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The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s annual gala is back, and so is the fundraiser’s dance-all-night afterparty.

If you’re looking for a night of elegant fun, Late Night offers a chance to party among masterpieces while supporting the exhibitions, programming and other artistic initiatives of the de Young and Legion of Honor

Late Night begins at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 16, following the gala dinner honoring British artist and environmentalist Andy Goldsworthy. It’s at this time that the de Young’s Wilsey Court turned into a dance floor with DJ sets amid an immersive installation created by Oakland-based artist Soleé Darrell.

The night’s headliner will be singer-songwriter UMI, whose bedroom R&B gained mainstream attention in 2018 with her viral single “Remember Me.” She’s currently on tour in support of her second studio album “People Stories,” which was released in August 2025.

A Late Night ticket also provides admission to the exhibitions “Monet and Venice,” “Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California,” “Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON,” “Leilah Babirye: We Have a History” and “The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East.”

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Late Night 2026: 9 p.m.-midnight. Thursday, April 16. $125-$250. De Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, S.F. www.famsf.org

This article originally published at UMI headlines de Young’s Late Night gala afterparty in San Francisco.