SF City Guides
Oakland’s First Ever “Festival of Immersive Arts” (July 15-24)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Oakland Join us at a multi-weekend Festival featuring artists from the Bay Area & beyond. With four world premieres, art, music and exhibitions taking place throughout downtown Oakland’s Broadway corridor, OFIA highlights the potential of immersive art to build community and spark conversations about vital issues. Join us for the Festival’s inaugural more...
SFO Offers Free Caricatures While You Wait for Your Flight
Freebies, Fun & Games, San Francisco All you hear these days is bad news about airports – flight cancellations, delays and bags getting lost. Fortunately, here’s some good news if you’re flying out of the SFO’s International Terminal A (or Harvey Milk Terminal 1 if you don’t mind a short walk). You can get a free more...
“Bastille Day” French Block Party Back in SF for First Time in 8 Years
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open “Bastille on Belden” Returns for First Time in 8 Years After a long break, San Francisco seems to be trying to claim back the title of “The Paris of the West.” Back in the 90s and 00s, French restaurant Cafe Bastille hosted a rollicking Bastille Day celebration crammed into downtown’s narrow more...
NorCal’s First “Mexican Food Park” is in Santa Rosa
Brand New, Eat & Drink Roseland is home to the largest Latino population in Santa Rosa. The heart of this neighborhood will be home to “Mitote” the very first Mexican Food Park in Northern California. The word Mitote comes from ancient Nahuatl language meaning a party or gathering. This is a place for food trucks and fiesta! more...
157-Acre Golf Course Set to Be Brand New Nature Preserve
New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Thanks to SFist for letting us know about the defunct 157-acre Marin County golf course that’s being “rewilded” into a brand new nature preserve open to the public to be renamed “San Geronimo Commons” The prior owner of the former San Geronimo Golf Course put the property up for sale a more...
The Great Northern’s Brand New “Secret Guest List” (Summer 2022)
Freebies, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored SF’s art deco inspired nightclub has just launched their brand new secret guest list for summer concerts. Brought to you by the team behind Monarch, The Great Northern is one of San Francisco’s premiere venues for DJs and live music. Weaving an art deco inspired design with high tech sound & more...
$59 Orchestra Tickets to “Harry Potter” in SF
Deals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Sponsored Wizzo! It’s the Summer of Magic the exclusive West Coast production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at San Francisco’s Curran Theater (445 Geary St). For just 72 hours, you can get $59 orchestra seats for any performance through September 4, 2022 The New York Times hails it as a Critic’s Pick! more...
This 1855 Bay Area Lighthouse Now Open 5 Days a Week
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches A secret jewel of the Bay Area, the Point Bonita Lighthouse, built in 1855, was the third lighthouse built on the West Coast and helped shepherd ships through the treacherous Golden Gate straits. Today, the lighthouse is still active and is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. Discover Point Bonita’s more...
SF’s Massive “Pistahan” Filipino Parade & Festival Back for 2022
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates The Filipino American Arts Exposition host the return of their in-person celebration for the 29th annual Pistahan Parade and Festival for 2022. With the theme of “Homecoming: Reconnect with Our Roots and Community,” this year’s festivities will take place on Saturday, Aug. 13 and Sunday, Aug. 14, from 11 a.m. to more...
“King Tides” of 7 Feet Coming to San Francisco Bay (July 11-15)
Wow The next “King Tides” are coming to the Bay Area on July 11-15, 2022 with tides expected as high as 7.2 feet. According to tide-forecast.com the peak tides should occur around 11:44p on Wednesday, July 13th with other unusually high tides every evening from July 11-14th Monday, July 11th – 9:59p – more...
Golden Gate Park Voted “Best Festival Site” in the World
Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was just voted the Best Festival Site in the world in Billboard’s Top 50 Festivals of 2022, Ranked. Its superb location, just blocks from the Pacific Ocean, paired its founders’ top notch credentials, gives “Outside Lands a level of instant credibility within the live-music space” says more...
New California Garlic Festival Launches in Stockton (Aug. 13-14)
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals Sadly, the world-renown Gilroy Garlic Festival, that been a mainstay since the late 1970s, announced in April that it’s hung up its garlic for the last time. However, a brand new garlic festival has emerged dedicated to all things garlic. Hosted by the same organizers as the Annual Asparagus Festival, the more...
More Muni Routes Are Coming Back July 9
Reopening, San Francisco, Transportation SF Muni is adding more service. Starting July 9, Muni is bringing back additional routes that have been temporarily suspended since March 2020. On July 9, the next phase of the 2022 Muni Service Network plan will go into effect, focused on expanding bus service including the return of the 2 Sutter, 6 Haight-Parnassus more...
Humphry Slocombe’s Grand Opening & Free Scoop Day (July 26)
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Freebies On a mission to make ice cream less vanilla, Humphry Slocombe the chef-driven ice creamery known for unexpected flavors announced the opening of its newest scoop shop in Redwood City, at 2077 Broadway, on July 26, 2022. For its Grand Opening on July 26th, the ice creamery will give out free more...
Check Out SF’s 75+ Free Outdoor Concerts (Summer 2022)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy “People in Plazas” is a free annual outdoor summer music festival that puts on over 75 free lunchtime concerts featuring an array of different styles from July to September in over 12 different public plazas near Market Street. “People in Plazas” 2022 Market Street Music Festival July, August, September, 2022 – Weekdays (Tuesdays more...
