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“Mad Men” Season Premiere Party
By - posted 4/13/2014
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Season 7 of Mad Men is upon us and Novela and Funcheap are hosting a premiere that Don himself would attend. There will be Mad Men quizzes and bingo to test your Mad Men fan skills, Roger’s favorite tunes, and of course ’60s attire is highly encouraged. We will be showing more...

Sunday Streets: Tenderloin
By - posted 4/12/2014
Celebrations

Sunday Streets (March – October 2014) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. Sunday Streets: Tenderloin Sunday, more...

National Grilled Cheese Day
By - posted 4/11/2014
Eat & Drink

Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day 2014 at this one-day-only event with a bevy of food trucks serving up their unique versions of grilled cheese sandwiches at SoMa StrEat Food Park on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Wash it all down with beer ($3 Tallboys) and bottomless fresh fruit sangria throughout the event. Funcheap’s National Grilled Cheese Day Celebration Saturday, April 12, 2014 more...

The Nicholas Cage Art Show
By - posted 4/11/2014
Artsy Fartsy

This is San Francisco’s first and most awesomely strange Nicholas Cage themed art show. Yes, it’s $10 which is a little higher than what we would normally write out for Funcheap. But this is so weird we thought we had to write about it. The Nicholas Cage Art Show Saturday, April 12, 2014 more...

The Great Compost Giveaway
By - posted 4/11/2014
Freebies

To thank you for your recycling and composting efforts, Recology is giving San Francisco residents up to 10 gallons of free compost made from food scraps and plants collected in the City on April 12, 2014. Free, but RSVP is required. San Francisco is now 80 percent of the way to Zero Waste thanks more...

Friday Night Fireworks
By - posted 4/11/2014
Celebrations

There’s no need to pay to get into AT&T Park just to see the fireworks. As soon as Giants / Rockies game ends at AT&T Park on Friday night, April 11, 2014 (game ends approx. 10:15 pm), enjoy a spectacular fireworks display over the stadium following the game. SF Giants Fireworks Show Friday, more...

American Hustle ’70s Costume Dance Party
By - posted 4/11/2014
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Gentlemen, start your perms and your comb-overs… ladies, get your low-cut ’70s dresses and your hair on. This is a full-on costume dance party powered by 100% American Hustle at the mysterious and rarely open-to-the-public Peacock Lounge, an icon of San Francisco rock’n’soul history in the Lower Haight. There’ll be multiple DJs more...

Free Tacolicious Day
By - posted 4/10/2014
Eat & Drink

Have your tacos and eat them too as CapitalOne 360 is hooking you up with free Tacolicious for lunch, followed by complimentary tasty desserts from Sweet Constructions. This “Spring into Savings” picnic is a promotional campaign to show off CapitalOne’s slick “cafe” on Post and Kearny, so they’ll be having giveaways more...

Walk to Work Day 2014
By - posted 4/10/2014
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San Francisco is the nation’s first city to officially launch Walk to Work Day  – walking just 15 minutes of your commute counts and your efforts be rewarded with some free goodies. Be a part of this fun and festive day of encouragement celebrating the most healthy, sustainable form of transportation: walking. Walk more...

“Off The Grid” Twilight Campfire Party
By - posted 4/8/2014
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Cozy up with Off the Grid at “Twilight at the Presidio” – a free weekly evening event on the Main Post Lawn from 5-9 pm every Thursday, April 10 – June 26, 2014.

Robot Block Party 2014
By - posted 4/8/2014
Geeks

Hosted by Silicon Valley Robotics, see the most advanced robotics research in Silicon Valley, the hottest robot startups, the coolest robot companies and all the just plain fun robots you can imagine. At this event which is part of 2014 National Robotics Week, You’ll see rolling, flying, walking, swimming and dancing more...

Free Ben & Jerry’s Cone Day
By - posted 4/7/2014
Freebies

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s, and you know what that means… free ice cream for you. As long as you don’t mind waiting in really long lines, almost all Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops in the Bay Area (and around the world, for that matter) more...

Watch SF Giants Opening Day 2014 for Free
By - posted 4/7/2014
Cheap Tips

The Giants have their 2014 home opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 8, 2014 at 1:35pm.  Tickets start at $55 for standing room only inside the ballpark, but if you plan on arriving early enough (and don’t mind behind outside the ballpark” you can watch some of the game for more...

Off the Grid: Picnic at the Presidio
By - posted 4/6/2014
Eat & Drink

Off the Grid hosts a full season of Picnic at the Presidio every Sunday through the fall starting on April 6, 2014 (11am to 4pm) at the Main Parade Ground Lawn. Expect live music, free games and stands from San Francisco restaurants, food trucks, local farms and retailers. Plus there’s beer, mimosas and more...

“Sunset” Massive Outdoor Dance Party
By - posted 4/6/2014
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Drawing from the spirit of the Jamaican sound system culture, Sunset Sound System has produced over 150 free outdoor dance parties from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and they’re celebrating 20 years of epic parties at the annual Season Opener at Stafford Lake in Novato from 11 am more...