SF City Guides
The Noise Pop Festival is San Francisco’s (and Funcheap’s) favorite indie music and art festival. Now in its 26th year, Noise Pop has brought early exposure to many emerging artists in the Bay Area and beyond, many of whom have gone on to widespread acclaim like the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, The Flaming more...
This is exactly how it sounds. Prove your worth in a daring tricycle race to the finish line. Mount one of two tricycles and dash to victory in Ale Industries’ yearly tricycle drag races. They are also roasting a locally-sourced pig outside the brewery (small donation per plate) with vegan options more...
Spend your Saturday with 20+ of the West Coast’s top IPAs at Hops on Fire, part of SF Beer Week. There will be 10+ food trucks serving spicy food, live music and a chili pepper eating contest. Feel the heat at San Francisco’s spiciest beer festival, Hops on Fire. How high can you more...
Join Fort Point Beer Company at the Proxy SF Walk-In Theater for a special San Francisco Beer Week screening of “Blade Runner 2049.” “Blade Runner 2049” Outdoor Walk-In Theater Thursday, February 15, 2018 – 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Proxy SF | 432 Octavia St San Francisco, CA 94102 FREE Thirty years after the events of the first film, more...
Come meet your neighbors and make new friends at the Annual Carnaval San Francisco Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Celebration at 20+ venues (and counting) in the Mission District. There will be live samba drummers and dancers winding their way through the party, and lively salsa, soca, cumbia, and rumba, so don’t miss more...
Fillmore Street comes alive with a neighborhood-wide Mardi Gras party during the annual Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore with a free blues concert. Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore Tuesday, February 13, 2018 | 5 pm Fillmore & O’Farrell Street, San Francisco FREE, but an RSVP is required Join the celebration of “Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore” with great more...
Celebrate Mardi Gras with a festive parade that will kick off with a Second Line featuring several fantastic local brass bands and other musicians. 2018 Mardi Gras Parade Tuesday, February 13, 2018 | 5 pm Starts at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley near Biergarten, SF FREE The 2018 parade starts at 5 pm and features Brass Bands, more...
The California Academy of Sciences is a world-class scientific and cultural institution in Golden Gate Park, a 400,000 square foot structure that houses an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum and a four-story rainforest all under a living roof. The Academy typically hosts four free days a year. California Academy of more...
SF Beer Week is a ten day celebration that showcases the Bay Area’s brewing heritage and contemporary craft beer scene. Have a pint… or a few at over 600 events in San Francisco and the Bay Area from February 9-18, 2018. There are beer dinners, food and beer pairing events, trivia nights, beer tastings, more...
KNBR’s 26th Giants FanFest takes place at AT&T Park, Saturday, February 9, 2019. The day typically includes live KNBR broadcasts on the field, player Q&As, free player autographs, places to take photos, walk or play catch on the field (weather permitting), self-guided tours of the Giants Clubhouse, a kids zone and more. Expect a more...
Nate L nailed it with this tweet checking out BART riders so focused on their phones that the whole amazing world was passing them by. Geez, people, look up from your phone! You’re missing a great sunset. Quarry Lakes Regional Park, Fremont. @SFBART @bartdiaries pic.twitter.com/lo4bP2a4Fg — Nate L (@houseofannie) February 10, 2018
BART is trying to curb some bad behavior with some really fun cleverly-designed posters that will be featured on trains and in stations throughout 2018. BART has enlisted graphic designers from CCA to create a dozen poster designs to help stop icky behavior like peeing on the elevators, leaving trash on the train, more...
The San Francisco SPCA is once again launching a pop-up during the month of February. They’ll be celebrating the Year of the Dog by bringing cuddles and cuteness to One Embarcadero Center from February 2 – 28. This year’s pop-up will be significantly larger than last year’s and will host several special events. Visitors more...
One of San Francisco’s most breathtaking natural marvels, the annual bloom of nearly 100 rare and historic magnolias with trees reaching 80 feet, is typically at its peak from mid-January through March at the SF Botanical Garden. 2018 Update: First Blooms are Here! Peak in Early Feb – As of January 31st more an more more...
Tap into your feels with Jasper Speicher and Marie Applegate’s Floating Garden of Emotions, inspired by Paul and Eve Ekman’s famed Atlas of Emotions, an interactive tool used to navigate the complex world of human feelings. Floating Garden of Emotions Sunday, February 4, 2018 | 11am – 2pm Larking & Fulton, outside Asian Art more...