Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk St (map)
415 923 0923
Hours: 4pm - 2am 7 days a week
The Hemlock Tavern is open 7 days a week from 4pm – 2am, and is strictly a “21 and older” bar. ID’s are checked at the front door. Happy Hour runs daily from 4pm – 7pm, with $1 off all beers and cocktails. We have a daily roster of deejays spinning records from 6:00pm-8:30pm.
The Hemlock’s award-winning jukebox is always free. We have $1 bags of hot peanuts for your snacking enjoyment. The bar itself is a 360° walk-around on two different levels and there are communal tables in addition to seating at the bar. The Hemlock has a legal, heated smoking lounge for the modern tobacco enthusiast into which patrons can bring their drinks. The smoking lounge is mostly enclosed but shielded from the street by some lovely plants and shrubs.
The Hemlock features a live performance room , physically separate from the main bar, that hosts 5-6 nights a week of non-mainstream local, national and international bands, music acts, comedy, and myriad entertainments. It’s free to get into the main bar and then a cover is typically charged at the entrance to the music room to see the show.
Every Monday night, it’s the Punk Rock Sideshow with DJ Tragic and the Duchess of Hazard (SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay winner 2004) in the main bar.
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- Soon My Work Will Be Over - Blind Willies
- Blue Ocean Blue - Lake
- Baby You Were There - TV Girl
- Didn't You Know? - Allen Clapp & His Orchestra
- Boyfriend - The Bilinda Butchers
- Buffalo - JJCNV
- Sexi Ladi - The Hussy
- Take it or Leave it - Sir Lord Von Raven
- Today Left Me With - Waiting Room
- supernova - crashfaster
- Suishou no Fune Live in Osaka, March 16, 2006...
- Kites Calm Desert Fires - Noveller
- Goddammit, I Didn't Get Two - Each Other
- Tonic For Hysteria - Excuses For Skipping
- Understand Your Man - Leopold And His Fiction
- Pinkie Promise - Twin Steps
- I Thought You Were Someone I Knew - Jail Wedd...
- Upcoming Events
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Poor Sons, Cool Ghouls, Meat Market
Sat. 05/19 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Cool Ghouls That Ghost Poor Sons
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Dimesland, Lord Dying (Portland), War Child (member of Hightower)
Sun. 05/20 | 6:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Subliminal SF co-presents Lord Dying
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Punk Rock Sideshow
Mon. 05/21 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
later - PRS at 10pm, free Punk Rock Sideshow
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Domestic Electrics, Sick Kids XOXO, Le Panique
Tue. 05/22 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Domestic Electrics Sick Kids XOXO Le Panique
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Goodnight Texas, Blind Willies
Wed. 05/23 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Goodnight Texas Fox and Woman
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Gypsy Moonlight, City Deluxe, Billy Cramer and Share the Land
Thu. 05/24 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Gypsy Moonlight City Deluxe
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Seapony, BOAT, Black Elephant, Desario, (advance ticket link)
Fri. 05/25 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
SF Popfest presents Seapony BOAT Black Elephant Desario
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Lake (K Records), Jaberi & Deutsch, Half-Handed Cloud
Sat. 05/26 | 7:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
early show - Knights of the New Crusade and Lost Acapulco, 5pm, $5 Knights of the New Crusade Lost Acapulco later show -- Lake, David Jaberi, Half-Handed Cloud, 9:30pm, $7 Lake (K Records)…more»
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TV Girl, Allen Clapp and His Orchestra, The Bilinda Butchers, (advance ticket link)
Sun. 05/27 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
SF Popfest presents TV Girl Allen Clapp and His Orchestra The Bilinda Butchers
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Young Lions (w/Tyler from The Mass), Lo-Pan, Hornss
Mon. 05/28 | 2:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
early Memorial Day show & bbq Hornss Lo-Pan
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Punk Rock Sideshow
Mon. 05/28 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
later - PRS at 10pm, free Punk Rock Sideshow
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Jus' Friends, JJCNV (Tempe), Ugly Winner
Tue. 05/29 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Jus' Friends JJCNV (Tempe) Ugly Winner
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Sir Lord Von Raven, The Hussy (Tic Tac Totally)
Wed. 05/30 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Sir Lord Von Raven The Hussy (Tic Tac Totally)
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Waiting Room, Collin Ludlow-Mattson and the Folks, The Arabs
Thu. 05/31 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Waiting Room Collin Ludlow-Mattson and the Folks Sugar Candy Mountain
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Minibosses, crashfaster, Matthew Joseph Payne, (advance ticket link)
Fri. 06/01 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
8 Bit SF presents Minibosses crashfaster
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Barn Owl, Suishou no Fune (Japan, Holy Mountain), Tone Volt
Sat. 06/02 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Barn Owl Suishou no Fune (Japan, Holy Mountain) Tone Volt
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Viking Moses, Noveller (NYC), Plates of Cake (Brooklyn)
Sun. 06/03 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Noveller (NYC) Plates of Cake (Brooklyn)
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Punk Rock Sideshow
Mon. 06/04 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
later - PRS at 10pm, free Punk Rock Sideshow
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Tender, DickWolf, Inferno of Joy
Fri. 06/08 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Tender DickWolf Inferno of Joy
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Excuses For Skipping, The Rabbles, Dazzling Strangers
Sat. 06/09 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Excuses For Skipping The Rabbles Dazzling Strangers
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Punk Rock Sideshow
Mon. 06/11 | 9:30PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
later - PRS at 10pm, free Punk Rock Sideshow
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Leopold & His Fiction, Rusty Maples
Tue. 06/12 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Leopold & His Fiction Rusty Maples
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Jail Weddings, Twin Steps, The Better Maker
Wed. 06/13 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Jail Weddings The Better Maker
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