SF City Guides
The Come Out & Play Festival is back celebrating a fifth year of bringing play to the Bay with new and innovative real-world games happening on Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin at Civic Center in the heart of San Francisco. 2014 Come Out & Play Festival October 24-25, 2014 Fulton Street between more...
Witness the simultaneous dance-off to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” for an annual flashmob called “Thrill the World” that is performed simultaneously along with thousands all over the world. 2014 “Thrill the World” Michael Jackson Flash Mob Saturday, October 25, 2014 | Noon class, 3 pm performance Studio One Art Center, 365 45th St, Oakland FREE, but a $10 more...
Yea, we own October! Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for a huge game watch – game three of the World Series. If you couldn’t get tickets to AT&T Park on Friday night to get food truck grub, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at SF’s more...
Like The Blob, the Bay Area Science Festival keeps growing. Play old school video games at Folsom Street Foundry, attend nerd science lectures at Piston & Chain or take a guided field trip to hidden craftsmen and artisan workshops in SoMa. Nerd Nite Block Party Friday, October 24, 2014 – 6:00 pm more...
For only the second time ever, the historic 1886 Haas-Lilienthal House will be transformed into Mayhem Mansion, a haunted house style attraction. Set in a Victorian-era house museum, ghoulish guides walk you through dimly lit parlors and passages on a “twisted tour of terror” replete with frightful encounters in unexpected places. 2014 is more...
First posted by Broke Ass Stuart, check out this San Francisco tour guide who loses it (apparently on her very last day of work) and let’s it all fly all the things she hated about living in Chinatown. “F*ck your laundry hanging out the window… F*ck your jade… F*ck your knock more...
With the Giants in the World Series for third time in five years, the city is still glowing strong. Many of SF’s iconic buildings and structures are showing their Giants pride by lighting up orange for the World Series. Have any awesome photos of other buildings? Send them along and we’ll more...
The zombies will awaken. The spirits of the dead will rise to invade the streets of San Francisco at 2 pm on Saturday, October 25, 2014. So if you see a zombie, rather than letting him eat your brains, bring some canned food to donate to the food bank. 2014 San Francisco more...
For one night, drop your relations, your work, your leisure, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the chase. Journey to the End of the Night is a free street game / scavenger hunt of epic proportions with nearly 2,000 people participating, all more...
It’s time for one more! Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for Funcheap’s huge game watch – Come out to get food truck grub, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at SF’s biggest game watch! There’s both indoor and outdoor space with heated lamps. SF Giants vs. more...
At Wharf Fest’s one-day-only chowder competition, classic establishments like Boudin Bakery, Cioppino’s, and Fog Harbor Fish House will take on new wharf restaurants and battle it out for the title of Best Fisherman’s Wharf Chowder. Your ticket gets you samples from all of the competitors, plus you’ll get to vote. Fisherman’s Wharf more...
Do you bounce around from your Uber app to Lyft and Sidecar to see who can give you the best deal for a ride right now? A couple of data geeks Johnathan and Matt wanted to see if they could build a tool to make it easier. And they’ve launched whatsthefare.com more...
Muni is modernizing their fleet with 175 new trains for $648 million that will start arriving in 2016 – more than doubling its fleet of Metro light rail trains. Want to have your say on the train’s interiors, features or color schemes? Come one SF… we know you do! > Take the more...
San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...
On a dark, moonless night, the Orionids exhibit as many as 25 meteors per hour. These fast-moving meteors occasionally leave persistent trains. They sometimes produce bright fireballs, so watch for them to flame in the sky. If you trace these meteors backward, they seem to come from the Club of the more...
