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Friday, April 5

First Friday Art Opening: Free Wine & Beer | Mission  FREE*
*Free with RSVP
Rotunda Dance Series: SF Ballet School | City Hall
Friday, April 5 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Trainees of the San Francisco Ballet School will perform in the Rotunda of the City Hall.
SF Giants’ Opening Day Game Watch: $2 Beer & Hot Dogs | SF
Friday, April 5 – 1:35 pm | Cost: FREE*
*No cover charge, but bring cash for dogs & beer
| Taverna Aventine
Come to Taverna Aventine this Friday, April 5, 2013, to watch the Giant’s home opener game vs. the Cardinals. Chow down on $2 hot dogs and $2 Harp drafts during the game. Starting at 1:35pm on three TVs with sound. Arrive early to get seating.

5:00 pmFriday Nights at OMCA: Night Market & Off the Grid | Oakland  $6*
*Half-price gallery admission for adults, ages 18 and under are free. Admission for Members is always free. Cash bar. Prices vary for Off the Grid food trucks.
5:00 pmSavor Meditation Practice | SF  FREE*
*Donations welcome.
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, April 5 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to attend, but bring some cash for food from food trucks.
| Fort Mason Center

🎉 Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason for 2025 – With a Massive Monthly Night Market + 110+ Vendors! After taking most of 2024 off, Off the Grid is making a huge comeback in 2025 —  The beloved Friday night tradition at Fort Mason ...

Friday Nights at the de Young: Make Drag, Not War | GG Park
Friday, April 5 – 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

The San Francisco Bay Guardian presents Make Drag, Not War featuring with a drag show on the main stage, plus veteran artists, Combat Paper, and Iraq Veterans Against the War. Special Panel Discussion: Susan Tonkin Riegel: Personal Letters Koret Auditorium 7pm Panel discussion with photo journalists Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson, ...Every Friday

5:00 pmMother Denim Fall Fashion Preview & Free Drinks | Hayes Valley  FREE
6:00 pmOdd Art Party: Strange Ray Guns & Upcycled Dreamcatchers | North Beach  FREE
Art Opening: “The EleFUNk Gallery” Tribute to NYC’s Historical FUN Gallery | Oakland
Friday, April 5 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Loakal Art Gallery & Boutique
The huge group show “The EleFUNk Gallery” opens on First Friday, April 5, 2013 from 6-10pm during Oakland Art Murmur, and the fun continues with special events through the month of April. DJs and many of the artists will be in attendance at the opening reception.
Back to the Roots Grand Opening: Free Johnny Walker Tasting, Food & DJ | Oakland
Friday, April 5 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP is required.
| Back to the Roots
Back to the Roots (the grow-your-own mushrooms folks) have moved into a gorgeous new space in the middle of the Oakland produce area in Jack London Square and they want to celebrate. Free, but RSVP is required. Join them on Friday, April 5, 2013 at their new space ...
6:30 pmFree Friday Chicken Wing Buffet & $3 Cocktails | Castro  FREE*
*Free chicken wing buffet from 6:30 to 8:30p - drink purchase may be required. While supplies last.
Uptown ArtPark Grand Opening | Oakland
Friday, April 5 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Uptown Art Park
Join Mayor Jean Quan on Friday, April 5, 2013 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm for the Grand Opening of the Uptown ArtPark, Oakland’s First Outdoor Sculpture Park. Come out to 19th and Telegraph and see the nine sculptural art pieces created by local artists, while enjoying art, ...
South First Fridays Art Walk | San Jose
Friday, April 5 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | SoFA District (San Jose)

Scheduled happenings for South First Friday on April 5, 2013 Anno Domini – 366 South First Street Artist’s Reception: Death Will Tear Us Apart – Mike Egan (Pittsburgh, PA) solo exhibition galleryTWO: Deciphering the Ash of Effigies – Joseph Loughborough (UK) solo exhibition Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery – 499 South Market ...Monthly

$5 Rom-Com Musical Night: Guys & Dolls | Berkeley
Friday, April 5 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*Pay-What-You-Can (at least $5) and RSVP is required.
| Julia Morgan Theatre
In Guys & Dolls, the slickest big-time gamblers, Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit, can’t resist making or taking a bet on anything, so when a beautiful missionary sets up shop in the neighborhood, Nathan stakes a grand that Sky can’t seduce her. RSVP is required for ...
San Francisco Bike Party #27: Beatniks & Bridges | First Friday
Friday, April 5 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Ferry Building

Wear your beret and join the San Francisco Bike Party on the road for a festival of Bay Lights celebrating the 55th anniversary of Beatnik culture. Betcha didn’t you know the term was coined here in San Francisco on April 2nd, 1958. They’ll be testing out your ...Monthly

SF Indie’s First Friday Roller Disco Party | Mission Dist.
Friday, April 5 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: $5*
*All proceeds benefit SF IndieFest, a 501c3 non profit arts organization.
| Women's Building

SF IndieFest presents a fun, monthly roller disco party, the last Friday of every month with skate rentals and groovy disco tunes courtesy of Black Rock Roller Disco. Costumes are encouraged and IndieFest not responsible for alcohol influenced roller skating wipe outs. SF Indie’s Roller Disco ...Monthly

SF Bulls 2013 Playoff Game Watch: Drink Specials & Prizes | SF
Friday, April 5 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to attend, but bring some cash for drinks
| Park 77 Bar

The San Francisco Bulls Professional Hockey Team, affiliate of the San Jose Sharks, have made the 2013 Kelly Cup Playoffs in their very first year of existence. Join fellow Bulls fans at Park 77 Bar – the official host of SF Bulls road game watch parties ...

8:00 pmFirst Friday Art Show: Cafe Racers’ “Never Fast Enough” | Lower Haight  FREE
SF Beer Olympics: Drinking Games & $2 Beers | North Beach
Friday, April 5 – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP on Facebook and your first beer is $1.
| Horizon

Meet and compete against locals, travelers, couch surfers, au pairs, and hostelers. Games are free to play (including flip cup, beer pong and relays) and many weeks they have themed events for holidays, or just because. Get 6 drink coupons for $1 each. Use coupons ...Every Friday

Win Tix: Bayonics: 11-Piece Hip-Hop Jazz | Great American Music Hall
Friday, April 5 – 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $15. All ages.
| Great American Music Hall
Bayonics are an 11-piece powerhouse from San Francisco’s Mission District that defines today’s Bay Area experience. Fusing the musical genres of hip-hop, Latin music, funk and reggae with elements of rock and jazz, they continuously expand to match the evolving cultural landscape. My Peoples, Sean Tabor and Shawn Megofna ...
First Friday Concert: Punk Rockers “The Mallard” | Oakland
Friday, April 5 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Uptown Nightclub
Band Lineup: April 5, 2013 The Mallard “The Mallard are from San Francisco… Their stage presences has been called “arrogant,” and “startling.” The songs harness the naked abandon of late 70’s punk but inject the form with a deranged spirit all their own.” – Sound on the ...
9:30 pmFree Comedy & DJ Party: Brendan Lynch Headlines | SF  FREE
10:30 pmF!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy | SF  FREE
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