Events for October 2, 2015
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LinkedIn Free Professional Photo Shoot & Profile Makeover | SoMa
LinkedIn is launching the first-ever Picture Opportunity Tour. They’re traveling across the country to offer free headshots and profile advice to their members.
Stop by and they’ll help take your profile from good to amazing.
San Francisco’s turn comes on October 2, 2015 on their home turf at ...
| 10:00 am | History Museum: Free First Fridays | Redwood City | FREE |
| All Day | First Friday Free Coworking | Impact Hub Oakland | FREE* *Free, but there is a $5 suggested donation for the optional potluck lunch.
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| 12:00 pm | Live Dance Show: Mary Sano & Her Duncan Dancers | SF | FREE |
World’s First “Pancake Selfie Express”: Your Face On A Pancake | SF
Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day; everyone also knows that people love selfies. Leveraging state-of-the-art technology, the marketing geniuses at Holiday Inn Express combined the two to bring the ‘Pancake Selfie Express’ to San Francisco’s Pier 41 from 2-8 ...
| 5:00 pm | Friday 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.
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The Dept. of Make Believe: Fantastical “Bureaucracy” Experience | Oakland
Come see what Chapter 510 is up to in their new home in Uptown during Oakland’s famous First Friday celebration in October. The Dept. of Make Believe will be open for business, so come get your very own Permit to Make Believe. Be prepared for ...
100 Foot Tall Film Night: Season Opening Screening | The Great Wall of Oakland
Eyes on Oakland is a community-powered, art-meets-journalism initiative that seeks to inform and engage residents across Oakland about the different types of surveillance technology used by local police.
A collaboration between the Mobile Arts Platform and The Center for Investigative Reporting, Eyes on Oakland featured two ...
“Oakland First Fridays” Block Party
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
🎉 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 pm | Temescal First Fridays | Oakland | FREE* *Free admission, but bring cash for shopping, food, and drinks.
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| 6:00 pm | APAture 2015: Future Tense Art Exhibit | SF | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | General Art Show | South SF | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | First Friday Shorts | The New Parkway | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | First Friday Follies Burlesque | Oakland | FREE* *Free, but donations for the artists are awesome.
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Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
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
| 6:30 pm | “Cooking as Fast as I Can” Book Launch | SF | FREE |
| 7:00 pm | South First Fridays Art Walk | San Jose | FREE |
| 7:00 pm | Two Dozen Poets Read Michael Gizzi | SF | FREE |
Every Friday
Free Bad-Ass Morning Workout: Conquer SF’s Hills | Every Friday
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
