SF City Guides
Created by the Bay Area’s scientific, cultural, and educational institutions, the Bay Area Science Festival returns to San Francisco for 10 days of science and technology lectures, games, art exhibits, workshops, hand-on activities and more at a locations throughout the Bay Area. 2015 Bay Area Science Festival October 22 – November 7, 2015 All over San more...
Photo credit Kevin Cole Celebrate the Centennial of Palace Preservation Day on Friday, October 16, 2015 with a day of music and lectures at the Palace of Fine Arts. The California Historical Society, in partnership with the Maybeck Foundation, presents the Centennial of Fine Arts Preservation Day. On this day in 1915 more...
Wharf Fest celebrates the legacy of SF’s historic waterfront and invites you to come after the tourist season hoard has departed, but before San Francisco’s fab fall climate fades away. 2015 Wharf Fest Saturday, October 24, 2015 | Noon to 4 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco FREE festival, but tickets required for annual chowder tasting 2015 Clam Chowder Competition & more...
See a display of gigantic heavyweight champion pumpkins, two stages of entertainment, and the Great Pumpkin Parade at the annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. 2015 Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival October 17–18, 2015 | 9 am to 5 pm Historic Main Street, Downtown Half Moon Bay FREE Dave Dravecky, former Giants more...
Play out your demented fantasies in the name of charity. Barbara Millicent Roberts, aka Barbie, is looking for a new look this Halloween, so let your inner ‘plastic’ surgeon shine. Doc’s Clock presents Barbie Mutilation Night 2015. 2015 Barbie Mutilation Night: Halloween Edition Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | 7:30-10:30 pm Doc’s Clock, 2575 Mission St, more...
For one night only, 31 theaters across the country and Canada — some of them funded with Kickstarter — will be screening and hosting their biggest festival yet. In San Francisco, the fest will be screened at Roxie Theater in the Mission District from 7-9 pm on Thursday, October 15, 2015. Kickstarter Film more...
Got the day off? Take a guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love on Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, 2015. The SF City Guides walking tours are free, but donations are greatly appreciated. 2015 Columbus Day Walking Tours 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden 10:00 am – Chinatown 11:00 more...
Throughout Fleet Week, thousands of visitors climb aboard amphibious carriers, destroyers and cruisers docked along the waterfront to get a glimpse into the day-to-day lives of the sailors serving in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Navy. All ship tours are free of charge, but everyone is subject to search and more...
Enjoy bite-sized 30-minute sampler classes for just $5 at Alonzo King Lines Ballet from 11:30 am to 5 pm on Sunday, October 11, 2015. Never tried a ballet class? Want to get a taste of tango? How about a Middle Eastern dance class? There are nearly 30 dance classes scheduled including ballet, jazz, hip more...
The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly free days, they do host several special events throughout the year offering free admission for all.
Come to one of the city’s oldest celebrations of heritage and the longest-running Italian-American parade in the nation – a bright and colorful San Francisco institution since it was established in 1868. The parade is part of the Columbus Day celebration in North Beach which also includes the long-running Columbus Day Bazaar. 2015 Italian more...
Attend a sunrise guided tour through Muir Woods National Monument. While the early hour may seem uncivilized, if not down-right obscene, sunrise is a particularly beautiful time to visit an old-growth redwood forest. You’ll learn about the local plant and animal residents (more likely seen in early morning), all of whom more...
The world-renowned Noriega Street will be home to the 2nd Annual Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival (formerly Outer Noriega Street Fair) featuring six stages, over 10 food vendors, two beer gardens, over 20 live music acts, live art installations, a kids zone, a mobile petting zoo, and a pumpkin patch. 2015 Ocean Beach more...
The NorCal Corgi Con is a wonderfully bizarre beach day event for dogs (and their pawrents) bringing together thousands of enthusiastic Corgis, their owners and wannabes too on Ocean Beach directly across from the Beach Chalet from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, October 10, 2015. The day will be back with more...
