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San Francisco Pride 2012
By - posted 6/23/2012
Fairs & Festivals

All weekend, Civic Center will fill up with San Francisco Pride 2012 revelers of all sexual orientations (gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, queers and straights too!), coming for the many musical acts, cultural performances and speeches from the rainbow community along with tons of booths, and foord 2012 Pride Events San Francisco Pride more...

Bicycle Music Festival
By - posted 6/23/2012
Fairs & Festivals

The 6th annual San Francisco Bicycle Music Festival is the world’s largest human-powered mobile music festival that’s 100% powered by bicycles (it’s a 14-bike pedal powered stage) and takes you to two different locations for two different mini bicycle festivals. After setting up for a five hour music festival in Golden Gate more...

Urban Ninja Festival
By - posted 6/21/2012
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If you see a bunch of Jackie Chan wannabes this weekend performing amazing stunt-man like tricks you’ve probably stumbled upon the second annual SF Parkour International Jam. The free three-day event brings together parkour enthusiasts and freerunners (known as “traceurs”) from all over the Bay Area to perform like urban ninjas, vaulting over walls more...

The Fillmore’s Free Comedy Night
By - posted 6/20/2012
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Comedy Central is looking for 350 diehard comedy fans to join them at The Fillmore in San Francisco for four nights of FREE stand-up comedy live tapings of the legendary Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Series from June 20-23, 2012. The shows feature different standout comedians each night (Kyle Kinane, Eugene Mirman, Kristen more...

Comedy Central Stand-Up Showcase
By - posted 6/18/2012
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  Comedy Central is looking for 350 diehard comedy fans to join them at The Fillmore in San Francisco for four nights of FREE stand-up comedy live tapings of the legendary Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Series from June 20-23, 2012. The shows feature different standout comedians each night (Kyle Kinane, Eugene Mirman, Kristen more...

Summer Solstice 2012
By - posted 6/18/2012
Celebrations

Come to Ocean Beach at the end of the longest day of the year on June 20, 2012 to celebrate the light and honor the turning of the Wheel of the Year back toward the darkness with a beach bonfire and pagan summer solstice ritual. Gather 7:30pm, ritual 8pm. Please bring more...

Int’l Surfing Day 2012
By - posted 6/17/2012
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Surfers and non-surfers alike are invited to celebrate International Surfing Day 2012 with the San Francisco chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. Enjoy summer solstice with friends, marine advocates and ocean enthusiasts as you clean up Baker Beach on June 20, 2012. Support our bay and Pacific Ocean by volunteering to participate more...

Classical Revolution
By - posted 6/17/2012
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Join “Classical Revolution” the weekly chamber music night, at its weekly residency at the Mission District’s Revolution Cafe. Each week they feature different local and visiting musicians in our unique Chamber Jam format, where musicians get a chance to perform in a casual environment and audiences get to hear chamber music more...

2012 North Beach Festival
By - posted 6/14/2012
Fairs & Festivals

In its 58th year the 2012 North Beach Festival is considered one of the country’s original outdoor festivals with Washington Square Park and several neighboring blocks taken over in this giant two-day street fair with three stages of entertainment. The 2012 event will feature over 125 arts and crafts booths, 20 gourmet more...

2012 Pirate Festival
By - posted 6/13/2012
Fairs & Festivals

Celebrate all things Pirate, as Pirate Entertainers, Musicians, Singers, Swordfighters, Craftspeople, and more turn Vallejo’s waterfront into a Pirate Town the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Tortuga. Come on out for this two-day festival over Fathers Day weekend 2012 and have a swashbucklin’ great time at the SF Bay more...

Bravo’s Top Chef: The Tour
By - posted 6/13/2012
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Top Chef: The Tour is back again this year hitting 16 cities across the US including San Francisco on June 17, 2012 This year, Bravo is kicking things up a notch with an exciting cook-off between chefs, Quickfire-style, As usual, the FREE event will include  live chef battles, several games, more...

Pancakes & Booze Art Show
By - posted 6/12/2012
Artsy Fartsy

LA’s Famous “Pancakes & Booze” Underground Art Show has made a home in San Francisco and is back in town June 15 & 16, 2012 for a two-day spectacle. For a $5 cover charge expect to see the works from over 75 underground and emerging artists, live body painting, live audio and visual effects, a photo booth, more...

Tuesday Night Skate
By - posted 6/10/2012
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Come join D. Miles, the GodFather of Skate in San Francisco, the roller skaters from Golden Gate Park and the Black Rock Roller Disco for Funkytown –  a fun new Tuesday night skating experience. Come roll to a mix of funk, disco and R&B that will change your concept of fun more...

PBR Pop-Up Comedy Night
By - posted 6/10/2012
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Mission District culture blog Uptown Almanac and PBR are teaming up  to bring a boozy evening of stand-up comedy back to the Roxie Theatre stage. Eight of the Bay Area’s finest comics bring you laughs for a full 90-minute show, plus there’s tons of free PBR for everyone to drink, more...

SF Free Folk Festival
By - posted 6/10/2012
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Now in its 36th year, the San Francisco Free Folk Festival is a two-day music, dance and workshop festival featuring folk traditions from around the globe in a “Hardly Strictly Bluegrass” type indoor event. On June 9-10, 2012 from noon to 10pm at Presidio Middle School in San Francisco, the SF Free Folk Fest celebrates with more...