SF City Guides
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
