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Friday, April 29

9:00 amA Lecture on Composting Methods & Biological Properties of Soil | SF  FREE*
*Free, but RSVP through the Parks Conservancy website.
Free Dance Class Day: Adult Ballet & Salsa-Merengue Dance | 2016 Bay Area Dance Week
Friday, April 29 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but some classes required RSVP.
| San Francisco Bay Area
Highlights for Friday, April 29, 2016 Adult Beginning – Intermediate Ballet – 11:30 am Berkeley Ballet Theater, Berkeley Lightning Fast & Simple Folk Dance – 1 pm Live Oak Park Community Center, Berkeley Dances of the World: Easy and Favorite – 7 pm Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, San Francisco Rotunda Dance Series – 7 pm SF City ...
10:00 amAlternative Exposure: San Francisco Open Houses | SF  FREE*
*For some events RSVP required, one artist-led walking tour $5 all other events FREE
10:00 amOmni Fair & Panel Discussion | Oakland  FREE
All DayBeer Friday: Live Music, Food Trucks & Family Party | San Carlos  FREE
San Francisco Ballet’s Next Generation Rotunda Dance Performance | City Hall
Friday, April 29 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
The Rotunda Dance Series continues with a performance by the gifted students of the San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program. The program’s advanced students from around the globe will perform both traditional and contemporary ballet repertory, followed by a talk-back with the audience.

Final Day: Free Smitten Ice Cream for Scoot Riders | April 25-29 Ride a Scoot scooter to either Smitten Ice Cream San Francisco shop, show your Scoot key or helmet, and you’ll get a free small ice cream. And if you tag your free scoop with #ScootIsSmitten, Scoot will credit your account for a free ride up to an hour. Offer valid April ...
Donald Trump is Coming to the Bay Area | Burlingame
Friday, April 29 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Hyatt Regency SFO (Burlingame)
Donald Trump is coming to the Bay Area – aren’t you excited? Trump is delivering the keynote speech at the California GOP 2016 Convention’s Kickoff Lunch Banquet at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame on Friday, April 29, 2016 at 12 pm. Expect lots of ...
DanceTech Demo Day: Drown In The Energy & Dance | SF
Friday, April 29 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | ODC Theater
The Design for Dance conference – founded at Stanford University in 2013 – is taking place this year at ODC Theater April 28-29th. The conference will culminate in a “Rapid Prototyping” workshop in which attendees work together on small teams to build out a project. These ...
DJ O’Bannon Hiphop Concert | Amoeba SF
Friday, April 29 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
Join them on Friday, April 29th at 5pm as their DJ series: Revolutions welcomes DJ O’Bannon. While stationed in Italy shortly after serving in the military, DJ O’Bannon found his passion for music and the art of turntablism itself. Now located in SF, he showcases his unique ...
Ambiance Grand Re-Opening Party: Goodie Bags, Nibbles & Prizes | Haight
Friday, April 29 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Ambiance (Haight-Ashbury)
Women’s boutique Ambiance on Haight celebrates its grand re-opening on Friday with swag bags for the first 80 guests, festive nibbles, raffles, prizes, 10% off regular items and 20% off sale items.
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, April 29 – 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 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.
5:30 pmSan Francisco Critical Mass  FREE
Friday Nights at the de Young: Live Caribbean Jazz Concert & Fashion Lecture | SF
Friday, April 29 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Programs are free and open to the public, but does not include admission to the museum's galleries.
| de Young Museum

Mixed-Media Art-Making Station Buchanan Court 6:00 pm Every week, Friday Nights at the de Young offers art-making activities to encourage everyone of all ages to tap into their creativity. Live Music by the John Santos Sextet and Special Guests Wilsey Court 6:30 pm Universal Elegance–Caribbean Roots: A Musical Homage to the Genius of ...Every Friday

6:00 pmPresidio Sessions: Thalea String Quartet | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
6:00 pmCandle Lit Labyrinth Walk & Live Music | Berkeley  FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is appreciated, though not required.
6:30 pmThe Bare Bones of The Bone Room | Albany  FREE
7:00 pmSan Francisco Beard & Mustache Club | Mission Dist.  FREE
7:00 pmA Crowded Place Called The Future : Poetry Reading & Film Screening | SF  FREE
7:30 pm“Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam” Discussion | SF  FREE
SF Chamber Orchestra Main Stage Concert “Revolutionaries” | SF
Friday, April 29 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Seating is first-come first-served. SFCO members receive priority entrance & priority seating.
| Herbst Theatre
“Don’t miss the spectacular Amy X Neuburg. She’s the best thing to come out of Oakland since Jack London.” -composer, John Adams Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra Amy X Neuburg: Hunger Strike (2016) [World Premiere] L. V. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. ...
San Francisco Int’l Film Fest Free Screening | Hayes Valley
Friday, April 29 – 7:45 pm | Cost: FREE | Proxy SF
Experience the SF International Film Festival outdoors with a free screening of one of this year’s official selections. Follow ten of the country’s elite color guard teams as they sync steps with musical luminaries in a performance event orchestrated by David Byrne. In pairing the ...
8:00 pmWin Tix: Classic 007: Sean Connery in Goldfinger | Paramount Theater  WIN
“Glow” Blacklight Underwear Party | SF SF Gay Mafia brings back its sexy Glow party at SF Eagle, where every one strip down to their undies under black lights and night skies, and cover each other in body paint. It’s a glow party takeover! Free before 8 pm. Otherwise it’s $5. Enter FUNCHEAP as a ...
Comedy Roast of Bernie Sanders | Berkeley San Francisco based RoastSF is back with their own brand of heart stopping, fall-to-the-floor laughing, no-jokes barred comedy roasts! Featuring monthly shows around the Bay Area and one offs across the country. Join them as they bring 8 of the best insult comics together to mock ...
$5 Classic Movie Night: “Goldfinger” | Paramount Theatre
Friday, April 29 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $5 | Paramount Theatre
Goldfinger (1964) James Bond, Agent 007, is back! His assignment this time is to track millionaire gold smuggler Auric Goldfinger who has hatched a plot to “neutralize” the United States gold reserve at Fort Knox. Goldfinger won’t put up with Bond’s interference with his nefarious plans ...
8:30 pmWin Tix: Catchy Electro-Indie Pop “Humans” | Swedish American Hall  WIN
Bern Baby Bern: Disco Party for Bernie Sanders | SF
Friday, April 29 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Donation to Bernie's campaign (any amount). Please donate directly to Bernie.
| Valencia Room (Formerly Elbo Room)
Bern Baby Bern is a disco party and fundraiser for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign and other Bay Area progressive movements. They play 70s disco music, dance like crazy, and talk a little politics. They ask that all guests make a donation to Bernie’s campaign through his website ...
9:00 pmWin Tix: Alt-Country & Bluegrass Night “The Sam Chase” | Great American Music Hall  WIN
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