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9:00 amWin Tix: GoPro Grand Prix 5k & Verizon IndyCar Season Finale | Sonoma  WIN*
*Tickets Include 5K Entry (Run or Walk), General Admission Ticket to the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Parking Pass, and Commemorative 5K T-Shirt Limited edition Finisher Medallion
9:30 amSF Giants “Strike Out Violence” Volunteer Day | AT&T Park  FREE*
*You need to sign up in order to be accepted to volunteer in this event.
Viva Calle: Walk, Play & Skate Safely In The Streets | San Jose
Sunday, September 18 – 10:00 am - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Japantown
VivaCalleSJ (pronounced Vee-Va Ka-Ye SJ) is a free recreational program that closes miles of scenic San José streets. Come see what it’s like at their next event. VivaCalleSJ’s route will take participants through some of San José’s most eclectic and historic neighborhoods. The open street events brings ...
21st Annual International Dragon Boat Festival: Sunday | Lake Merritt
Sunday, September 18 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Lake Merritt Boating Center

The 21st Annual SF International Dragon Boat Festival is a free weekend of world-class dragon boat racing with cultural performances, and kid-and-adult-friendly games at the largest competitive dragon boat festival in the U.S.. This year, they would like to introduce their Dragon Land –  a large pavilion filled ...

10:00 amHome Land Security Exhibition | The Presidio  FREE
Fall Free Day at the Exploratorium | SF
Sunday, September 18 – 10:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly community days, they do host certain special events throughout the year offering “pay-what-you-can” admission for all. ...

Grateful Dead 2016 “Shakedown Street” Festival: Live Bands & Market | Berkeley
Sunday, September 18 – All Day | Cost: FREE | MLK Jr. Civic Center Park (Berkeley)

Dig out your patchouli for the annual Berkeley Shakedown Street Festival, a tribute to the Grateful Dead featuring the music Deadheads love, plus food, beer, wine, and vendors selling local handmade art, clothing, jewelry, antiques, imports and more. 2016 Berkeley “Shakedown Street” Festival Sat-Sun, September ...

Barbecue Picnic For Peace: Food, Fun & Stories From Around The World | Sausalito
Sunday, September 18 – 11:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
| HI Marin Headlines Hotel
Simply want to meet a fun crew of people from across the globe? Or are you a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer wanting to connect with other RPCVs in the Bay Area? Or, thinking about Peace Corps and want to hear from others who have served? Join ...
11:00 am“Saving India’s Wildlife” Lecture | Oakland  FREE*
*RSVP appreciated but not required.
Off the Grid: Presidio Picnic & Food Truck Party | SF
Sunday, September 18 – 11:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission, but bring money for food, drinks and some entertainment.
| Main Post Lawn

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

Mira Bai Music Festival: Dancing, SInging & Poetry | San Leandro
Sunday, September 18 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Badarikashrama
Meera was a sixteenth-century Rajput princess from India who renounced her privileged life and royal family to live as a mendicant—wandering , dancing, and singing. Her poetry has been highly influential throughout India and the world. Rita Sahai and her Vasundara Choir will be performing original ...
11:00 amSunday Assembly: Communty Sing & Meetup | Berkeley  FREE
Free Yoga & Fitness Class | Oakland
Sunday, September 18 – 11:00 am - Ends at 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE | The Working Body
Come and enjoy free fitness classes all day. Schedule for the day: 11-11:30 – Yoga with Rosy 11:30-12 – Gyrokinesis with Krystyna 12-12:30 – Move with Dianna 12:30-1 – Trx with Molly 1-1:30 – Balance and stretch with Dianna 1:30-2 – Yoga with Claire 2-2:30 – Body Rolling with Nikki
11:30 amOutdoor Sculpture Walk | Stanford  FREE
11:30 amHome Grown First Aid: Classroom Under the Clouds | Albany  FREE
12:00 pmFrom Blank Canvass to a Masterpiece: Painting Workshop | San Mateo  $5
12:00 pmSalsa Sundays: Eats, Beats & Brews Street Festival | Berkeley  FREE
“Eats, Beats & Brews” Block Party: Salsa Dancing, Games & Beer Garden | Berkeley
Sunday, September 18 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Shattuck & Center (Berkeley)

Downtown Berkeley’s Eats, Beats & Brews block party is back with Salsa Sundays featuring live salsa music, along with a Drake’s Brewing outdoor beer garden every third Sunday from 12 noon to 6 pm from June through October. Also, Games of Berkeley will be taking over part ...Monthly

12:00 pmWin Tix: Comedy Day 2016 VIP Backstage Passes | Golden Gate Park  WIN
1:00 pmPoets 11 Grand Finale: Celebrating Poetry Around the City | SF Main Library  FREE
1:00 pmHeart of the Park VII | San Jose  FREE
1:00 pmWe Are the Bridge: An Interfaith Art Exhibit | San Rafael  FREE
All You Can Dance for Just $5 | SF
Sunday, September 18 – All Day | Cost: $5*
*$5 for unlimited 30-minute sample classes.
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Come and spend your afternoon in unlimited 30-minute sample classes reflecting the best of all they have to offer. There will be: Classes and styles for every interest – ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, global dance and much more Expert instruction by their world-renowned faculty All levels welcome, especially absolute ...
Free Irish Symphony Concert & Dancing in the Park | Golden Gate Park
Sunday, September 18 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:45 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)

The Golden Gate Park Band presents its 143rd season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. That’s right, this 30-piece symphony has been playing free concerts in Golden Gate Park since 1882. For 2025, the Golden Gate Park Band performs free weekly concerts most Sundays at 1 pm. ...Every Sunday

Free Sailboat Ride Day: Cal Sailing Club | Berkeley
Sunday, September 18 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Cal Sailing Club

The Cal Sailing Club (CSC) offers sailing to the public aboard the fleet of keelboats (large and stable) and dinghies (fast and zippy, but kinda tippy) ten times a year. Whether you are new at sailing or an “old salt,” you can enjoy a spectacular ...

2:00 pmManagement Strategies for People with Diabetes | South SF  FREE
International Community in Exile: Readings & Dance Scores | Berkeley
Sunday, September 18 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive
Heavy Breathing is a monthly series of events combining physical exercise and critical discourse. This is the 4th Installment of I.C.E(Intentional Community in Exile) with the Feminist Economics Department (the FED). 2-3:30pm: Reading Group: A Pitch for I.C.E. (with the FED and special guests) 4-5pm: Join the Feminist Economics ...
Free Shakespeare in the Park: The Winter’s Tale | The Presidio
Sunday, September 18 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Presidio Main Post Lawn

For the 37th season of Shakespeare in the Park, SF Shakes will present a production of “As You Like It.” Having produced “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to wide acclaim in 2018, this summer the company turns to a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy “As ...

“Shakespeare or Space Wars” Mash-Up Theater Homage | Oakland
Sunday, September 18 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 3:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free performance - no reservations necessary - donations welcome
| Dimond Park

Bay Area outdoor-theatre troupe, Samuel Peaches’ Peripatetic Players, pays mashed-up homage to both “Romeo and Juliet” and “Star Wars” The eccentric travelling thespian troupe continues their tradition of adapting beloved stories to the stage with ridiculous parody and silly songs. This September the Peripatetic Players will perform ...

2:30 pmCalifornia Symphony’s Sunday Funday | Walnut Creek  FREE

Every Sunday

“Heart of the City” Sunday Farmers Market | UN Plaza
Every Sunday – All Day | Cost: FREE | UN Plaza
"Heart of the City" Sunday Farmers Market | 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
Delicious Market Recipes & Free Seasonal Tasting | 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
Every Sunday – 10:00 am - Ends at 11:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP/Donations optional for charity
| Mission Dolores Park
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
Every Sunday – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are accepted.
| 1801 Bush
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
Sunday Afternoon Bluegrass Jam | Bernal Heights
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
$5 Sunday Night Juggling Club at Circus Center | SF
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., ...
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