SF City Guides
It’s the biggest meteor shower of the year, so you better stay up late and grab your binoculars. The annual Perseids meteor shower is the glittery result of Earth’s passage through a stream of debris left behind by a comet, so you should expect to see meteor rates as high as 100 per hour – as long more...
The Shire of Cloondara (the San Francisco branch of the Society for Creative Anachronisms, who re-create the customs, combat, and courtesies of the Middle Ages) invites you to attend “DeBARDchery,” the annual archery and bardic tournament. Watch people dressed in middle ages garb match their mirth, merriment, and archery skills (including using novelty targets) followed more...
Experience the sights, sounds and scents of the South Pacific at the annual Aloha Poly Fest at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. Celebrate and learn about Polynesian (Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, Cook Islands, and New Zealand), Melanesian (Fiji) and Micronesian (Guam) islands in the Pacific Ocean through cultural song, dance, more...
Experience the largest celebration of Filipino art, dance, music and food at the annual Pistahan Parade & Festival in San Francisco. Billed as the largest celebration of Filipino Americans in the U.S., the the two-day event organized by the Filipino American Arts Exposition is expected to draw over 75,000 people each day. Admission more...
You can now literally binge on Hello Kitty. The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is coming back to the Bay Area during San Francisco’s annual J-POP Summit and then to San Jose’s Santana Row. The truck will be selling Hello Kitty cakes, donuts, macarons and other sweets, all adorned with Hello Kitty’s cute more...
If you missed out on buying tickets, or simply didn’t want to drop mega money for tickets to the now sold out Outside Lands Music Festival, you can head to the park and listen to the festival for free. You can save lots of money, and still have a great time listening more...
Decorate free candlelight peace lanterns to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9, 1945) at this Japanese-style peace event from 6:30-9 pm on Saturday, August 8, 2015. Please Note – Large Turnout Expected: In 2015, they expect that they will be way over capacity. more...
Outside Lands is this weekend, August 7-9, 2015, and the director of the Eco Lands area had a fun vision to chalk the entirety of the Panhandle Mixed-Use path with art, positive thoughts, riddles, statements of fact – whatever you want to express. The main idea is to extend the cheer of the festival outside the more...
Man Pees on Wall, Wall Fights Back! Picture this – 2AM, after drinking with friends, you’re on your way home and then – Mother Nature calls… you just have to go. But where? Ahh, there’s the ol’ trusty wall, just waiting for you to unleash your fury (‘coz hell hath no fury more...
Celebrating its 8th anniversary, Virgin America has put together a pretty stellar sale for nonstop fares from SFO to Las Vegas ($44), LAX ($58), Austin ($138) and many other cities. These fares are usually reserved for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday and Saturdays from August 22, 2015 through February 10, 2016 and there’s bound more...
Awesöme Orchestra will perform at the Oakland Public Library as part of National Night Out, fighting crime and making some awesöme music while they’re at it at this free concert in an outdoor courtyard. The Awesöme Orchestra Collective is the Bay Area’s most adventurous reading orchestra, dedicated to playing excellent orchestral music more...
We wish there were 1,000 block parties just in SF! We have 10 official ones, but seriously, nationwide there’s over 1,000 with just about every city and community with a police department hosting a block party tonight. National Night Out is all about strengthening your immediate community, so we encourage you more...
Founded in 1895 in Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum is a landmark art museum to showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. The museum was designed by the renowned Swiss architecture more...
Join b.street waffles for their monthly Free Waffle Wednesday at the Capital One 360 Café in the Financial District and enjoy a complimentary waffle from 9-11 am, or while they last. These Belgian-style street waffles come in tasty flavors like TCHO chocolate, maple-bacon, salted caramel and many others – often with the flavors more...
