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Thursday, August 9

Jazz & James Bond: The Concert | SoMa
Thursday, August 9 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)
Internationally renowned jazz drummer Akira Tana brings his group, The Secret Agent Men, to Yerba Buena Gardens. This hard driving Hammond B3 groove- oriented band will perform selections from the Sons of Sound releases Secret Agent Men and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Both feature well-known ...
3:30 pmOrigami Workshop: Fold a Lotus Flower | SF  FREE
SoMa “Bad Art” Gallery: DJs & Art for $20 or Less | SF
Thursday, August 9 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free entry, but there may be a cost for beverages, so bring some cash.
| Satellite 66 Gallery
SF IndieFest presents the August SoMa B.A.G. show including the latest work by B.A.G. Featured Artist Vincent Kukua whose drawings and comics are definitely not Bad Art. He will be hanging a series of paintings however…. Good or Bad? Come check em out and let ...

6:00 pm“My Fair Lady” Thirsty Theater Thursday: $1 Drinks & $1 Pizza | SF  $15*
*$15 discounted tickets to the performance of My Fair Lady. Regularly $40.
6:00 pmVietnamese Identity & Literature Discussion | SF  FREE*
*Free with RSVP on Eventbrite
SFJazz Summerfest: Mads Tolling Quartet | Stanford
Thursday, August 9 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Stanford Shopping Center
Local music fans are gearing up for warm weather and smooth sounds with the arrival of SFJazz Summerfest at the Stanford Shopping Center. Mads Tolling Quartet – August 9 Mads Tolling is an internationally renowned violinist, composer and member of the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet. Formed in 2007, ...
SFJazz Summerfest: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers | Union Square
Thursday, August 9 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square Park
Local music fans are gearing up for warm weather and smooth sounds with the arrival of SFJazz Summerfest in Union Square. Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – August 9 Led by the magnetic vocalist and guitarist Quinn DeVeaux, the Blue Beat Review distills the blues, gospel, ...
Outside Lands NightLife | California Academy of Sciences
Thursday, August 9 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $12 | California Academy of Sciences
Advance ticket for “Outside Lands NightLife” (8/9/2012) are now sold out. There will be no tickets available for sale at the door. This week, newly acclaimed folkie pop band Of Monsters and Men hits the stage at NightLife. After stomping out their competition at Músiktilraunir, a ...
Cumbia Tokeson: Psychedelic Guitar & Dance Lessons | SoMa
Thursday, August 9 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)
Cumbia Tokeson fuses chicha (Amazonian psychedelic guitar cumbia popular in the ‘60s and ’70s) with accordion-driven melodies and hard grooves of Colombian cumbia, adding in reggae, funk, and punk. Definitely sweat-inducing dance music. Come early for free cumbia dance lessons. Check out the entire 2012 Season of ...
SF Naturalist Society: History of the San Francisco Bay | SF
Thursday, August 9 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Randall Museum
The sparkle of San Francisco Bay is a familiar sight. Its waters are a nursery for fish, a highway for oil tankers, and the backdrop to more than 7 million human lives. Ariel Rubissow Okamoto and Kathleen M. Wong discuss the natural and human forces ...
Floating Films 2012: “Master & Commander” Aboard an Historic Ship | SF
Thursday, August 9 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 - $15 donation at door. RSVP guarantees your seat.
| SF Maritime National Historical Park
Board the historic, three-masted schooner Balclutha to experience maritime films right on the water.  August 9, 2012 – Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain (Russell Crowe) pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit ...
Waterfront Flicks: Outdoor Film Night “Moneyball” | Jack London Square
Thursday, August 9 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
Attend a free summer outdoor film screening under the stars and close to the water as part of Jack London Square’s “Waterfront Flicks” Thursday night series. Movies start at dusk, but arrive early for trivia and prizes. August 9th screening is Moneyball Waterfront Flicks 2012 Free outdoor movie ...
Win Tix: Final Week | Sweeney Todd: The Musical
Thursday, August 9 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular price, $30
| Eureka Theatre
Ray of Light Theater, our favorite local theater troupe in SF, is tackling the demon barber of Fleet Street with their production of “Sweeney Todd.” The musical, which runs ends its four-week run this weekend at The Eureka Theatre in the Financial District and features Music and ...
Win Tix: The Lee Boys: Funky Jazzy Sacred Steel | SF
Thursday, August 9 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $10
| Brick & Mortar Music Hall
The Lee Boys are one of America’s finest African-American sacred steel ensembles. “Sacred steel” is a type of music described as an inspired, unique form of Gospel music with a hard-driving, blues-based beat. The musical genre is rooted in Gospel, but infused with rhythm and ...
8:30 pmFree Downstairs Comedy Show | SF  FREE
Free Yoshi’s Jazz Night: Jesse Levit Trio | Oakland
Thursday, August 9 – 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Yoshi's Jazz Club (Oakland)
Straight-ahead jazz from an up and coming lion and his trio. Jesse Levit started playing the saxophone and piano at the age of seven. By the time he was sixteen, he was playing gigs around the Bay Area and had recorded on two CDs, Oaktown Jazz ...

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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