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GKIDS Brings the Evangelion 30th Movie Fest to 18 Bay Area Theaters in July

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GKIDS is screening Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion on back-to-back nights — July 21…

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Berkeley This Weekend: Free RPG Day at Games of Berkeley, $5 Circus Science at the Lawrence, and The Marsh Turns 21

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A three-day Berkeley run that's mostly free: national Free RPG Day lands at Games of Berkeley on Saturday with a bonus…

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Hyphy Holiday at Crybaby Oakland Benefits Immigrant Justice on the 4th

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Crybaby Oakland's late-night July 4th party sends a portion of proceeds to the California Collaborative for Immigrant…

Yesterday

Cat Town Oakland Brings Kitten Pairs to Rockridge Pet Food Express This Saturday

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Cat Town Oakland runs a Saturday drop-in kitten adoption at Pet Food Express in Rockridge — 2:30 to 5pm, no appointment…

Yesterday

Mexico-Czechia at San Pedro Square: Fans Arrived at 10 a.m. for a 6 p.m. Game

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Wednesday's watch party at San Pedro Square ran from Switzerland-Canada all the way through Mexico-Czechia, with…

Yesterday

Birdhouse Comedy Night Brings a Full Lineup to a Judah Street Gallery This Thursday

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Monthly comedy-plus-gallery night at Birdhouse Gallery, 2548 Judah Street, runs Thursday June 25 from 8–9:30 p.m.

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True Skool Launches Elevation, a New Soulful-House 1st Fridays at Golden Ratio in Oakland

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Bay Area DJ institution True Skool brings Renoir aka Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist to Golden Ratio for a new monthly…

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South Bay July 4: San Jose Goes Drones, and the Free Hack for Great America's Fireworks

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San Jose is running a drone light show this Fourth of July after the 2025 Yolo County warehouse explosion wiped out…

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TRANSMARSH Is Dancing on the Side of a Tenderloin Building This Pride Weekend — Two Nights, Free

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A free outdoor vertical dance performance staged on the Taylor Street facade of the Timbri Hotel runs Thursday and…

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Fillmore Jazz Festival Returns July 4-5: Free, 12 Blocks, What You Actually Need to Know

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The West Coast's largest free jazz festival takes over Fillmore Street on the Fourth of July weekend — 10am to 6pm both…

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ScentFest Brings 110 Perfumers — and a 4,000-Year-Old Scent Archive — to Fort Mason This Weekend

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The West Coast's first international consumer fragrance festival runs June 26–28 at Gateway Pavilion, with 110-plus…

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LakeFest Oakland Returns to Lake Merritt This Saturday — Three Stages, Road Closures, Take BART

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The 7th Annual LakeFest Oakland lands on June 27 with Grammy headliner Eric Bellinger, Mistah F.A.B.

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Music Jam SF: This Tuesday Night, You're in the Band

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A participatory community jam session in SoMa — bring your instrument, get a song list in advance, and play with 40…

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Paramount Movie Classics Are Back in Oakland — $10, 35mm, and a Mighty Wurlitzer

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The Paramount Theatre's beloved Friday-night classic film series is back after a hiatus — all-ages, $10 tickets, 35mm…

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Oaktown Thursdays Is a Free Monthly Block Party in Downtown Oakland — Next One Is July 16

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A new free series takes over Telegraph Avenue near Latham Square on the third Thursday of each month, 5–9 PM, through…

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The Bicycle Film Festival Rolls Into SF This Saturday — Three Programs, One Day at Gray Area

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The 26th Annual Bicycle Film Festival hits Gray Area's Grand Theater on June 27 with three back-to-back short-film…

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SF Pride Is This Weekend. Here's How BART, Muni, and the Ferry Are Getting You There

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SF Pride's 56th annual parade and celebration lands June 27–28 with 500,000 expected attendees.

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SF's Dragon Boat Festival Came Back After 11 Years. Three Thousand People Showed Up.

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San Francisco's Dragon Boat Festival returned to Lake Merced last weekend — its first full run since 2015 — drawing…

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Bomba Estéreo Packed Stern Grove. Here's How to Still Get In This Summer.

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Yesterday's Bomba Estéreo show drew a massive crowd to the free festival at 19th & Sloat.

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Sonoma County Just Got Its First Dyke March

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Hundreds marched through downtown Santa Rosa on Sunday for the first-ever Sonoma County Dyke March — a deliberately…

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Make Music San José Takes Over the City Today With 218 Free Acts

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The annual summer-solstice music festival is running right now across downtown San Jose and citywide neighborhoods —…

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On Pride Sunday, Trailhead Gays Is Taking Over a Patch of Dolores Park

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The free outdoor community group for gay men hosts a daytime campout in Dolores Park on June 28 — a low-key alternative…

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Steel Beach Party Aboard the USS Hornet: A July 4th BBQ on an Aircraft Carrier

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The USS Hornet museum in Alameda is throwing a Steel Beach BBQ on July 4th — live music, food, free island tours, and a…

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San Pedro Square Is Getting a 4th Screen — in Time for Mexico on Wednesday

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Watch party organizers are adding a fourth outdoor screen stretching north to St.

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