SF City Guides
RoastSF is back with another heart stopping, fall-to-the-floor laughing, no-jokes barred comedy roast. Watch as they come together to mock each other and this month’s guest of honor – Mayor Ed Lee*. Comedy Roast of “Mayor Ed Lee” Saturday, July 9, 2016 – 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm SoMa StrEat Food Park | more...
Grab your inline and roller skates and come out to the annual 2016 Skate San Francisco: The Barbary Coast Experience, a 3-day celebration of roller skating and inline skating in the greatest city in the world – San Francisco. It is a destination event that will bring skaters from far and more...
This is the big one… well, the second big one. Hell, just call it the 5th Annual World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) – San Francisco 2016 Northern Hemisphere Ride – Part II. The WNBR draws attention to the environment and the need to protect our natural resources. 2016 World Nake Bike Ride: Northern more...
This free annual outdoor music festival puts on over 120 free lunchtime concerts of all styles from July to September in over 11 different public plazas near Market Street stretched from the Embarcadero to Van Ness. Funcheap is proud to be a media sponsor of the festival. 2016 “People in Plazas” Market Street Music Festival July more...
Get ready to celebrate Fourth of July 2016 in the Bay Area! Here’s a list of over 130 different Fourth of July events (including 64 different fireworks shows within a few hours drive) with listings for the major fireworks shows in San Francisco, Berkeley, Mountain View and San Jose, plus tons more...
Celebrate the 109th birthday of Frida Kahlo and her love affair with San Francisco during a week of Fiestas Fridas taking place at locations throughout the Mission District. Oh and wear flowers in your hair. There will be a new documentary about Frida Kahlo from Mexico, a mural inauguration, a FRI-DiA de los Muertos more...
Blending art and soul in one of the country’s most unique neighborhoods, the Fillmore Jazz Festival is the largest free Jazz festival on the West Coast, drawing over 100,000 visitors over the Independence Day weekend on Fillmore Street in San Francisco between Jackson and Eddy Streets. 2016 Fillmore Jazz Festival July 2-3, 2016 more...
Enjoy 10 weeks of rhythm and blues as Summer Jazz, an annual tradition in Palo Alto, celebrates its 30th Anniversary at Stanford Shopping Center. A free outdoor concert series, Summer Jazz is produced by SFJAZZ and showcases a variety of jazz musicians and all-stars performing every Thursday from 6 to 7:30 more...
Going to see Carmen at the War Memorial Opera House costs, oh, upwards of $200 for good seats. But, thanks to the Opera at the Ballpark program, you can watch a live simulcast of the very same opera on the giant HD screens in the ballpark from any seat in AT&T more...
On June 28, Top of the Mark treats San Francisco to an extra fun movie night featuring Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home. If you’re a Trekkie, you know you’re in for a hilarious night. If you’re not, well, we’ll just say that this one has Spock trying to blend in on Haight/Ashbury, more...
Celebrate the cultural heritage of Japantown with a special 110th Year Performance from Japanese artists from Tokyo, Chicago, and Bay Area with Taiko, Japanese classical and folk dance, Japanese dolls, Okiya style shamisen music, and more. 2016 Japan Day Bon-Odori Festival Sunday, June 26, 2016 | 1-5 pm Japantown Peace Plaza, Post and Buchanan Streets, more...
The Stern Grove Festival has been throwing free concerts in the park every summer since 1938. If you don’t mind arriving early to spread out your blanket to stake your spot, it’s an excellent way to spend a relaxing Sunday in a beautiful park setting watching free performances from top touring acts and more...
Art meets politics in a fleet of floats, vehicles, and marchers along Market Street during the San Francisco Pride Parade, one the nation’s largest LGBT events, starting at 10:30 am on Pride Sunday. Bring a rainbow flag and come cheer on dykes on bikes, bears in straps, trannies in gowns, and others from SF’s colorful LGBT more...
Hungry residents of San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood are about to get a slew of new dining options as the team behind SoMa StrEat Food Park opens their new location at Parklab, in the heart of Mission Bay. SPARK Social SF will kick off with the public grand opening party featuring free champagne more...
Descendants of the original founding families of the Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition (1775-76) return to the Presidio to recognize the journey of their forefathers and the founding of El Presidio de San Francisco. San Francisco’s 240th Birthday Celebration Saturday, June 25, 2016 | 10:30 am to noon Pershing Square (near the Presidio more...
