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Miniature Graffiti Art Show
By - posted 10/14/2014
Artsy Fartsy

Feel like a giant in a slightly-rundown miniature town at this opening reception for an exhibit with about 40 artists painting graffiti on realistic-looking, but teeny tiny versions of billboards, brick walls, dumpsters and trucks. “Honey, I Shrunk The Streets”  Thursday, October 16, 2014 – 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm 1AM Gallery | more...

San Francisco on $0 a Day
By - posted 10/14/2014
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Funcheap hosts its first ever Litcrawl event. This city is too damn expensive. So let’s talk about cheap eats, free things to do and finding amazing street scores. Get insider tips on surviving in SF even if you’re not a tech bazillionare featuring Johnny Funcheap, Broke-Ass Stuart (live via satellite), Brandon more...

The Great 360 “BBQ”
By - posted 10/13/2014
Eat & Drink

Capital One 360 Cafe celebrates the end of summer with The Great 360 BBQ featuring free biscuits from Brenda’s Soul Food, free burritos from Senor Sisig and free ice cream from Smitten on Friday, October 17, 2014. The Great 360 “BBQ” Friday, October 17, 2014 – 9am to 5:30pm Capital One 360 Café | more...

SF Giants MLB Playoffs Food Truck Party
By - posted 10/13/2014
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Beat the Cardinals… Bring on the World Series! Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for a huge game watch – game four of the National League Championship Series. Come on by Wednesday night to get food truck grub, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at SF’s more...

Al Gore Speaks in San Francisco
By - posted 10/12/2014
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Dreamforce is an annual conference and workshop put on by Salesforce.com full of vendors in the expo hall, free workshops, keynote speeches and networking with over 50,000 innovators across all industries at this annual expo for cloud computing and social enterprise. Dreamforce 2014 October 13-16, 2014 Moscone Center, SF Register for free tickets  – more...

Free Walking Tour Monday
By - posted 10/12/2014
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Got the day off? Take a guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love on Columbus Day, Monday, October 13, 2014. 2014 Columbus Day Walking Tours 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden 10 am – Chinatown 11 am – Sigmund Stern Grove 11 am – Bawdy & Naughty 11 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History 1 pm more...

Spider-Man Day
By - posted 10/12/2014
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Wear your favorite Spider-Man apparel (sorry, no masks) and gain free admission to Madame Tussauds this Tuesday, October 14, 2014 as they bring Spider-Man to San Francisco on official Spider-Man Day 2014. Spider-Man Day Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – 11am to 6pm Madame Tussauds | 145 Jefferson St, San Francisco, CA FREE if you more...

15th Annual Decompression
By - posted 10/11/2014
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The annual Decompression Heat the Street Fair is a reunion of sorts for Burning Man and a chance for newcomers to get a small taste of the Playa, but without all the dust.Come at Noon sharp to enjoy all the installations, performances, fire, dance, theme camps, circus arts, live music, more...

Fleet Week 2014
By - posted 10/11/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival. Fleet Week 2014 October 9-13, 2014 Northern Waterfront, SF FREE

Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival
By - posted 10/10/2014
Fairs & Festivals

In 2014, the world-renowned Noriega Street will be home to the first annual Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival (formerly Outer Noriega Street Fair) featuring six stages, over 10 food vendors, two beer gardens, over twenty live music acts, live art installations, a kids zone, a mobile petting zoo, and a pumpkin patch.  2014 more...

The Oktoberfest Games
By - posted 10/10/2014
Eat & Drink

Celebrate Oktoberfest at SoMa StrEat Food Park and their communal picnic tables just like in Munich. Not just with awesome German microbrews and tasty German-inspired food truck dishes, but also with The Oktoberfest Games – sausage tossing, stein holding contests and beer barrel sip and spin. The 2014 Oktoberfest Games Saturday, October 11, more...

Ocean Beach Sand Castle Contest
By - posted 10/10/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Northern California’s largest sandcastle building event, the 31st annual Leap Sandcastle Contest is a spirited competition between teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers and local elementary school students at Ocean Beach (just below the Cliff House). There’s also a community castle for everyone to join in to build. Photo credit: David Yu Leap’s 31st Annual Sandcastle more...

Funcheap’s Private Champagne Party
By - posted 10/8/2014
Eat & Drink

Help kick off SF’s newest happy hour with Funcheap – You’re invited to join us at the Bubble Lounge on Friday, October 10, 2014 for the “Happiest Hour” We will have a private “most happiest” hour from 4-5pm that requires a secret password at the door for entry. You’ll get early entrance more...

The Oktoberfest Games
By - posted 10/7/2014
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Celebrate Oktoberfest at SoMa StrEat Food Park and their communal picnic tables just like in Munich. Not just with awesome German microbrews and tasty German-inspired food truck dishes, but also with The Oktoberfest Games – sausage tossing, stein holding contests and beer barrel sip and spin. The 2014 Oktoberfest Games Saturday, October 11, more...

The Rare “Blood Moon” Rises
By - posted 10/7/2014
Geeks

There is a total eclipse of the full moon on the night of October 7-8, 2014. This is the Northern Hemisphere’s Hunter’s Moon – the name for the full moon after the Harvest Moon. It’s also a Blood Moon, and this eclipse is the second in a series of four more...