Events for October 16, 2020
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OBCA’s Rally for Resilience
Online Event – Virtual Peer to Peer campaign OBCA’s Rally for Resilience, a virtual two-week event from October 16th to the 30th, will bring people together to raise critical funds for outdoor leadership programming. All funds raised by Ralliers will support Ropes Course programs and attendance ...
Tix Avail for Free Saturdays at “Legion of Honor” Museum (Starting Oct. 31)
the Legion of Honor offers free general admission to the permanent galleries to Bay Area residents. Advanced tickets are required, and capacity is limited due to COVID-19 precautions. Please note that admission to any special exhibits is not included nor discounted and will require ...Every Saturday
SF’s “Museum of Craft and Design” Reopens Oct. 16
The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) reopens to the public on Friday, October 16 welcoming visitors to MOTO MMXX, a show-stopping custom motorcycle exhibition guest curated by co-founder and director of Untitled Motorcycles, Hugo Eccles.
Originally slated to open in May of 2020, MOTO MMXX was delayed due to the COVID-19 ...
SF Opens Four “Weather Relief” Centers
The National Weather Service is heat advisory warning, predicting above normal temps in San Francisco, October 15-16, with afternoon temperatures peaking in the high 80s to low 90s. Even during heat waves, we must continue to protect ourselves and our community from COVID-19. Stay home ...
League of Women Voter’s Virtual California Ballot Guide
The League of Women Voters of San Francisco (LWVSF) is your go-to nonpartisan source as you prepare for the November 3 election. Two upcoming forums will present views both for and against this election’s 12 San Francisco and 12 California ballot measures.Rigorously researched by the ...
Fractzing the Facts: Livestream Performance
A live, interactive performance by Bay Area artists champoy and Miguel Novelo where you decide what a museum/space/gallery should be. Call in or comment on the livestream to converse with the host in real-time throughout the 60-minute program.
The performance centers on the verb “to fractz,” ...
Women’s National Book Association: San Francisco Values (Zoom Discussion)
While San Francisco is ground zero for global technological innovation, it is also renowned as being in the vanguard for a variety of cultural movements: literary, musical, and sports. And, San Francisco’s policies were among the first of all US cities to institute committed environmental ...
| 3:00 pm | “Block Fest” Tenderloin Arts Festival & Free Art Making | SF | FREE* *Free, but an RSVP is required.
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Students on the Capitol Steps for Yes on 16 Rally
On October 16th, we’re calling for a statewide day of action. Students will be able to attend
16 events, 12 in-person and 4 entirely digital.
Join us on Friday, October 16th at the State Capitol for a safe and socially distanced event in support of Yes on ...
| 3:00 pm | Free Sightglass Coffee Cupping | SoMa | FREE* *Free, but space is limited so an RSVP is requested.
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A Night of Bold Verse: 3 Black Women Poets Present Their Work Online
This online reading is part of Revolution Books “60 Defiant Days at Revolution Books. Three remarkable poets will read:
MARILYN NELSON, a three-time finalist for the National Book Award, is one of America’s most celebrated poets. She is the author or translator of seventeen poetry books ...
Teatro Visión’s La Muerte Baila 2020
La Muerte Baila
Desplazarse hacia abajo para español
Teatro Visión presents
La Muerte Baila
An original Milagro Theater Día de los Muertos production
devised by Rebecca Martinez and the Milagro Theater Ensemble
This pre-recorded production is being created in compliance with State and County Social Distancing and Health regulations.
In this hilarious, ...
Yes on Prop 16 Rally at Plaza de César Chávez
Students fought against Prop 209, asked Dr. Weber to create ACA 5, and worked to get it through the legislature. Now, students need to rise again and lend their voices to ensure Prop 16 passes.
On October 16th, we’re calling for a statewide day of action. ...
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
Black Lives Matter: 16 for 16 Protest Rally
16 Cities Unite for: Prop 16 in support for more equitable future.
Schedule: Social hour until 5pm then speakers until 8pm (still seeking Music/Entertainment)
Safety Details: Social Distanced by marked spaces and w/ PPE provided.
There will be medics and security.
Superfest Disability Virtual Film Festival
Superfest Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. Since it first debuted in a small Los Angeles showcase in 1970 it has become an eagerly anticipated international event—hosted by Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State. ...
Banchan Workshops: Korean Online Cooking w/ Sarah Kim-Lee
What is banchan? Find out by signing up for these special cooking workshops! Join Korean cooking instructor Sarah Kim Lee as she teaches simple, delicious recipes for several types of banchan dishes that you can enjoy making this Fall! Workshop details including ingredient list will ...
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 ...
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
Tiny Garage Concert Night | Emeryville
Boonation Custom Cycles hosts a monthly Tiny Garage Concert Series. This is a community event, catered towards lovers of neighborhood fun. Tiny Garage Concerts Every 3rd Friday | 7 pm to 10 pm Boonation Custom Cycles, 5656 Genoa St, Emeryville FREE with a $5 suggested ...Monthly
Oakland Online Comedy Show
October 16-17, 7 pm to 8 pm Pacific time each day
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 ...
The Racket Virtual Reading Series : Total Recall w/ Héctor Tobar
THE RACKET READING SERIES:
TOTAL RECALL w/ Héctor Tobar
LINK HERE: https://fb.me/e/32YecYvLV
We’re doing a weekly reading series.
And this week, oooooh weeee, are we excited. Héctor Tobar – author of Deep Down Dark and The Last Great Road Bum and much, much more – is joining us for ...
9th Annual Autumn Lights Virtual Festival
Every year since 2012, thousands have flocked to Oakland’s Lake Merritt to immerse themselves in the Autumn Lights Festival – a one-of-a-kind interactive art experience that is always the talk of the town. This year, the event will be held entirely online – bringing 40 ...
Dead Time Dreams Haunted Attractions Open Air Fright Walk
Take a walk down nightmare lane, socially distanced from monsters who watch your every step in the dark…. They don’t need to get closer than 6 feet to scare you…. trust us.
Located on ABC farm’s Pumpkin Patch, Dead Time Dreams brings to you 2 attractions ...
Virtual Monologue “Citizen Brain”
October 16-17, 7pm to 9pm both days; October 18 at 5 pm; October 23-24 at 7 pm both days; October 25 at 5pm; October 30-31 at 7pm both days; November 1 at 5 pm; November 6 – 7 at 7 pm both days; November 8 ...
| 8:00 pm | Brave New Jokes: Comedy Showcase | SF | FREE |
Stephen Porter Virtual Piano Concert
Stephen Porter returns to our stage with a program of Beethoven’s final piano work, the Six Bagatelles Op. 126, premieres by four living composers—Toni Lester, Norberto Oldrini, Andrew List and Martin Skafte—and both books of Debussy’s luminous Images.
Stephen Porter has appeared as a soloist in ...
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Present 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 ...
“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
Every Friday
Free Bad-Ass Morning Workout: Conquer SF’s Hills | Every Friday
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
