Happy Friday Everyone! You've worked hard all week, and now it's time to have fun! Getting out and enjoying the beautiful Bay Area, as well as enjoying the company of friends old and new, is great for your mental health. So check out some of our favorite events from around the Bay that you can attend this weekend!
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Friday, August 16th
Orpheum Theater, San Francisco
7:30 PM Ages: All
$40
Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before, including “Forever Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Hurricane,” “Slow Train Coming,” and “Like A Rolling Stone.”It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travelers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Experience this ‘profoundly beautiful' production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.
AGES & ADVISORIES: The production includes flashing light, bursts of sound, on-stage smoking and mature language. Recommended for ages 12+. No children under 5 allowed.
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE: Saturday, August 17 at 1:00PM
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE: Sunday, August 18 at 1:00PM
GALAPRO CLOSED CAPTIONING: Begins with Tuesday, August 6 at 7:30PM performance
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland
5 PM, Ages: All
Free
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.
Saturday, Aug 17th
Cowell Theater, San Francisco
8 PM, Ages: All
$25
Featuring
Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light
Ross Travis
Jason Span
Aeriosa Dance Society (Canada)
Cirque Vida / Xochtil Sosa
Corporeal Imago (Canada)
Zaccho Dance Theatre featuring Veronica Blair
Services: Live Audio Description and Haptic Access Tour, provided by Gabriele Christian of Gravity Access Services for visually impaired audience members. Haptic Access Tours begin one hour before curtain at 7 pm for the 8 pm showcase.
ASL services will be available for this performance.
Please email sfaerialartsfest@zaccho.org or call (415) 822-6744 to pre-register and reserve a headset or confirm your ASL needs.
Please visit www.sfaerialartsfest.org For information about the SF Aerial Arts Festival, the artists, and the free Aerial Arts Film Festival.
The 2024 San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival is San Francisco’s premiere aerial arts event featuring internationally recognized aerial artists and exciting newcomers breaking into the field. This biennial festival brings together spectacle, daring athleticism, aerial dance, and circus to create a dynamic multi-day performance event. Performances are Friday, August 16 through Sunday, August 18.
Hosted at the historic Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, the 2024 festival will feature two evenings of showcase performances, a youth matinee, and a site-specific installation by Flyaway Productions designed for the fire escapes at Fort Mason.
New in 2024, the San Francisco Aerial Arts Film Festival will showcase a curated selection of films that capture the grace, strength, and imagination of the aerial arts, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. The film festival will screen parallel to the live performances at Fort Mason.
Support for the 2024 SF Aerial Arts Festival is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, the San Francisco Dream Keeper Initiative, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, California Arts Council, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, the Terry Sendgraff Trust, and Zaccho's community of generous individual donors.
All tickets sales are final, no refunds.
COVID – 19 Safety Protocol
Do not attend if you are not feeling well, have COVID-19 symptoms, or have been in close contact with anyone who is COVID-19+.
Youth 4 & Under - free ticket with PROMO CODE: UNDER4
McAteer Campus Community Farm, San Francisco
1 PM, Ages: All
Free
Pizza Farm! at SFUSD’s McAteer Campus Community Farm is a series of free public events featuring pizza making, performances, gardening, and sustainable culinary arts. With the farm’s newly restored wood-fired adobe pizza oven at the ready, Pizza Farm! brings us together to get cooking in the service of stewardship, knowledge sharing, camaraderie, and farm-to-fork sustainability.
The following Saturdays from 1PM-3PM
August 17, 2004
September 21, 2024
November 2, 2024
Sponsored by FOSOTA / Friends of Ruth Asawa School of the Arts with funding from SF Parks Alliance, all events are free!
Sunday, Aug 18th
Lucinda Williams
Stern Grove, San Francisco
12 PM, Ages: All
Free
One of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of her generation, Lucinda Williams is also a fiercely independent artist who had to fight for the creative freedom that allowed her to do her best work. The daughter of a well-respected poet, Williams brought a literacy and sense of detail to her music that was unpretentious but powerfully evocative and emotional, and a number of major artists covered her tunes while she was still establishing herself as a musician. As a vocalist, Williams used the rough edges of her instrument to her advantage, allowing the grit to heighten the authenticity of her performance. Early in her career, critics compared Williams to and , praise that flew in the face of her originality; if she was clearly informed by the blues and the giants of the singer/songwriter community, her execution put her in a class of her own that was beholden to blues, folk, country, and rock without swearing full allegiance to any of them.
533 Sutter, San Francisco
8 PM, Ages: 18+
$25
San Francisco stand-up comedy every Wed @8pm, Thu @8pm, Fri-Sat @8 & 10pm, and Sun @8pm. No drink minimum.
Cheaper Than Therapy offers a healthy dose of live stand-up comedy every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, year-round. Located in San Francisco's historic Shelton Theater in the heart of Union Square, Cheaper Than Therapy is convenient to get to, whether you live in the Bay Area or are just visiting.
About the show
Each show features five to six hand-picked, experienced comedians and an occasional guest drop-in.
Please arrive at the theater by 7:45pm to check in with the box office. The bar opens at 7pm, and the show starts at 8pm. Last seating is at 8:20pm.
The theater has a full bar with no drink minimum. Come early for craft drinks and great seats!
The show always ends by 9:30pm. For a list of restaurant recommendations in the area, please visit our website.
We encourage everyone 21+ to party with us at the Shelton Theater bar.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an age requirement?
The show is for mature audience members of 18+ only.
Is there a drink minimum?
No, there is no drink minimum.
What if I'm late?
This is a live show, and we want everyone to have a great time. As a courtesy to the performers and audience, we will not seat those who arrive after 8:20pm. If you are unable to make it by this time, please let us know. We would be happy to transfer your tickets to a future date.
Is there parking available?
There is no parking at the theater, but there are many public parking garages close by. See your options on Parkopedia.
If the event is sold out, will you have tickets at the door?
We often sell out, so please buy your tickets in advance. If the event is sold out online, we will not have any extra tickets to sell at the door. In that case, please get tickets to the next show!
If I can't make it to the show anymore, will the fees be refunded?
Unfortunately, Eventbrite does not refund any fees, so only the base ticket price is refunded. However, we're happy to transfer your tickets to a future show of your choice instead. Just email us at info@cttcomedy.com let us know that you can no longer make it and want to transfer your tickets. Once you've decided on a date that works better for you, email us again at least 48 hours in advance of the show, and we'll confirm your tickets.
More information
For more information, please visit our website.
Still have questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions? Feel free to email or call us at (415) 506-8474 anytime. We'd love to hear from you!
Cheaper Than Therapy is presented by CTT Comedy and Shelton Theater.
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