SF City Guides
SF’s One-Night Market Street Arts & Theater Festival: 50+ Experiences (Oct. 17)
Block Party, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals A one-night-only live arts and theater experience that celebrates the deep history of entertainment culture on Market Street. 104 partners, 50+ experiences, 35+ locations, 6 blocks, 3 public plazas, 1 Night Only! Market Street transforms into a walkable arts spectacle. Free public performances, ticketed shows at iconic venues, and tons of more...
$1.50 Admission for SF’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’s Final Day (Dec. 1)
Goodbye, Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is closing its San Francisco Odditorium at Fisherman’s Wharf on Dec. 1, 2026, ending nearly 60 years of strange sights at 175 Jefferson St. The attraction first opened on Feb. 2, 1967, and it’s sending things off with a suitably weird farewell. On its final day, more...
13 Awesome Bay Area Haunted Houses for 2026
Get Out: Events, Halloween Get into the Halloween spirit with some spooks and frights at a Haunted House. Whether it’s a big production full of elaborate props and character actors or a more local DIY Halloween attraction, you’ll be sure to find a fun way to celebrate this October. Here’s a list of fantastic, frightful Bay more...
10 Best Corn Mazes in the Bay Area for 2026
Halloween, Outdoorsy, Things to Do Let’s get lost in a corn maze! These insane twists and turns of nature used to be done manually, but now they’re mostly done by GPS and computer-controlled machines. We’ve rounded up the best corn mazes open for 2026 around the greater Bay Area, plus we’ve also thrown in a few smaller more...
San Francisco October Festivals & Street Fairs 2026
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous October festivals, street fairs, and events including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco Fleet Week, Castro Street Fair, and much more you can look forward to this October 2026. > We’ll be updating this guide with more October events soon! Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026 – October more...
Bay Area’s Best Pumpkin Patches for 2026
Bay Area Favorites, Fun & Games, Halloween Get into the fall spirit by picking out your favorite pumpkin at a local pumpkin patch. Best of all, nearly all of the pumpkin patches listed below offer free admission for all. Some fun fall activities like their corn mazes or hayrides may require a fee though. Here’s a list of more...
Free Museum Days in San Francisco + Bay Area (2026)
Get Out: Events, Museums / Cultural Institutions Whether the economy is strong or sour, most of the museums in San Francisco and the Bay Area throw their doors open once a month to allow free admission to all comers. Generally on the first Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of each month, these free days are often crowded, but if more...
2026 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park: Full Schedule, Maps, What to Bring (Oct. 2-4)
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, Parks & Beaches Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is one of the largest, free-est and beloved music festivals in the country. Be one of over 750,000 attendees over the three-day musical extravaganza in beautiful Golden Gate Park. Save the date as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass makes its return for 2026. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026 October 2-4, 2026Golden Gate Park, San more...
Uniqlo Returns to Downtown SF After 5 Years
Block Party, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco UNIQLO Market Street celebrates its grand opening with a free street festival (Oct 9) on Ellis Street between Stockton and Powell. The event includes DJ sets on two stages, interactive art and science activities, street soccer, Japanese calligraphy and origami workshops, food vendors, giveaways, and six large-scale Market Street art more...
SF’s “Fleet Week” 2026 Air Show + Full Schedule (Oct. 4-12)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week air show and festival. San Francisco Fleet Week returns October 4-12, 2026, bringing more than a full week of military bands, ship tours, the Parade more...
SF Opera Hosts Rare Costume Sale “Treasure Hunt” for Halloween
Artsy Fartsy, Halloween Your Halloween costume could have a much better backstory this year. San Francisco Opera is opening its costume collection for a two-day sale in Burlingame, offering a rare chance to take home actual theatrical costumes from decades of productions at the War Memorial Opera House. Browse Victorian gowns, Renaissance doublets, embroidered military more...
45-Foot-Tall Naked Sculpture Leaving SF After 18 Months
Artsy Fartsy, Downtown San Francisco, Goodbye After a year and a half, Celebrate Marco Cochrane’s 45-ft “R-Evolution” naked sculpture with a free celebration with live performances, music & a dance party at Embarcadero Plaza on October 2, 2026 from 05:30 PM – 08:00 PM A Final Celebration at Marco Cochrane’s R-Evolution, presented by Big Art Loop After gracing San Francisco’s waterfront more...
SF’s “ZooLights” w/ Frozen Forest Back for First Time in 8 Years
Christmas, Get Out: Events, Holiday Lights, Holidays San Francisco Zoo & Gardens is back with an all-new, two-month-long ZooLights evening holiday program that will light up the Zoo in spectacular fashion from November 6, 2026 through January 3, 2027. The nighttime event represents the return of ZooLights – which the Zoo last hosted in 2018 – for the first more...
SF’s “Terror Vault” 1874 Halloween Haunt is Back for 2026 ($10 Off Tix)
Bay Area Favorites, Deals, Get Out: Events, Halloween, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Sponsored San Francisco’s premiere haunted attraction returns for 2026 with “SLASHED: Return to Hellville” an all-new, bigger, and more terrifying theatrical and immersive experience from the insane mind of Peaches Christ. Brand new for 2026: Thirty-seven years after the infamous Hellville massacre, a terrifying new evil has awakened. Step inside Terror Vault’s most more...
Fall Colors of the Bay: Where to See the Leaves Change | 2026
Fall, Outdoorsy The Bay Area may not be renowned for its fall colors, but with a bit of planning, you can still find some gorgeous autumn foliage. From Japanese maples and ginkgos in San Francisco gardens to golden vineyards in Wine Country, here are some of our favorite places to go leaf-peeping more...
