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Saturday, September 29

SF Bike Coalition 6th Annual Family Day Celebration | Golden Gate Park
Saturday, September 29 – 10:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | 14th Ave. E Picnic Area (GG 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 ...
Public Lands Day | Free Entrance to Over 100 National Parks
Saturday, September 29 – All Day | Cost: FREE
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 ...

ECO-SF’s Bakers Alley & Ultra-Local Pot Luck | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 11:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| The School Farm
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 - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
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 ...
Balboa Skate Park Grand Opening: Skate Demos & Free Food | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Balboa Park
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 ...
Party on Block 18 2012 | Mission Dist.
Saturday, September 29 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but bring money for food and drinks.
| Block 18
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 ...
Giant Cardboard Lego Castle Building | Dolores Park
Saturday, September 29 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | 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, ...
1:00 pmGuinness World Record Soccer Dribble Attempt | Candlestick Park  $5*
*All proceeds benefit the youth of the America SCORES Bay Area program.
Free Ice Cream Day on BART: Powell | BART’s 40th Anniversary Giveaway
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Powell Street Station

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: Rockridge | BART’s 40th Anniversary Giveaway
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Rockridge BART

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 “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 - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*$5 suggested donation for bike ride. Party is FREE
| Workspace Gallery
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 ...
Scharffen Berger Chocolate Baking Classes | Union Square
Saturday, September 29 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP Required. Free Samples included.
| Macy's (Union Square)
Scharffen Berger chocolate is hosting two free baking classes at Macy’s Union Square to kick off The Chocolate Adventure Contest 2012 Sandwich Cookie Edition. RSVP to ScharffenBergerRSVP@rfbinder.com or 855.601.1902. Classes are limited to one class per person and are available on a first come first served basis. Attendees will enjoy samples of ...
Historic Train Station Festival & 100th Birthday | Oakland
Saturday, September 29 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | 16th Street Station (Oakland)
Celebrate the 100th birthday of West Oakland’s historic train station at 16th and Wood Streets with tours of the Main Hall, train memorabilia, live entertainment, food trucks, kids’ activities, raffle prizes, petting zoo, urban agriculture demos. Tours of the Main Hall are self-guided and will be ongoing from ...
Roots & Rhythm Series: All-45s Deep Soul, Hard Funk | Amoeba SF
Saturday, September 29 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (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 ...
3:00 pmConstellation Lanterns: Free Kids DIY Workshop | Mission Dist.  FREE
International Critical Mass 20th Anniversary Symposium | SoMa
Saturday, September 29 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | CIIS - California Institute of Integral Studies
Saturday, Sept. 29 – 5 pm – 8 pm International Critical Mass Symposium, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1453 Mission (at 11th), Rooms 303 and 304, FREE
Floating Films 2012: “Moby Dick” Aboard an Historic Ship | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 - $15 donation at door. RSVP guarantees your seat.
| SF Maritime National Historical Park
The showing of Moby Dick is now SOLD OUT and the date has been changed to September 29, 2012. Board the historic, three-masted schooner Balclutha to experience maritime films right on the water.  September 29, 2012 – Moby Dick (1956) The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the ...
Win Tix: Live at Cyprian’s: New Folk, Americana & Gypsy Grass | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $10 adv/$12 door
| St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church
The sound is great, the space is warm and inviting, and where else can you enjoy a beer in a church while you watch a great show? This Saturday, September 29, 2012 SF Live Arts at Cyprian’s presents: The Shook Twins are the new folk pop darlings of ...
1925 Silent Film Saturday Night | Fremont
Saturday, September 29 – 7:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 suggested donation
| Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Saturday September 29 7:30 PM Suggested donation $5 Jon Mirsalis (Kurzweil) Lazybones (1925, Fox Film) Buck Jones stars, in a departure from his cowboy roles, with Madge Bellamy in a simple story of a young farmer who raises an abandoned baby. Credit the director, Frank Borzage, and writer ...
Film Night in the Park: Midnight in Paris | North Beach
Saturday, September 29 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Suggested donation
| Washington Square Park
Every summer Film Night in the Park puts on free outdoor movies in parks throughout San Francisco and Marin County. Films are shown in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a ...
Renegade Drive-In Movie Night: “Office Space” | North Bay
Saturday, September 29 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP on Meetup and donations are accepted.
| Old Hamilton Theater Building
September 29, 2012, 8pm – Office Space (1999) Hmm. We’re gonna have to go ahead… And have you come in… Saturday night. You won’t exactly be ‘missing’ your red stapler and VIP parking space when disgruntled employees plot to take back their lives from 9-5 hell via ...
Cyclecide’s Freak Bike Rodeo & Carnival | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $8*
*$8 to $10 sliding scale
| Cyclecide Swearhouse
Wrap up a week of celebration for the 20 year anniversary of Critical Mass with Cyclecide’s “Pedal Monster” bike-powered carnival . Live Music from Fault Lines, Under Pass Brass, and more along with strange bike-powered contraptions and slightly dangerous carnival rides. The Heavy Pedal Cyclecide ...
Free Aerial Dance Performance & Film | SF
Saturday, September 29 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Renoir Hotel

Catch free 30-minute aerial dance performances and film showings simulating what it’s like to be falling down Niagra Falls. Niagara Falling by Flyaway Productions layers images of the cities of San Francisco and Niagara Falls with live dancers suspended in life jackets and a steel life boat ...

9:00 pmWin Tix: DJ Party: Carl Craig (DJ set) + Octave One (Live) | Public Works  WIN*
*Regular cost, $13-18 pre-sale, $20-$25 at the door
9:00 pmWin Tix: LA’s Youngblood Hawke Live | Brick & Mortar Music Hall  WIN*
*Regular cost, $10.53 + $2.25 fee
9:30 pmFree DJ Party: Open Bar, Free Snacks & Go Go Dancers | SF  FREE*
*Free before 11pm on guestlist

Every Saturday

Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Every Saturday – 10:00 am - Ends at 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Sports Basement (Berkeley)
Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Grab your yoga mat and come to Sports Basement Berkeley for some relaxing weekend yoga. Community classes take place every Saturday. Free Community Yoga Class Every Saturday | 10 am Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA FREE Please BYOM (Bring Your Own Mat) and water bottle. All levels are welcome. Updated 1/28/2020 ...
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Enjoy an hour-long walk on the rise, tragic fall, and modern rebirth of one of San Francisco’s most renowned historic landmarks. Visit a contemporary swirl of shops and learn the history of ferries, freeways, and quakes. Meet at the foot of the stairs at the front ...
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Every Saturday – 11:30 am | Cost: FREE | Golden Gate Park
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Take yourself outside and into the beauty of this city’s heart and soul. Practice yoga under the trees and let the ocean air sooth and invigorate you. This class expertly blends breathing and movement, strength and grace, imagination and form. You will gain a personal understanding ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
Every Saturday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 online with discount code FUNCHEAP; otherwise, it's $10.
| The Basement
"The Setup" Underground Comedy Show | SF
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it’s a comedy show that features established comedians from around the ...
“Critical Hit” Comedy Show | Oakland
Every Saturday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $10 | It's Your Move Game Store
"Critical Hit" Comedy Show | Oakland
Critical Hit is hosted by Erik Krasner, Hayden Greif-Neill and Jim McVeigh at It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies in Temescal for over 4 years and still going strong. Every week, some of our favorite comedians are invited to perform. Along with the producers, you can ...
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