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  • September 2023

  • Fri 1
    Kids making art at OMCA

    Friday Nights at OMCA Labor Day Weekend – Reppin’ Rosie The Riveter!

    September 1, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Friday Nights at OMCA kicks off the Labor Day weekend with hands-on bandana making honoring the legacy of Rosie the Riveter.

    Free
  • Fri 8
    Gambi and Dos Four in a dark background

    Friday Nights at OMCA with Gambizi & Dos Four

    September 8, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Experience an engaging and vibrant environment of social movement and connection at Friday Nights at OMCA.

    Free
  • Fri 15
    Cali Native Night with Stewie G. & Coastal Pomo Dancers DJ Ron Reeser

    Friday Nights at OMCA with Stewie G. & Coastal Pomo Dancers

    September 15, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Experience a Cali Native Night with Stewie G. & Coastal Pomo Dancers
    DJ Ron Reeser at Friday Nights at OMCA.

    Free
  • Sun 17
    Fashions inside Into the Brightness at OMCA

    Vibrations of Awesomeness: Films & Fashion 

    September 17, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    • Spotlight Sundays
    • Film screening
    • Ticketed
    • Free
    • Live performance
    • Members
    James Moore Theater and OMCA Garden

    Join this playful, colorful, and lively pair of events celebrating films and fashion created by the superstar artists of our wildly popular current exhibition, Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD.

    $1 – $30
  • Fri 22
    Women doing salsa near a bus stop

     Friday Nights at OMCA La Mezcla presents Convivencia

    September 22, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Let’s Lab makes a welcome return to Friday Nights at OMCA with Filipino American musical artist Ian Santillano.

    Free
  • Sat 23
    Water and rocks in Sausal Creeks

    Creek to Bay Day: Beautify Sausal Creek

    September 23, 2023 from 8:00 am – 11:00 am
    • Offsite
    • Free
    Dimond Park Historical Scout Hut, Dimond Park, Oakland

    We are teaming up with our buddies at Friends of Sausal Creek to host a Creek to Bay Day event at Sausal Creek.

    Free
  • Fri 29
    Cuban Salsa Class with Diana Aburto Vega on the beach

    Friday Nights at OMCA with Esotérica Tropical

    September 29, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Get your body going with a Cuban salsa class taught by Bay Area dancer mover and shaker Diana Aburto Vega.

    Free
  • October 2023

  • Fri 6
    Friday Nights at OMCA in Celebration of Por el Pueblo with Let’s Lab and AstraLogik!

    Friday Nights at OMCA in Celebration of Por el Pueblo with Let’s Lab and AstraLogik!

    October 6, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Get your body going with a Cuban salsa class taught by Bay Area dancer mover and shaker Diana Aburto Vega.

    Free
  • Fri 13
    OMCA celebrates teachers during our Fall Teacher Night. Explore liberatory and creative education practices.

    Fall Teacher Night

    October 13, 2023 from 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
    • Teachers
    • Workshop
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    OMCA celebrates teachers during our Fall Teacher Night. Explore liberatory and creative education practices.

    Free
  • Fri 13
    Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Havana Nights SF, presented by Rumbaché and The CaliDance!

    Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Havana Nights SF, presented by Rumbaché and The CaliDance!

    October 13, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Havana Nights SF, presented by Rumbaché and The CaliDance!

    Free
  • Fri 20
    A man with a purple hat singing into a mic

    Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Live Beatmaking with SETI X

    October 20, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Join us for the Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Live Beatmaking with SETI X.

    Free
  • Fri 27
    Friday Nights at OMCA: SambaFunk! With King Theo Ogum.

    Friday Nights at OMCA: SambaFunk! With King Theo Ogum

    October 27, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    • Gallery Activation Hours
    • Family
    • Free
    • Friday Nights at OMCA
    • Live performance

    Join us for the last Friday Nights of 2023, Friday Nights at OMCA: SambaFunk! With King Theo Ogum on Oct. 27!

    Free
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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! 

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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.

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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.

 

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Third Sundays Spotlight Sundays

Every third Sunday, OMCA invites visitors to Spotlight Sundays, a series of conversations, performances, and experiences that showcase California visionaries.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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