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Thursday, September 2

epicsauce $6 Concert with Reporter | Haight
Thursday, September 2 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $6 | Milk Bar

epicsauce.com presents Reporter, Wampire Summer Blondes Party Effects (closing set).The Milk Bar is located at 1840 Haight Street in San Francisco across from Amoeba Records and at the entrance to Golden Gate Park. The …

Friday, September 3

U.S. Marine Band Street Parade | Pleasanton
Friday, September 3 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pleasanton
Photo Credit: thesocialdiary.com

The U.S. Marine Band San Diego, some 45 musicians strong, will make the march from Old Bernal Road to St. Mary Street in Pleasanton beginning at 2:00 p.m., playing march and show tunes. The free Main Street march will be a precursor …

“Shownuff” Happy Hour Concert with Soulful “London Street | 111 Minna
Friday, September 3 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | 111 Minna Gallery

Bringing you free live music during Happy Hour (5-9), Shownuff is happy to present London Street, laying down a smooth mix of neosoul, R&B and funk for your boogie-get-down enjoyment.
Mostly influenced by old school R&B and influenced by groups like Earth, Wind and Fire, Prince …

“Friday Nights at the de Young” celebrates San Francisco Street Art
Friday, September 3 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE* | De Young Museum

The de Young Museum hosts a yearlong series celebrating Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, a 2009 book celebrating street art in the Mission District. Tonight features a Mission Muralismo Film Series with rare and cutting edge, old-school and new-school Mission filmmaking shadowing and illuminating …

Film Crawl on Cortland | Bernal Heights
Friday, September 3 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Cortland Avenue

Start the Bernal Heights Film Crawl from one end of Cortland Avenue to the other for a roving cinema experience. Evening begins at Inclusions Gallery for Meet-the-Filmmakers reception and music at 6:30p. Films will be shown at multiple venues: Succulence/Four Star Video, the Bernal Branch …

Learn to Screen Print with Artist Hillary Williams | Mission District
Friday, September 3 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Artist X-Change Gallery

At September’s Artist-Xchange monthly art exhibit reception, Hilary Williams will be performing a demonstration in the printmaking technique of screen printing. The demonstrations will be taking place at 7:45pm and 8:45pm during the opening reception. She will be creating a small neighborhood …

Saturday, September 4

40th Annual Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
Saturday, September 4 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Downtown Millbrae

Huge crowds transform downtown Millbrae into the “Big Easy” with a Mardi Gras-style feast featuring two sun-splashed days of live music with headliners The Cheeseballs and Lovefool, a juried show with 250 professional artists and craftmakers showing their latest handcrafted wares, festive food and drink, …

The Nice Guy Trio + Strings | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Saturday, September 4 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens

Come see the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston’s “Waking Music” and …

SF Mime Troupe “Posibilidad” Closing Weekend | Dolores Park
Saturday, September 4 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Dolores Park
SF Mime Troupe “Posibilidad” Closing Weekend | Dolores Park

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe closes its 51st season with Posibilidad, or Death of the Worker. A small U.S. factory is shutting down. All of the workers are losing their jobs and the bosses mistakenly think that the workers have staged a sit-in …

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Fest | Top of the Hill Screening
Saturday, September 4 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Bernal Heights Park

Enjoy film and the stunning view from the top of the Hill in Bernal Heights Park. The gates will be open to pedestrians, joggers and our impromptu audience as Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema returns to set up on the northwest corner of Bernal Hill where …

“Skippin Town” Pub Rock at Pacific Coast Brewing Co. | Oakland
Saturday, September 4 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pacific Coast Brewing Co.

Spend Saturday night listening to pub rock at a brewery located in the historic district of downtown Oakland.  Live music (9p to 11p) from Skippin Town – a surprising, refreshing blend of driving rhythm, creative solos and edgy lyrics – good pub rock to drink …

Sunday, September 5

7th Annual Ethiopian New Year Festival | Berkeley
Sunday, September 5 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park

The 7th Annual Ethiopian New Year Festival known as “Enkutatash” includes traditional dishes, national costumes, poetry, music, children’s programs, Reggae Band Selamta, West African Highlife Band, Ethiopian Musicians Haileye Tadesse, Neway Afardew, and much more.
Sun, September 5, 2010
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. …

Golden Gate Park Band Concert: Tribute to Spain
Sunday, September 5 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple

Sunday, September 5th – the Golden Gate Park Band will pay tribute to Spanish music and dance with El Grupo de España.
Celebrating its 128th season, the Golden Gate Park Band has been gracing SF with free public concerts in the Park since 1882.  Concerts …

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Fest Closing Night | Precita Park
Sunday, September 5 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Precita Park

What’s Closing Night at Precita Park without live music and a special surprise? As always, the weekend ends on a high note with an outdoor party-picnic-street food buffet with all of our neighbors, friends and organizing partner.
Sunday, September 5, 6:30-9:30pm
Closing Night
Precita Park
Folsom Street at Precita …

Monday, September 6

Labor Day Concert in the Park: Golden Gate Park Band
Monday, September 6 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple
Labor Day Concert in the Park: Golden Gate Park Band

This week the Golden Gate Park Band, which normally plays Sundays in the park, perform a very special Labor Day concert on Monday, September 6th, saluting the American worker in music.
Celebrating its 128th season, the Golden Gate Park Band has been gracing SF with free …

Free Labor Day SF Mime Troupe Performance “Posibilidad” | Dolores Park
Monday, September 6 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Dolores Park
Free Labor Day SF Mime Troupe Performance “Posibilidad”  | Dolores Park

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe closes its 51st season with Posibilidad, or Death of the Worker. A small U.S. factory is shutting down. All of the workers are losing their jobs and the bosses mistakenly think that the workers have staged a sit-in …

Wednesday, September 8

Book Reading w. Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Oakland
Wednesday, September 8 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE* | The Uptown

Nick Zinner, supercool guitarist of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be playing his instrument along with pal Stacy Wakefield while their collaborator Zachary Lipez does a reading of a collection of essay called “Please Take Me Off The Guest List.”
Sounds pretty cool, right? As …

The Rumble: Indie Rock Concert Night | Upper Haight
Wednesday, September 8 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE* | Milk Bar

Future Sounds, Noise Pop and Owl Mag Present “Rumble 33″ – a free indie rock music night at Milk Bar in the Upper Haight. Live music from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Oona and Taxes.
Free with RSVP
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Taxes combine songs about loss, love and/or the lack thereof …

Friday, September 10

September 2010 Fillmore Art Walk | 60 Artists & 10 Bands
Friday, September 10 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Fillmore from Eddy to Post

The September 2010 Fillmore Art Walk is an evening of art, fashion, food and libation with over 60 artists and 10 bands in SF’s Fillmore District.
West Bay Conference Center 1290 Fillmore St.
Enjoy Works of 30 different artists, Live Music Performance and DJ. Enjoy Live …

Sunday, September 19

“Boy in the Bubble” Acoustic Concert | Yoshi’s SF
Sunday, September 19 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yoshi's Lounge

Boy in the Bubble plays acoustic as part of the Yoshi’s unplugged series in their cafe in SF.  Their new record is called “The King.”
“It’s an expansive album, in terms of both mood and texture…When Seidenfeld sings about love, he slurs and stretches out the …

Wednesday, September 22

Lindy in the Square: Swing Dance in Union Square
Wednesday, September 22 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square
Lindy in the Square: Swing Dance in Union Square

September 22nd is the final Lindy in the Square event for 2010. The Swing Dancers will turn back the clock and infect the Square with dance fever the fourth Wednesday of every month from May through September. Introductory dance lessons will be followed by an …

Saturday, September 25

“Tour de Fat” Bike & Beer Festival | Golden Gate Park
Saturday, September 25 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Lindley Meadow

Beer! Music! Insane bicycle contraptions! Who could ask for more?
Follow your biking folly to Lindley Meadow on Sat., Sept. 25th to find a field of tasty New Belgium beer and a full day of cycling fun. The day begins with a Bike Parade …

Sunday, September 26

Irish Music, Costumes, Singing & Dancing with the Golden Gate Park Band
Sunday, September 26 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple
Irish Music, Costumes, Singing & Dancing with the Golden Gate Park Band

The Golden Gate Park Band plays a sunday tribute to Robert Emmet Day with an afternoon of Irish music, costumes, dancing and singing in the the Music Concourse of Golden Gate Park
Celebrating its 128th season, the Golden Gate Park Band has been gracing SF with …

Tuesday, September 28

2010 Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest | Union Square
Tuesday, September 28 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square

Muni’s top seven bell ringing crewmen compete in the 48th Annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest on September 28, 2010.  The competition begins at noon in Union Square.  Expect demonstrations from retired former winners in addition to this years competition
Event Date Update: Please note …

Friday, October 1

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass | Golden Gate Park
Friday, October 1 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Golden Gate Park

October 1st through the 3rd marks the 2010 rendition of one of the largest (and free-est) music festivals in the country: San Francisco’s own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. This flurry of banjos (and many other instruments) will take place in Golden Gate Park and no tickets …