>>>All parties take place tonight, January 20
ActivelyOUT.com Obama Ball
ActivelyOUT.com hosts an Obama Ball at Bruno’s Night Club, featuring plasma screens with highlights from Inauguration Day, a dance party with DJ Duarte and a free glass of champagne for the first 150 people. A donation from the evening’s proceeds will go to And Marriage for All, a collaborative partnership of African-American community leaders spearheading dialogue and public education about same-sex couples’ freedom to marry. “Gay fabulous, str8 friendly, no H8-ers!”
6 -10 p.m., $8 cover, $5 for activelyOUT.com members
Bruno’s Night Club
2389 Mission St., S.F.
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Rock Barack
Glide into a new era with budget-friendly drink specials at the Paradise Lounge. Rock Barack: The Obama Inauguration Party will featuring 99-cent drafts and 99-cent well drinks from 6 to 9 p.m. the event will benefit not just your budget but the Glide Foundation, a San Francisco nonprofit working to end poverty.
6-9 p.m., $10 donation
Paradise Lounge
1501 Folsom St., S.F.
www.paradisesf.com/calendar.html
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League of Young Voters
LYV says: “No need for upscale dress attire for our BALL! We’ll have drinks, ginger bread cookies and a good crew celebrating Obama’s Inauguration! We need YOU to get the party really started!”
8pm -11pm; $5-25 sliding scale.
El Rio
3158 Mission, SF
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Obama mambo
Boogie down to support Amnesty International during its fundraising event, "Dance for Change." Music from hip-hop to house to rock will be spinning all night long, so prepare to shake it for Barack to the wee hours.
9:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m., $10
Le Colonial
20 Cosmo Place, SF
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Inaugural Ball
Electric Works gallery is hosting an Inaugural Ball featuring a rebroadcast of the inauguration followed by dancing. Formal dress is suggested but not required (changing rooms and borrowed finery will be available for those coming directly from work). Drinks and light hors d’oeuvres will be provided and proceeds benefit the San Francisco Food Bank.
6–10 p.m., $10 donation requested
130 Eighth St., SF
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Women, Democrats, and democratic women
The San Francisco Democratic Party and local women’s political groups — including Emerge California, Good Ol’ Girls, and the San Francisco Women’s Political Caucus — are throwing an Inauguration Night party in the swanky Green Room of the War Memorial Opera House, featuring hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and entertainment.
5:30–8:30 p.m., $25
301 Van Ness, SF
www.actblue.com/page/inaugurationsf
(415) 626-1161
info@sfdemocrats.org
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Inauguration Skaters’ Ball
The California Outdoor Rollersports Association hosts a political roller disco featuring Sarah Palins and Barack Obamas on wheels. There’s even a chance that a live feed from the party will be broadcast at the Presidential Gala in Washington. Dress up as your favorite politician and resist the urge to knock out your rivals.
7–11 p.m., $10 adults, kids free. $5 for skates
Funkytown SF
1720 19th St., SF