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Best of the Bay 2020: Arts & Nightlife winners

Best Art Gallery, Best DJ, Best Drag Queen, Best Arts Festival, Best Nightclub, and more in our 2020 Readers' Poll

48 Hills is proud to host the 45th edition of the Bay Guardian Best of the Bay! Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to the thousands of readers who voted this year. See more categories at www.48hills.org/bestofthebay.

BEST MOVIE THEATER
CASTRO THEATRE
www.castrotheatre.com

BEST MUSEUM
SFMOMA
www.sfmoma.org

BEST ART GALLERY
CREATIVITY EXPLORED
www.creativityexplored.org

BEST DANCE COMPANY
RAWDANCE
www.rawdance.org

BEST THEATER COMPANY
SHOTGUN PLAYERS
www.shotgunplayers.org

BEST PERFORMANCE SPACE
PIANOFIGHT
www.pianofight.com

BEST ARTS FESTIVAL
OAKLASH
www.oaklash.com

BEST RECORD LABEL
RATSKIN RECORDS
www.ratskin.org

BEST BAND
THE SAM CHASE & THE UNTRADITIONALS
www.thesamchase.com

BEST DJ
LA FRIDA
www.soundcloud.com/lafrida333

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE
THE CHAPEL
www.thechapelsf.com

BEST NIGHTCLUB
DNA LOUNGE
www.dnalounge.com

BEST QUEER NIGHTCLUB
OASIS 
www.oasissf.com

BEST DANCE PARTY
DEATH GUILD
www.deathguild.com

BEST JAZZ CLUB
SFJAZZ
www.sfjazz.com

BEST TRIVIA NIGHT
TRIVIA NIGHT AT THE PIG & WHISTLE
2801 Geary, SF.
(415) 885-4779

BEST KARAOKE
THE MINT
1942 Market, SF.
www.themint.net

BEST DRAG SHOW
DRAG ALIVE
www.twitch.tv/dragalive

BEST DRAG QUEEN
NICKI JIZZ
www.instagram.com/nicki_jizz

BEST DRAG KING
JOTA MERCURY
www.instagram.com/emjaymercury

BEST BURLESQUE
HUBBA HUBBA REVUE
www.dnalounge.com

BEST COMEDY VENUE
COBB’S COMEDY CLUB
www.cobbscomedy.com

BEST COMEDIAN
MARGA GOMEZ
www.margagomez.com

BEST STRIP CLUB
THE GOLD CLUB
www.goldclubsf.com

BEST SEX CLUB
EROS
www.erossf.com

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