Your Friday Night Guide for December 21, 2007

Ho-ho-ho kiddies, you gonna be naughty or nice this weekend?

Weeklies and Bar Nights

Cosmic Gypsy Happy Hour with DJ Mak at the W Hotel
Get your lounge groove on with DJ Mak in this swank hotel bar.
6PM - 8PM
NO COVER
W Hotel, 181 3rd Street x Howard

The Jaded Gay DJ Recommends: Charlie Horse at the Cinch
Best place to go out and have a cheap drink while being entertained by drag queen antics. Music by DJ Dirty Knees and Bearzbub is more rock and new-wave oriented, but at least it won't interfere with your conversation. Check out my latest review of Charlie Horse at The Cinch.
9PM - close
NO COVER
The Cinch, 1723 Polk Street (between Clay and Washington)

Fag Fridays at Pink
With residents David Harness, Leon Neon, Rolo, and Manny Ward, plus special guests.
10PM - "late"
$10
Pink, 2526 16th Street x South Van Ness

GhettoDisco at The EndUp
With Nikita, Hawthorne, Jim Hopkins, Adrian, and Lonnie Tuck.
11PM - 11AM (honey, don't forget the pills!)
FREE before midnight, $20 until 2AM, $30 after 2AM
The EndUp, 6th x Harrison

Monthlies and One-Offs

The Jaded Gay DJ Recommends: Heat at The Stud
A special Solstice installment, the official afterparty for Comfort and Joy's Short Mountain Fundraising party. Check out my previous review of Heat.
10PM - 3AM
$5
The Stud, 9th x Harrison

Blow-Up at The Rickshaw Stop
With guests Gold Chains and MissingToof.com DJS, plus residents Jefrodesiac and Richie Panic of Frisco Disco fame.
10PM - 2AM
$10 for 21+, $12 for 18-21
The Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell x Van Ness

Dirty Bird at Shine
Local tech-house luminaries Claude vonStroke, Christian Martin, Justin Martin, and Worthy lay it down monthly in this SoMa hotspot (now with more mirror balls!)
10PM - 2AM
$5
Shine, 1337 Mission x 9th

Electric Boogie at Club 222
Derek Love and Nicky B,, two of the DJs behind the recent Paradise All-Night Disco Party at Mezzanine, mixes old-skool boogie/electrofunk/freestyle with the best of the nu-skool to a diverse, mixed crowd in this very cool Tenderloin bar.
10PM - 2AM
FREE!
Club 222, 222 Hyde Street x Turk