SF City Guides
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Donald Trump has no balls, apparently. A bloated, naked statue of the presidential candidate created by INDECLINE popped up at the corner of 17th and Market in the Castro on Thursday along with statues in four other cities around the country. The statue entitled “The Emperor Has No Balls” is completely naked more...
Yes, we see scooters all over the place these days, but we’re talking about vintage scooters like Vespas, Lambrettas and Piaggios… the type of things you saw the Mods riding around on in the late ’60s. In celebration of this two-wheeled heritage, San Francisco’s “Black Sheep Scooter Club” is putting together more...
In recognition of internationally renowned singer, painter and civic leader Tony Bennett’s contributions to San Francisco, the city will honor him by dedicating a statue in celebration of his 90th birthday. Join in for a free public dedication and unveiling of the 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture of Tony on Friday, August 19, 2016 more...
Lovable beachside dive bar The Riptide was devastated by a fire in August of 2015 and they have slowly been getting things back together. Fortunately the re-opening seems to be imminent (likely taking place in late August or early September) and have already received their entertainment permit for music seven nights more...
