FuncheapSF’s New Years Eve 2011 | Top Picks & Best Bargains

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Got plans for New Year’s Eve yet? It’s easy to avoid getting gouged for $75 to $100 just to find something fun to do. There are many events and venues around the Bay area offering FREE or inexpensive New Years Eve events in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We here at FuncheapSF wish you a great time tonight and hope you are able to keep your wallet in your pocket for most of the night.

Happy New Year!
– Johnny Funcheap

FuncheapSF’s Top 5 Best New Year’s Eve Bargains for 2011

San Francisco New Year’s Eve Midnight Fireworks Show
Pier 14, SF | Embarcadero
December 31, 2010 | 2pm to close

Ring in 2011 with 200,000 fellow bundled-up San Franciscans for a waterfront fireworks tradition as the city is once again hosting a free waterfront midnight fireworks show on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2010. The best viewing location for the 15 minute display is along the Embarcadero south of the Ferry Building between Mission and Folsom. | FREE

1984 New Years Eve Dance Party
Mighty | 119 Utah St. (@ 15th St.), SF | SoMissPo
December 31, 2010 | 9pm to 2am

Club 1984 is throwing a free New Years Eve dance party at Mighty with two Dance Floors of Non-Stop 80′s music and music videos. Free party favors and free champagne toast at midnight. | FREE

Free $20 NYE Bar Tab for December Birthdays
Royal Exchange | 301 Sacramento St. (@ Front), SF | Financial District
December 31, 2010 | 2pm to close

We’re not sure why they’re doing this on a night this busy, but we’ve confirmed if you have a birthday any time in December (and a valid ID to prove it), the Royal Exchange pub in the Financial District is offering you a free $20 bar tab (good for food also) good from 2pm to close on New Year’s Eve. Plus there’s happy hour prices all night. Full details, fine print and downloadable voucher here. | FREE

Open Bar NYE Pre-Party
Valley Tavern | 4054 24th Street @ Noe, SF | Noe Valley
December 31, 2010 | 7pm to 9pm

A great neighborhood bar, the Valley Tavern in Noe Valley, is giving us all a fantastic end-of-the-year present with free drinks from 7pm to 9pm on New Years Eve, December 31, 2010. Free well drinks and domestic beers for all comers for two hours, but remember to tip like a rock star.

Free Rides Home on New Years Eve | Free Cabs, Free Tows, Free Muni
December 31, 2010 | All Night

There’s no reason to drive home drunk on New Years Eve when Muni is free all night (8pm to 6am), AAA is offering free “Tipsy Tows” for you and your car (even if you’re not a AAA member) and the “Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home” program provides nearly 500 free taxi rides home for revelers in Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco from 10 pm on Thursday, December 31, through 4 am.
Details: Free Taxi Rides Home | Free Muni Bus Rides | Free AAA “Tipsy Tow”

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEW YEARS EVE:
Full List of 30+ fun New Years Eve 2011 Events that are $40 or less – https://sf.funcheap.com/2010/12/31/

A Complete Listing of Funcheap’s
Free New Year’s Eve Events

…. For Heavy Drinkers
Speakeasy Brewery Tour & New Year’s Eve Pre-Party | SF – FREE
Open Bar! Noe Valley New Years Eve Pre-Party | Valley Tavern – FREE
Free $20 NYE Bar Tab for December Birthdays | Royal Exchange – FREE*
Free 7-Eleven Coffee Night | New Year’s Eve – FREE
Free AAA Tipsy Tow – FREE
Free Cab Rides Home – FREE

…For Late Nighters
1984 New Year’s Eve 2011: Free 80s Dance Night | Mighty – FREE
Free Lap Dances at Midnight | Condor – FREE*
The Endup’s 26-Hour-Long New Year’s Eve Dance Party | SF – FREE*
Free 7-Eleven Coffee Night | New Year’s Eve – FREE
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Odd & Weird Ways to Celebrate New Year’s
Critical Mass: New Year’s Eve Bike Mess | SF – FREE
Free Lap Dances at Midnight | Condor – FREE*
A Funkadelic New Year’s Eve & Free Drag Show | Cafe Flore – FREE
Marlena’s New Years Eve Drag Show | Hayes Valley – FREE*
Taoist Midnight Meditation & Potluck | Oakland – FREE

Live Music
New Year’s Eve With Ramones Tribute | Outer Sunset – FREE
Joe Russo Free NYE Piano Concert at Tosca | North Beach – FREE
SF Chamber Orchestra Concert | Berkeley – FREE

Family Friendly
Free Theater Tickets: Bollywood Tribute “Siddhartha” | SF – FREE*
San Francisco New Years Eve Fireworks Show | 2011 – FREE
SF Chamber Orchestra Concert | Berkeley – FREE

Food & Drink Deals
$25 Gift Certificates for SF Restaurants for $2 | SF – offer ends 12/31
Escape From New York Pizza | Free Slice Deal – offer ends 12/31
Ike’s Place 50% Off Sandwich Deal – offer ends 12/31

All Free Events
Free Rockstar Makeovers for New Year’s Eve | Macy’s – FREE*
Free Theater Tickets: Bollywood Tribute “Siddhartha” | SF – FREE*
Free Jazz & Afro-Solo Theater at Yoshi’s | SF – FREE
Critical Mass: New Year’s Eve Bike Mess | SF – FREE
1984 New Year’s Eve 2011: Free 80s Dance Night | Mighty – FREE
New Year’s Eve With Ramones Tribute | Outer Sunset – FREE
Joe Russo Free NYE Piano Concert at Tosca | North Beach – FREE
NYE Rock ‘n’ Shlock Karaoke Bash | Mission – FREE
New Year’s Eve at One of SF’s Oldest Bars | Elixir – FREE
A Funkadelic New Year’s Eve & Free Drag Show | Cafe Flore – FREE
Marlena’s New Years Eve Drag Show | Hayes Valley – FREE*
San Francisco New Years Eve Fireworks Show | 2011 – FREE
Free Lap Dances at Midnight | Condor – FREE*
The Endup’s 26-Hour-Long New Year’s Eve Dance Party | SF – FREE*
Free $20 NYE Bar Tab for December Birthdays | Royal Exchange – FREE*
Free 7-Eleven Coffee Night | New Year’s Eve – FREE
Free AAA Tipsy Tow – FREE
Free Cab Rides Home – FREE
SF Chamber Orchestra Concert | Berkeley – FREE
Taoist Midnight Meditation & Potluck | Oakland – FREE

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.