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Thursday, July 3

Road Trip: 33rd Annual High Sierra Music Festival (July 3-6) The 33rd Annual High Sierra Music Festival returns July 3–6, 2025, to Quincy, CA! Known for its eclectic mix of artists and focus on musical discovery, High Sierra delivers four unforgettable days of high-energy funk, soulful Afrobeat grooves, fiery bluegrass jams, psychedelic rock, engaging singer-songwriters, rootsy Americana, improvisational jazz, and more—plus, artist collabs, tributes, late-night shows, spontaneous popup campsite jams, and ...
Free First Thursdays at SF’s Museum of Craft and Design
Thursday, July 3 – 10:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free Admission every First Thursday
| Museum of Craft and Design

There’s no better time to visit the Museum of Craft and Design than on their Free First Thursdays. Committed to making art, craft, and design accessible to everyone, the Museum of Craft and Design is free on the first Thursday of every month. Museum of ...Monthly

10% Off: “Bay Discovery Cruise” feat. Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island & More (May 23-Aug. 31)
Thursday, July 3 – 10:40 am - Ends at 4:30 pm | Cost: $39.60*
*10% off with code Funcheap10, normally $44
| Alcatraz Landing

Alcatraz City Cruises is offering an exclusive 10% off to “Bay Discovery Cruise” with code Funcheap10 Bay Discovery Cruise: A National Park Tour – Join A Sightseeing Adventure On San Francisco Bay! This 90-minute sightseeing cruise is full of San Francisco icons, such as: The ...

Free First Thursdays at Berkeley Art Museum
Thursday, July 3 – 11:00 am - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission to galleries. Film programs are excluded. No advanced tickets required, but subject to capacity limits
| Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive

The UC Berkeley Art Museum is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley. Through art and film programs, collections, and research resources, the University aspires to be locally connected and globally relevant, engaging audiences from the campus, community, and beyond. Normally $18, the ...Monthly

2025 Alameda County Fair Fireworks Spectacular & Drone Show
Thursday, July 3 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: $19.80*
*Adult tickets start at $19.80
| Alameda County Fair

The Alameda County Fair returns to Pleasanton June 13-July 6, 2025, for a jam-packed season of summer fun, featuring thrilling rides, delicious fair food, live concerts, and exciting shows for all ages. Enjoy free nightly performances from big-name artists as part of the Big O ...

Climate Film: Necessity
Thursday, July 3 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Koret Auditorium
The San Francisco Public Library launches July’s Everybody’s Climate film series with a screening of the two-part documentary Necessity  As Indigenous leaders and Native and non-Native activists respond to the growing climate emergency and are charged with trespassing, legal strategies in the climate movement increasingly take ...
SF’s Free Concerts in the Plaza “Civic Center Soundtrack” (Every Tue/Thu)
Thursday, July 3 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Fulton Plaza

San Francisco’s free lunchtime concert series is back. The Civic Center Soundtrack returns for its third season starting Tuesday, April 14, 2026, bringing live music to Fulton Plaza twice a week through October. Concerts take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 pm to 3 pm ...

SFMOMA’s “Free First Thursdays” Free Museum Day for Locals
Thursday, July 3 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Residents of the nine Bay Area counties are invited to spend a day at the museum on us
| SFMOMA

2026 UPDATE: Sadly, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has confirmed that its Free First Thursday program is temporarily paused beginning February 2026. The museum says the program will be re-envisioned and relaunched at a future date, with updates to be shared once plans are finalized. As ...Monthly

12:30 pmFree 30-Minute Core & Stretch Express | Salesforce Park  FREE
“Downtown Hoedown” SF’s Brand New Country/Western Block Party (2025)
Thursday, July 3 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Front Street (California to Sacramento)

Every First Thursday from 4-9pm, giddyup and get down(town) to Front St. for line dancing, live bluegrass and country music, a mechanical bull, great bars and more! It’s city-scene meets country-scene a the Downtown Hoedown. FREE + ALL AGES. Part of DFT. Dust off your ...Monthly

El Cerrito’s WorldOne Festival “Tardeada” Pre-Party
Thursday, July 3 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Cerrito Vista Park

Back for the 28th year, the 2026 worldOne Festival is El Cerrito California’s largest event of the entire year! Join 12,000+ of your closest friends + neighbors for a splendid day of music, art, commUnity, relaxation, and fun on the welcoming, spacious lawn + adjacent ...

5:00 pmSF’s Free DFT Block Party: “Downtown First Thursdays” (July 2025)  FREE
5:00 pmBack to the Future: Party Like It’s 1985 (Union City)  $25*
*General admission for one person (ages 13 and up)
SF’s Market Street “Pack Walk” Dog Event (First Thursdays)
Thursday, July 3 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, first 50 to RSVP via Eventbrite and attend will also receive a $50 Chewy gift card!
| Trinity Place (Piazzo Angelo)

Leash up your pup and join the Pack Walk down Market Street every first Thursday of the month with dog trainers, safety ambassadors, and your fellow neighbors. Exercise, socialize, see what’s new on Market Street and either conclude your journey at the Downtown First Thursdays ...Monthly

Dolly Parton Look-a-Like Contest at SF’s “Downtown Hoedown” Block Party
Thursday, July 3 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Front Street (California to Sacramento)
It takes a lot of money to look this cheap! Calling all Dollies to Front St. on July 3rd at 6pm. Compete in the Downtown Hoedown’s Dolly Parton Lookalike contest and walk away with fabulous prizes! _ Presented by @intothestreetssf and @civic_joy_fund in partnership with @111minnagallery ...
6:00 pmLower Polk / TL Art Walk | Trendyloin  FREE
“Street Photography Exhibition” Opening Reception at SF’s Main Library
Thursday, July 3 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
A striking street photography exhibition that centers the dignity, humanity and presence of Tenderloin residents through large-scale portraits and street art. At the corner of Jones and Ellis, Tenderloin residents—housed and unhoused, young and old—are photographed with quiet care. On view at the San Francisco ...
SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025 w/ Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Thursday, July 3 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| East Garden (Yerba Buena Gardens)
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Thu, July 3 | 6pm – 7:30pm East Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA All the world’s a dance floor when Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers start to play. A bona fide San ...
Flight Club: Adult Flight Night for Ages 18+ at “House of Air” Trampoline Park (SF)
Thursday, July 3 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: $20*
*Pricing is Per Hour, House of Air Grip Socks are required to jump.
| House of Air

Take full advantage of our 70+ trampolines — without the worry of running into (or launching) a 9 year old! Flight Club is House of Air’s exclusive 18+ takeover where the only thing flying through the air is you. Flight Club: Adult Flight NightThursdays: 6p ...Every Thursday

6:30 pmJeopardy Bar League at Woodbury (SF)  FREE*
*Free Entry
Hecklers Welcome: SF’s First Stand-Up Comedy Show That Invites Heckling
Thursday, July 3 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| The Function

Welcome to Hecklers Welcome!, San Francisco’s only stand-up show where you get to talk back. This is not your average comedy night—this is a full-blown verbal brawl, where comics come ready to spar and the audience gets a license to heckle. Got jokes? Bring ’em. Got beef? Air ...

7:00 pmShop Basics & Certification at Ace Makerspace  $18.50*
*You must RSVP/purchase tickets through the ace makerspace website: https://www.acemakerspace.org/event/shop-basics-certification-7-3-25/ Ace Makerspace is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit member-supported organization. All proceeds support Ace Makerspace and help us serve over 1200 people a year with innovative programs, equitable access to makerspace resources, and more creative, self-reliant communities in Oakland.
Free “HellaSecret” Comedy Night @ Secret Bar (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 ...

$5 Off Tix: Hit Broadway Classic “My Fair Lady” Live in SF (July 3-Sept. 13)
Thursday, July 3 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $58*
*Tickets start at $58. Get $5 off tickets with code FUNCHEAP
| San Francisco Playhouse

Based on the film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical about transformation, patronage, gender politics and class. Acclaimed phonetician Henry Higgins makes a wager that in six months he can pass off Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney ...

7:00 pmTrivia & DJ Night  FREE
SF’s Free 4th of July 2025 Comedy Festival (July 3-5)
Thursday, July 3 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP (first 50 people). Two drink minimum
| The Function

Get big laughs on the holiday at SF’s newest comedy club with comics from Cobbs, SF Sketchfest, Clusterfest, Punchline and more FREE – RSVP for Free tickets (first 50 people) for each show (July 2-6, 2025) Discover SF’s newest (and most unique) comedy club as ...

Secret Guest List: Cobb’s Free Comedy Nights (July 3)

Cobb’s Comedy Club has a secret guestlist for a handpicked group of shows at SF’s biggest comedy club. Every month they handpick some of SF’s top local comedians to showcase for you – often with credits like SF Sketchfest, NBC, Comedy Central and more. Secret ...

8:00 pmArtists’ Television Access Open Screening  FREE
8:00 pmKyles’ at Theatre Rhinoceros (July 3-18)  $17.85*
*There is a sliding scale for donations
“Electric BUMP” First Thursday After Party (SF)
Thursday, July 3 – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP (limited), $10 + fees in advance
| Monarch
Get ready to bump to the hottest tunes and dance the night away at Monarch – it’s going to be lit! Digital Rain and BayAreals Underground present: Electric BUMP! at Monarch First Thursdays, a melange of BUMP! and Electric Void. Bringing you multi level house ...

Every Thursday

“Level Up Thursdays”: Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE | Raven Bar
"Level Up Thursdays": Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday night, Raven Bar & Lounge hosts a free dance party with DJ Mark Andrus who will play your favorite throwback jams. Drink Specials All Night $10 Mixed Cocktails $6 Beer $6 Seltzer Video DJ Mark Andrus Level Up Thursday: Every Thursday at 9 pm Raven Bar & Lounge, 1151 Folsom St., SF FREE Updated ...
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