Join Lindsay Wildlife at Oakland Museums’s Friday Nights @ OMCA 5 to 9 p.m. Friday Feb. 5. This hot evening of local music, food, art, and culture invites visitors to savor California beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages around the Koi Pond at the Blue Oak beer garden. Enjoy half-price admission, live music, hands-on activities for kids, a pop-up art market in the Redwood Burl area, and extended OMCA Store hours. And Lindsay will be on-hand with birds for the party! For more information click here!

What to expect on February 5:

5–9 pm: Half-off gallery admission for adults, free for ages 18 and under
5–9 pm: Local beer and wine specials in the Blue Oak beer garden
5–9 pm: All Museum galleries open late
5–9 pm: Gourmet food trucks from Off the Grid featuring the best in local cuisine: get the weekly list here
5–9 pm: OMCA Store pop-up in the Redwood Burl area
5–6:30 pm: February resident DJ spinning hits in the 10^th Street Amphitheater
5–8 pm: Family-friendly drop-in activity: make a paper lantern for Lunar New Year
6–8 p.m: Makers & Tasters series, featuring a live bird experience by Lindsay Wildlife Experience, with a presentation at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., in honor of the new Bird Lab section of the Gallery of California Natural Sciences
6:30–7 pm: Dance instruction in the 10^th Street Amphitheater
7–9 pm: Live band playing Latin and Salsa music in the 10th Street Amphitheater
7:45–8 pm: A Snack Size Docent Tour, a fifteen-minute mini-tour led by a talented OMCA Docent to introduce you to one of the Galleries—you won’t know which until the tour begins!