DFT (Downtown First Thursdays) is a free monthly street party hosted in Downtown San Francisco taking place on every first Thursday of the month. UNSTAGED is a DFT Official Partner Event produced by Market Street Arts. Join UNSTAGED on November 7th from 4-7 pm for the final event of 2024. UNSTAGED is a free, interactive, live performance experience on Market Street between 5th and 6th.
November’s UNSTAGED is going out with a bang, adding more new acts and welcoming back returning artists:
- Kat Robichaud's Misfit Cabaret with a new slate of amazing acts, including Kat herself, Jain Dowe, Juliano Wade, Ashanti Altovese, Dwoira Galilea Scheffer, and Raya Light in front of Crazy Horse
- Black Benatar hosts the Transgender District's Lip Sync Contest at The Line Hotel patio
- Live out your rockstar dreams and KARAOKE with the Mediocre Music Jam at Saluhall
- Renegade Opera brings opera to new heights (on stilts) and San Francisco Bellydance Theater perform, both under the Warfield Marquee
- Hip-hop DJ and breakdance battle (with prize money!) return with All The Way Live
- Get ready for the holidays and try Wreath Making with Workshop SF in front of Blick Art
- Make it! creators Sequoia Fabrica and ArtisMobilUS provide opportunities for participatory art.
- Combo Tezeta brings the Cumbia to Market & Mason presented by Psyched! Radio
- Luminous Waveforms, Shelly the Crab, and Space Egg illuminated art pieces presented by Building 180.
- Crowd fave artist Bee Betwee is back with her community window portraits
- Steve Ward Moore of What's Poppin' at the Complex
- Californian Wildflowers by Pieter Hugo at the Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery
- Live Busk it! music by Lost Puppy Forever
- Kultivate Labs presents live music by Kulintang Dialect and Peaboo and the Catz, along the TNT Traysikelart trike at the IKEA Atrium.
- "A Trip Down Market Street" Historic Footage Screening
- Kultivate Labs also presents a Filipino Cooking Demo at Saluhall's Cookery Skola
- ...And BANDALOOP brings a new vertical performance to the skies about Market Street
Plus: The Hotsy Totsy Club F Train Experience returns to the streetcar tracks on Market. Board this covered streetcar for free at F Train stops between Van Ness and Embarcadero as seats are available. Presented by Building 180 in collaboration with Mystic Midway.
UNSTAGED activates sidewalks and storefronts bringing SF’s entertainment district, Mid-Market, back to its historic roots. Explore photos from the September and October Unstaged: Live on Market Street events here. The community came together for a one-of-a-kind neighborhood evening of arts, music, food and fun. Don’t miss all the action, RSVP here. The first 200 attendees to register can claim a free $20 food & beverage voucher to spend at local Mid-Market establishments on November 7.
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