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Events for August 23, 2013

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Friday, August 23

12:00 pmLunchtime Rooftop Garden Concert: Urban Pop | Oakland  FREE
ABSOLUT Daytime DJ Dance Party: Free Lunch + Free Drink w/ DJ Nickodemus | SF
Friday, August 23 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but RSVP required. 21+
| Secret Location (SF)
On August 23, 2013, NYC DJ legend Nickodemus brings his globally influenced beats to a secret location in SoMa (close to the Financial Dist. and BART)  for just one hour to spin a free lunchtime dance party with ABSOLUT and Flavorpill. You’ll get a complimentary cocktail and a free ...
4:00 pmAlisha’s Free Home Cookin’ Fridays | The Riptide  FREE*
*Food is free while it lasts, and you should be buying drinks to avoid looking like a freeloader.
4:40 pmFashion Studio Happy Hour: Shopping & Free Drinks | SoMa  FREE
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, August 23 – 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 ...

SF Giants’ Free Polynesian Mini-Festival | AT&T Park
Friday, August 23 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free pre-game festival admission outside the stadium, game tickets are extra.
| Oracle Park
Come celebrate with the Giants outside AT&T Park for their 2013 Polynesian Heritage Celebration, which takes place a few hours before the Giants play the Pirates on Friday, August 23, 2013. This free outdoor pre-game mini-festival (yes, it’s open to the public)  is held in Seals Plaza and Lefty O’Doul ...
5:00 pmFeature Fridays: Pop Rock & Funky Latin Jazz | Emeryville  FREE
5:00 pmBeats & Eats: Quinn Deveaux Blues & Slider Shack | SoMa  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring money for wine and food.
Friday Nights at the de Young: Art Reception & Brazilian Jazz | Golden Gate Park
Friday, August 23 – 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

Celebrate the art of mapping and aerial viewpoints through music, a special lecture, artist demonstrations, and art-making. 6-8:30 pm: Artist Demonstration with Carlo Abruzzese (Piazzoni Murals Room) Mapping Cultural Landscapes: Reinterpreting Demographics in the Bay Area. Carlo Abruzzese’s new work integrates the disparate worlds of fine art and ...Every Friday

5:00 pmFriday Nights at OMCA: Off the Grid, DJs & Dance Lessons | 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.
5:30 pmBites Off Broadway: Friday Night Food Truck Block Party & Picnic | Oakland  FREE*
*Bring cash for food.
5:30 pmFree “Oysters on the Half Shell” Fridays | El Rio  FREE*
*Free, but arrive early. And be prepared for dirty looks, if you just come for free oysters and don't buy any drinks.
6:00 pmMusic on the Square: Journey Tribute | Redwood City  FREE
6:00 pmHappy Hour & Local Author Readings: Free Beer, Wine & Food | SF  FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
6:00 pmSavor Meditation Practice | SF  FREE*
*Donations welcome.
6:00 pmFourth Fridays Art Walk | Inner Sunset  FREE
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.
6:30 pmThe Village Art Walk: Live Painting, Music & Movies | San Jose  FREE
Eddie Money: ’70s & ’80s Legend Free Beach Concert | Santa Cruz
Friday, August 23 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Eddie Money had tons of blue collar rock hits in the ’70s and ’80s Baby Hold On, and Two Tickets to Paradise in the ’70s followed by, Think I’m in Love, Shakin, Take Me Home Tonight, and I Wanna Go Back.
Quiet Lightning Reading Performance Series | North Beach
Friday, August 23 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*Suggested donation to support the venue. Nobody turned away for lack of funds
| The Emerald Tablet

The Emerald Tablet in North Beach hosts a homegrown reading performance series, Under the Influence, co-created and hosted with Quiet Lightning‘s Evan Karp. Four artists read works by some of their major influences, followed by original work performances created for the show that channels that ...

No Age: Experimental Punk & Country Psych Concert | Berkeley
Friday, August 23 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: $7*
*$7 general admission; free for BAM/PFA members and UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff
| Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive
Rock with experimental punk group No Age, country psych band Devin Gary and Ross (with artist/designer Gary Panter), and feel-good trio Sun Foot at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, BAM/PFA’s L@TE: Friday Nights music/art fest. Browse an in-gallery sidewalk art fair featuring collaborative prints made by ...
7:30 pmRed Hots $5 Friday Night Burlesque Show | Mission Dist.  $5*
*$5-10 sliding scale
7:30 pmRed Hots Burlesque Show | Mission Dist.  $5*
*$5-10 sliding scale
Summer Cinema & Food Trucks: “Brave” | Temescal
Friday, August 23 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Food available for purchase.
| Studio One Art Center
Brave is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her ...
Singin’ & Pingin’: Berlin-Style Ping Pong & Dance Karaoke | SF
Friday, August 23 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 am | Cost: $6*
*$6 before 9 pm, $8 after
| Verdi Club
Singin’ & Pingin’ is American Tripps’ official holiday party with DJ Purple, an award-winning performer whose dance karaoke parties are the stuff of legend. They’ll have dance karaoke on the big main stage and two ping pong tables out on the dance floor under the disco ball. Arrive early – We’re told ...
Guerillaz in Da Mix 2: Mobile Dance Party | San Jose
Friday, August 23 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE | St. James Park (San Jose)
Do you love to dance? Do you ride a bike? If so, you’re in the right place. Guerillaz in Da Mixx (GiDM), is a mobile bicycle dance party that utilizes the element of surprise and extraordinary mobility to bring the beats to San Jose on August 23, 2013. DJ Pablo will be your ...
Win Tix: $5 Classic Movie Night: “North by Northwest” | Paramount Theatre
Friday, August 23 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $5
| Paramount Theatre
A sleekly handsome Cary Grant is the hapless advertising executive Roger Thornhill, criss-crossing the country on the run from a mysterious cabal of spies. He encounters some of Alfred Hitchcock’s great iconic set pieces including the famous crop duster scene, and one of cinema’s greatest climaxes – ...
8:30 pm“Club 2 Step” Outdoor Dance Party | Oakland  FREE
8:30 pmPicnic Flix: “Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3” | Dublin  FREE
8:30 pmSummer Outdoor Movie: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” | San Ramon  FREE
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