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Neighborhood Free Days | Fall 2013
By - posted 10/3/2013
Freebies

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 Free Coffee Weekend
By - posted 10/3/2013
Deals

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...

Fall 2013 Festival Preview
By - posted 10/2/2013
Get Out: Events

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 For SF
By - posted 10/2/2013
Halloween

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...

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...