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Events for May 9, 2015

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Saturday, May 9

1:00 pm‘Balancing Acts’ Intimate Ballerina Photo Exhibition | SF  FREE
1:00 pmAmericana/Groove/Jazz Live Music | Alameda  FREE
17-Piece Big Band “Electric Squeezebox Orchestra” | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Saturday, May 9 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*None
| Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)
One of the most exciting and dynamic ensembles on the Bay Area’s thriving but underground big band scene is the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, a  based at Doc’s Lab in NorthBeach. Bristling with talent, the ESO focuses on original compositions and arrangements by band members, including ...
Win Tix: 10th Annual Uncorked Wine Festival Tasting Tix | Ghirardelli Square
Saturday, May 9 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Win a pair of tasting tickets. $60 general admission and $90 VIP with all proceeds going to Save The Bay.
| Ghirardelli Square
Ghirardelli Square is putting on its 10th annual wine festival, Uncorked on from 1-6 pm Saturday, May 9, 2015. To celebrate its decade milestone, Uncorked is partnering with Noise Pop to kick off its best wine festival yet in the beautiful, historic Ghirardelli Square and across ...

2:00 pmAustralian Aborigine In-Store Mini Concert | Berkeley  FREE
2:00 pm“Making Music for Your Garden:” Wind Chime Workshop | Lafayette  FREE
Mad Hatter Tea Party & Hat Making Demos | SFMade Week 2015
Saturday, May 9 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: $5 | Paul's Hat Works
You’re invited to our Mad Hatter Tea Party. Come enjoy high tea with Paul’s Hat Works, where they’ll provide the tea, sandwiches, and pastries. Following the high tea, they will be demonstrating several hat making processes. All registered attendees will also receive 20% off any hat in ...
2:00 pmThe Return of Wildlife to Mountain Lake Talk | SF  FREE*
*RSVP preferred via Eventbrite
2:00 pmIbiza Day Club Sneak Peek Party | SF  FREE*
*RSVP required through Eventbrite. Free entry before 04:00 PM. Discounted all day after 04:00 PM.
2:00 pmDowntown Campbell Second Saturdays: Music, Art & Food  FREE
2:00 pmMarco Bicego Latest Italian Jewelry Collection Presentation | SF  FREE
2:00 pm‘Hidden Legacy’ Movie Night | SF  FREE
3:00 pmStudent Art Show | Richmond  FREE
Dance Performances at a Classic Car Warehouse | Oakland
Saturday, May 9 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP via Eventbrite and you're entered to win $200 worth of Tequila OCHO
| Classic Cars West
Come out to a free party at Classic Cars West in support and celebration of our international and Bay Area dance projects. The evening will include dance performances by international professionals, salsa lessons for all, a silent auction and raffle, and food and libations for purchase. All ...
Comics Drink & Draw Party | 2015 SF Comics Fest
Saturday, May 9 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | F8
Bay Area’s Paint Pens Collective and Never Ending Radical Dude partnered with the official “San Francisco Comics Fest” to bring you a fun-filled comic-themed Quick Draw SF featuring a gaggle of local comic book artists and creators. May Featured Artists include: Andy Sciazko, Katie Longua, Vincent Kukua, Cheez ...
Warriors vs. Grizzlies: Game 3 | Official 2015 NBA Playoff Watch Party
Saturday, May 9 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission - RSVP on Facebook
| Monarch Gardens
Special Event Details – for most away games and because SoMa StrEat Food Park is an Official Home of the Warriors Playoffs Viewing Parties there are some added fun elements: The Warriors will be bringing the 1974-1975 Championship Trophy CSN Bay Area will be on site with ...
All DaySecond Saturday Art & Music Walk | Oakland’s Golden Gate Dist.  FREE
“First Jobs” Book Party & Costume Contest | SF
Saturday, May 9 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Alley Cat Books
Local reporter Merritt Watts spent a year interviewing people about their first jobs to compile First Jobs, a book of oral histories on the subject that’s being published by Picador on 4/28 and will be featured on NPR’s American Marketplace. Come celebrate this coming-of-age moment ...
Schroeder’s 122nd Maifest Party: Live Band & German Dancers | SF
Saturday, May 9 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Schroeder's Restaurant

Schroeder’s German restaurant is turning 123 years old, and what better way to celebrate than with the traditional German Spring Harvest Festival with beer, music, food, and beer hall games. Schroeder’s 123rd Maifest Party Thursday, May 5, 2016 | 6 pm Schroeder’s Restaurant, 240 Front St, ...

GATS “Drifting Forest” Graffiti Art Exhibition | SF
Saturday, May 9 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Hashimoto Contemporary
Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present “Drifting Forest,” a new solo exhibition by local graffiti legend GATS. Following his sold out two-person show last year alongside San Francisco-based painter Jessica Hess, GATS returns this May for his solo debut at the gallery. Based in the Bay ...
Win Tix: “Camp Phoenix” Picnic | SoMa StrEat Food Park
Saturday, May 9 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN | Monarch Gardens
Help under-resourced students in the Bay Area discover these special summer experiences at the Camp Phoenix Third Annual Fundraiser: Bridging the Summer Learning Gap. At this event you’ll enjoy complimentary drinks, food truck food, and most of all the amazing feeling of helping a child have ...
6:00 pm“La couleur de l’etrangete” Tribute To French Film-makers Art Show | SF  FREE
6:30 pmMovie Night at the Zoo: “Rio 2” | Oakland  $7*
*$7 and you must pre-register
One-Night-Only Rap & Art Show: Terra Incognita | Tenderloin National Forest
Saturday, May 9 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Tenderloin National Forest
Why can’t all art shows be rap shows too? To answer the question, Terra Incognita brings audiences to a world where both rap and visual art meet. Situating at the center of San Francisco’s Tenderloin, in its very own national forest, Terra Incognita evokes a mystical experience that ...
Win Tix: San Francisco International Beer Festival
Saturday, May 9 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: WIN | Fort Mason Center
Enjoy endless tasting of that delicious foamy beerness from brewers like Abita, Anchor, Modelo, Chimay, Pine Street, Sam Adams, and more at the San Francisco International Beer Festival, SF’s oldest beer festival. You can’t have good beer without good food, so in addition to all the ...
Win Tix: “License to Thrill” Scavenger Hunt | North Beach
Saturday, May 9 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: WIN | Bamboo Hut
Do you want to have fun, meet people, play games, and drink? Of course you do! Do all these things and more at the Saturday Night Action Club, a 21+ competitive bar crawl that leads you and your friends, and strangers you just met but ...
7:30 pmIves Quartet Performance of Bay Area Composers’ Music | Stanford  FREE
8:00 pmFree Sexy Comedy & Pizza Night | SF  FREE
Free Comedy Showcase & Pizza at a Comic Book Store | SF
Saturday, May 9 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Two Cats Comic Book Store
Two Cats Comic Book Store presents the inaugural “first-issue” event of “Crossover! Comedy,” a free stand-up show featuring a rockin’ duo of headliners, a great line-up, oh and free pizza. For this first show, they’ve got Bay Area favorites Dash Kwiatkowski (Punch Line SF, Limestone Festival) and Jesse ...
8:30 pmSaturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF  FREE

Every Saturday

Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Every Saturday – 10:00 am - Ends at 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Sports Basement (Berkeley)
Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Grab your yoga mat and come to Sports Basement Berkeley for some relaxing weekend yoga. Community classes take place every Saturday. Free Community Yoga Class Every Saturday | 10 am Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA FREE Please BYOM (Bring Your Own Mat) and water bottle. All levels are welcome. Updated 1/28/2020 ...
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Enjoy an hour-long walk on the rise, tragic fall, and modern rebirth of one of San Francisco’s most renowned historic landmarks. Visit a contemporary swirl of shops and learn the history of ferries, freeways, and quakes. Meet at the foot of the stairs at the front ...
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Every Saturday – 11:30 am | Cost: FREE | Golden Gate Park
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Take yourself outside and into the beauty of this city’s heart and soul. Practice yoga under the trees and let the ocean air sooth and invigorate you. This class expertly blends breathing and movement, strength and grace, imagination and form. You will gain a personal understanding ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
Every Saturday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 online with discount code FUNCHEAP; otherwise, it's $10.
| The 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 ...
“Critical Hit” Comedy Show | Oakland
Every Saturday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $10 | It's Your Move Game Store
"Critical Hit" Comedy Show | Oakland
Critical Hit is hosted by Erik Krasner, Hayden Greif-Neill and Jim McVeigh at It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies in Temescal for over 4 years and still going strong. Every week, some of our favorite comedians are invited to perform. Along with the producers, you can ...
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