SF City Guides
It’s the biggest meteor shower of the year, so you better stay up late and grab your binoculars. The annual Perseids meteor shower is the glittery result of Earth’s passage through a stream of debris left behind by a comet, so you should expect to see meteor rates as high as 200 per hour – as long more...
It’s almost heeeeere… Time to let your inner artist shine, show off your creative and maker skills, or just run wild through the desert in a pair of furry boots (when will that trend end?). Most importantly – NO SPECTATORS. Here’s a great official First-Timer’s Guide for Burning Man – with all more...
Mmm… S’mores – everyone’s favorite campfire treat is celebrated every year on August 10th. The perfect S’more starts with a fluffy marshmallow roasted to golden perfection, adds a layer of smooth, melty chocolate, and sandwiches it all between sweet, crunchy graham crackers. Sticky, gooey, and undeniably delicious. Join Funcheap in celebrating National more...
For two months, The Swings installation will be activated in the heart of downtown San José at Plaza de César Chavez. Created by Montréal-based interaction design studio Daily tous les jours, The Swings is a free interactive art installation in which each swing emits the sounds of a different instrument, and more...
All body freedom lovers are invited to the very first Nude Summer of Love Parade in honor of Jerry Garcia. August 1st is his birthday and August 9th is the day he died. Celebrate the hippie movement and all the liberation that it brought to America and to the rest of the world. They will gather more...
Celebrate National Lighthouse Day on a docent-led tour of the historic grounds of Pigeon Point Light Station. Guests who wants to join the tour will meet at the flagpole. Celebrating National Lighthouse Day At Pigeon Point Lighthouse Sunday, August 7, 2016 – 11:00 am Pigeon Point Lighthouse | 210 Pigeon Point Rd, Pescadero, more...
The Nihonmachi Street Fair considers itself the original “melting pot” of street fairs, with many aspects of Asian-Pacific American life—and San Francisco’s cultural life—expressed through performance, tradition, art, music, food, and community outreach and service. Over 30,000 festival attendees have made their way to the fair in past years. 2016 Nihonmachi more...
Decorate free candlelight peace lanterns to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9, 1945) at this Japanese-style peace event. Free materials will be provided to create lanterns, which will then be sent out into the water at sunset during a formal ceremony. There more...
Watch and join in the amazing gravity-defying art of rock balancing near the Golden Gate Bridge. Dozens of artists worldwide are part of a global balanced rock sculpture movement, and two of them have invited you to learn the practice of creating these serene, temporary sculptures from rocks at Crissy Field. Rock more...
Celebrating its 9th birthday, Virgin America has put together a pretty stellar sale for nonstop fares from SFO to Las Vegas ($49), LAX ($59), Portland ($59), Seattle ($69) and many other cities. These fares are usually reserved for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Saturdays from August 23, 2016 through March 1, 2017 and there’s more...
If you missed out on buying tickets, or simply didn’t want to drop mega money for tickets to the now sold out Outside Lands Music Festival, you can head to the park and listen to the festival for free. You can save lots of money, and still have a great time listening more...
Whether you don a big Victorian hat, stuff your face with yummy food truck grub, or bop your head to techno beats, there are tons of ways to have some fun in the sun on a grassy lawns all over the San Francisco Bay.
Want to visit the Asian Art Museum without the weekend crowds and for less than half of the price? Try Thursday nights. The Asian Art Museum is open late on Thursday nights (5-9 pm) and tickets are just $5 (normally it’s $15) to see the amazing permanent collection with the Cafe open late, and more...
San Francisco’s Civic Center is the largest collection of monumental civic buildings in the United States outside of Washington DC. It is the product of the early twentieth century City Beautiful movement and is exemplary in its design and use of materials. The History of San Francisco’s Civic Center Wednesday, August 3, more...
