SF City Guides
Come and learn how to participate in the St. Patricks Day Parade Dog Contingent. For the Love of Dog USA and Frida the SF Dog Mayor are hosting a meet and greet for you and your dogs at Doc’s Clock. They will have complete details as to where to meet on the more...
Photo: David Yu The West Coast’s largest Irish event celebrating Irish history and culture, the 164th Annual San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival, attracts some 100,000 revelers every year and is one of the city’s most popular events. 164th San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival Saturday, March 14, 2015 – Parade: Starts at 11:30 more...
We’ve already got a 26 inch “life-size” sculpture of Yoda in the Presidio. But that little green man seems to get around. Thanks to Twitter user Loving SF for finding the new Yoda “heart” sculpture in Union Square with quotes like, “There is no Try.” Source: Loving SF via. City of San more...
The Awesöme Orchestra Collective is the Bay Area’s most adventurous reading orchestra, dedicated to playing excellent orchestral music of all kinds with amazing musicians in a fun, casual environment focused on high musicianship. On March 9th the collective joins together for the ultimate time-traveling music mashup – Bach, Burt Bacharach and more...
Take a free guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love. Although we lose an hour today, everything stays light an hour later so it’s the perfect day to get outside and explore. 2015 “Spring Forward” Walking Tours Sunday, March 8, 2015 FREE but donations greatly appreciated Don’t more...
Sunday Streets (March – October 2015) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. >> Funcheap is more...
The White Elephant Sale has been taking one person’s trash and recycling it into someone else’s treasure for more than 50 years and the giant rummage sale is back. 56th Annual White Elephant Sale Sat-Sun, March 7-8, 2015 | 10 am to 4 pm White Elephant Sale Warehouse, 33 Lancaster St., Oakland FREE admission more...
As Bayview Hunters Point’s longest-running annual event, the Black Cuisine Festival, was created to highlight culinary talents passed through generations. Black Cuisine shares delectable food rooted in African American tradition bringing people together for a little taste of soul. 2015 Black Cuisine Festival Saturday, March 7, 2015 | 11 am to 6 more...
We’ve all seen TV shows or movies where a character leaves a scene by flipping a table, and we’ve all fantasized of making an exit that badass. And on Friday, March 6, 2015, this is becoming a reality. The Flip-Off rented an awesome space in the Mission (The Lab), and you’re more...
The Bay Area will be a little darker for the next 11 months. The monumental LED sculpture, The Bay Lights, must be removed from the western span of the Bay Bridge in early March to allow for maintenance of the cables. But, thanks to generous private donors and an agreement between the non-profit Illuminate the Arts more...
Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Typically over 100 groups will participate in the parade and many of the floats and specialty groups will be featuring the theme of this year’s more...
San Francisco has appeared in hundreds of movies and television series, some famous, others obscure, from Eric von Stroheim’s 1924 Greed to Dirty Harry to Zodiac. Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of Celluloid San Francisco: The Film Lover’s Guide to Bay Area Movie Locations uses film stills and clips to demonstrate the more...
Celebrate the ceremonial re-lighting of the Ferry Building in honor of the centennial of the 100th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. For the duration of the 1915 Exposition the Ferry Building was festooned with lights, a beacon proudly proclaiming “1915” to the world. This lighting will be recreated in a civic more...
Looking for ways to give your time, talent, and energy in a meaningful way? Join a nonprofit board. The Board Match Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | 5-7:30 pm SF Marriott Marquis | 55 4th St, San Francisco FREE, but RSVP is required. The Board Match is a job-fair style event featuring around 150 Bay Area nonprofits whose more...
