Home » City Guide Archive

SF City Guides

Brews on the Block
By - posted 9/26/2013
Fairs & Festivals

Novela Bar presents “Brews On The Block” – a showcase of local craft beers on Annie Alley in SoMa. The street fair also featured food trucks ( Savourie Streets & The Rib Whip), live music from hard-hitting blues and swing act Slim Jenkins and DJs from Motown on Mondays. The alley party is free and more...

The “Final” America’s Cup Race
By - posted 9/23/2013
Get Out: Events

Somehow, Team Oracle has come back from being down 8-1 and has won seven races in a row. It’s all tied up 8-8 with one final race to go (weather permitting) on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 1:15pm. You can view for free anywhere along the northern waterfront, and if more...

Electric Vehicle Week 2013
By - posted 9/22/2013
Fairs & Festivals

Test-drive the latest electric vehicles as EV Week 2013 kicks off with a free two day festival and expo at Justin Herman Plaza on September 23-24, 2013. Test drive the Tesla Model S, Ford Fusion C-MAX Energi, Ford Fusion Energi, Ford Focus Electric, BMW ActiveE (DriveNow), Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius Plug-in, Toyota more...

Alcatraz: Life on the Rock
By - posted 9/22/2013
Get Out: Events

“Alcatraz: Life on the Rock” is on exhibit every day until October 25, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco’s atrium lobby. The exhibit showcases Alcatraz Island’s fascinating history and infamous inmates. Specific installations include “How Do You Know Alcatraz?” which offers a compelling introduction, complete with a model of the more...

America’s Cup “Do or Die” Race for USA
By - posted 9/22/2013
Get Out: Events

Team Oracle won both races on Sunday staving off elimination and setting more “do or die” racing for Monday. New Zealand leads 8-5 needing only one more victory to take home the America’s Cup. Team Oracle needs to win four straight. Winds permitting, the first race on Monday, September 23, 2013 will more...

Dolores Park Clean Up Party
By - posted 9/22/2013
Get Out: Events

Bi-Rite Market and Dolores Park Works will lead the community in a morning scrub-up of Dolores Park on Monday, September 23, 2013. Dolores Park Clean Up Party Monday, September 23, 2013 – 9:00 am Bi-Rite Creamery | 3692 18th St, San Francisco, CA FREE, but an RSVP is required to dpw@doloresparkworks.org. Dolores Park gets a more...

Oktoberfest by the Bay
By - posted 9/22/2013
Eat & Drink

The 14th Annual Oktoberfest by the Bay brings the spirit of Munich, German to the city by the bay with tasty German fare, lots of great German beer, Bavarian dancing, and authentic German “oompah” music from 21-piece Chico Bavarian Band and more. >> Funcheap Insider Deal – Use secret code FUNCHEAP more...

Sumo Wrestling Expo
By - posted 9/21/2013
Get Out: Events

Sumo is the ancient Japanese tradition and martial art and it’s coming to San Francisco at this one-of-a-kind annual event in Japantown. Watch demonstrations, meet real sumo wrestlers, learn about sumo wrestling and watch actual matches from Sumo champions, weighing around 400 lbs. each, outdoors in the Japantown Peace Plaza on September 22, 2013. >> Photo Credit: more...

2013 Polk Street Blues Festival
By - posted 9/21/2013
Fairs & Festivals

San Francisco’s only free blues festival, the fourth annual Polk Street Blues Festival, takes place on upper Polk Street (from Broadway to California) on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, 2013. The festival will feature two main stages, a merchant marketplace, arts and crafts, gourmet food booths, a large family area, cafe seating more...

YBCA Pop-Up Party
By - posted 9/21/2013
Artsy Fartsy

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is throwing a welcome party for their new executive director with free pop-up performances and installations by some of their favorite local artists, including live jazz from Marcus Shelby, samba funk, a montage of Bay Area-made films, a Glitter Blessing by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence more...

Grey Goose Open Vodka Bar Party
By - posted 9/21/2013
Eat & Drink

North Beach night club Atmosphere is throwing themselves a 5 year anniversary bash on September 21, 2013 with an open Grey Goose bar, complimentary bites, glow sticks, go go dancers, and DJs. It’s all free before 11 pm as long as you’re on the guest list. Atmosphere 5th Anniversary September 21, 2013 more...

Peace Day Rally & Earthdance 2013
By - posted 9/21/2013
Get Out: Events

Thousands are expected to rally for Peace sponsored by Code Pink for the 2013 United Nations International Day of Peace on September 21, 2013. From noon to 4 pm, various musicians and speakers address whistleblowers, drone warfare, mass incarceration, the industrial food complex and more. 2013 Peace Day Saturday, September 21, 2013 | Noon more...

Tour de Fat
By - posted 9/21/2013
Fairs & Festivals

Tour de Fat 2013 will stop in San Franicsco on Saturday, September 21, 2013 with live music, strange bicycle mayhem, lots of beer, and lots of recycling and composting. The Bike Parade begins at 11 am with a bike cruise through Golden Gate Park with fabulous bike costumes, followed by a big festival more...

SF’s Secret Masterpieces
By - posted 9/20/2013
City Discoveries

Art Hidden in Plain Sight Though the SFMOMA may be closed until 2016, there’s no shortage of art stashed away throughout the city to keep you inspired. You just need to know where to look. Funcheap.com has  partnered with our friends at Sosh.com to uncover six secret (and free!) masterpieces right in more...

Coastal Cleanup Day
By - posted 9/19/2013
Get Out: Events

Help keep San Francisco’s stretch of the coastline clean at the 2013 California Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 21, 2013 – the third Saturday of September. Cleanup and restoration activities will be happening at Crissy Field, Ocean Beach, Baker Beach, Lands End as well as creeks, beaches, marshes and rivers all more...