Events for October 6, 2016
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InsideView’s Open Lounge: Informative Topics & Innovative Speakers | SF
Dreamforce is an amazing event. But it’s also packed with 160,000+ people. Retreat from the madness at the Open Lounge — no Dreamforce badge necessary. Free, but an RSVP is required. Space is limited. Located just blocks from Moscone Center, the Open Lounge is a retreat where you can be ...
| 10:00 am | Home Land Security Exhibition | The Presidio | FREE |
Fleet Week: Free Admission For Military | Aquarium of the Bay
In celebration of Fleet Week, from October 6-9, all past and present military personnel will receive one free Aquarium ticket and $5 off for their family and guests. The discount is only available at the aquarium with a ticket purchase. *Military ID is required for ...
Jet Blue Sale: $34 Flights from SFO
It’s not quite the $19 fares we saw last week, but still an excellent sale from Jet Blue from Oakland and SFO with fares as cheap as $34 to Las Vegas and $39 to Long Beach for travel between October 20 and January 31st.
It’s the ...
| 10:00 am | Pez Museum: Free Admission Day | Burlingame | FREE |
40 Street Installations, Art & Play Zones | 2016 Market Street Prototyping Festival
Market Street comes alive with over 40 prototype projects. The wide sidewalks will be filled with temporary installations ranging from performance spaces, relaxation zones, dynamic art pieces, and more. Market Street runs through the heart of our beautiful city, yet it can feel uninviting and ...
| 12:00 pm | Free First Thursdays | Chinese Historical Society | FREE |
| 12:00 pm | Win: Lonely Planet’s Guide to Traveler Freebies | “The Best Things In Life Are Free” | WIN* *Win a copy of the book.
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19th Annual “Music for People & Thingamajigs” Festival Exhibit | SF
Collaborate musically with friends and strangers in an invented, hands-on orchestra space on Market Street corridor.
Play Hear is an exhibit that will take place from October 6-8, 2016 at 12 pm and 5 pm at 55 Taylor Street at the Market Street Prototyping Festival.
“Made in Oakland” Food and Fashion Fest | Oakland
Made in Oakland is a celebration of Oakland ingenuity will occur in the beautiful outdoor space in front of City Hall.
Music from local musicians will fill the air, vibrant local fashions will color the scene, and unique treats and drinks will be a feast for ...
| 5:00 pm | Live Jazz Music at Sinner’s Hour | The Chapel | FREE |
California Soundscapes: The Nature Sounds Society | The Presidio
The parks are struggling with soundscape preservation in an increasingly noisy world. Consider the need to inventory and monitor soundscapes in the parks while taking an audio break with this surround-sound presentation from the Nature Sounds Society.
Learn to recognize the elements of a natural soundscape and ...
Dreamforce Party 2016 | SF
This year, the Dreamforce party is going to be even bigger and better than last year’s (which is saying something).
Free but an RSVP is required.
| 6:00 pm | Lower Polk / TL Art Walk | Trendyloin | FREE |
Relax into Fall: DIY Series Sugar Scrubs | South SF
Learn how to make your own bath, body, and relaxation products in their Relax into Fall Do-It-Yourself series. They will discuss the benefits of making your own bath products, and you will get basic recipes that can be endlessly customized to your own tastes.
They will go through ...
Free Community Veggie Dinner: Fresh Garden & Farmers Market Meal | SF
Do you love fresh, organic, homemade food? Please come out and celebrate with other veggie lovers and enjoy some great food with amazing company. All are welcome to a free community-created dinner gleaned from the USF Garden and neighborhood farmers’ markets, and prepared by students ...
Exploratorium After Dark: Superpowers | Pier 15
Experience First Thursdays (the first After Dark each month) where they focus on one topic—this time, superpowers. What’s your favorite one? Shapeshifting? Teleportation?
Explore the extraordinary abilities of insects, plants, fungi, and fascinating microscopic creatures, and learn how members of your own species exceed their native ...
One City One Book 2016: Author Carey Perloff in Conversation | SF
The SF Library presents their premier One City One Book event, an engaging and lively conversation with Carey Perloff, the author of Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater, who will talk about the importance of live theater in society and of studying the arts ...
| 6:00 pm | Win Tix: “ScreamGate” Zombie Apocalypse Haunted House & Outdoor Maze | SF | WIN* *Win a pair of tickets. Regular cost $20
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| 6:30 pm | First Thursdays Art at The Red Vic: From Syria With Love | Haight | FREE* *Donations and purchases of prints accepted and encouraged.
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Madame Tussauds Bollywood Figure Reveal Party | SF
Madame Tussauds San Francisco joins the Bay Area’s Indian community in celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights that is India’s biggest national holiday observed by more than 900 million Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains around the world. In anticipation of this major holiday, the attraction will ...
City Star Party & Telescope Night | The Presidio
The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers invite you to their next City Star Party, where you can take a gander at our universe through telescopes, socialize with more experienced amateur astronomers, and get some tips about the night sky. Take in the view from San Francisco’s picturesque Tunnel Tops in the ...
| 7:00 pm | Poetry & Prose Book Reading | City Lights | FREE |
Every Thursday
Trivia Thursday: Pub Quiz in a Movie Theater | The New Parkway
Thursday Night at The New Parkway is Trivia Night.
This is a chance for you and your friends to compete and win prizes (like free beer and movie passes) if you can answer questions correctly about a range of topics that often include movie history, famous ...
Free Live Salsa & Jazz Music From Local Artists | SF
Join them every Wednesday & Thursday evening for a free Salsa and Jazz show by local Bay Area musicians.
Shows start at 8 pm. Enjoy great food, drinks & live music night. For complete line-up and more information please visit their Facebook page.
Free Live Salsa & Jazz ...
Haight Ashbury Comedy Night | Milk Bar
Come out to Haight Ashbury Comedy Night every Thursday at Milk Bar located in the heart of the Upper Haight to see some of SF’s best comedians.
The lineup changes every week, but expect to see comics that have performed at Cobbs, SF Sketchfest, the Punchline ...
“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 ...
Nob Hill Free Comedy Night | SF
Nob Hill Comedy Night brings you the top local and touring comedians every Thursday at 8 pm in Nob Hill’s newest beer & wine bar, Hops & Barrel.
Comedians you’ve seen at Nob Hill Comedy Night have been featured on HBO, Netflix, Conan, The Late Late ...
“Level Up Thursdays”: Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday night, Raven Bar & Lounge hosts a free dance party with DJ Mark Andrus who will play your favorite throwback jams.
Drink Specials All Night
$10 Mixed Cocktails
$6 Beer
$6 Seltzer
Video DJ Mark Andrus
Level Up Thursday:
Every Thursday at 9 pm
Raven Bar & Lounge, 1151 Folsom St., SF
FREE
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“Class of ’84” Dance Party & Cheap Drinks | SoMa
Every Thursday from 9 pm to 2 am at the Cat Club, it’s the best of the ’80s in two rooms with the coolest music and the best crowd in town. DJs Damon and Mr Washington spin ’80s pop, rock, and one hit wonders in the ...
SF’s Epic Karaoke Dance Party w/ Sax, Lasers + Fog | The Mission
Most students drop out of Stanford to create tech companies but DJ Purple dropped out to pursue music en route to becoming San Francisco’s DJ of the year in 2011 and one of America’s greatest karaoke KJ’s (Karaoke DJ).
Get ready for an upbeat night (no ...
$1 Well Shots on Thursday Nights | SF
Would you Believe Bar is bringing back $1 Well Shots and College Night Specials on Thursdays from 10 pm to Midnight for a limited time only.
Thursdays $1 Shots
Every Thursday | 10 pm to Midnight
Would You Believe Bar, 652 Geary Blvd., SF
$1- Must be 21 and over
Must 21 and ...
