24 Days of Central Market Arts | Two Day Celebration

Submitted by the Event Organizer

From the streets to the studio, San Francisco’s Central Market Arts take center stage for 24 days of dance performances, performance art, arts walks, theater and live music. A special two-day celebration takes place on October 7th and 8th with all day events.

October 7

Art Institute of California
11:00 am – 2:00 pm FREE
Student art show 1170 Market Street

Art Market
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm FREE
Live music and art making workshops
UN Plaza, Civic Center, Market and Hyde Streets

Hallidie Plaza Performances

4 – 7 p.m. to celebrate Hallidie Plaza’s transformation. Emcee Val Diamond, who starred in Beach Blanket Babylon for more than 30 years, will host a program that includes aerial dancers from Flyaway Productions, lion dancers and drummers from Leung’s White Crane, mariachis from Nueva Generacion– along with salsa instructors from Vima Dance Studio who will give complimentary lessons to the music of Los Compas.
October 8

Two Blocks of Art (15a)
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm FREE
Sixth Street between Howard and Market
Art exhibits, installations, performances in galleries, restaurants, hotel lobbies, theaters, nightclubs

The Luggage Store Gallery (15b)
Noon – 8:00 pm FREE Fecal Face group exhibit
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm $5 Special guest DJ
1007 Market St

Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (15c)
4-9 FREE Milieux Sonores Exhibition
9:00 pm to midnight $10 Audio/Visual Performances
55 Taylor Street

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