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Friday, September 30

Free Shakespeare in the Park: The Winter’s Tale | SF
Friday, September 30 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre (McLaren Park)
For the 33rd season of Shakespeare in the Park, SF Shakes will present a production of The Winter’s Tale. Luminous and heartbreaking, tragic and gloriously funny, The Winter’s Tale is the crowning achievement of Shakespeare’s late career, a magical tale that swoops across continents, generations, and genres to its ...
10:00 amHome Land Security Exhibition | The Presidio  FREE
All DayBeer Friday: Live Music, Food Trucks & Family Party | San Carlos  FREE
Final Day of Free 2016 “People in Plazas” Music Festival | SF
Friday, September 30 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco
Enjoy live music outdoors on your lunch break on the final day of the 2016 People in Plazas music festival. The final date has free jazz concerts at three different locations in San Francisco. West Grand Brass Band – 425 Market St. Bistro Moustache – 101 California ...

Glass with Class: Rare Downtown Architecture Tour | SF
Friday, September 30 – 3:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are accepted. Some tours may be limited in size.
| 242 California
The tour examines the great varieties of glass in 20th Century San Francisco, from the Financial District to Union Square. It will be found underfoot, overhead, and in the wall; in buildings by famous masters and by lesser-known local practitioners. Meet at 242 California Street (Tadich ...
2nd Annual Cultural Corridor: 8-Block Performance Series | SF
Friday, September 30 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Fillmore Mini Park

African-American Shakespeare Company hosts the 2nd Annual Cultural Corridor, a performance series along an 8-block pathway stretching from Van Ness and Hayes to Fillmore and Turk. Cultural Corridor 2016 The event combines San Francisco’s most unique and beloved small, mid-sized, and well-established arts organizations towards ...

“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, September 30 – 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 ...

Free Camp Cook Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Beer Happy Hour | SF
Friday, September 30 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Donations are encouraged.
| Alite Outpost
Start your weekend off right with a grilled cheese and a beer at the best outdoor gear shop around. The Alite Outpost is hosting its first Speak Cheesy Happy Hour which will include free grilled cheese sandwich’s and cold beers for you and your friends. They’ll be ...
Friday Nights at the de Young: 6th Annual Tiara Sensation | de Young Museum

James Turrell’s “Three Gems” open during Friday Nights Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden 5:00 pm In 2014, artist James Turrell (b. 1943) contacted the Museums to refurbush Three Gems (2005), a site-specific “skyspace” located in a grass-covered hill in the Osher Sculpture Garden. The work was approaching its tenth ...Every Friday

Art Night SF: Mid-Market Art, Live Music & Karaoke | UN Plaza
Friday, September 30 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | UN Plaza

Art Night SF is a new outdoor event series working to activate the public spaces of UN Plaza and Mid-Market between 7th and Market Streets through accessible installations of contemporary art on Fridays, July 29, September 30, October 14 (CANCELLED due to rain) and October 28 from 5-9 pm. Enjoy local ...

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 pmMusic On Last Fridays: Live With Mads Tolling | Oakland  FREE
5:30 pmSan Francisco Critical Mass  FREE
6:00 pmLive Jazz Music with the Invisible Guy | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
Visual Arts Showcase & Reception: “Here” APAture 2016 Arts Festival | SF
Friday, September 30 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Each event costs differently from $0 to $25.
| Arc Studios & Gallery

Kearny Street Workshop, the country’s oldest and longest-running Asian Pacific American community arts organization, is bringing tomorrow’s artists to the forefront with APAture 2016: Here. This year, the theme is “Here. Explore about locations, spaces, homes; the way in which we move through and live in these ...

6:00 pmWin Tix: La Cocina’s “Voices from the Kitchen” | Swedish American Hall  WIN
2016 German Oktoberfest “Free Jugs” Beer Party | Cafe Royale When a country dedicates two and a half weeks just to drinking beer all day, the whole world takes notice. Celebrate Oktoberfest with live music, German food and beers, and a lively ambiance at The Royale. Royale’s “Free Jugs” Oktoberfest Party Friday, September 30, 2016 | 4 pm to 2 am The Royale | ...
6:30 pmRaas-Garba Festival Kick-Off: Delicious Food & Live Entertainment | Milpitas  $15*
*$15 general admission; $10 for children and $5 for seniors
Free Port of Oakland Harbor Tours & Giant Cranes | Oakland
Friday, September 30 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP Required
| Jack London Square

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 ...

6:55 pmFree Movies In The Park: Antman | Oakland  FREE
7:00 pmMark Thompson Memorial Reading | SF  FREE
The Alhambra Project: Exercises on the Screen & Local Tour | SF
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Crunch Gym
On September 30 2016, artists Lynn Marie Kirby and Christoph Steger present a night of video, film and performance at the former Alhambra Theatre (now a Crunch Gym) in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood. The project takes over the gym’s video monitors with a cycle of ...
7:00 pm“Inner River” Book Release Party | SF  FREE
7:00 pm“Incidents of Travel in Poetry” Book Discussion | SF  FREE
Night Games Party | 2016 “Come Out & Play” Festival
Friday, September 30 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Gallery 308 (Fort Mason)

The Come Out & Play Festival is back celebrating a sixth year of bringing play to the Bay with new and innovative real-world games happening all over San Francisco. 2016 Come Out & Play Festival September 24 – October 8, 2016 All over San Francisco FREE (festival ...

7:00 pmSan Francisco Beard & Mustache Club | Mission Dist.  FREE
7:00 pmUrban Square Dance & Live Music | SF  $5*
*They ask for a $5-$10 donation.
7:30 pm“Rad Women Worldwide” Book Discussion | Green Apple Books on the Park  FREE
7:30 pmFriday Night Movie at Willard Park: Aladdin | Berkeley  FREE
8:00 pmWin Tix: NENA: 99 Luftballoons Over America Tour | Regency Ballroom  WIN
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