SF City Guides
The Pinhole Project invites you to view their photos of the people, art and events from the 2013 Burning Man festival on opening night from 7-10 pm on October 11, 2013. Burning Man 2013 Pinhole Photo Exhibition Friday, October 11, 2013 – 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Satellite 66 Gallery | 66 6th more...
Knitters and crochet fanatics can rejoice and look forward to a day filled with yarn, yarn and more yarn, right here in San Francisco on October 11, 2013. Come to Union Square Park at noon sharp to meet the editors and bloggers of Crochet Today, find some new friends, bring your more...
Cozy up with Off the Grid at “Twilight at the Presidio” – a free weekly evening event on the Main Post Lawn every Wednesday from 5-9pm in October 2013. Off the Grid street food vendors will serve up dishes tapas-style while you relax under the stars on the Presidio’s Main Parade more...
2013 Event Update: POSTPONED: Leap’s 30th Anniversary Sandcastle Contest is postponed due to the government shutdown. Northern California’s largest sandcastle building event, the 30th annual Leap Sandcastle Contest is a spirited competition between teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers and local elementary school students at Ocean Beach (just below the cliff 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 more...
On October 8, 1933, San Franciscans gathered together atop Telegraph Hill to celebrate the creation of Coit Tower, a simple fluted tower rising high into the sky, designed by Arthur Brown, Jr. On October 8, 2013 San Franciscans will once again gather together to celebrate the Coit Tower spirit and the generosity more...
San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...
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...
