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715 Harrison - Live Music Venue in San Francisco

715 Harrison is a nightclub venue located in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco, California, known mostly for hosting Club X since 1989 and previously City Nights from 1985 to 2020. The club is designated by San Francisco as a legacy business and is one of the few venues in the Bay Area consistently open to guests above 18 years of age, rather than 21.

Venue
715 Harrison
Town
San Francisco, US

715 Harrison is a nightclub venue located in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco, California, known mostly for hosting Club X since 1989 and previously City Nights from 1985 to 2020. The club is designated by San Francisco as a legacy business and is one of the few venues in the Bay Area consistently open to guests above 18 years of age, rather than 21. City Nights first opened on September 11, 1985, and was started by Brit Hahn, then a 25-year-old San Francisco native. The club from its founding until 2023 was owned and operated by SFClubs, Inc., itself by Hahn and Ray Bobbitt, the longtime manager of operations at the club. The property where City Nights first opened, located at 715 Harrison Street, was originally a gay bar known as "Dreamland", as well as hosting the Harrison Street Theater, until it was acquired by Hahn; he credits Oasis, a local gay bar, for inspiring his interest to open up City Nights. On its first night of business, City Nights hosted Tower of Power as its stage act. Bobbitt joined club management in 1989. 715 Harrison was one of the few venues which did not fall victim to San Francisco's high entertainment-venue turnover rate. At one point, the venue's Club Faith was the only 18+ club targeted towards LGBT+ populations in the Bay Area. According to the venue's management, 715 Harrison has entertained over six million people as of 2020. The club closed throughout the major stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Club X officially announced its reopening in September 2021, with its first night after quarantine being the 25th of that month. 715 Harrison is on Harrison Street near the intersection of Third Street. The venue is a large concrete building and is noted as having formerly been the location of the Goat Hill Pizza warehouse. The total size of the venue is 25,000 square feet, though promotional material in 2023 released by the club describes the venue as having 15,000 ft2 (1,400 m2). The property is located within walking distance of Mosco