SF City Guides
The annual Taiwanese American Cultural Festival will once again be held in Union Square. Over 10,000 people from all across the Bay Area attend this event yearly to experience the vibrancy of Taiwanese culture through food, music, performances and fun workshops. 25th Annual Taiwanese American Cultural Festival Saturday, May 13, 2017 | 10 am to 5 more...
Celebrate Native American cultures through traditional songs, dances and events during the three-day Stanford Powwow, held rain or shine, every Mother’s Day Weekend, in the Eucalyptus Grove on Stanford campus. The event is open to the public and overnight camping spaces are available. There is no pre-registration, and registration is done on a more...
The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly free days, they do host several special events throughout the year offering free admission for all.
Come see the culmination event of an amazing, super-powered crowdfunding campaign hosted by the SFGMC Divas, with all monies supporting the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Financial Assistance Network – helping chorus members who can’t afford to participate the ability to do so. SF Gay Men’s Chorus’ Dragathon 2017: Sheroes vs. more...
Ice cream lovers can enjoy a free kiddie size scoop of their favorite flavor in either a cup, sugar cone, or cake cone from 4-8 pm in any participating Häagen-Dazs shop across the country, as Häagen-Dazs celebrates their annual Free Cone Day. Häagen-Dazs Free Cone Day 2017 Tuesday, May 9, 2017 | 4-8 pm All Over more...
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, City Hall will host the first ever City Hall Popup. All of the vendors are makers from San Francisco, and every Supervisorial District is represented. Join Mayor Lee, Supervisor Katy Tang, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and SFMade for a-one-of-a-kind pop-up day at City more...
The annual National Public Gardens Day takes place each year on the Friday before Mother’s Day and 590+ gardens, including some Bay Area gardens that offer free admission or other special deals. Enjoy the beauty of the gardens while learning about each garden’s commitment to education, research and environmental stewardship. 2017 National Public Gardens more...
SFMade Week 2017 is the annual weeklong celebration that champions locally made products, their makers and their people. The week features various events at local factories and retailers, including factory tours, demos, shopping and a Ramp it Up — a benefit for SFMade at Barebottle Brewing Company. 2017 SFMade Week May 8–14, 2017 All over San Francisco Cost: more...
Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, and the 18th ongoing historic counter-cultural gathering of How Weird. Once again to celebrate peace, dance in the streets, be inspired by art, shop exotic stores, make new friends and greet old ones, generate waves of joy, and expand consciousness. For the more...
The Monument Quilt, a growing collection of over 2,000 stories from survivors of rape and abuse–written, painted, and stitched onto red fabric–is coming to San Francisco on Saturday, May 6, 2017. The Monument Quilt: Stories On Red Fabric Saturday, May 6, 2017 | 12 pm – 4 pm City College of San Francisco, more...
Between May and October in 2017, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents over 75 free performances on three outdoor stages in Yerba Buena Gardens. Admission is free and entertainment includes music, theater, dance, cultural events, educational and children’s programs.
Free Comic Book Day is an annual tradition, held the first Saturday in May each year, where participating comic book shops give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. Major publishers such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics put out free more...
The Bay Area hip-hop community comes together the first Saturday in May each year to enjoy live music, graffiti art, dancing, and DJing at the annual Hip Hop in the Park, a hip-hop festival run by the Students For Hip Hop at Cal in People’s Park. 2017 Hip Hop in the more...
Set your alarm and get up before dawn to witness the Eta Aquarids meteor shower. In 2017, the forecast calls for the greatest number of Eta Aquarid meteors to light up the predawn darkness on May 5 and 6. Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower May 5-6, 2017 | Peak is the wee hours before dawn “Catch more...
