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Vote for Funcheap “Best of the Bay” 2013
By - posted 10/2/2013
Only in San Francisco

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...

Oktoberfest “Free Jugs” Beer Party
By - posted 9/29/2013
Eat & Drink

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...

Free Coffee Day
By - posted 9/29/2013
Freebies

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...

Folsom Street Fair
By - posted 9/29/2013
Only in San Francisco

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...

Free OneRepublic Concert in the Park
By - posted 9/29/2013
Fairs & Festivals

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...

$1 Book Day
By - posted 9/28/2013
Deals

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...

Free Museum Day 2013
By - posted 9/28/2013
Freebies

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...

Superhero Street Fair
By - posted 9/28/2013
Only in San Francisco

Heroes and villains battle (and party) together within an urban theatrical landscape during an all-day street fair filled with seven stages of burning man camp-style entertainment, human hamster ball races, sexy robots, a super hero boot camp, a costume contest, and more on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Superhero Street Fair 2013 Saturday, September 28, 2013 more...

Exploratorium Fog Festival
By - posted 9/27/2013
Only in San Francisco

Celebrate fog — San Francisco’s most salient meteorological phenomena at the Exploratorium’s first-ever Fog Festival from noon to 5 pm on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Some events will occur in the free, public space in front of the museum. Museum admission is required for all other events. Bid adieu to Fog Bridge, more...

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...