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Google’s Indie Game Expo + Pizza Party
By - posted 4/22/2018
Geeks

Join the Spring Expo on April 26 at the Google Launchpad with over 60 games and 500 players in 1 night. You’ll be among the first to try out brand new games from over 50 indie game developers at Google’s San Francisco HQ and give your feedback to the developers. Spring more...

A “Beyoncé Mass” is Coming to Grace Cathedral
By - posted 4/20/2018
Celebrations

Beyoncé music? At church? It’s happening. This will be a special mass dedicated to Queen Bey’s music and accomplishments. Come to The Vine SF, a contemporary church service at Grace Cathedral, to sing your Beyoncé favorites and discover how her art opens a window into the lives of the marginalized and more...

HBO’s “Westworld” Comes to SF
By - posted 4/20/2018
Get Out: Events

Starting April 22, 2018, fans of HBO’s “Westworld” will find themselves in a brand “new world” at AT&T 1 Powell Street in SF. Completely transformed, so visitors can “live without limits” and discover “Westworld” IRL during the highly-anticipated season 2 premiering on April 22nd, the experience will showcase costumes and props, more...

1906 Quake Anniversary
By - posted 4/17/2018
City Insight

When the earthquake hit on April 18, 1906, it did so in the wee hours at 5:12 am. The cast iron Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street became a crucial meeting point and is now known as SF’s oldest surviving monument. Every year since, city officials (and in past years, survivors too) gather around the more...

This Massive 50-Foot LED Sculpture is Coming to SF
By - posted 4/16/2018
Artsy Fartsy

From the playa to the park, new light art takes root in Hayes Valley. Charles Gadeken’s Squared, a 50-foot-tall LED sculpture, comes to Patricia’s Green. It’s like a super-colorful Bay Lights on acid with waves of trippy light pulsating at night. The San Francisco Arts Commission and Recreation and Park Department more...

SF City Hall’s Free Poetry Festival
By - posted 4/15/2018
Get Out: Events

The 13th Annual Poems Under the Dome invites you to celebrate National Poetry Month at San Francisco’s largest open mic poetry event inside City Hall from 5:30-8 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2018. 2018 Poems Under The Dome Thursday, April 19, 2018 – 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm San Francisco City Hall | 1 Dr. more...

Worst. Movie. Ever. Trivia Night
By - posted 4/15/2018
Get Out: Events

It’s probably the worst movie ever made, but yet everyone loves it. Prove you are the expert for “The Room Trivia” on Tuesday, April 17th at 8pm at TonicSF, after you get your tuxes and play a quick game of football in the alley, of course. “The Room” Trivia Night Tuesday, April 17, more...

Tax Day Freebies & Deals for 2018
By - posted 4/15/2018
Deals

This Tax Day, April 17, 2018, it may be the last day to file your taxes, but it’s also a day to score freebies and deals. Though owing Uncle Sam money isn’t fun, there is a silver lining: free food and discounts. Yep, businesses around the country are offering free more...

Sunday Streets: Dogpatch/Bayview
By - posted 4/14/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Sunday Streets runs through The Bayview’s main corridor, with a car-free route spanning Third Street from 22nd Street to Carroll Avenue. Walk, bike or catch the T Line (the city’s first new light rail line in more than half a century) which will run throughout the day. Make the day more...

Historic 1920s-1950s Italian Race Car Show
By - posted 4/14/2018
Fairs & Festivals

The 28th annual California Mille will bring 70 historic cars from all over the world to San Francisco to salute Italy’s most famous open road race, the Mille Miglia. See the biggest free car show of its kind in America and meet the drivers. 28th California Mille & Free Car Show April 15, more...

Free Ice Cream Days
By - posted 4/12/2018
Freebies

Chilly Cow will be handing out free half pint samples of its ultra-creamy, ultra-delicious, lower-calorie ice cream at select locations in San Francisco and the Bay Area throughout the next two weeks. Available flavors will include: Brown Butter Salted Caramel, Chocolate Brownie Batter, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and Vanilla Graham Swirl. Fans more...

SF’s Annual Dahlia Sale
By - posted 4/12/2018
Deals

The Dahlia Society of San Francisco will hold the annual Dahlia & Tuber Sale at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park with plants selling for $5-6 and Tubers for $3. The Dahlia is the official flower of San Francisco. 2018 Annual Dahlia & Tuber Sale Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 9:30 am to more...

Equal Pay Day: Pop-Up Art Show
By - posted 4/9/2018
Artsy Fartsy

Join the special final viewing of “The Shape of Change” and a special celebration in honor of gender equality and diversity. Enjoy wine, beer, food and music in the transformed atrium of the Minnesota Street Project. The Shape of Change Friday, April 13, 2018 | 4 to 7 pm Minnesota Street Project, 1275 more...

“Macy’s Flower Show” 2018 Plant Sale
By - posted 4/8/2018
Deals

Now that the Macy’s Flower Show is over, take a piece of Flower Show home with you as you select plants and flowers from Macy’s 72nd Annual Flower Show will be available for sale following the show. All proceeds to benefit the Delancey Street Foundation. Macy’s Flower Show Plant Sale Monday, April 9, more...

The SF Armory’s Epic Farewell Estate Sale
By - posted 4/7/2018
Only in San Francisco

The historic San Francisco Armory is undergoing a change of the guard. Come join in for the last days of the Armory as we know it (goodbye, Kink.com) and take home some memorabilia. Thanks for SF Weekly for tipping us off. For four days from 10 am-4 pm, the Armory will more...