From Hard French to Hot Chip, the 15 hottest things to do this week in SF

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Aerialists on the side of a building, caberet singers, dance battles, and more brighten Market Street.

With headlining DJ the Polish Ambassador, Second Street opens to outdoor bars, street food, and art installations.

The Museum of the African Diaspora and art spaces around the Bay host a week of exhibitions, theater shows, and parties.

Published poets and newer writers speak their truths in the glow of the vintage hotel’s pool, followed by a swanky afterparty.

Explore the absurdities of sex with 25 adults-only indie shorts.

 “As the World Rises and Falls” is a goofy, psychedelic, and physically energetic modern clown performance.

This free festival features Cat Power singing Bob Dylan, Yo La Tengo, the Wood Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Devendra Banhart, and more.

There’ll be ’90s house, rave, ballroom, and other fabulous, high-energy music to celebrate 14 years of Hard French at the Outer Mission’s iconic patio bar.

German music from Alpine Sound, traditional food, house-brewed beer, and more at the edge of the beach.

Mind-bending sounds and light art pump through Monument in SoMa.

Flyaway Productions’ new piece is a reflection on reproductive rights, performed by acrobatic aerialists. 

Legendary dance band Hot Chip brings the electricity to this underground show.

An afternoon of classics by Haydn and Mendelssohn among Noe Valley Ministry’s stained-glass windows.

Warehouse party crews Malfunction and Spin and Destroy plot this dark techno rave in a secret location.

Founded by Harvey Milk, the fair fills Castro Street with artists, vendors, DJs, and dancers.