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Fleet Week “First Responders” Festival (Oct. 9-11) | Marina Green
Friday, October 9 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | Marina Green
On the Marina Green during the Air Show, military and civilian first responders exhibit and demonstrate humanitarian assistance and disaster response resources such as field hospitals, water purification systems and command vehicles.
The Humanitarian Assistance Village (HAV) is an interactive exhibition demonstrating U.S. Military and Civilian ...
Bay Area Virtual Manufacturing Week 2020: Manufacturing is an Engine for Equity
October 2-9, times vary The importance of local manufacturing to the Bay Area’s economy and to our physical safety has become increasingly clear this year. In addition to ensuring that we have the essential products we need to survive, our local manufacturers have set a ...
Virtual Literature w/ Zach Norris (Author of We Keep Us Safe)
Friday, October 9 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library (All Branches)
Zach Norris is the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, author of We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, and co-founder of Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and training center that will empower Bay Area community members to ...
San Francisco Short Film Festival (Oct 9-18)
The short film — what a perfect genre. Like the perfect snack. Or the very best poem: intensity and imagination distilled down to the most crucial and poignant of words. Short films are the quintessential starting point, and for some filmmakers, the definitive end goal.
Welcome ...
Fleet Week: The Virtual Experience | Oct. 9-11
Friday, October 9 – All Day |
Cost: FREE
Fleet Week returns to San Francisco, albeit a bit different this year. For 2020, Fleet Week is hosting The Virtual Experience from October 9-11, 2020. The signature Fleet Week event, the Blue Angels airshow, has been postponed until 2021, which will be the 40th Anniversary of ...
Fleet Week 2021 & Blue Angels Air Show: Full Schedule (October 8-10)
Friday, October 9 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Marina Green
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront and for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival. UPDATE: Due to the federal government shutdown, the Blue Angels won’t be flying flying at ...
“Litquake 2020” Virtual Festival (October 8-24)
San Francisco’s literary festival with author events, poets, activists and performers – 150 authors at 60 free online events. Lit Crawl will close the festival on 10/24 with writers from sister Lit Crawl cities, including Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Angers (France), Kells (Ireland), and Wellington ...
Finding Your Hispanic Ancestry: A Free Webinar Introduction
In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, please join us for this free webinar. Maria will teach us how to begin researching our Latin American ancestry, where to find records and how to interpret and analyze them. This talk will be geared towards beginners in Hispanic ...
Friday Nights at OMCA: Night Market, DJs & Off the Grid | Oakland
Reconnect with family, friends, and community during Friday Nights at OMCA. These free events provide a gathering place each week, including live music, hands-on activities, Off the Grid (OTG) food trucks, and late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. Limited ...Every Friday
6:30p Show – “HellaSecret” Comedy Show & Cocktail Night (Oakland)
Get ready for our “HellaSecret” speakeasy comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up live comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This HellaSecret comedy show takes place in a ...
Shannon Lee & Jeff Chang Book Discussion via Zoom
Friday, October 9 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE
Join us on Friday, October 9 at 7pm PDT when Shannon Lee, discusses her book, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee, with author Jeff Chang on Zoom!
Signed bookplates available while supplies last! Preorder now and be sure to write “signed” in your ...
SF’s “Celebrating Ruth Bader Ginsburg” Rally in The Castro
Friday, October 9 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Castro & Market
Sisters from all over the world are coming together to celebrate Ruth Bader Ginsburg; they will Saint Justice Ginsburg on October 9, 2020, 7pm at Market and Castro in San Francisco.
Updated Date: Now October 9th at 7pm: Please note date was originally October 2nd, but ...
Comedy Oakland Online
The year seems to get crazier and crazier, so we need laughter more than ever before. Comedy Oakland is here to help. This week, we have shows on Friday and Saturday! More chances to laugh with more hilarious comedians. The shows start at 7 pm ...Every Friday
East Bay Bike Party
Friday, October 9 – 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Secret Location (East Bay)
The East Bay Bike Party is a monthly mobile party for riders of all ages, experience levels, and bike types, to meet, ride, and play together in the streets on the second Friday of the month with upwards of 400 riders usually meeting near an East ...Monthly
2nd Friday Virtual Art Talks
Friday, October 9 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm |
Cost: FREE
With the world facing so many challenges, artists are deeply impacted. With no exhibitions, shows to perform at, or an audience to visit their studios, the economic and social impact is immeasurable. 2nd Friday Virtual Art Talks Every 2nd Friday | 7:30 -8:30 pm PST ...Monthly
“Crazy Funny Asians” Virtual Comedy Live from San Francisco
//// CRAZY FUNNY ASIANS VIRTUAL SHOW IS CANCELED AS OF JUNE 25, 2021 //// After a year of weekly online comedy shows for Crazy Funny Asians we finally bid you farewell! We’ve loved hosting this show and seeing everyone every week the community that developed from ...Every Friday
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Presents South Slope Cinema
It’s a pop-up drive-in theater! This year Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema has become the South Slope Cinema, screening films at the Alemany Farmers’ Market Plaza. One ticket per car will get you in for a night of beautiful, poignant shorts, docs, narratives, dramas, animation and ...
8:30p Show -“HellaSecret” Comedy Show & Cocktail Night (Oakland)
Get ready for our “HellaSecret” speakeasy comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up live comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This HellaSecret comedy show takes place in a ...
HellaRnB Night (Beyoncé, Rihanna, TLC, Prince & More) | SF
Come to an amazing downtown art bar, Bar Fluxus to enjoy some classic RnB tunes with DJ BeatsMe. Hear some classic throwbacks from Ginuwine, TLC, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Prince, Usher, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Frank Ocean, Brandy, Missy and Aaliyah and more. HellaRnB Night (Beyoncé, Rihanna, ...Every Friday
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 ...
