Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Game Night and Pop-up Performance
Join 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
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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 | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats
OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, CaliforniaHead over to the Gallery of California Natural Sciences for a live drawing session hosted by Sketchboard, a BIPOC figure drawing collective, curating eclectic, diverse, and affordable events in the Bay Area over the last 10 years.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Exploration of Amapiano: Modern Dance Music from Southern Africa by Afrobeats Oakland
OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, CaliforniaDon’t miss an electric pop-up performance by Afrobeats Oakland as they explore the unique modern South African genre of Amapiano featuring DJ Juan G, emcee and host Christina Alexandria, and saxophonist Seyi Sax. The set will focus on instrumental genres bringing a jazzy vibe to the galleries.. As the music plays enjoy bites and beverages in Town Fare.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats
OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, CaliforniaBring your sketch pads and appetites to the kick off of Thursday After Hours at OMCA.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | AshEL Seasunz & Rocker T Performance
OMCA Great Hall 1000 Oak, Oakland, CaliforniaDon’t miss a pop-up performance by AshEl Seasunz & Rocker T featuring frequencies, mantras, and songs from various ancient traditions in the Gallery of California Art and delectable bites at Town Fare.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats
OMCA campusBring your sketch pads and appetites to Thursday After Hours at OMCA.
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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Total Response!: The Continued Conversation w/ Jacobdeloakland, Nimsins, and Bag o’Tricks
OMCA campusWiden your minds and your appetites when you join OMCA in Total Response! Referencing Horace Silver’s 1972 album, Total Response! is a rap performance and conversation that guides listeners to interrogate our present reality and poses questions as seeds that audience members can cultivate and pass along as their awareness of inequity widens. Between sessions, give your tastebuds a chance to be wowed by Cooking Demonstrations happening in Town Fare.
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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 | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats with Margaret Yee
OMCA campusBring your sketch pads and appetites to another Thursday After Hours at OMCA. Mix and mingle over delightful cocktails prepared in OMCA’s Town Fare Café. After bites and beverages, head over to the Gallery of California History for live drawing sessions hosted by Sketchboard.
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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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Thursday After Hours at OMCA | Sketchboard Live Drawing and Gallery Chats with Nancy Taylor
OMCA campusBring your sketch pads and appetites to another Thursday After Hours at OMCA. Mix and mingle over delightful cocktails prepared in OMCA’s Town Fare Café. After bites and beverages, head over to the Gallery of California History for live drawing sessions hosted by Sketchboard.
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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.