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Friday, August 7

All DayFree Admission Day | Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History  FREE
10:00 amHistory Museum: Free First Fridays | Redwood City  FREE
All DayFirst Friday Free Coworking | Impact Hub Oakland  FREE*
*Free, but there is a $5 suggested donation for the optional potluck lunch.
11:00 amCrosspulse Body Percussion Show | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival  FREE
Rotunda Dance Series: Los Lupeños de San José | SF City Hall
Friday, August 7 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
On Friday, August 7, the Rotunda Dance Series continues its 5th season with a performance of traditional Mexican Folklórico by Los Lupeños de San José featuring dances from the Mexican states of Jalisco and Yucatán. Throughout 2015, the monthly Rotunda Dance Series celebrates the 100th anniversary ...
12:00 pmRooftop Garden Concert: Latin | Oakland  FREE
12:00 pmPeople in Plazas: Free Classical Concert | SF  FREE
12:00 pmPeople in Plazas: Free Latin Jazz Concert | SF  FREE
The Official “Outside Lands Bike Party” | Aug 7-9
Friday, August 7 – All Day | Cost: FREE | The Theater at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
The best way to get to and from Outside Lands is on your bike – and the best way to ride your bike to the festival is with the official Outside Lands Bike Party. The group ride will be departing from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium ...

12:00 pmPeople in Plazas: Free Bengali Jazz Concert | SF  FREE
Free Harbor Tours: USS Potomac & Giant Cranes | Port of Oakland
Friday, August 7 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | USS Potomac

Take a free 90-minute narrated harbor tour (May to October). Visitors will learn about the Port, its operations and economic impact on the region. Harbor tours provide a unique vantage point because marine terminals are closed to the public. The excursions are a great way to ...

First Friday Cannabis Industry Social & Potluck | Lake Merritt
Friday, August 7 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pine Knoll Park (Lake Merritt)

Please Note: We weren’t able to confirm if this social is still taking place monthly. Come out to the First Friday Cannabis Industry Social at Lake Merritt. Oakland’s burgeoning cannabis community has more than plenty industry professionals and they’ve decided to start gathering on the monthly. They’ll ...Monthly

Project Runway Designer Jake Wall Q&A & Fashion Showcase | SF
Friday, August 7 – 4:30 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bespoke

Come to Bespoke at Westfield San Francisco Centre each Friday throughout the month of August to meet Project Runway Season 14 designer Jake Wall of JAKE beginning Aug. 7 through Sept 4, for an exclusive Q&A interview following the airing of each new Project Runway episode. ...

5:00 pmFriday Nights at OMCA: Night Market & Off the Grid | Oakland  $7.50*
*Half-price gallery admission for adults; ages 18 and under are free. Admission for members is always free.
5:00 pmTalk Show with Yusuke Nakamura | SF  FREE
Latin Jazz Concert, Free Beer, Wine & Prizes | Menlo College
Friday, August 7 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Menlo College

The 2016 Entrepreneurial Summer Concert series showcases four nights of live music and closes with an a cappella concert featuring groups from Facebook, Google, Airbnb, Pinterest, Twitter, and a group of IP attorneys. Each concert includes food trucks, fun giveaways, free beer, water, wine and more. Parking ...

“Oakland First Fridays” Block Party
Friday, August 7 – 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

“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, August 7 – 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 ...

6:00 pmNew Works of Liz Robb | SF  FREE
First Friday Block Party & Hip Hop Jazz Show | Oakland
Friday, August 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Calavera
Drake’s Brewery, Calavera Mexican Kitchen and People’s Barber invite you to their very first Hive Block Party featuring live music by Alphabet Soup, a Bay Area hip-hop jazz band. Alphabet Soup were formed in 1991 and are influenced by Miles Davis, P-Funk, Ohio Players, Prince, Weather Report. The ...
6:00 pmBig Band Concert on the Plaza | Mountain View  FREE
North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF
Friday, August 7 – 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

6:00 pmFirst Friday Follies Burlesque | Oakland  FREE*
*Free, but donations for the artists are awesome.
Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, August 7 – 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

Friday Nights at the de Young: Glorious Artworks | SF

Friday Nights at the de Young are after-hours art happenings that include a mix of live music, dance and theater performances, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures, artist demonstrations, hands-on art activities, and exhibition tours. Local artists conduct drop-in workshops, debut new commissions, display their art ...Every Friday

6:00 pmTemescal First Fridays | Oakland  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring cash for shopping, food, and drinks.
First Friday Shorts: “Ancient Future: Queer and Trans People of Color” | The New Parkway
Friday, August 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The New Parkway

August 7, 2015 features Ancient Future: Queer and Trans People of Color Experimental Short Films curated by Queer Rebels. “Ancient Future is irreverent, rejecting exotification – and paying homage to the wisdom of our ancestors and homelands. Ancient Future – we claim it queer with these ...Monthly

Human Kaleidoscope: Participatory Performance Art | San Jose
Friday, August 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
On Friday, August 7, ICA Live! will feature Los Angeles-based artist Mary Younakof in a lively performance titled RGB. The artist will choreograph a series of movements with 49 volunteer participants wearing various colored dresses made by the artist, to create what will appear to ...
6:00 pmLaine Justice, Mise-en-scènes Solo Art Show | SF  FREE
The Sketchbook Project 2015 Tour | Oakland Art Murmur
Friday, August 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Broadway/Telegraph

The Sketchbook Project is taking to the road this summer for their final cross-country adventure in 2015. The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project where participants from all walks of life are sent a sketchbook and return it for inclusion in a traveling exhibition. This is ...

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