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Friday, October 3

10:00 amHistory Museum: Free First Fridays | Redwood City  FREE
All DayFree Admission Day | Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History  FREE
“Sex & The City” Fashion Talk w/ Costumer Patricia Field | SF
Friday, October 3 – 11:00 am - Ends at 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required
| Britex Fabrics
Britex welcomes Patricia Field and David Dalrymple to San Francisco with a meet and greet reception from 11 am to 1:00 pm. Free, but an RSVP is required Learn how the phenomenon of Sex and the City’s fashion got started and what it was like dressing Meryl ...
12:00 pm“People in Plazas” 2014 Music Fest: Guitarist Pat Wilder | SF  FREE
Giants vs. Nationals: 2014 MLB Playoff Game Watch | SoMa StrEat Food Park
Friday, October 3 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with Facebook RSVP
| Monarch Gardens
It’s an Orange October, AGAIN! Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for a huge game watch – game one of the National League Divisional Series. It’s a perfect time to play hooky, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at SF’s ...

Rotunda Dance Series: African Gumshoe Dance | City Hall
Friday, October 3 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Blending African, Jazz and Modern dance styles, Oakland’s Dimensions Dance Theater will perform in the free Rotunda Dance Series at noon on Friday, October 3, 2014. Dimensions will showcase excerpts from their recent 40th anniversary season, including the acclaimed Down the Congo Line, a South African ...
New Presidio Parklands Project Site Tour | SF
Friday, October 3 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
| Presidio Trust Headquarters

New Presidio Parklands Project Site Tour is no longer taking place. Learn more about the New Presidio Parklands Project, a new gateway to the visitor experience at the Presidio of San Francisco, a new kind of national park site located at the center of the Golden Gate ...Every Friday

“Friday Night Market”: Summer Evening Festival | UN Plaza
Friday, October 3 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free Admission. Bring cash for food, drinks and shopping
| UN Plaza

In trying to make United Nations Plaza a comfortable and fun evening destination rather than a public space you walk quickly through, the city is throwing a series of late summer night markets with a beer garden, live music, food trucks, DIY art workshops and ...Every Friday

Friday Nights at de Young: Live Music & Art Making | Golden Gate Park
Friday, October 3 – 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

Friday Nights at the de Young presents new work in partnership with Asian Improv Arts. Artist Demonstration by Kelvin Ming Young Piazzoni Murals Room 6:00 pm Kelvin Ming Young will demonstrate his painting process, starting with raw canvas, and applying paint with various staining, dripping, and other techniques. Mixed-Media Art-Making Stations and ...Every Friday

5:00 pmFriday Nights at OMCA: Night Market & Off the Grid | Oakland  $7.50*
*Half-price gallery admission for adults; ages 18 and under are free. Admission for members is always free. There's a cash bar; prices vary for Off the Grid food trucks.
2014 Bay Area Circus Arts Festival: Opening Night | East Bay
Friday, October 3 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: FREE | Alameda High School

Meet some of the best  jugglers, unicyclists, aerialists, object manipulators, artistic athletes, acrobats, and performers of all kinds on the west coast and watch in awe as they ply their craft at the 2014 Bay Area Circus Arts Festival. Whether you’re a master manipulator, or are ...

North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF
Friday, October 3 – 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, October 3 – 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

First Friday Follies: Burlesque & Creepy Puppet Show | Oakland
Friday, October 3 – 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

6:00 pmFirst Friday Shorts | The New Parkway  FREE
100 Foot Tall Street Art Film Night & Live Painting | Oakland
Friday, October 3 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Great Wall of Oakland
The sun is setting earlier, which means the Wall is back for First Fridays starting October 3, 2014. The Wall celebrates Street Art with live art by the Estria Foundation and projected works by Estria Foundation, Van Royko, Paul Trillo, About Her Films, Blu and David ...
6:00 pmTemescal First Fridays | Oakland  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring cash for shopping, food, and drinks.
Vespertine Circus Performance, Silent Disco & Creative Mixer | Menlo Park
Friday, October 3 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bernhardt Studio
Come mix and mingle with photo and video industry professionals including models, photographers, designers, videographers, game-developers, marketing-teams and artists, and check out the brand newly renovated Bernhardt Studios in Menlo Park. Bring your friends, enjoy some antics from The Vespertine Circus, an Oakland based alt-circus collective, and ...
South First Fridays Art Walk | San Jose
Friday, October 3 – 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 pm“Freak Show” Friday Night Art Opening | Mission Dist.  FREE
Movies in McCoppin: Friday Outdoor Film Night | Sunset Dist.
Friday, October 3 – 7:15 pm | Cost: FREE | McCoppin Square

Enjoy free movies at McCoppin Square in the Sunset District happening on the first four Fridays in October 2019. Movies begin at sunset, approximately 7 pm, but come early as the fun starts at 6 pm. Grab your family and friends, and don’t forget to bring some ...

Outdoor Movie Night: Tim Burton’s “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” | Berkeley
Friday, October 3 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Crescent Lawn (UC Berkeley)
Grab your bike and pedal on over to catch a free outdoor screening of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure on the Crescent Lawn on the UC Berkeley campus. Tim Burton’s first feature film follows the squeaky-mad Pee-wee Herman as he rides roughshod over eighties conformity in search of his ...
7:30 pmWin Tix: “Terminator” Too: Live On Stage | DNA Lounge  WIN*
*Win a pair of tickets. Regular cost: $20-$50 each.
San Francisco Bike Party: “Hardly Strictly Homecoming” | First Fridays
Friday, October 3 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Secret Location (Golden Gate Park)

You’re Hardly in high school anymore, but that doesn’t Strictly matter, so take a step back in time and celebrate Hardly Strictly Homecoming. Break out your finest duds, your vintage prom dresses, your football helmets, and your old cheerleading outfits and recreate one of the biggest ...Monthly

8:00 pmOakland Critical Mass | First Friday  FREE
First Friday Indie Pop Concert: Papercuts | Oakland
Friday, October 3 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Uptown Nightclub
Papercuts’ sound is definitely fresh and new, but it’s also strangely familiar, like a modern indie twist on some cool classic lounge tunes you’ve heard from the ’60s. Maybe you could call it “Summer Lounge Music from a sad beach.” October 3, 2014 Lineup: Papercuts Big Tits Foxtails Brigade The ...
9:00 pmWin Tix: Spirit Family Reunion: Homegrown Americana | The Chapel  WIN*
*Win a pair of tickets. Regular cost, $15
9:00 pm“Wrapped in Plastic” Jazz Quartet | The Royale  FREE
9:30 pm9th Anniversary Comedy Show & DJ Party | SF  FREE
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