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For immediate release: Nov. 4, 2015
Contact: Mindy Linetzky, (415) 554-4829

Friday Night Market brings art, music and fun to UN Plaza
Creative artists add sparkle to popular event

San Francisco, CA -- On Friday, Nov. 6, the popular Friday Night Market returns to UN Plaza, featuring live music, food trucks, cocktails, vendors, games, Zumba and lots of free fun.

This Friday features local artists -- they will sell, display and engage people in art activities throughout the plaza. You can have your photo taken by a local coffee barista, take a dance lesson, make a paint brush from your hair or have your portrait drawn. There will also be fun for families with bubble ball, face painting and games. All free! Also, Sam’s ChowderMobile – voted the best food truck in the Bay Area ¬by the San Francisco Bay Area A-List – will be on hand.

Between a glowing City Hall and twinkling string lights, the Friday Night Market offers a magical nighttime experience. It’s an opportunity to dance, eat and be creative with friends and family.

What: Friday Night Market
When: Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 
Where: UN Plaza at Eighth and Market streets
Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Entertainment: Far I Shields, DJ Twelvz and Zumba
Free family fun: jump house, games, Xone Bubble Balls and more
Website: fridaynightmarketsf.org 
Social Media: facebook.com/fridaynightmarket & twitter.com/MarketFriday
Photo opportunities: glowing City Hall, children playing, creative artists, etc.

This event is part of the City’s Make Your Market initiative that invites new and vital public life along Market Street’s sidewalks and plazas. In partnership with the Market Street Association, Public Works is creating multiple events in the center of the City that welcome residents, workers and visitors alike.

Sponsors (partial list) include the City’s Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, United Playaz, Office of Economic and Workforce Development (Invest in Neighborhoods), Twitter, Recreation and Park Department, Trumark Companies, Clark Construction, Recology, Academy of Art, SOM, UC Hastings, Clean City, Stantec, HOK, Pankow, SHN, Budweiser, Webcor, Bovis Foods, Cannon, MEI Architects, Shorenstein, Gold Dust Lounge, Turner, Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation for Kids, and Deep Eddy Vodka.

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