Things To Do
All About the Castro
SF Bay Area Reporter
Online news and features about the Castro and the gay community at large.
CastroSF.org
Online guide to the Castro.
SFStation
Alternate city guide.
MisterSF
An amazing site about the entire city, not just the Castro.
The Classic Tourist Reasons
Alcatraz Island
Consider reserving before you depart, if your stay will be short.
Angel Island
It’s all natural!
Pier 39
Fisherman’s Wharf
The Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Victorian Home Walk
Culture & Entertainment
New Conservatory Theatre Center
Theater dedicated to inspire and provoke.
Theatre Rhinoceros
The nation’s longest-running LGBT theatre company.
American Conservatory Theater
Exploring new artistic forms.
San Francisco Opera
Escape to the Extraordinary.
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, Director.
San Francisco Ballet
Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director.
San Francisco Theater
What’s Playing Now?
SF Museum of Modern Art
Devoted solely to 20th Century art.
Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museum
4,000 years of art, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
de Young Museum
An exciting collection, great views and a sculpture garden right next door to the Japanese Tea Garden.
California Academy of Sciences
Newly reborn as one of the greenest museums in the world. Four story rainforest, planetarium, worlds largest artificial reef in a breathtaking space.
Asian Art Museum
One of the Western World’s largest Asian collections.
GLBT History Museum
The nation’s first museum devoted to GLBT history. “Our letters were burned, our names blotted out, our books censored, our love declared unspeakable, our very existence denied,” is on the wall and says it all.
Museum of the African Diaspora
Commited to showcasing the best of the best from the Africa Diaspora.
Gus Presents
Dance venues and parties.
SF Gay Men’s Chorus
n their 32nd Season!
Chanticleer
“The world’s reigning male chorus.”
Beach Blanket Babylon
Words can’t describe this musical revue that has been delighting San Francisco audiences for more than 30 years.
Natural & Man-Made Beauty
Big Sur
Carmel
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Hearst Castle
Morro Bay
Muir Woods
Russian River Resorts
Point Reyes National Seashore
Yosemite National Park
The Shopping, Retail Therapy!
Books, Inc.
A popular Castro Bookstore.
City Lights Bookstore
An Intellectual Mecca.
Stompers Boots
All boots, all the time.
Under One Roof
Proceeds benefit PWAs.
Mr. S Leather Company
SOMA Fetish Source.
For the Jock in You!
Oakland Raiders
San Francisco Giants
Oakland Athletics
Golden State Warriors
San Jose Sharks
Spas & Erotic Exploration
Kabuki Springs & Spa
A Japantown getaway for men or women.
Steamworks
Berkeley Bath House
The Watergarden
San Jose Bath House
EROS
Just half a block away.
Causes & Organizations
Golden Gate Business Association
SF’s gay Chamber of Commerce
MUMC
Merchants of Upper Market & Castro
The Center
SF’s LGBT Community Center
Bay Area Rountable Connected (BARC)
SF’s Queer small business association
KQED
Public Radio for Northern California
Contemporary Jewish Museum.
California Academy of Sciences
SF’s rebuilt museum of natural history.
EQCA – Equality California
Fighting for marriage equality.
NPR – National Public Radio
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
SFMOMA
amfAR
The Foundation for AIDS Research
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Book these dates months in advance!!
(We hate to turn guests away)
Folsom Street Fair
September 23, 2012 (one week early!)…Several hundred thousand leatherfolk celebrate the culmination of Leather Week.
Frameline 36
June 20-30, 2013…Eleven days, four venues, and an absolute glut of gay, lesbian and trans features documentaries and shorts, not to mention celebrities, parties and tons of fun.
Gay Pride
June 29 – 30, 2013…All of June is Pride Month, including the Queer Arts Festival, the LGBT Frameline film festival and ending with an amazing parade and two days of celebration.
Our Favorite Restaurants
- Amber India Phenomenal Indian cuisine in a lovely setting, with the most attentive service. You’ll feel like the Maharajah.
- Jasmine Garden How lucky can we be? Outstanding Vietnamese cuisine, right next door! Kelly, David & Peter know how to treat us, too!
- Press Club When we don’t have time to go the wine country, we go to Press Club. Just a few blocks down Market, but a world away.
- Thorough Bread & Pastry It’s just half a block away, and that’s the BAD news! This authentic french bakery makes it impossible for us to be ‘good.’ The almond croissants are addictive, the lattes … perfect. And, the staff couldn’t be sweeter, either.
- Woodhouse Fish Company Crab season or not, it’s our go to place for seafood. The best clam chowder in town!
Our Favorite Blogs
- The Bilerico Project Excellent contributors and interesting stories.
- The Zephyr Project, Tony Smith Consulting It makes you think!