Overview

• D’Arcy Drollinger notified staff by email on July 21 that Oasis will cease operations after depleting personal subsidies and pandemic-era grants
• A spike in insurance and security expenses following a July 2024 armed robbery, alongside two years of lower bar revenue and declining audience numbers, deepened the venue’s financial losses
• The announced closure highlights a broader post-pandemic contraction of queer nightlife in San Francisco as cultural hubs struggle against escalating costs
• Drollinger intends to carry forward Oasis’s programming through his newly established Oasis Arts nonprofit, staging queer performances at other Bay Area venues
• Current shows, including the drag musical parody “Jurassiq Parq,” will run through December as the team plans a final New Year’s Eve celebration