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Rotunda Dance Series: Ruth Asawa | SF City Hall
Friday, May 5 – 12:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Come and watch a dazzling performance from the students of San Francisco School of the Arts World Music and Dance Programs.
Rotunda Dance Series: Ruth Asawa
Friday, May 5, 2017 | 12 pm
San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Pl., SF
FREE
“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 ...
“Oakland First Fridays” Block Party
Friday, May 5 – 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
“Bites Off Broadway” Season Opening: Oakland’s First Mobile Food Pod | East Bay
Join the Oakland’s most family friendly food truck event as well their first mobile food pod every Friday, 5:30-8 pm, from May 5 through September 29, 2017. Bites Off Broadway | 5:30 to 8 pm Studio One Art Center, 365 45th Street, Oakland FREE, ...Every Friday
7×7’s Cinco Tequila Party | SF
Get ready for Cinco de Mayo with a hosted bar, free bites, tequila tasting stations, and more Friday, May 5, 2017 from 6-8 PM.
There will be:
Fun Cinco De Mayo Activations
Hosted Bar
Hosted Bites
Hornitos Tequila Education (Tasting Station)
Free, but an RSVP is required, though a $10 donation is requested ...
“The Peep Show” Artists Reception | SF
Friday, May 5 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Mule Gallery
Mule Gallery is excited to present The Peep Show, featuring sixteen artists curated by Western Editions. The show opens on May 5, 2017 and closes on May 26, 2017. A reception will be held on Friday, May 5 from 6-9pm.
With the current climate of women’s ...
Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, May 5 – 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
North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF
Friday, May 5 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | North Beach
On the first Friday of every month, over a dozen North Beach galleries, museums, bars, and restaurants stay open late for a self-guided First Fridays Art Crawl with special events to showcase the ever-growing collections of art and entertainment that diversify North Beach. First Fridays Art Crawl ...Monthly
Asian Cultural Center First Fridays: Art, Performance & Games | Oakland
> EVENT UPDATE: This event is no longer taking place. Come out for a night of fun and creativity as the Oakland Asian Cultural Center hosts First Fridays, an evening of art, performance, workshops and games every first Friday of the month. The OACC builds vibrant communities through ...
$5 First Friday at Chabot Space & Science Center | Oakland Hills
Save Nature – Insect Petting Zoo
Time: 6:45-9:15pm
Location: Gruener Astronomy Hall
Project Create – Build a Bug
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Gruener Astronomy Hall
Wonderful Idea Co. – Art Bugs
Time: 6-10pm
Location: Gruener Astronomy Hall
Insect Sciences Museum of California – Thermometer Cricket Activity
Time: 6-10pm
Location: Rotunda
Insect Demos
Time: 6-10pm
Location: Rotunda
Creatures of the Dark
Time: 6-10pm
Location: ...Monthly
Awesöme Orchestra Collective: “Hoe-Down” From Rodeo | Oakland
Join Awesöme Orchestra during Oakland Art Murmur’s First Friday at Brooklyn Preserve. Bringing people together for musical adventures, their free Sessions are part performance, part open rehearsal. They provide the sheet music, and anyone is welcome to play or to listen.
Please note the date change from ...
Green Apple Books’ Fundraiser & Postcard Writing Party | SF
Green Apple Books on the Park and Sea Witch Productions present a fundraiser and postcard writing party to benefit The National Endowment for the Arts.
Come and listen to readings by NEA fellows R.O. Kwon, Maxine Chernoff, Javier Zamora and Monica Sok. There will also be ...
MCCLA’s 40th Anniversary Opening Reception: The Redefinition of “American” Art | SF
Friday, May 5 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: $5 | Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Here Now: Where We Stand celebrates the 40th Anniversary of The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA), founded in San Francisco in 1977 as a result of social struggles for greater equality in the 1960s and 1970s.
The exhibition honors this history and MCCLA’s role ...
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 ...
