SF City Guides
Couldn’t get tickets for Outside Lands this year? Never fear! Last year you were treated to free audio streaming of concerts – but for 2013 you’ll get to watch many of the concerts live on your computer or mobile device with a high quality multi-camera shoot from Grammy-winning producer, Hank Neuberger. more...
Experience the largest celebration of Filipino art, dance, music and food at the Pistahan Parade & Festival at the Yerba Buena Gardens on August 10-11, 2013. 2013 Pistahan Parade Saturday, August 10, 2013 | 11 am Market Street (Civic Center to 4th St), San Francisco FREE Witness a dazzling display of Filipino culture and traditions at the more...
The 2013 Hillwide Garage Sale in Bernal Heights is quite possibly San Francisco’s largest single day garage sale and it’s happening from 9 am to 3 pm on August 10, 2013. The entire Bernal Heights neighborhood will come out for this giant, one-day yard sale. Shopping for Burning Man? This is the place more...
“Poop is Art & Vice Versa” is a one-night-only exhibition featuring the latest works by internationally uncelebrated artists, Guillermo Sanchez and Rafael Saenz, founders of IPoopYou.com. The exhibition will be a prolific assortment of paintings, small photographs, fashion designs, and a site-specific installation. Many parts of the pieces use as a more...
Combat crime while meeting some new neighbors at the 30th Annual National Night Out, a crime prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in various cities around the Bay Area on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Neighborhoods host big block parties featuring cookouts, visits from local police and the sheriff, flashlight walks, contests and more, all with more...
The staff of The Chronicle has put together a list of their favorite free things to do in San Francisco in a handy little slideshow Some of their suggestions are rather straight forward (like walk the Golden Gate Bridge, or check out the Sea Lions at Pier 39), but there’s still more...
Morphic hosts free hair movie night meet-ups at their studio every first Monday of the month. What’s a hair movie? It’s a film that has an iconic hair style that people often reference when asked to create an inspired style. They’ll be featuring tons of style icons throughout the year, and even re-creating their hairstyles. After an in-flight anti-gravity striptease (masked by more...
Head to Milk Bar for Throwback Movie Night, a fun movie night with your favorite throwbacks from back in the day.The movie starts at 9 pm. Admission is free and so is the popcorn, but bring some money for drinks. The Big Lebowski Free Movie Night Monday, August 5, 2013 – 9p Milk Bar, 1840 Haight more...
Quiet Lightning readings return to the SF Conservatory of Flowers with fiction, poetry, and performance in a mix on August 5, September 2 and October 14, 2013. Each show features a book of work by a local artist. Admission comes with a book for the first 100 people. The show begins promptly more...
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 3-4, 2013 in San Francisco’s Japantown. In 2013 the fair celebrates 40 years and will take to the streets again for a full more...
Brass Band: Mission, an awesome 9-piece New Orleans’ style brass band and 2nd line invite you to their annual Dolores Park Picnic Party. The Music will be rocking. Picnic First and then the Music will start around 3pm Brass Band Mission Dolores Park Picnic Party Sunday, August 4, 2013 – Picnic 2p, more...
Get a feel for the islands at the 2013 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 more...
Every summer Film Night in the Park puts on free outdoor movies in parks throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Arrive early, spread out a blanket, and picnic prior to the screening, but avoid bringing chairs. Film Night in more...
If April showers bring May flowers, what does August bring? How about meteor showers, zombies, chariots and street food festivals?. August is when the spectacular celestial Perseid Meteor Shower returns (8/12), there’s a silly middle ages festival called Debardchery (8/17) and the streets of the Mission get overrun with food vendors during the more...
September is National Yoga Month and if you’re a new student (or just new to a studio) you can get one free week of yoga during the month of September & October 2013. Starting on August 1, 2013, you can register for a card that’s redeemable for one free week of yoga during more...
