Thursday, April 4:
- Lawrence Jordan: Prodigies of Physical Phenomena at K. Imperial Fine Art
- "Water & Polaroid" by Matthew Brandt | Opening Reception at Highlight Gallery
- Strange Ideas: First Thursday Reception at Visual Aid Gallery
- W*A*S*H w/ Brad Brooks, Sad Vicious, George Chen & the EB3 at Red Devil Lounge
- Spring 2013 Design and Technology Salon at the San Francisco Art Institute
- Phil Manley/3 Leafs/Gentleman Surfer/Ava Mendoza's Unnatural Ways at the Knockout
- Bronze, The Mantles, Swiftumz & Life Stinks live in concert at the Eagle Tavern
- 1st Thursday Ska, Rocksteady and Dub at the Swell Bar
- Free First Thursday at the Berkeley Art Museum
- Read for Human Rights at the Berkeley Art Museum
- California Conversations: A State of Technology at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
- Lecture on Civic Art and Urban Change in San Francisco with author Susan Wells at the San Francisco Public Library
- Why Did Gede Let This Happen? Catastrophe and Theodicy in Twenty-First Century Haitian Art at the California College of the Arts
- Ghostface Killah at 1015 Folsom
Friday, April 5:
- A TRAPPED IN YOUR MIND FEELING at Aggregate Space Gallery and Transmission Gallery
- First Friday with El Elle, Pine & Opulence at the Night Light
- Crossroads 2013 Festival of Recent & Rediscovered Avant-Garde Film, Video, and Performance Works at the Victoria Theatre
- Manzanita, Yarrow, Nettles, Sweet Gum, and Jade at Interface Gallery
- Liz Walsh: Everyone at Krowswork
- Mari Andrews + Penny Olson at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
- Ear Side Out: Sound Performances by Loren Chase and Jacob Kirkegaard at the Berkeley Art Museum
- Erik Scollon at Romer Young Gallery
- The Evoco Project: recent work by Midori at the Center for Sex and Culture
- L@TE Friday Nights at BAM/PFA: Thingamajigs: ]MA[
- Shlohmo + Jeremih at 1015 Folsom
- Thee Oh Sees at the Verdi Club
Saturday, April 6:
- Artists Talk | Jessalyn Aaland + Lila Taff at Swarm Gallery
- UC Berkeley MFA Open Studio at the UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station
- Langton Labs Presents: Hacked Organic
- Grand Opening: Museum of Craft and Design
- Open House: Renny Pritikin and Friends at Southern Exposure
- Angel Olsen at the Rickshaw Stop
- Phosphorescent at the Independent
- Worm Ouroboros at Terminal
Sunday, April 7:
- Fillip: Institutions by Artists: San Francisco Launch at Et al.
- Guided Meditation at the Berkeley Art Museum
- Film Screening: Orchestra of Exiles at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
Monday, April 8:
- UC Berkeley Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Rodney McMillian at 102 Wurster Hall
- SFAI Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture with Linda Besemer
Tuesday, April 9:
- April's Seduction Feroce at the New Parish
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
- Sparks "Two Hands, One Mouth" at the Chapel
Wednesday, April 10:
- The Great Calculation at Southern Exposure
- Bawdy Storytelling's "StarF*cker" at the Verdi Club
- Vagina Monologues Oakland 2013 at the New Parish
- True Mutants/Protomartyr/Turn To Crime/Skate Laws at LoBot Gallery
- Artist Talk | The Walls Are Closing in: The Archive, Family Narratives, and Image-Making in Uncertain Times at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
- Modest Mouse at the Fox Theater