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2017 Cinco de Mayo Block Party
By - posted 5/3/2017
Celebrations

Taverna Aventine is once again closing off Hotaling Alley and packing it with outdoor bars, live DJs, and food trucks for their annual Cinco de Mayo Block Party. 2017 Cinco de Mayo Block Party Friday, May 5, 2017 | 4 pm to 10:30 pm Taverna Aventine, 582 Washington St, San Francisco FREE – RSVP on Facebook This more...

Free San Francisco Zoo Day
By - posted 5/2/2017
Get Out: Events

The San Francisco Zoo, Northern California’s largest zoological park and conservation center, periodically offers free admission for San Francisco residents. This urban oasis, nestled against the Pacific Ocean, provides a comfortable climate all year round.  You’ll enjoy seeing the 250 different animal species in naturalistic surroundings, along with their many zoo activities more...

SF’s Rare Guided Walking Tour Month
By - posted 5/2/2017
City Discoveries

San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...

SF’s Cinco de Mayo Festival & Block Party
By - posted 4/30/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Enjoy Cinco de Mayo in the Mission with an annual all day family-friendly celebration held as a block party with live music, cultural performances, and more. This year they will also be hosting a Beer Garden for all attendees 21 and over. The festival is attended by an average of 6,000 people yearly. 13th Annual more...

One of SF’s Boutique Hotels Turns Into an Art Gallery
By - posted 4/29/2017
Artsy Fartsy

San Francisco’s stARTup Art Fair is one of the most unique art shows you’re likely to ever encounter. The entire hotel is shut down for three days, and instead of the hotel’s 47 rooms occupied by tourists, all the rooms are taken over by 50+ hand-picked artists and turned into a pop-up art gallery. That’s more...

Art Market San Francisco
By - posted 4/29/2017
Artsy Fartsy

Art Market San Francisco will return to the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this spring to celebrate its sixth edition. Following record breaking sales, city-wide partnerships, and attendance of over 25,000 visitors last year, the 2017 edition of Art Market San Francisco is pleased to present a significant selection of contemporary and modern artworks more...

Sunday Streets: The Tenderloin
By - posted 4/29/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Sunday Streets (March – October 2017) 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. Funcheap is proud to more...

SF’s 1st Ever “Southside Festival”
By - posted 4/28/2017
Fairs & Festivals

On Saturday, April 29, 2017, Imprint.City and The Bay Bridged (the people behind Phono del Sol) will launch the 2017 Southside Festival in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. The Southside Festival is a day-long, free, music & arts festival, showcasing local visual artists and musicians, however unlike most festivals, Southside will enliven indoor spaces, more...

Dancing in the Park 2017
By - posted 4/28/2017
Fairs & Festivals

See some of the best dance companies and dance schools in the Bay Area perform under the sun at the tenth annual Dancing in the Park festival at Golden Gate Park’s music concourse on April 29, 2017. This annual outdoor dance event featuring dance companies from around the San Francisco Bay more...

Jeremy Fish “Bronze Bunny” Sculpture Unveiling
By - posted 4/28/2017
Artsy Fartsy

After wading through tons of bureaucrazy, get ready for the unveiling of Jeremy Fish’s, “Bronze Bunny”, on Saturday April 29th from 5-10pm which finally gets a permanent perch in the Lower Haight. The Bronze Bunny unveiling will take place at 215 Haight (between Buchanan & Laguna) at 5pm. Afterwards head to Upper more...

“May Day” Marches & Protests in SF & Oakland
By - posted 4/27/2017
Have Your Voice Heard

Sonoma Spring Farm Tour Weekend 2017
By - posted 4/27/2017
Celebrations

Sonoma County farms are abundant with seedlings and barnyard babies. Pack up the family and head out to the farm to celebrate Spring and see what’s flowering. Tour your way through Sonoma County and visit your choice of nearly 50 farms. Activities include farm tours, demonstrations, animal petting, games and crafts more...

Free Drive-in Movie Night
By - posted 4/25/2017
Get Out: Events

The West Wind Drive-in movie theaters in Concord and San Jose host a Free Drive-in Movie Night twice a year including a festival with night of events, live music and best of all – free movies. All movies are double features. Admission is free. Gates open at 6 pm. Films start at dusk. Arrive early. Free more...

La La Land’s Jazz Club “Seb’s” is Coming to SF
By - posted 4/24/2017
Get Out: Events

In celebration of the almost-Best-Picture-Award-Winning La La Land releasing on Blu-ray and DVD, on April 25th five cities will transform into the iconic jazz club featured in the film, “Seb’s.” The bars will be fully changed over to replicate the “Seb’s” experience with live jazz, themed drinks and film inspired décor.  La more...

Sunday Funday at Lake Merritt
By - posted 4/24/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Daybreaker is throwing a big, free daytime music festival under the Daybreaker brand on Lake Merritt on April 30, 2017. Throw on your most vibrant threads because this’ll the biggest Daybreaker they’ve thrown in the Bay Area.  Daybreaker Sunday Funday Sunday, April 30, 2017 | Yoga at 11a, Music at Noon Lake Merritt on Amphitheater Lawn, more...