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Friday, August 4

All DayHistory Museum: Free First Fridays | Redwood City  FREE
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.
11:00 am“Summer Sessions” First Friday Factory Tour | Mission  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
2017 US National Windsurfing Festival | Berkeley
Friday, August 4 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*The event is free to watch.
| Berkeley Yacht Club

The US National Windsurfing Festival is a once-a-year chance for pretty much all disciplines of windsurfing to be in one place together. Pros, amateurs and even beginners get to spend four full days racing for honors but also making new friends, learning from one another ...

Summer Craft Day | Pier 39
Friday, August 4 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pier 39
Get creative at Summer Craft Day on Friday, August 4. friends from the Museum of Craft & Design will be in the Entrance Plaza from 1-4pm to teach kids of all ages free summer crafts like paper plate fans, decorative bubble wand bands and Sharpie-dyed ...

Haight-Ashbury Free Musical Tour | SF
Friday, August 4 – 1:30 pm - Ends at 3:15 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
| Oak & Ashbury (Panhandle)
The Haight-Ashbury tour is a musical tour, with songs about the Free Love Movement and the hippies of the 60s. On this tour you’ll see: The Grateful Dead’s hallowed psychedelic home Rock goddess Janis Joplin’s pink apartment Panhandle Park, hippie haven and concert grounds Famed Haight and Ashbury intersection Tie-dyed street ...
2:00 pmCraft The Summer of Love: Tie-Dye Socks | 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.
“Oakland First Fridays” Block Party
Friday, August 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

Vintage Game Night: Spacewar & Other Classic Video Games | Mountain View
Friday, August 4 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to play the games. Tickets required to visit exhibits
| Computer History Museum
In partnership with The MADE and The Vintage Computer Festival, Friday Nights at CHM is hosting a vintage game night. Get the chance to play classic video games on an Amiga 4000, an Apple IIGS and even their PDP-1 and Galaxy Game console. If you can’t ...
“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, August 4 – 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 ...

5:00 pmImagebound: Exhibition of Artists’ Books & Prints | Oakland  FREE
Friday Nights at the de Young: “The Grateful Dead” Music Tribute | SF

Events and Activities: Turn On with Music of the Grateful Dead performed by The Howlin Rain with Ethan Miller and Special Guests Creativity Station with Linda Janklow Mouse in the House: A Conversation with Stanley Mouse Every Friday

5:30 pm“And Figuratively Speaking” Artist Reception | SF  FREE
Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s Acoustic Mini Concert | Amoeba Berkeley
Friday, August 4 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (Berkeley)
Chris Robinson and Neal Casal are playing a special acoustic set at Amoeba Berkeley Friday, August 4th, 6pm to celebrate the release of the new Chris Robinson Brotherhood album, Barefoot In The Head (out July 21st). The first 100 people to purchase Barefoot In The Head ...
10th Anniversary Art Party & Celebration | Bernal Heights
Friday, August 4 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | | Secession Art & Design
Secession Art & Design’s 10th-anniversary show, Ecological Resilience, is a three-person show featuring Cindy Shih, Heather Robinson, and Victoria Veedell. All three live and create art in San Francisco. This beautiful collection of landscapes and abstracts takes you through an ecosystem of nature and pattern. Help Support ...
6:00 pm2017 Summer “90s Alternative” Concert in the Park | Foster City  FREE
6:00 pm“Force of Nature” Art Exhibit | Oakland  FREE
$5 First Friday at Chabot Space & Science Center: Pinball Design & Engineering | Oakland Hills
Friday, August 4 – 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

This evening will be focused on STEAM and the design and engineering concepts of pinball and more. Learn how designers start from a concept and formulate designs using technology and age old principles. Engage in hands on activities that show you design basics and learn ...Monthly

North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF
Friday, August 4 – 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 pmFirst Friday Follies Burlesque | Oakland  FREE*
*Free, but donations for the artists are awesome.
Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, August 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

6:00 pmConcerts on the Plaza: Private Label | Mountain View  FREE
7:00 pmMouse in the House: A Conversation with Stanley Mouse | SF  FREE
7:00 pmGet Your Groove On with Pavlov’s Kats | Oakland  FREE
7:00 pmSouth First Fridays Art Walk | San Jose  FREE
San Francisco Bike Party: “Keanu For President” Ride | First Fridays
Friday, August 4 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Secret Location (SF)

He’s been The One, the Buddha and the lead guitarist for Wyld Stallyns, the greatest band of all-time. He’s been saving the world from day one. We again support Keanu Reeves for President and want to give a star to him on the SFBP walk of ...Monthly

8:00 pm“Comedy Soup”: Music, Comedy with Free Hotdogs & Beer | Oakland  FREE*
*RSVP is required for free admission
8:00 pmOakland Critical Mass | First Friday  FREE
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