SF City Guides
It’s our final comedy show of 2014 and Funcheap is throwing an End of the Year Comedy Explosion. >> Get $5 tickets (good for the first 200 people at each show) We’ve hand-picked a special showcase headlined by four comedians who have been featured by SF Sketchfest, appeared on NBC, Cobb’s and Punch Line. Expect a night of more...
“Unsilent Night” is artist Phil Kline’s free outdoor participatory sound sculpture played through a roving swarm of hundreds of boomboxes carried through the Mission District creating a 44-minute ambient roving electronic Christmas carol of chimes and bells. Hundreds of people bring their own boomboxes and drift peacefully through a cloud of more...
Celebrate in festive Filipino style at the annual Parol Lantern Festival & Parade, held in Yerba Buena Gardens and Jessie Square, where you can watch traditional, star-shaped Filipino Christmas lanterns called parols march along Yerba Buena Lane, along with live music, art, games and performances. 12th Annual Parol Lantern Festival and Parade Saturday, more...
The Master of Suspense loved San Francisco and used its beauty, elegance and mystery to great effect in several films. From Nob Hill to Union Square, you’ll see some of the hotels, clubs, retail stores and other locations featured in Vertigo and other Hitchcock classics. During this free San Francisco City more...
Gap and LookMazing invite you to a fun night of holiday shopping featuring sweet treats, DJs, a photobooth and discounts throughout the store. Gap Holiday Shopping Party Wednesday, December 10, 2014 – 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Gap (Market St) | 890 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102 Free, but an RSVP is required. Look more...
In a Battle of the Bay, watch the 49ers versus the Raiders at a Funcheap Food Truck Tailgating Party. We will pair up brews and burgers from East Bay against San Francisco. We’ve got food trucks, lots of big screen TVs, beer bucket specials, and bottomless mimosas. Join up with hundreds more...
The California Academy of Sciences is a world-class scientific and cultural institution in Golden Gate Park, a 400,000 square foot structure that houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a four-story rainforest all under a living roof. The Academy hosts four free days a year. California Academy of Sciences Quarterly more...
We’re expecting nearly 4 inches of rain and heavy winds in San Francisco on Thursday. Here are some simple tips from the SF Department of Emergency Management to stay safe and dry: Sweep up leaves and litter from the sidewalks. This can help keep storm drains from getting clogged. Construct barriers to stop more...
Glowing with 70,000 lights, the spectacularly decorated Caltrain Holiday Train is the world’s largest toy train and will make its whistle-stop tour of the San Francisco, Peninsula and the South Bay. The Caltrain Holiday Train brings a free 20-minute musical show to each of the stations it visits and collects toy donations for more...
Head to Jack London Square (or the Wind River Park in Alameda) and nab a perfect viewing spot for the 38th Annual Oakland/Alameda Estuary Lighted Yacht Parade, starting just after sunset at 5:30 pm on Saturday, December 6, 2014. This Bay Area tradition features dozens of festively decorated boats as they cruise more...
Union Street kicks off its annual Fantasy of Lights holiday celebration. Thousands of holiday lights set off the Victorian houses along the street, transforming Union Street into a magical backdrop for Santa and a team of elves to celebrate along with jugglers, live ponies dressed as reindeer, face painters, balloon artists, costumed characters, more...
Old school Indie Mart is out of retirement for one night. Kelly Malone, the creative maven behind this long-time indie craft fair, went into a semi-retirement, but decided the neighborhood needed a rad design show since its the holidays and it just felt fun, simple and they miss it. So join more...
During the Santa Skivvies Run, you can watch hundreds of bods drop their trousers, don Santa hats and reindeer antlers and help raise funds to support the free and local services of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Although it costs upwards of $50 to register to run, it’s free to watch the undie parade of more...
At Brave the Bay you might see an elf in striped tights jump into the Bay, or Santa Claus hauling a cable car instead of presents at this Santa Triathlon that’s co-presented with the SF Police Department. Teams of six pull cable cars by rope in a head-to-head battle against members of more...
December 5, 2014 is the 81st Anniversary of when Prohibition was officially overturned with the 21st Amendment in 1933. So to celebrate, it’s time to drink up! And there’s no better excuse than on “Repeal Day.” After all, when was the last time you were able to get hammered in a more...
