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Pancakes & Booze Art Show
By - posted 8/27/2016
Get Out: Events

LA’s famous “Pancakes & Booze” Underground Art Show has made a home in SF with a night of emerging and underground artists and, duh… pancakes. For a $10 cover charge (cash only) expect to see the works from over 90 underground and emerging artists, live body painting, live art battles, DJ music, a no-host bar and most more...

Kurt Russell… The Art Show?
By - posted 8/27/2016
Artsy Fartsy

Nearly 15 artists offer their creative takes on the iconic Hollywood star, Kurt Russell at Public Works SF. Kurt Russell, Deep Cuts will showcase exclusive limited edition posters, prints and original works. There will be live musical offerings from Patricia Hall and best of all, there is no cost to attend (though more...

SF’s Coolest Dog Weddings of the Summer
By - posted 8/25/2016
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Celebrate the “Dog Dogs of Summer” on August 27-28 at the Treasure Island Flea – Northern California’s largest monthly dog-friendly event. There’s a “Doggie Bar Crawl” with special treats for your pups. Plus a “Yappy Hour” of 2-for-1 Salty Dog cocktails before 11am, over 20 vintage retro teardrop trailers. Dog Days of more...

Expect a “Cooler” New Muni in September
By - posted 8/25/2016
City Insight

Rooftop cookouts after 6pm aren’t the only things chilly in the city in the summer. Muni wants to make sure that our commutes are all properly temperature controlled. For the first time in recent memory, Muni buses will get air conditioning. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) recently announced that 98 more...

Free National Parks Weekend
By - posted 8/24/2016
Celebrations

Sometimes you’ve just got to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city to enjoy the serenity of a national park. On certain “fee-free” days throughout the year, enjoy free entrance to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park. In honor of the National Parks Service’s 100th birthday, more...

Sing-Along Cinema
By - posted 8/23/2016
Get Out: Events

Enjoy an evening of song, dance and movie classics on the waterfront with free outdoor screenings of popular musicals. This lively film series will screen fan favorites on special evenings at sundown. Bring blankets and chairs. Please note that start times may change based on when sundown is. So always check jacklondonsquare.com more...

Facebook’s County Fair
By - posted 8/23/2016
Celebrations

Join this family-fun County Fair on August 27, 2016 at Facebook Farmers Market in Menlo Park from 2:30pm to 7pm. Expect fun festival rides, games, fair-inspired foods, pie-eating contests, live animals, music, dancing and much more family fun happening at the Facebook County Fair. Free but RSVP Required on Eventbrite. Festival Activities: Kids Zone & more...

Pint-Sized Plays
By - posted 8/21/2016
Get Out: Events

The Pint-Sized Plays, San Francisco Theater Pub’s popular annual short-plays festival, will return this August for five performances at the PianoFight bar. The Pint-Sized Plays will perform four times: August 15, 16, 22, 23 and 29, 2016 at 8 pm at PianoFight (144 Taylor St, San Francisco) All performances are free, but with more...

6th Annual Chocolate Tasting Week
By - posted 8/21/2016
Eat & Drink

Come join the 6th Annual Tasting Week from August 22 to 27, 2016. They are always testing out new flavors and recipes at Poco Dolce Chocolates & Confections. They are a local confections kitchen that specializing in handmade bittersweet chocolates. The 6th Annual Tasting Week will be at their new Dogpatch Store more...

Caltopia 2016
By - posted 8/21/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Caltopia is an annual free two-day campus festival at the start of the UC Berkeley school year that’s free for the entire community – you don’t have to be a student to get in on the action and giveaways. 2016 Caltopia Sunday-Monday, August 21-22, 2016 | 10 am to 4 pm UC Berkeley FREE Over more...

Golden Gate Park’s Annual Dahlia Flower Show
By - posted 8/20/2016
Only in San Francisco

The Dahlia Society of San Francisco will hold the annual Dahlia Show at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, August 20, 2016, and from 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday, August 21, 2016. The Dahlia is the official flower of more...

Lindy in the Park’s 20th Anniversary
By - posted 8/20/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Lindy in the Park is the longest-running Lindy Hop swing dance event in the San Francisco Bay Area. No longer a minor event, this full-grown institution, celebrates 20 years of free swing dancing in Golden Gate Park. Lindy in the Park 20th Anniversary Saturday, August 20, 2016 | 3-6 pm at Bandshell Sunday, August 21, 2016 | more...

The West Coast IPA Beer Festival
By - posted 8/20/2016
Celebrations

It’s 18 of the West Coast’s best IPAs all in one place for just one day. Come celebrate SF’s inaugural West Coast IPA Festival. Enjoy four hours of the most coveted NorCal IPAs and the best from SoCal, Oregon, and beyond with two sessions to choose, live music, DJs, food trucks more...

20th Street Block Party
By - posted 8/20/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready to party with 15,000 summer lovin’ people at this delicious summer feast and street party over three blocks, with two stages of alt-indie bands and DJs curated by Noisepop, and food and drinks from some of the neighborhood’s top restaurants, businesses, and artisans and a cooking demo stage. Plus for the more...

San Francisco’s “Festival of the Sea”
By - posted 8/20/2016
Celebrations

Celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th birthday and honor the 1895 National Historic Landmark schooner C.A. Thayer with a full day of music, demonstrations, and fun along the San Francisco waterfront. Festival of the Sea 2016 happens at Hyde Street Pier on Saturday, August 20, from 9:30 am to 5 pm. 2016 more...