A FREE, BLOCK-LONG INTERACTIVE ARTS EXPERIENCE PRESENTED BY MARKET STREET ARTS
LINKS: Event Map ✦ Free RSVP ✦ Bites & Bevs ✦ More in Mid-Market
Happening the first Thursday of September, October and November from 4-7p, UNSTAGED: First Thursday ✦ Live on Mid-Market, brings a free, interactive, live performance experience with an F Train takeover, live bands & DJs, buskers and makers, immersive soundscapes, cooking classes, interactive art carts, and drag lip sync onto Market Street between 5th and 6th.
Highlights for the inaugural UNSTAGED include:
Vertical Performance by BANDALOOP
Immersive music experiences, including a soundscape by The Living Earth Show and Crystal Mirror Music Experience by The Genie
The Transgender District hosting a Drag Lip Sync Contest in front of The Crazy Horse
Sidewalk cumbia and salsa classes, presented by Psyched Radio
Outdoor performances by Busk it! musicians at the brand new Red Tail Beer & Wine Bar, The Warfield, and Shiekh
Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery will host the opening of Californian Wildflowers, a solo photo exhibition by Pieter Hugo
Mystic Midway, in collaboration with Building 180, presents Frisco Time Machine
A Yum Yams Takeover, including a Ube Cooking Class by Kultivate Labs at Saluhall
Hip-hop class and breakdance battle by All The Way Live
PLUS: a transit takeover is in effect, as the F Train is transformed into San Francisco’s latest, hottest, and most mobile jazz venue, the Hotsy Totsy Club by our friends at Building 180 in collaboration with Mystic Midway.
Hop on and meet us in Mid-Market for a full block takeover of immersive art and performance.
UNSTAGED activates sidewalks and storefronts bringing SF’s entertainment district, Mid-Market, back to it’s historic roots.
FIRST 200 REGISTERED GET FREE LOCAL FOOD & BEV
The first 200 attendees to register can claim a free $20 food & beverage
voucher to spend at local Mid-Market establishments on September 5th.
Proud to be an official partner of Downtown First Thursdays
UNSTAGED: First Thursdays Live on Mid-Market, presented by Market Street Arts, one of several projects aimed at transforming the experience in Mid-Market. UNSTAGED joins other Market Street Arts programs, Make it! and Busk it!, to bring artistic expression to the public realm thoughout this vital San Francisco corridor.
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