SF City Guides
The Royal Exchange will throw their annual block party with traditional Irish fare, live music, and plenty of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day proper. This block party is free, so wear your green and get ready to party in the streets. St. Patrick’s Day Block Party Friday, March 17, 2017 | Typically 3-11:30 pm Front St. more...
The United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco (UICC) and the United Irish Societies team up to throw a special Sunday block party with Irish bands and Irish dancing, Irish food and drinks for sale, and face painting and jumpy castles for the kids. 45th Avenue Green Fest Block Party Sunday, March 12, more...
Bring your pet (yes, pets are allowed) to the Bay Area Pet Expo with pet friendly exhibitors and rescue groups, live demonstrations in obedience training and pet care, a costume contest, giveaways and more. Bring your dog, bird or even lizard – just make sure you have proof of current immunizations (if applicable) and more...
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...
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...
