Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Women in STEM | Earthquake Engineers: Quake & Shake; DJ Karlita
Become an engineer for a night and celebrate California women pioneers in earthquake safety and architecture.
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Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid featuring Bianca Brown|DJ Nina Sol
Don’t miss a live music performance by RyanNicole at OMCA.
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Open Rehearsals: Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ & Ensemble
Stop by OMCA and listen to Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ & her musical ensemble rehearse their latest project, Mekong: LIFE Work-In-Progress Concert in the James Moore Theater.
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Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ & Ensemble (Live Music); DJ Lady Fingaz
Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ & Ensemble (Live Music); DJ Lady Fingaz
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Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Alexandra the Author (Live music); DJ Durt
Join us for a healing music performance by Alexandra the Author in the Amphitheater.
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Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Weaving The Possible Futures: A Conversation on Fem Gender Identity; A.B.L.U.N.T. Collective
Close out Women’s History Month with a conversation on fem gender identity and a DJ lineup curated by the A.B.L.U.N.T Collective at OMCA.
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Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Earth Day Activities
Earth Day Hands-On Activities and Stories for a Healthy Planet, plus special guest Oakland A’s Stomper; DJ Benet
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Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring August Lee Stevens
Don’t miss a live music performance by Bay Area musician-songwriter, August Lee Stevens, at OMCA.
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Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Extinction Rebellion Bay Area and Sustainability and Resilience
OMCA hosts Extinction Rebellion (XR) and the City’s Sustainability and Resilience team to share how we can take action on climate change in Oakland through art, community, and organizing.
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Friday Nights at OMCA Featuring Youth vs. Apocalypse
Engage in the climate justice movement through hip hop with Youth vs. Apocalypse.
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City Nature Challenge 2023
OMCA staff is teaming up with other Oakland nature centers and groups to organize a community science event where the public helps to document the biodiversity of Lake Merritt.
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Friday Nights at OMCA Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration with Children’s Day Hands-On Windsock Making and DJ Teao Sense.
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Ongoing events
Evening hours
ThursDates at OMCA
Experience ThursDates at OMCA – your weekly night out at the Museum rich with cocktails, culture, and community. Mingle at Town Fare Cafe by Chef Michele McQueen, where you can enjoy drinks and light bites against a backdrop of music, or explore the galleries which come alive at night with a mix of pop-up performances, chats, live drawings, and more– just for adults!
Evening hours
Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid
Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid, Oakland’s favorite free weekly block party is back, April—October!
Gather with family, friends, and community every Friday 5—9 pm for 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.
Gallery Events
Gallery Chats at OMCA
Join us for Gallery Chats, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators.
Third Sundays
Spotlight Sundays
Every third Sunday, OMCA invites visitors to Spotlight Sundays, a series of conversations, performances, and experiences that showcase California visionaries.
First Sundays
First Sundays
Every first Sunday of the month, General Admission to OMCA’s Galleries of California Art, History, and Natural Sciences is free and tickets to Special Exhibitions in our Great Hall are offered at a discounted price of $6.
Gallery Events
Group Tours
Interested in bringing a group to engage more deeply with our gallery content? Sign up for a Group Tour where knowledgeable facilitators share insights and help make meaning with your group in OMCA’s galleries.
Annual events
Community Event
White Elephant Sale
The Oakland Museum Women’s Board started the White Elephant Sale over sixty years ago. The annual event is not-to-be-missed.
Community Celebration
Lunar New Year
OMCA celebrates the Lunar New Year and explores the shared connections between the diverse Asian cultures of the Bay Area. These family-friendly programs will include both virtual and in-person offerings that celebrate and honor Lunar New Year traditions through storytelling, performances, activities, cooking demonstrations, and more. OMCA holds space for our AAPI communities to come together and uplift each other with both in-person and virtual healing circles.
Community Celebration
Día de los Muertos
In collaboration with OMCA’s Día de los Muertos Committee, we honor Day of the Dead every October and November.