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Tuesday, August 8

San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Free Day (2nd Tuesdays)
Tuesday, August 8 – 7:30 am - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and daily from 7:30-9 am
| San Francisco Botanical Garden

The San Francisco Botanical Garden is one of the most diverse gardens in the world. A unique urban oasis, the garden is a living museum within Golden Gate Park, offering 55 acres of both landscaped gardens and open spaces, and showcasing over 9,000 different kinds ...Monthly

SF Tomato Week 2023 (Aug. 7-13)
Tuesday, August 8 – All Day | Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association is excited to announce a new summer promotion highlighting tomatoes. Restaurants throughout San Francisco will offer special tomato focused dishes from August 7th-13th. We will be sharing images and details over social media leading up to and during SF Tomato ...

12:00 pm“People in Plazas” 2023 Market Street Music Festival | SF  FREE
“Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake” at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (SF)
Tuesday, August 8 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)

The 2024 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 4 at 1:00pm with Cuban soul from Pedrito Martinez. Now in its 24th year, the Festival will run each ...

4:00 pm$5 Margarita Tuesdays at Mothership (SF)  FREE
6:00 pmSummer Music in the Park: Blues: Country Western Swing | Santana Row  FREE
“Puzzled Pint” Hunt for Secret Pubs (SF)
Tuesday, August 8 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco

Puzzled Pint is back in person again, bringing puzzles to the people over pints. A free event for puzzle lovers occurring in pubs throughout the globe on the second Tuesday of each month – if you like escape rooms, crosswords, or sudoku, you’ll love Puzzled ...Monthly

6:30 pmFists of Improv: LGBTQ+ Leather Bar’s Free Improv Workshop (SF)  FREE
The Scents of Cannabis (Oakland)
Tuesday, August 8 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | MeloMelo Kava Bar Oakland
Come join perfumer and scent designer Michael Devine as he guides you through an interactive experience of over 40 of the distinct natural aroma chemicals that together create the smell of cannabis. These chemicals each contribute notes like berry, pepper, pine, citrus, cheese, and skunk. You’ll get ...
Oakland’s New Stand-up Comedy Pop-Up w/ HellaFunny (Summer 2023)
Tuesday, August 8 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP required.
| First Edition

This event series has been canceled Get ready for Oakland’s newest stand-up comedy pop-up event with HellaFunny this summer on Tuesdays on their hidden upstairs patio. Our HellaFunny stand-up comics will have you in stitches with their hilarious jokes while you discover this amazing bar, First ...Every Tuesday

7:00 pmComedy Blast at Neck Of The Woods with Danny Dechi & Friends  FREE*
*Free
Win Tix: Big Thief & Lucinda Williams Live at the Greek Theatre (Berkeley)
Tuesday, August 8 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*WIN.
| Greek Theatre
Big Thief and & Lucinda Williams is coming to Berkeley for a one-night powerhouse performance. The band Big Thief (a.k.a. Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Max Oleartchik, and James Krivchenia) released their double album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You in 2022 with 20 ...
SF’s Iconic Red Lanterns Return to Chinatown (Ribbon Cutting)
Tuesday, August 8 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | California and Grant (Chinatown)
Back in early 2023 the hail and wind from the atmospheric river in San Francisco left the iconic red lanterns on Grant Avenue in shreds. The Chinatown Merchants Association had installed these lanterns on Grant over 10 years ago and had become just as important ...
FREE TIX: HellaFunny’s Brand New North Beach Comedy Blast (Opening Night)
Tuesday, August 8 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with code FUNCHEAP (limited tickets)
| Tope Lounge

We’re taking over Polk Street’s busiest bar/night club and turning it into a pop-up comedy club on Tuesday and Thursday nights – New for 2024! HellaFunny and Funcheap take over Mayes Oyster House for a electric night of comedy and cocktails – so you’ll be right ...Every Tuesday

8:00 pmTuesday Trivia Night at Nigh Heron (Oakland)  FREE
8:00 pmParadise Comedy: A Stand Up Comedy Debate Show (SF)  FREE
Secret Summer Guest List: Cobb’s Free Comedy Night (Aug. 8)

Funcheap and HellaFunny take over Cobb’s Comedy Club for an awesome night of comedy at SF’s biggest comedy club. And you can get on our secret guest list. Every month we handpick some of SF’s top local comedians to showcase for you – often with credits ...

$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose
Tuesday, August 8 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 11:59 pm | Cost: $6*
*$6 for adults on Tuesday nights. Kids are $2
| Solano 2 Drive In

One of the most socially-distant ways to have fun, The West Wind Drive-In theaters in both San Jose and Concord are open for good old-fashioned drive-in movie fun. West Wind Drive In Locations Solano Drive-In – 1611 Solano Way, Concord Capitol Drive-In – 3630 Hillcap ...Every Tuesday

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