This YouTube video of a drag queen fight went viral on Facebook yesterday, so I imagine most of you Hillcrest club-goers have already seen it; but for the benefit of the one or two of you who might not have, here it is again: According to the videographer, the brawl occurred at just after 2am at La Fuente Mexican Food, right as the Wednesday night closing crowd was drifting over from Rich's. There were minor

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A new industry night is coming to Sway Nightclub, located at the historic Keating Hotel in downtown San Diego. Starting this Tuesday, August 31 (and every last Tuesday of the month after that), The Industry Party aims to be more than just a regular Monday/Tuesday event convenient to the schedules of bar and club industry staff ...

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The second annual Montage Reunion will be this Saturday August 21, 9pm to 5am, at Spin Nightclub. For those of you too young to remember, Club Montage was a popular dance club that occupied the same building as the present day Spin Nightclub, and which closed abruptly in March of 2005. Just like last year's Reunion (which was a HUGE success), Masterbeat

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Saturday at noon is this summer's second Guys Like Us (GLU) Pool Party. This one will be in Hillcrest, at the same beautiful Hillcrest home they had the party at in August of 2009 (indeed, beautiful and infamous; it's coincidentally the same multi-million dollar house where the Broderick murders occured back in 1989).

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Here's a few early photos from last Wednesday's historic march through Hillcrest celebrating the legal defeat of Prop 8: Look for all the Prop 8 victory celebration photos here on SDPIX next week! Also coming next week: Bourbon Street will reopen as Bourbon Street Bar

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Tonight's the opening of a big new Friday latino night at Bacchus House, the Latin Royalty Hustler Party...and I'll be there! I'm looking at the ad now for the first time today, and it looks like it'll be lots of fun - hosted by the Queen of Hollywood Lady Xtra, with hot latin boys direct from LA and SF ready to party! Doors open

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Comic Con is this weekend, and if you don't have a ticket already ... forget about it. It's sold out. Tickets to this hugely popular convention typically sell out within days of going on sale the year before, thus you really need to plan ahead to be able to attend. There are, however, a few Comic Con themed events going on here in Hillcrest and North Park, in which both attendees and non-attendees can mingle

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With San Diego Pride weekend officially beginning tonight, I thought this week I'd try to provide a rundown of all the major Pride parties and club events happening during San Diego Pride. And since nearly all of the big events that I'm aware of have some sort of presence on Facebook, I figure the easiest, fairest and most practical way to do this would be to

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Not only will this year's San Diego Pride VIP Pass allow use of the limo bus running on Saturday and Sunday nights of Pride weekend, but it'll also provide admission to all five of the Official San Diego Pride Parties, and VIP front-of-line entry to those events and eleven other Pride hotspots as well. Here's a brief guide to all the

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Good news for those of you who plan on imbibing a cocktail or two, while hitting up more than one bar, club, party or event this coming San Diego Pride weekend (which I suspect is a rather large percentage of the people who read this blog): The schedule for the San Diego Pride party shuttle has been announced! This year, there'll be rotating limo buses

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Independence Day is this coming Sunday, and so here's a list of local Fourth of July flavored festivities for all you patriotic party goers: On Saturday July 3 Michael Mack and Spin Nightclub will bring DJ Kimberly S into town for their Freedom Dance Party. Red, white and blue attire is the encouraged theme for

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Pool party season is upon us, and there's no better sign of this than the first Guys Like Us (GLU) Pool party of 2010, coming up July 10. A fundraiser for AIDS Walk, this year GLU hopes to raise $15,000. These GLU parties have traditionally been some of the best and eagerly anticipated pool parties on the local pool party calendar; you can view

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We are just days away from a decision being announced in "Perry v. Schwarzenegger", the lawsuit challenging Proposition 8. The lawsuit argues that Prop. 8 violates the United States Constitution’s guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws. Closing arguments began last Wednesday, and the community is gearing up to respond to the decision. Many are calling this "Day of Decision 2", as Prop 8 was challenged and upheld last year ("Day

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The 1400 block of University Avenue will be the festive place to be this Saturday evening, with two fun, popular and free events going on simultaneously: First off, starting at 6pm Baja Betty's will be having their annual White Trash Prom. Join your fellow Hillcrest hillbillies, and come dressed to un-impress in tuxedos and overalls, maternity prom dresses, etc...remember, "the higher the hair,

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This coming Saturday will be the last Michael Mack gay night at Spin Nightclub for a little while. I spoke with Michael Mack yesterday, and it seems he and the event are going to take a break for a few weeks in order to recharge their batteries...just in time for San Diego Pride weekend, when as I understand it, the club will return

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