Events for September 25, 2011
Sunday, September 25
Sunday is the final day of Peet’s summer-ending special – a buy one get one free offer on any coffee beverage (or tea).
There’s the usual restrictions (like the second drink has to be lesser or equal value) but whether you have a friend you want …
For the weekend of Sept 23-25, 2011, the California Academy of Sciences offers free admission to residents of Cole Valley, Haight, Glen Park, St. Francis Wood, Lake Merced.
San Francisco residents will again have the opportunity to visit the California Academy of Sciences free of charge during Neighborhood Free …
Come spend a fun-filled day at the Leland Avenue Street Fair in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood. Featuring the Latin sounds of LAVA and other favorite bands, delicious local foods, area art vendors, and lots of activities for the kids. Come check out the beautiful …
Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion, the 47th Annual Big Book Sale features over 500,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media & 10,000 boxes of materials. Everything is $1 or less on Sunday.
All proceeds from the …
Combat or cook your way to victory at the Shire of Cloondara’s Pirate Siege & Beach Cook-Off at Ocean Beach on Sunday, September 25.
A combination of two different activities, pirate invaders and shire defenders will face off for a series of fights, all while the …
See everyone from Javanese dancers to Glee‘s Jane Lynch at UC Berkeley’s Fall Free for All, a full day of music, dance and theater throughout the campus, on Sunday, September 25.
With over 25 free performances in theaters, concert halls and outdoors, visitors can experiment and …
Part street food festival, part county fair, and part block party, the 2011 Eat Real Festival transforms Jack London Square into an epic food festival.
Enjoy three days of food and fun ranging from tacos, curry, BBQ, hot dogs, noodles and the best of the Bay …
A nostalgia-filled, old world-style event where handmade, man-powered vehicles compete for awards and accolades, the Great Handcar Regatta is coming back to Santa Rosa on Sunday, September 25 for a day of races between railcars named things like Immaculate Contraption and The Oddcycle.
So buy your tickets for …
Last year it was “Pirates and Mermaids,” this year will be a belly dance show based on the book about legendary female pirates in history of the world. The show with 20+ dancers will bring to life women warriors from different eras and parts of …
If you love listening to music in a cafe setting, come to Telegraph and indulge yourself on Sunday, September 25th.
Four cafes between Bancroft and Parker, as well as sidewalk venues, will feature hour long performances by diverse musical artists, each special in their own way. …
Celebrate the start of the annual 24 Days of Central Market Arts Festival at Mint Plaza with a weekend of performances by acclaimed local companies on Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25.
Featuring dancing, live music and more, come join the party at this kick-off …
Held three times a year, the Serramonte Sports Card Show features dozens of collectors selling and showcasing sports cards and memorabilia, comics, toys and collectibles in this free two-day show held September 24th and 25th at the Serramonte Mall
Always a tradition at Serramonte shows are …
From the sensual and glamorous to the fetish and exotic, the San Francisco Erotic Art Exhibition will have it all for its three-day exhibition at the Artists Alley from Friday, September 23 to Sunday, September 25.
Featuring 35 artists exhibiting over 350 erotic paintings, sculptures, photography and …
Leave your cone bras at home get get ready for a lot of crotch grabbing at the Bay Area Flash Mob’s Madonna dance classes and a big Madonna flash mob
Learn everything from “Music” to “Don’t Tell Me” at these free dance workshops, which run from …
The 2011 Bicycle Film Festival comes to a close with a BBQ Kick-Back at Rickshaw Bagworks in Dogpatch plying hungry cyclists with afternoon free veggie BBQ and free beer, while supplies last on Sunday, September 25th.
The party is free if you have a ticket stub …
There’s a lot of free live music in San Francisco but the Golden Gate Park Band has been doing it for possibly longer than anyone else.
In its 129th season, the 30-member orchestra, all clad in their bright red suits, are giving free concerts in …
Why do books get banned? Authors Jewelle Gomez, Michelle Tea, Rebecca Solnit, Alejandro Murguia and Oscar Villalon want to know. Join them as they read from their favorite banned books and discuss the rationale for censorship.
This event is part of Banned by the Bay, a …
The English electro pop sensation Ladytron (a favorite of ours at Funcheap) will be celebrating their new album, Gravity The Seducer (out September 13th on Nettwerk), with a special DJ set and signing at Amoeba San Francisco. You can also catch them at The Regency …
Get your dance on in the daytime at Manor West’s summertime dance series SFunday, which concludes this week.
Held on a private patio lounge outside, this Sunday’s party will start at 2 p.m. and feature Designer Deejays, so dress in your summery Sunday best and order …
Think of this like those outdoor movies in Dolores Park but instead it’s a live play featuring the works of Shakespeare. Bring your friends, dates, a blanket and a picnic (don’t forget a bottle of wine) to enjoy the 29th season of free professional theater …
For all you cheap Gleeks out there, make it down to UC Berkeley to see Glee‘s Jane Lynch for free on Sunday, September 25.
As a part of Cal Performances’ Fall Free For All all day event, Lynch will be at Berkeley’s Pauley Ballroom to talk …
Bestselling author and food writer Debra Samuels uses her unique skills and deep love of Japan to make the cuisine of her adopted country attainable in My Japanese Table. The recipes in this book, the result of decades spent teaching and preparing homestyle Japanese dishes, …
Ring in Rosh Hashanah at the JCC East Bay’s “Apple and Honey Tasting for a Sweet New Year” event on Sunday, September 25.
Learn fun ways to observe this important Jewish holiday, by enjoying apples and honey from local farms, Rosh Hashanah-themed arts and crafts, children’s …
Join one of SF’s oldest bars for their 8th release of their Barrel-aged Beer Series featuring the Upper Height’s Magnolia Brewery Cole Porter Ale, aged in a Templeton Rye barrel.
The delicious ale will be paired with tasty beer-marinated meats from Guest Chef Livio Velardo who …
Take a break from chowing down at the 2011 Eat Real Festival as three teams of butchers go hog wild in this pig butchery contest.
They’ll have 45 minutes to make their high quality cuts – from primal to retail. Judges will be looking for accuracy, …
Every Sunday
Visit the Bay Area Free Book Exchange (open every Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 6 pm in El Cerrito) and take home up to 100 books for free.
Yes, all 10,000+ books on all the shelves are available to the public, free of charge. …
Spend a Football Sunday the way it was meant to be enjoyed – stuffing your face full of free BBQ. Every Sunday football game, Ace’s gives sports fans a free plate of burgers, sausages, and all the gooey fixins that go with it. Enjoy drink …
Free Yoga on Sundays in Dolores Park at 11am, provided by the teachers of the Purusha Yoga community.
Free Yoga Flow in the Park
Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow …
Get ready to swing in Golden Gate Park every sunny Sunday at “Lindy in the Park,” a weekly free event near the de Young Museum, when the streets of Golden Gate Park are closed to traffic and the dancers take over.
Lindy in the Park | Free Outdoor …
During the first two weekends in June, the 2012 East Bay Open Studios connects the public with over 400 artists in 14 cities in the East Bay. Since 1979, this event remains the largest art event in the region and draws an annual audience over 50,000.
East …
Come learn the basics of Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, at the Jack London Square Farmers’ Market.
This cardio and strength training class includes learning the basic movements and acrobatics of this beautiful art form, as well as getting a chance to play with other …
Take a trip back to the 1930s just by heading to SoMa and visiting the California Historical Society’s A Wild Flight of the Imagination: the Story of the Golden Gate Bridge – a brand new historical exhibit honoring the bridge’s 75th anniversary.
Experience the story of the …
Check out a an exhibit presented by Ripley’s Believe It or Not including a 13-foot model of the Golden Gate Bridge, constructed out of 30,000 toothpicks and glue in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.
In addition you can view a 1/3rd scale …
Want free reserved seating, reserved parking and free beverages and snacks during a Stern Grove event this summer? All you have to do is volunteer!
Volunteer positions include ushers, information booth staffers, bike valet, donation collectors, greeters, set up/take down experts and much more.
Sign up to …
Sundays are Dollar Days at Golden Gate Fields. If you haven’t made it out yet, you should check out the thoroughbred action of horse racing. Nearly everything costs just a single buck at Golden Gate Fields in Albany.
Some Sundays there are also free concerts at …
There is a place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park that is heaven for Bay Area inline skaters and roller skaters who like to boogie to the funky beat on wheels. The area is is called, “Skatin’ Place”. It is located at 6th Avenue and …
The Milk Bar presents “Bluegrass Sundays,” a free weekly concert with three bands performing 90-minute sets, each playing old-timey bluegrass, Americana, folk, blues, and other sub-genres of acoustic music.
Bluegrass Sundays
Every Sunday | 2 pm-10 pm
Milk Bar | 1840 Haight Street, SF
FREE
Bands generally start at 4 pm, 6 …
Bring your family, friends, a blanket or low lawn chair, and a picnic to enjoy free professional theatre by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. This year the festival features Henry V, the Bard’s exciting tale about the rise of a young king and the glories …
Finish off the weekend at Molotov’s and enjoy an afternoon of free food (usually around 3pm) every Sunday between games of pool, retro pinball, and some serious punk rock ‘tude. While it’s usually burgers and hot dogs, occasionally the bar mixes it up with pizza, …
Since Sundays are the only day of the week that their kitchen’s closed, consider this Bender’s gift to you. Every Sunday from 3pm till 7pm, they’ll treat the public to a free BBQ with burgers, veggie options, or whatever else the bar’s in the mood …
Comstock Saloon, SF’s throwback saloon on the edge of the Financial District hosts Honky Tonk Sundays. In the spirit of the wild west, guests can experience tunes from DJ Blaze Orange’s vinyl collection of 20th century American country music and throwback food from Saloon Chefs Carlos …
As a testament to keep Sunday a Funday, the designers at 5th Stitch Collective are throwing a little party every Sunday in August to launch a new t-shirt design each week.
Mingle with the designers, see our newest designs, and snack up on some free cookies …
San Francisco City Guides offers a free night-time guided walking tour of North Beach.
It’s where food, culture, colorful history, and unexpected views all intersect in an erstwhile Italian ‘urban village’ that was also cradle to San Francisco’s bohemia.
North Beach By Night | 2012
May through October …
