Cyclone Warehouse was one of the longest-running underground artist spaces in San Francisco. Over the years, it hosted underground rock shows, Bicycle Rodeos, 1990's Burning Man fundraisers, flaming robot battles, performance art, circus acts, fundraisers including for the 2011 tsunami in Japan, and off-Broadway theater from artists in Bayview-Hunters Point.

But in October 2018, after 27 years of continuous and safe operation, Cyclone Warehouse was forced to shut down by its San Francisco landlords.  The closure of this artistic space and many other similar spaces came as an indirect result of the 2016 Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, as many landlords decided they no longer wanted the liability of hosting art spaces.

Emptying out this 5,000 square foot, three-story space fell to the final leaseholder, San Francisco artist Bob Stafford. A year later, Bob is still struggling to dig himself out from under the massive bills this incurred. The costs included vehicle rentals, unpaid time away from his work, and most of all... dozens of expensive dump and recycling runs to dispose of tons of materials left behind by other artists over the decades of Cyclone's existence.

If you loved Cyclone... if you love art... if you love artists... please help Bob get out from under the massive debt from being forced to shut down one of the longest-running underground art spaces in San Francisco.

Here's just a small list of some of the artists and shows who have performed over the years at Cyclone:

Eugene Chadbourne
Joan Jeanrenaud (of Kronos Quartet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vpWyyLqIps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8fJ5BA94jg
Mark Eitzel
The Islais Creek Fair
Cyclecide Bike Rodeo
Molehill Orchestra
Timco
Ovarian Trolley
Steel Pole Bath Tub
Paula Frazer
Touched by a Janitor/The Enablers
Cookie Mongoloid
Mia Zapata Benefit
EI8HT by Kristen Matia (2012 & 2013)
The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill (2015)
Circus X/Big Top 23
Survival Research Laboratories
Grass Widow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_L6lGQ5RAQ
Captain Ricks Cabaret
Seven Year Bitch
Victims Family
Idiot Flesh
Sepultura
Hickey
All You Can Eat
Shellac
Neurosis
The Chasm of Spasms
T.V. Homicide
The Hall Flowers
1900s Cirque Magnifique (2015)
Sara Kraft
Gigi Benson
Josh Pollock
Agatha Rupniewski
David Madwin
Alex Koll
Keenan Williams
Jessica Gruner 

Here are some articles about shows at Cyclone from the 1990s to the 2010s:

At the nucleus of Laughing Squid's Cyclone Warehouse with proprietor Scott Beale, 1998:
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/12.21.98/laughingsquid-9849.html

Cyclecide Bicycle Rodeo, 1998:
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Cyclecide

Cacophony Society, January 1999:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ab926f8a9e0287fbf928015/t/5cdd9ce40b70a1000189ca54/1558027507238/Rough+Draft%2C+1999.pdf

John Law's Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society:
https://johnlawspeaks.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/cacophony-2018-book-spreads-lowres.pdf

Night & Day, May 1999:
https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/night-and-day/Content?oid=2136512

Attack of the Zombie Girls, 2005:
https://laughingsquid.com/attack-of-the-zombie-girls/

The Warehouse Phenomenon: 20+ Years of Art, Music and Community on Islais Creek, 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7BMXBSt6Q

1800s Cirque Magnifique, 2015:
https://www.facebook.com/events/324291957764498/permalink/359658017561225/

‘The Emperor Jones,’ starring Carl Lumbly in the Paul Robeson role, is playing in Dogpatch two more weekends – discount for Bayview Hunters Point residents, 2015:
https://sfbayview.com/2015/07/the-emperor-jones-starring-carl-lumbly-in-the-paul-robeson-role-is-playing-in-dogpatch-two-more-weekends-discount-for-bayview-hunters-point-residents/

Cyclone Warehouse photos on Foresquare:
https://foursquare.com/v/cyclone-warehouse/4a57f99af964a5202cb71fe3/photos