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Lunchtime Rooftop Garden Concert: Chamber Pop | Oakland
Friday, September 6 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Kaiser Center
Guitar and violin duo Laura and Anton (formerly The Foxtails Brigade) present an ornate kind of chamber pop.
Intricate violin arrangements, performed by East Bay musical powerhouse Anton Patzner, are anchored by Laura Weinbach’s intricately played classical guitar and pitch perfect vocals. But underneath the simple melodies lie ...
SF Giants Brandon Belt Meet & Greet | Embarcadero
Friday, September 6 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Melt (Embarcadero)
Meet the San Francisco Giants first baseman, #9 Brandon Belt, and get a free limited edition signed photo at The Melt grilled cheese shop at the Embarcadero Center from 1-2 pm on Friday, September 6, 2013.
Why is Brandon Belt at The Melt? Because they have a ...
Stop-Motion Animation Festival | Great Wall of Oakland
Friday, September 6 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Great Wall of Oakland
Have you ever wanted to see your work on the 100′ urban canvas that is the Great Wall of Oakland?
Stop-Motion Animation Film Festival
Friday, September 6, 2013
– Free film making classes | 4-7 pm
– Screening at 8 pm
The Great Wall of Oakland, W.Grand and Valley, Oakland
FREE
On ...
Unbuilt SF Exhibit Opening & Block Party: Art, Music & Performance | SoMa
Join the California Historical Society (CHS) and SPUR for the Unbuilt San Francisco: The View from Futures Past exhibition opening celebration with music, performance, and art in Annie Alley, a side street turned temporary pedestrian plaza.
Free, but an RSVP is required and a $5 donation ...
Friday Nights at the de Young: Venezuelan Jazz & Patagonia Talk | Golden Gate Park
Friday, September 6, 2013 Highlights
6-8:45 pm: “Patterns,” by Artist-in-Residence Jenny E. Balisle (Kimball Education Gallery)
Artist Jenny E. Balisle invites visitors to engage in an exploration of pattern through the de Young’s artwork, architecture, and park setting. Balisle’s practice incorporates work in three separate media: abstract ...Every Friday
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
🎉 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 ...
Seafood Party: Free Bites & Sea Songs | SF
Join Sea Forager Seafood for their launch party featuring free fishy bites, cold beer (for purchase), sea songs by the Fishwives, and an informative and entertaining exposition on seasonal sustainable fishes.
Kirk Lombard, fisherman, educator, entertainer and founder of Seaforager Tours now offers delicious seafood that you can feel ...
Free Movie-Inspired Food Truck Grub | SoMa StrEat Food
The weather forecast says it may be cloudy with a chance of meatballs today.
In honor of the upcoming movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, a foodimobile will be parked at SoMa StrEat Food Park today dishing out free food inspired by the flick.
Enjoy ...
Jack’s Night Market: Art, Crafts & Performance | Oakland
Friday, September 6 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
> EVENT UPDATE: This event is no longer taking place. Enjoy a captivating evening of merriment and verve—with an eclectic mix of local makers, music, tasty eats, eccentric fun and an exciting array of quirky entertainment and surprises at Jack’s Night Market. Jack’s Night Market ...
First Fridays Art Crawl | North Beach
Friday, September 6 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | North Beach
On the first Friday of every month, over a dozen North Beach galleries, museums, bars, and restaurants stay open late for a self-guided First Fridays Art Crawl with special events to showcase the ever-growing collections of art and entertainment that diversify North Beach. First Fridays Art Crawl ...Monthly
First Friday Follies: Burlesque & Creepy Puppet Show | Oakland
As Oakland Art Murmur winds down on your Friday night, find your way to the Stork Club on 23rd and Telegraph around 9 pm for the perfectly strange after-party, The First Friday Follies burlesque show, a monthly free event featuring dancing girls, sometimes a creepy little ...Monthly
Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, September 6 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Broadway/Telegraph
Over 30 Oakland Art Murmur affiliate venues have coordinated openings on the first Friday of every month. Oakland Art Murmur presents a free monthly evening art walk, known as the ‘Art Murmur.” Every first Friday of the month, affiliate venues are open to the public from 6-9 ...Monthly
South First Fridays Art Walk, Live Music & Street MRKT | San Jose
Friday, September 6 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | SoFA District (San Jose)
Besides a new lineup of art openings, performances and workshops, South First Fridays presents Street MRKT, a nighttime DIY urban faire during the art walk that brings together local artists, creative indie retailers and a live music stage with performances by Curious Quail, Light Thieves, Sunrunners ...Monthly
San Francisco Bike Party: Fleet Week Ride | Cupid’s Span
Friday, September 6 – 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Cupid's Span
Join SF Bike Party on Friday, September 6, 2013, for an evening of Bombers and Bombshells, Aircraft Carriers, and Navy Seals.
The sequester may have canceled the Blue Angels, but you can still ride bikes in formation.
Meeting Location: Cupid’s Span in Rincon Park on the Embarcadero
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Every Friday
Free Bad-Ass Morning Workout: Conquer SF’s Hills | Every Friday
Every Friday – 6:30 am |
Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco
Every Friday morning at 6:30 am, gather at a different San Francisco hill for a free badass workout and a chance to meet fellow fitness enthusiasts in your city.
The hills change each week (it might be Alamo Square, Moraga Steps, Twin Peaks, Lombard…), but expect ...
CANCELLED: Friday Farmers Market & Bazaar | UN Plaza
Every Friday – All Day |
Cost: FREE | UN Plaza
UPDATE: Due to Coronavirus concerns, this event has been cancelled temporarily.
Every Friday from 7am to 4pm, UN Plaza will feature the best of San Francisco. Grab fresh fruits and veggies, buy gifts from local vendors, and grab lunch at delicious food stalls representing cuisine from ...
Free “Oysters on the Half Shell” Fridays | El Rio
El Rio, a neighborhood dive in the deep Mission, gives away free Oysters on the half shell from local folks in Tomales Bay, every Friday at 5:30 pm. Arrive on time, they go fast.
And get your drink on with happy hour on Friday from 5-8 pm ...
Big Mood Comedy: Free Stand-Up Comedy Show | Oakland
Every Friday – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Legionnaire Saloon
Big Mood Comedy is an intimate standup comedy show featuring the best local and touring comics every Friday upstairs at Oakland’s very own Legionnaire Saloon.
Hosted by Hayley Beacon, Jordan Thewlis, and Jeff Dean. Free cookies.
Please note that from February 7th, the shows happens every Friday ...
“HellaFunny Fridays” Stand-Up Comedy Showcase | SoMa
San Francisco has one of the best underground comedy scenes in America. Come check out some of the Bay’s best rising comics at HellaFunny’s weekly stand-up comedy show “HellaFunny Fridays.”
HellaFunny Fridays
Every Friday at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Trademark and Copyright, 1123 Folsom Stree (and 7th St.), SF
FREE ...
Free Burlesque: Hunny Bunny & Her Hot Toddies | Skylark Bar
Every Friday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Skylark Bar
Join Hunny Bunny and Her Hot Toddies for Mischief at the Skylark Bar every Friday at 8 pm.
Free Burlesque: Hunny Bunny & Her Hot Toddies Every Friday | 8 pm Skylark Bar, 3089 16th St, SF, CA FREE
Enjoy drinks, dancing, DJs and more at this free ...
Pamtastic’s Comedy Clubhouse | Mutiny Radio
Every Friday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 am |
Cost: $10 | Mutiny Radio
Pamtastic’s Comedy Clubhouse on Mutiny Radio is a free comedy show every Friday from 8-11 pm at Mutiny Radio on the corner of 21st and Florida in the deep Mission District.
Pamtastic’s Comedy Clubhouse
Every Friday | 8-10 pm
Mutiny Radio, 2781 21st Street, SF, CA
$10
Over 25 of San ...
“Best of SF” Stand-Up Comedy Night | SF
Check out a fresh line-up of SF’s comics every Friday at 8 pm at the beautiful Variety Preview Theater in downtown SF’s iconic Hobart Building.
Funcheap Deal: Get tickets for $5 with promo code FUNCHEAP. Otherwise, tickets are $15.
Located in the iconic Hobart Building, right next ...
Jazz at The Atlas Cafe | SF
Jazz at The Atlas is a weekly jazz residency with five rotating jazz bands. Music is always free, though tipping is encouraged.
Closed for Thanksgiving holiday.
Updated 1/20/2020 – Event info last checked via website.
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it’s a comedy show that features established comedians from around the ...
Friday Night Outdoor Roller Skate DJ Party: “Midnight Rollers” | SF
Every Friday – 8:45 pm - Ends at 12:00 am |
Cost: FREE | Ferry Building
Strap on your skates and roller disco around the city at the Midnight Rollers Friday Night Skate party.
This weekly skate (as long as it’s not raining or during Burning Man) hits up San Francisco’s main attractions, all while blasting their own beats from two jogging strollers ...
SF Beer Olympics: Beer Pong, Flip Cup & $2 Beers | North Beach
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 before ...
“Comedy Soup”: Music, Comedy, Free Wine & Popcorn | Oakland
Comedy Soup is Oakland’s very own little Stand-Up house show that features top local and touring comics, complimentary Wine and popcorn and musical guests from a variety of styles.
Past guests have appeared on Comedy Central, Netflix, Viceland, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Conan, Colbert & Corden.
In November ...
“The Function” SF’s Newest Hip-Hop Dance Party | Milk Bar
Come party at Milk Bar located in the heart of the Haight for a early 2000s hip-hop and R&B club bangers.
DJ Beats Me plays everything from Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Lil Jon, Mac Dre, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, Notorious B.I.G., Rihanna, SOB X RBE, Usher, Robin ...
F!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy | SF
EndGames Improv is bringing something new to the genre, what could turn out to be a very hot affair (in that release of tension, funny kind of way) with “Your F!#&ed Up Relationship.”
“YFUR” is an entirely improvised comedy show inspired by stories of your own ...
