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Peet’s 2-for-1 Coffee Day
By - posted 9/28/2014
Freebies

Peet’s is celebrating National Coffee Day 2014 with a buy one, get one free offer on any coffee beverage (or tea) good on Monday, September 29, 2014. Visit any Peet’s retail location and get a free coffee or espresso beverage to share with someone special when you buy one. No coupon more...

$1 Bottles of Wine Delivered to your Door
By - posted 9/27/2014
Deals

Thanks for Eater SF for tipping us off to the latest player on the local drink startup scene is debuting in SF: L.A.-based Saucey, which offers everything from Smirnoff to Blanton’s bourbon, delivered to your door (not to mention 18-racks of Bud Light). The tradeoff, of course, is that things are a bit more...

Now & Zen 2014
By - posted 9/27/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Every year, Alice 97.3 throws a big end-of-summer free concert in Golden Gate Park’s Sharon Meadow. The 2014 “Now & Zen” Fest features a lineup of adult-friendly rock that includes the Neon Trees, Matt Nathanson, American Authors and Linsey Stirling. In addition to the concert, there’s tons of vendors, food and specialty more...

Exploratorium Free Day
By - posted 9/27/2014
Freebies

The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly free days, they do host several special events throughout the year offering free admission for all.

$1 Book Day
By - posted 9/27/2014
Deals

The Big Book Sale celebrates its 50th Anniversary by featuring 70 categories of books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl, and other forms of media, all for $1-$3, at the Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion. 50th Annual Big Book Sale September 24-28, 2014 | 10 am to 6 pm Fort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion, SF FREE More than half a more...

Food Wagon Fandango
By - posted 9/25/2014
Get Out: Events

What the heck is a Food Wagon Fandango? Put 12 of the best gourmet food trucks in SF together with some of the best local folk, bluegrass and hillbilly music outfits in the sunny, cheery heart of SoMa and you get the friendly felicitous phenomenon known as Foodwagon Fandango. Food Wagon Fandango Saturday, September 27, more...

Superhero Street Fair
By - posted 9/24/2014
Only in San Francisco

Heroes and villains battle (and party) together within an urban theatrical landscape during an all-day street fair filled with seven stages of DJs and burning man camp-style entertainment, human hamster ball races, sexy robots, a super hero boot camp, a costume contest, and more. 2014 Superhero Street Fair Saturday, September 27, 2014 | 1-11 pm Cesar more...

10th annual Museum Day
By - posted 9/23/2014
Freebies

Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th annual Museum Day takes place Saturday, September 27, 2014 as participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide will open their doors free of charge to all visitors who register for free Museum Day tickets starting on August 1, 2014. San Francisco highlights include the de Young Museum, Legion of Honor and more...

Ocean Beach Celebration
By - posted 9/22/2014
Get Out: Events

Reset your system with a modern spin on a 600-year-old Rosh Hashanah ritual called tashlih to get rid of last year’s bad karma and start the new year off fresh. Join the JCCSF and Reboot by the shore at Ocean Beach for a brief, engaging ritual and joyful noise accompaniment from more...

Art Beats: Art & Performance Spectacle
By - posted 9/22/2014
Fairs & Festivals

You’re invited to Art Beats, a three-day event that makes art  accessible and transforms the beautifully derelict Pier 70 into an art and performance spectacle from September 26-28, 2014. It’s a daytime art fair with workshops, performances and live art. At night, the lights go down and the DJs and the beats come out. > more...

The Final “Film Night in the Park” of 2014
By - posted 9/21/2014
Get Out: Events

Every summer Film Night in the Park puts on free outdoor movies in parks throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Arrive early, spread out a blanket, and picnic prior to the screening, but avoid more...

“Art in Nature” Festival
By - posted 9/20/2014
Artsy Fartsy

Stroll along the mile-long Stream Trail of Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, experience art in nature, and delve into the nature of art throughout 12 themed areas featuring music, dance, sculpture, painting, martial arts, poetry, body painting, circus arts, theater, visual arts, storytelling, arts & crafts, kids activities and more at the more...

Folsom Street Fair
By - posted 9/20/2014
Fairs & Festivals

The 31st Annual Folsom Street Fair, a true only in San Francisco original, covers over 13 city blocks filled with 400,000 people in their most outrageous leather, rubber, and fetish attire enjoying the world’s largest leather fair. 2014 Folsom Street Fair Sunday, September 21, 2014 | 11 am to 6 pm Folsom Street (8th more...

Eat Real Festival 2014
By - posted 9/19/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Part street food festival, part county fair, and part block party, the 2014 Eat Real Festival transforms Jack London Square into an epic food festival for three full days of food-centric fun and epicurious education, September 19-21, 2014. But eating is only part of the fun; they also show you how to make more...

2014 Dragon Boat Festival
By - posted 9/19/2014
Fairs & Festivals

The 19th Annual SF International Dragon Boat Festival is a free weekend of world-class dragon boat racing in the shadow of the new bay bridge, cultural performances, and family activities at the largest competitive dragon boat festival in the U.S. The festival features upwards of 130 dragon boat teams and 3,500 dragon boat more...