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The Biggest Supermoon of 2014
By - posted 8/10/2014
Geeks

Thanks to an optical illusion in the sky, the moon will appear bigger and brighter than normal in the San Francisco Bay Area in the night, during what astronomers call a “supermoon.” Because the sun is about 50,000 miles closer to the earth than at its furthest point – and it’s more...

2014 Pistahan Filipino Festival
By - posted 8/8/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Experience the largest celebration of Filipino art, dance, music and food at the Pistahan Parade & Festival at the Yerba Buena Gardens. 2014 Pistahan Parade Saturday, August 9, 2014 | 11 am Witness a dazzling display of Filipino culture and traditions at the Pistahan Parade down Market Street, from  Civic Center to 4th Street. more...

SF’s Biggest B.Y.O.B. Comedy Night
By - posted 8/8/2014
Get Out: Events

Grab your paper bag and smuggle your booze to Funcheap’s brand new #HellaFunny B.Y.O.B. showcase. For just $5 you’ll see a night of comics from Cobb’s, Punch Line, NBC’s Last Comic Standing and SF Sketchfest.  Funcheap and #HellaFunny’s Stroy Moyd will take over the 500-person strong Great Star Theater for another more...

How to Enjoy Outside Lands for Free
By - posted 8/6/2014
Cheap Tips

If you missed out on buying tickets, or simply didn’t want to drop mega money for tickets to the now sold out Outside Lands Music Festival, you can head to the park and listen the festival for free. You can save lots of money, and still have a great time listening to more...

Virgin America 7th Anniversary Sale
By - posted 8/6/2014
Deals

Celebrating its 7th Anniversary, Virgin America has put together pretty stellar sale for nonstop fares from SFO to Portland ($57), Seattle ($77), Austin ($127) and many other cities. These fares are usually reserved for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Saturdays from August 26, 2014 through February 11, 2015 and there’s bound more...

49ers “Golden Ticket” Giveaway
By - posted 8/5/2014
Win Stuff

Celebrating the preseason and a brand new stadium, the 49ers are throwing a popcorn giveaway on Friday at three locations in San Francisco. Get free tastes of  sweet and salty caramel, bacon popcorn from “Chunky Pig.” And certain packages of popcorn will include “golden tickets” for 15 lucky fans, which include Visa gift more...

Free Museum Day
By - posted 8/3/2014
Get Out: Events

Founded in 1895 in Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum is a landmark art museum to showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. The museum was designed by the renowned Swiss architecture more...

“Ditch Your Desk” Mid-Day Dance Party
By - posted 8/3/2014
Get Out: Events

Why Desk when you can Dance? Ditch Your Desk is a free, energetic, lunchtime dance experience for those who care to shake off the pressures of corporate life with style. “Ditch Your Desk” Mid-Day DJ Dance Party Tuesday, August 5, 2014 – 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm 1446 Market | 1446 Market St, San more...

Free Jamba Juice Morning
By - posted 8/3/2014
Eat & Drink

Jamba Juice recently launched a new line of fresh juices incorporating high nutrient whole foods including kale, beets, cucumbers, apples, oranges, and chia seeds, and are blended into juices. To help introduce people to the new juices they’re giving away a free 12oz juice on August 6, 2014 from 9am to 11am. Free Jamba more...

Kilowatt 20th Anniversary
By - posted 8/3/2014
Eat & Drink

Dive bar Kilowatt on 16th Street celebrates its 20th Anniversary with two days of dirt cheap drinks, free pool and other shenanigans. They’ve got 18 beers on tap (with Bud being $2.50 a pint), plus $3 wells and they promise that happy hour will be even cheaper. And supposedly there’s pizza more...

Nihonmachi Street Fair
By - posted 8/2/2014
Fairs & Festivals

The Nihonmachi Street Fair is a celebration of the Asian / Pacific communities in the Bay Area from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday, August 2-3, 2014 in San Francisco’s Japantown. Nihonmachi Street Fair Saturday & Sunday, August 2-3, 2014 | 11am to 6pm Japantown, San Francisco FREE In 2014 the fair more...

Massive Messy Twister in the Park
By - posted 8/2/2014
Fun & Games

Remember playing Twister with your friends? Being caught in strange positions. Pushing over your friends? Well, it’s time to bring it back on Sunday, August 3, 2014. A massive game of Twister will be set up in Dolores Park. It’s no ordinary game. They’ll have paint on each circle while people more...

2014 Aloha Festival
By - posted 8/2/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Get a feel for the islands at the 2014 Aloha Festival with music, dance, food, and culture from Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa, and all over the Pacific. The Pacific Islanders of the San Francisco Bay Area offer their talents in music and dance during this free two-day festival of arts held during the more...

“Made in SF” DJ Fest
By - posted 8/1/2014
Get Out: Events

Made in SF features a slew of local DJs, performers going late into the night at Public Works with an outdoor street food market to keep you fueled. Headlining the decks will be an epic house DJ set by Mark Farina, one of the top DJs in the world according to more...

Free Awesome Ice Cream Sandwich Day
By - posted 8/1/2014
Freebies

CREAM (which translates to “Cookies Rule Everything Around Me”) makes super tasty ice cream sandwiches on freshly-baked homemade cookies. They’ve got shops all over the Bay Area and now are opening up one finally in San Francisco. And to celebrate the grand opening, they’ll be giving away free ice cream sandwiches more...