daytime event at DNA Lounge. A community gathering to appreciate the Bay Area synth music scene - all who create or love synth music are welcome! • Curated Music Video Show • Local / Indie Synthpop Tunes • Merch and Art Bazaar + Art Show • Costume / Clubwear Exchange - bring stuff to trade
Free w/RSVP
Sun Mar 16 Hubba Hubba Revue
Video Games
Hubba Hubba Revue: Video Games! Burlesque! San Francisco's world-famous burlesque & variety show kicks off your Game Developers Conference with a high-scoring evening of aerialists, acrobats, special guests from Paris, New York, and Denver, and Miss Exotic World herself, Frankie Fictitious!
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Mon Mar 17 Death Guild
DGXXXII
32nd Anniversary
Death Guild: DGXXXII: 32nd Anniversary! Gothic, Industrial, Synthpop! DGXXXII! Thirty-Two years! There will be cupcakes, giveaways, new merch, old and new people, good music and bad music, a squirrel, and drink specials. The Anniversary VIP package includes: • A free pass to a future Death Guild; • A coffee mug; • A thumb drive with a DJ comp from all 5 resident DJs; • A sticker; • A spooky treat. Death Guild is the oldest weekly goth/industrial dance night in the world!
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Tue Mar 18 GDC Indie Arcade Party
GDC Indie Arcade Party! The Largest GDC 2025 After-Hours Event is Back -- And It's FREE! 🎮🔥 We would like to invite you to attend SF Game Development's 4th Annual GDC Indie Arcade Party. Join us alongside Reddit, Tipalti, and Unity. Here's what you can expect: 🔥 Four massive rooms packed with game demos, tech-talks and music 🎲 30+ indie game demos from members of the SF Game Development community 🎤 10 tech talks featuring industry-leading companies & speakersGDC Indie Arcade Party! The Largest GDC 2025 After-Hours Event is Back -- And It's FREE! 🎮🔥 We would like to invite you to attend SF Game Development's 4th Annual GDC Indie Arcade Party. Join us alongside Reddit, Tipalti, and Unity. Here's what you can expect: 🔥 Four massive rooms packed with game demos, tech-talks and music 🎲 30+ indie game demos from members of the SF Game Development community 🎤 10 tech talks featuring industry-leading companies & speakers
Free w/RSVP
Wed Mar 19 GGP @ GDC
GGP @ GDC! Mashups! It's time to return to SF for our 16th Annual GGP at GDC Party. Join us for an evening celebrating Pride and Gaming with DJs spinning, cocktails pouring, and a night full of revelry. Who is welcome here? Everyone. You do not have to identify as LGBTQ+ to attend, just be a super ally 🙂 No need to have a GDC pass or be in the industry to join the party -- just be 21+ with ID and also most importantly Good Vibes Only!
Free!
Thu Mar 20 Pow
Pow The 13th
Live Music and Games Collide
Pow: Pow The 13th: Live Music and Games Collide! Chiptunes, Video Game Music, Electro-Rock! 8bitsf's annual GDC mega-concert POW returns for its epic THIRTEENTH year! Join us for a complete sensory overload of chiptune and video-game-themed live music madness. Featuring lush visuals and a celebration of indie gaming. Bit Brigade performs rock covers of full SNES/NES game soundtracks as their gamer speed runs the game live on stage. Bit Brigade will be performing "Super Mario World" LIVE!
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Sat Mar 22 Satan
Satan! Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal! Satan's history is storied, their albums and incendiary live shows, iconic. The Newcastle, England-bred lineup may quip that their career has been "44 years of prolonged mayhem with a 20-year lunch break" - forming in 1980, eventually pausing before reuniting in 2011 - but 2025 finds the band thriving, writing, recording, and touring at the top of their game. Satan's were an integral part of the Nwobhm movement, as such their sound has heavily influenced early thrash and speed metal.
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Sun Mar 23 TRON '82
Movie Screening + Dance Party
TRON '82: Movie Screening + Dance Party! Techno, Industrial! Greetings, Programs! Join us for a screning of the 1982 classic, TRON, and thrill to the hacker insurgents fighting corporate fascists on the Game Grid of the world's first cyberpunk movie! Thrill to the blacklight costumes that launched a thousand rave record sleeves. Bask in the literally dozens of polygons rendered in a movie that was famously excluded from Oscar consideration for visual effects because using computers was still considered "cheating".
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Thu Mar 27 Vague Lanes
Record Release
Vague Lanes: Record Release! Darkwave, Synthwave, Post-Punk! Vague Lanes favor driving drum machines and sparse synth ornamentation as a backbone for their dual bass guitar amalgam. This SF duo's music features a classic post-punk ideology while adding modern detail. As a result, there is a dark, sometimes forked tongue underbelly with a juxtaposed lightness to Vague Lanes' music. Darkswoon is a Portland-based trio that has carved out a unique blend of styles.
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Sat Mar 29 Lotus Juice
Legends of Anime & Games Music Live
Lotus Juice: Legends of Anime & Games Music Live! Anime Music, Video Game Music! Experience the music from Persona, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Made in Abyss, Cowboy Bebop, Tower of God, and more. With over two million monthly Spotify listeners, Lotus Juice and Raj Ramayya headline anime conventions worldwide, captivating audiences with their passion for anime and games music. Meet+Greet ticket: After the show, capture a memory with Lotus Juice & Raj Ramayya with a photo op and signatures.
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Sun Mar 30 Belphegor
Belphegor! Death Metal, Black Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal! Belphegor is back! One of the most consistently extreme bands on the Death/Black metal scene rise from their throne built of bones once again to uncompromisingly attack humanity. Their music is a merciless riff force powered by crunchy blasts in a dark setting. 24 years after their formation, Belphegor's inventive creativity places them head and shoulders above the rest.
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Thu Apr 10 Enforcer
Enforcer! Heavy Metal, Metal, Speed Metal! Enforcer hails from Sweden and is the brainchild of founder Olof "the Enforcer" Wikstrand. Enforcer took the underground metal world by storm with their debut four track demo in late 2005. While much of the metal world was dividing into sub genres, Enforcer stood out as true defenders of the faith, and proudly spearheaded the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal genre.
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Join us at DNA Pizza, our attached restaurant and cafe, right next door. DNA Pizza is open late, and we deliver. We specialize in authentic New York-style thin crust pizza, by the slice or the whole pie. Vegetarian and vegan slices are always available, and gluten-free crust is available on request.
We also offer fries, wings, tots, and other delicious fried items. See our menu for options. Join us in our dining room or parklet before or after your night of clubbing!