Half-Price Holiday & New Year’s Eve Deals

Around the Holidays, everyone wants to treat themselves to a little show, a little outing in the town, a little pizzazz. Problem is, it can get a little pricey out there.

Lucky for you, there’s help around from FunCheap where we post events everyday that are fit for small budgets. But there’s also sites Goldstar.com which offers mostly half-price tickets to the same events some are paying whole fares on. You have to sign up but it’s free to do so.

Here’s a helping of Goldstar.com’s holiday offerings:

“A Merry Forking Christmas!” —  A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Holiday Play
Dec 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30 @ 8 p.m.
FORKING II: A Merry Forking! Christmas chronicles the final hours of the Christmas shopping frenzy through the eyes of a pot-dealing Santa and his partner in crime, a mall security guard, a bride-to-be deserted by her would-be fiancé and a bored mortician who’s got nothing to do while those near death hang on until Christmas Day. The fates of these characters is up to the audience, who will vote at crucial forks in the action.
The Off-Market Theater at 965 Mission Street
Regular Price: $30 — Goldstar Price: $15

“Magic at the Rex” — Three Magicians Combining Acts of Wonder, Comedy
Dec 27, 28, 30 & Jan 1 @ 8 p.m.
The producers of the long-running show Absolute Magic present a three-act evening of mystery, wonderment and laughs. The larger-than-life RJ Owens blends comedy, magic and audience participation. Sebastian Boswell III accomplishes highly unusual feats and close-up specialist Adam Sachs is as nimble with his fingers as he is with his wits. Magic at the Rex puts audiences up close with all three magicians in an intimate setting reminiscent of the 1940s.
Hotel Rex at 562 Sutter Street
Regular Price: $25 Goldstar Price: $12.50

“Mittens and Mistletoe” — A Winter Circus Cabaret
Dec 24 & 25 @ 2 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Mittens and Mistletoe is an afternoon of holiday cheer, performed by the circus artists of Sweet Can Productions. This light-hearted and funny variety program is suitable for all ages, and features new material from the award-winning clown duet, Coventry & Kaluza, and many local circus acts.
Dance Mission Theater at 3316 24th Street
Regular Price: $15 — Goldstar Price $7.50

“Mr. YooHoo’s Holiday” — European Clowning Meets Vaudeville and Japanese Theater
Dec 24, 25, 31 & Jan 1 @ 8 p.m. Dec 26 & Jan 2 @ 3 p.m. Celebrated European clown Moshe Cohen returns to NOHspace in Mr. YooWho’s Holiday, an absurdist journey that combines Japanese folktales and Western vaudeville amazements. Full of mystery and surprises, Cohen’s holiday show brings together a global adventurer, a celestial maiden in need of a good laugh, a melodramatic sunflower and a high-diving penguin to create a clownish delight for all ages!
NOHspace at the Project Artaud at 499 Alabama Street
Regular Price: $18 — Goldstar Price: $9

“The Marga Gomez New Year’s Eve Spectacular” — Gay Comedy Star in Holiday Show
Dec 31 @ 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Join The Rhino for their annual New Year’s Eve blow out with Bay Area gay comedy star Marga Gomez, plus special guest comedians Natasha Muse and Casey Ley. There will be a midnight countdown and huge balloon drop at both the evening’s shows.
Victoria Theater at 2961 16th Street
Regular Price: $30-35 — Goldstar Price: $15-17.50

“Pre-New Year’s Eve Singles Dance” — From Society of Single Professionals
Dec 30 @ 8 p.m.
The Society of Single Professionals is throwing a pre-New Year’s Eve bash at the elegant Neptune’s Palace restaurant on Pier 39. Enjoy spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay, meet and mingle with other singles, and ring in 2011 one night early. You’ve probably got Friday off, so why not celebrate at a New Year’s Eve Eve party? Guests receive party hats and favors, and complimentary appetizers will be served while they last.
Neptune’s Palace at Pier 39 in the Embarcadero
Regular Price: $20 — Goldstar Price: $10

“Not Your Normal New Year’s Eve” — Celebrate with Comedy and Music
Dec 31 @ 8 p.m.
Celebrate a slightly skewed New Year’s with a bevy of top stand-up comics, a live band and a thrilling countdown to a balloon drop – at 10:00pm, where it’ll turn 2011 in Normal, Illinois. Not Your Normal New Year’s Eve 2011 is hosted by comedian Jill Borque, and features Bay Area and other favorites like Brent Weinbach, Moshe Kasher (Chelsea Lately), Drennon Davis (Last Comic Standing) and 77-year-old phenom Lynn Ruth Miller (America’s Got Talent).
Herbst Theatre at the SF War Memorial Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue
Regular Price: $26-36.25 — Goldstar Price: $13.50-18.75