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Breakdancing Battles Take Over The Mission
By - posted 4/10/2016
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The BBoy Connection Jam is back with free dance classes, lock and pop showcases, DJs, graffiti art, dance and cypher battles and more during Sunday Streets 2016 Kick-Off in the Mission District. The BBoy Connection Jam Sunday, April 10, 2016 | 11 am to 4 pm Valencia and Hill St. (Near 21st), Mission Dist. more...

“Sunday Streets” SF’s Massive Block Party
By - posted 4/9/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Sunday Streets (April – November 2016) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yogis, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. New to 2016, Sunday Streets more...

Fire Spinning Soirée at Ocean Beach
By - posted 4/9/2016
Celebrations

A few folks are getting together on Ocean Beach to celebrate life. How does this sound? An amazing bonfire, fire and LED poi performers, the sunset, the beach, some of your favorite drinks and good music. Get dirty (with sand) and party with some cool San Franciscan peeps. Please note the rescheduled date, originally April 9th more...

Muralists “Erase” the U.S./Mexico Border Wall
By - posted 4/8/2016
Artsy Fartsy

r/SF hosts the San Francisco edition live stream event for “Borrando la Frontera”, a three state wide coordinated public art project by Ana Teresa Fernandez. Borrando la Frontera” Live Stream Saturday, April 9, 2016 – 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Residence/SF | 3338 24th St., San Francisco, CA FREE Fernandez will work remotely with arts more...

The San Francisco Comedy Crawl
By - posted 4/8/2016
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Get your comedy fix all in one night with 20+ stand up comedians performing four shows in four rooms all along 16th Street in the heart of the Mission with drink specials, free snacks and giveaways. San Francisco Spring Comedy Crawl Friday, April 8, 2016 | 6pm to 11pm Four venues on or more...

Obama Visits SF in April
By - posted 4/5/2016
City Insight

President Obama will be in San Francisco on Friday, April 8, 2016 for a series of fundraisers for the DNC according to 7×7 and White House Dossier. (please note the date is April 8, not June 8 as was previously listed) The chances of you getting a glimpse of the president are more...

POSTPONED – Crissy Field’s Unbelievable Rock Balancing Artists
By - posted 4/5/2016
Artsy Fartsy

The Rock Balancing Lessons have been postponed due to rain. The new date is Saturday, August 6, 2016. 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 more...

Walk to Work Day 2016
By - posted 4/4/2016
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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...

Free Day at the San Francisco Zoo
By - posted 4/4/2016
Freebies

The San Francisco Zoo, Northern California’s largest zoological park and conservation center, periodically offers free admission for San Francisco residents. > The next free date is Wednesday, April 6, 2016 This urban oasis, nestled against the Pacific Ocean, provides a comfortable climate all year round.  You’ll enjoy seeing the 250 different animal species more...

Golden Gate Park Turns 146
By - posted 4/3/2016
Celebrations

Golden Gate Park, one of the world’s most iconic parks, turns 146 years old on Monday, April 4, 2016. Nearly a century-and-a-half ago, park engineer William Hammond Hall and master gardener John McLaren carved out an urban oasis from a vast, windswept expanse of sand dunes. The result: a verdant, horticulturally diverse more...

SF’s 23-Foot Tall Glow-in-the-Dark Bunnies
By - posted 4/3/2016
Artsy Fartsy

A hip-hoppin’ large-scale, temporary public art installation by artist Amanda Parer will be installed in Civic Center Plaza in April. Because, bunnies. San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza will host Intrude available to all of San Francisco residents and visitors to enjoy 24 hours, 7 days a week beginning April 4th through April 25, 2016. The more...

SF’s Beat Poetry & Jazz Celebration
By - posted 4/3/2016
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In celebration of the birth of the Beat Generation in San Francisco, the InterContinental Mark Hopkins has partnered with the Beat Museum to bring legendary poets to riff alongside local jazz musicians for a weekly series at the Top of the Mark. Enjoy themed cocktails and bites alongside a poetry and more...

$1 Book Day at 2016 “Big Book Sale”
By - posted 4/3/2016
Deals

Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion, the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s Spring Book Sale will feature over 250,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media in over 70 categories. Friends of the SF Public Library 2016 Spring Big Book Sale March 30-April 3, more...

Off the Grid’s “Picnic in the Presidio” Returns for 2016
By - posted 4/1/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Off the Grid hosts a full season of Picnic at the Presidio from 11 am to 4 pm every Sunday through the fall at the Main Parade Ground Lawn. > The 2016 season kick off is Sunday April 3rd  Get ready for yummy offerings available for purchase from San Francisco’s favorite eateries and food trucks, a more...

SF’s Weird & Wild Flowers That Bloom in April
By - posted 4/1/2016
Only in San Francisco

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