Win Tix: The San Francisco Hazy IPA Festival | SPARK Social SF The most opaque hop bombs in the Bay are assembling for The San Francisco Hazy IPA Festival. The biggest unfiltered, aggressively dry-hopped, outrageously dank craft beer competition this summer. Get tangled in the hop vines and vote for your favorite murky masterpiece with bitter, juicy, ...

38th Annual Northern California Book Awards | Civic Center The 38th Annual Northern California Book Awards will take place on Sunday, June 23, 2019, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library. The NCBAs honor the work of northern California authors and translators, and recognize exceptional service to the community by northern California writers and literary leaders ...

Emergency Preparedness Fair: CPR & First Aid Workshop | Santa Rosa The Jewish community is partnering with local organizations and first responders to help you plan ahead and know what actions to take in the event of a future crisis. Local organizations and first responders help you plan ahead and know what actions to take in the ...

Coming Up Queer: Free LGBTQ+ Youth Short Film Screening | SF Frameline43 invites you to its annual COMING UP QUEER short film program, featuring stories about LGBTQ+ youth and young adults. A special Q&A with the filmmakers will follow. FREE, but registration is required! Join us on Sunday June 23 at 1:30pm at the Victoria Theatre. Queer ...

Blues/Rock Concert: The Nitecaps Blues Band | Union Square Live

The 2019 Union Square Live festival presents dozens of free events like live music, swing and tango dance lessons, film nights, circus arts, and more in Union Square Park from May through September. Union Square Live | 2019 May to September Union Square Park, SF ...

Los Van Van: Outdoor Concert | Stern Grove Festival Los Van Van heats up the Grove with its revolutionary “songo” sound, a uniquely Cuban concoction of rock, jazz, and son designed for one thing—dancing! Don’t miss this legendary group when they return to Stern Grove Festival. Opening the show is Banda Sin Nombre, a ...

Free Author Talk: Eat Like You Give A Fork | Omnivore Books Remake your kitchen, your taste buds, your body, and your energy level with honest, transparent and easy-to-understand recipes. Core meal planning and preparation techniques from Ibrahim’s Facebook Live show save time, money and sanity. These forking delicious recipes make healthy eating simple and quick to ...

Summer Solstice Drum Circle | SF Come join the longest running drum circle in the Bay Area and set your intention for the season. This special circle is open to everyone, no experience necessary. Free. Donations are appreciated.  The format for the circle includes calling power, drum circle meditation (or journey), healing circle and ...

’90s Simpsons Trivia Night & Watch Party | Mission Dist.

Love The Simpsons? Know The Simpsons like the back of your hand? Then join in ’90s Simpsons Trivia Night at The Knockout in the Mission District from 6-9 pm, every fourth Sunday of the month. Watch some ’90s Simpsons and answer some trivia if you ...Monthly

“Crazy Funny Asians” Comedy Showcase | 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 “Crazy ...Every Sunday

Silicon Valley International Invention Festival Expo | June 24-26

Join the free Silicon Valley International Invention Festival Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center from June 24 to Wednesday 26, 2019 from 10 am to 5 pm. Nearly 600 new inventions will be presented by 400 exhibitors from 25 countries. More than 2,000 visitors ...

Live at Lagunitas: Thundercat | Petaluma

Lagunitas Brewery in Petaluma presents a free live summer concert series featuring some amazing bands in their LaguMiniAmphitheaterette that would normally play big venues in San Francisco. Show are free, but tickets are required for each show. You’ll want to grab them quick as these shows will definitely ...

2019 SFO Lights Up for Pride | June 24-Jul 1 SFO welcomes everyone to San Francisco for Pride by decking the main international terminal and its control tower out all rainbow. 2019 Pride Lighting Schedule June 24-27 :Pride – Rainbow June 28: Transgender March – Blue, Pink & White June 29-30: Pink Saturday – Rainbow June 30-July 1: Pride – ...

“Popping the ​Science ​Bubble”: Conversations w/ Cal Scientists | Berkeley

Join in for a conversation with scientists from Cal. Ever wonder what the scientists at Cal are up to? Now is your chance to find out during a thrilling series of short lectures on cutting-edge research. With new guest lecturers each month, come learn about ...Monthly

Free Queer Bowling Night | Mission Dist.

Come to the monthly Free Queer Bowling Night at Mission Bowling Club. In addition to free bowling, you can enjoy $4 cocktails and beers all night courtesy of  Tito’s Vodka and Standard Deviant Brewing. And bowl to the sounds of DJs Siobhan Aluvalot & Marke ...Monthly

Free Author Talk: Aleksandra Crapanzano’s “Eat Cook L.A.” | Omnivore Books Once considered a culinary wasteland, Los Angeles is now one of the most exciting food cities in the world. Like the multi-faceted, sprawling city itself, the food of Los Angeles is utterly its own, an amalgam of international influence, disposable income, glamour, competition, immigrant vitality, ...

“Pint Sized Plays” SF’s Beer Theater Festival | PianoFight

Pint Sized Plays is made up of short, mostly comedic plays set in a bar, and written by Bay Area playwrights. The only rule is that each play can’t run longer than it takes one of its character to finish a beer. Pint Size Plays ...

SF City Hall’s Gorgeous Rainbow Lights: Pride 2019 | June 24-30

Every year, city hall turns its lights rainbow colors in honor of Pride. It’s a great photo opportunity for you to capture San Francisco at its most festive. 2019 Pride Lighting Schedule: 6/24-6/27/19 Rainbow – Pride Week 6/28/19 Blue/Pink/White – TRANS March 6/29/19 Rainbow – ...

Korean War Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony | The Presidio Known as “The Forgotten War,” the Korean War officially began on June 25, 1950. In commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, there will be a special ceremony at the Korean War Memorial in the Presidio. Please note, this event was ...

Volunteer for Free Tickets to Clusterfest | SF

Want to be a part of  the Clusterfest at Civic Center on June 21-23, 2019? The festival is seeking volunteers to work 6 hour shifts in exchange for a 1-day ticket to the festival. The basics is that if you volunteer during the early shift ...

“Free Lunchtime Concert” 2019 Season Opener: “Agape Soul” | Oakland

Come down to Oakland’s City Center for free concerts in the spring and summer outside the 12th Street Oakland City Center BART station starting June 25th. The concert series give a little taste of everything, from Motown and folk to classic and jazz bands and ...

2 for 1 Margaritas “Taco Tuesday” | SF

Francisca’s Venezuelan Food and Punch Bar is a unique farm-to-table Italian-Venezuelan restaurant in the Mission that has a special “Taco Tuesday” promotion with 2-for-1 fresh-fruit margaritas and discounted taco platters ($4 off). Not your ordinary tacos, these are gourmet-inspired Venezuelan recipes.  Plus a new fresh ...Every Tuesday

North Beach Comedy Thing: Free Pizza, Cheap Beer & Giveaways | SF

So you’re in North Beach, huh? Looking for a good time? Want to party with some beautiful people? Want to feel like a million bucks? You want to devour loads of pizza and champagne? Well, welcome to the North Beach Comedy Thing, a monthly showcase featuring the ...Monthly

Win Tix: An Acoustic Evening with Rooney | Cafe du Nord Los Angeles based indie alternative group, Rooney, have been playing together since 1999 and led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Robert Schwartzman. They released multiple albums and singles that reached platinum sales. > Get Tickets – $20 (18+) Rooney continues to stay true to their sound and ...

Wine & Movie Night: “Good Morning Vietnam” | Top of the Mark

Summer Movie Nights return to Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins for 2019 every Tuesday starting June 4 through August 20 as the sun set at their 19th-floor lounge. In commemoration of the 80th Anniversary, This year (2019) will showcase romantic & lighthearted military-themed films, honoring Top of ...

$1 Cinemark’s Summer Movie Clubhouse Season Opening | Hayward

From May through September, Bay Area Cinemark/Century Theaters host 10 weeks of fun films for families and kids for just $5 (that’s 50 cents a movie) if purchased in advance – or $1 per film at the box office. All films are either rated G or ...

Free Admission & $1 Rides: Feed the Need Food Drive | 2019 Alameda County Fair Get into the Alameda County Fair for free when you bring 4 non-perishable food items to the Fair. All carnival rides will be $1 until 5 pm.

Bi Pride 2019: Potluck Bi-BQ | Dolores Park Can’t wait to celebrate the B, P, O, Q and every other non-monosexual label plus allies. There will have supply of some delicious BBQ but please bring a dish (lemon bars or otherwise) or a beverage if you can. 2019 Schedule: 4:00 pm: Meet, Mingle, Eat 5:30 ...

5-Course Tasting Menu w/ Vegan Option, 2-for-1 Cocktails | SF

Francisca’s Venezuelan Food and Punch Bar is a unique farm-to-table Italian-Venezuelan restaurant in the Mission that has a special 5-Course Tasting Menu with 2-for-1 fresh-fruit tropical drinks on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Read the awesome review of this $39 tasting menu in the Chronicle. Francesca’s has ...Every Wednesday

Civic Center Through the Years w/ a Cartographic Technician | SF Main Library Doug Spurling, a cartographic technician working in civil engineering and surveying, will use current digital tools to look at historic documents like maps and photographic images. Using these, we’ll zoom through time and space to see how certain well-known San Francisco locations such as Civic Center ...