Pansy Division Hit 1000th Show Milestone

Trailblazers not only in the punk world but especially in the LGBTQIA+ mainstream landscape, Pansy Division first began in 1991 when Jon Ginoli and Chris Freeman surveyed the burgeoning rock scene and noticed a lack of openly queer musicians. To remedy that, they formed the band to fill in that void in San Francisco. In the 34 years since Pansy Division‘s inception the band has moved from the Pacific northwest for other climes, but their love of their origin city remains. Pansy Division will play their 1,000th show when they appear at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill on the 19th April, tickets for their landmark show are available here.

“We noticed about a decade ago that reaching 1,000 shows was achievable. A band needs a goal, and that became ours. I’d had the idea to have an out gay rock band before I moved to California, but it took living in San Francisco to make it a reality. So playing the 1,000th show in SF is bringing it back to the source. Although SF was our birthplace, the sad fact is that the SF that birthed us with cheap apartments and rehearsal spaces is long gone… and so are we. I was the last to leave in 2022. But we all still love SF and there was no question where we’d play our 1,000th show. That we get to do it at Bottom of the Hill, where we have played so many times over the past 30 years, is both appropriate and exciting!” (vocalist & guitarist Jon Ginoli)