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Off the Grid Fort Mason is Back for 2019Off the Grid Fort Mason is Back for 2019
By - posted 3/7/2019
Eat & Drink

More than 30 food vendors, with a full bar and bands and DJs? Now that’s a party; it’s also California’s largest weekly street food market. Discover everything from Beijing-style crisp-fried crepes (Jianbing) and Filipino desserts, to handmade pasta, Neapolitan pizza, and Haitian pork griot – along with sheltered lounge spaces and communal firepits. Off the more...

SFMOMA's Free Family Museum DaySFMOMA’s Free Family Museum Day
By - posted 3/7/2019
Artsy Fartsy

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) welcomes families and inter-generational audiences to the museum for its Free Family Day on Sunday, March 10, 2019. While the museum is always free for visitors 18 and younger, on Free Family Day, it is also free for up to two adults accompanying each more...

18 Things to Do with Extra Sun: Free Walking Tours18 Things to Do with Extra Sun: Free Walking Tours
By - posted 3/6/2019
Get Out: Events

Take a free guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love. Although we lose an hour today, everything stays light an hour later so it’s the perfect day to get outside and explore with San Francisco City Guides. 2019 “Spring Forward” Walking Tours Sunday, March 10, more...

22 Free Mardi Gras Parties in One Night22 Free Mardi Gras Parties in One Night
By - posted 3/5/2019
Fairs & Festivals

Come meet your neighbors and make new friends at our 2019 Carnaval San Francisco Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Party in several venues in the Mission District. There will be live samba drummers and dancers winding their way through the party, and lively salsa, soca, cumbia, and rumba, so don’t miss out more...

Exploratorium Free Day: 32nd Annual π DayExploratorium Free Day: 32nd Annual π Day
By - posted 3/2/2019
Get Out: Events

To honor Pi Day, Exploratorium opens its door to offer free admission to all. Welcome to the 32nd annual Pi Day, the mathematical holiday founded at the Exploratorium and celebrated by number lovers around the world. To honor the never-ending number 3.14159… (and Einstein’s birthday), participate in π-related activities, and enjoy more...

The San Francisco Mardi Gras Cocktail PartyThe San Francisco Mardi Gras Cocktail Party
By - posted 2/28/2019
Get Out: Events

You’re invited to San Francisco’s Mardi Gras Cocktail Party … a special celebration of New Orleans-inspired cocktails – plus the first 100 people get free Mardi Gras beads. And it all takes place at Bar Fluxus, SF’s newest art bar that’s tucked away in a secret alley you’d never find on your more...

100,000 Free Tulips Are Coming to Union Square100,000 Free Tulips Are Coming to Union Square
By - posted 2/28/2019
Freebies

Pick your own tulips on American Tulip Day in San Francisco. On March 2, 2019, a colorful display of more than 100,000 tulips will cover Union Square in San Francisco. Best of all, you’re invited to visit and to pick your own bunch of tulips. American Tulip Day Saturday, March 2, 2019 more...

San Francisco History DaysSan Francisco History Days
By - posted 2/28/2019
Fairs & Festivals

Explore San Francisco’s amazing history at the annual San Francisco History Expo as the Old Mint becomes a series of pop-up museums of San Francisco history with more than 120 exhibitors. 2019 San Francisco History Days – Saturday, March 2 | 11 am to 5 pm – Sunday, March 3 | 11 am to more...

SF's HERstory Festival: 100+ EventsSF’s HERstory Festival: 100+ Events
By - posted 2/27/2019
Fairs & Festivals

In March 2019, the San Francisco Public Library presents HERstory, a month-long celebration of Women’s History Month, honoring and acknowledging the contributions of women and the unique experience of being female today with a diverse array of lectures, films, performances and programs for all ages at every library location. HERstory 2019 / Women’s more...

Free Oakland Comedy ShowcaseFree Oakland Comedy Showcase
By - posted 2/26/2019
Get Out: Events

SF may get most of the press, but Oakland has its own rich comedy scene, so “Town Business” is your weekly Tuesday showcase of some of the town’s best comics from around the Bay in a cool “Golden State Lounge” with comfy couches and a brick fireplace. Many comedians performing on Town Business Comedy Night have credits more...

SF City Hall's Free Lunar Year CelebrationSF City Hall’s Free Lunar Year Celebration
By - posted 2/24/2019
Get Out: Events

Mayor London N. Breed invites you to this year’s Lunar New Year Celebration at San Francisco City Hall. Please join us on Monday, February 25th, 2019, to celebrate the year of the boar with community and City leaders. Mayor London N. Breed Lunar New Year 2019 Mon, February 25, 2019 | 5:30 more...

SF's Biggest Free Oscars Viewing PartySF’s Biggest Free Oscars Viewing Party
By - posted 2/22/2019
Fairs & Festivals

Join us at SoMa StrEat Food Park for Funcheap’s 2019 Oscars Party. Enjoy a free viewing of the Awards show, bottomless mimosas & bottomless champagne, and several of SF’s tastiest food trucks. We’ll have the TVs tuned to the pre-show red carpet walk, so you can make catty comments at all the fashion disasters. Funcheap more...

TreasureFest is Back for 2019TreasureFest is Back for 2019
By - posted 2/21/2019
Fairs & Festivals

TreasureFest is a modern urban market for 15,000+ each month that houses around 400 curated vendors selling originally-made and designed items, artists, and antique/vintage collectors.

Obama in Oakland!Obama in Oakland!
By - posted 2/19/2019
Have Your Voice Heard

Former President Barack Obama is in Oakland with buddies Steph Curry and John Legend for the first national convention & town hall for “My Brother’s Keeper Alliance” to help improve the lives of boys and young men of color on February 18-20, 2019 at the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. > Submit more...

The Biggest Supermoon of 2019The Biggest Supermoon of 2019
By - posted 2/18/2019
Geeks

Thanks to an optical illusion in the sky, the moon will appear bigger and brighter than normal in the San Francisco Bay Area in the night, during what astronomers call a “supermoon.” Because the sun is about 50,000 miles closer to the earth than at its furthest point – and it’s more...