Bowie & Elvis Birthday Bash 2026 Edition
Saturday, January 10, 8:00-11:00pm

Stookey’s Club Moderne, 895 Bush St., San Francisco

NO COVER / 21+ only

Celebrate 2 legends with their music all night. DJ Shindog (from New Wave City) plays all David Bowie and Elvis Presley. This year, the Bash celebrates the 70th anniversary of Presley’s breakout year of 1956, and the 50th anniversary of Bowie adapting the Thin White Duke persona in 1976.

Here's a chance for fans of either or both acts to celebrate their music, personas, and lives.  The annual Bowie & Elvis Birthday Bash returns for its lucky 13th year, and uniquely among other events, presents the music and legend of these two iconic artists who each changed popular culture as none other, and now are both no longer with us.

Hear the music of Bowie and Elvis, both their best known songs, and rare tracks. From “Modern Love” to a hunka hunka “Burning Love,” from “Flaming Star” to “Ziggy Stardust,” from “Good Rockin’ Tonight” to “Rock ‘n Roll Suicide,” the Bowie & Elvis Birthday Bash has it all.

1956 was Elvis Presley's breakout year, launching him from regional sensation to national phenomenon. He appeared on national television, from Stage Show in January and later on the Milton Berle and Ed Sullivan shows, where his controversial performances sparked widespread controversy and debate. He also released his first album, “Elvis Presley” and his first movie, Love Me Tender.

In 1976, David Bowie starred in The Man Who Fell to Earth, released his album “Station to Station” and toured as a 29-year-old androgynous enigma he called Thin White Duke. His substance abuse was called out by his arrest by the Rochester, New York vice squad (come on, it was only pot), resulting in a famous mug shot. Later in 1976, he moved to West Berlin with his old friend Iggy Pop to rid themselves of their drug addictions and escape the spotlight.

FREE registration (not required): https://elvis-bowie-2026.eventbrite.com

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1920106118572734

https://www.elvisbowiebash.com  

The “Bash” began at the Edinburgh Castle Pub in San Francisco, founded by DJ Shindog of New Wave City, and Spig of CostumeParty. 

The “King of Rock and Roll” revolutionized music with his 1955 debut, creating a unique uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues, presented in a sexually provocative performance style. He was a major star on record, film, TV, and concert stage over the next 20 years. He died in 1977 at the age of 42.

Rock’s ultimate chameleon was an innovator reinventing new music and visual styles for others to follow, including glam rock, plastic soul, cold synth-rock, eighties dance-pop, industrial and more. He was also an acclaimed actor, writer, producer, and early internet adapter. He died in 2016, two days after his 69th birthday, coinciding with the release of his final album. The 2016 Bash has held the night before the Thin White Duke passed away.