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“Winter Walk” Union Square’s Pop-Up Holiday Plaza
By - posted 12/9/2018
City Discoveries

Union Square’s Winter Walk will once again make the holidays brighter by transforming Stockton Street between Geary and Ellis, which is adjacent to Union Square Park into 17,000 sqft of open green space and a pedestrian-only holiday pop-up plaza. 2018 Winter Walk SF November 26 – December 31, 2018 | 9am to 9pm Stockton St. more...

Lower Haight Art Walk & Holiday Block Party
By - posted 12/9/2018
Get Out: Events

The Lower Haight Art Walk is returning this December 8, 2018 to help bring some cheer and chaos to one of the last weekends of the year. The festival is Happening along Haight street between Scott & Laguna, including Fillmore street between Haight & Herman street.  There’ll be local businesses participating more...

“Mayor’s Holiday Fair” at City Hall
By - posted 12/9/2018
Holidays

City Hall invites you this Sunday, December 9, 2018 starting at 10:00am for what will be the event of the season. The Mayor’s Holiday Fair is the perfect event for families, children, and adults. Enjoy photos with Santa Claus, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa festivities, children’s games, face-painting, hot chocolate, snacks, and much more...

SF’s Santa Underwear Run
By - posted 12/8/2018
Only in San Francisco

The Santa Skivvies Run is a festive romp through the Castro benefiting San Francisco AIDS Foundation when you can watch hundreds of bods drop trou, don Santa hats and reindeer antlers and help raise funds to support the free and local services of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Although it costs upwards of $35 more...

Ghirardelli Chocolate’s Annual Warehouse Sale
By - posted 12/8/2018
Deals

The Annual Ghirardelli Warehouse Sale will be taking place on December 8th and 9th, at both their San Leandro and Lathrop factory stores. The sales floor will be expanded to offer additional discounted gifts just in time for the Holidays. Plus, complimentary hot cocoa for all guests Ghirardelli Chocolate’s Annual Warehouse Sale December more...

Funcheap Is Now on Instagram
By - posted 12/5/2018
City Insight

Join Funcheap on Instagram for a collection of awesome photos of the city, along with special event announcements, and exclusive contests and bonus entries. Plus share your photos with us using #funcheap and you could win epic prizes each month. We’ll feature our favorite shared photos on Instagram. Follow us on Instagram     View more...

Salesforce Tower Showing Rare 1906 Film of SF
By - posted 12/4/2018
City Discoveries

One of the most historic films of 1906 San Francisco ever made will get a world premiere free public performance on the giant screen atop the Salesforce Tower on Wednesday night thanks to the Prelinger Library and the Long Now Foundation. “A Trip Down Market Street” (1906) Screening Wednesday, December 5, 2018 more...

Walt Disney Museum’s Annual Free Day
By - posted 12/2/2018
Freebies

Celebrate Walt Disney’s birthday and get free admission to The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio for their only free day of the year. In celebration of Walt Disney’s Birthday, they are offering free admission to our main galleries and special exhibitions Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation, Fresh Starts, and Home for the Holidays at more...

Drag Queens on Ice
By - posted 12/2/2018
Only in San Francisco

The Bay Area’s most colorful drag personalities will be returning to the ice for an evening of laughs, lip syncing and lipstick during the 9th annual Bay Area favorite, Drag Queens On Ice. Drag Queens on Ice Thursday, December 6, 2018 | 8 pm  to 9:30 pm Union Square Park, SF FREE to watch The event is more...

SF Etsy’s Winter 2018 Pop-Up Shop
By - posted 12/1/2018
Artsy Fartsy

Get ready for three whole weekends of crafty shopping awesomeness.  Come get all your holiday shopping done at this winter pop-up shop featuring goods from the SF Etsy Team and tenants of Makers Workspace. They’ll have over 50 vendors selling jewelry, home goods, art prints, teeshirts, candles, bath and body, and so. more...

Caltrain “Holiday Train” Arrives for 2018
By - posted 12/1/2018
Holidays

Decorated with 70,000 glittering lights, the dazzling Caltrain Holiday Train will fire up its engine for the seventh year this December to delight Bay Area families with holiday giving. This festive tradition brings holiday treats, entertainment and characters including Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph and Santa’s elves to nine stations between San Francisco and more...

Hanukkah 2018: 25-Foot Tall Menorah Lighting
By - posted 12/1/2018
Holidays

Celebrate Chanukah 2018 with the 44th annual lighting of the 25-foot tall mahogany Bill Graham Menorah in Union Square. This San Francisco tradition, the brainchild of rock and roll concert promoter Bill Graham, begun in 1975. Lighting ceremonies take place from December 2-9, at approximately 5 pm on most days (Friday is at 3 pm more...

SF’s 13th Annual “World Tree of Hope”
By - posted 12/1/2018
Celebrations

Rainbow World Fund invites you to the 13th Annual RWF, World Tree of Hope Official Tree Lighting Celebration. 13th Annual World Tree of Hope Celebration Monday, December 3, 2018 | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St, San Francisco FREE The World Tree of Hope is a holiday tree decorated with thousands more...

SF’s “Winter Park” Ice Rink & Lighted Tree Forest
By - posted 11/29/2018
City Discoveries

The Winter Park at Civic Center will open with a special ceremony on Friday, November 30, 2018, to celebrate the inaugural season of skating and holiday festivities. Modeled after the internationally-famed Wiener Eistraum ice-skating rink in Vienna, Austria, The Winter Park is San Francisco’s first holiday ice rink and track—and the more...

SF’s Amazing Month-Long Light Festival “Illuminate”
By - posted 11/28/2018
Artsy Fartsy

Illuminate SF Festival of Light happens Thanksgiving 2018 through New Year’s Day 2019 and shines a light on San Francisco’s ever-expanding light art scene. Get your glow on during this two-month celebration during the longest nights of the year, featuring free light art tours, nighttime neighborhood walks, artist talks and participatory experiences.