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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 ...
Disaster Relief Demo Day: Fleet Week 2016 | Marina Green
Friday, October 7 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | Marina Green
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront and for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival. UPDATE: Due to the federal government shutdown, the Blue Angels won’t be flying flying at ...
Market Street Prototyping Festival: Friday | SF
Friday, October 7 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | Market and 3rd Street
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 ...
Rotunda Dance Series: AXIS Dance Company | SF City Hall
Friday, October 7 – 12:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
AXIS Dance Company has become one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities. Their performances have won numerous awards and the Company has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad.
2nd Annual Cultural Corridor: 8-Block Performance Series | SF
Friday, October 7 – 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 ...
“Oakland First Fridays” Block Party
Friday, October 7 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Telegraph & 27th
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
Drive-By Truckers: Southern American Acoustic In-Store | Amoeba SF
Friday, October 7 – 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood of Drive By Truckers play a special acoustic set to celebrate the band’s new album, American Band (out September 30th on ATO Records, available on CD, vinyl, and red vinyl).
Drive-By Truckers have always been outspoken, telling a distinctly American story ...
“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 ...
Friday Nights at the de Young: Latino Film Screening | SF
This Friday, the de Young Museum is screening Made in Califas: shorts by California filmmakers in the Koret Auditorium.
Every Friday
Asian Cultural Center First Fridays: Art, Performance & Games | Oakland
For this upcoming First Friday Event, they will have free Taiko drums workshop from 7-8 pm and also an opening reception for Epekto Arts Project Exhibit “Burnt Rice”, in celebration of Filipino Heritage month.
The reception starts at 6:30-8:30. There will be a live mural panting, ...
Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, October 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Broadway/Telegraph
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
Art Guild 58th Annual Members Show: Opening Reception | Pacifica
Friday, October 7 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Sanchez Art Center
The best one-word description of the Art Guild of Pacifica’s Annual Members Show is “grand.”
Art Guild members bring their best works to this show, making it a joy to see and a real celebration of art in Pacifica. This year’s show marks 20 years of ...
Sing-along Cinema & “The Sound Of Music” Costume Party | Jack London Square
Friday, October 7 – 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
Enjoy an evening of song, dance and movie classics on the waterfront with free outdoor screenings of popular musicals. This lively film series will screen fan favorites on special evenings at sundown. Bring blankets and chairs. Please note that start times may change based on ...
San Francisco Bike Party: “Revo-lution” | First Fridays
Friday, October 7 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 12:00 am |
Cost: FREE | Secret Location (SF)
This month, Bike Party is partnering with Bay Area based Revolights to give away a set of lights and perhaps a few other goodies! Earn a raffle ticket to win the lights by volunteering for a turn at the beginning of the ride or purchase ...Monthly
Every Friday
Free Bad-Ass Morning Workout: Conquer SF’s Hills | Every Friday
Every Friday – 6:30 am |
Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco
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
Every Friday – All Day |
Cost: FREE | 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
Every Friday – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Legionnaire Saloon
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
Every Friday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | 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
Every Friday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 am |
Cost: $10 | 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
Every Friday – 8:45 pm - Ends at 12:00 am |
Cost: FREE | Ferry Building
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 ...
