""Well, looks like we're gonna turn into a buncha condos," say the owners of Potrero Hill music venue Thee Parkside in an Instagram post featuring a video of graffiti being written saying "This Will Be Condos You Can't Afford." It's one-two punch for the San Francisco live music scene. Following the announcement earlier this month that longtime, nearby music venue Bottom of the Hill is closing at the end of 2026, Thee Parkside announced Wednesday that they will be closing as well, and even sooner."
""This neighborhood will be pretty boring with both us and Bottom Of The Hill gone, but I feel like we're just one more small business dying in this city: the culture, the weirdos, the arts, the working class are all going to be gone. The third spaces that once thrived will be replaced with bland and expensive corporations or will sit vacant.""
Thee Parkside announced it will stop live music at the end of March and transition to being only a bar for a few months before closing entirely. Bottom of the Hill is slated to close at the end of 2026, removing another key venue from the local circuit. Venue owners warned that the neighborhood will lose cultural spaces, artists, and working-class presence, and predicted replacement by bland, expensive development or vacancy. The closures threaten the local rock and punk scenes that rely on small stages for emerging bands. City Hall announced creation of an Executive Director of Arts and Culture role.
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