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Friday, August 1

All DayFree Admission Day | Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History  FREE
The Big Latch On 2014: Breast Feeding Under the Dome | SF City Hall
Friday, August 1 – 10:00 am - Ends at 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Nursing moms are invited to celebrate natural breast feeding during San Francisco’s annual Big Latch On 2014. Bring your babies and your supporters and settle on the stairs under the dome in San Francisco’s beautiful City Hall on Friday, August 1, 2014. Please arrive at 10 am to ...
Grand Opening: Green Apple Books on the Park | Inner Sunset
Friday, August 1 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Green Apple Books on the Park
On August 1, 2014, Green Apple Books plans to open a brand new store at 1231 9th Ave. in the Inner Sunset with 25,000 new and used books. They’ll be sharing space with Le Video, who will be moving to the 2nd floor of the building they currently ...

11:00 amNOLA Jazz & Mardi Gras Parade w/ Chelle & Friends | Yerba Buena Gardens  FREE
Rotunda Dance Series: Dohee Lee | City Hall
Friday, August 1 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
On Friday, August 1, the Rotunda Dance Series will present sound artist and performer Dohee Lee in ARA Gut (Ritual of Ocean), as part of a series of seasonal performance installations in San Francisco. Aiming to bring ritual into city life, ARA honors the waterways that ...
12:00 pmRooftop Garden Gypsy Jazz Concert: Americano Social Club | Oakland  FREE
Final Intergalactic Adventure Planning Day | SoMa
Friday, August 1 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Freespace 2.0

The Intergalactic Travel Bureau brings together space scientists, astronomers, science educators, actors and the general public for unique, personalised space vacation planning experiences. The Intergalactic Travel Bureau is a live, interactive experience that explores the incredible possibilities of space tourism. It’s a little bit like Virgin Galactic ...

Indie Rock Concert: Real Estate | Amoeba SF
Friday, August 1 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
Join New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate for a live in-store performance and signing of their third album, Atlas (out now on Domino and available on LP & CD). Atlas is a triumph of highly evocative, perceptive songwriting and graceful, precise musicianship. Atlas carefully refines, and ...
B-I-G Board Game Day | Bayview
Friday, August 1 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Bayview Branch Library
Blue Orange Games, an award-winning San Francisco family game company, is coming to the library with their most popular board games. But get this — the games are oversized. This event is suitable for the whole family, for ages 5 and up. Families encouraged to attend ...
5:00 pmFriday Night Bites: Live Swing & Food Trucks | SoMa  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring money for wine and food.
Flaming Lotus Girls LED Sculpture Opening & Brass Tax DJ Party | Pier 14
Friday, August 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pier 14
The Flaming Lotus Girls are hosting A Cerebral Ceremony, an opening ceremony to celebrate the installation of their sculpture, SOMA at Pier 14 in San Francisco. The evening will start at 5 pm with speeches from Flaming Lotus Girls artists. Then their friends at Brass Tax ...
Violinjazz, Monsters & Robots | Friday Nights at the de Young
Friday, August 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Programs are free and open to the public, but does not include admission to the museum's galleries.
| de Young Museum

Schedule for Friday, August 1, 2014 6 pm Closing Reception: “Monsters and Robots”, by Artist-in-Residence Joshua Margolis – Kimball Education Gallery Celebrate the residency of July Artist-in-Residence Joshua Margolis and his installation Monsters and Robots. Light refreshments served. 6 pm – Mixed-Media Art-Making Stations – Buchanan Court Create a mixed-media project inspired by ...Every Friday

“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, August 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to attend, but bring some cash for food from food trucks.
| Fort Mason Center

🎉 Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason for 2025 – With a Massive Monthly Night Market + 110+ Vendors! After taking most of 2024 off, Off the Grid is making a huge comeback in 2025 —  The beloved Friday night tradition at Fort Mason ...

5:00 pmFriday Nights at OMCA: Live Funk & Rock Painting | Oakland  $7.50*
*Half-price gallery admission for adults, ages 18 and under are free. Admission for Members is always free. Cash bar. Prices vary for Off the Grid food trucks.
Park & Pond Carnival Party: Treats & Grown-Up “Face Painting” | North Beach
Friday, August 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Park and Pond
Park and Pond will be celebrating their third birthday with a Carnival Birthday Party on Friday, August 1, 2014 from 6-9 pm in conjunction with August’s North Beach First Friday event, so there will be a lot of activity in the neighborhood that night. There will be all ...
“First Friday Follies” Burlesque Show | Oakland
Friday, August 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations for the artists are awesome.
| Stork Club

As Oakland Art Murmur winds down on your Friday night, find your way to the Stork Club on 23rd and Telegraph around 9 pm for the perfectly strange after-party, The First Friday Follies burlesque show, a monthly free event featuring dancing girls, sometimes a creepy little ...Monthly

Jack’s Night Market: Art, Crafts & Performance | Oakland
Friday, August 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Jack London Square

> EVENT UPDATE: This event is no longer taking place. Enjoy a captivating evening of merriment and verve—with an eclectic mix of local makers, music, tasty eats, eccentric fun and an exciting array of quirky entertainment and surprises at Jack’s Night Market. Jack’s Night Market ...

6:00 pm2014 Summer Rock Concert: TinMan | Foster City  FREE
6:00 pmThe Purple Ones: Prince Tribute Concert on the Square | Redwood City  FREE
6:00 pmFirst Friday Shorts | The New Parkway  FREE
6:00 pmTemescal First Fridays | Oakland  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring cash for shopping, food, and drinks.
North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF
Friday, August 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | North Beach

On the first Friday of every month, over a dozen North Beach galleries, museums, bars, and restaurants stay open late for a self-guided First Fridays Art Crawl with special events to showcase the ever-growing collections of art and entertainment that diversify North Beach. First Fridays Art Crawl ...Monthly

Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, August 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Broadway/Telegraph

Over 30 Oakland Art Murmur affiliate venues have coordinated openings on the first Friday of every month. Oakland Art Murmur presents a free monthly evening art walk, known as the ‘Art Murmur.” Every first Friday of the month, affiliate venues are open to the public from 6-9 ...Monthly

6:30 pmFree Moonlight Movie: “The Goonies” | Danville  FREE
South First Fridays Art Walk | San Jose
Friday, August 1 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | SoFA District (San Jose)

Join an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA district (and beyond) every first Friday of the month. Please note that South First Fridays is typically canceled in July and January due to the holidays. South First Fridays hours depend on ...Monthly

7:00 pm2014 Summer Pops Outdoor Concert: Mariachi Sol de Mexico | San Jose  FREE
7:30 pmFree Shakespeare in the Park 2014: The Taming of the Shrew | Cupertino  FREE
Gold Rush Night Ride | San Francisco Bike Party
Friday, August 1 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Secret Location (SF)

Whether you’re a prospector, cowboy, saloon girl or Gold Rush millionaire, put on some gold duds or period wear and come along as the SF Bike Party rolls deep through this boom town on Friday, August 1, 2014. Monthly

Garden Movie Night: “The Princess Bride” | SF
Friday, August 1 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Mission Bay Commons
The Mission Bay Commons garden is hosting a free Friday night screening of The Princess Bride in Mission Bay Commons on August 1, 2014. Bring along a blanket and enjoy the movie as the Commons celebrate the rampant growth of their volunteer-run community garden and the special astroturf placed ...
Film Night in the Park: “Moneyball” | Fairfax
Friday, August 1 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are appreciated.
| Central Baseball Field - Fairfax

The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation (SFNTF) produces the popular Film Night in the Park outdoor film series. For 2019 they have combined with Sundown Cinema to create one big free film series. 2019 Outdoor Movie Schedule: Star Wars (1977), Friday, July 12, Dolores Park – ...

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