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Free California Academy of Sciences Week
By - posted 10/11/2017
Healing

The California Academy of Sciences is opening their doors this week with free admission through Sunday, October 15th to try to do something nice for people affected by the fires to give a free, safe place for families to get out of the smoke during the day. Tubbs/Atlas Fire Relief Free California more...

Jet Blue’s $31 Halloween Fares
By - posted 10/11/2017
Deals

Jet Blue is mixing it up a bit for their sales and this time they’re offering $31 one way fares to Long Beach over Halloween weekend from both Oakland and SFO. The fine print is that it’s a one-day sale (fares expire at 8:59pm PT tonight), you can travel between 10/27 and 11/4 but dates vary by route. And, of more...

Free WiFi For All Affected by North Bay Wildfires
By - posted 10/10/2017
Freebies

Xfinity WiFi Hotspots open, offering free Internet access to those affected by the North Bay Wildfires Due to the impact of wildfires in the North Bay, Comcast is opening its Xfinity WiFi hotspots to help residents and emergency personnel stay connected throughout the Napa and Sonoma County areas. Xfinity WiFi hotspots more...

The Bay’s 1,000 Pizza Bake-Off
By - posted 10/8/2017
Get Out: Events

Over a dozen teams of professional chefs and enthusiastic amateurs will gather to cook over 1,000 pizzas all day for you to sample. Come and try slice after slice, and vote for your favorites in our Pizzafest People’s Choice competition typically with over 20 roaring pizza ovens at work. Lagunitas and Gilman Brewing more...

Fleet Week 2017
By - posted 10/7/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront and Dogpatch for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival. 36th Annual San Francisco Fleet Week  October 2 – 9, 2017 San Francisco FREE Much more than just the Blue Angels, this yearly festival and more...

149th Italian Heritage Parade
By - posted 10/6/2017
Celebrations

Come to one of the city’s oldest celebrations of heritage and the longest-running Italian-American parade in the nation – a bright and colorful San Francisco institution since it was established in 1868. 2017 Italian Heritage Parade Sunday, October 8, 2017 | 12:30 pm Fisherman’s Wharf to North Beach, San Francisco FREE The Parade action begins at more...

“Bay Day” is Here
By - posted 10/5/2017
Celebrations

Bay Day is like Earth Day – but just for the San Francisco Bay. It is one official day every year for the entire Bay Area to come together and celebrate the Bay. Don’t be fooled by the bridges, levees, and city skylines—the Bay is wild and alive. In fact, it’s the more...

See the Castro’s New Rainbow Lights
By - posted 10/3/2017
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...

Comedy Pop-Up at SF’s Newest Art Bar
By - posted 10/3/2017
Get Out: Events

Discover some of the coolest venues in the city through Funcheap’s pop-up comedy shows. This week get to know Bar Fluxus – downtown SF’s newest art bar that’s tucked away in a secret alley that you’d never find on your own. What’s Awesome About Bar Fluxus As colorful as a big box more...

How to Volunteer: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
By - posted 10/3/2017
City Insight

Want to be involved behind the scenes of one of San Francisco’s most amazing free events? The 2017 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival is one of the great gifts given to the city each year, and you can give back by choosing to volunteer for a shift (or two) to help more...

LIVE 105’s “Bottom of the Hill” Birthday Party
By - posted 10/2/2017
Celebrations

Do you like morning shows? Neither do we. But regardless, we’re getting together to celebrate their 3rd year as the official morning show of LIVE105. Join in at Bottom of the Hill a day party for drinks, pizza, cake a private acoustic performance from Vance Joy and a kick-ass “pinata”. Kevin Klein Live’s more...

October Meteor Showers
By - posted 10/2/2017
Geeks

October’s Draconid meteor shower – sometimes called the Giacobinids – radiates from the fiery mouth of the northern constellation Draco the Dragon. Because the radiant is located so far north on the sky’s dome, this shower favors temperate and far-northern latitudes, such as the U.S., Canada, Europe and northern Asia. Draconid more...

Winter Candlelight Tours of Fort Point
By - posted 10/1/2017
City Discoveries

Explore the historic Civil War-era Fort Point by candlelight and the stars on an evening tour with a park ranger as your guide. Candlelight tours are available most Saturday evenings typically around 6:30 pm from November to February. Along the way, you’ll be transported to the momentous era of the 1800s, experiencing first-hand the tales and more...

22nd Annual Arab Cultural Festival
By - posted 10/1/2017
Fairs & Festivals

The 22nd Annual Arab Cultural Festival moves to Union Square to bring the sights, smells, and sounds of the Arab world to San Francisco with a showcase of the arts, entertainment, cuisine, traditions, and, most importantly, the spirit of Arab Americans and of the Arab world. 2017 Arab Cultural Festival Saturday, October 7, 2017 | 10 more...

Mission Dolores’ 2017 Fiesta
By - posted 10/1/2017
Celebrations

The 26th Annual Fiesta at Mission Dolores returns with international food & drinks, live entertainment, bounce house and more. The raffle is bigger than ever with six chances to win a total of $2,000 in prizes. 2017 Mission Dolores Fiesta Sunday, October 8, 2017 | 10 am to 4 pm Mission Dolores Schoolyard, more...