SF City Guides
Celebrate Opening Day on the Bay at the Treasure Island Sailing Center with free sailboat rides, kayaking, and stand up paddle boarding, plus enjoy music, family activities and food. 2015 Opening Day & National Safe Boating Day Saturday, April 25, 2015 | 11 am to 4 pm Treasure Island Sailing Center, 698 California Ave, #112, more...
The 17th annual Bay Area National Dance Week runs Friday, April 24 – Sunday, May 3, 2015. The annual 10-day festival features over 600 free events throughout the Bay Area. Take dance classes and watch free performances in a wide range of styles including tango, Bharatnatyam, jazz, hip hop, ballet, traditional hula, fire dance, Samba, more...
Looking for some crazy free late Friday night fun? One of the events of the NOW! Festival on Friday, April 24th is…A midnight silent disco pajama party. So throw on your pajamas and join the party – a unique, silly (and quite possibly, thrilling) event. Midnight Silent Disco Pajama Party Friday, April 24, more...
SoMa StrEat Food Park is the Official Home of the Warriors Playoffs Viewing Parties. Watch the Dubs kick off the 2015 NBA playoffs and beat the New Orleans Pelicans at the Funcheap Game Watch Party. We’ve got food trucks, lots of big screen TVs, full sound during the games, and beer specials. And for more...
Join BART for the annual free BART Blue Sky Festival at Justin Herman Plaza, thanking those who ride BART and recognizing eco-friendly Bay Area leaders, just in time for Earth Day. 5th Annual BART Blue Sky Festival Wednesday, April 22, 2015 | 11 am to 1:30 pm Justin Herman Plaza, SF FREE You’ll find environmental info and giveaways from more...
Now is a community festival akin to a cross between [freespace] and 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 from April 19-25, 2015. Hundreds of people will contribute to a neighborhood-wide explosion more...
The Golden Gate Park Band, under the direction of Michael L. Wirgler, presents the 133rd season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. The weekly concerts take place most Sundays at 1 pm and are free and open to the public. All concerts feature music of specific nationalities or cultures, including costumed guest more...
The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, said to be the second largest festival outside of Washington, D.C., celebrates the blooming of cherry blossoms at one of three remaining Japantowns in the United States. 48th Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival – April 11-12, 2015 | 10 am to 5 pm – April 18-19, 2015 more...
San Francisco’s funniest degenerates pay their debts to society with a night of comedy and behind-the-scenes stories of their crimes and how they got caught. Set in the heart of Chinatown, the Great Star (built in 1925) has all the quirks and charms of an underground comedy theater. The main difference? The more...
San Francisco (and the whole Bay Area, for that matter) goes a bit overboard when it comes to Earth Day, but we love it. That’s why we live here, right? So if you’re looking for an opportunity to help out with a beach cleanup, get inspired to be more green or more...
DogFest 2015 is a mutt-tastic festival at one of the most dog-friendly parks in the city and the biggest dog event in San Francisco. Watch doggies compete for Best Trick, Best Costume, Best Ears, Best Bark and more, with celebrity emcee Daniel Handler, official representative of Lemony Snicket. Treat your human child to a day more...
This Saturday (April 11, 2015) was the first fully legal, closed course bike race in the Mission District. Ever. Mission Crit featured two 120 degree turns, so spectating was awesome but a bit harrowing. The rules? No brakes, no levers, no lights, no water bottles (don’t worry, you won’t have time to take a sip anyway) Read more...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s, and you know what that means… free ice cream for you. As long as you don’t mind waiting in really long lines, almost all Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops in the Bay Area (and around the world, for that matter) more...
For the first time in San Francisco and all the way from Austin (Texas, that is) are the legendary purveyors of punk & indie karaoke called “The Karaoke Underground.” The Karaoke Underground Sunday, April 12, 2015 – 8:00 pm Rickshaw Stop | 155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA $5 That’s right, instead of singing “Don’t more...
Hold on to your fedoras and go-go boots – it’s the final episodes of an all-time great series, Mad Men. Novela will be screening each remaining episode every Sunday from April 5 until May 17, 2015. Mad Men Viewing Party Sundays, April 5-May 17, 2015 | 7pm Novela, 662 Mission St., SF Free entry, but an RSVP more...
