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Bike to Work Day 2013
By - posted 5/7/2013
Get Out: Events

On Bike to Work Day, May 9, 2013, the San Francisco, East Bay and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalitions encourage commuters to leave their cars at home and join tens of thousands of their fellow Bay Area residents in biking to work. Morning and afternoon energizer stations will be set up to more...

Vote Funcheap: SF Weekly’s “Best of SF”
By - posted 5/7/2013
Celebrations

If you like all the events we dig up on Funcheap, we’d love to ask you to pretty please take a few minutes and vote for Funcheap as “Best Website”  in the SF Weekly’s annual “Best of the San Francisco” Readers Poll for 2013. The poll is long – nearly 100 questions more...

Giants Food Truck Fest
By - posted 5/6/2013
Eat & Drink

Join the Giants for Off the Cove – a food truck celebration right across McCovey Cove a few hours before the Giants play the Phillies on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from 5pm to 7pm. This free outdoor pre-game event (part of “Off the Grid”) is held on Terry Francious Boulevard (just across the cove from more...

Dr. Sketchy’s: Cute Girls on Bicycles
By - posted 5/6/2013
Artsy Fartsy

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Class is a monthly art-drawing party with an opportunity to draw sexy live models, ranging from rhinestone encrusted burlesque performers, bearded ladies and even cute girls on bicycles. On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, Dr. Sketchy’s puts on their annual “Cute Girls on Bicycles” event with foxy gals posing more...

SFMade Week 2013
By - posted 5/5/2013
City Discoveries

SFMade Week 2013 is a week-long celebration of San Francisco’s vibrant manufacturing sector and the companies and people that bring locally produced products to fruition, from May 6-12, 2013. Among a variety of events, SFMade Week features factory tours with local manufacturers to heighten awareness of local manufacturing and its critical more...

Free Zagat Guides
By - posted 5/5/2013
Freebies

If you’ve got a Google+ account, get a free 2014 Zagat San Francisco restaurant guide when you vote in the annual Zagat survey. Sorry, voting for the 2014 guide has closed >> Vote in the 2014 Zagat Survey       Deadline to vote is Monday May 6, 2013 Vote for your favorite restaurants and more...

May’s Top 10
By - posted 5/5/2013
Get Out: Events

We love May at Funcheap – it’s when the cyclists come out, the roses are free for Mother’s Day, Carnaval takes over the Mission and everyone brings stale tortillas to Bay to Breakers. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a huge family festival in Dolores Park (May 4), watch crazy bike tricks more...

Cinco de Mayo 2013
By - posted 5/4/2013
Cinco de Mayo

2013 Taco Festival
By - posted 5/1/2013
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready for two full days of  Cinco de Mayo revelry on May 4 & 5, 2013 with pinatas, music, lots of Corona, Sangria, Margaritas and tacos… oh the tacos. We will have 11 trucks each day – including some of SF’s best traditional Mexican taco trucks, plus other trucks offering more...

Free Comic Book Day
By - posted 4/30/2013
Freebies

Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year (May 4 in 2013) when participating comic book shops give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. The comics you can get vary from store to store, but highlights from 2013 more...

Root Beer Festival
By - posted 4/30/2013
Eat & Drink

Give your taste buds a sweet, spicy & creamy overhaul at the 2nd Annual Root Beer Taste Test Fest on May 4, 2013 at 6pm in Duboce Triangle. Over 100 varieties of Root, Birch, Spruce Beers and a healthy smattering of Sarsaparillas await you. Stop by the ice cream station for a root more...

San Francisco Ballet: Behind the Scenes
By - posted 4/30/2013
Get Out: Events

Go behind the scenes with San Francisco Ballet, the oldest professional ballet company in America. Observe the dancers of SF Ballet in action in a Company class, lead by one of the Company’s Ballet Masters, on stage at the War Memorial Opera House. San Francisco Ballet: Behind-the-Scenes Free Rehearsal Sunday, May 5, 2013 more...

$10 Factory Tours: SF Made Week
By - posted 4/29/2013
Only in San Francisco

SFMade Week 2013 is a week-long celebration of San Francisco’s vibrant manufacturing sector and the companies and people that bring locally produced products to fruition, from May 6-12, 2013. Among a variety of events, SFMade Week features factory tours with local manufacturers to heighten awareness of local manufacturing and its critical more...

Free Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Day
By - posted 4/28/2013
Eat & Drink

Sliderbar, a mini-burger joint on 16th and Market in the Castro wants to hook all its Facebook fans up with two free scoops of Humphry Slocombe ice cream any day during April 2013. To be honest, we’re not sure exactly how the promo works – so here’s what they say: “Our beloved more...

Summer of Art
By - posted 4/28/2013
Fairs & Festivals

Summer of Art is a free lunchtime series of live music, dance and theater happening every Tuesday at noon at the UN Plaza from April 30 – May 28, 2013. See free dance, music and theater shows while enjoying lunch from Off the Grid food trucks.