The Sword's Weekly Weekend Event Listings for SF, NY & LA
The Sword's Weekly Weekend Party Listing for SF, NY & LA
Written by jay & paul   
updated Friday, May 15, 2009

Photo by Brandon NorrisCare of The Sword's tireless editors we bring you this listing of weekly parties (by no means complete, or even-handed) in three homo-happy metropolises: San Francisco, New York, and LA. (Sorry, Cheyenne, we still may never get to you.)

For more up-to-the-minute parties, check the Sword homepage Thursday night to Sunday for our coverage of one-offs and monthlies happening that weekend.

Photo by Brandon Norris



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F R I D A Y S
 
Charlie Horse @ The Cinch
1723 Polk St
9PM, show at Midnight

Come for Charlie Horse's usual mix of rough-and-tumble rock-and-roll trannies, stay to see if Anna Conda gets in a fight with another straight girl heckler. As always, there's a "no yuppies!" rule, and 2-4-1 drinks from 10-11PM.
 
Socialista Fridays
@ HK Lounge
409 W 39th St (and 6th)
10PM, free

The crowd can be douche-y and shove-y, but the space is nice, and you can always escape upstairs to drink or do your blow.
 
Fresh
@ Eleven
8811 Santa Monica Blvd
10PM

Friday is the one night when it's acceptable to venture into Eleven.
 
Friday Night
@ Trigger
2344 Market
9PM

It used to be called Detour, and then Jet, and then owner Greg Bronstein expanded into the gallery next door and put in a fancy four-sided bar. Voila. When the music's right, a good time can be had here.
 
Gary 49/Addict/I Love NY @ Mr. Black
251 W 30th St
10PM

Cazwell, Amanda Lepore and all their besties pack one floor of this three-level dance den. Move on down to Addict or Gary 49 for rotating DJs if that scene gets tired.
 
Gear / Rub Out / Bluf
@ The Eagle
4219 Santa Monica Blvd
10PM

The themes rotate (one Friday it's uniforms, then it's leather, then rubber, then breeches, etc.) but the vibe, and the beer, remain comfortingly the same. Check the link if you want to be costumed correctly.
 
Activate
@ The Lookout
3600 16th St
10PM

The name of this party makes us think of gerri curls, but sometimes there are cute boys there.
 
Friday Night
@ Therapy
348 W 52nd
10PM

This place is cruisier than its chic decor lets on, and you never know when a come-hither handshake might lead to a one-night stand with a theatre queen. (Mamma Mia's around the corner.)
 
Shits & Giggles
@ Club 740
740 S Broadway
10PM

Drunken performances, patio shenanigans and desperately interesting outfits.
 
The Hot Boxxx Girls @ Aunt Charlie's
133 Turk Street
10PM

Get your dollar bills ready and get there early as the girls pull out all the stops at this old-school dragztravaganza. $5
 
1984
@ Club Pyramid
101 Ave A.
10PM

The boys are drunk (or high), the men are horny, and the music -- delights of the 80s like Boy George and Erasure -- is loud at this party that dates back to, like, the early 90s. How quickly 80s nostalgia began, and how long it has persisted...
 
Dance Bitch!
@ Fubar
7994 Santa Monica Blvd.
10PM

The bartenders are enablers and the go-go boys are sluts. What does that make you?
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S A T U R D A Y S
 
Social Club @ The Lookout
3600 16th St
10PM

They call it "Sophisticated Saturdays" because sometimes the boys there wear polos and cardigans. Mostly it's just a shitshow like everywhere else in the Castro, but with $4 cover, some are discouraged.
Delinquents @ Vlada
331 W 51st Street
11PM

It's the new weekly at this Hell's Kitchen sip 'n' twirl spot, with tunes by DJ Kevin Graves.
 
Reflex
@ Ultra Suede
661 N Robertson
9PM - 6AM

It's the only after-hours in West Hollywood, so expect the usual WeHo cornucopia of trainers who are really models, retail queens who are really set-dressers and former models who are now graphic designers all dancing to Rihanna and drinking Ketel sodas.
 
Tattoo
@ The Stud
399 9th St at Harrison
10PM - 3AM

DJ Adrian Taylor (a.k.a. porn stud Dominic Pacifico) and Bebe Sweetbriar bring you this newish weekly in the heart of SOMA, trying to breathe some life back into Saturdays at The Stud. $6
 
Blocaholic
@ Easternbloc
505 E 6th Street
10PM

This is one of our favorite gay bars in New York: the music's good, the crowd is smart and cool, the bartenders are hot and it's the kind of come-as-you-are, non-BnT booze fest Manhattan needs more of. DJ Gabe usually spins poppy stuff on Saturdays. The end.
 
Screw
@ MJs
2810 Hyperion Ave
10PM

Our favorite table-turner DJ Casey Alva spins while we try not to fall down.
 
Saturday Night
@ Wunderland
181 Eddy St
10PM - late

Shirt-eschewing house-heads pack it in at this space that feels a little like Vegas or L.A., with its Saturday Night Fever-esque floor that lights up in the cocktail lounge. Rotating DJs, in a thump-thump vein. $10-$20.
 
Saturday Nights
@ The Metropolitan
1190 Folsom
10PM - 3AM

This is a four-wall building in Brooklyn with a hip homosexual crowd, a deck, alcohol, a jukebox and a fake fireplace.
 
Saturday Night
@ Akbar
4356 W Sunset Blvd
10PM

In order to avoid mingling with regrettable one-night stands, the boys elbow the pushy lezbots aside and take to the dance floor and shimmy in a pool of spilled alcohol.
 
Boot Lickin'
@ Powerhouse
1347 Folsom
10PM

The promoters describe it as "the hottest Saturday night in SOMA." And you know what? We agree. Just don't forget to moisturize your nipples before heading over.
 
Cock Fight @ The Cock
29 2nd Ave (and 9th)
10PM - 4AM

Ever asked yourself, "Where can I get drunk and laid with the most efficiency this weekend in Manhattan?" Well we have the answer, and it rhymes with, "The Sock."
 
Saturdays
@ East/West
801 Larrabee St
10PM

Duck into this minimalist haven of expensive drinks and nice upholstery.
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S U N D A Y S
 
Jock Sundays
@ The Lookout
3600 16th St
4PM - 8PM

You don't like sports, but you do like fags who pretend to like sports so you'll like them. So check this place out. It's lively and there's a deck.
 
Garden of Ono
@ Hotel Gansevoort
18 9th Avenue
6PM-1AM

It's Josh Wood's now annual outpost in the Meatpacking, which have lost some luster since that first summer but you may as well stop in here before hitting Hiro.
  Ballin' @ Fubar
7994 Santa Monica Blvd.
10PM

Free shots, latin go-gos and booty music. Polish those du-rags for a night of homo-thug loving.
 
Beer Bust
@ The Eagle
398 12th St
3PM - 6PM

Put your alcoholism to some good use for once: not only does $10 get you a bottomless cup in a sea of bottoms, but also The Eagle donates the proceeds to a different charity each week.
No Means Yes @ Sugarland
221 N 9th St (and Driggs Ave), Williamsburg
10PM

DJ Adam Joseph, 2-4-1 drinks and free shots at this naturally smooth space.
 
Beer Bust @ Faultline
4216 Melrose Ave
2PM - 9PM

We once saw a midget giving head to a war veteran here.
 
Honey Soundsystem
@ Paradise Lounge
1501 Folsom
8PM - 2AM

This rising DJ collective gains points for throwing a dance party on a Sunday and calling it something other than a Tea Dance.
 
Cuckoo Club
@ Hiro
363 W 16th St
10PM-4AM

It's always a little mobbed after midnight at this glam weekly fete, but y'know... Sundays are for drinking.
 
Stereo
@ MJs
2810 Hyperion Blvd
10PM

$1 drinks all night will get your unemployed ass good and wasted at DJ Josh Draven's weekly party, so that you can dance it off to electro-pop and sleep in through Monday morning. What do you have to wake up for?
Cocktailgate @ Truck
1500 Folsom
9PM-11ish

Spaz puts on a spas-tastic show, and even though some of the themes of these drag shows are a bit of a reach (Battlestar Gallactica, anyone?), she generally doesn't disappoint.
 
Beer Blast
@ The Eagle
554 W 28th St (and 11th)
5PM - Midnight

Drink beer til you drop to your knees for the hottest wooly mammoths in the city. $10.
 
Motherlode
8944 Santa Monica Blvd
8Pm

This divey, oft-forgotten bar serves up a great mix of ease and sleaze. Tired of the fishbowl but not of the...um...fish? Try this place out.

 

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