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.