SF City Guides
The Treasure Island Flea is a monthly open-air flea market showcasing hundreds of local vendors ranging from indie designers, up-cyclers, collectors, handmakers, makers, bakers and more plus outdoor exhibits and gourmet food trucks. The two-day flea market, which takes place the last weekend of every month, is on the Great Lawn on more...
Japantown & New People hosts one of the country’s biggest J-Pop culture events of the year with the 2012 J-Pop Summit Festival – a two-day event taking place August 25 + 26, 2012 for about 70,000 people. J-Pop Summit Festival August 25-26, 2012 (11a-6p) Japantown Peace Plaza, SF – FREE (most outdoor activities are more...
Although the main America’s Cup races don’t come until September 2013, the America’s Cup World Series, (ACWS) which is like a pre-season race, takes place in August 2012 with 45-foot catamarans racing just off Marina Green. At the America’s Cup Village (August 21-26) on Marina Green, watch daily stage presentations include the America’s more...
Join Slim’s for an all-ages evening of free live music featuring a great mix of local talent headlined by Bayonics. The show also features The Comet Empire, Edison, Beautiful Machines, Pollux and Bangbang. Slim’s Shady Summer 2012 Music Blowout Thursday, August 23, 2012 – 7p Slim’s, 333 11th St, SF (SoMa) FREE 7p – Bang more...
Confirmed for 2012! Local skateboarding legends Toad & Salmon will be hosting their 8th annual “Chili Bowl” cook out and skate-off at the La Raza Skatepark in San Francisco’s Potrero Del Sol Park on Saturday, August 25, 2012 (Noon to 6pm) Watch local skateboarders compete to see who has the best kickflip in more...
Thursday, August 23, 2012 is Free Drive-in Movie Night at the West Wind Drive-in movie theaters in Concord and San Jose – yes, it’s a good old fashioned drive in theater with double features every night. Here’s your chance to see Avengers, Men in Black and Madagascar 3 for free in your more...
Win a pair of passes aboard a private yacht on Saturday, August 25, 2012 for a 5-hour tour on the Bay so you can watch the America’s Cup World Series races up close and personal. After 2013, the America’s Cup may never be in San Francisco again – so don’t more...
It’s time to toast to one of the city’s best roasts at Four Barrel Coffee’s 4th Birthday Bash on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at their Valencia storefront. Four Barrel’s 4th Birthday Bash Wednesday, August 22, 2012 (7a-4p) Four Barrel Coffee, 375 Valencia St., San Francisco FREE To celebrate four years of being in business, they’ll more...
The Darkness return in all their glam glory with the release of their new album “Hot Cakes” on Tuesday, August 21st, so in celebration of the band that knows the true meaning of rock and roll, head on out to Amoeba San Francisco at 6pm for a listening party that more...
2012 “Caltopia” is an annual free two-day campus festival at the start of the UC Berkeley school year free for the entire community (you don’t have to be a student) where over 30,000 Cal students and campus supporters – that means everyone – can watch martial arts, get free massages, more...
Indie Mart is back for August 2012 and they’re closing down a street and filling it with 100+ vendors selling handmade, art, vintage, weird oddities, diy workshops, customizable items, the best of locally made, food vendors/ pop ups & some food trucks. Thee Parkside (kick ass dive bar in the path more...
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe continues its 53rd season with more free, lively satire performances in park settings around the Bay Area. The 2012 theme, “For the Greater Good, or The Last Election,” turns the 19th century melodrama “The Poor of New York” on its head and tells it from the more...
Whether you’re craving comfort food or something crazy, La Cocina’s 4th Annual San Francisco Street Food Festival is a scrumptious summer staple that means lots of savory bites, samples and brushing shoulders with some of the city’s finest chefs and foodies. San Francisco Street Food Festival 2012 Saturday, August 18, 2012 (11a-7p) Folsom more...
The Shire of Cloondara (the San Francisco branch of the Society for Creative Anachronisms, who re-create the customs, combat and courtesies of the Middle Ages) invites you to attend “DeBARDchery,” its annual archery and bardic tournament in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, August 18, 2012. That means you get to watch people dressed in middle ages more...
Meet some of the best jugglers and unicyclists on the West Coast and watch in awe as they ply their craft at the 2012 Berkeley Juggling & Unicycling Festival. Pass along the joy and teach someone a new trick. And if you’re lucky enough to be just starting your journey more...
