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Friday, September 30

All DayFree Frozen Fridays | AMC Movie Theatres  FREE*
*FREE
Speakeasy Saloon: Live Music & Fresh $3 Beers | SF
Friday, September 30 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Speakeasy Brewery
Interesting in drinking perhaps the freshest pint in San Francisco? Drink from the source at after work on Friday at September’s Speakeasy Saloon at the actual Speakeasy Brewery. Live acoustic & alternative folk music from We Arsons (6p) and Black Cobra Vipers (7p) while getting $3 pints ...
5:00 pmWin Tix: Oktoberfest By The Bay 2011  $15*
*Normally $25, use discount code FUNCHEAP for $15 tix if purchased by September 10th. Tickets or for festival admission. Food & Drink extra.
Making Campsites Into Works of Art | North Beach
Friday, September 30 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| Make Hang Gallery
Make Camp Workshop Pitching a tent under gallery lighting beats pitching it in the dark any day. Make Hang Gallery will be instructing artists how to create gold leaf campfire logs, build a silken shelter and to hang these creations around the gallery. Experience the ...

Fiesta Friday Nights at de Young | GG Park
Friday, September 30 – 6:00 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 offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, talks and more. On September 30th listen to Live music by Los Compas, attend a lecture on “Women Artists in the Time of Picasso, attend an Artist Fellows ...
Banned Book Swap | Mission Dist.
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Wine available for purchase
| Heart
Whether you prefer “Lolita” or “Lord of the Rings,” support intellectual freedom and some incendiary literature at a banned book swap on Friday, September 30. A part of Banned by the Bay, a celebration of Banned Books Week from September 24-October 1, swap your “questionable content” ...
Robot Revolution Night | North Beach
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but RSVP required at swissnex.com
| Swissnex
In conjunction with the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), swissnex San Francisco brings you an evening of some of the hottest robotic spin-offs and inventions bubbling up from university labs. Hear from the hottest companies and researchers and interact with a ...
Berlin-Style Ping Pong Party | The Secret Alley
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $2*
*$2-$5 sliding scale
| The Secret Alley
Bring your paddle and fierce backhand for a night of Berlin-style ping pong at the Secret Alley at “American Tripps” on Friday, September 30th. But don’t expect your typical one-on-one matches, as this European version of table tennis involves multiple players moving around the table crazy ...
7:00 pmComic Book Launch Party | Berkeley  FREE
Go Van Gogh Live Set: Open Studios Preview | Mission
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | WorkSpace Limited
Celebrate the opening of San Francisco’s Mission District Fall Open Studios with a kickoff event at WorkSpace Limited on Friday,ᅠSeptember 30, featuring live music by popular local band Go Van Gogh. Visit more than 22 artists in their studios, and see the gallery exhibit ...
Chicken John’s Fail-A-Palooza Art Celebration | 111 Minna
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| 111 Minna Gallery
Like a prom night ripped filled out of Stephen King’s Carrie, 111 Minna will host an opening reception for famous blogger Chicken John Rinaldi’s The Book of the IS. The concept of his first released book pertains to rejecting all concepts. Random, quirky and brutal ...
Hayes Valley Parklet Party w/ Free Ice Cream
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Mercury Cafe
Hayes Valley’s first community parklet is being built in front of Mercury and Straw Restaurant on Octavia, so they’re having a party. The planned parklet will be built where there are now two parking spaces and will include a bench, tables, chairs, planters, and a ...
Win Tix: Berlin-Style Ping Pong Party | Mission Dist.
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $2*
*$2-5 Sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. - 21+
| The Secret Alley
Bring your fierce backhand for a night of crazy Berlin-style ping pong at the Mission’s Secret Alley called “American Tripps.” DJ sets will also help set the pace at this special gathering in the magical private art space, the Secret Alley. Games start with about 20 ...
7:00 pmCyclocross Art Show & Storytelling Night | SF  FREE
Chicken John’s Crazy Block Party Extravaganza | SoMa
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| Minna Street
To celebrate the launch of his brand new book, Chicken John is not only hosting a book launch party at 111 Minna, but he’s actually closed down the entire block for a big late-night street party with over 130 pranksters, musicians, artists and strange & wonderful ...
9:00 pmWin Tix: Super Bluegrass Weekend | Inner Richmond  $10*
*$10-15 Sliding scale - 21+
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