Black Friday Night at OMCA: Hard French DJs & Live Swing Band | Oakland

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“Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid” Block Party + DJs (Oakland)

Reconnect with family, friends, and community during Friday Nights at OMCA. These free events provide a gathering place each week, including live music, hands-on activities, Off the Grid (OTG) food trucks, and late-night access to our galleries and special exhibitions with a Museum ticket. Limited flat rate parking for Friday Nights is available in the OMCA Garage for $10.

Friday Nights at OMCA are back and ready to kick off the season in style on April 5, 2024.

Gather with family, friends, and community every Friday at 5 pm for free live music and hands-on activities, Off the Grid food trucks, and late night access to our galleries and special exhibitions, with a Museum ticket.

Bring your own or grab dinner from any one of the 8 Off the Grid food trucks on 10th Street between Oak and Fallon Streets. Beer, wine, mixed and non-alcoholic drinks are available for sale. After grabbing a meal from a wide and weekly changing menu of culinary creations, head to the OMCA Garden where you’ll find picnic tables and blankets to enjoy your local eats. Play lawn and table games, enjoy weekly rotating Museum programming, and create new memories at one of the Town’s most treasured spaces right in the heart of Oakland.

Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid

Between April and October, every Friday, 5—9 pm
Special Events resume April 5, 2024
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St., Oakland
FREE (for food truck access and outdoor activities)

– Optional late-night museum admission for purchase

How To Get There

• BART: OMCA is at the corner of Oak and 10th Street and is located one block from the Lake Merritt BART Station.
• AC Transit: OMCA is accessible by a number of AC Transit bus lines. OMCA is at the corner of Oak and 10th Street. An accessibility ramp is located at the main entrance on Oak Street between 10th and 11th. For more information, visit actransit.org.
• Free Bike Parking: Free, on-street bike parking is available outside the Oak Street entrance to the Museum. Limited free covered bike parking is available in the OMCA Garage during garage hours, and on Oak Street Plaza, which is on the third level of the Museum, during Museum hours
• Street Parking: Free street parking of often available.
• Garage Parking: Event parking is available at the Museum Garage, with a $10 flat fee starting at 5 pm.
• Get Driving Directions

Off The Grid Mobile Food Creator Lineup

Details coming for the 2024 season

 

Friday, November 28, 2014
“Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid” Block Party + DJs (Oakland)

What to expect on November 28:

• 5–9 pm: Half-off gallery admission for adults, free for ages 18 and under
• 5–9 pm: Local beer and wine specials in the Blue Oak beer garden
• 5–9 pm: All Museum galleries and the OMCA Store open late
• 5–9 pm: Gourmet food trucks from Off the Grid featuring the best in local cuisine: get the weekly list here
• 5–6:30 pm: November resident DJs from the Hard French Collective spinning hits in the 10^th Street Amphitheater
• 5–8 pm: Family-friendly drop-in activity: Mexican tin art, inspired by special exhibition Songs and Sorrows: Días de los Muertos 20^th Anniversary
• 6–8 pm: Makers & Tasters Series featuring a select vendor from Whole Foods Market
• 6:30–7 pm: pop-and-lock dance instruction by Agatron in the 10^th Street Amphitheater
• 7–9 pm: Live band Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums playing swing music in the 10th Street Amphitheater
• 7:45–8 pm: A Snack Size Docent Tour, a fifteen-minute mini-tour led by a talented OMCA Docent to introduce you to one of the Galleries—you won’t know which until the tour begins

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.