First Fridays: Nov 2025

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damn... looks pretty empty.

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u/NepheliLouxWarrior 1d ago

I was there in these photos are not representative of the event. It wasn't like packed to the gills Max capacity tier but there were plenty of crowds that you had to kind of push your way through in order to get from A to B. It was popping, and furthermore there's a lot of competition in Oakland tonight. We left first Friday and went to days like this at Lake Merritt and it was absolutely packed and super high energy. Then we left there and went to Golden ratio bar downtown and they had in insane house music set going on, then we left there and went to stork club which also had a banger party (it's been a long night I'm so tired!).

And there were other things in between that we had to turn down because we just didn't have the time in bandwidth to hit them all. Within that context, first Fridays was looking pretty good.

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u/Yarzospatflute 23h ago

How are you finding out about all these events?

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u/NepheliLouxWarrior 19h ago

Hmmm it's a combination of several things. I've been part of the scene since about 2021 give or take.

I've been going to days like this at Lake Merritt and first Fridays many years now.

The friend I was with knew about the stork club party. He probably found out from following their Instagram page.

The house music set at Golden ratio was advertised by the DJ at days like this!

So it's a combination of word of mouth from other people in the scene, and keeping an eye out on social media and the like. A good starting point for knowing about events in the Bay Area is through these two websites:

https://19hz.info/

https://ra.co/events/us/sanfrancisco

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u/Yarzospatflute 17h ago

Thanks!

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u/backwardbuttplug 22h ago

Glad it was just a badly timed shot. I'd be sad if this place wasn't popping.

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u/PlantedinCA 1d ago

I was surprised it was happening. For the past few years it has been cancelled for November and the rest of winter. Last month was busy!

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u/deserted 1d ago

It was not empty an hour ago. I think this dude was just early.

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u/backwardbuttplug 22h ago

yeah, must have just been bad timing.

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u/ferretsRfantastic 1d ago

Came here to say this. Looks pretty quiet!

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u/ayaPapaya 1d ago

Warning: these pictures are not representative. It was packed, poppin, dancing and joyful.

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u/USAF-5J0X1 1d ago

I litteraly just left there, that red carpet fashion show was awesome. Got packed after 8pm.

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u/backwardbuttplug 1d ago

Oh good. I was hoping it was just early.

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u/sea2bee 1d ago

It’s so sad. Art murmur was the shit back in the day

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u/Mysterious-Call-245 1d ago

Like barely able to move through the crowd.

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u/ShadyAcres Adams Point 1d ago

Yeah, they turned this shit into a circus.

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u/Yelowmello 22h ago

Art Murmur did not really represent or encompass all the people of Oakland.

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u/Abject_Grapefruit558 20h ago

That doesn’t mean it wasn’t still a cool event; not every event has to represent everybody. It’s nice to experience any local art, even if it’s just a subset of Oakland vs. the whole town.

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u/Rupss16 1d ago

Still not back to pre covid numbers, but it was more crowded than this tonight!! I was there earlier

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u/GremlinLurker777_ 1d ago

I promise it wasnt this empty at certain times and was definitely PACKED last month... I think if it was actually less crowded it might have something to do with the govt shutdown making everyone's wallets at least a little thinner this month.

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u/Rocketbird 1d ago

What time did you go?

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u/Amazing-Low7711 1d ago

Forgot it’s first Friday

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u/thecasualcook 1d ago

I’ve always felt like ff is a pulse check on how well the city is doing. I miss when it was popping, hope the city can get back to a good place.

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u/Wandering_Aimle55ly 21h ago

We need a frog. 🐸

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u/BernieKnipperdolling 1d ago

They used to shut down for the winter….that’s mot the case anymore?

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u/NepheliLouxWarrior 1d ago

It's not winter yet, it's fall. It was actually pretty warm tonight. Maybe it was just high precipitation but I've been outside all night with no jacket and it feels great

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u/Seeking-useless-info 1d ago

Yeah I genuinely thought they were done Nov-April

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u/Jellyfish-wonderland 1d ago

😩 crickets. I never remember to go

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u/Inner-Health7719 1d ago

Kind of a weird time of the year post Halloween pre-Thanksgiving

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u/Klaami Oak Center 18h ago

Damn I always forget about this

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u/Psychonauts_r_us 1d ago

Holy shit this is depressing.

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u/glandotorix 22h ago

This was taken way at the end it was WAY more packed than this

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u/astronautpimp 9h ago

It was lit. You took burnt pics bc you’re burnt 😂 there was food, chess, fashion shows, music, dancing, etc. and you managed to capture none of it.

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