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“Off the Grid” Campfire Party
By - posted 3/29/2015
Eat & Drink

Cozy up with Off the Grid at “Twilight at the Presidio” – a free weekly evening event on the Main Post Lawn from 5-9 pm every Thursday,April 2 – October 29, 2015.

Dogs on the Catwalk
By - posted 3/28/2015
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Dogs on the Catwalk is a fashion show featuring adoptable dogs happening at Oakland Animal Services from 1-3 pm on Sunday, March 29, 2015. Dogs on the Catwalk: Haute Dog Fashion Show Sunday, March 29, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Oakland Animal Services | 1101 29th Ave, Oakland, CA FREE There will be a more...

SF’s Tiniest House (125 Sq. Ft.)
By - posted 3/26/2015
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Photo credit: Giant Dream Photos The sharing economy and the Tiny House movement have a lot in common: A desire to live a simpler life, reduce expenses, and reduce our environmental footprint. Now, the stars of “Tiny House, Giant Journey” have joined forces with Yerdle, the store where you can post a more...

Vote Funcheap as “Best of SF”
By - posted 3/25/2015
City Insight

If you like all the events we dig up on Funcheap, we’d love to ask you to pretty please take a few minutes and vote for Funcheap as “Best Website” in the SF Weekly‘s annual “Best of the San Francisco” Readers Poll for 2015. The poll is long – over 150 questions – feel more...

Earth Hour 2015: The City Goes Dark
By - posted 3/23/2015
City Insight

Join environmentally-conscious people all over the globe by turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday night and instead light candles, or simply enjoy the dark of the night. The Golden Gate Bridge along with dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country all turning off their non-essential lighting at 8:30 more...

Phoenix Hotel Poolside Party
By - posted 3/23/2015
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San Franpsycho x Kinda Fancy Surf Bikinis presents the “Good Living Party” at Phoenix Hotel. On March 28, 2015, from noon to sunset, guests will dance and party around the Phoenix’s epic outdoor pool to the sound of live music presented by Girls N Boomboxes, Ryan Lucero and 8th Grader. The event more...

Free Food Truck Thursday
By - posted 3/22/2015
Freebies

Come hang out with Capital One 360 bank/café and wear your collegiate gear to get some free coffee in the morning and grub on free BBQ at lunch. Get a free beverage card if you wear anything that features a college. They will also have free sports drinks. Capital One 360 Cafe more...

2015 “Dance Anywhere” Dance-Off
By - posted 3/22/2015
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Dance Anywhere is an annual conceptual public art performance and an invitation for people to stop their routine and dance wherever they are. Find performances at noon in San Francisco… 3 pm in New York…  8 pm in Rome, Prague and Cairo… 10 pm in Istanbul, Nairobi and Minsk… 10th Annual Dance more...

This Dress Was Made From 192 BART Tickets
By - posted 3/21/2015
Artsy Fartsy

What do you do with your BART tickets when they only have a nickel or a dime left on them? Add value? Donate them? Throw them away? Oakland fashion designer Sean Porter spent three years saving his tiny tickets to create a designer dress, made out of 192 of blue BART more...

Sunset Sound System’s 21st Kick-Off Party
By - posted 3/21/2015
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Drawing from the spirit of the Jamaican sound system culture, Sunset Sound System has produced over 150 free outdoor dance parties from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and they’re celebrating 21 years of epic parties at the annual Season Opener at Stafford Lake in Novato. Sunset Sound System  | 21st more...

Macy’s 2015 Flower Show
By - posted 3/21/2015
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The annual Macy’s Flower Show is a celebration of flowers, food, art and music at Macy’s Union Square. The 2015 theme is Art In Bloom which will offer spectators a glimpse into the art of flora through food and flower demos, artist exhibits, fashion events and live music. 2015 Macy’s Flower Show Sunday, March 22 – Saturday, April more...

The First Day of Spring is Here
By - posted 3/20/2015
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Except for a few epic storms, the weather has been amazing and warm so that it seems like we’ve never even had a winter. And now it’s officially “spring” with the equinox upon us, it’s time to celebrate!

Game of Thrones Season 5 Red Carpet Premiere
By - posted 3/20/2015
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London had its premiere and now it’s San Francisco’s turn as most of the stars of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” will be in SF on Monday, March 23, 2015 to attend the red carpet premiere of Season 5 nearly three weeks before the season’s official launch on April 12th. For most more...

Lowriders Take Over San Francsico
By - posted 3/20/2015
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No matter where you are in SF, you’ll probably be able to catch a glimpse of some of SF’s most decked out lowriders cruising all over the city with a streethoppers “meet & hop” and cruising down the Mission. San Francisco Lowrider Council 2nd Cruise Saturday, March 21, 2015 – All Day Embarcadero more...

Corn Dog Day 2015
By - posted 3/17/2015
Celebrations

March 21st  is National Corn Dog Day for 2015! At the biggest “Corn Dog Day” festival in the country for 2015, Funcheap brings you SF’s best food truck corn dogs plus PBR specials. Corn Dog Day always coincides with the first weekend of March Madness; there’s about 7-8 hours of NCAA Tournament action on the more...