The Stud - Re-opening this fall with YOUR help

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The Stud is Coming Back… But We Need Your Help!

The Stud is San Francisco's oldest LGBT bar and one of the world's most famous drag bars… And we just signed a lease on a new spot that will open by the end of winter!

The Stud is Coming Back… But We Need Your Help!

The Stud is San Francisco's oldest LGBT bar and one of the world's most famous drag bars… And we just signed a lease on a new spot that will open by the end of winter!

We’ve been saving money and looking for a new home for our 57-year-old venue (she still acts 21) since we were forced to close our doors during the pandemic. And last month we signed a contract to buy the perfect bar (1123 Folsom Street) on the main commercial corridor of San Francisco’s historic Leather District (where everyone gets nasty for Folsom Street Fair.)

 

Buuuuuut this is San Francisco… and buying a bar is insanely expensive… and that’s before we even start construction. It’s not cheap to turn a straight sports bar into a fabulous drag bar, and we’re going to need to build everything from scratch. That includes a stage, dressing rooms for the girls, a dance floor, (a dark room,) and DJ booths, and you know we have to bring in a top-of-the-line sound system for the world famous DJs that love the Stud. 

Queer, straight, trade, family, frenemies and exes… We’re going to need the entire music and nightlife community, all over the world, to help us with this one. If everyone who’s ever had an amazing night out at the Stud donates what they can—we’ll be able to open in a few months.

 

Why Should I help?

Because you love the Stud. And you love our vibrant Queer Community. And you love this city. There’s a lot of talk about how San Francisco is over, or we’re falling into a doom loop (which might be the name of our new goth night.) And look, we know we got some problems, but our community has thrived during much worse (I mean, the city literally burned to the ground, girl.) The Stud has been there through wars, and plagues, and good times and bad. We just want to make sure that it’s here for the next generation of San Francisco weirdos. 

The Stud is the first collectively owned queer bar in the country. That means none of the worker-owners ever take home profit. We do this because we love the Stud, and we love all of you. Help us make this dream a reality.

XOXO

The Stud Collective


Those who wish to help the Stud reopen can donate at https://givebutter.com/Stud2024.

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1123 Folsom Street
SoMa, San Francisco, California, 94103
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