Style option — 1900 — the San Francisco Call era
Kept by Mabuhay Gardens
The North Beach Relay
Every room on the strip, in the words of those who wrote it down.

The Neighborhood, As Festival

Twenty-three rooms, one month, every night something on — the map lights up, the month scrolls by, and the neighborhood's own photographs walk the page.

For one month, the neighborhood reads as a festival with twenty-three stages. Choose a night and the map shows which rooms have something on, and what it is: the band, the comedian, the reading, the show. The Mab's own nights are marked in gold; every other room stands at parity.

The quote cards beneath each day are about the acts on stage that night — up to three quotes per act, drawn only from official sources, and every quote names the show it relates to.

— The Relay

Saturday, September 26 — Tonight

8:00 PM The Submarine Show — physical comedy in silence — Mabuhay Gardens
7:00 PM Two live sets a night — Keys Jazz Bistro
10:00 PM Saturday night, to 2 AM — Monroe
8:00 PM Full Moon Trip Temple — sound healing, $5–20 suggested — Live Worms Gallery

What the Room Says

“Two intrepid explorers crash their submarine, and that’s only the beginning. What follows is an epic, madcap journey from the ocean floor all the way to the sky and back again.”

— Mabuhay Gardens, the room’s own page, on The Submarine Show, September 26 at 8 PM

Carol Doda and the Condor neon, 1973
Carol Doda and the Condor’s neon, 1973, the new Pyramid rising behind. Photo by Michael Holley, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.