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Friday, May 24

“Off the Grid” Friday Night Food Truck Party | Fort Mason
Friday, May 24 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to attend, but bring some cash for food from food trucks.
| Fort Mason Center
Over 32 food trucks and street food carts in a huge circle with a full bar and bands in the middle? Now that’s a party. Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-10pm at the historic waterfront campus of Fort Mason Center. ...
Orange Nights: Food & Flowers | Friday Nights at the de Young Orange Nights: Food & Flowers | Friday Nights at the de Young

The Netherlands is the world’s second largest agricultural exporter, behind only the US.
On Friday, May 24, 2013, the theme of the night will celebrate the Netherlands as a world leader in agricultural production and horticulture, highlighting Dutch expertise and innovation in urban agriculture, sustainable practices, …

Fourth Fridays Art Walk | Inner Sunset
Friday, May 24 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Inner Sunset
Fourth Fridays Art Walk | Inner Sunset Enjoy specials, art exhibits, refreshments and more from local businesses from 6-9 pm every fourth Friday of the month. Head down to the 9th & Irving intersection on the N-Judah and pick up a map of the businesses that are participating at any of the following locations: ...
Berlin-Style Ping Pong Warehouse Party & Free Beer | Mission Dist.
Friday, May 24 – 6:00 pm | Cost: $7 | Z Space
Berlin-Style Ping Pong Warehouse Party & Free Beer | Mission Dist.

Party with four ping pong tables in the giant warehouse of Z Space. DJ Purple will spin with Dance Karaoke.
There’s a full bar and lots of dance floor, there’s free beer and free hard cider for the first hour. And plus, for some reason, …

Free Friday Chicken Wing Buffet & $3 Cocktails | Castro Free Friday Chicken Wing Buffet & $3 Cocktails | Castro The Lookout, which provides prime people-watching opportunities over the intersection of Market St. and Noe St. in the Castro, hosts a Friday happy hour with $3 Skyy Vodka cocktails (3:30 pm-9 pm) and a free chicken wing buffet from 6:30-8:30 pm to help soak up ...
SF Beer Olympics: Drinking Games & $2 Beers | North Beach
Friday, May 24 – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP on Facebook and your first shot is $1.
| Horizon
SF Beer Olympics: Drinking Games & $2 Beers | North Beach Meet and compete against locals, travelers, couch surfers, au pairs and hostelers. Games are free to play (including flip cup, beer pong and relays). $10 for 5 beers. Every week, there’s a different themed event. RSVP on Facebook (and like their page) and get a ...
Free SF Giants Post-Game Fireworks Show | AT&T Park
Friday, May 24 – 10:15 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to watch the fireworks from outside the stadium
| AT&T Park
Free SF Giants Post-Game Fireworks Show | AT&T Park

No need to pay to get into AT&T Park just to see the fireworks.
As soon as Timmy and the San Francisco Giants defeat the Rockies in AT&T Park on the Friday night, May 24, 2013 (game ends approx. 10:15pm), enjoy a spectacular fireworks display over …

F!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy | SF
Friday, May 24 – 10:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Stage Werx Theatre
F!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy | SF EndGames Improv is bringing something new to the genre, what could turn out to be a very hot affair (in that release of tension, funny kind of way) with “Your F!#&ed Up Relationship.” “YFUR” is an entirely improvised comedy show inspired by stories of your ...

Saturday, May 25

2013 Bay Area Classic Yo-Yo Contest | Golden Gate Park
Saturday, May 25 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple of Music
2013 Bay Area Classic Yo-Yo Contest | Golden Gate Park

2013 Bay Area Classic Contest Schedule

9-10 am – Arrival
10 am to noon – 1A Prelims (Offstage), 2A, 3A Finals (Onstage), Sports Ladder (Offstage)
Noon to 12:30 pm – Lunch
12:30-4 pm – 1A Prelims continue (Offstage), 4A, 5A, 1A Finals (Onstage)
4 pm – Awards Ceremony

Yard-Sale Style Art Show: Fog in a Jar & Transamerica Ice Sculpture | Hayes Valley
Saturday, May 25 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Event is free; artists works will be for sale.
| Proxy
Yard-Sale Style Art Show: Fog in a Jar & Transamerica Ice Sculpture | Hayes Valley

Join an art exhibit, yard-sale style, featuring all things temporary and where works will investigate the idea of impermanence, the fleeting, being present and seizing the moment.
Come to Proxy in Hayes Valley and see an ice sculpture of the Transamerica tower slowly melt as the …

Treasure Island Flea: 2nd Anniversary Party | Saturday Treasure Island Flea: 2nd Anniversary Party | Saturday

Treasure Island Flea is turning two on May 25-26, 2013 (Memorial Day Weekend) so FunCheap is helping celebrating by throwing a mini-carnival.
TREASURE ISLAND FLEA | 2ND BIRTHDAY PARTY
May 25-26, 2013 (10 am-4 pm)
The Great Lawn, Treasure Island, SF
$3 Admission
EXCLUSIVE FUNCHEAP FREEBIES FOR RSVPS
RSVP on Facebook …

San Francisco Carnaval Festival 2013: Saturday | Mission
Saturday, May 25 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations accepted
| Harrison Street
San Francisco Carnaval Festival 2013: Saturday | Mission

The 2013 San Francisco Carnaval Festival entertainment and activities:

Entertainment: Local and visiting artists featuring Latin and Caribbean music and dance. DJs will be spinning Cumbia, Cha Cha Cha, Tango, Salsa, Hip Hop Rancheras, Samba, and Reggae on every street corner of the festival.
Arte Expo: The Mexican Museum …

Bungalows of Westwood Park: Rare Walking Tour | SF City Guides
Saturday, May 25 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are accepted. Some tours may be limited in size.
| Ocean & Faxon Avenues
Bungalows of Westwood Park: Rare Walking Tour | SF City Guides

Craftsman, English Tudor, Spanish Revival, Colonial Revival… you’ll see all these styles and more strolling through this west side neighborhood of 650 cozy bungalows built for middle class San Franciscans in the early 20th century.
May 2013 Tours:

Saturday, May 11 at 10 am
Saturday, May 25 at 10 …

Visitacion Valley Part I: Rare Walking Tour | SF City Guides
Saturday, May 25 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are accepted. Some tours may be limited in size.
| 45 Leland Ave.
Visitacion Valley Part I: Rare Walking Tour | SF City Guides

Explore Visitacion Valley, named by 18th-century Spaniards lost in the fog and part of the only local land grant deeded to an Anglo.
The morning’s focus is on the valley’s commerce, transportation, and development, including a foray through Little Hollywood and ending at Silvestri’s showroom.
May 2013 …

2013 Green Cup: “Footbag” Hacky Sack Tournament | Oakland
Saturday, May 25 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Lakeside Park
2013 Green Cup:

2013 Green Cup Schedule | May 25, 2013
Lakeside Park, Oakland

10 am – Singles Bracket Round of 32
11 am – Singles Bracket Round of 16
Noon – Singles Bracket Quarterfinals
1:30-4:30 pm – Open / Women’s / Intermediate Doubles Pools
5 pm – Intermediate Doubles Final
5 pm – Open/Advanced …

Market to Table: Chef Charles Phan Interview, Demo & Tastings | SF
Saturday, May 25 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
| Two Embarcadero Center
Market to Table: Chef Charles Phan Interview, Demo & Tastings | SF

Saturday, May 25th: Charles Phan - Owner and Executive Chef of The Slanted Door, Heaven’s Dog, Out the Door, The Academy Cafe, Greencap Catering, The Moss Room, and Hardwater

2013 Champions League Final Watch Party: German Food & Beer | Inner Richmond
Saturday, May 25 – 11:00 am | Cost: $8*
*$8 cover, includes one beer and a raffle ticket. Extra raffle tickets are $5 per person.
| Steins German Sports Bar
2013 Champions League Final Watch Party: German Food & Beer | Inner Richmond

Get the full German experience as Steins German Sports Bar watches two of the best German teams, Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund as they go head to head for the Official UEFA Champions League Final 2013 at Wembley Stadium. The game starts at 11:45 am.
$8 …

Heritage Sites Walking Tour | Presidio
Saturday, May 25 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is requested to rsvp@presidiotrust.gov.
| Montgomery Street Barracks
Heritage Sites Walking Tour | Presidio

Come explore the changes that are being made on the Presidio’s Main Post. Presidio Trust specialists will discuss transformations including the Main Parade lawn, the Officers’ Club rehabilitation, and the interpretive adobe walls being constructed along Mesa Street.
Free, but an RSVP is requested to rsvp@presidiotrust.gov.
This program …

March Against Monsanto | Union Square to Ferry Plaza
Saturday, May 25 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Union Square Park
March Against Monsanto | Union Square to Ferry Plaza

Join the global movement against wacky GMO and patented food at the San Francisco March Against Monsanto starting at 11 am in Union Square on May 25, 2013.
There will be marches happening on the same day all over the world – from SF to Spain to …

2013 Champions League Final: Dortmund v. Bayern | Shanghai Kelly’s
Saturday, May 25 – 11:30 am | Cost: FREE | Shanghai Kelly's
2013 Champions League Final: Dortmund v. Bayern | Shanghai Kelly's

The UEFA Champions League is wrapping up with an all-German showdown as Borussia Dortmund meet FC Bayern München at Wembley Stadium in London.
This occasion means lots of beer, food and screaming fans all over Europe, and Shanghai Kelly will uphold the tradition with their annual party …

German Beer & Sausage Festival | SoMa
Saturday, May 25 – 11:45 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission with RSVP - Bring money for food and drinks.
| SoMa StrEat Food Park
German Beer & Sausage Festival | SoMa

Grab some German lager, grub on schnitzel and sausages from a bevy of food trucks, listen to some traditional German music, and watch live German soccer on the TVs.
FREE – RSVP on Facebook
Settle in to watch the all-German final of the 2013 UEFA Champions League on five …

Free Jazz & Blues Concert in the Park: Red Hot Skillet Lickers | Yerba Buena Gardens
Saturday, May 25 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens
Free Jazz & Blues Concert in the Park: Red Hot Skillet Lickers | Yerba Buena Gardens

The Queen of classic jazz and blues is back with her “little big band,” the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, featuring the sensational Big Bones, one of the world’s great blues harmonica players.
Lavay Smith’s all-star 7-piece band will perform a wide selection of instrumental and vocal …

Visitacion Valley Part II: Rare Walking Tour | SF City Guides
Saturday, May 25 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are accepted. Some tours may be limited in size.
| 45 Leland Ave.
Visitacion Valley Part II: Rare Walking Tour | SF City Guides

Explore Visitacion Valley, named by 18th-century Spaniards lost in the fog and part of the only local land grant deeded to an Anglo.
The afternoon tour concentrates on community life – including Eichler housing, a Julia Morgan church, landscaped greenways, and more – in the “Valley …

Roots & Rhythm: “The Soul Kitchen” All Vinyl Edition | Amoeba SF
Saturday, May 25 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
Roots & Rhythm:

Join Amoeba SF from 2-5 pm on Saturday, May 25, 2013, as DJ Harry Duncan kicks off Memorial Day weekend with an All Vinyl Special Edition of the Roots & Rhythm Series.
Duncan’s award-winning In The Soul Kitchen music mix — with a wide variety of …

Radical Queer Vegan Anti-Social | Mission Dist.
Saturday, May 25 – 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but bring a vegan dish to share.
| Modern Times Bookstore
Radical Queer Vegan Anti-Social | Mission Dist.

But what of the queer that cares more for sustainable food systems than Absolut cocktail specials?
If you’re looking for a place to socialize outside of the bar culture, then come join the Radical Queer Vegan Anti-Social for free food, thoughtful discussion to share, invent …