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Fenton’s $1.24 Sundae Day
By - posted 7/15/2018
Deals

Ready to fall into an ice cream coma? Get ready to climb the chocolate and vanilla mountains of Fenton’s famous black and tan ice cream. If not, you can always share your junior size with a friend. On Sunday, July 15, 2018, Fenton’s in Oakland and in Nut Tree will be more...

Renegade Craft Fair Summer Market
By - posted 7/15/2018
Artsy Fartsy

Renegade Craft Fair returns to San Francisco for the 11th year with good vibes, great food, and exceptional handmade at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason. Expect hundreds of hand-selected vendors. 2018 Renegade Craft San Francisco July 14 -15 , 2018 | 11 am to 6 pm Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, SF FREE Renegade brings more...

Where to Watch the World Cup Final
By - posted 7/14/2018
Get Out: Events

Every four years, the soccer fanatics in San Francisco put everything on hold for a month to watch every possible game of the World Cup. Do like they do in the rest of the world and find someplace fun to watch the games live from Russia with a big group. more...

Oakland’s 40th Street Block Party
By - posted 7/14/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready to rock outdoors to great live music including punk, jazz, blues plus special guests and DJs curated by Broken Guitars and 1-2-3-4 Go Records and indulge in delicious local food, beer and wine at the 3rd annual 40th Street Block Party in Temescal (40th Street between Webster and Opal). The Food Homeroom Mac’n’cheese, Kenny’s Heart more...

SF’s Trump Toilet Art Show
By - posted 7/11/2018
Artsy Fartsy

Inspired by Elaine Badgley Arnoux, who saw a pile of toilets in her apartment’s basement and envisioned Trump sitting on top, 15 artists have each transformed toilets into anti-Trump statements. It’s called “FLUSH: A Protest Project” a free art show taking place at the historic Swedish American Hall open Friday and more...

Free Slurpee Day 2018
By - posted 7/11/2018
Freebies

Every year on July 11 (7-11… get it??), 7-Eleven celebrates its birthday with Free Slurpee Day by giving away free small Slurpees at 7-Elevens all over the country including about 400 stores right here in the Bay Area from 11 am to 7 pm. 7‑Eleven is celebrating its birthday – and the “dog days” more...

2018 San Francisco Frida Kahlo Festival
By - posted 7/6/2018
Artsy Fartsy

Celebrate the 111th birthday of Frida Kahlo and her love affair with San Francisco during a week of Fiestas Fridas taking place at locations throughout the Mission District. Be sure to wear flowers in your hair. All of the events are free and kid friendly unless otherwise noted. 2018 Fiestas Fridas July 1 to August 4, more...

SF’s Free Summer Market Street Concert Series
By - posted 7/4/2018
Fairs & Festivals

This free annual outdoor music festival puts on over 120 free lunchtime concerts featuring an array of different styles from July to October in over 15 different public plazas near Market Street stretched from the Embarcadero to Van Ness. “People in Plazas” 2018 Market Street Music Festival July 5 to October 3, 2018 | Most concerts more...

The Bay Area’s Complete Outdoor Movie Night Guide
By - posted 6/30/2018
Get Out: Events

Summer means the weather (usually) gets a little warmer in the Bay Area and all the outdoor movie screens pop up. So get ready to bring a blanket, pack a picnic (and smuggle in a bottle of wine) and watch a movie under the stars. San Francisco Balboa Park – Balboa Park more...

SF’s Epic New 40-Strong Sculpture Garden is Here
By - posted 6/26/2018
Artsy Fartsy

Civic Center Plaza To Host Major Installation By Celebrated Artist Zak Ové Coming this summer, Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness is a monumental installation of 40 identical figurative sculptures that speak to contemporary issues of race, politics and identity. The San Francisco Arts Commission, with funding from the Office of Economic more...

Drag Races Against the Cops? Yup!
By - posted 6/24/2018
City Discoveries

The popular Wednesday Night Drags program will kick off its 30th consecutive year at Sonoma Raceway on March 14, 2018. Top The Cops: High school students will drag race against Bay Area law enforcement officers when the popular Top the Cops program returns as part of Sonoma Raceway’s weekly Wednesday Night Drags program, April more...

SF’s Soy & Tofu Festival
By - posted 6/24/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Come discover the “joy of soy” at the 8th annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival with live entertainment, a tofu eating contest. Cooking Demonstrations • Soy & Tofu Vendors • Soy & Tofu Dessert Competition • Live Performances • Soy Samples • Raffle • Food Trucks • Soy Education • Scavenger more...

SF’s NOW Festival
By - posted 6/23/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Come on out June 22-24, 2018 to co-create the best possible version of the panhandle community for one extraordinary week as the NOW Summer Festival takes over the neighborhoods around San Francisco’s iconic Panhandle (plus a few others all over the city). Join in for free events like build-your-own-boat race, flowers crowns, and their more...

Oakland’s LakeFest
By - posted 6/22/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Join the 1st Annual Lake Fest Oakland, presented by a passionate and talented team of organizers who have a love for producing large, free, public events in the City of Oakland. Many of the Oakland natives who grew up in Oakland, attended Oakland schools, and want to keep Oaklanders coming together more...

SF’s Summer Block Parties are Back
By - posted 6/21/2018
Fairs & Festivals

The Commons on Third Thursdays will activate UN Plaza, Fulton Street and Civic Center Plaza with three stages of music, food trucks, bars, bocce ball and other activities held on four nights, once a month through October, from 5 to 9 pm. “The Commons” is the name for the collective area comprising more...