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15 Things to do with Extra Sunshine
By - posted 3/11/2016
Get Out: Events

Take a free guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love. Although we lose an hour today, everything stays light an hour later so it’s the perfect day to get outside and explore. 2016 “Spring Forward” Walking Tours Sunday, March 13, 2016 FREE but donations greatly appreciated Don’t more...

World Naked Bike Ride
By - posted 3/10/2016
City Discoveries

It’s that time to tune up those bikes and toss those riding duds in the wash, you won’t need them for the 7th Annual World Naked Bike Ride – San Francisco 2016 – So. Hemi Edition. Each year, our turnout is getting larger and larger riding bare through the streets of more...

50¢ Dance Class Day
By - posted 3/7/2016
Cheap Tips

Ready for a day full of dance for just 50 cents? Head to the YBCA Forum between 10am and 3pm, or anytime in between, with your two quarters for our Analogy Edition. 50 Cent Tabernacle: The Analogy Edition Sat, Mar 12, 2016 | 10 AM – 3 PM YBCA Forum 50 cents Look forward to: 10AM: Janet more...

2016 Plastic Camera Show
By - posted 3/6/2016
Artsy Fartsy

RayKo’s Annual Plastic Camera Show includes stunning and sometimes surprising images made by the crappy camera-toting winners of this competition. 2016 Rayko’s Plastic Camera Show Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 9, 6-8pm Rayko Photo Center, 428 Third Street, San Francisco FREE Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 9, 6-8pm Exhibition Dates: March 9 – April 29, 2016 The juried competition more...

IHOP Free Pancake Day
By - posted 3/6/2016
Eat & Drink

IHOP will serve millions of free pancakes again during its National Pancake Day Celebration on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. More than 1,500 IHOP restaurants across the country will invite guests to enjoy a complimentary stack of IHOP’s signature delicious buttermilk pancakes from 7 am to 10 pm. IHOP National Pancake Day Celebration Tuesday, more...

Jazz Search West 2016
By - posted 3/6/2016
Get Out: Events

Jazz Search West 2016, the Bay Area’s Jazz talent search for adults and teens 15 and up, will offer four competitions, a Semi-Final and Grand Finale at Jazz venues in San Francisco and Oakland during March and April. Come experience Jazz Search West 2016 during which 16 contestants will perform each evening more...

$5 All-You-Can-Dance Class Day
By - posted 3/5/2016
City Discoveries

Sample bite-size bits from a range of dance classes for just $5 at All You Can Dance Day on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Try a selection of 30-minute sample classes reflecting the best of local dance including ballet, modern/contemporary, hip-hop, jazz and more. All You Can Dance for Just $5 Sunday, March 6, 2016 | 11:30 am-5:30 pm Alonzo more...

2016 Irish-American “Crossroads” Fest
By - posted 3/5/2016
Celebrations

The Irish-American Crossroads Festival is an annual literary, musical, and cultural event that takes place every year in San Francisco during the month of March. It is a celebrated annual festival inviting the public to come together around inspired, creative, and relevant events regarding Irish and Irish-American history and culture.

2016 San Francisco History Days
By - posted 3/5/2016
Only in San Francisco

Explore San Francisco’s amazing history at the annual San Francisco History Expo as the Old Mint becomes a series of pop-up museums of San Francisco history with dozens of organizations celebrating and telling the stories of the City’s unique past. 2016 San Francisco History Days  – Saturday, March 5 | 11 am to more...

2016 White Elephant Sale
By - posted 3/4/2016
City Discoveries

The White Elephant Sale has been taking one person’s trash and recycling it into someone else’s treasure for more than 50 years. 57th Annual White Elephant Sale Sat-Sun, March 5-6, 2016 | 10 am to 4 pm White Elephant Sale Warehouse, 33 Lancaster St., Oakland FREE The biggest rummage sale in Northern California, the White more...

Asian Art Museum Free 50th Weekend
By - posted 3/4/2016
Celebrations

You’re invited to celebrate the golden anniversary of the Asian Art Museum during their free 50th Anniversary Community Weekend. With captivating art, music, dance, artist demonstrations and more, this is an extravaganza you won’t want to miss. Since its founding in 1966, the Asian Art Museum has evolved into one of the world’s more...

The “Robin Williams” Rainbow Tunnel is Official
By - posted 3/3/2016
City Discoveries

The newly-dubbed “Robin Williams” tunnel is finally official. The $3,000 signs – on on each side of the tunnel connecting Marin to the Golden Gate Bridge – were paid for using private donations. The signs were installed overnight on February 29th and officially went into service on 101 on March 1st. The more...

Hello City 2016
By - posted 3/2/2016
Artsy Fartsy

Bay Area artists have come together to reimagine Sanrio’s character Hello Kitty, also known as Kitty White, for the 4th Annual Hello City group show. Hello City 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, March 4 | 6-10 pm Exhibition: March 4 – March 8, 2016 | noon to 8 pm Art Attack SF | 2722A Hyde St., San Francisco FREE Hello Kitty, first introduced more...

“Off the Grid” Returns to Fort Mason
By - posted 3/2/2016
Eat & Drink

Nearly 30 food vendors in a huge circle with a full bar and bands in the middle? Now that’s a party; it’s also California’s largest weekly street food market.  Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-10 pm at the historic waterfront campus of Fort Mason Center. In 2016, Off more...

Free Belgian Waffle Wednesdays
By - posted 3/1/2016
Freebies

Join b.street waffles for their monthly Free Waffle Wednesday at the Capital One 360 Café in the Financial District and enjoy a complimentary waffle from 9-11 am, or while they last. On March 2nd you’ll get to try their tasty Blueberry waffles. Yum! Free Belgian Waffle Wednesday Typically the first Wednesday of the Month – 9:00 more...