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The Free Book Store | East Bay
Sunday, August 18 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | Bay Area Free Book Exchange
UPDATE: Unfortunately the Bay Area Free Book Exchange is closed as of May 2015.. 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+ ...
Chrome Bag’s Anniversary Party: Free Beer, Food & 20% Off | SF
Chrome Bags are turning 18 and they want to celebrate with their friends, cupcakes, and beer. This Saturday and Sunday, August 17-18, 2013 they’re having a party and you’re invited. Come by their San Francisco location (580 4th Street) for some free grub and free ...
Free Pastry Day | Divisadero Farmers’ Market
Sunday, August 18 – 10:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Divisadero Farmers' Market
Get a free pastry from Beckmann’s Bakery for the first 25 people to sign-up for the market newsletter at Divisadero Farmers’ Market on Sunday, August 18, 2013.
That means, get there early – they start at 10 am.
The Divisadero Farmers’ Market is a great place to ...
Free Professional Barber Shaves & DJs | America’s Cup Park
Get a free shave by a professional barber at the Gillette Shave Station hosted by Puma with Oracle Team USA in the Puma Yard from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, August 17-18, 2013.
Credentialed barbers will be using traditional Gillette razors and products to do the ...
Off the Grid: Presidio Picnic & Food Truck Party | SF
EVENT UPDATE – The start date of Presidio Picnic is postponed until further notice. Please check facebook for updates. San Francisco’s largest community picnic, the Presidio Picnic, will return for its much-anticipated ninth season beginning Sunday, March 29 and running through October 25, from 11 ...Every Sunday
Car-Free Sundays On Telegraph: Music & Outdoor Market | Berkeley
Sunday, August 18 – 11:00 am - Ends at 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Telegraph Avenue (Berkeley)
Sundays on Telegraph closes Telegraph Avenue to cars between Durant Avenue and Dwight Way, and opens it to restaurant seating, music, street vendors, and more from noon to 5 pm, July 19 to August 30, 2015. Come enjoy the beautiful weather, food, crafts, and everything else that Telegraph ...Every Sunday
“Sunday Streets” Block Party: Free Bhangra, Breakdance & Bike Rental | Tenderloin
Sunday, August 18 – 11:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Tenderloin
Sunday Streets: Tenderloin Activities | Sunday, August 18, 2013
Programs Subject to change
Golden Gate Between Hyde and Leavenworth
• TIE (This is Embarrassing)
• Serve the City: Free Phone Calls and Social & Legal Aid at 12 pm
• Serve the City: Dog Washing at 12 pm
• The Domesticated ...
Children’s Authors Reading Extravaganza | SF Library
Sunday, August 18 – 11:00 am |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
Celebrate 25 Years of Chronicle Books Children’s Publishing at their Summer Readers’ end-of-summer party from 11 am to 2 pm on August 18, 2013 on the Fulton Street steps of the Main Library.
If you’ve completed your summer reading hours, bring your Golden Ticket and as a ...
Drugs, Thugs, Crimps & Pimps: Historic Walking Tour | SF
Join Foot Fun walking tours for a trip through the dark underbelly of San Francisco’s past. Free, but an RSVP is required by email to: kevin@foottours.com to receive the meet-up location. Space is limited. This fun and fact-filled walking tour explores sin-tillating tales from the Barbary Coast era, ...
Cardboard Create-A-Thon Day | SF
Join the SFAC Galleries for a free, family friendly event with Cardboard Institute of Technology (CIT) collective member, Mike Murnane, on Sunday, August 18, 2013.
Free, but an RSVP is required to aimee.leduc@sfgov.org or (415) 554-6080.
Murnane will lead activities at cardboard creation stations where participants can let their ...
Volunteer at Stern Grove 2013: Free Seating, Parking, Snacks & Drinks | SF
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 ...Every Sunday
America’s Cup Challenger Series Finals | Pier 27
Race 3 begins at 1:10 pm. Race 4 begins at 2:10 pm.
San Francisco Opera | Final Stern Grove Festival Concert of 2013
Enjoy the renowned San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Orchestra performing a selection of operatic favorites.
The featured soloists will be the husband and wife team of Ailyn Pérez, soprano, and Stephen Costello, tenor. Pérez is a former Merolina who later debuted with San Francisco ...
RAWdance Contemporary Performance & Free Snacks | SF
Come to an informal and intimate salon of contemporary dance as RAWdance presents the 14th installation of the Concept series, the ever popular showcase of contemporary dance.
SF Weekly named the Concept series the 2012 “Best Way to Sample S.F.’s Contemporary Dance Scene,” telling readers to “Just ...
Free Choral Symphonic Pop Concert: The Polyphonic Spree | SF
Sunday, August 18 – 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
The Polyphonic Spree‘s Yes, It’s True (out August 6, 2013) is their first studio album of original material since 2007. The sound is new and different, embracing both drum machine and orchestral instruments.
Frontman Tim Delaughter describes Yes, It’s True as the band’s most unorthodox recording ...
The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook | Omnivore Books
Sunday, August 18 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Omnivore Books on Food
For many Americans, eating a lowly insect is something you’d only do on a dare. But with naturalist and noted bug chef David George Gordon, bug-eating is fun, exciting, and downright delicious. Gordon is a naturalist and is the award-winning author of nineteen books.
David George ...
SF Mixtape Society “Camp”: Mix Swap & Free Drinks | Mission Dist.
Sunday, August 18 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Make-Out Room
The San Francisco Mixtape Society is hosting their next mixtape trading party themed “Camp” at The Makeout Room on Sunday, August 18, 2013.
Attendees who bring a mixtape on cassette will get a free drink.
Free Twang Sundays: Country, Bluegrass & Rockabilly | North Beach
Sunday, August 18 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Tupelo
Free Twang Sundays is on hold during the 2013-14 pro football season. Tupelo hosts Free Twang Sundays on most Sunday afternoons featuring a free concert with Bay Area bands playing Country, Western, Bluegrass, Americana, Y’All-ternative and Rockabilly. Admission is free and they have soul food for purchase.
Every Sunday
“Heart of the City” Sunday Farmers Market | UN Plaza
Every Sunday – All Day |
Cost: FREE | UN Plaza
Heart of the City Farmers Market is a uniquely independent, farmer-operated, nonprofit farmers market located year round on Sundays and Wednesdays in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza, rain or shine. Nearly 30 local farmers and artisan food vendors provide a wide selection of fresh local produce, ...
Delicious Market Recipes & Free Seasonal Tasting | Jack London Square
Every Sunday – All Day |
Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
With more than 40 vendors, the Jack London Square Farmers Market offers local produce, food craft products, and breakfast and lunch options.
The Jack London Square Farmers Market is operated by CUESA at Oakland’s Jack London Square on Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm, year ...
Dolores Park Free Bodyweight Bootcamp | SF
WHAT IS “OUT”?
Workouts are open to all from a certified personal trainer, Josh Muñoz. We are LGBTQ+ friendly and our group is open to all fitness levels. You will be challenged and supported in a safe, social workout environment. Bring a towel and water and ...
Victorian Walking Tour | Pacific Heights
See and learn about the Victorian era architecture of the city’s first suburb on a guided walk from SF City Guides.
Victorian Walking Tour
Every Sunday | 2 pm
1801 Bush, 1801 Bush St., SF, CA
Free, but donations are accepted.
On a walk through the neighborhood of Lafayette Square, you’ll ...
Sunday Afternoon Bluegrass Jam | Bernal Heights
Every Sunday – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Lucky Horseshoe
Grab that banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, harmonica and autoharp, and head over to The Lucky Horseshoe in Bernal Heights to join in San Francisco’s only Bluegrass Jam on a Sunday afternoon.
Sunday Afternoon Bluegrass Jam
Every Sunday | 4-7 pm
The Lucky Horseshoe, 453 Cortland Ave., SF, CA
FREE
Jamming ...
$5 Sunday Night Juggling Club at Circus Center | SF
Every Sunday – 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: $5 | Circus Center
Experienced juggler or a newbie looking to learn? Come hang out at Juggling Club and collaborate in a fun, low-pressure environment with an experienced Circus Center instructor. All levels are welcome in this club class taught by Jade Ford.
Juggling Club
Most Sundays | 5-8p
Circus Center, 755 Frederick St., ...
