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The Qool Happy Hour

Qoöl is the original clubbing happy hour in SF, if not the world, and the longest continuously running dance music event in San Francisco. Every Wednesday evening, starting at 5pm, Jondi and Spesh host a five hour club night at the 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. The music, mostly electronic, has a progressive theme, from electro, to breaks to techno, to progressive house and even ambient. Each DJ plays a short 45 minute set, and the talent ranges from bedroom DJs to international supastars. All are welcome, and partygoers are a chaotically diverse yet harmonious mix of electronic music loving phreeks, suit clad downtown wage slaves, hippies, artists, trust fund babies, neighborhood homeless, and international tourists. The enthusiasm and dedication of Qoölios is world famous. In fact Qoöl is often pegged for its personal vibe and all out "Saturday night" feeling. The cover charge is only $5 and a good chunk of the proceeds go to non-profit organizations, including The SETI Institute and the San Francisco Homeless Coalition.

Every Wednesday from 5pm to 10pm at the 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, San Francisco, Ca. [see event schedule for monthly Saturdays, one-off parties, and other well vibed events]

QOÖL (taken from press release)

One of the best clubbing nights in the world starts at 5pm. It’s called Qoöl, and it’s the original clubbing happy hour in San Francisco, if not the world. Every Wednesday evening Jondi and Spesh host a five hour club night at the now infamous 111 Minna Art Gallery. The music, mostly electronic, has a progressive theme, from electro, to breaks to techno, to progressive house and even ambient. Each DJ plays a short 45 minute set, and the talent ranges from bedroom DJs to international supastars. Each dj plays a short 45 minute set, and the talent ranges from bedroom DJs to international superstars.

Qoöl began as function over form – in the early 90’s Spesh had bailed out of a high profile DJ residency due to his refusal to play cheesy records (it was during this time that Jondi and Spesh produced their first tracks together), but soon missed the frequent DJing. But with a full time job and production work on top of it, the time just wasn’t there. The solution? Play records once a week right after work at a nearby art gallery. With only 6 people on average milling about the space, Spesh was definitely in it just to hear the music with his own ears (it is worth noting that at this point, Jondi was questioning Spesh’s sanity). For months, Spesh showed up each week with his records, sometimes joined by other djs, and slowly the audience grew.

Nowadays, what began simply as a place for Spesh to spin tracks every week on his own terms became a place for hundreds of people to be clubbers on their own terms. The patrons of Qoöl, known as Qoölios, know what they want and religiously show up week after week to get it.

Qoöl’s most distinguishing characteristic is its vibe, a downright great feeling that builds throughout the night. In fact its energy has been compared more than once to some of history’s most revered club nights. Most recently Jonathan Lisle of Bedrock had this to say of his encounter with Qoöl, “We walked in at 7pm on a Wednesday night and I had the same feeling I had when I walked into the Hacienda in Manchester 12 years ago and when I walked in Renaissance in Mansfield in 1992. The place was electric.”

Now in its 14th year the story continues. Look closely through your music collection and you will find that some of Qoöl’s resident DJs produce music on some of the world's best dance music labels, compose soundtracks, run record labels, and lend their talent to regular podcasts and radio shows.

Qoöl Is You!