PERFORMANCE: Beloved Bay Area bike dance group, Derailleurs, present Freak Bike Show, featuring live music by The Nerv and Thee Hobo Gobbelins, tunes by Dj 0.000001, aka Th’Mole, a performance by "grotesque burlesque" group, The Can Cannibals, and activities such as Wrestle-a-Derailleur and kissing booth.

8 p.m. // Cyclecide Swearhouse (1660 Jerrold) // $7

ART: Secession Art and Design presents the opening reception for a new exhibit featuring the work of painter Soad Kader (check out a recent profile on Soad here) and poet Silvi Alcivar @ The Poetry Store (profile from last year here), along with Secession's in-house designers. The show runs through March 27.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. // Seccession Art and Design (3361 Mission Street) // free

MUSIC: As SFist noted last week, folkYEAH! presents Captain Beefheart Symposium: Conducted by Gary Lucas featuring an impressive line-up of special guests paying tribute to the late Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet. Lucas will show rare archival footage of the band, spin unreleased tracks, project slides of Van Vliet's paintings and drawings, and discuss the history of the group and many of the great musicians who came through the ranks of the Magic Band.

8:30 p.m. // The Independent (628 Divisadero Street) // $20-50