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AT&T Park Science Festival
By - posted 11/5/2017
Fairs & Festivals

AT&T Park will be transformed into a science wonderland for the 7th annual concluding event of the Bay Area Science Festival for a free science extravaganza. Last year, more than 30,000 people enjoyed a non-stop program chock-full of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows, all meant to entertain and inspire. With more than 150 more...

Meet “Harvey’s Halo” The Castro’s New Rainbow Lights
By - posted 11/5/2017
Celebrations

Illuminate is the San Francisco arts nonprofit behind The Bay Lights and the illumination of the Conservatory of Flowers for the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love as well as Harvey’s Halo and “Hope will Never be Silent” in the Castro to honor Harvey Milk. At 6 pm on November more...

“Fall Back” Day: 13 Free Walking Tours
By - posted 11/4/2017
Get Out: Events

Congrats, you get an extra hour on Sunday, November 5, 2017. Now, what to do with that extra hour. Don’t sleep it away; take a guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love on Daylight Savings Time “Fall Back” day. 2017 Daylight Savings Time “Fall Back” Sunday, November 5, more...

Free Union Square Ice Skating Lessons
By - posted 11/4/2017
Get Out: Events

Don’t know how to skate? Kaiser Permanente is inviting beginner skaters to the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines to come learn from professional skate instructors on the first Saturday and Sunday of each month starting at 8:30 am. Lessons are free (including skate rental) to more...

SFMOMA’s Free Family Day
By - posted 11/4/2017
Get Out: Events

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) welcomes families and intergenerational audiences to the museum for its Free Family Day on Sunday, November 5, 2017. 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...

Mission Dolores Choir Music Festival
By - posted 11/3/2017
Get Out: Events

Listen to over 200 hundred voices raised in song. The San Francisco SingFest will feature five community choruses in one evening at the beautiful Mission Dolores Basilica. The music will be wide-ranging, beautiful and fun; and the acoustics are glorious. Second Annual SingFest Saturday, November 4, 2017 | 8 pm (doors 7:30 more...

SFMade’s Holiday Gift Fair
By - posted 11/3/2017
Artsy Fartsy

38Makers kicks off the season with an early gift fair specially curated by Pinterest for shoppers looking for artisan, locally-made gifts in a unique and festive setting inside the colorful and pintastic Pinterest headquarters. Imagine you stumble upon a Pinterest board of hand-picked holiday gifts from makers in your city, and now more...

Free Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Day
By - posted 11/3/2017
Freebies

Häagen-Dazs celebrates the grand reopening of its shop in the Westfield San Francisco Centre Mall in San Francisco, California. To celebrate the occasion, they’ll be dishing out free ice cream. Häagen-Dazs Grand Reopening Saturday, November 4, 2017 Westfield San Francisco, 865 Market St., SF FREE ice cream for the 1st 500 guests Highlights: A free scoop of Häagen-Dazs more...

Free Union Square Ice Skating Day + Free Ice Cream
By - posted 11/1/2017
Celebrations

To commemorate ten years of outdoor skating at Union Square, you’re invited to a free all-day birthday celebration featuring complimentary ice skating and skate rentals, free ice cream scoops from Humphry Slocombe (featuring a custom flavor from 1-8 pm), a live art installation by local artist fnnch (noon ’til dark), and more...

Union Square’s Ice Rink is Back
By - posted 10/31/2017
Fairs & Festivals

The Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square celebrates with special ceremony on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. The ice rink will open with all the festive fanfare befitting the icy paradise. Twirl in for this special San Francisco event and enjoy the fun. Ice Breaking Ceremony Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Union Square, more...

Free Uber / Lyft / Cabs on Halloween
By - posted 10/31/2017
Halloween

To help keep your drunken ass off the road, Halloween revelers in San Francisco, East Bay, North Bay, South Bay, Tri-Valley and Sacramento can get their cab rides home paid for all Halloween night (until 10 am). Law firm GJEL Accident Attorneys are sponsoring their free “Drink and Alive Free Cab Program” more...

“HellaWeen” Free Comedy Night
By - posted 10/29/2017
Halloween

On Halloween night 2017 come to HellaFunny’s Spooktacular HellaWeen Comedy Night to see comedians dressed up in costumes while performing. Some will even do tell jokes as the character they’re dressed up as. HellaWeen Comedy Show Tuesday, October 31, 2017 | 7pm and 9pm Shows Sip Bar & Lounge, 787 Broadway, SF FREE with RSVP Lineup Stroy Moyd more...

Treasure Island Halloween Costume Party
By - posted 10/28/2017
Halloween

Boo! TI Flea celebrates a spook-tacular halloween market. Join us for trick or treating at the vendor’s booths, costume contests, witches brews drink specials and much, much more. Plus there’s 1,000 free pumpkins per day…. SF’s biggest free pumpkin patch. Treasure Island Flea Halloween Market October 28-29, 2017 | 10-4p Treasure Island, SF $3 (Kids more...

See The Castro’s Brand New Light Art
By - posted 10/27/2017
City Discoveries

Join in for the unveiling of “The Seed,” a new art light installation with changing colors from Aphidoidea in Jane Warner Plaza at Castro and Market. Music by Daphne Gooch String Quartet. “The Seed” Art Unveiling Friday, October 27, 2017 | 8pm Castro and Market, SF FREE Music starts at 7:30pm. Unveiling will be at 8pm. About more...

Halloween Party Guide 2017
By - posted 10/25/2017
Halloween

The ghouls, goblins, zombies (and slutty Donald Trumps?) rise on Halloween weekend all over the Bay, and we’ve picked out our very favorite events of 2017. Make your plans early and start coordinating your costumes to make this a Halloween to remember. Can 2017 get any freakier? We’ll find out… Block Parties more...