SF City Guides
Every year, city hall turns its lights rainbow colors in honor of Pride. It’s a great photo opportunity for you to capture San Francisco at its most festive. 2018 Pride Lighting Schedule: 6/20- 6/21 Rainbow – SF PRIDE Week 6/22 Blue/White/Pink – Annual Transgender March 6/23 – 6/24 Rainbow – SF PRIDE Week Please note more...
Considered one of the country’s original outdoor festivals, the North Beach Festival celebrates its 64th anniversary in historic North Beach. 2018 North Beach Festival Saturday & Sunday, June 16-17, 2018 | 10 am to 6 pm Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue, San Francisco FREE The festival site includes numerous quaint streets in the heart of the district including Grant more...
The NorCal Corgi Con is a wonderfully bizarre beach day bash for dogs (and their pawrents) that brings together hundreds of enthusiastic Corgis, their owners and wannabes too on Ocean Beach in San FranCorgsco. Please note, this is a new location at the same beach, but the location is closer to the Cliff more...
The 2018 Alameda County Fair takes over their annual Pleasanton stomping grounds with carnival rides, horse racing, exhibits, animals, food, games, pig races, tons of kids activities, extreme rodeos and more. Also catch a nightly 8 pm concert (free with your paid admission) at their 3,000 seat amphitheater, which you can also watch from the more...
Wind down every Tuesday night during the summer of 2018 with a free wine or spirit tasting and screening of a classic movie. Summer movie nights are back at Top of the Mark featuring a selection of classic comedy, action, and drama flicks from the 1930s through the 1990s. In addition to the more...
In partnership with the Tenderloin Museum, Flyaway Productions presents the world premiere of Tender (n.): A Person Who Takes Charge, a site-specific aerial dance celebrating 100 years of “outcast activism” in the Tenderloin. Tender runs June 7 – 16, 2018 at the Cadillac Hotel, located at 380 Eddy Street with multiple performances more...
This Monday marks the 56th anniversary since three Alcatraz criminals – Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris – escaped from America’s most notorious prison. Themed after the infamous 1962 escape, “Alcatraz – The Breakout” is Madame Tussauds’ first escape room and just one mere mile from where it all took place – more...
A San Francisco landmark, Ghirardelli Square is inviting the community to join the 1st Annual Ghirardelli Square Festival and street fair. 1st Annual Ghirardelli Square Festival & Street Fair June 9 to 10, 2018 | 10 am to 6 pm Ghirardelli Square, 900 N Point St, San Francisco FREE The streets of Polk and Beach will more...
We were sad to hear about the death of Anthony Bourdain who died Friday in France of an apparent suicide. Feeling lonely, or know someone in a crisis? San Francisco Suicide Prevention is here for you 24/7. We wish him bon voyage and wanted to look back at some of his favorite restaurants more...
The Contemporary Jewish Museum turns 10 on Jesse Square. Join in and celebrate community with live music, gallery performances, art-making, and more. In addition to free admission to the museum, they’ll be hosting free activities all day. CJM 10th Year Community Free Day Sunday, Jun 10, 2018 | 11 am–5 pm CJM, 736 Mission more...
Sunday Streets (March – October 2018) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yogis, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. Sunday Streets June 3, 2018 more...
Inspired by San Francisco, Berkeley will once again throw a giant street party; Shattuck Avenue will transform into a car-free haven for 24 blocks from Rose to Channing and from Durant to Telegraph. This is an epic mile-long street party where people can stroll, cycle, dance, and joyfully play (including well-behaved pets) in the closed more...
In its 42nd year, The Union Street Music Festival is one of San Francisco’s largest annual free events. For the 2nd year in a row, it will feature over 24 live bands sprinkled throughout the 5 blocks of the festival. The entertainment areas will showcase five different genres: Jazz, Blues, Country, more...
San Francisco’s singing ambassador, Tony Bennett, himself, will unveil his honorary street sign on Saturday, June 2nd in front of the storied Fairmont Hotel where his first public performance of the iconic classic “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” took place in December 1961. From Noon – 3pm on June more...
Join the San Francisco Silent Film Festival for another edition of the popular free program – a behind-the-curtain look at the international preservation scene. 2018 San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Free Movie Day Thursday, May 31, 2018 | 10 am to 11:40 am (screening time) Castro Theatre, SF FREE screening, but donations are requested Sharing their more...