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$1 Book Day
By - posted 9/22/2012
Deals

Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion on September 19-23, 2012, the 48th Annual Big Book Sale features over 500,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media, 10,000 boxes of materials, 50+ categories and over 400 volunteers. >> All books are $1 on Sunday. The Big Book Sale is free and more...

Eat Real Festival
By - posted 9/22/2012
Eat & Drink

Part street food festival, part county fair, and part block party, the three day 2012 Eat Real Festival transforms Jack London Square into an epic food festival. The festival celebrates all things tasty, fresh, and handmade with a focus on street food, local wines, handcrafted beers, and traditional food craft – all more...

Tour de Fat
By - posted 9/21/2012
Fairs & Festivals

Tour de Fat 2012 will stop in San Franicsco on Saturday, September 22, 2012 with live music, strange bicycle mayhem, lots of beer and lots of recycling and composting. The Bike Parade begins at 11 am from Lindley Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Live music from He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Yo-Yo People, more...

Superhero Street Fair
By - posted 9/20/2012
Fairs & Festivals

Heroes and villains battle (and party) together within an urban theatrical landscape, an all-day street fair filled with five stages of burning man camp-style entertainment, gladiator jousting, human hamster ball races, an action film fest, hero & villain costume contest and more. Superhero Street Fair 2012 Saturday, September 22, 2012 (2p-Mid) Cesar Chavez more...

Park(ing) Day
By - posted 9/20/2012
Fairs & Festivals

An annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good, Rebar’s PARK(ing) Day is coming back to the city for 2012 on Friday, September 21. These city-wide mini-parks can be used as performance spaces, reading lounges or just resting places by passerbys, more...

#Twitter Comedy Night
By - posted 9/17/2012
Get Out: Events

Find out what’s hot and funny at the free #trendingtopics Twitter Comedy Night on third Thursday of every month at 9pm at Sip Bar & Lounge in North Beach. The night is hosted by Dustin Hempstead with a lineup of up and coming local comedians whose acts will be based on the day’s hottest more...

“Talk Like a Pirate” Day
By - posted 9/16/2012
Geeks

Scallywags and sailors alike unite every year on September 19, 2012, to don their seafaring finest and to lend their conversation some swagger in honor of International “Talk Like a Pirate Day.”  For 2012 the holiday falls on a Wednesday, which gives cubicle corsairs the chance to start off the workweek more...

2012 Treasure Island Music Festival: Free Tix
By - posted 9/15/2012
Win Stuff

The Treasure Island Music Festival returns to SF on October 13-14, 2012 with a jam-packed two-day lineup of bands along with an eclectic mix of interactive art installations, roaming performers, Silent Disco, crafter fair and, of course, the spectacular 60 ft. Ferris Wheel. Oh, and the music! Saturday leans electronic & hip more...

R-Rated Hamlet Performed in a Bar
By - posted 9/15/2012
Get Out: Events

SF Theater Pub presents a one night only evening of all things Hamlet… with a giant twist of humor and original music by local legends McPuzo and Trotsky. We’ll kick off with Richard Curtis’ “Skinhead Hamlet” followed by a staged reading of Shel Silverstein’s “Hamlet: As Told on the Street, which more...

Dragon Boat Festival
By - posted 9/14/2012
Fairs & Festivals

The 17th Annual San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival is a free weekend of world-class dragon boat racing, cultural performances, and fun-filled activities for the whole family at the largest competitive dragon boat festival in the United States. >> The festival features upwards of 110 dragon boat teams and 3,500 dragon boat more...

Opera at the Ballpark
By - posted 9/14/2012
Get Out: Events

Going to see Rigoletto at the War Memorial Opera House costs, oh, upwards of $200 for good seats. But, thanks to the Opera at the Ballpark program, you can watch a live simulcast of the very same opera from any seat at AT&T Park totally free. On Saturday, September 15, 2012 more...

Free Money Day 2012
By - posted 9/13/2012
Freebies

OK, this is an odd one… but they may just be on to something. “Free Money Day” is a decentralized global “event” on September 15, 2012 in which people hand out their own money to complete strangers (either two coins or two bills at a time), asking recipients to pass half more...

Critical “Ass”
By - posted 9/13/2012
Only in San Francisco

Put on your spandex, smuggle in some booze and be prepared to pump it in the park with “Critical Ass” – a quasi-weekly dance party / Jane Fonda-esque workout session in Dolores Park led by choreographer Pearl Marill and other fitness/dance instructors wearing bright colors and leading synchronized cherry pickers more...

The Human “Be-In”
By - posted 9/13/2012
Only in San Francisco

Commemorating a 1967 gathering that drew 20,000 hippies and hell’s angels during the “Summer of Love” get ready for another “Human Be-In”  in 2012 – A three-day free gathering in Golden Gate Park with Music, Workshops, Skill Shares, Art, Community Kitchen and more. The goal of this unpermited 2012 “Human Be-In more...

Free Togo’s Week
By - posted 9/12/2012
Freebies

Did someone say, “free sandwiches???” Hell yes! Yup, it’s true! Grub for free at Togo’s in San Francisco thanks to the mobile payment app LevelUp (its free to download) for either iPhone or android. Good at two Togo’s locations in SF – 301 Howard St. @ Beale, SF (SoMa) – 570 Battery St. @ Jackson, SF (Financial District) Free more...