Church of Clown runs a two-night satirical holiday cabaret — clowning, drag, music, and resistance — on July 3 and July 4 in Visitacion Valley. Sliding-scale tickets start at $20, and nobody gets turned away.

Church of Clown is running "UGHmerica the Beautiful" — a satirical Fourth of July cabaret mixing clowning, drag, music, and dance — on both July 3 and July 4 at 2400 Bayshore Boulevard, San Francisco. Doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. both nights. Tickets are sliding-scale through Zeffy: $20 for those in underpaid sectors (education, the arts), $30 general support, $40 full price. The venue holds a strict NOTAFLOF policy — nobody turned away for lack of funds — so if even the $20 tier is a stretch, email programs@churchofclown.org about work-trade or scholarship options.

Hosts Abigail Kroch and Sierra Camille lead what Church of Clown bills as an evening of "satire, absurdity, and resistance" — clown logic applied to patriotic spectacle for anyone feeling some ambivalence about America's 250th. The format is variety-show loose: expect clown acts, drag, live music. Zeffy takes no platform cut, so the full ticket price goes directly to the venue.

The 2400 Bayshore address sits in Visitacion Valley: easiest by T-Third line to the Bayshore/Caltrain station, about a 10-minute walk north on Bayshore. Driving is straightforward with street parking on Bayshore. Muni runs late enough to get you home after the show.

If you're choosing between the two nights, go Friday the 3rd. The actual Fourth draws bigger crowds everywhere, lines are shorter a night early, and the sliding-scale door makes last-minute plans a lot easier.