The Total Bettys

We are so excited that LOUD & LOCAL is bringing The Total Bettys Inflatable water slide for sale Canada to Pops Bar this Week!  On the first Thursday of every month LOUD & Local presents a night to benefit BFF.fm, featuring awesome live bands and guest DJs at Pops Bar.  This Thursday, San Francisco’s Pop Punk band The Total Bettys join DJ Ash & DJ Bailey for a night of BFF trifecta fun.

The Total Bettys recently talked to Vents Magazine on the role San Francisco plays in their music: “There are so many ways that San Francisco influences our music. First of all the musicians in the scene here are extremely influential to our songwriting and our growth: bands like Jay Som, Hazel English, Try the Pie, SOAR… having so many talented people working in the Bay Area influences our music a lot.  But also, we tend to make a lot of San Francisco references. Like, about how it’s freezing cold at the beach, but extremely hot in October. We reference shopping at this classic record store called Amoeba on Haight Street, things like that. It’s a special city that I feel really privileged to call home.”

21+ / 9pm – close / FREE (donations for BFF.fm collected at the door)

Come out to Pops and support local music!

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Giving Tuesday

Our favorite neighborhood radio station BFF.fm needs your support! #GivingTuesday kicks off BFF.fm‘s end of year fundraising drive. BFF.fm hopes to raise $10,000 to continue their mission of bringing the Bay Area music scene to the world through the magic of Internet radio.  There are many ways to give back from a one time donation, monthly donations and shopping with Amazon smile.

Learn more here.

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Celebration of Life for Caleb Micah McGehee

Madrone Art Bar, Nopa Restaurant, Pops Bar, The Divisadero Corridor and the Mission District will be hosting a Celebration of Life for Caleb Micah McGehee.

This Sunday from 1-4pm, at Madrone Art Bar 500 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA.

All he touched are welcome and encouraged to share in this community celebration. Caleb’s bright life touched so many people that it’s incredibly daunting for only the Madrone, Nopa, and Pop’s families to communicate without help. Please feel free to share this message and details with anyone in and outside our industry. Caleb was an extremely vibrant and empathetic human being let’s be together and share the joy he brought into our lives.

At 4pm a 2nd Line processional will slowly make its way from Madrone to Nopa and into Alamo Square Park to send this wonderful young man off to a more peaceful place.

Love and kindness to you.

With thoughtfulness,

Madrone Art Bar

And after the jump, this week’s Pop’s calendar:

No Sleep ’Til York Street

Love your Pops? Now you can show the world! Hop on Pops and get our brand new tee-shirts and sweatshirts.  Represent your favorite bar around San Francisco and go nowhere fast with us! Tees are $20 & Sweatshirts are $50, available at Pops Bar right now.

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11/11 11:11 Make a Wish!

This Saturday 11/11 at Pops Bar is your monthly installation of SADDERDAY: the emo/pop punk/electro dance party. Get ready to relive the days of white belts, myspace, and bangs. Expect DJs Kevin Kannibal and Ashley Suicide to spin music from all your faves like Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Faint, Get Up Kids, Boys Night Out, Taking Back Sunday, Moving Units, and many many more! Get ready to feel all the feels…

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Pops 80th Anniversary Bash!

Turning 80 has never felt so good! Join us as we celebrate Pops Bar legacy in San Francisco from 1937-2017! Pops scandalous history in San Francisco begins with Carl Joseph Saxsenmeier AKA: POPS who is rumored to have been a bootlegger operating a “clubhouse” during prohibition. The clubhouse would later become the basis for the bar when the 21st Amendment was repealed. While the bar has changed hands and locations over the years, its legacy as “Pops” in San Francisco for the past 80 years is solid. This Wednesday, Pops resident DJs celebrate all night from 6pm-2am with drink specials, bbq, Pops T-Shirts and a raffle to benefit Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund. Join us, we’re looking damn fine at 80!

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In San Francisco, we wait…

And then we wait some more. We wait for ice cream, for bbq, for coffee, for any decent restaurant, for any decent experience at all really, it’s almost become a social experiment: the lines of San Francisco. One of the longest running San Francisco waiting experiences is maybe the harshest, the wait for BRUNCH! You’re starving and you’re so close to your favorite hang over meal you can taste it but you put your name in for an excruciating hour long wait. Well mission dwellers, if your wait happens to be at the classic St. Francis Fountain, the struggle is over. Enter The Brunch Mob at Pops Bar! Every Saturday from 10am to 3pm, leave your name at the Fountain and hop over to Pops Bar. There you’ll find our amazing Bartender Deb ready to serve you up a delicious Bacon Bloody Mary while DJs Milton Badley and Snelly Davis Jr. spin soothing classics to ease you into your morning. So grab a little hair of the dog or a nice morning buzz to amuse you on the way to your great San Francisco wait. At Pops Bar, we’re waiting for YOU!

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Soulful Vinyl Culture

When the vinyl revival and the soul revival meet, magic happens. Down To Funk is a new party at Pop’s Bar this Wednesday from 9pm-2am featuring funky grooves and soulful rhythms. Resident DJ’s Mooselini the Soul Fascist (Mustapha Popal), Ohhellnoel (Noel Dunlap) and D.Hop (Dave Hopkins) will be providing the soundtrack for the night. Who doesn’t love a funky mid week party in the mission? Guaranteed to make your booty shake and your head nod.

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Happiness is…

THIRTEEN HOUR HAPPY HOURS! Why limit happy to an hour? Bacon Bloody Mary’s, Irish Coffee, Mexican Coffee, Fresh OJ Mimosa…Pops Bar gets your morning going every day at 6am and keeps happy hour going until 7pm! So Rise N Shine, then kick back and unwind, Pops is your official starting point in the Mission.

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Case of the Mondays?

[Editors’ note: DJ Nutzeffekt is an employee of Mission Mission, so maybe this is some kind of conflict of interest? No big deal though right?]

Well shake it off! We’re giving you another reason to love Mondays at Pops Bar. Introducing a brand new happy hour, NOT MY PLACE (In the 9 to 5 World), on 4th Mondays from 6-9pm. You’ll probably recognize our resident DJ Nutzeffekt from American Tripps. Tonight he is joined by special guest DJ Lizzy (Tuff Signals, BFF.fm). Expect Rock ‘n’ roll old and new, all vinyl with a special Oh Sees set to prep you for their show later in the week. Remember, when life gives you Monday, treat it to happy hour!

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Extra Cheese

Welcome the Mac & Cheese Collective to the Pops Bar family! Mac & Cheese bring artists together, throw dope parties, and bump certified bangers (in no particular order). This Saturday at Pops, MAC & CHEESE is going BIG with TRAP / FUTURE BEATS / HOUSE / FUNK / DISCO / PSYCHEDELIC / TECHNO / MUSIC YOU CAN GET DOWN TO. They’ve brought together some of the best local collectives, producers, DJ’s, and tastemakers to curate an all night dance party spanning ~all the genres~. And of course, free mac & cheese all night long if you RSVP now. Won’t you come and join us 🧀

RSVP for guaranteed entry, free food, and drink specials!

FEATURING:

• Stripess b2b WuFu [Trap / Indie RnB / Future Beats]
• Hooded Youth (of Burn Cartel) [Trap / Brazilian / Future Beats]
• Funkoscope [Electronica, Psychedelic, Experimental]
• BetaWave [Progressive House, Tech House, Techno]
• treemoney [Trap / World Music]
• Rontee Bay b2b yoavz [French House, Disco, Funk]
• Art by Tribe Ties
• Visual Projections by KOI

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The Pops Files: UFOs love the Mission

It should be no surprise when it feels like the entire world is trying to gain residence in our beloved Mission District, that we’d be just as a popular a hot spot for beings from out of this world. Alright so we took some creative license here, but it does turn out that California has the highest reported sightings of UFOs in the country.

On Thursdays from 1-8pm, we celebrate UFOs, Aliens, Nibiru, Planet X, Super Heroes, Ancient Aliens, Star Trek, Doctor Who and all of the classic Sci Fi from the 50s on at the Pops Files. Come watch real life UFO videos on our big screens and ponder the mysteries of the universe with us. Here’s a preview:

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Get Loud and Local!

LOUD & LOCAL is a weekly show on BFF.fm that highlights the best bands from the Bay Area…and it’s also a rad monthly event! On the first Thursday of the month LOUD & Local presents a night to benefit BFF.fm, featuring awesome live bands and guest DJs at Pops Bar. This Thursday Loud and Local features:

Graduating Life
Snooze- Indie / Synthpop / Electro-Indie / Alternative / Psychedelia / Spacerock

NRVS LVRS DJ set- Andrew and Bevin spinning all the rad jams

21+ / 9pm – close / FREE (donations for BFF.fm collected at the door)

Come out to Pops and support local music!

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Your Vote Counts

It’s Best of the Bay time! Don’t forget to vote for your Mission District favorites. We’ve been lucky to take home wins in categories such as Best Bloody Mary, Best Dive Bar and Best Trivia Night. Some of our favorite performers have taken home first prize like BFF.fm winning Best Radio Station. So take a minute out of your day and do it for your Pops and all your favorite SF people, places and things.

Vote Today: http://48hills.org/bob2017/

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NEW TIKI BAR IN TOWN!

[Editor’s note: Surprise! It’s Pop’s!! We went to a dry run a couple weeks ago and the drinks and surf rock soundtrack were LEGIT.]

Catch the Mahalo vibes! Experience Pops Bar turning into a Tiki Bar every Monday Night from 8pm to close. With $10 Tiki inspired cocktails such as Mai Tais, Blue Hawaiians and Lava Flows you’ll soon be saying Aloha to Mondays. After all, time flies when you’re having rum!

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Fan Girls Wanted

This Wednesday at Pops Bar, Fan Girl & YPR take over the decks at Spin The Night from 9pm-2am. Spin The Night is a fun boozy filled evening showcasing the local heroes working hard to keep the music scene alive and well. Join us in the creative exploration of music, art, and unique experiences in San Francisco. Calling all badass babes and disco chicas for fun times only!

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We’re All Winners

We’re all winners at Pops Bar. This week you get an extra chance at “winning”. SFWeekly has teamed up with Modelo to give you a shot at winning Warriors tickets. Come party with us this Friday at 24&York. Be there at 11pm to snap a photo with the Luchador and post to FB or Instagram with the tag #luchamodelo and while you’re at it: #winning, cause why not?

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Get loud and local!

LOUD & LOCAL is a weekly show on BFF.fm that highlights the best bands from the Bay Area…and it’s also a rad monthly event! On the first Thursday of the month LOUD & Local presents a bar night to benefit BFF.fm, featuring awesome live bands and guest DJs at Pops Bar. This Thursday Loud and Local features:

Vandella – a modern-day Buckingham-Nicks, vocalist Tracey Holland and guitarist Chris Tye mix up a potent potion of sexy, sweaty 70s-era rock & roll.

DJ Jamie Jams – his inspired mixology is empirically proven to induce moshing en masse until last call

DJ Chelsea Lynn – the queen of the dancefloor whenever she dips into her very eclectic record collection

Enter to win awesome merch from Vandella by RSVPing here.

21+ / 9pm – close / FREE (donations for BFF.fm collected at the door)

Come out to Pops and support local music!

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Hang the DJ

This Thursday at Pops Bar, DJ Zero One takes you on a journey through post-punk, new wave, and synth-pop jams at Hang The DJ. Hang the DJ also broadcasts every Saturday 2-4pm at our favorite local mission district radio station, BFF.fm. The Queen is Dead but long live new wave music! Come out and dance with us this Thursday.

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It’s a Polar Jungle out there…

The Polar Jungle is bringing community to the airwaves – parks – beaches – and venues of San Francisco. This Wednesday at Pops Bar, Polar Jungle takes over the decks at Spin The Night from 9pm-2am. Spin The Night is a fun boozy filled evening showcasing the local heroes working hard to keep the music scene alive and well. Join us in the creative exploration of music, art, and unique experiences in San Francisco!