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Halloween Guide 2010 | San Francisco
By - posted 10/27/2010
Halloween

2010 is unfortunately yet another year without an “official” place to party for Halloween in San Francisco ever since the Castro was declared neighborhood-non-grata by the city. Even with no central location in the city to draw all the ghosts and goblins, tons of smaller events (many with DIY spirit) have more...

Haunted Houses in the Bay Area
By - posted 10/26/2010
Halloween

Professional haunted houses can be pretty expensive for just a few minutes of fun. But community haunted houses offer a cheaper alternative with, arguably, a little less polish. Some of the community haunted houses have a largely younger audience in the early evening hours, but also offer later operating hours for more...

Final Weekend of 2010 SF Open Studios
By - posted 10/26/2010
Fairs & Festivals

During four weekends in October, hundreds of local artists and studios fling open their doors to give you a rare chance to see where they work and their latest projects during SF Open Studios 2010 – the largest and first open studios tour in the country. Now celebrating its 35th anniversary more...

Creepy Contests & Ghoulish Giveaways
By - posted 10/25/2010
Win Stuff

For Halloween weekend, FuncheapSF has dug up a ton of tickets to give away to our readers. You don’t have to answer any stupid trivia questions. – all you need to do is sign up for our free weekly email list and then let us know which contests you want to more...

Half-Priced Halloween Fun
By - posted 10/21/2010
Deals

Get yourself spooky this Halloween without scaring away all of your cash. Here’s a few 50% off deals for Halloween events in San Francisco thanks to our good friends at Goldstar. JoBeth Williams Appears at Castro Theatre’s Screening of Horror Classic Poltergeist Saturday, October 30, 7:30pm – Full Price: $25.00 – Goldstar Price: $12.50 The more...

Funcheap Freebies
By - posted 10/17/2010
Win Stuff

Each week, Funcheap gets tons of free tickets dumped in our laps and we love to turn around and share them with our readers! As long as you’re on the FuncheapSF email list (sign up here) you’re eligible to enter and win as many contests as you want each week – more...

Rainy Day Fun in SF
By - posted 10/17/2010
Get Out: Events

We all knew that the 80 degree weather and sunshine we’ve enjoyed over the past few weeks  had to end sometime – but this soon? Rain is predicted all weekend with temperatures not expected to rise above 60 degrees.  Welcome back, nasty, rainy and cold San Francisco weather! Outdoor Blues Sure, that means more...

Win VIP Tix to Exotic Erotic Ball
By - posted 10/7/2010
Win Stuff

Funcheap has two pair of passes to the 31st Annual Exotic Erotic Ball next weekend to give away. Best of all, our grand prize winner will win a pair of VIP passes (valued at over $350!) with access to a private VIP lounge aboard a luxury yacht, special performances, more...

Fall 2010 Open Studios
By - posted 10/7/2010
Fairs & Festivals

During four weekends in October, hundreds of local artists and studios fling open their doors to give you a rare chance to see where they work and their latest projects during SF Open Studios 2010 – the largest and first open studios tour in the country. Now celebrating its 35th anniversary more...

Win Tix to Treasure Island Music Festival
By - posted 10/6/2010
Win Stuff

Funcheap has two pair of tickets to give away to the 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival! Win tickets to Saturday, the electronica portion of the two day outdoor festival with LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, Kruder & Dorfmeister, !!!, Little Dragon and more, along with a ferris wheel, games, art and more smack more...

10/10/10
By - posted 10/6/2010
Get Out: Events

For one single day, over 7,000 events in 188 countries will take place with the sole purpose of reducing our carbon footprint, one way or another. Some people plant gardens, some ride bikes, some swap used clothes, others get educated about sustainability. Below is a list of some of the events more...

Win Tix to Treasure Island Music Festival
By - posted 10/2/2010
Win Stuff

Funcheap has two pair of tickets to give away to the 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival! Win tickets to Sunday, the indie-rock portion of the two day outdoor festival with Belle & Sebastian, The National, Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Surfer Blood and more, along with a ferris wheel, games, more...

Litquake 2010
By - posted 10/1/2010
Fairs & Festivals

Litquake, San Francisco’s annual (mostly free) literature festival, runs October 1-9, 2010 with over 500 authors participating in events focused in San Francisco and all over the Bay Area. The festival is made up of over 100 events of readings, storytelling, performances, panels, and workshops in venues all more...

Skate Before Haight
By - posted 10/1/2010
City Discoveries

Azikiwee Anderson may have once been a pro skater and an X-Games judge, but when he started up a new shop in the Lower Haight four years ago, he was looking for a bit of change. So don’t come to D-Structure expecting to load up on skate brands, boards or decks more...

Hardly The Only Festival
By - posted 10/1/2010
Fairs & Festivals

Don’t get us wrong; the huge and free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival taking place this weekend in Golden Gate Park is cool and everything, but getting to and from the festival by car or transit can be a nightmare, and maybe you don’t want to spend your entire weekend more...