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Friday, May 5

All DayHistory Museum: Free First Fridays | Redwood City  FREE
All DayFirst Friday Free Coworking | Impact Hub Oakland  FREE*
*Free, but there is a $5 suggested donation for the optional potluck lunch.
All DayFree Admission Day | Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History  FREE
11:00 amTimbuk2 First Fridays Free Factory Tour | San Francisco  FREE*
*Free tours take place on the First Friday of the month, and tickets are required. Tours are limited to 20 people.
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
3:30 pmIsrael’s 69th Independence Day Street Party | Palo Alto  FREE
4:00 pmShucked: Cinco De Mayo Oyster Happy Hour | SF  FREE*
*Free admission but bring money for food and drinks
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, May 5 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to attend, but bring some cash for food purchases.
| Fort Mason Center

Fort Mason Night Market returns for 2026 with food trucks, craft vendors & live music on the waterfront. San Francisco’s popular waterfront night market is back for 2026. The Fort Mason Night Market returns monthly from April through December, bringing together local food vendors, craft ...

5:00 pmCinco de Mayo with Live Mariachi | The Chapel  FREE*
*No Cover, bring $ for food & drinks
“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
Friday, May 5 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but bring cash for food purchasing.
| Studio One Art Center

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
Friday, May 5 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required though there is a $10 donation requested at event door.
| Stock In Trade
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 ...
6:00 pmTemescal First Fridays | Oakland  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring cash for shopping, food, and drinks.
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

6:00 pmFirst Friday Follies Burlesque | Oakland  FREE*
*Free, but donations for the artists are awesome.
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

6:00 pmKasey Knudsen Sextet: Modern Jazz Performance | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
Asian Cultural Center First Fridays: Art, Performance & Games | Oakland
Friday, May 5 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
| Oakland Asian Cultural Center

> 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 ...

6:00 pmConcerts on the Plaza: Sandi Bell | Mountain View  FREE
$5 First Friday at Chabot Space & Science Center | Oakland Hills
Friday, May 5 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*From 6-10pm enjoy $5 admission to the Center. There is no pre-registration for First Fridays.
| Chabot Space & Science Center

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

6:30 pmFunny Fest Friday Night Fights Comedy Show | SF  FREE
6:30 pmGender Identity & Expression Summit: “Free Cece” Movie Screening | SF  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
6:30 pm“We Wove a Net” Documentary Screening | SF  FREE
7:00 pmHella Funny Friday Comedy Night | Chug Pub  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required with secret code FUNCHEAP
Awesöme Orchestra Collective: “Hoe-Down” From Rodeo | Oakland
Friday, May 5 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required; donations are welcome.
| Brooklyn Preserve
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
Friday, May 5 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission
| Green Apple Books on the Park
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 ...
7:00 pmSouth First Fridays Art Walk | San Jose  FREE
7:05 pm$5 Night: Oakland A’s vs. Detroit Tigers | Oakland  $5*
*Tickets are available online only and will be delivered digitally.
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