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Saturday, August 15

2015 Street Soccer USA National Cup | Civic Center Plaza
Saturday, August 15 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Free to watch. Fees are required for registration to play.
| Civic Center (SF)

Come watch the 2015 Street Soccer USA National Cup games taking place in Civic Center Plaza on August 15-16, 2015. Corporate and Amateur soccer teams play in the Street Soccer USA pop-up stadium in Civic Center Plaza to win the 4v4 championship of the Bay. Street ...

BCBG Warehouse Sale Extravaganza | SF Join the BCBG Warehouse Sale Extravaganza with over 2,000 dresses, tops, bandage skirts, cashmere, or find the perfect cocktail dress with sizes 0-12, all up to 70% off (with an additional 10% if you pay cash). Labels include BCBG, Kain Label, Finderskeepers and more. BCBG Warehouse Sale Extravaganza Saturday, August 15, ...

10:00 amSculpting Outdoors | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free with RSVP through Eventbrite
All DayFree PresidiGo Shuttle | Downtown to Presidio  FREE
10:00 amBasic Training: Full-body Workout | SF  FREE
11:00 amCreative Family Fun: Crafty Cannons | SF  FREE*
*RSVP appreciated but not required
11:00 amDOSA Chef Anjan Mitra Cooking Demo & Tasting | Ferry Plaza Farmers Market  FREE
Day Of The Drones: Hands-On Exploration, Demo & Hacking Tips | South SF
Saturday, August 15 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | South San Francisco Main Library
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, are more popular than ever, and are an accessible and fun hobby. The South San Francisco Public Library invites you to discover drones at Day Of The Drones on Saturday, August 15, 2015. Drone enthusiast Eddie Codel ...
Win Tix: 2015 SF Street Food Festival: $50 VIP Passport | Pier 70
Saturday, August 15 – All Day | Cost: WIN *
*Win a $50 "Hearty Lunch" Passport for SF Street Food Festival
| Pier 70
The “Hearty Lunch” Passport gets you $50 that can be used at all participating vendors and access for one to the VIP lounge at the 2015 San Francisco Street Food Festival. You will also receive a branded tote bag to hold all the treats you pick up throughout ...
11:00 amLet’s Celebrate and Clear the Shelters | Vallejo  FREE*
*ONE DAY ONLY! All adoptions just $10 on Saturday, August 15th ONLY!
11:30 amAquarium of the Bay Conservation Programs | Sausalito  FREE
11:30 amLecture: Explore Solar Energy and Climate Science | SF  FREE
Win Tix: Voiceless International Film Festival | SF & Oakland
Saturday, August 15 – All Day | Cost: WIN | Stagewerx Theatre
The VIFF aims to shed light on films that have been ignored by the mainstream media, in an attempt to give voice to the voiceless. We’re not talking about silent films, here, we’re talking about indie movies with something important to say. SF – Saturday, August ...
12:00 pmDanceree, Bruh: Celebrate Life & Great Music | Oakland  FREE
12:00 pmTails of the City: All-Star Live Concert & Adoption Event | SF  FREE
1st Annual “Off Broadway” Summer Fest: 100+ Vendors, Live Music & Beer Garden | North Beach
Saturday, August 15 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Pacific and Kearny
100+ local artists, makers, designers, food entrepreneurs, and antique/vintage upcyclers will descend on North Beach for the 1st Annual Off Broadway Summer Pop Up Festival from noon to 6 pm on Saturday, August 15, 2015. Enjoy food trucks and stands, a beer garden serving local brews, ...
12:00 pmSaturday Matinee: “Under the Boardwalk, A Ukulele Love Story” | Mountain View  FREE
“Swap-O-Rama-Rama” DIY Workshop & Clothing Swap | Oakland
Saturday, August 15 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | American Steel Studios
Let’s get together to socialize while we swap clothes and ideas. This month’s project will be Reverse Appliqué. It’s basically this: cut a hole into a T-shirt, and sew a contrasting fabric on back – that’s it. Get rid of stains & tears permanently. Transplant a ...
Popgang DJs Summer Block Party: Dancing, Vendors, Artists & Beer Garden | Oakland
Saturday, August 15 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP gets you a free PBR Tallboy, while supplies last.
| 8th & Washington (Oakland)
Come out to Summer Block Party with a full DJ lineup, food vendors, local artists, local vendors and a beer garden brought to you by Oakland Music Festival and Popgang DJs from noon to 5:30 pm on Saturday, August 15, 2015. Free, but an RSVP gets you ...
1:00 pmField Drawing Class with Artist Lynn Sondag | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free but registration requred through Eventbrite
Rosie the Riveter Rally: Break the Guinness World Record | East Bay
Saturday, August 15 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center
Help break the Guinness World Record for “The Largest Gathering of People Dressed as a Rosie the Riveter” with 1,000 women and girls of all ages dressed as the iconic Rosie the Riveter. The current record was set in 2015 when 776 Rosie and Rosie lookalikes gathered at the Willow ...
Lavay Smith Live Swing & Jazz Music | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Saturday, August 15 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)
With a vast repertoire of vintage R&B, jump blues, and dance-inducing standards, the flammable Lavay Smith is the Bay Area’s undisputed queen of swing. Backed by her all-star Red Hot Skillet Lickers, she delves into the most soulful chapters of the Great American Songbook. The ...
“Body Paradox” Absurd Artist-Led Fitness Class | Oakland
Saturday, August 15 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE | The Omni Commons

Heavy Breathing is a summer series of free critical theory seminars in the form of absurd, artist-led conceptual fitness experiences while jogging, swimming, restraint training, practicing yoga, and more. Feel the burn from June 18 to August 30, 2015 around the SF Bay Area. Heavy Breathing invites ...

50th Anniversary Grace Cathedral Jazz Performance | SF
Saturday, August 15 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 3:30 pm | Cost: $10*
*Get 1/2 price tickets ($10 instead of $20) by using ticket code GRACE
| Grace Cathedral
When Grace Cathedral was completed in 1965, Bishop James Pike wanted to do something special to commemorate the occasion. The jazz composer Vince Guaraldi was enlisted to write special music for a ceremony that would fill the cathedral to the brim. It was the first ...
2:00 pmTaiwan Traditional Hand Puppet Show | SF  FREE
2:00 pmCalligraphy Demo With Sara & Evelyn | SF  FREE
57% Off: Craft Spirits Carnival 2015 | Unlimited Tastings & Polynesian Dancers Come one, come all to the biggest Try & Buy spirits event yet. Celebrate the craft spirits movement with a grand selection of over 150 ultra-premium spirits from around the world at the 2015 Craft Spirits Carnival – a huge festival at the Fort Mason Center on August 15-16. Funcheap ...
Aesop Amuck: Silly Storytelling Musical Adventure | Santa Clara
Saturday, August 15 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*All shows are free though donations are gratefully accepted.
| Santa Clara Players

A merry band of actors will pull up in a FluxWagon, unfold their stage before your very eyes, and perform for you and yours their wildly delightful adaptation of Aesop’s Fables, with live original music, plenty of pratfalls, and all sorts of silliness. Free, but donations are ...

3:00 pmSan Francisco Mime Troupe’s “Freedomland” | Santa Cruz  FREE*
*Free, but donation is suggested.
3:00 pm“Root to Leaf” Southern Recipes Book Lauch | SF  FREE

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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