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Thursday, July 30
St. Vincent Live with the San Francisco Symphony (SF)
St. Vincent’s First-Ever Orchestral Performances with the San Francisco Symphony. A Limited Run Shows.
St. Vincent has been regarded as one of the most innovative and fascinating presences in modern music for nearly 20 years, constantly reinventing her audio and visual personae over the course of ...
Craft for a Cause: Bracelet Making and Accessory Drive
Come by Wine Down on Thurs, 7/30 anytime between 5 – 7 PM to make an empowerment bracelet to keep or donate to SF SafeHouse, a nonprofit supporting women and children in our city who have experienced homelessness, exploitation, or trafficking. All materials will be ...
Free “Lips by fnnch” Sculpture Opening Party + Free Pro Portraits (SF)
Join Big Art Loop, in partnership with Port of San Francisco, for the grand unveiling of Lips, a sculpture by fnnch. Lips is the newest work to join Big Art Loop – Portside.
Free Professional Portraits will be offered in front of the sculpture, as well ...
Free AI Builders Pitch Night: Live Startup Battles + Networking (SF)
Join us for a high-energy, AI-focused pitch competition bringing together bold founders, cutting-edge ideas, and top-tier investors.
This event spotlights startups pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, from applied AI solutions to frontier research-driven ventures. Selected founders will pitch live to a panel of experienced investors, ...
Pollinating the Possible: Art Closing Party + Free Entry (SF)
Join CreatingAS1, the art team of Sara Corbett and Aaron Haldiman, for a harvest of works cultivated during their regenerative art residency
Celebrate community, creativity, and civic imagination at the artist reception for Pollinating the Possible, a collaboration between KALW Public Media and CreatingAS1.
Throughout this three-month ...
Free Writers’ Open Mic + BYOB Night for a Cause (826 Valencia)
826 Valencia: A nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills.
Thirst Draft: A Writing event for everyone! Show up, get the prompt, and spend time writing alone or with friends. Then, sign up to read your piece on ...
The Fold’s Free Monthly Open Mic: Music + Comedy (SF)
Welcome to the first Monthly Open Mic @ The Fold! Last Thursday of each month.
Join us for our Monthly Open Mic, an open stage for music, comedy, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, and whatever else you’d like to share! Whether you’re bringing your guitar, a set ...
Free Author Talk: Laura Sims’ Chilling Thriller “The Man” (Corte Madera)
From the highly acclaimed author of How Can I Help You, a New York Times Best Thriller of the Year: a singular take on the psychological suspense novel that follows a 1960s housewife turned amateur photographer who begins to fear for her life when she notices the dark ...
Movies on the Square 2026: Free Double Features Every Thursday (Redwood City)
20 years ago, we said it was gonna be big. Turns out… we were just getting started. From Movies on the Square to Shakespeare under the stars, Redwood City Events became more than a series. It’s the soundtrack of this city. And 20 seasons later? ...Every Thursday
Pollinating the Possible: Free Art Closing Party + Reception (SF)
Join CreatingAS1, the art team of Sara Corbett and Aaron Haldiman, for a harvest of works cultivated during their regenerative art residency
Celebrate community, creativity, and civic imagination at the artist reception for Pollinating the Possible, a collaboration between KALW Public Media and CreatingAS1.
Throughout this three-month ...
“Belt It Out” A BBS Open Mic Night (Berkeley)
Get ready for Belt It Out! A BBS Open Mic Night
Join us on Thursday, July 30th from 7:00-8:45 PM for a fun-filled evening of music and community with Berkeley Broadway Singers at Gilman Brewing!
Enjoy performances of songs from Broadway and beyond! As a special bonus, ...
Free Jazz Nights: Redwood Room After Dark w/ Sacha Boutros (SF)
San Francisco’s iconic The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel and its legendary The Redwood Room are proud to announce internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist and cultural ambassador Sacha Boutros, known worldwide as “La Reine du Jazz,” as the artistic inspiration behind the venue’s entertainment calendar moving forward.
Beginning ...
Jokes on Ocean: Free Stand-Up w/ Top Bay Comics (SF)
Join us in person for a fun-filled with some of the best comics in the Bay! Expect a splash of humor, great vibes, and good company. It’s the perfect chance to chill out, share some laughs, and enjoy a day full of good jokes. Don’t ...
Astrophotography 101 Workshop: Shoot the Milky Way (Oakland)
Want to learn to start taking pictures of the Milky Way or even a faint nebula in the night sky? Ever wanted to learn how the amazing images from James Webb or Hubble telescopes are made? Whether you have specific questions about your own astrophotography ...
San Francisco Garden Terrarium Workshop (Build Your Own)
San Francisco Garden Terrarium Workshop
Build Your Own Tiny San Francisco!
Join us for a cozy and creative evening at the iconic Love Potion Library as we create miniature San Francisco – inspired terrariums and build our own little pieces of The City inside glass vessels.
During this ...
Queer Rock Riot: 3 Bands for a Cause (SF)
Bay Area queer rock bands Wonderland Rejects, Hollow Minds, and Gusset are bringing loud, headbanging local music to El Rio on July 30 to raise money for the Transgender Cultural District’s Riot Fund.
Thursday, July 30th
El Rio, SF
Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm
Stage Room // $15 Cover // ...
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
Free Karaoke Night Every Thursday (Bottom’s Up)
Thursdays Karaoke Night @ BOTTOM’S UP4704 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94112Thursdays, 10PM – 2AM21+Every Thursday
Friday, July 31
Free “Where’s Waldo” Scavenger Hunt: 26 Shops + Prizes (July 1-31)
Families, book lovers, and local shopping enthusiasts are invited to spend July searching for one of the world’s most recognizable characters as Where’s Waldo? Local returns to Oakland’s Rockridge District from July 1–31. Presented by the Rockridge District Association in partnership with Pegasus Books and ...
$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 ...
$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
“Blush” San Francisco Porn Film Festival (Roxie Theater)
The BLUSH San Francisco PornFilmFestival is a celebration of the Bay Area’s adult film history and a look forward to the innovations of today’s erotic moviemakers. The series of expertly curated programs showcase adult films that push the genre, with a focus on experimental arthouse, ...
$5 Fridays at SF’s Circus Center (BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Night)
San Francisco Circus Center welcomes BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community members for an evening of movement, connection, and play.
For BIPOC community who would like support funding their ticket, please email info@BACCES.org and BACCES (BIPOC Acro Collective Care Ecosystem) will cover your ticket.
Expect supportive coaches, low-pressure skill building, and ...
Grammy-Nominated Pianist Shelly Berg: Jazz Legends Tribute (Oakland)
Virtuosic pianist and 5x-Grammy nominated composer and arranger Shelly Berg presents an exciting and highly informative ‘History of Jazz Piano’ concert that showcases and explains iconic styles such as stride, block-chord, and bebop by legendary pianists, including Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, ...
Free Open Mic Night: Poets, Musicians + Storytellers (SF)
Celebrate Bay Area poets, musicians, storytellers and showpeople. Who will win the performance of the night & be broadcast on KALW?
The Bay Area’s best performers shine at KALW’s Most Best Open Mic! Host Charlie Getter gathers a homegrown harvest of poets, musicians, and storytellers with ...
Free Open Mic Night: Poets, Musicians + Storytellers (SF)
Celebrate Bay Area poets, musicians, storytellers and showpeople. Who will win the performance of the night & be broadcast on KALW?
The Bay Area’s best performers shine at KALW’s Most Best Open Mic! Host Charlie Getter gathers a homegrown harvest of poets, musicians, and storytellers with ...
Contemporary Dance: Musicality + Ensemble Workshop (SF)
Join Detour Productions company member Hadassah Perry for a two-hour dance class.
Class begins with a dynamic warm-up before moving into guided improvisation and phrase material that weaves between standing and floorwork. Drawing from company repertory, participants will investigate musicality, theatricality, and ensemble awareness rooted in ...
Free Summer Concerts: Samba Kids Interactive Drum Workshop (Palo Alto)
Join the Magical Bridge Foundation for an interactive, educational workshop that uses music, rhythm, percussion instruments and drums as tools for capturing the imagination of the participants! All ages and abilities welcome!
Join the Magical Bridge Foundation for performances every Friday evening (6 pm – 7:30 ...
