SF City Guides
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...
Concert Raptor is like a little concert angel who gets tickets for awesome sold out shows, and then makes you solve riddles to try to win the tickets. Last weekend he hosted a big scavenger hunt for Outside Lands wristbands at Dolores Park that hundreds signed up for. This time, the more...
On August 1, 2015, the SFMTA is launching a new historic streetcar line along the length of the Embarcadero, directly connecting AT&T Park and Caltrain Station to Fisherman’s Wharf and the northeast waterfront. The service, known as the “E Embarcadero,” will operate on Saturdays and Sundays only from 10 a.m. to more...
3Girls Theatre Company Presents The 4th Annual New Works Festival honoring Risky Women Having Fun and Wreaking Havoc. This free week-long festival calls attention to the need for women who break rules and defy the norm. For 2015 the festival will re-stage the finalists from 3GT’s Salon Reading Series and produce performances of more...
From the man who brought you Quiz in my Pants and Tech Trivia, one of the earliest contestants of Family Double Dare, Captain Joe will be hitting you with nostalgic ’90s trivia. And for some reason this week “The Goonies” (from 1985, people) qualifies as “’90s.” But we won’t ask more...
In honor of National Ice Cream Sandwich Day on August 2, you can score free It’s-It ice cream sandwiches at two locations in San Francisco. Free It’s-It Ice Cream Sandwich Day Sunday, August 2, 2015 Fort Mason: 1-2 pm (where exactly in Fort Mason? They didn’t say) Dolores Park: 2:30-3:30 pm Free, while supplies last… we hope more...
The 13th Annual Jerry Day is an annual civic and cultural event that celebrates one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time and San Francisco native son, Jerry Garcia and his Excelsior roots. The all day concert and festival takes place at the appropriately named “Jerry Garcia Amphitheater” in McLaren Park. Jam more...
The Nihonmachi Street Fair considers itself the original “melting pot” of street fairs, with many aspects of Asian-Pacific American life—and San Francisco’s cultural life—expressed through performance, tradition, art, music, food, and community outreach and service. Over 30,000 festival attendees have made their way to the fair in past years. Expect Hawaiian more...
The Delta Aquarids is an average shower that can produce up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by debris left behind by comets Marsden and Kracht. The shower runs annually from July 12 to August 23. Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak: July 27-30, 2015 | Approximately midnight to 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 relaxing Sunday in a beautiful park setting to hear free performances from top touring acts and local more...
Kites aren’t just for kids any more. Experience the artistry of modern kite flying at the 30th Annual Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships. You’ll find something for everyone, from the giant creature kites as big as houses, to the free kite making and free candy drops for kids. 2015 Berkeley more...
See your favorite runner or cheer all of them on as they get closer to the finish line of the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday, July 26, 2015 which starts at (gulp) 5:30 am. The annual Health & Fitness Expo takes place on Friday and Saturday, July 24-25, 2015. The San Francisco Marathon more...