Tuesday, August 11
$5 Off Tix: “Hairspray” The Broadway Musical Live in SF (July 10-Sept. 12)
It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and big-hearted teen Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on the Corny Collins Show. When her wish comes true, Tracy becomes an overnight sensation and uses her newfound fame to challenge the show’s segregationist rules. Bursting with infectious rhythms, colorful characters, and ...
Decentered Arts Open Mic: Thirst Draft Takeover
Join us for a special edition of Open Mic featuring Thirst Draft, a monthly writing-event-meets-open-mic! While you’re still encouraged to show up and showcase your unique talents (whatever they may be), we’re changing up our usual format for the night.
Everyone will get the same prompt ...
Wednesday, August 12
Sara Felder’s Class Act
Wednesday, August 12 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:15 pm |
Cost: $15 | The Marsh San Francisco
In Class Act, Sara turns her sharp wit, circus skills and Jewish queer lens to her life as a working-class kid from Brooklyn. She follows the money from her grandmother’s shtetl in Poland to her childhood community in Brighton Beach to the golden streets of ...
Thursday, August 13
Kim Shuck’s Poem Celebrates For the Duration (SF Main Library)
Thursday, August 13 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:15 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Latino Room (lower level)
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and trans poet Heather Flescher celebrate For the Duration, Flescher’s new poetry anthology, with special guests Cassandra Dallett, Lauren Parker and Colleen McKee at SFPL’s Monthly poetry reading.
Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, ...
Theresa Donahoe’s All the Great New Things to Come
Thursday, August 13 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: $15 | The Marsh (San Francisco)
In 2020, during Shelter in Place, Theresa is stuck inside her studio apartment in Oakland having menopausal hot flashes. While cleaning and purging her clutter one day, she discovers a forgotten family photo album that her father had given her years ago. Not only does ...
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, August 14
$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 ...
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)
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 ...
$5 Off: “The Ritual” Comedy Show in The Mission (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
Magical Bridge Summer Concert Series: Andy Z
Friday, August 14 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Magical Bridge Playground
The Magical Bridge Foundation is thrilled to welcome Andy Z, an award-winning children’s performer, songwriter, and recording artist who blends music, movement, storytelling, and puppetry into an interactive experience that delights kids and entertains the whole family. All ages and abilities are welcome!
Join the Magical ...
Improv(e) Your Dating Life
Explore your dating tendencies, expand your dating pool, and live in the moment in this improv-based dating course.
Dates: July and August will be the 2ND FRIDAY.
Third Friday of the Month, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Requirements: 18 Years +
Registration: $30
Location: All Out Comedy Theater, 2550 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, ...
Pearl Louise’s Lovin Jaleal
Friday, August 14 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: $15 | The Marsh (San Francisco)
When Pearl’s loved one dies, she finds a written letter asking if she would care for their special needs sibling like a mother. A story of fear, courage, and strength, trying to honor that request.
The Living Room Show
Join us for the Living Room Show! ️ We’re a monthly variety show every second Friday that shows off amazing artists in the Bay! ✨ From comedy to music to all kinds of creatives we’ve got you covered!
Our acts for August are:
Clavita – Singer / ...
Julius Caesar at Marin Shakespeare Company
Friday, August 14 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm |
Cost: $49 | Marin Shakespeare Company
Jon Tracy’s wildly theatrical outdoor production examines how fear, loyalty,
and the stories nations tell can shape the course of history.
Set in an imagined Rome shaped by the lingering tensions of conflicts past and preceding the digital age, Tracy’s production places Shakespeare’s political tragedy inside a ...
Jumanji-Style Rap Battles + Live Freestyles (The Independent)
Friday, August 14 – 8:30 pm |
Cost: $30 | The Independent
Frak returns with his innovative theatre, immersive video game rap show, featuring bay area legends such as Del the Funky Homosapien, Lil Kayla, Guapdad 4000, Mistah FAB, Stunnaman02, Rocky Rivera, Nef the Pharaoh, Passwurdz, Afterthought, Mike Evans & more.
Have you ever seen a bunch of ...
Saturday, August 15
SF’s Thrilling New Play “R.O.I. (Return on Investment)” (Aug. 6-Sept. 6)
In this bold new San Francisco Playhouse production, May Lee is a rising venture capitalist on the verge of becoming the youngest partner at her firm, if she can land a career-defining deal. Then she meets Willa McGovern, a brilliant young scientist with an idea ...
$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)
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 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 ...
Biopunk 2050: S26 Final Showcase
Saturday, August 15 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Mabuhay Gardens
For one night, the legendary Mabuhay Gardens becomes the year 2050 — and every startup in Biopunk Cohort 2 stages an immersive demonstration of what the world looks like if their science wildly succeeds. The disease that’s gone. The material that replaced plastic. The therapy ...
“San Francisco Mime Troupe” Live Summer Musical in the Park (2026)
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe returns for its 2026 season with free and lively performances in park settings around the Bay Area. San Francisco Mime Troupe | 2026 Free political theater & music in parks around the Bay Area Various dates: July 3 ...
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Love’s Labour’s Lost, set in the kingdom of Navarre, opens as the king persuades three companions to join him in a three-year quest to avoid women and devote themselves to study. Their vow is immediately tested by the arrival of the Princess of France and ...
Free Shakespeare in the Park 2026: Antony and Cleopatra (Redwood City)
August 15 – August 30 / Saturdays & Sundays at 6:00 pm
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s 44th season of Free Shakespeare in the Park presents “Antony and Cleopatra.” This timeless tale of power, passion, and politics examines the conflict between duty and desire, and the impact ...
Sunday, August 16
“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
Wednesday, August 19
$5 Off Tix: “Hairspray” The Broadway Musical Live in SF (July 10-Sept. 12)
It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and big-hearted teen Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on the Corny Collins Show. When her wish comes true, Tracy becomes an overnight sensation and uses her newfound fame to challenge the show’s segregationist rules. Bursting with infectious rhythms, colorful characters, and ...
“San Francisco Mime Troupe” Live Summer Musical in the Park (2026)
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe returns for its 2026 season with free and lively performances in park settings around the Bay Area. San Francisco Mime Troupe | 2026 Free political theater & music in parks around the Bay Area Various dates: July 3 ...
Thursday, August 20
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, August 21
SF’s Thrilling New Play “R.O.I. (Return on Investment)” (Aug. 6-Sept. 6)
In this bold new San Francisco Playhouse production, May Lee is a rising venture capitalist on the verge of becoming the youngest partner at her firm, if she can land a career-defining deal. Then she meets Willa McGovern, a brilliant young scientist with an idea ...
$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 ...
