SF City Guides
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.
Get ready for one of SF’s biggest Halloween outdoor dance parties as SoMa StrEat Food Park & Funcheap host the 5th Annual “Truck or Treat” costume bash. There’s a Silent Disco, DJs, Halloween-only food truck specials, and spooky beer and drink specials – including $4 beers & $4 pumpkin-spiced sangria We’ll be turning more...
Alamo Square has been undergoing a major makeover since May and we’re finally getting a chance to see a little new green. The park is soon to be the home of 45 brand new trees such as Monterey Cypress, New Zealand Christmas Trees, and Holly Oaks – species that are well-adapted more...
Got the election season blues? The Farmers Market’s Goatchella “Vote Goat” buttons are back to put a smile on your face and a hop in your step. These adorable little pins are can be found at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. CUESA (Cultivating A Healthy Food System) runs the market and more...
Disinterred remains, assassinations and other ghostly lore form the focus of this tour, plus little-known facts such as the cemetery that once covered Civic Center. Instead of history and architecture, hear snippets from interviews with building employees that detail chilling paranormal activity. You will be amazed–and thrilled. Who – or what more...
Come on out as Funny Or Die and NextGen Climate bring comedy and democracy together in a historic fashion. They are bringing some of the biggest comedians in the world to Berkeley and other colleges in California for free to promote voter registration and getting out to vote this November. You will more...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) welcomes families and intergenerational audiences to the newly expanded and transformed museum for its second Free Family Day. SFMOMA Free Family Day Sunday, October 23, 2016 | 9:30 am–5 pm; Galleries open at 10 am Check in at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Atrium, SFMOMA FREE for more...
The Festival of Lights launches The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe with performances, storytelling, art projects, henna and fun. Watch an awe-inspiring Bharatanatyam performance, make a diya lamp, and hear about the abduction of Sita as told by a museum storyteller. Divali “Festival of Lights” Celebration Sunday, October 23, 2016 | 10:30 more...
On Sunday, October 23rd, a group of talented artists will paint 50 nude models outside the Ferry Building, followed by a nude march to Fisherman’s Wharf. This it not a protest, but a celebration that also takes place in New York City, Amsterdam, Brussels. 2016 San Francisco Bodypainting Day Sunday, October 23, 2016 | 11am more...
Wharf Fest returns to San Francisco’s iconic waterfront neighborhood. For the fourth year in a row, Fisherman’s Wharf invites Bay Area locals to come enjoy the neighborhood after the crowds of visitors have subsided but before the fabulous fall weather fades away. 2016 Wharf Fest Saturday, October 22, 2016 | 11 am more...
The NorCal Corgi Con is a wonderfully bizarre beach day bash for dogs (and their pawrents) bringing together hundreds of enthusiastic Corgis, their owners and wannabes too on Ocean Beach directly across from the Beach Chalet from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, October 22, 2016. The day will be back with activities more...
Come on down to Clarion Alley Mural Project, nestled between Mission and Valencia and 17th and 18th, and check out the murals while listening to some great tunes as well. In the spirit of Clarion, it’s free for everyone. They are taking donations to help buy paint for next year and more...
If you’re on the lookout for some fresh art in the city, the streets of Bayview might be the perfect place to wander around. With the goal of making Bayview / Hunter’s Point SF’s next big visual arts district, local artists from arts organization Imprint.City are finally ready to officially celebrate nine new more...
Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley, which serves as a sort of San Francisco hub for anything Burning Man-related, is hopefully going to be the home of two gigantic geometric sculptures by artists from The Hyberspace Bypass Construction Zone (HYBYCOZO). The sculptures have laser cut patterned panels and the LED lights change colors. more...
