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Events for August 22, 2025

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Friday, August 22

7:00 pmFeminist Film Night: Craft + Ritual Focus (Oakland)  $15
SF’s HellaSecret “Crazy Funny Asians” Friday Night Comedy Showcase (7p + 9p)

Inspired by the blockbuster movie, see some of the Bay Area’s top comedians at San Francisco’s Crazy Funny Asians comedy showcase, presented by Funcheap and HellaFunny. Let’s celebrate the Bay’s Asian-American culture and heritage with laughs at a secret location – a two-floor comedy club near ...Every Friday

Free “Rush Hour Comedy Night” Friday Night (San Francisco)
Friday, August 22 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP Required
| The Function

Welcome to ‘Rush Hour Comedy Night’ where laughter knows no bounds and cultural collisions are the name of the game. Join our dynamic duo of black and Asian comedians as they embark on a whirlwind adventure through the streets of humor, weaving together their diverse backgrounds and ...Every Friday

7:00 pmImmersive Dance Show: “Diasporadica” World Premiere at Fort Mason (Aug. 22-30)  $25*
*Pay-what-you-can + donations welcome
Laugh GPT: SF’s First AI-Powered Stand-up Comedy Show (2025)
Friday, August 22 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Use secret code HUMAN for comp tickets, otherwise, $10 off with secret code FUNCHEAP
| Mayes Oyster House

The robot revolution is upon us, and they’ve infiltrated the world of comedy! Join us for “Laugh GPT,” the AI-powered comedy show that might just be humanity’s last stand-up hurrah. Laugh GPT was recently featured in the Washington Post! As artificial intelligence advances, who knows how ...Every Friday

FREE: Oakland’s HellaSecret Comedy & Cocktail Night 2024 (7p + 9p Shows)

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 ...

Free Immersive Dance “Rupture: Diasporadica” at SF’s Fort Mason (Aug. 22-30)
Friday, August 22 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Pay what you wish
| Fort Mason (Festival Pavilion)
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC or Fort Mason) presents the late-summer world premiere of DIASPORADICA, a three-hour immersive performance by experimental collective RUPTURE, running from August 22 to 30, 2025 at the Pier 3 Festival Pavilion. This theatrical experience transforms Fort Mason’s waterfront venue ...
“Fake Pitch Night” Absurd Business Ideas + Audience Voting (SF)
Friday, August 22 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Completely free! Just RSVP on Partiful: https://partiful.com/e/kIca2HfBF8Z390s9d62b
| The Nook
Fake Pitch Night is here! Come join us to watch an evening of presentations on SFs most ridiculous fake business ideas. Our top “entrepreneurs” will compete for audience favor, presenting slides and fielding your questions to see who can walk away with a deal. Past contenders ...
7:30 pmDivas of the 60s & 70s: Mina Tribute + Bond Girl Hits (SF)  $20*
*$3 off each ticket when you use the code earlybird3 at checkout. Offer ends August 17th. Promo Codes are not applicable at the door. Codes are not case sensitive, but must be typed as one word.
8:00 pm17th Annual GLIDE Summer Gala: Love. Unite. Inspire. Dance. (Phoenix Hotel)  $85*
*Early Bird: $65 (Available through July 14); General Admission: $85
8:00 pm“Discotheque” Free French Disco Party (SF)  FREE*
*Free
$5 Off: “The Confessional” SF’s Wild “Sins & Secrets” Improv Comedy Show
Friday, August 22 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: $11.94*
*$5 off with secret code FUNCHEAP (normally $17.12) No added ticketing fees. No Drink Minimum
| Endgames Improv Theater & Bar (SF)

From the mild to the wild, all of us have guilty pleasures, moments of being bad, and the down right awful. Audiences submit written sins and secrets, and we weave a fully improvised comedy show. Don’t worry, it’s anonymous. No one will know about the ...

SF’s Immersive Theater of Cuban Stories “Two Sisters + a Piano” (Opening Weekend)

Havana 1991, two sisters under house arrest for speaking out against the oppressive government. Using their art as a for of resistance. What do locked-in places breed? Two Sisters and a Piano by Nilo Cruz, Directed by Ben Chau-Chiu, Cast includes Monica Rose Slater, Megan ...

“The Stoner Comedy Jam” Friday Nights (SF)
Friday, August 22 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP (21+ with Valid ID) - One item minimum purchase per person required
| Moe Greens

You know what makes stand-up comedy funnier? Smoking while watching it live! Come to San Francisco’s premiere cannabis club Moe Greens every Friday night for a night of laughter and, well, getting stoned. HellaFunny is taking over the cannabis lounge at Moe Greens for the ...Every Friday

8:00 pmFree Entry: After Dark Fridays w/ 2-for-1 Drinks (SF)  FREE*
*FREE ENTRY $1 Pool Tables
$5 Off Tix: Hit Broadway Classic “My Fair Lady” Live in SF (July 3-Sept. 13)
Friday, August 22 – 8:00 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 ...

8:15 pmItalian Divas of the 60s + 70s: “The Mina Project” Live (The Lost Church)  
8:30 pmUnited Irish Cultural Center 50th Anniversary Gala After-Party (SF)  $50
“DroneArt Show” Candlelight Open Air Concert w/ Tons of Drones at Cow Palace (Aug. 22-23)
Friday, August 22 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 9:35 pm | Cost: $42*
*Friday tickets start at $42; Saturday tickets start at $49. Kids under 3 free.
| Cow Palace

DroneArt Show at Cow Palace in Daly City blends a live string quartet performing classical masterpieces with a synchronized drone light show. Set in a candlelit, open-air environment, the event invites guests of all ages to experience music and technology merging in a 65-minute spectacle ...

SF Neo-Futurists “The Infinite Wrench” (30 Plays in 60 Minutes, every Fri & Sat)

See the show the SF Chronicle calls one of 22 San Francisco things everyone must do! 50 weekends a year, the critically-acclaimed San Francisco Neo-Futurists present The Infinite Wrench, an attempt to perform 30 bite-sized plays in a frantic race against the clock, in an ...

$5 Off: “Your Fucked Up Relationship” Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)
Friday, August 22 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 10:15 pm | Cost: $16.37*
*$5 off with secret code FUNCHEAP (normally $21.49) No added ticketing fees. No Drink Minimum
| Endgames Improv Theater & Bar (SF)

Since 2011, San Francisco’s hottest improv show remains “Your Fucked Up Relationship.” — Improvised scenes inspired by your ridiculous, fucked up relationships. Everyone has had at least one. You tell us your story, we show you ours. You laugh, we laugh, and we all hook ...

9:30 pmRare SF Set: Robert Hood & Miss Parker’s Late-Night Techno Party (Public Works)  $10
$5 Off: “The Ritual” Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)
Friday, August 22 – 10:15 pm - Ends at 11:15 pm | Cost: $12.16*
*FUNCHEAP discount code for $5 off
| Endgames Improv Theater & Bar (SF)

Once a week, in the late hours of what used to be “not considered late,” a group of degenerates and misfits gather to perform a seance unlike anything seen before. So comically evil that you may get sick to your stomach. The Ritual will be ...Every Friday

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