Created by the Bay Area’s scientific, cultural, and educational institutions, the Bay Area Science Festival returns to San Francisco for 10 days of science and technology lectures, games, art exhibits, workshops, hand-on activities and more at a locations throughout the Bay Area.

2015 Bay Area Science Festival
October 22 – November 7, 2015
All over San Francisco Bay  Area
Many events are FREE

> Full 2015 Schedule

Funcheap’s Top Festival Picks

• Tested: The Show (with the Mythbusters) | October 23 | 7pm – Castro Theater – $15 Balcony Seats
• Aero Design Challenge | October 24 | 10 am – 4 pm – Hiller Aviation Museum – Free
• Discovery Day – North Bay | October 24 | 10:30 am – 4 pm – Sonoma County Fairgrounds – Free
• Discovery Day – East Bay | October 24 | 11 am – 4 pm – Cal State East Bay – Free
• The Story Collider | October 26 | 7-10 pm – Rickshaw Stop – $8
• Creatures of the NightLife | October 29 | 6-10 pm – California – Academy of Sciences – $12
• Discovery Days at AT&T Park | November 7 | 10 am – 4 pm Free – AT&T Park

Free (and under $10) Bay Area Science Week Events

Friday, 10/23

• 7-9 pm: NOVA’s Making North America Sneak Preview and Panel Discussion – Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street

Saturday, 10/24

• 9am-12pm: Explore! Discover! Create! – Cal State East Bay (Concord Campus), 4700 Ygnacio Valley Rd Concord, CA
• 9am-12pm: Explorer Days – Blue Oaks and the Blue Skies of October – Park n’ Ride Lot, 1000 Peacock Creek Dr. Clayton, CA
• 10am-4pm: Aero Design Challenge – Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Rd San Carlos
• 10am-3pm: Explore What You Eat – Hands-on Science at the Farmer’s Markets – Downtown Berkeley Market, Center St @ MLK, Berkeley
• 10am-12pm: Explorer Days – Bike Tour of Salt Ponds – Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Environmental Education Center, 1751 Grand Blvd Alviso, CA
• 10:30am-4pm: Discovery Day – North Bay – Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, CA
• 11am-4pm: Discovery Day – East Bay – Cal State East Bay Hayward Campus (Science Buildings), 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward, CA
• 1:30pm-3pm: Explorer Days – Back in Time – Sea Level Rise – Bay Model, 2100 Bridgeway Sausalito, CA
• 2:30pm-4pm: Discovering Unhealthy Air – Poole Conference Room 2063, Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley, CA

Sunday, 10/25

• 11am-2pm: Explorer Days – Insect Respect: From Creek to Barn to Ridge! – UC Elkus Ranch Environmental Education Center, 1500 Purisuma Creek Road, Half Moon Bay, CA ($8)
• 1pm-2pm: Explorer Days – Wonders of the Parasite World – a Global Tour – Center for Parasitic Diseases, 600 16th St, Byers Hall Room 509 San Francisco, CA
• 1pm-2pm: Explorer Days – Plant Biology Lab – Koshland Hall, UC Berkeley
• 2:30pm-4:30pm: Explorer Days- Paleontology and Geology at New Brighton State Beach – New Brighton State Beach, Capitola, CA

Monday, 10/26

• 4pm-5pm: Explorer Days – Behind the Scenes – University and Jepson Herbaria, Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley, CA
• 6pm-9pm: Being Human – Public Works SF, 161 Erie St San Francisco, CA ($10)
• 6:30pm-8pm: Transcending Global Conflict: How Basic Science Unifies the World – Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley
• 7pm-10pm: Story Collider – Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St ($8)

Tuesday, 10/27

• 6pm-9pm: Plate Tectonics with Tanya Atwater – Mission Science Workshop, Church St and Dorland
• 7pm-9pm: Genetics and Human Identity – Restaurant Valparaiso, 1403 Solano Ave Albany, CA

Wednesday, 10/28

• 4:30pm-6:30pm: Explorer Days – UCSF Human Performance Center: Exercise and Movement Lab – UCSF Human Performance Center, 1500 Owens St. (this event costs $2)
• 6:30pm-9:30pm: Biorobots: Dissected – Swissnex San Francisco, 730 Montgomery Street (this event costs $10)

Thursday, 10/29

• 3pm-7pm: Explore What You Eat – Hands-on Science at the Farmer’s Markets –  North Berkeley Market, Shattuck @ Rose St, Berkeley
• 3pm-5pm: Explorer Days – Tour SF State University’s Marine Lab on the Bay – Romberg Tiburon Center, 3150 Paradise Drive Tiburon, CA

Friday, 10/30

• 10am-12pm: Explorer Days – Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour – Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, 750 Phelps Street

Saturday, 10/31

• 10am-4pm: BioFest 4 – Merritt College, Newton/Seale Student Lounge, Room R110, 12500 Campus Drive Oakland, CA
• 1am-3pm: Celebration of Mind – Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, 17 Gauss Way Berkeley, CA
• 12am-4pm: Halloween Bash – A Community Arcade – Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, CA

Sunday, 11/1

• 9:30am-3pm: History of the First Lego League and Robotic Scrimmage – Playting at Learning, 2215 Suite B Oakland Rd, San Jose
• 10am-3pm: Science can DANCE – Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley

Monday, 11/2

• 6:30pm-9:30pm: FameLab – Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St ($8)
• 5pm-7pm: Deep Look at UC Berkeley with KQED Science – Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley

Tuesday, 11/3

• 2pm-6:30pm: Explore What You Eat – Hands-on Science at the Farmer’s Markets – Lorin (South Berkeley) Market, Adeline & 63 St

Wednesday, 11/4

• 7pm-9pm: East Bay Science Cafe: Change – Restaurant Valparaiso, 1403 Solano Ave Albany, CA

Friday, 11/6

• 6pm-9pm: Fermentation Microscopy – Counter Culture Labs, 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland

Saturday, 11/7

• 10am-4pm: Discovery Day at AT&T Park – AT&T Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza