Events for August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5
The Pacific Islanders’ Cultural Association (PICA) will once again be holding its annual Aloha Festival. For this year’s event on August 4-5, 2012 they have moved to the San Mateo County Event Center.
The Pacific Islanders of the San Francisco Bay Area offer their talents in …
The 10th Annual Jerry Day is an annual civic and cultural event that celebrates one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time and San Francisco native son – Jerry Garcia and his Excelsior roots.
The all day concert and festival takes place August 5, 2012 …
The Nihonmachi Street Fair is a celebration of the Asian / Pacific communities in the Bay Area on Saturday and Sunday, August 4-5, 2012 (11am – 6pm) in San Francisco’s Japantown.
The fair will take to the streets again for a full weekend of live music, …
Sunday Streets is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration where the streets are closed to vehicles so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes… whoever can take over for an afternoon.
The August 5, 2012 event will take place in the Mission District …
Join McSweeney’s for their garage sale this Sunday, August 5th from 11am-4pm, at the Sunday Streets Festival on Valencia St.
Get ridiculous discounts on books, quarterlies, magazines, and other hits from the basement. Plus Dave Eggers will be signing copies of his new book A Hologram …
Kids and families, Tricycle Music Fest at the library returns for a fourth year on August 5, 2012.
Join the San Francisco Public Library for the kickoff event on Sunday August 5, 2012 at the Mission Branch in partnership with Sunday Streets. Check the schedule and …
Spend your lunch with some laureates at the free Poets’ Picnic on Sunday, August 5, 2012 at the Benicia City Park Gazebo.
Meet Benicia’s new poet Laureate, Lois Requist and Poet Laureates from all over California, who serve their cities and counties by increasing the awareness and understanding …
A Fair to Remember is a gathering of local creatives. They have everything from bakers to vintage collectors, soap makers, jewelry and print makers, photographers and painters and their outdoor fair is a unique shopping experience held in Jack Kerouac Alley between Vesuvio Cafe and …
Wouldn’t you like to draw a vagina and see it published in a book?
Editors Shannon O’Malley and Keith Wilson will hold court Sunday, August 5th at 1pm at the Gay Beach at Dolores Park soliciting drawings for their new book, Gay Men Draw Vaginas. …
Are you ready to get your “gaga” on? And if not, it will be time to party rock throughout the Mission!
This special Bay Area Flash Mob event takes place all over the Mission on Sunday August 5, 2012 as part of the “Sunday Streets” Festival.
Every …
Celebrate Oakland’s vibrant art scene by checking out everything from local punk bands to performance artists at this huge two-day music & arts festival in downtown Oakland. For just 10 bucks in advance ($15 at the door), you can enjoy all day live entertainment (including …
Latin alternative favorites Ozomatli return to Stern Grove Festival with their genre-spanning, high-energy sound. Opening the afternoon is Malian hip-hop trio SMOD.
Stern Grove Festival 2012
Sunday Concerts at 2pm
June 24 – August 26, 2012
Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., SF
Since 1938, Stern Grove Festival …
A part of Symphony Silicon Valley’s 2012 free outdoor summer music festival, this evening features the full Symphony Silicon Valley orchestra playing Gershwin and Gottschalk, Copland and Shaw, plus patriotic favorites on August 5, 2012.
Come early for free ice cream (but arrive early as supplies are …
Future Shock (1972) 16mm/Sound
It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn’t entered into the main competition. It is based on the book of the same name. In the book, Toffler defines the term “future shock” as a certain psychological state of individuals …
Kill Devil Hill is a group of metal heroes with Rex Brown (former bassist of Pantera), Vinny Appice (drummer with Dio, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, and others), Mark Zavon (guitarist for Ratt & spotlighted by Guitar Player magazine), and Dewey Bragg who combines an eerie resemblance to the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
