SF City Guides
SFO’s Free Terminal 1 Sneak Preview Party
Celebrations Join in to celebrate the grand opening of SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1 (serving JetBlue and Southwest starting July 23) and the upcoming opening of the Grand Hyatt at SFO. SFO is hosting a special Community Day and you’re invited for a free sneak peek inside the new Harvey Milk more...
National Ice Cream Day
Eat & Drink Celebrate National Ice Cream Day with super, awesome, cheap (or free) ice cream deals like $1.25 sundaes at Fenton’s, free Mochi Ice Cream at Uniqlo Union Square, and a National Ice Cream Day celebration in San Francisco!
Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
Celebrations Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, with Neil Armstrong taking the historic first steps on the moon 6 hours later. The first steps on the moon took place at 7:56pm Pacific Time. Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, more...
SF’s Bastille Day Party Guide
Fairs & Festivals Although San Francisco may not be known specifically for its French culture (Italian, Irish and Chinese, maybe…), don’t tell that the francophiles that pack the streets of downtown for block parties each Bastille Day. Bastille Day is sort of like France’s equivalent July 4th – an historical day commemorating the storming more...
“Sunday Streets” Comes to The Mission
Fairs & Festivals Sunday Streets (March – October 2019) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five-hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, and yogis take over the streets for an afternoon. “Sunday Streets 2019” Street Festival & Block Party Sundays, March 10- more...
Stern Grove Festival
Fairs & Festivals The Stern Grove Festival returns for its 82nd season having presented free concerts in the park every summer since 1938. If you don’t mind arriving early to spread out your blanket to stake your spot, it’s an excellent way to spend a relaxing Sunday in a beautiful park setting watching free performances from top touring more...
IHOP’s 58¢ Pancake Day
Deals Now that you’ve celebrated America’s birthday, it’s time to celebrate IHOP’s. IHOP restaurants are rolling back the price to 58¢ for their Original Buttermilk Pancake Short Stacks (that’s 3 pancakes). Stop by your local participating IHOP from 7 am-7 pm to join the celebration. IHOP’s 58¢ Pancake Day Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | 7 more...
Epic 300+ Lowrider Cruise & Car Hopping Contest
Get Out: Events Get ready to check out the Bay’s most polished and decked out lowriders at this annual “King of the Streets” car show which includes an epic in a lowrider car hopping contest. Afterward, the lowriders will cruise the Mission starting around 6pm. The San Francisco Lowriders Council was founded in 1981 more...
Join the Bay Area’s “Lights for Liberty” Vigil
Have Your Voice Heard Be a light for liberty and for refugees. On Friday, July 12, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, will bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by more...
Flower Piano: 12 Pianos Hidden in Golden Gate Park
City Discoveries Sunset Piano, in partnership with San Francisco Botanical Garden, will once again bring over a dozen pianos to the spectacular 55 acre Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park for the fourth incarnation of our interactive music festival, Flower Piano. Flower Piano is free to SF residents with ID, and only $9 more...
“Most Beautiful Taco Bell” Grand Reopening
City Discoveries The World’s Most Beautiful Taco Bell, located directly on the beach in Pacifica, just got a major remodel. It’ll be reopening as Taco Bell Cantina. We hope the ultra cool walk-up ordering window for surfers remains. Taco Bell Cantina Ribbon Cutting & Reopening Saturday, July 13, 2019 | Noon to 3pm 5200 Coast Highway, more...
Free Chick-fil-A Day
Freebies For one day only, black and white spots, cow bells and furry ears will be appropriate attire at Chick-fil-A restaurants all across the nation for Free Chick-fil-A Day. Free Chick-fil-A Day: Cow Appreciation Day Tuesday, July 9, 2019 | Store opening until 7 pm Participating Chick-fil-A locations Free entree if in a cow costume more...
de Young Free Night & New Ed Hardy Exhibition
Artsy Fartsy Celebrate “Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin,” the first museum retrospective of the renowned tattoo artist, and local legend, Ed Hardy. The opening night celebration in collaboration with Juxtapoz Magazine features a DJ set by Chances with Wolves, and a specialty cocktail featuring Sailor Jerry Rum concocted by San Francisco’s own Trick more...
The Fillmore Jazz Festival
Fairs & Festivals Blending art and soul in one of the country’s most unique neighborhoods, the Fillmore Jazz Festival is the largest free jazz festival on the West Coast, drawing over 100,000 visitors over the Independence Day weekend on Fillmore Street in San Francisco between Jackson and Eddy streets. 2019 Fillmore Jazz Festival July 6-7, 2019 more...
SF’s Huge Women’s World Cup Watch Party
Get Out: Events The U.S. Women’s National Team is just one win away from winning the World Cup. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department is hosting free, live FIFA Women’s World Cup viewing parties so you can watch on the big screen and cheer with soccer fans from all over the Bay. Held more...
