SF City Guides
There are a lot of kind-hearted folks in this city by the bay, but Danny Gabriner of Sour Flour is in the pantheon of kind folks. Every Monday, he bakes and then gives away hundreds of free bagels on 24th and Alabama Street. Tasty and fresh, free handmade, boiled bagels are available to more...
Enjoy the awesome Sunday weather (it’s supposed to be 79 degrees) and watch the 49ers beat down the Houston Texans during the weekly FunCheap outdoor Food Truck Football Party. Surround yourselves with 49ers fans, plus food trucks, lots of big screen TVs, $2 PBRs, and $3 Anchor Steam. FUNCHEAP 49ERS TAILGATE more...
A huge daytime costume party, the Castro Street Fair celebrates its 40th anniversary filling the streets of the Castro with several stages of entertainment, unique costumes, art and food. Bring a little of your inner freak to the festivities from 11 am to 6 pm on Sunday, October 6, 2013. Experience a full more...
October 4th through the 6th marks the 2013 rendition of one of the largest (and free-est) music festivals in the country: San Francisco’s own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Friday highlights: – Bonnie Raitt (5:45p), First Aid Kit (4:20p), Conor Oberst (5:45), Manchester Orchestra (Noon) Saturday highlights: – Paul Kelly (12:10p), Steve Earle (5:45p), Los Lobos more...
Each neighborhood, defined by zip codes, will have opportunities to visit the California Academy of Sciences for free over a three-day weekend (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) in the spring and fall. So that means as long as you have a driver’s license or other proof of residency you can save yourself more...
Peet’s is celebrating fall with a buy one get one free offer on any coffee beverage (or tea) good from October 3-6, 2013. There are the usual restrictions (like the second drink has to be lesser or equal value), but whether you have a friend you want to treat to a more...
October brings us Sandcastle Building contests at Ocean Beach (10/12), the epic three-day bluegrass-palooza of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (10/4-6), and Civic Center turned into a giant dirt hill for a BMX bike race during the “Dew Tour.” And we didn’t even mention the annual Trolley Dances, the 40th Annual Castro Street more...
A brand new haunted house comes to SF. The historic 1886 Victorian Haas-Lilienthal House in Pacific Heights will be transformed into Mayhem Manor, a haunted house style attraction, not for the weak of heart. Guests will be led by a host through the dimly lit museum on a “twisted tour of terror” replete more...
If you love the FuncheapSF website and all the free events we dig up, we’d love to ask you to take a few minutes and vote for FuncheapSF as “Best Overall Website” in the San Francisco Bay Guardian‘s annual “Best of the Bay” Readers Poll for 2013. The poll is long, over more...
Celebrate Oktoberfest at Cafe Royale on September 30, 2013 and get a free liter German beer stein when you buy one of five German beers on tap – Weihenstephan, Radeberger, Hofbrau Munchen, Hofbrau Munchen Oktoberfest and Weihenstephaner Weizenbock. Buy the beer, keep the stein – All beers served in a liter beer stein which more...
Stop by Spice Kit locations in SF and Palo Alto during the month of September 2013 to get a free small cup of Equator Coffee from 7-10 am. If you’re inclined, you can make a donation to Tipping Point, a non-profit working to prevent poverty in the Bay Area, and get a more...
The 30th Annual Folsom Street Fair, a true Only in San Francisco original, covers 13 city blocks filled with 400,000 people in their most outrageous leather/rubber/fetish attire enjoying the world’s largest leather fair. The festival features over 200 exhibitor booths selling fetish gear and toys, a massive live stage with top-name indie more...
Every year Alice 97.3 throws a big end-of-summer free concert in Golden Gate Park’s Sharon Meadow. The 2013 “Now & Zen” Fest features a lineup of adult-friendly rock that includes OneRepublic, Goo Goo Dolls, Plain White T’s and Walk Off the Earth. In addition to the concert, there’s tons of vendors, more...
Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion on September 25-29, 2013, the Big Book Sale features over 500,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl, and other forms of media, 500,000 items, 100+ categories, and over 400 volunteers. 49th Annual Big Book Sale September 25-29, 2013 | 10 am-6 pm Fort Mason Center, Festival more...
Smithsonian Magazine’s 9th annual Museum Day takes place Saturday, September 28, 2013 as participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide will open their doors free of charge to all visitors who register for free Museum Day Tickets. San Francisco highlights include the de Young Museum, Legion of Honor and Cartoon Art Museum as more...
