SF City Guides
Ring in the New Year with 200,000 fellow bundled-up San Franciscans for a waterfront fireworks tradition as the city once again hosts a free waterfront midnight fireworks show on New Year’s Eve. San Francisco New Year’s Eve Fireworks | 2015 Wednesday, December 31, 2014 | 11:59 pm Embarcadero from Mission to Folsom FREE Arrive by more...
Super Duper Burger is closing out the year with free mini-burgers, french fries, and soft serve at all of their locations on December 30, 2014 from 3-4 pm. The deal is only good for the first 100 people, so you better get in line early. The Bay Area chain boasts Niman more...
The Uptown, a favorite dive bar in San Francisco’s Mission District is celebrating 30 years with three days of events, December 26 – 28, 2014. All events are free and open to the public (21 & over). Recently the Uptown’s employees have recently bought the bar after the owner, Scott Ellsworth, died several more...
San Francisco City Guides offer free guided walking tours of many different neighborhoods in the city and will be offering a full slate of free tours on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after. Have friends and relatives in town with nothing to do? Gather up the folks and show more...
Experience the great films of Hollywood’s Golden Era in one of America’s finest Art Deco movie palaces. With over 3,000 seats and a meticulously-restored interior, the Paramount offers a true “Movie Palace” experience straight out of the 1930s – with period newsreels, cartoons, previews, live music from the Mighty Wurlitzer organ and the audience participation more...
The San Francisco Main Library’s annual holiday model train display chugs back onto the second floor, outside the Fisher Children’s Center through the holiday season. 2014-15 Holiday Train Display December 15, 2014 – January 8, 2015 San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St, SF FREE Children (and adults who like choo choos) can watch beloved more...
Think everything’s closed on Christmas Day? The Contemporary Jewish Museum is open and free, and it’s a great chance to check out the current exhibits and a few special events during this annual CJM Community Day — an admission-free, fun-for-all extravaganza. Contemporary Jewish Museum Free Admission Day Thursday, December 25, 2014 | 11 more...
You don’t have to be Jewish to come share a night of movies, drinks, a Jewish Christmas burlesque revue and free Chinese food with people who would be bored stiff otherwise on Christmas. And we’re told there will be a Hanukkah bush and that Hanukkah Harry will be making a special more...
Karla LaVey’s First Satanic Church presents the Annual Black X Mass on Christmas day at the Elbo Room. Karla LaVey’s 17th Annual Black X Mass Thursday, December 25, 2014 | 9 pm Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, San Francisco $10 The 2014 event is a party and a show with live music and unique entertainment performed by: KrOB more...
Photo credit: David Yu Every year San Francisco’s City Hall gets into the Christmas spirit for the holidays making it a perfect photo opportunity if you can stand how cold it is outside. City Hall will be lit up in green and red most nights from December 15, 2014 and typically runs a more...
Here’s your chance to get a photo with the 2014, 2012 and 2010 Giants World Series Trophy. The Giants World Champions Trophy Tour takes place for the second time in two years – with all three trophies traveling all over Northern California (and around the country) from January 7 to March more...
Margaret Cho presents the #BeRobin marathon benefit event, in honor of the generous spirit of local comedian Robin Williams, to aid the most vulnerable residents of San Francisco from 4 pm to 2 am on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Bring food, clothing (especially socks), raincoats, or anything else that can be donated. Margaret Cho more...
Although The Ursids is a relatively minor meteor shower producing only about 5-10 meteors per hour, 2014 will be one of the best years to observe the Ursids because there will be no moonlight to interfere with the show. Best viewing will be just after midnight from a dark location more...
The New Parkway Theater, a cool community theater in Oakland with couches and quirky seating, a beer and wine license, and a full food menu, is turning two on December 22, 2014 and to celebrate, they’ll open the theater early for $2 movies all afternoon and night. In every single movie showing that day, more...
We know you’re broke, so here’s a special code good for $10 off any t-shirt at DSF (a local shop in the Lower Haight with indie designers) including the awesomely-titled “I Can’t Afford SF” shirt. Get $10 off – use secret code FUNCHEAP4LIFE at checkout. Good until 12/31/14 at 11:59pm.