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Rotunda Dance Series: Mussel Rock Cloggers | SF City Hall
Friday, November 4 12:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Mussel Rock is a performance group developed by the Barbary Coast Cloggers and students from the Sunday afternoon classes at Rhythm & Motion.
Free Flower Friday | The Panhandle
The Now Festival gets free flowers from the great vendors down at the wholesale flower market and pass them out to people on the street to make their day a little brighter!
Come help us prepare the flowers and take a basket out onto the streets to ...
“Oakland First Fridays” Block Party
Friday, November 4 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
Fitbit Local Workout: Bodyweight Bootcamp For All Levels | SF
Sweat it out with Fitbit Local, a series of free monthly workouts in your city led by fitness leaders from your community.
Happy hour can wait—get your body moving first. Fitbit Local Ambassador Caroline Jordan will raise your heart rate with a fun and challenging bodyweight ...
Friday Nights at the de Young: Live Bepop Jazz | SF
The Vijay Anderson Quartet plays music from great American composers coming out of the jazz tradition.
The group has been playing in the Bay Area for over a decade and interprets compositions by Thelonious Monk, Mal Waldron, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, and many other ...Every Friday
Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, November 4 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
Punk Rock Mini Concert: He Who Cannot Be Named | Amoeba SF
Friday, November 4 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
He Who Cannot Be Named has been playing punk rock for over 25 years, most of that time with the legendary Dwarves.
He was voted guitarist of the year by Flipside Magazine in 1991, but is mostly known for his unusual stage wear, or lack thereof. ...
“Around & Around” Artist Reception | SF
Friday, November 4 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Mule Gallery
They are thrilled to have Brooklyn-based designer Kelli Anderson presenting Around & Around, the final show of 2016 at Mule Gallery.
Around & Around is a exhibition of mostly-handheld objects that have been “programmed” to be rotated, spun, or perambulated.
The show features kaleidoscopic volvellves, a paper prognostication ...
Emojicon 2016: Opening Night Party & Food Festival | SF
Celebrate with fans from around the world to celebrate the opening of the first-ever festival on emoji at Covo on Mission Street. Come dressed in your favorite emoji-themed costume. Get your emoji caricature done, or decorate yourself with emoji tattoos or get your picture taken ...
“Folked!” Hardly Strictly a Mini Folk Festival | The Haight
Stop by for the NOW! Festival’s free folk music showcase (using the word “folk” very loosely) with Jesse Rosemoore (actually a punker), Vivian Cook and more
100 Foot Tall Film Night: Writ Large | The Great Wall of Oakland
Friday, November 4 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Great Wall of Oakland
Writ Large is proud to present the Bay Area premeire of Stan VanDerBeek’s “Poem Fields” series (new transfers of these late-60s computer-generated works), as well as a curated selection of highlights from the Motionpoems series pairing poets with filmmakers, followed by a “Too Hot for ...
“Another Hole in the Head” Indie Horror Film Festival | SF
This annual festival of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy and exploitation cinema defies convention to bring you the most outrageous genre films from both emerging and established filmmakers. This is two weeks days of celluloid mayhem not usually found in your local cineplex. 15th Annual “Hole in ...
2016 Proxy Fall Film Festival Finale: “Captain Fantastic” | Hayes Valley
Friday, November 4 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Proxy
> EVENT UPDATE: This event is no longer taking place. The Proxy Fall Film Festival is a five-week series of free Friday night screenings at the Proxy Walk-in Movie Theater in Hayes Valley. This year’s series highlights a few of the best independent films of ...
Tweed After Dark: San Francisco Bike Party | First Friday
Friday, November 4 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Secret Location (SF)
This month SFBP and SF Tweed Ride are happening within days of each other, with one during the daylight hours and one at night. What better way to test out your outfit for SF Tweed or get inspiration than coming to our ride Tweed After ...Monthly
TourMega Startup Launch Party | Mountain View
Join them for TourMega’s launch party. They are an exciting new startup giving you thousands of choices to experience the world in just a few clicks.
They’ll have:
Vietnamese food & Mexican food to feed you
Alcohol to be purchased from the bar
Great games for you to play and win ...
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 ...