SF City Guides
New York-born, San Francisco-based Aesop Rock (aka Ian Matthias Bavitz) is a critically acclaimed hip-hop artist/producer, recognized for his dense and abstract word play. His sixth studio album, Skelethon, marks the first entirely self-produced album for Aesop Rock. See him for free perform a mini in-store concert at Amoeba Music on Monday, July more...
Obon is an annual festival/bazaar in San Jose’s Japantown – a huge festival with two days of game booths, food booths, cultural exhibits and demonstrations, the Chidori Band, San Jose Taiko and, in past years, over 1,000 dancers in full costume each evening. If you enjoy sushi, udon, teriyaki, snowcones, fresh more...
Heads that need banging will rock at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park for the 2012 TidalWave Heavy Metal Festival – a two-day free outdoor music festival Saturday July 14th and Sunday July 15th from 11am to 6pm each day. Expect a showcase of thrash, doom grind, punk, old school more...
We all know San Francisco has it’s Chinese, Irish, Italian and Russian roots… but French? Sure why not! Any excuse to close down an alley or two, drink tons of wine and party in the streets until the gendarmes take you away. Here’s ten fun, free (or cheap) ways for you to more...
Summer may not be warm in San Francisco, but it certainly heats up all of the events, fairs and festivals. July 2012 brings us a BDSM street fair, boozy bicycle showcase, a brand new Oakland literary festival called, “Beast Crawl,” as well as a series of summer festivals and performances by more...
Every summer Film Night in the Park puts on free outdoor movies in parks throughout San Francisco and Marin County. Films are shown in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Arrive early, more...
In the lead up to 2012 Belgian National Day, Stella Artois transforms Fort Mason’s Herbst Pavilion into a Belgian Beer Market for a free one-night-only fair and festival celebrating all things Belgian called The Taste of Belgium. Play the traditional game of Boules, attend a free Beer School (led by World more...
Ray of Light Theater, our favorite local theater troupe in SF, is tackling the demon barber of fleet street with their production of “Sweeney Todd.” The musical, which runs Thursdays through Sundays July 13-August 11, 2012 at The Eureka Theatre in the Financial District and features Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Sweeney more...
The red plush seats welcome you to the historic Castro Theater. Black and white images from a rare film flit across the screen. The piano rings, the kazoo cascades, the cello mourns. Pianists or orchestral groups from as near as San Francisco and as far as Stockholm accompany each film in the festival. Since more...
Just got word from sfcitydish that Pinkberry is finally opening! And they’re celebrating with free yogurt Thursday, July 12, 2012 from 5pm to 10pm! RSVP on Facebook. Grand Opening of Pinkberry – Get Free Frozen Yogurt Today Thursday, July 12th 5pm – 10pm Pinkberry >> The Pinkberry store is located at 170 O’Farrell Street next more...
Self-billed as “The World’s Most Creative Happy Hour,” bring a friend and paint a masterpiece at “So You Think You Can Paint?” at Club Six which opens up their walls every Thursday to all who want to paint. The concept is simple, you bring the artistic talent and they provide the space, more...
The deadline to enter the contest is 11:59pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012! Outside Lands once again rocks Golden Gate Park for three days of music, food, beer and art on August 10 – 12, 2012. The 2012 lineup represents a palpable expansion on the traditions of the festival Rolling Stone called last more...
Every year on July 11th (7-11… get it??), 7-Eleven celebrates its birthday with Free Slurpee Day 2012 by giving away around 5,000,000 free slurpees today at 7-Elevens all over the country including about 400 stores right here in the Bay Area. Free Slupee Day 2012 July 11, 2012 All participating 7-Elevens [store locator] – 7.11oz more...
Wind down every Tuesday night this summer with a free wine tasting and screening of movies filmed at or around the historic Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in Nob Hill, along with other classic films. Throughout the summer of 2012 enjoy free screenings of classics like “North by Northwest”, “Singing in the Rain” more...
Get ready to celebrate Fourth of July 2012 in the Bay Area! Here’s a list of over 140 different Fourth of July events (including 63 different places to watch fireworks) with listings for the major fireworks shows in San Francisco, Berkeley, Mountain View and San Jose, plus tons of smaller more...
