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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...

$49 Metallica Fire Benefit Concert Tix on Sale Friday
By - posted 10/25/2017
Healing

Metallica is headlining Band Together Bay Area, a benefit concert at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Thursday, November 9, 2017 to assist the families impacted by the fires and show our immense appreciation to the thousands of first responders who have been working tirelessly since the fires began. Tickets starting more...

Free de Young Museum Wednesday
By - posted 10/24/2017
Deals

Each Wednesday during the month of October 2017, admission to the brand new exhibit, ‘Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire” is free at the de Young. Free Wednesdays at the de Young Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire Wednesdays in October 2017 | 9:30am to 5:15pm de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, more...

Scaregrove 2017
By - posted 10/24/2017
Halloween

Scaregrove returns to Stern Grove, on Friday, October 27, 2017 from 3 to 9 pm. An “out of this world” Halloween event, this year’s event will feature a costume contest and parade, haunted houses, hay rides, carnival rides, giant inflatables, food for sale and live entertainment. Scaregrove Friday, October 27, 2017 | more...

Journey to the End of the Night
By - posted 10/22/2017
Halloween

For one night, drop your relations, your work, your leisure, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the chase. Journey to the End of the Night is a street game that turns you into you a runner, making your way through the city, more...

San Francisco Open Studios 2017
By - posted 10/22/2017
Artsy Fartsy

SF Open Studios is the oldest and largest open studios program in the country, featuring an annual, month-long, city-wide art event that showcases over 800 emerging and established San Francisco artists in their studios over four weekends in October and November. Each weekend, art patrons, admirers, and collectors venture out on self-guided tours to more...

SF’s Weirdest Escape Room, Ever
By - posted 10/22/2017
Fun & Games

You wake up in a mysterious bathroom, and you have 15 minutes to escape. Can you find the key before time is up? Play this free mini-game and interact with the Washlet, the high tech toilet from Japan. Game makers SCRAP have designed a new game, Escape from the Mysterious Bathroom, more...

2017 San Francisco Trolley Dances
By - posted 10/21/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Each year, Epiphany Productions transforms the city’s streets into stages through San Francisco Trolley Dances, a series of free contemporary dance performances along a Muni line. For the price of a Muni ticket, you’ll get a “hop-on, hop-off” Muni tour to experience an extraordinary lineup of Bay Area dance luminaries performing 8- more...

SF’s “Fiesta on the Hill”
By - posted 10/21/2017
Celebrations

Fiesta on the Hill will celebrate its 29th year with live bands, dancing in the street, street artists, pumpkin carving, petting zoos, a wide variety of food and more. This year we will join the San Francisco citywide celebration of the 50th Anniversary of “Summer of Love”. 2017 Fiesta on the Hill Sunday, more...

2017 Clarion Alley Block Party
By - posted 10/20/2017
Artsy Fartsy

Come on down to Clarion Alley Mural Project, nestled between Mission and Valencia and 17th and 18th, and check out the murals while listening to some great tunes as well. In the spirit of Clarion, it’s free for everyone. They are taking donations to help buy paint for next year and more...

SF’s First Ever Bike Park Opens
By - posted 10/20/2017
City Discoveries

Strap on your helmets. You’re invited to the opening of San Francisco’s first bike park, McLaren Bike Park, on Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. McLaren Bike Park Grand Opening Saturday, October 21, 2017 | 10a-2p 2050 Sunnydale Ave., SF FREE The brand new park is located in McLaren Park at more...

How to Get Free San Francisco Symphony Tickets
By - posted 10/18/2017
City Insight

A new season of the San Francisco Symphony has begun. Complimentary tickets for the following November Symphony show are now available through the San Francisco Arts Commission. Join in as at Davies Symphony Hall for the 10th anniversary of the Symphony’s Day of the Dead celebration, featuring a vibrant, fun-filled event. more...

North Bay Fire Benefits
By - posted 10/18/2017
Healing

Here’s just a few of the ways how you can help the victims of the tragic North Bay fires and how you can help the region recover. We hope you consider volunteering, donating and attending one of the many benefits. This is by no means an exhaustive list – Funcheap focuses more...

How to Help the Fire Victims
By - posted 10/13/2017
Healing

Here’s just a few of the ways how you can help the victims of the tragic North Bay fires and how you can help the region recover. We hope you consider volunteering, donating and attending one of the many benefits. This is by no means an exhaustive list – Funcheap focuses more...