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Free Money Day
By - posted 9/14/2014
Freebies

OK, this is an odd one, but they may just be on to something. At the heart of Free Money Day 2014 is a social experiment: What happens when we share money with complete strangers? “Free Money Day” is a decentralized global “event” in which people hand out their own money to more...

Robot Bartender Challenge
By - posted 9/14/2014
Geeks

Everything is getting taken over by robots these days…. so why not your cocktails, too? Robot builders from all over the Bay Area vie for $2,000 in prices to create the best pulsing, apocalyptic juggernaut of booze and steel. Find out which cocktail robot has a chance at winning the title more...

49ers Sunday Night Food Truck Party
By - posted 9/14/2014
Get Out: Events

Watch the 49ers beat down the Bears during the first Levi’s Stadium home game of 2014 at this  Funcheap Food Truck Tailgating Party of 2014. We’ve got food trucks, lots of big screen TVs and beer bucket specials. Join up with hundreds of other Niners fans at SF’s biggest weekly game watch. Funcheap more...

Comedy Day 2014
By - posted 9/14/2014
Fairs & Festivals

If you like lounging in the park, laughing your ass off with the distant smell of pot wafting through the air, then the 34th Annual Comedy Day might be the best way for you to spend a Sunday afternoon. The biggest single-day comedy event of the year in San Francisco is more...

Aerial Dances 80 Feet High
By - posted 9/13/2014
City Discoveries

Flyaway Productions aerial dance company brings their new, site-specific dance to the Tenderloin Neighborhood of SF. UC Hastings College of the Law has offered up its 80-foot wall to host the free performances on September 12-20, 2014. Multiple Mary and Invisible Jane brings attention to the older homeless women who inhabit our streets, seeking refuge.  Flyaway Aerial Performances September 12-20, more...

Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival
By - posted 9/13/2014
Fairs & Festivals

From vanilla beans to caramel fillings, indulge in it all at the 19th Annual Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival happening in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square on September 13-14, 2014. Over 30 vendors generously donate sample-sized portions of their products to help raise money for Project Open Hand. And while it’s a little expensive to more...

Tour de Fat
By - posted 9/13/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready for another wild, wonky day of bike philanthropy, beer, bikes and bemusement as New Belgium’s Tour de Fat 2014 stops in San Franicsco with live music, strange bicycle mayhem, lots of beer, and lots of recycling and composting. 2014 Tour de Fat Saturday, September 13, 2014 | Noon to 5 pm Lindley more...

Bunch with Benefits
By - posted 9/12/2014
Eat & Drink

Flavorpill has teamed up with Naked Juice to present Brunch with Benefits, a brunchtime dance party with a purpose. On Saturday, September 13, 2014, head to Public Works for complimentary light brunch catering, Naked Juice, cocktails, DJs, dancing, photo booth, ping pong, and more fun to be had. Brunch with Benefits Saturday, September more...

The 420 Games
By - posted 9/12/2014
Fun & Games

Aiming to prove that Marijuana smokers aren’t just “stoners” but are athletic, responsible members of society, The 420 Games takes place at Golden Gate Park on Saturday featuring a 5k run along with a beer tasting and concert in the bandshell. The 420 Games Saturday, September 13, 2014 | 8am to Noon The more...

Free Ticket Friday
By - posted 9/10/2014
Freebies

Funcheap just got 10 free pair of passes to the Asian Art Museum (good for any day this weekend – Fri, Sat, Sun) to see the final weekend of Gorgeous – and we’re going to give them all away Friday. Come to the steps of the Asian Art Museum at 1pm and more...

SFMOMA “Topping Out” Celebration
By - posted 9/9/2014
City Insight

The steel outline of SFMoMa’s building expansion has reached ever greater heights in recent months, and now it’s time to celebrate. Although the new project won’t be completed until 2016, join museum and community leaders, friends, and neighbors to see the highest beam lifted into place on their expanded building, and more...

NewCo: SF’s Tech & Innovation Festival
By - posted 9/8/2014
Fairs & Festivals

The best way to experience and learn about the innovation economy is up close and personal and in its native habitat. NewCo is a mix between a business conference and artist’s open studio with the vibe of a music festival. San Francisco’s most innovative companies will open their doors to executives, entrepreneurs, investors, more...

Free McDonald’s “Back to School” Breakfast Day
By - posted 9/8/2014
Freebies

From 6:30-9:30 am on September 9, 2014, McDonald’s of the Greater Bay Area is providing one free Egg White Delight McMuffin, apple slices and 1% low fat milk to students grades K-8 accompanied by a parent in restaurant only. McDonald’s Back-to-School Free Breakfast Day Tuesday, September 9, 2014 – 6:30 am to 9:30 am FREE for more...

49ers Season Kickoff Party
By - posted 9/6/2014
Get Out: Events

Watch the 49ers beat down the Dallas Cowboys during the first Funcheap Food Truck Tailgating Party of 2014. We’ve got food trucks, lots of big screen TVs, beer bucket specials, bottomless Mimosas, and the Chat Sports “Loudest 49ers Fan” contest. Join up with hundreds of other Niners fans at SF’s biggest more...

2014 Autumn Moon Festival
By - posted 9/6/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Celebrated in Asia for more than 1,000 years, the 24th Annual Autumn Moon Festival will be held in Chinatown on September 6-7, 2014. For two days, historic Grant Avenue will be filled with arts and crafts booths, cultural exhibits, children’s activities, food, corporate sponsors, and multiple parades along historic Grant Avenue between California Street more...