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Thursday, September 11

12:00 pmLunchtime Concert Series | Palo Alto  FREE
12:30 pmThe Gonifs: Klezmer With A Twist | Yerba Buena Gardens  FREE
2014 Downtown Berkeley MusicFest Kick-Off: Brass Band & Latin | East Bay
Thursday, September 11 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:45 pm | Cost: FREE | Downtown Berkeley BART
East Bay Brass Band – 5-6:10 pm East Bay Brass Band is a SF Bay Area, New Orleans-style brass band that specializes in mash-ups of popular artists from Jelly Roll Morton to AC/DC to Raymond Scott to Paula Abdul to Shostakovich to R.E.M. They also do ...
Burner Bus StrEat Bazaar | SoMa StrEat Food Park
Thursday, September 11 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Bring cash for food, drinks & shopping
| Monarch Gardens

Decompress from the burn at this week’s StrEat Bazaar featuring the Jolly Dodger radically inclusive tricked out school bus. SoMa StrEat Food Park and Funcheap are putting on a Thursday Night Market called “StrEat Bazaar.” The focus is mostly craft food vendors, special pop-up restaurants, food ...Every Thursday

5:00 pm$5 Thursday Night: Erotic Imagery Talk | Asian Art Museum  $5*
*$5 for admission after 5 pm; admission to special galleries may be extra.
Should Caltrain Kill 75% of Its Diesel Fleet and Go Electric? | SF
Thursday, September 11 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:15 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Caltrain Station
Caltrain is asking the public to provide feedback and input on design details of its future fleet of Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains. By electrifying the system, Caltrain will operate quieter, cleaner, and more efficient train service to more riders. The EMU trains will replace approximately ...
’90s DJ Party, Open Bar & Free Food: Score Bar 1 year Anniversary | North Beach
Thursday, September 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE | Score Bar
Come out and help celebrate the one year anniversary of Score Bar in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood from 6 pm to 2 pm on September 11, 2014. There will be an open bar from 6-7 pm, free food at 6 pm (so get there early), ...
NightLife Live: Forests | California Academy of Sciences
Thursday, September 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $12*
*$12 general, $10 for museum members - 21+
| California Academy of Sciences
Live performances by Kelley Stoltz and Mystic Braves; DJ sets by Britt Govea and Midnight Artist; art exhibited by Karen Cusolito. Music presented by folkYEAH. Lush canopies of sound envelope NightLife this week as they look to the trees for inspiration—from deeply-grown roots to treetops teeming ...
Chill Garage Pop Concert: GRMLN | Amoeba SF
Thursday, September 11 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
The noise pop project of Yoodoo Park, GRMLN incorporates the sunny, easygoing feel of his Southern Californian upbringing with nostalgia for his Japanese roots (he was born in Kyoto and returns to Japan each summer). GRMLN celebrates their second full-length release, Soon Away (out September 16th ...
“The Art of Giving”: Art Show, Free Wine & Food | SoMa
Thursday, September 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Arc Studios & Gallery
If you enjoy local art work with a unique sensibility, come out to this special benefit evening of “FourSquared,” a collection curated for art enthusiasts with a strong abiding interest in local, affordable art.  Created by some of the most talented Bay Area artists, these 16 ...
Icelandic Food & Drink Tasting w/ Chef Gunnar Gíslason | Omnivore Books
Thursday, September 11 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Omnivore Books on Food
Join Gunnar Gíslason & Jody Eddy as they present their latest, North: The New Nordic Cuisine of Iceland from 6:30-7:30 pm. The event is free and they’ll be dishing out snacks, birch liqueur and schnapps from the book. Perhaps no Icelandic restaurant is as well-loved and critically lauded ...
6:40 pmThe Buzzed Bee: Tipsy Spelling Party | Berkeley  FREE*
*Free to Attend; $10 to compete in spelling bee
Outdoor “21st Century” Tango Dance Party | McCoppin Plaza
Thursday, September 11 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | McCoppin Plaza
SF Switch Tango provides a night of tango 21st century-style: everyone both leads and follows, with DJ’d tango music that is an inspiring mix of classic, contemporary, and electronica. The event takes place on a wood dancefloor. 7pm Lesson –  taught gender-neutral by SF Switch Tango’s Ali ...
7:00 pmExperimental Urban Design Talk: Robotics & Public Space | SF  FREE
7:00 pmCup ‘o Comedy with Danny Dechi | SF  FREE
Free Movie Night: Satirical Western “Blazing Saddles” | Orinda Theatre
Thursday, September 11 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Orinda Theatre

Blazing Saddles is a 1974 satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Monthly

Oakland Capture the Flag: 9/11 Memorial Edition | City Hall
Thursday, September 11 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but bring cash if you want to get drinks after.
| Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland Capture the Flag is back for a new season. Bring your friends, get to know the members of your community, and then run after them trying to tag them. Yelling encouraged. Oakland CTF Schedule 7:30 pm – Gather, rules, teams (please be on time) 8-10 pm – ...
8:30 pmWin Tix: Ferocious Few: Soul Shaking Roots & Rock ‘n Roll | SF  WIN*
*Win a pair of tickets. Regular cost, $14
8:45 pmMovies on the Square | Redwood City  FREE

Every Thursday

Trivia Thursday: Pub Quiz in a Movie Theater | The New Parkway
Trivia Thursday: Pub Quiz in a Movie Theater | The New Parkway
Thursday Night at The New Parkway is Trivia Night.   This is a chance for you and your friends to compete and win prizes (like free beer and movie passes) if you can answer questions correctly about a range of topics that often include movie history, famous ...
Free Live Salsa & Jazz Music From Local Artists | SF
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Cigar Bar & Grill
Free Live Salsa & Jazz Music From Local Artists | SF
Join them every Wednesday & Thursday evening for a free Salsa and Jazz show by local Bay Area musicians. Shows start at 8 pm. Enjoy great food, drinks & live music night. For complete line-up and more information please visit their Facebook page. Free Live Salsa & Jazz ...
Haight Ashbury Comedy Night | Milk Bar
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Use promo code HELLAFUNNY for free tickets. Otherwise, it's $15.
| Milk Bar
Haight Ashbury Comedy Night | Milk Bar
Come out to Haight Ashbury Comedy Night every Thursday at Milk Bar located in the heart of the Upper Haight to see some of SF’s best comedians. The lineup changes every week, but expect to see comics that have performed at Cobbs, SF Sketchfest, the Punchline ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*Normally $15 use code FUNCHEAP for $5 tickets. 21+
| Ales Unlimited: Beer Basement
"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 ...
Nob Hill Free Comedy Night | SF
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission. Bring cash for drink purchase.
| Hops & Barrel
Nob Hill Free Comedy Night | SF
Nob Hill Comedy Night brings you the top local and touring comedians every Thursday at 8 pm in Nob Hill’s newest beer & wine bar, Hops & Barrel. Comedians you’ve seen at Nob Hill Comedy Night have been featured on HBO, Netflix, Conan, The Late Late ...
“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 ...
“Class of ’84” Dance Party & Cheap Drinks | SoMa
Every Thursday – 9:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Cover may change for special events.
| The Cat Club
"Class of '84" Dance Party & Cheap Drinks | SoMa
Every Thursday from 9 pm to 2 am at the Cat Club, it’s the best of the ’80s in two rooms with the coolest music and the best crowd in town. DJs Damon and Mr Washington spin ’80s pop, rock, and one hit wonders in the ...
SF’s Epic Karaoke Dance Party w/ Sax, Lasers + Fog | The Mission
Every Thursday – 9:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 am | Cost: FREE | Slate Bar
SF's Epic Karaoke Dance Party w/ Sax, Lasers + Fog | The Mission
Most students drop out of Stanford to create tech companies but DJ Purple dropped out to pursue music en route to becoming San Francisco’s DJ of the year in 2011 and one of America’s greatest karaoke KJ’s (Karaoke DJ). Get ready for an upbeat night (no ...
$1 Well Shots on Thursday Nights | SF
Every Thursday – 10:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: $1*
*$1 Per Well Shot, but no cover charge.
| Would You Believe Cocktails
$1 Well Shots on Thursday Nights | SF
Would you Believe Bar is bringing back $1 Well Shots and College Night Specials on Thursdays from 10 pm to Midnight for a limited time only. Thursdays $1 Shots Every Thursday | 10 pm to Midnight Would You Believe Bar, 652 Geary Blvd., SF $1- Must be 21 and over Must 21 and ...
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