The Folsom Street Fair is a true San Francisco original. With over 400,000 people in attendance covering 13 city blocks, the Fair is the largest leather/fetish event in the world and the third largest, single-day outdoor event in California. Folsom Street Events is thrilled to celebrate the 28th Folsom Street Fair with style and a week's worth of truly outstanding events and programs over the course of San Francisco Leather Week.
Sunday, Sep 25 11:00 AM
Audium 9
Audium is the only theatre of its kind in the world, pioneering the exploration of space in music. The theatre's 176 speakers bathe listeners in sounds that move past, over, and under them. "Sound sculptures" are performed in darkness in the 49-seat theatre.
When the concept of AUDIUM began taking shape in the late 1950's, space was a largely unexplored dimension in music composition. The composer who suspected space capable of revealing a new musical vocabulary found his pursuit blocked by the inadequacy of audio technology and performance spaces.
Because of an unusual combination of art and technology -- AUDIUM's creators, composer Stan Shaff and equipment designer Doug McEachern, were both professional musicians -- AUDIUM's conception and realization were able to evolve jointly. AUDIUM is the only theatre anywhere constructed specifically for sound movement, utilizing the entire environment as a compositional tool.
The theatre consists of a foyer, sound labyrinth and main performance space. It is a building within a building, conceived directly for this art form, and built in part with a grant from the National Endowment For The Arts. Listeners sit in concentric circles and are enveloped by speakers in sloping walls, floating floor and a suspended ceiling. Compositions are performed live at each program by a tape performer who directs the sounds through a custom designed console to any combination of the 169 speakers. Sounds are "sculpted" through their movement, direction, speed and intensity on multiple planes in space. Live performance of taped works gives a human, interactive element to AUDIUM's spatial electronic orchestra.
AUDIUM 9 is performed every Friday and Saturday
at 8:30pm (arrive by 8:15) at AUDIUM
1616 Bush St. (@ Franklin) San Francisco, 94131
Information: (415) 771-1616
Tickets $20. (Cash only) No children under 12
Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
The 12th annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival (SFEMF) consists of four evenings of stimulating performances and fixed media works by internationally recognized artists in the electronic music field. This year's Festival spans four evenings from Thursday September 8th through Sunday September 11th. The opening evening event will take place at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) in the Phyllis Wattis Theater, and the Friday through Sunday concerts will take place at Brava Theater Center in San Francisco. Tickets for the opening night (Thursday September 8) will only be available at the door at SFMOMA or as part of this Full Festival Pass. As is our custom, the festival will feature a range of electronic music composers, performers and sound art practioners including respected pioneers and emerging artists whose work spans the sonic spectra from ambient to rhythmic, from atonal to melodic. As the only San Francisco music festival dedicated solely to electronic music, SFEMF brings together the varied practices of artists working with laptop generated sound, processed live acoustic instruments, amplified found objects, projected video, improvisation, and performance art. You can buy individual concert tickets, or you can get a full festival pass, which will allow you entrance to all four events. The full schedule is as follows. Thursday, September 8th at SFMoMA (tickets only available at the door or as part of this festival pass) An evening of live and fixed media works for sound and video including works by Les Stuck & Sonsherée Giles, Sarah Howe, Tim Perkis/ Tom Djll, Alba G. Corral / Kadet Kuhne, and a performance of Milton Babbit's Philomel performed by Dina Emerson. Friday September 9th at Brava Theater Center Christian Marclay/ Shelley Hirsch Zachary Watkins Jessica Rylan Saturday September 10th at Brava Theater Center Yoshi Wada and Tashi Wada Max Matthews tribute (with Marielle Jakobsons) 0th Area C Sunday September 11th at Brava Theater Center Kevin Drumm JD Emmanuel Gregg Kowalsky The performance order within each evening is still yet-to-be determined.
Thursday, Sep 8 08:00 PM
Price: $40 - $50
The 16th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival
Ghirardelli Square will host the 16th Annual Chocolate Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11, 2011. Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival will benefit Project Open Hand, who celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 2010. Project Open Hand is a San Francisco based organization that provides meals for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as senior citizens and homebound critically ill persons. Each year proceeds of the event are donated to Project Open Hand.
Ghirardelli Square invites you to participate in the most worthwhile delicious community event. The Chocolate Festival has become a San Francisco tradition attended by thousands of Bay Area residents and visitors.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
10:00am
San Francisco 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
The SF 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb is for firefighters, law enforcement officers, first responders, and military personnel (active & retired) to honor the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the WTC buildings ten years ago. Each climber will wear the photo and name of one of the fallen firefighters. Post climb celebration will be held on Washington Street, between Sansome and Montgomery Streets. Sponsorships and donations are appreciated!
Sunday, Sep 11 07:30 AM
Price: $25
