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Saturday, September 29

Jimmy’s Old Car Picnic 2012 | Golden Gate Park
Saturday, September 29 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Free to gawk, $40 to show your car
| Speedway Meadow
Jimmy's Old Car Picnic 2012 | Golden Gate Park

Jimmy’s Annual Old Car Picnic started in 1988 when classic car-loving friends got together in Golden Gate Park to celebrate Jimmy O’Keefe’s brithday. It has since grown into the largest and longest running show of its kind in San Francisco and includes cars, trucks, and …

Thunderbirds on the Wharf: Classic Car Show (1955-66) | Santa Cruz
Saturday, September 29 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE | Santa Cruz Wharf
Thunderbirds on the Wharf: Classic Car Show (1955-66) | Santa Cruz

Come down to Santa Cruz for the 15th Annual Thunderbirds on the Wharf on September 29, 2012 from 9am to 3pm.
A collection of classic (1955-57) & vintage (1958-66) Thunderbirds displayed by owners from central & northern California.

California Academy of Sciences | Free Day for Mission & Castro Residents
Saturday, September 29 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Proof of neighborhood residency required
| California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences | Free Day for Mission & Castro Residents

September 28, 29, 30
Neighborhoods: Mission, Bernal Heights, Noe Valley, Castro, Cole Valley, Haight, Glen Park, St. Francis Wood, Lake Merced
Zip Codes: 94110, 94114, 94117, 94127, 94131, 94132

Smithsonian’s 8th Annual Free Museum Day | 2012
Saturday, September 29 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Museum ticket required from smithsonianmag.com
Smithsonian's 8th Annual Free Museum Day | 2012

Smithsonian Magazine’s 8th annual Museum Day takes place Saturday, September 29, 2012 as participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide will open their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day Ticket.
Smithsonian Magazine 8th Annual Museum Day
Free Admission for two on September …

SF Bike Coalition 6th Annual Family Day Celebration | Golden Gate Park
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | 14th Ave. E Picnic Area (GG Park)
SF Bike Coalition 6th Annual Family Day Celebration | Golden Gate Park

Join our 6th Annual Family Day Celebration in Golden Gate Park to start or expand your family biking routine on September 29, 2012.
This free event will feature great games, valuable activities, and the chance to share tips and tricks with other biking families. Bring …

Pacific Coast Fog Fest 2012 | Pacifica
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Palmetto Street
Pacific Coast Fog Fest 2012 | Pacifica

Say goodbye to summer with a weekend of sun, sand and surf at the 27th Annual Fog Fest in Pacifica with music, art, food, activities and more on September 29-30, 2012.
Fog Fest 2012
Palmetto St. (Pacifica)
Sat-Sun, September 29-30, 2012 | 10a-6p
FREE
Held every last weekend in September, …

Public Lands Day | Free Entrance to Over 100 National Parks
Saturday, September 29 – All Day | Cost: FREE
Public Lands Day | Free Entrance to Over 100 National Parks

In the immortal words of John Muir: “You may close California’s parks, but you’ll never have our national parks. Hell, we’ll even make them free.”
Okay so the conservationist didn’t say that but there are Free Entrance Days in the National Parks, special fee-free days that you should …

Polk Street Blues Festival 2012: Saturday | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Upper Polk Street
Polk Street Blues Festival 2012: Saturday | SF

Saturday, September 29, 2012
Main Stage at California and Polk

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Andre Thierry (Zydeco)
12:50 PM – 2:20 PM RattleCans
2:40 PM – 4:10 PM Little Brown Brothers
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Bobbie Webb and Smooth Blues Band Featuring Fillmore Slim

Entertainment Area at Jackson and …

17th Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival | Berkeley
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | MLK Jr. Civic Center Park (Berkeley)
17th Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival | Berkeley

Celebrate writers, nature & community with 100 Thousand Poets for Change & Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers’ Market on September 29, 2012.
17th Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Civic Center Park (MLK Jr. Way at Center Street, Berkeley)
FREE
10:00 a.m. Strawberry Creek Walk
Meet at Oxford & Center Streets, …

“100 Thousand Poets” Massive Three-Day Poetry, Music & Art Festival: Saturday | Santa Rosa
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Arlene Francis Center

Saturday, September 29, 2012

11am-12pm Journalism Workshop-Session 1 w/ Dave Ransom of OPPO
11am-Noon Lunch & Folk Music with Moss Henry
Noon-1pm Abraham Entin-Move To Amend- End Corporate Personhood TEACH-IN
1pm-3:45pm 3 Bands in the Afternoon
1:15-2 Taiowa Band (Electronic Jazz)
2:15-3 Sanctuary Lost (Punk)
3-3:45 Waxwyng (Heavy Metal)
2:00pm-4:00pm Meet the Artist, …

2012 “La Madonna del Lume” Fishing Boat Parade | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*We believe all events are free
| Fisherman's Chapel on the Wharf
2012

Special Mass at Fisherman’s Chapel on the Wharf (10a)
This is a religious service dedicated to the memory of fishermen and seamen lost at sea. (The Chapel is located at the far west end of the wharf behind Fisherman’s Grotto No. 9 and in front of …

Glen Park Fall Carnival 2012 | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Glen Park School
Glen Park Fall Carnival 2012 | SF

Come celebrate autumn at the Glen Park School Fall Carnival on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 11-3 pm.
There will be lots of fun for kids and adults, including musical entertainment, tacos and baked goods, carnival games, facepainting, t-shirt tie-dyeing, two bouncy houses, and a …

ECO-SF’s Bakers Alley & Ultra-Local Pot Luck | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| The School Farm
ECO-SF's Bakers Alley & Ultra-Local Pot Luck | SF

Join us for a day of appreciation for the indigenous people of  California who have shared their knowledge of the native plants of our  region. We’ll focus on acorns and have an acorn processing demo as well  as sample some acorn bread and acorn porridge. …

2012 Election Series: Films of a Movement | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 11:30 am | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Library
2012 Election Series: Films of a Movement  | SF

The African American Interest Committee of the San Francisco Public Library and One City One Book 2012 will present a Voter Empowerment Film Series on Saturday September 29, 2012.
The series will feature 3 prolific films:

Freedom on My Mind (1994) Showtime – 11:30a-1:15p
Nominated for an Academy …

Party on Block 18 2012 | Mission Dist.
Saturday, September 29 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but bring money for food and drinks.
| Block 18
Party on Block 18 2012 | Mission Dist.

Bring an empty stomach to the 3rd Bi-Annual “Party on Block 18,” celebrating the inner Mission District on September 29, 2012.
18th Street will be closed off with food, wine, and beer for purchase from local vendors along with a pie baking contest and music performances.
Party …

5th Annual Salsa Festival | Redwood City
Saturday, September 29 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Courthouse Square
5th Annual Salsa Festival | Redwood City

Redwood City is going to be sizzling during its 5th annual Salsa Festival on Saturday September 29th, 2012. Three stages will feature Latin rock, salsa, and Latin jazz music. Amateur and professional Salsa Chefs will compete for fun, prizes and Salsa Glory. Plus, there’s tequila tasting, free hands-on …

Giant Cardboard Lego Castle Building | Dolores Park
Saturday, September 29 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Dolores Park
Giant Cardboard Lego Castle Building | Dolores Park

Hundreds of cardboard boxes have been painted to look like giant Lego pieces and strategically covered with velcro. At 12 PM in Dolores Park on September 29th, you can build anything you can possibly imagine with them.
The event will be free and open to the public, …

Balboa Skate Park Grand Opening: Skate Demos & Free Food | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Balboa Park
Balboa Skate Park Grand Opening: Skate Demos & Free Food | SF

Bring your deck and your appetite for grand opening of Balboa Skate Park on Saturday, September 29, 2012, from noon to 5 p.m.
Enjoy skate exhibitions and demos, giveaways from local skateboard merchants, DJs, Live music, Food Trucks and Free hot dogs and pizza (arrive early …

City of Richmond Downtown Festival & Street Fair | 2012
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Downtown Richmond
City of Richmond Downtown Festival & Street Fair | 2012

The City of Richmond’s 4th annual free downtown festival “Spirit & Soul 2012” (1p-4p) showcases live music (Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic, Richmond Blues Diva, Tia Carroll)  within an elegant outdoor bazaar atmosphere complete with a range of fine dining showcasing local restaurants and food …

Guinness World Record Soccer Dribble Attempt | Candlestick Park
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*All proceeds benefit the youth of the America SCORES Bay Area program.
| Candlestick Park
Guinness World Record Soccer Dribble Attempt | Candlestick Park

The Great America Soccer Dribble will unite the Bay Area soccer community with soccer communities across the nation by bringing together thousands of soccer enthusiasts in nine other cities to break the Guinness World Record
The record is currently held by the UN with 2,068 simultaneous …

Free Ice Cream Day on BART: Rockridge | BART’s 40th Anniversary Giveaway
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Rockridge BART
Free Ice Cream Day on BART: Rockridge | BART's 40th Anniversary Giveaway Come celebrate BART’s 40th with ice cream treats courtesy of Dreyer’s. Six ice cream events will be scheduled at different BART stations. Some events will include bundt cakes provided by Nothing Bundt Cakes of Emeryville. Join BART in the free area outside the faregates as ...
Free Ice Cream Day on BART: Powell | BART’s 40th Anniversary Giveaway
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Powell Street Station
Free Ice Cream Day on BART: Powell | BART's 40th Anniversary Giveaway Come celebrate BART’s 40th with ice cream treats courtesy of Dreyer’s. Six ice cream events will be scheduled at different BART stations. Some events will include bundt cakes provided by Nothing Bundt Cakes of Emeryville. Join BART in the free area outside the faregates as ...
Win Tix: KFOG’s “Harmony By The Bay” Festival: The Shins, Tegan & Sara
Saturday, September 29 – 2:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $39.50
| Shoreline Amphitheatre
 KFOG's

KFOG’s “Harmony By The Bay” all-day concert festival features The Shins, Tegan & Sara, Alison Krauss, Beats Antique, Matisyahu and more at Shoreline Amphitheater along with over 50 vendors, an Eco Village, yoga and a variety of Bay Area food trucks.
>> Ticket Deals:
- 4 pack of lawn seats …

2012 San Francisco Sewer Tour and Art Party | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*$5 suggested donation for bike ride. Party is FREE
| Workspace Gallery
2012 San Francisco Sewer Tour and Art Party | SF

Altered Landscape…A neighborhood bicycle tour / film screening / art exhibit celebrating the audacity of humans and the power of the bulldozer.
Saturday September 29
, 2012
2-5pm Sewer Tour
 by Bike ($5 suggested donation) – Meet at Workspace Ltd. Folsom btwn 17th & 19th. (rain cancels)
7-10pm ArtParty …

Roots & Rhythm Series: All-45s Deep Soul, Hard Funk | Amoeba SF
Saturday, September 29 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
Roots & Rhythm Series: All-45s Deep Soul, Hard Funk | Amoeba SF

Join Amoeba SF from 2pm to 5pm for the Roots and Rhythm Series with DJ Harry Duncan for a special all-45s edition.
Featured will be the award-winning Roots and Rhythm music mix from Duncan’s live shows and from In The Soul Kitchen, his weekly radio show …

Every Saturday

Free Zumba Class | Chinatown
Every Saturday – 10:30 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center
Free Zumba Class | Chinatown

In celebration of the reopening of the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center, the Movement in the Parks Program brings you a limited series of free Zumba classes on Saturdays, November 3 – December 15, 2012 from 10:30am-11:30am.
>> Please note there is no class on November 24th.
RSVP …

Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Every Saturday – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Rec Field: Golden Gate Park
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park

Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow
and meditation for body, mind, and spirit.
Purusha yogis teach free yoga on Saturday mornings in Golden Gate Park at 11 am,  as part of the …

Saturday Stroll Art Walk | Oakland
Every Saturday – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Vessel Gallery
Saturday Stroll Art Walk | Oakland

Love art, but find the Murmur to be more like a Scream? Then the Saturday Stroll might be just what the artist ordered.
Many of the galleries that participate in Oakland’s highly popular Art Murmur gallery scene are extending their First Friday festivities to include Saturday …

Free “Punk & Rock N Roll” Saturdays & $3 Drinks | Thee Parkside
Every Saturday – 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Thee Parkside
Free

Thee Parkside hosts “Free Saturday Happy Hour Shows” on most Saturday afternoons – a free concert featuring rock and punk bands from all over the Bay Area. But make sure you check Thee Parkside schedule to confirm for any given week;  they sometimes skip weeks.
Free …

Free Outdoor BBQ | Lucky 13
Every Saturday – 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but you'll have to buy your own drinks
| Lucky 13
Free Outdoor BBQ | Lucky 13

Sure, Lucky 13′s always loaded with free popcorn and goldfish – but, if you’re looking for something more sustainable with your rockabilly and punk on the jukebox, be sure to drop by their outdoor patio on Saturdays between 4 pm and 7 pm.
The menu each …

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