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National Grilled Cheese Day 2015
By - posted 4/11/2015
Fairs & Festivals

Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day 2015 at this one-day-only event with a bevy of food trucks serving up their unique versions of Grilled Cheese sandwiches at SoMa StrEat Food Park on Sunday, April 12, 2015. Wash it all down with beer ($3 PBR) and bottomless Mimosas throughout the event. We’ll also be offering an exclusive tasting ticket allowing you to try more...

2015 Cherry Blossom Festival
By - posted 4/10/2015
Fairs & Festivals

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...

An Amazing Sand Drawing at Ocean Beach
By - posted 4/9/2015
Artsy Fartsy

Andres Amador is an earthscape artist from San Francisco who is well known for creating massive sand drawings on the beach using only a rake and some volunteers. Watch him create one of his large-scale artworks. Then watch it wash away. Andres Amador Sand Art Creation Saturday, April 11, 2015 | 9 am to more...

“Yuri’s Night” Space Parties
By - posted 4/9/2015
Geeks

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to enjoy Yuri’s Night – a global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961, more...

Walk to Work Day
By - posted 4/7/2015
Celebrations

San Francisco was the nation’s first city to officially launch Walk to Work Day  – walking just 15 minutes of your commute counts and your efforts be rewarded with some free goodies. Be a part of this fun and festive day of encouragement celebrating the most healthy, sustainable form of transportation: walking. Walk more...

Where to Country Line Dance in SF
By - posted 4/7/2015
Get Out: Events

Your night of gettin’ down country style sponsored by Folsom Street Foundry Harness your inner cowboy or cowgirl as country invades San Francisco at Aw Naw! Country Night at the Folsom Street Foundry. Aw Naw! Country Night Wednesdays, April 8 & 22, 2015 | 7pm to Midnight Folsom Street Foundry, 1425 Folsom St. at 10th, SF Free, more...

AT&T Park Giants Free Opening Day Party
By - posted 4/5/2015
Get Out: Events

Cheer on the Giants even though they are on the road and join 5,000+ Giants fans at AT&T Park to watch the  Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks for opening day 2015 live from Phoenix. The first road game of the season from Arizona will be shown on the huge HD scoreboard at a more...

Mad Men Season Premiere Viewing Party
By - posted 4/5/2015
Get Out: Events

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...

Free de Young Museum Day
By - posted 4/2/2015
Get Out: Events

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...

Easter 2015 Guide for San Francisco
By - posted 4/2/2015
Celebrations

Market Street Prototyping Festival
By - posted 4/1/2015
Fairs & Festivals

Market Street runs through the heart of our beautiful city, yet it can feel uninviting and disconnected. The Market Street Prototyping Festival aims to bring together people from different neighborhoods and backgrounds for three days of temporary installations ranging from performances spaces, relaxation zones, dynamic art pieces, and more. Market Street Prototyping more...

2015 Hunky Jesus Contest
By - posted 3/31/2015
Fairs & Festivals

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the kabuki-inspired cross-dressing nuns-of-fun, host their 36th Easter Sunday in the Park at Hellman Hollow in Golden Gate Park. There’s a family-friendly Children’s Easter celebration at 11 am, but the real fun follows after the kids head home with adult-friendly fare like the Easter Bonnet Contest, burlesque, more...

2015 Spring Book Sale
By - posted 3/30/2015
Deals

Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion, the San Francisco Public Library’s Spring Book Sale will feature over 250,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media in over 70 categories. Friends of the SF Public Library 2015 Spring Book Sale April 1-5, 2015 | 10 am to more...

Free Marijuana & Twinkies Day
By - posted 3/30/2015
Only in San Francisco

Yes, it’s April Fool’s Day, but from everything that we can tell this is a solid, true offer of a silly promotion just trying to take advantage of April 1st. Eaze is an ‘Uber for Pot” on-demand service the delivers a free 1/8 oz. medical marijuana (with free delivery) for all more...

St. Stupid’s Day Parade
By - posted 3/29/2015
Fairs & Festivals

The Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade is a mid-week celebration of stupidity, so wear something silly, bring your solo socks, spare pennies and losing lottery tickets and gather with all the other stupids at the foot of Market Street to do the silliest walk of all. 37th Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade Wednesday, April more...