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Walk to Work Day 2017
By - posted 4/5/2017
Only in San Francisco

San Francisco was the nation’s first city to officially launch Walk to Work Day  – walking just 15 minutes of your commute counts and your efforts be rewarded with some free goodies. Be a part of this fun and festive day of encouragement celebrating the most healthy, sustainable form of transportation: walking. Walk more...

Fresh, Organic Garden Veggie Community Meals
By - posted 4/4/2017
Eat & Drink

Do you love fresh, organic, homemade food? Please come out and celebrate with other veggie lovers and enjoy some great food with amazing company. All are welcome to a free community-created dinner gleaned from the USF Garden and neighborhood farmers’ markets. Eat with others in a communal setting at this free vegetarian dinner gathering. The dinner takes more...

SF’s “How to Volunteer” Fair
By - posted 4/3/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Looking for ways to give your time, talent, and energy in a meaningful way? Join a nonprofit board. The Board Match is a job-fair style event featuring around 150 Bay Area nonprofits whose reps talk to interested candidates about volunteering to serve on their organization’s board of directors. There will be a variety more...

Big Brother is Watching You: Free “1984” Film Day
By - posted 4/2/2017
Free Movie Screenings

For one day, big brother can be watched by you. YBCA is proud to join over 100 film and video exhibitors nationwide in showing this adaptation of George Orwell’s terrifying (and timely) dystopian novel 1984 on April 4, the “cold day in April” on which the novel and film begin. 1984 Free more...

Giants Opening Day Watch Party
By - posted 4/1/2017
Get Out: Events

Watch opening day of the Giants 2017 season at SoMa Streat Food Park’s beer garden with a free game watch party and Funcheap drink specials. Expect tons lots of big screen TVs, food trucks serving ballpark specials, free popcorn and more details to follow. Giants’ Opening Day 2017 Watch Party Sunday, April more...

50 Years of Car-Free Sundays in Golden Gate Park
By - posted 4/1/2017
City Discoveries

The Sunday closure of Kennedy Drive to automobile traffic has proven to be the most successful program of the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Thousands of San Franciscans and others from throughout the Bay Area and beyond flock to the park on Sundays when there are no cars. The closed more...

Renegade Craft Fair
By - posted 4/1/2017
Artsy Fartsy

The Renegade Craft Fair returns to San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center in the Festival Pavilion featuring a curated selection of over 300 best indie-craft and DIY makers and artisans. Renegade Craft Fair: San Francisco April 1-2, 2017 | 11 am to 6 pm Fort Mason Center, SF FREE Renegade is a celebration of creative spirit and for each Fair gathers emergent more...

“Not Your Pussy” Art Show
By - posted 4/1/2017
Artsy Fartsy

“Not Your P*ssy”: Lessons in Modern Body Autonomy is a re-appropriation of power of the voyeur from masculine to feminine. It positions women as producer and consumer of pleasure, not just a subject of a male dominated gaze. This multidisciplinary body of work amplifies the current and overwhelming fight for women’s rights and cultural more...

SF’s Amazing Springtime Wild Flowers
By - posted 3/31/2017
City Discoveries

It’s been a wet winter and that means spring is going to be crazy good at the San Francisco Botanical Garden … the curators tell us that everything is budding up and looking very bountiful and beautiful. After four dry years, this winter has brought much needed rain to California, and some very wild flowers more...

39th St. Stupid’s Day Parade
By - posted 3/30/2017
Only in San Francisco

The Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade is a celebration of stupidity, so wear something silly, bring your solo socks, spare pennies and losing lottery tickets and gather with all the other stupids to do the silliest walk of all. Where’s the parade go? Depends if it’s M-F or Sat/Sun – Typically if it’s more...

Macy’s 2017 Flower Show
By - posted 3/29/2017
Fairs & Festivals

The annual Macy’s Flower Show is a stunning celebration of flowers, food, art and music at Macy’s Union Square. For 2017 the theme is “Carnival.” 2017 Macy’s Flower Show March 26 – April 9, 2017 Macy’s Union Square, San Francisco FREE – RSVP may be required for special events. Please check individual events for more info. > 2017 more...

1015 Folsom’s Epic Prince Tribute Concert
By - posted 3/29/2017
Celebrations

The Purple Ones will rock your mind with an insatiable tribute to Prince to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Sign O’ The Times with a free live show on March 29, 2017 at 1015 Folsom for a serious dose of unadulterated funk. This funky 11-piece tribute band, featuring a full horn more...

Outside Lands 2017: Eager Beaver Pre-Sale
By - posted 3/28/2017
Fairs & Festivals

In case your summer plans were looking for an exclamation point, we have a few up our sleeve. Outside Lands is back taking over Golden Gate Park on August 11-13, 2017 to get the heart of San Francisco pumping. There’s no official word on headliners yet, but 3-Day Eager Beaver tickets get more...

Oakland A’s Spirit Week 2017
By - posted 3/26/2017
Celebrations

The Oakland Athletics will celebrate the start of their 50th season in Oakland by hosting a number of fan and community events, giveaways and special appearances during the Oakland A’s Spirit Week, Monday, March 27 – Friday, March 31, 2017. Plus you can trade in any SF Giant caps to receive more...

SF’s “Open Streets” Experiment: Octavia Goes Car-Free
By - posted 3/26/2017
City Insight

From Friday, March 31 to Friday, April 7, 2017 the SFMTA is closing off a small segment of northbound Octavia Street, from Linden to Hayes streets, for the Octavia Open Street events that will experiment with opening this block for people who want to walk or bike more in the more...