A free outdoor vertical dance performance staged on the Taylor Street facade of the Timbri Hotel runs Thursday and Friday in the heart of SF's Transgender District — and the Trans March ends at the same intersection.
A vertical dance performance staged on the side of a hotel at Turk and Taylor runs two nights over Pride weekend — the most unusual free programming in SF Pride's packed schedule.
TRANSMARSH takes over the Taylor Street facade of the Timbri Hotel, 33 Turk St., on Thursday, June 25, with a preview from 7 to 10 p.m., then repeats Friday, June 26, at 8 p.m. Both performances are free and outdoors. Thursday's bill features B Dean/BODYSTORM, Pangaea, and tome, with Skywatchers and GRAVITY Access Services; Friday is a tighter 30-minute set of the same vertical work.
Thursday is the fuller evening by a lot. Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer — historian and advocate — leads a Trans History Walking Tour through the Tenderloin at 7 p.m. (free, registration required, same meeting point: Timbri Hotel, 33 Turk St.). After the performance, Oakland arts nonprofit Oaklash brings drag performer Mojo Carter and DJ 7000COILS for a block party in the hotel's outdoor plaza from 8:30 to 10 p.m. For the early evening, the Tenderloin Pride Bar Crawl runs 6 to 8 p.m. starting at Bourbon & Branch, 501 Jones St. — free with registration, drag queen guides, four stops, drink specials at each.
The Timbri sits in the Transgender Cultural District — the nation's first legally recognized trans district — and the location isn't incidental. On Friday, the Trans March departs Dolores Park at 6 p.m. and routes to Turk and Taylor streets. TRANSMARSH's 8 p.m. Friday start means if you're doing the march, you'll land at the venue.
The move: Thursday. The bar crawl fills the early hours, the Oaklash block party closes the night, and the history tour gives the vertical performance context the standalone Friday show doesn't have time to build.
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