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Friday, May 1

9:00 am2015 May Day Protest: Labor Against Police Terror | Oakland  FREE
All DayFirst Friday Free Coworking | Impact Hub Oakland  FREE*
*Free, but there is a $5 suggested donation for the optional potluck lunch.
All DayFree Admission Day | Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History  FREE
10:00 amHistory Museum: Free First Fridays | Redwood City  FREE
Texas on Tour: Soulful Hip Hop & Free Swag | Union Square
Friday, May 1 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Union Square Park

Explore Texas in your own backyard as Texas on Tour comes to San Francisco’s Union Square with live music, free souvenirs, fun photo booths, video games and more. Texas on Tour May 1-3, 2015 – Friday: 11 am – 8 pm (concert: 12-2 pm) – Saturday: ...

11:00 amSpring 2015 Career Expo | Newark  FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required, and there's a $2 parking fee.
1:00 pmFree Classical Chamber Music by the Bay | SF  FREE
Broken Guitars Music Store Opening Party & Live Bands | Oakland
Friday, May 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Broken Guitars
Celebrate the Grand Opening of Broken Guitars, a new buy/sell/trade spot for new and vintage musical instruments located in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, right next door to 1-2-3-4 Go Records. The store opening party features bands food and fun from 5-8 pm on May 1, 2015. It’s ...

5:00 pmYouth Speaks Grand Slam Finals & Gold Panning | Friday Nights at OMCA  $7.50*
*Half-price gallery admission for adults; ages 18 and under are free. Admission for members is always free.
Friday Nights at the de Young | Celebrating Botticelli to Braque

Friday Nights at the de Young celebrates Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland with live music by City Opera SF, guest lecture by Michael Gallagher, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the department of conservation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ...Every Friday

“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, May 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to attend, but bring some cash for food purchases.
| 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 ...

5:00 pmPowell’s Sweet Shoppe Candy Karaoke | Lafayette  FREE
“Oakland First Fridays” Block Party
Friday, May 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Telegraph & 27th

Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month from 5-9:30pm for five huge blocks on Telegraph Avenue between 27th Street & 22nd Street. Photography from @skyhighoakland via Oakland First Fridays Oakland’s KONO district (Koreatown/Northgate) springs to life ...Monthly

First Friday Follies Burlesque | Oakland
Friday, May 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations for the artists are awesome.
| Stork Club

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

6:00 pm“San Francisco—Lost and Reclaimed” Photography Collection Exhibit | SF  FREE
Friday Nights at the de Young: Celebrating Botticelli to Braque | SF

Friday Nights at the de Young celebrates Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland with live music by City Opera SF, guest lecture by Michael Gallagher, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the department of conservation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and art-making ...Every Friday

6:00 pmAmerican Steel Studios Veterans Art Exhibit | Oakland  FREE
Resonating Objects: Interactive Sound Sculptures | San Jose
Friday, May 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
San Diego-based artist Margaret Noble creates interdisciplinary work including sound, sculpture, installation and performance art. Her work explores themes such as memory, dream, history, science fiction, identity and semiotics. For ICA Live! on Friday, May 1, Noble will present three sound sculptures with which visitors are ...
6:00 pm‘Hand Written’ New Paintings by Gail Tarantino | SF  FREE*
*Free
Firecrackers, Beer, DJs & Lion Dance: Coworking Space Launch Party | SF
Friday, May 1 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required for a raffle and beer ticket.
| 1920C
1920C is a brand new coworking space in San Francisco’s Chinatown and they invite you to come celebrate the launch at their Pop-Up Party featuring performances, vendors, a Lion Dance and even firecrackers. Free, but an RSVP is required for a raffle and beer ticket. Check out our space, support local ...
6:00 pmFirst Friday Youth Film Shorts | The New Parkway  FREE
6:00 pmPunk Photography Renaissance Exhibit | SF  FREE*
*Free, but feminine hygiene product donation at the door is appreciated to benefit homeless women of St. Anthony's.
6:00 pmSan Francisco Guitar Quartet | SF  FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
6:00 pmTemescal First Fridays | Oakland  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring cash for shopping, food, and drinks.
6:00 pmUrban Abstraction Opening Reception | Oakland  FREE
6:00 pmConcert on the Plaza: Trio Sol de Mexico | Mountain View  FREE
North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF
Friday, May 1 – 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

Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, May 1 – 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

100 Foot Tall Screen + Short Film Night | The Great Wall of Oakland
Friday, May 1 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Great Wall of Oakland
Screening of films from the inaugural Teaching Artist-In-Residence program by teaching artists Miguel A. Astudillo and Isaak Le. Miguel and Isaak are working with 2nd and 4th grade students at Melrose Leadership Academy in East Oakland to make short films. Films will start after sunset around 8 ...
7:00 pm‘One in Which We Are’ Visual Arts Exhibition | SF  FREE
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