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SFMOMA Grand Re-Opening
By - posted 5/13/2016
Celebrations

The newly expanded SFMOMA will finally reopen on Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 10 am to 8 pm. An opening ceremony will be held at 9 am and free admission will be offered for the entire day. Free Tickets to Opening Day (as well as general admission tickets for other days) will more...

2016 Taiwanese Cultural Festival
By - posted 5/13/2016
Celebrations

The annual Taiwanese American Cultural Festival will once again be held in Union Square. Over 10,000 people from all across the Bay Area attend this event yearly to experience the vibrancy of Taiwanese culture. through food, music, performances and fun workshops. 24th Annual Taiwanese American Cultural Festival Saturday, May 14, 2016 | 10 am to more...

Bike to Work Day
By - posted 5/9/2016
Get Out: Events

It’s the 21st annual Bike to Work Day so grab your bike and join tens of thousands of people pedaling to the office on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Want a FREE bike rental? Bay Area Bike Share is offering free rides in celebration of #BTWD. Take the system out for a spin and more...

SFMade Week 2016
By - posted 5/8/2016
Fairs & Festivals

SFMade Week 2016 is the annual weeklong celebration that champions locally made products, their makers and their people. The week features over 40 events at local factories and retailers, including factory tours, demos and shopping events. 2016 SFMade Week May 9 – 15, 2016 All over San Francisco Cost: Many events are free with an RSVP. Some more...

Free Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Day
By - posted 5/8/2016
Freebies

Ice cream lovers can enjoy a free kiddie size scoop of their favorite flavor in either a cup, sugar cone, or cake cone from 4-8 pm in any participating Häagen-Dazs shop across the country (including 6 in the Bay Area), as Häagen-Dazs celebrates their annual Free Cone Day. Häagen-Dazs Free Cone Day 2016 Tuesday, May more...

2016 Hip Hop in the Park
By - posted 5/7/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The Bay Area hip-hop community comes together the first Saturday in May each year to enjoy live music, graffiti art, dancing, and DJing at the annual Hip Hop in the Park, a hip-hop festival run by the Students For Hip Hop at Cal, in People’s Park. 2016 Hip Hop in the more...

Funcheap’s May Comedy Pop-Up
By - posted 5/7/2016
Get Out: Events

Funcheap takes over Folsom Street Foundry with #HellaFunny and converts it into a pop-up comedy club for one weekend a month. We’ve hand-picked some of the Bay Area’s best comedians from Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC), ViceLand, USO Tour and more. Plus a Saturday night #HellaPrince dance party after party! more...

Jack London Square’s “Car-topia”
By - posted 5/7/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Jack London Square rolls dozens of classics, retro models and modern muscle cars onto the Oakland waterfront, for a Car-topia auto extravaganza from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Car-topia Classic Car Show Saturday, May 7, 2016 – 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Jack London Square, Oakland, FREE – RSVP on more...

Taco-Chella 2016
By - posted 5/6/2016
Fairs & Festivals

It’s Taco Time San Francisco! Your favorite festival is back courtesy of SoMa StrEat Food Park and FunCheapSF. Get ready for TacoChella & Lucha Libre! We’ve got a day celebrating Mexico’s best and most beloved street food plus delicious drink specials and TWO live Lucha Libre wrestling shows! Come early, more...

Virgin America’s $49 Flight Sale
By - posted 5/4/2016
Deals

Virgin America has put together a pretty good sale for nonstop fares from SFO to LAX for $49 each way along with decent deals to other cities like $59 fares to San Diego and Portland for fall travel September 7 to November 16 There’s also an unadvertised $44 fare to Las Vegas for May, June more...

Eight Awesome Downtown Oakland Walking Tours
By - posted 5/4/2016
Get Out: Events

Downtown Oakland is undergoing a renaissance that has captured national media attention. Get a glimpse of both today’s vibrant scene and landmarks from Oakland’s past during the 2016 Oakland Tours season. Free 90-minute walking tours of downtown Oakland are offered every Wednesday and Saturday through October for 2016. The twice weekly guided tours more...

San Francisco Cinco de Mayo Festival & Block Party
By - posted 5/1/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Enjoy Cinco de Mayo in the Mission with an annual all day family-friendly celebration held as a block party on Valencia Street with live music, cultural performances, and more. 12th Annual Cinco de Mayo Festival Saturday, May 7, 2016 | 10 am to 6 pm Valencia between 21st and 24th, Mission Dist., SF FREE The celebration will showcase more...

Star Wars Day
By - posted 5/1/2016
Fun & Games

Rare San Francisco Guided Walking Tours
By - posted 4/30/2016
Get Out: Events

San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...

SF’s Most Bad Ass Lowriders
By - posted 4/30/2016
Cinco de Mayo

See 100+ of SF’s classic lowrider cars from the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, along with lowrider bicycles and motorcycles when the San Francisco Lowrider Council presents the annual Cinco de Mayo “Give Something Back” Lowrider Show. 3rd Annual Cinco de Mayo San Francisco Lowrider Car Show Sunday, May 1, 2016 | 10 more...