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Wednesday, June 20

Chamber Music for the Next Generation | Union Square
Wednesday, June 20 – 12:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square Park
Chamber Music for the Next Generation | Union Square

Defying stylistic classifications, Manring Kassin Darter plays chamber music for the new millennium. You’ll hear echoes of jazz, rock, classical, folk, avant-garde and world music influences in their music, but the end result is something that provocatively transcends categorization.
Their performance is part of Union Square Live’s free outdoor …

Solstice in the Streets 2012: Playful Protest Day | SF
Wednesday, June 20 – 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Justin Herman Plaza
Solstice in the Streets 2012: Playful Protest Day | SF

Solstice in the Streets 2012 brings a mix of festivity and activism to downtown San Francisco with banners and puppets. We set the time for 3pm so folks could go from the action to the Ocean Beach Solstice Ritual at 7:30pm without a long layover.
All …

International Surfing Day 2012: Beach Party, Free Drinks & BBQ | SF
Wednesday, June 20 – 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free food & drinks for clean-up volunteers
| Baker Beach - North Parking Lot (near the bathrooms and BBQ)
International Surfing Day 2012: Beach Party, Free Drinks & BBQ | SF

Surfers and non-surfers alike are invited to celebrate International Surfing Day 2012 with the San Francisco chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. Enjoy summer solstice with friends, marine advocates and ocean enthusiasts as you clean up Baker Beach on June 20, 2012.
Support our bay and Pacific …

Summer Solstice 99% Jamboree | Panhandle
Wednesday, June 20 – 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*But please bring something to give away
| The Panhandle (at Masonic)
Summer Solstice 99% Jamboree | Panhandle

Celebrate the release of a book on the diggers and com/co with a gathering in the Panhandle. Enjoy complimentary al fresco dining (yes, we think that means ”free food”, too) and a clothing giveaway with music, free posters, and special guests from 4pm – 6pm on June …

Free Pulled Pork Sandwiches & Pride Party | Castro
Wednesday, June 20 – 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Pilsner Inn
Free Pulled Pork Sandwiches & Pride Party | Castro

Join the San Francisco Bay Guardian for the 8th Annual Queer Pride Happy Hour “Pullin’ Pork.”
Come out and enjoy FREE pulled pork sandwiches with Drewes Bros. meat, ice cold beer specials with the Bud Light Bud Boys, and fun, games, and prizes from Good Vibrations. …

SF Weekly’s Summer Party with Free Drinks, Food | Embarcadero
Wednesday, June 20 – 6:00 pm | Cost: $10*
*$10 online, $15 at the door; $7 discount FuncheapSF tickets have expired;
| La Mar Cebicheria
SF Weekly's Summer Party with Free Drinks, Food | Embarcadero

Things heat up quickly in SF Weekly’s annual Summer Guide issue. This pull-out guide will feature places to be and things to do all summer long including: dining under the stars, dancing the night away, bars, shopping, music, art and events.
To celebrate this special issue …

Free Moonalice Concert | Union Square
Wednesday, June 20 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Free Moonalice Concert | Union Square

Moonalice is a group of Californian musicians who believe that music should be a communal experience. They’re made up of seasoned players exploring new musical territory with a passion. The group plays a heady brew of roots, rock, rhythm-and-blues, and more, peppered with spiritual doses of …

Opening Art Reception at RayKo with Free Food, Drink | SoMa
Wednesday, June 20 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Opening Art Reception at RayKo with Free Food, Drink | SoMa

Kick off the summer with the 3 shows opening at RayKo on June 20, 2012. Enjoy great photographs and free food and drink. Hopefully the fog will stay out on the water for another warm night in San Francisco.  Street parking is free after 6 and the Giants …

Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Night: Kyle Kinane | The Fillmore Comedy Central's Stand-Up Night: Kyle Kinane | The Fillmore

Comedy Central is looking for 350 diehard comedy fans to join them at The Fillmore in San Francisco for four nights of FREE stand-up comedy live tapings of the legendary Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Series from June 20-23, 2012.
The shows feature different standout comedians each night …

Bay Area Jazz Hero Awards: Dr. John Calloway | Civic Center
Wednesday, June 20 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| African American Art & Culture Complex
Bay Area Jazz Hero Awards: Dr. John Calloway | Civic Center

Multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer and educator Dr. John Calloway will be honored in a special concert and tribute on June 20 when he receives a local “Jazz Hero” award from a national jazz writers organization.
This year’s “Jazz Hero” awards will be presented in conjunction with the 2012 Jazz …

Comedy Showcase 2nd Anniversary Party | Bazaar Café
Wednesday, June 20 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bazaar Cafe
Comedy Showcase 2nd Anniversary Party | Bazaar Café

It’s the 2nd Anniversary of Comedy Showcase at Bazaar Café on June 20, 2012. Hosted by Danny Dechi, Comedian and world’s only pencil musician
Comedian Lineup

Bobby Salem
Duat Mai
James Gleason
John Hoogasian
Kevin Munroe
Malcolm Grissom
Rolly Moe
Veronica Porras

Hendrick’s Gin Sampling Party | Swedish American Hall
Wednesday, June 20 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| Swedish American Hall
Hendrick’s Gin Sampling Party | Swedish American Hall

Open your mind, unfasten your senses and join Hendrick’s for Voyages into the Unusual, an odd spectacle that ventures beyond what is known and explores the highly curious world that is neither round nor entirely flat.
Bringing their collection of curious happenings to San Francisco — which …

Summer Solstice 2012: Beach Celebration & Bonfire | Ocean Beach Summer Solstice 2012: Beach Celebration & Bonfire | Ocean Beach

Come to Ocean Beach at the end of the longest day of the year on June 20, 2012 to celebrate the light and honor the turning of the Wheel of the Year back toward the darkness with a beach bonfire and pagan summer solstice ritual. …

Free Doggie Wash Night | SF
Wednesday, June 20 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*First doggie first served
| K9 Scrub Club
Free Doggie Wash Night | SF

June 20, 2012 is this year’s Summer Solstice – The Longest Day of the year. K9 Scrub Club will reopen at 9pm till midnight and offering late night Free Self Serve Baths during that time period to all customers.

They’ll be celebrating all evening long… since it …

Free Champagne & House Music Party | SoMa
Wednesday, June 20 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| F8
Free Champagne & House Music Party | SoMa

Housepitality invites you to Miguel’s Summer Solstice Birthday Magic featuring SOLAR (Sunset), Vin Sol (Soo Wavey), and Miguel Solari (Housepitality).
Enjoy free champagne from 9pm-10pm and an art show by Arttease SF. Cover is free before 11pm with RSVP. Otherwise it’s $5 before 11pm and $10 after.

Every Wednesday

$1 Book Sale | SF Main Library
Every Wednesday – 11:00 am | Cost: $1*
*$1 for books & media. Free entrance.
| San Francisco Main Library
$1 Book Sale | SF Main Library

From April – October in 2012, the San Francisco Public Library host weekly Wednesday Steps Sales, located at the Larkin Street entrance to the Main Library.
All books and media are just $1 or less each and all proceeds from Steps Sales benefit the San Francisco …

Free TCHO Chocolate Factory Tour & Tastings | SF
Every Wednesday – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required
| TCHO Chocolate Factory
Free TCHO Chocolate Factory Tour & Tastings | SF

Ghirardelli may get all the hype from tourists, but there’s another chocolate maker in San Francisco that’s also making waves. And TCHO is inviting you for daily tours of their factory for free.
Take the TCHO tour: 7 days a week
One-hour tours at 10:30 am and …

Learn Campfire Guitar Songs | SF Free School
Every Wednesday – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations accepted - RSVP Required. Bring a guitar.
| The Happiness Institute
Learn Campfire Guitar Songs | SF Free School

Want to impress your dates or friends the next time you’re around a campfire?
Join Joergen and Marco of the San Francisco Free School for a 90-minute guitar class of training for beginner and intermediate guitar players and aspiring “troubadours.”
The songs change every week, but expect to learn …

Lady Gaga Flash Mob Dance Class | Mission Dist.
Every Wednesday – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*donations accepted
| Studio Gracia
Lady Gaga Flash Mob Dance Class | Mission Dist.

Come celebrate Lady Gaga’s World Tour 2012 by joining Bay Area Flash Mob and learn the choreography to a Lady Gaga medley including her most famous hits: Bad Romance, Telephone, Poker Face, Born This Way and Judas
The free dance classes (donations suggested) take place twice …

Red Hots Burlesque Show | Mission Dist.
Every Wednesday – 7:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5-10 sliding scale
| El Rio
Red Hots Burlesque Show | Mission Dist.

It’s saucy dancing with a sense of humor at the Red Hots Burlesque show on Wednesdays and Fridays at El Rio, where you can see some of the bawdiest burlesque babes in the Bay,  for a sliding scale price starting at $5
Come with your sense of humor …

The Business: $5 Alternative Comedy Night | Mission Dist.
Every Wednesday – 8:00 pm | Cost: $2.50*
*$5 admission, but $2.50 per person with 2-for-1 coupon
| The Dark Room
The Business: $5 Alternative Comedy Night | Mission Dist.

The Business is one of the best alternative comedy shows in SF and features comedians from Comedy Central, SXSW, and the Comedians of Comedy tour.
This weekly Wednesday night comedy gig features a rotating cast of comedians, but most often features their main headliners Alex Koll, Sean …

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