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Friday, January 24

$5 Off: “The Confessional” SF’s Wild “Sins & Secrets” Improv Comedy Show
Friday, January 24 – 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)
$5 Off: "The Confessional" SF's Wild "Sins & Secrets" Improv Comedy Show

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 ...

$5 Off: “Your Fucked Up Relationship” Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)
Friday, January 24 – 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)
$5 Off: "Your Fucked Up Relationship" Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)

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 ...

Good Ol’ American Satire at SF’s Church of Clown (Jan. 24-26)
Friday, January 24 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: $20*
*$20-$40 Sliding Scale, NOTAFLOF
| Church of Clown
Good Ol' American Satire at SF's Church of Clown (Jan. 24-26)
Inauguration gotcha down? Head over to the Church you wish was married to state, Church of Clown, for Good Ol’ American Satire: an evening of political comedy by clowns and queens you’ll love to hate while they fly our Americana Pride high in the sky.    The ...

Saturday, January 25

$5 Off: “The Confessional” SF’s Wild “Sins & Secrets” Improv Comedy Show
Saturday, January 25 – 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)
$5 Off: "The Confessional" SF's Wild "Sins & Secrets" Improv Comedy Show

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 ...

$5 Off: “Your Fucked Up Relationship” Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)
Saturday, January 25 – 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)
$5 Off: "Your Fucked Up Relationship" Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)

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 ...

SF’s Social and Economic Justice Music Festival (Jan. 25-26)
SF's Social and Economic Justice Music Festival (Jan. 25-26)
A festival celebrating the synergy of music and social and economic justice! Engaging workshops, immersive sessions of sharing songs and live performances from renowned artists and participants, highlighting the power of the people through music! Child Care and Interpreter services available. Volunteer Hours Available. Musician performance slots Available.
SF’s 2025 Free Lunar New Year Lion Dancing Festival at 19 Branch Libraries (Jan. 18-Feb. 8)
Saturday, January 25 – 10:15 am - Ends at 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library (All Branches)
SF's 2025 Free Lunar New Year Lion Dancing Festival at 19 Branch Libraries (Jan. 18-Feb. 8)

Celebrate the Year of the Snake with a lion dancing performance with Jing Mo Athletic Association. Learn more about Lunar New Year traditions, see a spectacular martial arts demonstration and touch a piece of lucky lettuce to start your year off right. The performances take ...

SF SketchFest Presents: “Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show”
Saturday, January 25 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 5:30 pm | Cost: $34 | Gateway Theater
SF SketchFest Presents: "Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show"
Writers and producers at The Daily Show, The Tonight Show, and more of the best comedians in New York City come together for “Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show!” — with each performance packed with sketches, musical numbers, celebrity impressions, and more! Time to ...
Crazy Cat Ladies Comedy Show
Saturday, January 25 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free ticket, donations/tips for performers are welcome but not required.
| Helvella Art
Crazy Cat Ladies Comedy Show
An all-star, all-female comedy showcase AND a cat-themed art show in the same evening? Meow you’re talking! Take in a stunning gallery show by talented emerging artists and laugh the night away with some of the Bay Area’s most hiss-terical comedians at this unique art ...

Sunday, January 26

SF’s “Civic Symphony” Free Concerts (Oct. 27-June 1)
Sunday, January 26 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20
| Herbst Theatre
SF's "Civic Symphony" Free Concerts (Oct. 27-June 1)

The San Francisco Civic Music Association presents “Civic Symphony” free concerts from Oct. 27-June 1 at Herbst Theatre! In 1931 , Mrs. Sigmund Stern created the San Francisco Civic Symphony, with the support of Dr. Josephine Randall, who was the f irst director of the ...

“Lindy in the Park” Swing Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)
Sunday, January 26 – 11:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Weather permitting (rain cancels)
| JFK Drive Lindy Hop Spot
"Lindy in the Park" Swing Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)

Get ready to swing in Golden Gate Park every sunny Sunday at “Lindy in the Park,” a weekly free event near the de Young Museum, when the streets of Golden Gate Park are closed to traffic and the dancers take over. This in person event resumed ...Every Sunday

Monday, January 27

Monday Night PlayGround: The Shakespeare Sequels
Monday, January 27 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*$0-$30 Suggested Donation
| Portrero Stage
Monday Night PlayGround: The Shakespeare Sequels
PlayGround presents Season 31 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND January 27, 2024, 7pm PT Topic: The Shakespeare Sequels In association with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and Marin Shakespeare Company Admission: Free to stream, watch on-demand, and at the door on show nights (donations gratefully accepted). Advanced reservations start at $10. “We know what we are but not what ...
The Marsh’s Online Storytelling Night (Every Monday)
The Marsh's Online Storytelling Night (Every Monday)

As many of you know, The Marsh has postponed all in-person shows until further notice, but that won’t stop Monday Night Marsh from continuing to bring you the unique stories we all love. Monday Night MarshStream is our new Monday Night Marsh with a few ...Every Monday

Tuesday, January 28

Booked and Beautiful
Tuesday, January 28 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free
| San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Booked and Beautiful
Booked and Beautiful is a recurring series of unfiltered, unapologetically Queer and Trans-focused programs in the style of your favorite TV talk show. Featuring conversation, performance, video and audience participation! Your new favorite host SNJV, mistress of many arts, brings his sparkle and shine to the ...

Thursday, January 30

Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play at SF Playhouse (Jan. 30-March 8)
Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play at SF Playhouse (Jan. 30-March 8)

Think fast: Is monosodium glutamate, the oft-vilified white powder seasoning better known as MSG, dangerous to your health?* Answer: Nope. It’s 1999, and Ami is an awkward Asian American high schooler whose world comes crashing down with a terrible discovery: her family is responsible for ...

San Francisco Playhouse: “Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play” (Jan. 30 – Mar. 8)
Thursday, January 30 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:40 pm | Cost: $35 | San Francisco Playhouse
San Francisco Playhouse: "Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play" (Jan. 30 - Mar. 8)
San Francisco Playhouse will ring in 2025 with the Northern California Premiere of Keiko Green’s “Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play.” Set in 1999, Japanese American high schooler Ami is trying to fit in with her American peers and she is devastated to discover her family helped create ...
16th & Mission Open Mic (w/out a mic)
Thursday, January 30 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 11:59 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Absolutely free for all!
| 16th & Mission BART (southwest streetcorner)
16th & Mission Open Mic (w/out a mic)

Time: 9pm to 12am, Celebrating 20 years in May 2023 (currently 19 years strong). Instagram: @16thmission. For 18 years, this outdoor “open mic-without-a-mic” has welcomed poets, musicians, emcees, comedy, and everything in between. In the best of San Francisco tradition, everyone is welcome, ...Every Thursday

Friday, January 31

$5 Off: “The Confessional” SF’s Wild “Sins & Secrets” Improv Comedy Show
Friday, January 31 – 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)
$5 Off: "The Confessional" SF's Wild "Sins & Secrets" Improv Comedy Show

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 ...

$5 Off: “Your Fucked Up Relationship” Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)
Friday, January 31 – 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)
$5 Off: "Your Fucked Up Relationship" Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)

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 ...

Saturday, February 1

$5 Off: “Asking for a Friend” Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)
Saturday, February 1 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: $12.16*
*use promo code for $5 off tickets - normally $17.35
| Endgames Improv Theater & Bar (SF)
$5 Off: "Asking for a Friend" Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)

Introducing the “Asking for a Friend” Comedy Show: Where Standup and Advice Collide – a night of stand-up brilliance featuring comedians who’ve graced the stages of Conan, Netflix, Comedy Central, and HBO. 🤔 Anonymous Advice: Do you (or your friend) have a question you want ...

$5 Off: “Your Fucked Up Relationship” Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)
Saturday, February 1 – 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)
$5 Off: "Your Fucked Up Relationship" Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)

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 ...

“Drunk Theatre” SF’s Wildest Comedy Show (February 2025)
Saturday, February 1 – 10:00 pm - Ends at 11:30 pm | Cost: $23.18*
*$23.18 adv / $25 door
| Eclectic Box
“Drunk Theatre” SF's Wildest Comedy Show (February 2025)

A comedian takes five shots of whiskey in a row and tries to perform an improvised play with five sober comedians. What could go wrong?! Drunk Theatre is the entirely improvised, unpredictable, and crazy comedy show that’ll kick your weekend into overdrive. See what the SF Chronicle, CBS, LA ...

Lunar New Year x Black History Month 2025 Community Celebration
Saturday, February 1 – 11:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Lunar New Year x Black History Month 2025 Community Celebration
Join us on Saturday, February 1, 2025, as we partner with the Malonga Arts Residents Association (MARA), Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Marcus Books, and the Alameda County National Council of Negro Women for the Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s third annual Lunar New Year x Black History Month Community ...
Whackdonuts 1-Year “Anniversary Jam” 5×5 Breaking Competition (Embarcadero Plaza)
Saturday, February 1 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Embarcadero Plaza (Formerly Justin Herman Plaza)
Whackdonuts 1-Year "Anniversary Jam" 5x5 Breaking Competition (Embarcadero Plaza)
February 1st, 2025 Join us as we celebrate the One-year Business Anniversary of Whackdonuts. To commemorate this achievement we’ll be hosting a 5 vs 5 Breaking( Break-Dance) competition at Embarcadero Plaza. Watch as dance crews battle for a $1000 cash prize showcasing their skill, athletics, ...
“Karaoke Chaos” Oakland’s Ultimate Karaoke Showdown
Saturday, February 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Pay what you can, QR code @ event
| Fluid510
"Karaoke Chaos" Oakland's Ultimate Karaoke Showdown
The ultimate karaoke showdown where singing meets adventure! Choose your song and select your challenge level – easy, hard, or extreme (you might be asked to dance, serenade, complete a task… etc) and see if you have what it takes to appease the Mic Overlords and ...

Sunday, February 2

“Lindy in the Park” Swing Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)
Sunday, February 2 – 11:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Weather permitting (rain cancels)
| JFK Drive Lindy Hop Spot
"Lindy in the Park" Swing Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)

Get ready to swing in Golden Gate Park every sunny Sunday at “Lindy in the Park,” a weekly free event near the de Young Museum, when the streets of Golden Gate Park are closed to traffic and the dancers take over. This in person event resumed ...Every Sunday

Monday, February 3

The Marsh’s Online Storytelling Night (Every Monday)
The Marsh's Online Storytelling Night (Every Monday)

As many of you know, The Marsh has postponed all in-person shows until further notice, but that won’t stop Monday Night Marsh from continuing to bring you the unique stories we all love. Monday Night MarshStream is our new Monday Night Marsh with a few ...Every Monday

Thursday, February 6

“Annie” The Musical at SF’s Orpheum Theatre (Feb. 6-9)
Thursday, February 6 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: $45*
*Tickets can be found at broadwaysf.com.
| Orpheum Theatre
"Annie" The Musical at SF's Orpheum Theatre (Feb. 6-9)
Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now ...
16th & Mission Open Mic (w/out a mic)
Thursday, February 6 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 11:59 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Absolutely free for all!
| 16th & Mission BART (southwest streetcorner)
16th & Mission Open Mic (w/out a mic)

Time: 9pm to 12am, Celebrating 20 years in May 2023 (currently 19 years strong). Instagram: @16thmission. For 18 years, this outdoor “open mic-without-a-mic” has welcomed poets, musicians, emcees, comedy, and everything in between. In the best of San Francisco tradition, everyone is welcome, ...Every Thursday

Friday, February 7

“Oakland First Fridays” Street Festival
Friday, February 7 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Telegraph & 27th
"Oakland First Fridays" Street Festival

Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month from 5-9 pm for five huge blocks on Telegraph Avenue from West Grand to 27th Street. Photography from @skyhighoakland via Oakland First Fridays Oakland’s KONO district (Koreatown/Northgate) springs ...Monthly