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Saturday, May 11

“Comedians with Criminal Records” Live in SF (2024)
Saturday, May 11 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Limited free tickets w/ secret code FUNCHEAPGUEST. Otherwise $5 off with secret code FUNCHEAP
| Savoy Tivoli
"Comedians with Criminal Records" Live in SF (2024)

Crime is no laughing matter in San Francisco… unless it’s Comedians with Criminal Records – a unique showcase of professional comics who’ve had troubles with the law in the past. In addition to an hilarious comedy set, you’ll also hear the back-story of the comedian ...

SF’s “Black Laughs Matter” North Beach Comedy Pop-Up (2024)
Saturday, May 11 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP (normally $15-25)
| Savoy Tivoli
SF's "Black Laughs Matter" North Beach Comedy Pop-Up (2024)

We’re taking over one of North Beach’s most historic and fun bars, Savoy Tivoli (circa-1907) and turning it into a pop-up comedy club with a special edition of Black Laughs Matter featuring some of the Bay’s top black comics. Black Laughs Matter – Every Other ...

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)
Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

, the de Young offers free general admission to the permanent galleries to Bay Area residents. Please note that admission to any special exhibits is not included nor discounted and will require the full admission price. Saturdays feature engaging art experiences for the entire family, ...Every Saturday

Free “Legion of Honor” Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)
Free "Legion of Honor" Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

 the Legion of Honor offers free general admission to the permanent galleries to Bay Area residents. Advanced tickets are required, and capacity is limited due to COVID-19 precautions. Please note that admission to any special exhibits is not included nor discounted and will require ...Every Saturday

2024 Taiwanese American Cultural Festival (Union Square)
Saturday, May 11 – 10:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square
2024 Taiwanese American Cultural Festival (Union Square)
The West Coast’s largest Taiwanese American celebration is back and in person on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in San Francisco’s Union Square. > 2024 details are not yet available as of 2/16/24. Here’s the details for 2023 for an idea of what to expect: The West Coast’s ...
Hawaiian May Day Festival 2024 (Hayward)
Saturday, May 11 – 11:00 am - Ends at 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Downtown Hayward
Hawaiian May Day Festival 2024 (Hayward)
We are back in Hayward for the third year, celebrating Hawaiian May Day 2024! This FREE family-friendly event is hosted by the Kumu Hula Association of Northern California, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, dedicated to perpetuating Native Hawaiian and Polynesian culture through arts, language, music, and dancing. We ...
MoAD: Museum of the African Diaspora Free Museum Day (SF)
Saturday, May 11 – 11:00 am - Ends at 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Museum of the African Diaspora
MoAD: Museum of the African Diaspora Free Museum Day (SF)

Join us every Second Saturday for Thrive @ MoAD Community Day with free admission to all our exhibitions. Across the globe, museums are increasingly being recognized as having an important role to play in promoting personal and social well-being in partnership with the healthcare industry. ...Monthly

Sunday, May 12

Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile
Sunday, May 12 – 9:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Sunset Mercantile (Outer Sunset)
Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile

Sunset Mercantile’s weekly outdoor market featuring farmers, ranchers, food trucks, live music, children’s activities, vendors, makers, merchants, artists, and local organizations. Bring the whole family for free seasonal art activities at the Sunset Mercantile Artship. Enjoy shopping an array of farm fresh produce, artisan goods. ...Every Sunday

FREE: Oakland “HellaSecret” Comedy Show (Sunday)
FREE: Oakland "HellaSecret" Comedy Show (Sunday)

Get ready for our “HellaSecret” speakeasy comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up live comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This HellaSecret comedy show takes place in a ...

The Exploratorium’s Free Admission Day for Mother’s Day 2024
Sunday, May 12 – 10:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Pay what you can
| Pier 15
The Exploratorium's Free Admission Day for Mother's Day 2024
The Exploratorium typically only has one “pay what you wish” day a year. The Exploratorium’s “Community Day” tradition will likely return for 2024 in honor of Mother’s Day/Día de las Madres, but as of January 24, 2024, the 2024 event has not yet been announced.  The ...
“Lindy in the Park” Swing Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)
Sunday, May 12 – 11:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Weather permitting (rain cancels)
| JFK Drive Lindy Hop Spot
"Lindy in the Park" Swing Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)

Get ready to swing in Golden Gate Park every sunny Sunday at “Lindy in the Park,” a weekly free event near the de Young Museum, when the streets of Golden Gate Park are closed to traffic and the dancers take over. This in person event resumed ...Every Sunday

Free Admission Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)
Sunday, May 12 – 11:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Free Admission Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)

Opened to the public in 1993, YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. Our work spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life. Centering artists as essential to social and cultural movement, YBCA ...Monthly

SF’s “Sundays at the Beach” Free Concert Day on The Great Highway (Ocean Beach)
Sunday, May 12 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Great Highway
SF's "Sundays at the Beach" Free Concert Day on The Great Highway (Ocean Beach)

Welcome to Sundays at the Beach! With help from @avenuegreenlight and our friends across the neighborhood, we’re excited to bring free community events to Great Highway Park every weekend for the next year. 1st Sunday: Chair Yoga, 2pm @ Irving 2nd Sunday: Live Music, 1-3 ...Monthly

Golden Gate Park Sunday Roller Disco Party (SF)
Sunday, May 12 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Skatin' Place
Golden Gate Park Sunday Roller Disco Party (SF)

There is a place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park that is heaven for Bay Area inline skaters and roller skaters who like to boogie to the funky beat on wheels. The Godfather of Skate brings his mobile DJ unit and plays groovy tunes for ...Every Sunday

Free Mother’s Day Concert: Golden Gate Park Band’s Symphony in the Park
Sunday, May 12 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are welcome.
| Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
Free Mother's Day Concert: Golden Gate Park Band's Symphony in the Park

The Golden Gate Park Band presents its 142nd 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 2024, 25 free weekly concerts take place most Sundays at 1 pm. Concerts are approximately ...Every Sunday

Free Reggae in the Park 2024 “Crucial Sundays” (Golden Gate Park)
Sunday, May 12 – 4:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
Free Reggae in the Park 2024 "Crucial Sundays" (Golden Gate Park)

Performances in Golden Gate Park Announced for 2024 Season. Season 4 will bring 125+ free live performances at Golden Gate Park Bandshell. After several months of renovations, Illuminate is beginning its robust performance season with 125+ diverse free concerts at historic landmark venue, the Golden ...

Monday, May 13

Japanese Tea Garden’s Free Admission Hour (Golden Gate Park)
Japanese Tea Garden's Free Admission Hour (Golden Gate Park)

The Japanese Tea Garden provides visitors from around the world with an opportunity to experience the natural beauty, tranquility, and harmony of a Japanese-style garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California ...Every Monday

SF’s “Wurst Drag Trivia” (Every Monday)
Monday, May 13 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Willkommen
SF's "Wurst Drag Trivia" (Every Monday)

Don’t miss the best drag trivia in SF, hosted by BeBe Sweetbriar! Grab a beer and some sausages and try your best (or your wurst) to beat the competition while Bebe keeps the questions hard and the ambiance light. SF’s Wurst Drag Trivia ...Every Monday

Tuesday, May 14

San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Free Day (2nd Tuesdays)
San Francisco Botanical Garden's Free Day (2nd Tuesdays)

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

$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose
Tuesday, May 14 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 11:59 pm | Cost: $6*
*$6 for adults on Tuesday nights. Kids are $2
| Solano 2 Drive In
$6 Drive-In Movie Night in Concord & San Jose

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

Wednesday, May 15

“Pay What You Can” Wednesday at SF’s Museum of Craft and Design
Wednesday, May 15 – 10:00 am - Ends at 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Pay What You Can. Visitors are welcome to pay what they can every Wednesday
| Museum of Craft and Design
"Pay What You Can" Wednesday at SF's Museum of Craft and Design

There’s no better time to visit the Museum of Craft and Design than on Pay What You Can Wednesday. MCD’s Pay What You Can Wednesday initiative strives to keep art accessible to all by giving visitors the opportunity to experience the latest exhibitions for whatever ...Every Wednesday

FREE Oakland “HellaSecret” Comedy Show (Wednesday Nights)
FREE Oakland "HellaSecret" Comedy Show (Wednesday Nights)

Get ready for our “HellaSecret” speakeasy comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up live comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This HellaSecret comedy show takes place in a ...

Free Admission Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)
Wednesday, May 15 – 11:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Free Admission Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)

Opened to the public in 1993, YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. Our work spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life. Centering artists as essential to social and cultural movement, YBCA ...Every Wednesday

Black Hammer’s Free “Hopped Up” Trivia Night (Every Wednesday)
Wednesday, May 15 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Black Hammer Brewing
Black Hammer's Free "Hopped Up" Trivia Night (Every Wednesday)

No pens, no paper. Join us for three rounds of fast-paced gameshow-style pub trivia in our taproom every Wednesday at 7PM. Free admission, with bonus points for fastest answer and a live scoreboard. Hopped Up Trivia at 7pm Black Hammer Brewing, 544 Bryant ...Every Wednesday

“Wolfman Jeff Trivia” Night at SF’s Willkommen Beer Garden (Every Wednesday)
Wednesday, May 15 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Willkommen
"Wolfman Jeff Trivia" Night at SF's Willkommen Beer Garden (Every Wednesday)

Sincere Earth greetings! Our advanced collective has run infinite models through some of our most working superb-computers and we’ve determined this to be the absolute most perfect trivia night for anyone advanced enough to read this message. Congratulations! Willkommen Wednesdays w/ Wolfman Jeff Trivia (night)™ ...Every Wednesday

Thursday, May 16

“HellaSecret” Free Thursday Night Comedy Show @ Secret Bar (Oakland)
"HellaSecret" Free Thursday Night Comedy Show @ Secret Bar (Oakland)

Get ready for our “HellaSecret” speakeasy comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up live comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This HellaSecret comedy show takes place in a ...

FREE TIX: SF’s New Polk Street Comedy Blast (Thursday Night)
Thursday, May 16 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with code FUNCHEAP (limited tickets)
| Mayes Oyster House
FREE TIX: SF's New Polk Street Comedy Blast (Thursday Night)

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

New LGBTQ+ Monthly Music Series “Vibin’ Live” (SF)
Thursday, May 16 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Admission free with dinner reservation
| Dirty Habit at Hotel Zelos
New LGBTQ+ Monthly Music Series "Vibin' Live" (SF)

Dirty Habit, the sultry restaurant and bar located on the 5th floor of Hotel Zelos, has partnered with the SF LGBT Center’s Cultural Department to present a monthly music series – “Vibin’ Live” – every third Thursday of the month. Showcasing rising BIPOC artists, bands ...Monthly

Star Trek Trivia at a Tiki Bar (Oakland)
Thursday, May 16 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Kon-Tiki
Star Trek Trivia at a Tiki Bar (Oakland)

Back by popular demand! Star Trek Trivia, every third Thursday of the month beginning January 18, 2024! New location: The Kon-Tiki (original location) at 14th and Webster in Oakland. Join Andrei and Alli for a night of nerding out, finding your people,Monthly

Friday, May 17

“Crazy Funny Asians” Friday Night Comedy Show (SF)
Friday, May 17 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free tickets, but RSVP Required. Donations ($5-$10) greatly appreciated.
| Speakeasy Brewery
"Crazy Funny Asians" Friday Night Comedy Show (SF)

Inspired by the blockbuster movie, see some of the Bay Area’s top comedians at San Francisco’s Crazy Funny Asians comedy showcase, presented by Funcheap and HellaFunny. Let’s celebrate the Bay’s Asian-American culture and heritage with laughs. Free tickets for the first 100 people to RSVP ...Every Friday