Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Live Beatmaking with SETI X
Join us for the Friday Nights at OMCA featuring Live Beatmaking with SETI X.
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Upcoming Events
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29th Annual Día de los Muertos Community Celebration
This fall, OMCA welcomes the 29th annual community celebration honoring Día de los Muertos traditions.
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Friday Nights at OMCA: SambaFunk! With King Theo Ogum
Join us for the last Friday Nights of 2023, Friday Nights at OMCA: SambaFunk! With King Theo Ogum on Oct. 27!
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Spotlight Sundays: Film screening of Misty Copeland’s Flower with Dance Performance and Panel Talk
James Moore TheaterJoin us for a film screening of Misty Copeland’s Flower along with a dance performance and panel discussion.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Game Night and Pop-up Performance
OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, CaliforniaJoin us for Thursday After Hours at OMCA with popup performance in the Gallery of California History and Game Night in Town Fare.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Game Night and Pop-up Performance
OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, CaliforniaJoin us for Thursday After Hours at OMCA with popup performance in the Gallery of California History and Game Night in Town Fare.
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23rd Annual Lunar New Year at OMCA: Year of the Dragon
OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, CaliforniaGather with us at OMCA for our 23rd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Celebrate and honor Lunar New Year traditions
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Reclamation Through Musical Expression: Banjo Tradition & Afro-Futures from West Africa to Oakland with Hannah Mayree
OMCA campusLiven up your Thursday night with a rooted and participatory performance by Hanna Mayree (they/them). A member of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project, Hannah shares original and traditional banjo compositions as well as harmonies through acoustic live vocal looping. Their art is a reminder of the power found in our relationship to the earth, music, and community and is an invitation to listen, learn, and sing together through various musical landscapes.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Opera at OMCA with Claire Gendler
OMCA campusDon’t miss a pop-up performance in the Gallery of California Natural Sciences, Cordell Bank Deep Sea Theater, by soprano Claire Gendler as she performs selected classical pieces by composers such as Mozart, Schubert, Finzi, Fauré, and Britten.
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Friday Nights | Live Music by Dos Four, hands on nature print making, bubbles with The Bubble Lady and sets by DJ Lady Ryan
OMCA campusKick off the first Friday Nights at OMCA of the season with the whole fam! Enjoy a rhythmic night full of feel-good music for all ages! Dos Four pulls from a blend of Caribbean and Afro-Latin sounds like Salsa, Cumbia, Salsa Choque, Latino House and more that will be sure to get you moving.
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Friday Nights | Live Music by CABANIJAZZ PROJECT, interactive dance experience with Shadja and set with DJ Benet
OMCA campusFriday Nights at OMCA keeps going strong with another Friday of music and community! Get further inspired with the dance movements of Shadji Simone Correia whose unique style of performance movement draws audiences in to react and to create a collaborative experience between art, audience, and performer. The night will be further fortified with a feel-good set from DJ Benet.
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Spring Teacher Night at Friday Nights at OMCA
We celebrate you, teachers! Join us for OMCA’s spring Teacher Night, when you can hang out and enjoy the Museum— on us. Check out the posters and graphic prints that highlight political and social justice issues in Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya, and then screen print your own tote bag during a special drop-in workshop for teachers. Head to the OMCA Garden to hang out and enjoy the rhythms and music of Punjab, India with Non Stop Bhangra, one of the best dance parties in the Bay Area. Enjoy late-night gallery access and Off the Grid food trucks.
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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
Juneteenth! at the Museum
OMCA X Black Freedom Fund present Juneteenth! at the Museum—a vibrant, full-day celebration of Black culture, creativity, and community. Guests can expect a dynamic campus filled with live performances and DJ sets from boundary-pushing artists, delicious offerings from standout Bay Area Black chefs and food vendors, and hands-on activities that invite visitors of all ages to move, make, and connect in celebration of Black culture.
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.