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Thursday, August 4

Chronicle Books Warehouse Sale | 65% Off
Thursday, August 4 – All Day | Cost: 65% Off | Chronicle Books HQ
Get bargains on everything from biographies to sci-fi fantasy at Chronicle Books’ Summer Warehouse Sale from Thursday, August 4 till Saturday, August 6. Head on down to this local independent publisher, known for its wide array of award-winning books, to take advantage of the hundreds of ...
11:00 amWatch A Motorcycle Get Hand-Built From Scratch | SF  FREE
Virgin America’s $49 Fares: 1-Day Sale | SFO Today is the last day to score an amazing deal on airfare from SFO for travel over the next few months, including a $49 one-way ticket to either LA or Las Vegas with 7-day advance purchase. Travel is good through November 16th, but your tickets ...

Ethereal Steel Drum Lunchtime Concert | SF
Thursday, August 4 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Laura Inserra is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background. She will perform a solo concert on the hang, a resonating percussion instrument related to the steel drum. In the Bernese language ‘hang’ means ‘hand’ and the hang is made, tuned ...
5:00 pmFree Dredg Concert In The Park | San Jose  FREE
Bud E. Luv: Cheesy Vegas Lounge Act Concert | San Mateo
Thursday, August 4 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Central Park (San Mateo)
Allow me to share with you the secret that’s made the fabulous Bud E. Luv Orchestra a fabulous reality. It’s a single word that begins with T. The word is Talent. More than diamonds, talent is forever. With tongue placed firmly in cheek, Mr. Luv ...
6:00 pmStanford Summer Jazz Series: Forró Brazuca  FREE
6:00 pmIntro to Rock Climbing | Polk St.  FREE
6:00 pm“North Beach Nights” Happy Hour Crawl | SF  FREE
Rock Climbing “Nightlife” | California Academy of Sciences
Thursday, August 4 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $12 | California Academy of Sciences
“On the Rocks NightLife” – Celebrate crags, cracks, and cams. Scale a rock climbing wall from Climb On, meet the crew from Planet Granite. Music by Nu Funk Boutique. The cocktails – on the rocks, of course. NightLife Special discounted evening admission to the California ...
Craft Bar with Etsy Labs & $1 Beers | SoMA
Thursday, August 4 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 if you bring your own wool roving, otherwise $10
| Museum of Craft and Design
Create something wonderfully wooly at tonight’s Etsy Labs Craft Bar  from 6-8p at the Museum of Craft & Folk Art. Jackie Huang, the artist behind the cute and cuddly critters  from Woolbuddy, will be teaching participants how to make wooly owls using wool roving, which the raw, ...
6:00 pmParis Portraits: Stories of Picasso, Matisse & Gertrude Stein | SF  FREE
Free Burlesque Class | Good Vibrations
Thursday, August 4 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Good Vibrations (Oakland)
Shimmy, shake or bump at a burlesque basics workshop at Good Vibration’s Polk Street store on Thursday, August 4. For both the flirty Frasier-enthusiasts to sexy singles looking to spice things up, learn about the power of eye contact, choose your burlesque alter ego and practice ...
7:00 pm“Comedy & Cocktails” Free Comedy Night | North Beach  FREE*
*Two item minimum (either drinks or food)
Elixir’s Cocktail Club: Leblon Cachaca Tasting | Mission Dist.
Thursday, August 4 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Elixir
One of the oldest bars in San Francisco, the Mission District’s Elixir aims to keep you discovering new cocktails to enjoy by hosting a weekly “cocktail club” with a free educational guided tasting and the chance to learn about all the spirits that go into ...
8:00 pmWaterfront Flicks: Ratatouille | Jack London Square  FREE

Every Thursday

“Level Up Thursdays”: Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE | Raven Bar
"Level Up Thursdays": Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday night, Raven Bar & Lounge hosts a free dance party with DJ Mark Andrus who will play your favorite throwback jams. Drink Specials All Night $10 Mixed Cocktails $6 Beer $6 Seltzer Video DJ Mark Andrus Level Up Thursday: Every Thursday at 9 pm Raven Bar & Lounge, 1151 Folsom St., SF FREE Updated ...
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