SF’s Oasis Nightclub is Closing Down
This is a really serious bummer. After more than a decade of brilliance, Oasis, one of the best Queer centric venues in the Bay Area is closing its doors. This is a major blow to the SF nightlife community.
Oasis has been a favorite of ours since it opened. I think the first time we wrote about it was back in 2016 when Joe Kukura wrote, “And the place is just dope as fuck. In this age of boutique cocktail lounges that are singularly obsessed with chasing the techie dollar, Oasis is the one new club that maintains the spirit of San Francisco’s culture, character and history. (Or ‘herstory’. I’m not sure how it prefers to be addressed.)”
In the years since then Oasis has hosted groundbreaking drag shows, election night shenanigans, and even an old school telethon. But alas, it seems due to “the rising cost of operations, paired with declining attendance and sales” Oasis will be no more.
The official announcement came out today, and I’ve posted it below:
Oasis Nightclub, the iconic establishment at 11th and Folsom in the heart of SOMA, will shutter it’s doors on January 1st, 2026.
Life is all about transformation. More than 10 years ago, we transformed a historical but dilapidated building into a beacon and haven for queer culture, arts and nightlife. 5 years ago, during COVID, we transformed that same space to bring queer joy and entertainment into homes across the world. Today, Oasis is at a critical point of change, and after immense soul searching, analysis, discussion, and exploration of options, we have made the impossibly difficult decision to close our physical space and transform again.
Speaking frankly, the rising cost of operations, paired with declining attendance and sales, have put us in a financial loss for quite some time and made sustaining Oasis, in its current form, untenable.
However, the spirit of Oasis lives on through Oasis Arts. Oasis has become much more than a physical space. It has become a very special community creating a movement to showcase and inspire authentically and uniquely queer art. Oasis Arts was created to foster that creativity and envisioned a world touched by queer joy beyond the walls of Oasis itself. Oasis Arts will continue and we look forward to bringing this art to new venues and places around San Francisco, and beyond.
For those asking “How can I help?”, we love and thank you for asking and we say, with the fervor of our drag numbers on that stage:
Come out to Oasis LOTS in our final months! Bring your friends. Bring your family. Bring your co-worker. Bring your crush. Bring anyone who deserves a little joy in their life and show them what an iconic experience we created in San Francisco. We have a beautiful and diverse roster of events to close out the Best of Oasis in style, concluding with a New Year’s Eve Spectacular. Help us celebrate this last decade+ of iconic art!
Dig deep into your pockets and donate to Oasis Arts! We have always been committed to our community first and foremost, and with our brick and mortar space closing, our artists, staff, collaborators, and community need your support more than ever. If we ever made you smile, help us smile in these difficult times through your donation at https://www.oasisartsinc.org/donate.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you San Francisco, the Bay Area, and beyond! We love you, and we are grateful that we got to spend this time with you. We’ll see you on the dance floor!
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