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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Fern Alley Music Series 

Live performances, art, and local vendors at the series from the new Music City complex aim to revitalize Lower Polk.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Skip the Needle

Bliss to the boldness of this righteous, Octavia Butler-inspired quartet.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Katya Smirnoff-Skyy

Stage queen serves polished pipes and pathos from Oasis to New Conservatory Theatre Center.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Leila Mottley

The youngest author ever featured by Oprah's Book Club continues to thrill after breakout novel 'Nightcrawling.'

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Cutting Ball Theater

With one production left before the final bow, this beloved Tenderloin stage needs help from its community of weirdos.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: District 10 Community Market

A more flexible alternative to a free food pantry that provides groceries to residents with little access to fresh eats.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Valencia Whole Foods

Need a frozen pizza—or renewed faith in the viability of family-owned businesses? They've got you.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Lesley Evers

The Oakland designer brings locally made panache (and pockets!) to her dresses, with dazzling patterns and accessories to boot.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Clarion Performing Arts Center

In 2019, Clara Hsu transformed her well-known Chinatown musical instrument store into a local arts powerhouse.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: ‘Dear San Francisco’

An acrobatic love letter to the City by the Bay, this circus show floods the audience with local oohs and aahs.

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Best of the Bay 2016

48hills is proud to host the SF Bay Guardian 2016 Best of the Bay. Please see www.sfbg.com for Bay Guardian election endorsements and more.

Welcome back to the SF Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay! This is our 41st edition of Best of the Bay, and it comes out on the Bay Guardian’s 50th anniversary. Here and in print at more than 350 shops, cafes, and stores throughout the Bay Area, you’ll find the results of our Readers Poll and our exclusive Editor’s Picks. Thanks to the more than 9,000 people voted in our Best of the Bay Readers Poll this year – an incredible number!

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