SF City Guides
The West Coast’s largest Irish event celebrating Irish history and culture, the 166th Annual San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival, attracts some 100,000 revelers every year and is one of the city’s most popular events. 166th San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival Saturday, March 11, 2017 – Parade: Starts at 11:30 am – more...
Founded in 1895 in Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum is a landmark art museum to showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. Free Admission Day: de Young First Tuesday of the month Normally more...
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian Art, with a collection of over 18,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history. Target First Free Sundays Free Museum Day March 5, 2017 | 10a-5p Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., SF FREE more...
The White Elephant Sale has been taking one person’s trash and recycling it into someone else’s treasure for more than 50 years. 58th Annual White Elephant Sale Sat-Sun, March 4-5, 2017 | 10 am to 4 pm White Elephant Sale Warehouse, 33 Lancaster St., Oakland FREE The White Elephant Sale is Northern California’s biggest and more...
Bayview Hunters Point’s longest-running annual event, the Black Cuisine Festival, was created to highlight culinary talents passed through generations. The Black Cuisine Festival shares delectable food rooted in African American tradition, bringing people together for a little taste of soul. Plus there’s a special live performance by ’90s R&B/Soul stars Tony! Toni! Toné! 2017 more...
Join HBO in celebrating the power of music through a multi-sensory exhibition that invites the public to create beautiful melodies – with individuals they’ve never met. Inspired by The Music of Strangers, from Academy Award®-winning director Morgan Neville, the installation will feature an interactive virtual symphony and instrument displays. HBO’s Music of more...
Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month on Telegraph Avenue from West Grand to 27th Street. Every First Friday from 5–9:30 pm, Oakland’s KONO district (Koreatown Northgate) springs to life with galleries, artist collectives, street artists, local culinary artisans, performers, musicians, dancers, DJs, and more...
Nearly 30 food vendors in a huge circle with a full bar and bands in the middle? Now that’s a party; it’s also California’s largest weekly street food market. Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-10 pm at the historic waterfront campus of Fort Mason Center with DJs (typically more...
This is the first solo exhibition by Joseph Abbati for his exhibit entitled “Larger Than Life,” a tribute to San Francisco drag queens. It will be hosted by Strut, the home for gay, bi, and trans men’s health and wellness from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Larger Than Life: A Tribute to more...
San Francisco’s very first raised, parking protected bike lane has just been completed on a short stretch of Valencia Street south of Cesar Chavez. This street design flips around the conventional setup of car parking and bike lanes most San Franciscans are used to by placing a buffer area between parked more...
There’s a brand new massive comedy and music festival taking over Civic Center in June called “Colossal Clusterfest.“ Sure it’s got some of the biggest names in comedy like Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Sarah Silverman, but it’s also got a pretty stellar music lineup as well with Ice Cube, more...
On Sunday, February 26, 11:30 am to 6 pm, Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival will bring the Sunday Smörgåsbord to Swedish American Hall for an afternoon of music-themed culture programming. Free with RSVP Noon – “Showga” Yoga Set to Live Music – Arrive between 11:30-noon to grab a spot, warm up, 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 hosts four free days a year. California Academy of Sciences Quarterly more...
Come out with your family, friends, and neighbors for a community day to celebrate the free Grand Opening of the Presidio Visitor Center, your new gateway to the 1,500-acre park. Be among the first to discover the center’s dynamic exhibits, inspiring videos, and high-tech tools – all created to help you enjoy more...
JetBlue want you to Grab your cheap tickets while they last (just until 8:59 pm PST on February 23, 2017) and travel between the Bay Area and Long Beach from March 4 to May 24th (with blackouts April 10-19). San Jose flights are the cheapest at $29, but SFO and OAK are still more...
