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While scrappy Tenderloin theater PianoFight may have survived the pandemic til now, it's been clear that the casualties are continuing to mount, and it is now adding itself to the list.
PianoFight SF survived the pandemic. Now, slow-to-return audience have forced closure.
Skip to main content SF's Bottom of the Hill could reopen live music today. Here's why they won't. FacebookTwitterEmail Bottom of the Hill first made a name for itself in the 1990s, booking now-famous indie bands such as The White Stripes and Arcade Fire before they got big. Here's how the venue is doing in 2021.Leslie Hampton In late February of 2020, we checked in with Bottom of the Hill for a story about how the legendary 1990s indie rock venue was faring in a changing San Francisco. There were growing pains, of course, but the overall answer seemed to be “just fine.” The owners of the...
Bay Area music venues push for help after 1 year of closure amid pandemic KGO Several popular spots in San Francisco have the words "one year dark" on their marquees. It is part of a bigger fundraising effort called Save Our Stages. They are trying to bump it to $10 million. "Over the last year a lot of folks have take on serious serious debt and these are just small businesses that are owned by folks like me. You know for even small venues it costs you know minimum a thousand dollars a day just to stay closed," said Rob Ready, co-owner of Piano Fight.
Skip to main content Currently Reading San Francisco's beloved nightlife venues are on the brink of closure. It's time for everyone to step up FacebookTwitterEmail Marsha Marsha-Marsha performs in �Mother: Britney vs Christina,� a drag show at Oasis, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle The glamorous wigs still sit atop foam heads. The sequined dresses dangle from their racks. The large red heels rest, impatiently, in a closet. All that’s missing at the Oasis — San Francisco’s beloved drag club and cabaret — is the audience. All that’s com...