SF City Guides
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival. Fleet Week 2012 October 4-8, 2012 Northern Waterfront, SF FREE
The America’s Cup World Series, (ACWS) which is like a pre-season race for the America’s Cup has its second round the week of October 2-7, 2012 with 45-foot catamarans racing both head-to-head (“match racing”) and as a whole fleet (“fleet racing”) in the waters just north of the Marina. At the more...
Say goodbye to summer with a free concert and big bonfire on Treasure Island on Sunday, September 30th headlined by psych folk SF natives The Dodos plus Geographer, lo-fi flower punk project White Fence and Father John Misty thanks to Vice and Jansport. In addition to the concert line-up, local San Francisco more...
San Francisco’s only free blues festival, the 3rd Annual Polk Street Blues Festival, takes place Saturday and Sunday, September 29-30, 2012 on upper Polk Street (from Broadway to California). The event is produced by the same people behind the Fillmore Jazz Festival. The Festival will feature two main stages, a merchant marketplace, arts and crafts, more...
Every year Alice 97.3 throws a big end-of-summer free concert in Golden Gate Park’s Sharon Meadow. The 2012 “Now & Zen” Fest features a lineup of adult-friendly rock that includes Alanis Morissette, Matt Nathanson, Ed Sheeran, Phillip Phillips, Tristan Prettyman and Hedley In addition to the concert there’s tons of vendors, food and more...
Join the Squirt Gun Mafia and a crowd of Bay Area hydrophiles for a giant squirt gun battle in the park as we attempt to settle a dispute that has plagued mankind for centuries – the themed battle of Mythical Creatures vs. Science Come dressed to support your team and bring more...
Smithsonian Magazine’s 8th annual Museum Day takes place Saturday, September 29, 2012 as participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide will open their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day Ticket. Smithsonian Magazine 8th Annual Museum Day Free Admission for two on September 29, 2012 Participating Bay Area Museums [Details more...
To mark the 20th Anniversary of the first Critical Mass ride, join in the week-long celebration September 23-30, 2012 of bike rides, art exhibits, movie screenings, and bike carnivals capped off with the big birthday on Friday September 28th – the Interstellar Critical Mass ride, which will be a giant, crazy, awesome evening ending in more...
Catch free 30-minute aerial dance performances and film showings simulating what it’s like to be falling down Niagra Falls. Niagara Falling by Flyaway Productions layers images of the cities of San Francisco and Niagara Falls with live dancers suspended in life jackets and a steel life boat in this art/film/dance performance projected against more...
To help non-French speakers discover French cinema, The Alliance Française of San Francisco is offering a weekly Tuesday night class centered around a French film and conversation. The class will take place in their cozy theater with wine, refreshments and free popcorn. >> Don’t know French? Don’t worry… all films are screened with more...
The 29th 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 250 intriguing and sexy exhibitors and food vendors, plus two live stages with 16 more...
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...
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 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...
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...
