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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 ...
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
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 ...
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
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 ...
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
“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
All You Can Dance for Just $5 | SF
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 ...
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
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 ...
