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Free Exploratorium Day
By - posted 2/2/2014
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If you don’t care about the Super Bowl, you’ll get a special treat with free admission to one of SF’s most popular museums on Groundhog Day. The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly free days, more...

$8 Giants Tickets
By - posted 1/31/2014
Deals

Super cheap Giants tickets for the entire 2014 season are going on sale super early on February 1st with many midweek tickets starting at just $8. Back in November you could buy tix just through June – this is the first time you can buy tickets for the entire season. >> Beginning at more...

Giants FanFest 2014
By - posted 1/29/2014
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KNBR’s 21st Giants FanFest takes place at AT&T Park, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The day typically includes live KNBR broadcasts on the field, player Q&As, viewing of the World Series trophies, free player autographs, places to take photos, a kids zone and more. Expect a chance to roam the field and meet players like more...

Chinese New Year Food Truck Party
By - posted 1/29/2014
Eat & Drink

Celebrate Chinese New Year 4712 (that’s 2014 to us) with Kung Fu movies, Asian Art Museum giveaways, fortune telling, $3 Chinese beers, and special performance by Wayne Huey of the Red Panda Acrobats. Plus a special collection of food trucks will be dishing up Chinese food specials. CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION Friday, January more...

Chocolate, Bacon & DJ Bash
By - posted 1/29/2014
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Come blow off your resolutions with a bunch of other New Year’s relapsers during a night of chocolate, bacon, high-end craft cocktails, loud music, sultry performances, giveaways, and all the other things you’ll have been craving since January 1st. Complimentary scotch cocktails for first 50 people, free chocolate tastings and win more...

SF Sketchfest “Nightlife”
By - posted 1/27/2014
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At NightLife, smart revelers receive special discounted evening admission to the California Academy of Sciences on Thursday evenings with unique special events each week. Thursdays from 6-10 pm Tickets are $12 ($10 for Academy members). Last entry is 9 pm. 21+ with valid ID. SF Skectchfest Nightlife Thursday, January 30, 2014 There’ll be no rotten tomatoes here, as SF more...

Casting Call for Extras: New Kristin Wiig Movie
By - posted 1/27/2014
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Wanna be in a Hollywood movie with Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgård? All you need is hippie hair and a selfie for you chance at split-second “stardom.” They’re filming “Diary of a Teenage Girl” around town and they need a few good extras to be in the movie. They especially need men with long, shaggy more...

Mozart Birthday Bash
By - posted 1/26/2014
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“Classical Revolution” is a weekly chamber music night at the Mission District’s Revolution Cafe. Each week, they feature different local and visiting musicians in a unique Chamber Jam format, where musicians get a chance to perform in a casual environment and audiences get to hear chamber music in a relaxed setting. Classical Revolution | more...

Peet’s Free Coffee Morning
By - posted 1/26/2014
Freebies

Peet’s Coffee & Tea is re-opening its location on Chestnut Street (at Steiner) on January 28, 2014 and they’re celebrating by doing what they do best — getting you caffeinated and for free. In advance of the official opening day, stop by from 7 am to noon from January 23-27, 2014 for a more...

Golden Gate Park Roller Disco Party
By - posted 1/25/2014
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Expect a fun afternoon of roller disco action in Golden Gate Park celebrating the birthday of Beto “Mooncricket” Lopez, a local roller skating breakdancer. The Godfather of Skate brings his mobile DJ unit and plays groovy tunes for you to skate to. Bring your skates (or rent them “across the street”) for this afternoon roller skating more...

Treasure Island Flea: Valentine’s Pop-Up Market
By - posted 1/25/2014
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The Treasure Island Flea returns for its first shows of 2014 and heads indoors for the winter with a special Valentine’s pop-up indoor/outdoor market at the historic “Building One” on Treasure Island. The Treasure Island Flea is a monthly flea market showcasing hundreds of local vendors ranging from indie designers, up-cyclers, collectors, more...

2014 Chinese New Year Flower Fair
By - posted 1/25/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Each year, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair takes place the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, so that families can come to the flower fair and purchase their traditional holiday plants, flowers and fruits. The Fair is typically held a week before Chinese New Year so that people can more...

Australia Day Beer Olympics
By - posted 1/25/2014
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The annual SF Beer Olympics Australia Day Party happens at the Cosmo Lounge starting at 5 pm on Saturday, January 25, 2014. Australia Day Beer Olympics & Sausage Sizzle Saturday, January 25, 2014 – 5pm ’til late The Cosmo Bar, 440 Broadway, San Francisco FREE before 10 pm with an RSVP and a drink purchase. Get more...

Vietnamese Tet Festival
By - posted 1/25/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Tet Nguyen Dan (also known as the Vietnamese Lunar New Year) is a traditional holiday celebrated annually by the Vietnamese to mark the beginning of both spring and the new lunar year. Expect lion dances, performances, a firecracker show, games, and booths displaying New Year flowers or selling traditional Vietnamese foods, more...

Civil War Days
By - posted 1/25/2014
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In honor of Living History Day 2014, watch an actual Civil War-era fort, Fort Point, come to life with infantry and artillery drills, music, marching, and colorful Civil War soldier uniforms. Talks and demonstrations will be held throughout the day. Civil War Days 2014 Saturday, January 25, 2014 | 10 am-5 pm Fort Point, San Francisco FREE The national historic fort is more...