Events for August 17, 2012
Friday, August 17
Pack your lunch and see a whole host of local bands, jazz, salsa, rock and hip hop musicians every Friday for the Kaiser Center’s Roof Garden free concert series from noon to 1 pm in the garden. The 3-acre roof garden at Oakland’s Kaiser Center was ... 
Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, talks and more. Season Eight is every Friday night from March 30 – November 23, 2012.
This weekly after-hours art “happening” changes every week, but typically includes …
If you’re a live music lover, Christmas has come early!
Yoshi’s Jazz Club celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2012 and to celebrate they’re picking one winner from their email list to win a golden ticket (actually it’s a pair of tickets) that’s good for free admission to …
Come join Paxton Gate’s Curiosities for Kids for an art opening by artist, Evan Barbour, August 17th from 6-8pm.
Evan Barbour earned his bachelors from Reed College with a thesis on animal play behavior and a graduate credential in scientific illustration from UC Santa Cruz. Following a …
Post Car Travel Agency launches a functioning bicycle-focused travel agency at San Francisco’s Storefront Lab with a party, free drinks, workshops and a bike and photography exhibit.
There will be free wine, beer and hot toddies along with post-car travel inspired fare. They will have loaded …
The San Francisco Night Market is the Friday night kick-off for the SF Street Food Festival which takes place the following day and will partner well-known chefs from across the country with La Cocina program participants to create one-of-a-kind dishes.
There will be music, dancing, drinks, twinkling …
Join Dr. Martens in celebrating the recent collaboration with British punk anti-model turned designer, Agyness Deyn.
Sip and shop from 6-9pm Friday, August 17th at the Haight Street boutique and take an exclusive look at the new arrivals and the full Agyness Deyn Collection. They’ll have free …
People in cities all over the world are arranging marches/protests/get togethers to support the group Pussy Riot and to demand their release.
Show up at Justin Herman Plaza at 6:30pm with signs, brightly colored outfits, your Pussy Riot inspired masks and tambourine, harmonica, drums, xylophone, ukulele, …
With huge ’80s hits such as “One Thing Leads To Another”, “Red Skies” and “Saved By Zero” The FIXX remain everyday staples on the playlists of rock radio stations across the country.
Members of Canadian independent comic book collective Colosse tour from San Francisco to Vancouver BC with multimedia readings of their acclaimed and edgy works, followed by book signings on August 17, 2012.
Authors include Sophie Yanow (In Situ, a graphically daring, poetic journal strip) and Francois …
See some of the country’s best ultimate frisbee players compete in SF’s most historic stadium.
Fresh off their July world championship in Japan the San Francisco’s team Revolver will be playing the barnstorming NexGen college all-stars in a special Friday night match at Kezar Stadium.
The game will …
Rights of Passage is a world premiere play that explores the experiences of LGBT people around the world.
Mixing traditional forms of storytelling, including puppetry, mask, and dance, with modern devices, Rights of Passage explores the struggle that each of us faces in establishing our …
Experience the great films of Hollywood’s Golden Era in one of America’s finest Art Deco movie palace.
With over 3,000 seats and a meticulously-restored interior, the Paramount offers a true “Movie Palace” experience straight out of the 1930s – with period newsreels, cartoons, previews, live music …
Do415 and DJ Dials are teaming up to showcase the best and brightest scenes embraced by the Bay Area. From hip hop to house; from indie to pop, this free event will open your eyes to everything you’ve been meaning to check out.
Free with RSVP.
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Do415 and DJ Dials are teaming up to showcase the best and brightest scenes embraced by the Bay Area. From hip hop to house; from indie to pop, this free event will open your eyes to eveyrthing you’ve been meaning to check out in the …
Every Friday
Follow the L until it ends, on Fridays after work and get rewarded with grubbing on free home cookin’ from Alisha.
Each week, she whips up home-style food that ranges from blushin bunnies, chili con carne, chicken pot pie, and, if you’re lucky, even tater tot …
Get ready for the Annual San Francisco Parol Lantern Festival and Parade by making beautiful Filipino lanterns with The Bayanihan Community Center (BCC) every Friday from October 19 – December 7, 2012, excluding November 23, 2012.
The SF Parol Lantern Festival & Parade takes place on December …
El Rio, a neighborhood dive in the deep Mission, gives away free Oysters on the half shell from local folks in Tomales Bay, every Friday at 5:30 pm tight. Arrive on time, they go fast.
And get your drink on with happy hour on Friday from 5-8 …
Magician David Hirata will baffle the audience with spellbinding sleight-of-hand and gravity-defying feats at the Marsh’s free Friday Happy Hour show with with live music by ragtime pianist Larisa Migachyov.
David performs Fridays in through October 26, 2012
Fridays at 6pm $3 Beers • $5 Cocktails Plus …
It’s saucy dancing with a sense of humor at the Red Hots Burlesque show on Wednesdays and Fridays at El Rio, where you can see some of the bawdiest burlesque babes in the Bay, for a sliding scale price starting at $5.
Come with your sense of humor …
Come out and join Jack London Square and Linden Street Dance, and learn how to move on the dance floor to your favorite dances.
Expert instructors from the Linden Street Dance studio will teach you step by step how to dance at 8:30 PM for …
Milk Bar hosts their Friday night neighborhood dance party with some of SF’s top DJs throwing down hip hop, electro and 80s and 90s flashbacks. Arrive early for the $3 Happy Hour 7 -10 pm.
Friday Nights at Milk
Every Friday at 10 pm
FREE w/ RSVP or $5 …
Every Friday night at 10:30PM, EndGames Improv brings you a free show: “Your F!#&ed Up Relationship” – an entirely improvised comedy inspired by your ridiculous, real relationships. You tell us your amazing stories, we show you ours.
Free with RSVP
This event repeats every Friday at 10:30PM …
