Hello readers! Sorry for skipping a Feed Your Brain last week, I had Covid (for the second time this year). With that in mind, please be safe at events, wear a mask, get boosted, etc. Most of the events I am including are outdoors. Enjoy your weekend!
Friday 7/29
Skate Party, Oakland, 4:30 pm - 10 pm
Cute little rollerskating event at Korner Oakland, a commissary kitchen with local foods. There will be food, drinks, vendors, and a DJ. Free entry.
Saturday 7/30
Piedmont Lane Market, Piedmont, 12 pm - 5 pm
Local vintage shop Heads or Tails collective is hosting another cute market in the courtyard next to the building. Food! Tarot! Art! Free entry.
Cobb Homeless Helping Homeless Event Fundraiser, Oakland, 1 pm - 4 pm
An event to support the residents of Cobb on Wood, the encampment that recently burned. Bring supplies to donate.
Lindy By the Lake Swing Dancing Party, Oakland, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Monthly swing dancing party Lindy by the Lake is Back on Saturday! Free dance class from 10:30 am - 11 am followed by a few hours of music played by a live band. Masks and social distancing encouraged. Free.
Moments Summer Sidewalk Sale, Oakland, 2 pm - 6 pm
Moments Co Op, a QT/BIPOC cooperative bookstore & community space, is hosting a sidewalk sale featuring new + used books, food and clothing vendors, etc. You can also bring clothes to be mended and/or food to donate to the community pantry. Free entry (outdoors).
Sunday 7/31
Bake + Plant Sale for Abortion Funds, Oakland, 11 am - 3 pm
Lion Dance Cafe (the best food in Oakland, in my humble opinion) is having a little event on Sunday to raise money for abortion access. Tons of amazing local bakeries are participating! And a plant shop! For covid safety food is for takeaway only and masks are required. Free entry.
Harm Reduction Kit Making Party, Oakland, 11 am - 2 pm
Local advocacy group Hoes 4 Harm Reduction is hosting a kit-making party on Sunday for little care kits of narcan and other needed supplies to be distributed in the Tenderloin. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Free.
Fat F.A.R.M. Market, Oakland, 12 pm - 5 pm
Local gallery Good Mother Studio is hosting a FARM (Food Art Retail Music) market on Sunday with 50+ vendors. The event will have “food, records, vintage, ceramic, plants, art, skate, flowers, holistic goods, live music, etc.” and will repeat the last Sunday of every month. Free entry.
Impala Skate Party, Oakland, 3 pm - 7 pm
Impala Skates, everyone’s favorite rollerskate company, is celebrating the launch of its new line with a party in West Oakland on Sunday, in collaboration with local group Panther Skate Plaza. Free entry.
T4T Experimental Erotica, San Francisco, 6 pm - 10 pm
Trans-centering art gallery Liminal Spaces is hosting an erotica reading event Sunday evening. Indoors. $5-15 suggested donation.