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NASA’s “American Idol” for Scientists & Open Bar
By - posted 11/1/2015
Geeks

Three experts judge ten amazing young scientists as they spin tall-but-true tales of climate change, the search for life on other planets, near-Earth asteroids, and much more – in three powerpoint-free minutes each. FameLab: American Idol for Scientists Monday, November 2, 2015 | 6:30-9:30 pm Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. SF FREE when you mention FUNCHEAP at the door. more...

Dia de los Muertos
By - posted 10/31/2015
Celebrations

Honor those who have passed on by creating an altar or taking part in a walking procession at San Francisco’s annual Dia de los Muertos event with a Festival of Altars from 6-11 pm, and the Procession at 7 pm. 2015 Dia de los Muertos Procession & Festival of Altars Monday, November 2, 2015 | 6-11 more...

Funcheap’s Free Sunday Night Comedy at Cobb’s
By - posted 10/31/2015
Get Out: Events

Funcheap and Stroy Moyd of  #HellaFunny are taking over Cobb’s Comedy Club for a free three-day festival showcase on Halloween weekend at SF’s biggest comedy club. We’ve handpicked some of the funniest up-and-coming comedians in SF for a huge costumed comedy bash. Expect a night of top local comics in Halloween costume for three nights of big more...

Daylight Savings “Fall Back” Hour Fun Guide
By - posted 10/31/2015
City Discoveries

Woohoo! Sleep in on Sunday like you normally would, and squeeze in an extra hour of San Francisco fun when Daylight Savings Time “Fall Back” on November 1, 2015. Funcheap has your plan for that bonus hour with free museums, walking city tours, evil hot dogs (the doctor warned ya…), a drive-in movie, a more...

Free Cab Rides on Halloween
By - posted 10/31/2015
Halloween

To help keep your drunken ass off the road, Halloween revelers in San Francisco can get their cab rides home paid for all Halloween night (until 4 am). Law firm Berg Injury Lawyers are once again sponsoring the “Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home” program. Free Cab Rides Home for Halloween 2015 Begins: more...

Halloween in San Francisco
By - posted 10/30/2015
Halloween

We here at Funcheap have put together a big ol’ hairy list of free and cheap Halloween events in the Bay Area for 2015 that we think you’ll love. In addition to Funcheap’s Outdoor Halloween Dance Party on Halloween night, There’s lots of free fun spooky events like a zombie pub crawl, more...

Massive Dolores Park Halloween Wedding
By - posted 10/30/2015
Celebrations

The honor of your presence is requested at a Halloween wedding at Dolores Park to celebrate Adonis and Ivy, two individuals coming together in marriage… and shooting for the Guinness World Record for the Largest Public Wedding ever. This free event is open to the public at 2 pm on October 31, more...

“Ghost Ship Halloween” Carnival & Sneak Preview
By - posted 10/28/2015
Halloween

Ghost Ship Halloween will once again host a free preview party for a free afternoon of rides on the Ferris Wheel, games, candy, corn, bouncy castles, food trucks, doggy costume contest, face painting, fortune tellers and fire trucks. San Francisco friends and neighbors are welcome to explore the haunted asylum, test out more...

The “Now” Festival
By - posted 10/27/2015
Fairs & Festivals

Now is a community festival akin to SXSW and they’ll be taking over the neighborhoods around San Francisco’s iconic Panhandle (plus a few all over the city) to produce a week of mostly free events twice a year – in the spring and in the fall. Hundreds of people will contribute to a neighborhood-wide more...

“Off the Grid” Season Finales
By - posted 10/27/2015
Get Out: Events

Our awesome fall weather is finally coming to an end, so it’s the final week of Off the Grid’s seasonal events this week. Off the Grid Twilight at The Presidio – Thursday, October 29th Off the Grid street food vendors will serve up dishes tapas-style while you relax under the stars on the more...

“World of Warships” Aircraft Carrier Halloween Haunt
By - posted 10/26/2015
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The new game World of Warships from Wargaming, is raising the “Phantom Fortress” from the depths one last time, on this one-night-only Halloween event aboard the historic USS Hornet in Alameda featuring a night of “spook-tacular” fun with tricks and treats both in-game and on deck on October 27, the day more...

“The Martian” Private Film Screening
By - posted 10/25/2015
Get Out: Events

Attend a special private screening of the Matt Damon-in-space blockbuster “The Martian” at the AMC Metreon in their ETX digital projection theater. This event is hosted by San Francisco arts & culture website RushTix As a special bonus, there’s a live Q&A with serial entrepreneur, angel investor, podcaster, and writer Jason Calacanis and Andy more...

SFMusic Day: Epic 10-Hour Free Concert
By - posted 10/24/2015
Fairs & Festivals

SFMusic Day champions a diverse cross-section of the Bay Area’s vibrant musical community in a free, accessible and rewarding atmosphere. More than 30 established and emerging ensembles of various genres—including early music, chamber music, new music, jazz and creative music—will perform concurrently throughout the day in the building’s Herbst Theater and Green more...

Pet Pride Day
By - posted 10/24/2015
Fairs & Festivals

Dress up your pet and head to the annual Pet Pride Day featuring on site adoptions, rescue partners, a parade, food, kids activities, pet costumes and, of course, pet tricks in Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park. 2015 Pet Pride Day Sunday, October 25, 2015 | 11 am to 3 pm Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate more...

1st Annual 24-Hour Marathon “Moby-Dick” Reading
By - posted 10/24/2015
Get Out: Events

“Our first port is San Francisco…and thence, I hardly know where.” — Herman Melville, 28 May 1860 San Francisco welcomes Herman Melville back to the Barbary Coast with a marathon reading of Moby-Dick at the Firehouse at Fort Mason on October 24 and 25, 2015. The event will feature over 100 readers and more...