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Friday, April 8

President Obama in San Francisco
Friday, April 8 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Unless you're press or donated tons of dough, you'll be lucky to catch a glimpse of his motorcade
 | All Over San Francisco
President Obama will be in San Francisco on Friday, April 8, 2016 for a series of fundraisers for the DNC according to 7×7 and White House Dossier. (please note the date is April 8, not June 8 as was previously listed) The chances of you getting a ...
3:00 pmFree Sightglass Coffee Cupping | SoMa  FREE*
*Free, but space is limited so an RSVP is requested.
Sturgill Simpson Pre-Release Listening Party: Cakes & Prizes Up For Grabs | Amoeba SF
Friday, April 8 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
Hear Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (out April 15th on CD, vinyl, and blue vinyl) at Amoeba SF a week before release date. Enter to win special limited edition t-shirts, canvas tote bags, and more. Plus, partake in some Sturgill cake. What’s Sturgill cake? You’ll ...

5:00 pmSecond Fridays Art Walk | San Rafael  FREE
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 pmVallejo Art Walk | Second Fridays  FREE
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, April 8 – 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 ...

SF Giants Opening Puppy Party, Costume Contest & Free Treats | SoMa
Friday, April 8 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 10:15 pm | Cost: FREE | Monarch Gardens
Does your bowser like Madison Bumgarner? Is your Rottweiler a Sergio Romo fan? Does your Bichon go wild for Bochy? SoMa StrEat Food Park and Woofspot invite you and your doggie to the San Francisco Giants season opening night game viewing party. Bring your pooch and watch ...
5:30 pmFree Beer Tasting With Oakland’s Ale Industries | SF  FREE
6:00 pm2nd Friday Art Walk: “Estuary Art Attack” | Oakland & Alameda  FREE
Candlelight Labyrinth Walk & Live Music | Grace Cathedral
Friday, April 8 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Grace Cathedral

One evening a month (usually the second Friday, but not always), Grace Cathedral invites you to walk the labyrinth by candlelight and music and pray for peace in our hearts and peace in the world. The walk is hosted by the Labyrinth Guild. Always check the Labyrinth website for ...Monthly

6:00 pmPresidio Sessions: Jazz & Classical Music Concert | SF  FREE*
*Free but RSVP required.
6:00 pmBerkeley Critical Mass | 2nd Fridays  FREE
6:00 pmFree Veggie Dinner Night | SF  FREE
“Millennials Ruin Everything”: Free Comedy & Oysters Night | El Rio
Friday, April 8 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, suggested donation $5
 | El Rio

This month’s guest comedians: Allison Mick (The Tabernacle) Nicole Calasich (SF Punch Line) Tess Barry (Lazy Brunch Hour) Wonder Dave (Tourette’s Without Regrets) Monthly

6:30 pmGrotto Free Comedy Night: Free Drinks & Snacks | Sports Basement Bryant  FREE*
*Free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
Chrome’s “Do It Your Damned Self” Film Workshop & Free Beer | Mission
Friday, April 8 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Chrome (Mission)

The boys from Macaframa, Chrome, and Wheeltalk, SF, will be shooting and editing an in store bike demo Friday & Saturday at the Chrome Industries shop on Valencia St. in SF, as part of Chrome’s free “Do It Your Damned Self Workshop.” Chrome’s “Do It ...

KQED Outdoor Film Screening: “The Black Panthers” | SF
Friday, April 8 – 7:15 pm | Cost: FREE | Proxy SF
Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson revisits the turbulent 1960s, when a new revolutionary culture emerged with the Black Panther Party as the vanguard. A conversation with local figures sets the stage for this timely look at a pivotal movement and all its reviled, adored, misunderstood, and mythologized ...
Participatory Multi-Media Art Experience: “Economies of Effort” | SF
Friday, April 8 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE, but reservations are recommended.
 | Joe Goode Annex

Created in a collaboration between veteran dance maker Cid Pearlman and visual artist Robbie Schoen, Economies of Effort: 3 presents an immersive, free-form experience inside a space ordered into multiple “micro-worlds.” The event is taking over the Joe Goode Annex on April 8-9, 2016 with shows nightly ...

“The Misfits” Bike Ride | East Bay Bike Party
Friday, April 8 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Concord BART

The East Bay Bike Party is a monthly mobile party for riders of all ages, experience levels, and bike types, to meet, ride, and play together in the streets on the second Friday of the month with upwards of 400 riders usually meeting near an East ...Monthly

8:00 pmWin Tix: The BoxCutter Experimental Theater Series | Exit Theater  WIN
8:00 pmWin Tix: “Earth Wind & Fire” Tribute with Kalimba | East Bay  WIN
Sad Comedy & Free Soup: Music & Comedy Night | Oakland
Friday, April 8 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP is required for free admission
 | Sycamore Co-Op

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. ...Every Friday

8:30 pmWin Tix: Free-wheeling Acoustic “Talkie” | Great American Music Hall  WIN
9:00 pmInflux: Monthly Live Music Party | Oakland  FREE
9:30 pmWin Tix: Hubba Hubba Burlesque “Cartoon Funhouse” | DNA Lounge  WIN
10:00 pmR&B w/ The Highwater Blues | PianoFight  FREE*
*Free but RSVP required.
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