1.19.24 join Dancing Ghosts, SF’s Darkwave Dance Party, for our first event of 2024 with the Gothic-Lolita Fashion Ball!
★ Anime on three screens!
★ Dress theme (optional): Gothic-Lolita Fashion or Anime/Cosplay! Enter the midnight costume contest for prizes including tickets to:
► Twin Tribes (1/31 at the Chapel)
► Ministry/Gary Numan/Front Line Assembly (2/27 at the Warfield)
► Chelsea Wolfe (3/29 at the Fillmore)
► Echo & the Bunnymen (6/6 at the Warfield)
► Peter Hook and the Light (9/21 at the Warfield)
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BACK ROOM
Post-Punk • Deathrock • Industrial • Synthpop
► DJs Xander and Nako
FRONT ROOM
Darkwave • Ethereal • Trip-hop • Tribal
► DJs MizMargo and Chat Noir
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◆ Tarot Readings by Sean
◆ The Nocturnal Eye: Photography by Angyl Nihthasu
◆ Vending by Minerva Press ᛗ! Minerva Press is a dark romantic silkscreen art and apparel, and a love letter to craft.
◆ Vending by Altar Ego Design! Altar Ego Design is focused on art, both wall and wearable, for the curious of heart. Their art is a multi-faceted incorporation of vintage and antique fragments to create imagery surrounding themes of both death and the little death. All work is ethically sourced and reincarnated into new life.
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“The evolution of Japan’s Gothic & Lolita movement has been unique. Although its origins can be seen in the English New Wave movement of the 1980s (a trend made famous by the ‘Batcave’, an English Gothic club), the Japanese scene has acquired an originality and popularity all of its own, and is fundamentally different from its Western counterparts. The social and cultural history of Japan is very different from that of the West, which has allowed the county’s teenagers to co-opt the codes of Western Gothic counter-culture and create a new and specifically Japanese Gothic & Lolita style.” – Katsuhiko Ishikawa (Gothic & Lolita)
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DJs:
Xander (Dancing Ghosts)
Chat Noir (Club Séance)
MizMargo (Dark Sparkle)
Nako (Shutter/Popscene).
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9:30pm-Afterhours
$10 Cover ($7 before 10pm)
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THE CAT CLUB
1190 Folsom, SF • 21+
(every 3rd friday)