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Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
By - posted 9/13/2011
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A five-day music festival featuring performances by local and national acts, the 2011 Berkeley Old Time Music Convention consists of everything from an open cabaret to an illustrious stringband contest in venues throughout Berkeley. So check out their schedule and come to watch jam sessions and square dances, or just to learn a more...

PARK(ing) Day 2011
By - posted 9/13/2011
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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 2011 on Friday, September 16. These city-wide mini-parks can be used as performance spaces, reading lounges or just resting places by passerbys, more...

Wednesdays: 10 Fun Things to Do in SF
By - posted 9/12/2011
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Whether you want to go to get drinks or play life-sized board games on a Wednesday night, Funcheap will help you find something to liven up your mundane midweek nights. Funcheap’s Guide to Wednesdays Ten+  free and cheap things to do each Wednesday in San Francisco. Got a great tip for something fun and more...

Gap’s $1.69 Taco Truck
By - posted 9/11/2011
Eat & Drink

Chorizo, ceviche and California-style are just a few of the ways you can order your taco from the Pico de Gap food truck, which is rolling around San Francisco to offer both deals on denim and delicious tacos to hungry diners. Trying to help promote their new 1969 Fall Denim Collection, more...

Free Sneak Preview: Drive
By - posted 9/11/2011
Free Movie Screenings

Attend an exclusive free sneak preview screening the brand new Ryan Gosling thriller Drive a few days before the film opens. The screening takes place at 7:30pm on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at a movie theater in San Francisco with easy access to BART FuncheapSF has an exclusive code for free more...

Free Night of Theater 2011
By - posted 9/10/2011
Freebies

If you think seeing live theater in San Francisco is too expensive (and it sure can be) then the annual “Free Night of Theater 2011” festival just might be the answer to your theatrical prayers. Every year, Free Night of Theater gives away thousands of free theater tickets in the month of October more...

99¢ Giants Tickets
By - posted 9/10/2011
Cheap Tips

What’s the cheapest you ever thought you’d pay for Giants tickets? How about 99¢? For tonight’s Giants/Padres game at 7:15pm at AT&T Park, there’s lots of super-discounted tickets on StubHub – as little as $0.01- and there’s about 10 pair for less than $1. Why are the tickets so cheap? It’s not more...

Paul Frank’s “Academy of Awesome”
By - posted 9/10/2011
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Get schooled at the two-day Paul Frank’s Academy of Awesome Tour, which makes a stop at the 16th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival for a full weekend of family-friendly activities and more. >> Saturday & Sunday, September 10 & 11, 2011 – Noon to 5pm | FREE Join Julius and friends at the more...

The Weekend in Cheap | Sept. 9-11
By - posted 9/7/2011
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This weekend in San Francisco features festivals celebrating car-free streets and chocolate, along with a fall fashion event, free beer dance party and a 9/11 symphony remembrance performance. Here’s our picks for our favorite five things to do this weekend – September 9-11, 2011. Friday, September 9 Scoutmob DJ Party & Free Beer more...

Fashion’s Night Out 2011
By - posted 9/7/2011
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As if you needed an excuse to shop, Fashion’s Night Out is an annual event taking place on September 8, 2011 that makes shoppers descend on San Francisco like locusts looking for great deals and fun shopping parties. FuncheapSF’s Top Fashion’s Night Out Events for 2011 Macy’s – DJs, Food, Wine, Mocktails and more...

SF’s Peer-to-Peer Parking Experiment
By - posted 9/5/2011
City Insight

What if you needed to park in downtown SF and you had really cool friends with an apartment who let you park in their space as long as you were out by an agreed time? Sounds great, right? But what do you do if you don’t know anyone who lives in more...

Free Shakespeare in the Park 2011
By - posted 9/4/2011
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Think of this like those outdoor movies in Dolores Park but instead it’s a live play featuring the works of Shakespeare. Bring your friends, dates, a blanket and a picnic (don’t forget a bottle of wine) to enjoy the 29th season of free professional theater throughout the summer thanks to more...

Giro di San Francisco
By - posted 9/3/2011
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Il Giro di San Francisco (formerly the “San Francisco Gran Prix”) is an annual bike race around the streets of San Francisco that’s had competitors cruising around the city since 1975. Free for spectators to come and watch, check out the 2011 route map to stake out your spot for these more...

The Weekend In Cheap | Labor Day 2011
By - posted 8/31/2011
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This weekend in San Francisco features an outdoor cinema crawl, concert and BBQ, as well as an independent publishing expo,  plush Egyptian exhibitions fit for a king and, of course, some Labor Day celebrations to start your week off right. Here’s our picks for our favorite five things to do this weekend more...

SF Zine Fest 2011
By - posted 8/31/2011
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Join SF’s most interesting writers, cartoonists, illustrators and DIY publishers this Saturday and Sunday, September 3rd and 4th 2011, for the 10th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest. From 11am-6pm at the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park, more than 150 writers, cartoonists, crafters, illustrators, printmakers, and other artists more...