Events for February 12, 2021
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Friday, February 12
Chinatown’s Lunar New Year Mural Scavenger Hunt
Celebrate Lunar New Year by hunting for murals throughout Chinatown. There’s 12 murals hidden throughout Chinatown, each one depicting one of the Chinese Zodiac animals. Find and snap of photo of each one, and share to Instagram to be entered to win their raffle. Chinatown ...
“Goat My Valentine” Virtual Photo Booth (Feb 9 – Mar 1)
GOAT MY VALENTINE IS BACK FOR YEAR #4!
Did you think a global pandemic would cancel Value Culture’s best event of year?
Nope! Instead we are going global, virtually!
Value Culture is teaming back up with Goat non profit City Grazing, and photo booth experts SnapFiesta giving you ...
Welcome Year Of The Ox w/ Oakland Asian Cultural Center (Feb. 12-18)
Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) will present its first-ever virtual Lunar New Year Celebration with a weeklong schedule of diverse cultural content featuring new year’s traditions from China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and more!
OACC is proud to bring our signature Lunar New Year Celebration in virtual ...
Cal Academy of Sciences’ Virtual Penguin Valentines Bash
Happy Penguin Valentines, humans.
Join in for the California Academy of Sciences’ Species Survival Plan colony of African penguins—and the biologists who care for them—in this very special, scientifically adorable annual tradition.
You’ll see waddling penguins nab felt hearts to line their nests (great for pair-bonding), learn ...
“Pay-What-You-Can” Taco Day at SF’s Tato (Every Friday)
While many restaurants are struggling, San Francisco Mexican restaurant TATO wants to give back. They’re bringing back their “Taco Love” special which features a two taco plate with sides, and pay-what-you-can pricing. Pay-What-You-Can Taco Day Tato 4608 3rd St. (@ McKinnon) San Francisco (Bayview) Every ...Every Friday
Lunar New Year “Surprise Potstickers” at Mamahuhu (Feb. 11-17)
To celebrate the Year of the Ox, we’ve put together a special treat inspired by a Lunar New Year tradition from Northern China. Every year, families gather during the holiday to wrap dumplings together for a giant feast! Inside one of these little potstickers, they’ll ...
SF Library Talk: Elijah Cummings’s “We’re Better Than This”
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and James Dale will discuss the posthumous memoir and legacy of politician and civil rights advocate, Elijah Cummings (D-MD).
We’re Better Than This highlights Cummings’ work during the Trump presidency, focusing on his time as Chair of the House Oversight Committee, which ...
Hotspot in a Hotspot: Biodiversity in the Bay Area
Join POST in welcoming author Mary Ellen Hannibal to discuss why the Bay Area is a biodiversity hotspot!
Mountains have risen, continents have moved, rivers have hurtled to the ocean, and over millions of years, the Bay Area has taken shape. Cyclical interactions over deep time ...
“We’re Better Than This” Elijah Cummings Book Talk
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and James Dale discuss the posthumous memoir and legacy of politician and civil rights advocate, Elijah Cummings (D-MD).
We’re Better Than This highlights Cummings’ work during the Trump presidency, focusing on his time as Chair of the House Oversight Committee, which investigated ...
New Geometric Mural at Fort Mason’s Hang Gallery by Artist Pablo Manga
Artist Pablo Manga is showcasing a temporary geometric mural at Hang Art Gallery Fort Mason location on Fridays – Sundays by appointment only. The mural is a continuation of Manga’s exploration of the simple yet painterly quality of semi-transparent tape. This site-specific mural charts chromatic ...
Three New Exhibitions at Sanchez Art Center (Feb 12–Mar 21)
Sanchez Art Center opens its 2021 exhibitions with three exciting new shows. Painter Laura Corallo-Titus and tapestry artist Dance Doyle will show their work in the Main Gallery. The artists are the 2019 Left Coast Annual exhibition award winners selected by Scott A. Shields, Associate ...
| 3:00 pm | Free Sightglass Coffee Cupping | SoMa | FREE* *Free, but space is limited so an RSVP is requested.
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Bert Badgers At Home Valentine’s Dance Party
Let’s have a fun dance party for the people we love! Bert Badger will do new songs, old songs, and even a BRAND new song off his upcoming third album you haven’t even heard yet! WHAT?!? Yeah that’s how fun this is going to be. ...
| 5:00 pm | Second Fridays Art Walk | San Rafael | FREE |
| 5:00 pm | Vallejo Art Walk | Second Fridays | FREE |
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
SF Opera Valentine’s Weekend at Fort Mason Drive-In (Feb. 12-13)
San Francisco’s first drive-in movie theater, Fort Mason Flix, returns in February. Fort Mason Flix is a pop-up drive-in theater on the waterfront showing hit movies six days a week, from family favorites and cult classics to blockbusters and art house cinema. The theater features ...
5:30p Show – “HellaSecret” Outdoor 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 ...
“Out Front” Street Dining & Music at The UC Theatre
Join us Friday and Saturday for a night of socially-distant drinks and dining at Out Front at The UC Theatre featuring live music from House Call Soul (Friday) and Los Bahianatos (Saturday)! We will be open from 6pm – 10pm. Capacity will be limited to ...
Valentine’s Weekend Comedy w/ Monique Marvez (Feb 12-13)
Join us for Valentine’s Weekend with the hilarious Monique Marvez!
Monique will be joined by host Patrick Ford and featured comedian Doug Ferrari in our outdoor patio showroom. Dress warmly! We have heaters, hot chocolate and hot toddies, and have hoodies and lap blankets available for ...
Lower Haight Open Mic at Scott Street Labyrinth (Every Friday)
Calling all poets, musicians, comics, magicians, sword swallowers, human cannonballs, etc. You are hereby cordially invited to perform at the ONLY In-Person “open mic” in town. A supportive creative community awaits. Your act has never been more essential. Share your talents with a live audience. ...Every Friday
“Jackie Schimmel Unhinged” Livestream Comedy Special
Confined to the inside of her home amidst a global pandemic, without professional supervision or legal counsel, fueled by excess rage and frothy martinis, spend the evening with Jackie Schimmel, a woman unhinged. Your experience will consist of off-the-cuff shit talk, live musical performances, unparalleled ...
Balboa Theater’s “Rock Lotto” Music Video Party
Join us in Balboa Theater’s outdoor parklet for a “BB Music Video Party” showing music videos from 10 of 2020’s Rock Lotto bands.
The venue has a large screen, snacks, and lots of seating. This will be a social distanced event. Please wear your masks.
What is ...
| 6:00 pm | “Millennials Ruin Everything”: Free Comedy & Oysters Night | El Rio | FREE* *Free, suggested donation $5
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| 6:00 pm | 2nd Friday Art Walk | Oakland & Alameda | FREE |
Bay Area Drive-In Movies on Valentine’s Weekend (Feb. 12-14)
One of the most socially-distant ways to have fun (literally, you’re sealed inside your car), The West Wind Drive-In theaters in both San Jose and Concord, are open for nightly film screenings in the Bay Area. West Wind Drive In Locations Solano Drive-In – 1611 ...
Comedy Oakland Online (Feb. 12-13)
February 12-13, 7 pm to 8:15 pm Pacific time each day
It is Valentine’s Day weekend, and nothing helps a relationship more than laughter. Comedy Oakland is here to help. Every week, we have shows on Friday and Saturday! More chances to laugh with hilarious comedians ...
7p Valentine’s Weekend Show: “HellaSecret” Outdoor Comedy Show & Cocktail Night (SF)
Get ready for pop-up comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a new venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. Get $Free Tickets with code FUNCHEAP GUEST (otherwise $15-20) HellaSecret North Beach Comedy 2022 Every Friday and Saturday ...
| 7:00 pm | 2nd Fridays Clockwork Comedy Show | Milk Bar | FREE |
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 ...
