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Friday, April 28

8:30 amWomen In Tech: Morning Of Advice, Networking & Breakfast | SF  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
All DayBeer Friday: Live Music, Food Trucks & Family Party | San Carlos  FREE
1:00 pmBotany Series: Introduction to Plant Identification | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required. Donations are highly encouraged.
4:00 pmFinals Friday Family Dance Party: Shake Off The Stress | South SF  FREE
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.
5:00 pm“Poetry Lab #1” National Poetry Month Workshop | Albany  FREE
5:00 pmCalifornia Wildflower Cask Ale On Anchor Brewing’s Firkin Friday | SF  FREE*
*Free admission but bring money for food and drinks
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, April 28 – 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 ...

5:30 pmSan Francisco Critical Mass  FREE
5:30 pm“SoMapagmahal” Photography Exhibit | SF  FREE*
*Free, but donations are accepted.
6:00 pmPresidio Sessions: Ila Cantor’s “Encanto” | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.

6:00 pmFree Vegetarian Dinner Night | SF  FREE
6:30 pm“Project 258: Making Dinner at Fish & Game” Book Launch | Omnivore Books  FREE
“The Macallan” Single Malt Scotch Whisky Tasting & Class | SF
Friday, April 28 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required. 21+ Only.
| Innovation Hangar at Palace of Fine Arts

One night could turn you into a scotch aficionado. Come to the Palace of Fine Arts’ Innovation Hangar with your friends and colleagues to “Raise The Macallan” at a private single malt scotch whisky tasting and learn a little bit about what makes it one of the ...

7:00 pmSan Francisco Beard & Mustache Club | Mission Dist.  FREE
7:00 pmWin Tix: stART Up Art Fair 2017: Opening Night Party | Hotel Del Sol  WIN
7:00 pmHella Funny Friday Comedy Night | SF  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required
7:00 pmFeral Fourth Fridays Urban Square Dance & Live Music | SF  $5*
*They ask for a $5-$10 donation.
Comedians with Criminal Records | Great Star Theater
Friday, April 28 – 7:30 pm | Cost: $9.40*
*Get 54% off with code HELLAFUNCHEAP - Tickets normally $20
| Great Star Theater

Comedians with Criminal Records is a unique comedy showcase of established comedians who’ve had trouble with the law in the past. This may be the only show in America where if you don’t laugh, you might get stabbed. And it’s all hosted by two criminals ...

SF Chamber Orchestra Main Stage Concert “The Lighter Side” | SF
Friday, April 28 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Herbst Theatre
Your favorite chamber orchestra ends the season on the lighter side, with music designed to tickle your classical funny bone. Peter Schickele and his hilarious alter ego P.D.Q. Bach will be well represented—namely by P.D.Q.’s brilliant reworking of the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony as ...
“Mavra” & “Dido & Aeneas” Fully-Staged Opera | SF
Friday, April 28 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall (SFCM)
Students from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice and Historical Performance Departments present a double-billed, fully-staged production of Stravinsky’s rarely-performed opera, “Mavra,” and Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.”
8:00 pmAs I Lay Laughing: Comedy & Snacks | Oakland  FREE*
*Donations are appreciated.
8:00 pmWin Tix: “The Encounter” VIP Tix: Premier Orchestra Seats & Drink Tickets | Curran  WIN
8:00 pm“Yesterday Is Tomorrow” Thematical Vignettes | SF  FREE*
*Free but donations are highly encouraged.
Last Fridays Outdoor Movie Night “Big Hero 6” | Pier 39
Friday, April 28 – 8:15 pm | Cost: FREE | Pier 39

Grab your blankets and head to Pier 39 for their Outdoor Movie Night, held the last Friday of every month through September. Before the show, get a bite to eat at one of Pier 39’s restaurants, or take advantage of special giveaways and movie night ...

Fort Nights “Magic”: Free Film & Light Art Festival | Week 2
Friday, April 28 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

Spanning four weeks, Fort Nights: Magic features films and performances through the different lenses of light, water, sky, the heart, and the unseen — all of which have a great influence on the art of magic. What’s going to happen: April 21, Gallery 308 The ...

8:30 pmWin Tix: South Bay Alt-Rockers “Picture Atlantic” | Bottom Of The Hill  WIN
SuperbFest: “Rogue One” Free Outdoor Movie Screening | UC Berkeley
Friday, April 28 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with CAL ID
| Memorial Glade (UC Berkeley)
Are you sick and tired of Darth Vader’s obnoxious, heavy breathing? Join a group of Rebels in the latest attempt to take down the Death Star in the first of many “standalone” films. Get in on the action alongside Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian ...
10:15 pmWin Tix: Dan St. Germain (Fox / Comedy Central) | The Punch Line  WIN
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