Friday, January 18, 2019
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Friday, January 18 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library (All Branches)
Black History Month is an integral part of our nation’s tradition in which we promote affirmative examples of important historical events, honorable leaders and steps towards collective change.
About the Festival: Beginning more...
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| 3:00 pm | Free Sightglass Coffee Cupping | SoMa |
FREE*
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| 5:00 pm | 1st Cannabis Happy Hour | SF |
FREE*
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| 7:30 pm | “HellaFunny Fridays” San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Showcase | SoMa |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Funcheap’s Free Pop-Up Comedy Weekend | Jan 18-19 |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Brave New Jokes: Comedy Showcase | SF |
FREE |
| 9:30 pm | “HellaSingle” Comedy Show & Singles Mixer | SF |
FREE*
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| 10:00 pm | Win Tix: SF Sketchfest: Totally Hosted with Dave Hill | Swedish American Hall |
WIN |
Saturday, January 19, 2019
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Don’t know how to skate? Kaiser Permanente is inviting beginner skaters to the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines to come learn from professional skate instructors more...
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| All Day | Patti Smith’s Frida + Diego Rivera-Inspired Photo Exhibition at SFAI | Final Day |
FREE |
| All Day | Sea Lions’ 29th Anniversary at Pier 39: Guided Tours | Jan. 19-20 |
FREE |
| All Day | MLK Weekend San Francisco History Walks | 16 Free Tours |
FREE |
| All Day | Free PresidiGo Shuttle | Downtown to Presidio |
FREE |
| 10:00 am | Mission Science Workshop: Free Hands-on Science Saturday | SF |
FREE*
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| All Day | Lunar New Year Lion Dancing: Traveling Festival | SF |
FREE |
| 11:00 am | Win Tix: Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem | MoAD |
WIN |
| 11:30 am | Women’s March San Francisco & Civic Center Rally | 2019 |
FREE |
| 1:00 pm | Live Electronic Music Collective: Lily Ackerman | Amoeba SF |
FREE |
| 1:00 pm | SF’s Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival 2019 | January 19-21 |
FREE |
| 2:00 pm | Free San Francisco “Latin American” Family Concerts | SF |
FREE |
| 3:00 pm | Art in the Park: Live Music, Arts & Spoken Word | Tenderloin |
FREE |
| 5:30 pm | Obsessed with Joseph Scrimshaw | SF Sketchfest 2019 |
FREE*
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| 7:30 pm | Funcheap’s Free Pop-Up Comedy Weekend | Jan 18-19 |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Win Tix: Indie Rockers: Mother Mother | Great American Music Hall |
WIN |
| 8:00 pm | “Nightlife on Mars” Comedy Night | SF |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Win Tix: Lewis Black: The Joke’s On US Tour | SF |
WIN |
| 8:00 pm | Downtown Comedy Night at SF’s Newest Art Bar | SF |
FREE*
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| 8:30 pm | Win Tix: Zelma Stone’s EP Release Party | Rickshaw Stop |
WIN |
| 9:00 pm | Push The Feeling DJ Night | Lower Haight |
FREE*
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| 9:00 pm | “Fringe” Indie Music Video Party | Madrone Art Bar |
FREE*
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| 9:30 pm | 8th Anniv. “The Queen Is Dead”: The Smiths & Morrissey Dance Party | SF |
$8*
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| 10:00 pm | No Scrubs: ’90s Hip Hop and R&B Dance Party | Bar Fluxus |
FREE*
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| 11:59 pm | San Francisco Midnight Mystery Ride | SF |
FREE |
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Sunday, January 20, 2019
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Don’t know how to skate? Kaiser Permanente is inviting beginner skaters to the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines to come learn from professional skate instructors more...
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| 6:00 am | After Dawn: Premiere Sunday Morning Party | SF | FREE*
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| 9:30 am | The Forum w/ Alan Hirsch: “Impeaching the President: Past, Present, & Future” | SF |
FREE |
| All Day | Sea Lions’ 29th Anniversary: Guided Tours | Pier 39 |
FREE |
| All Day | MLK Weekend San Francisco History Walks | 19 Free Tours |
FREE |
| All Day | 2019 Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival | SF |
FREE |
| 12:00 pm | $5 All-You-Can-Dance Class Day | SF |
$5*
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| 12:30 pm | Free Monthly Yoga Class for Beginners | SF |
FREE*
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| 1:00 pm | 1st Female Architect Julia Morgan’s Buildings of SF Walking Tour | SF |
FREE*
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| 3:00 pm | Peace & Music: Interfaith Service Honoring Dr. MLK Jr. | Grace Cathedral |
FREE |
| 3:00 pm | SF’s “Antique Vibrator Museum” Free Guided Tour Day | Good Vibrations |
FREE*
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| 4:00 pm | Win Tix: SF Sketchfest: The Indignities of Being a Woman | Swedish American Hall |
WIN |
| 5:30 pm | The Bechdel Cast Sun Podcast | SF Sketchfest 2019 |
FREE |
| 6:30 pm | Win Tix: Friends & Family Rock Show: Weird Year, Max Gardener, Bitter Lake & more | Rickshaw Stop |
WIN |
| 7:00 pm | Laugh Your Gays Off: Free Comedy in The Castro | SF |
FREE*
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| 7:00 pm | “Crazy Funny Asians” Comedy Showcase | SF |
FREE*
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| 7:00 pm | City Star Party & Telescope Night | The Presidio |
FREE*
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| 7:30 pm | Rare Super Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse Over SF |
FREE |
| 9:00 pm | “Return of the Cypher” Hip-Hop & Beatbox Jam | Boom Boom Room |
FREE |
Monday, January 21, 2019
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Monday, January 21 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco
Every year, the Bay Area celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of festivals, marches and celebrations highlighted by a march and festival near the Yerba more...
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| All Day | MLK Day 2019 Parking Rules in SF | How Not to Get a Ticket |
FREE*
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| All Day | MLK Day San Francisco History Walks | 9 Free Tours |
FREE |
| 10:00 am | MLK Day Coastal Cleanup | SF |
FREE*
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| All Day | 2019 MLK Jr. Celebration: Film & Music Festival | Yerba Buena Gardens |
FREE |
| All Day | Free Day & MLK Jr. Celebration | Museum of the African Diaspora |
FREE |
| All Day | MLK Day 2019: Free Museum Day | SF |
FREE |
| All Day | Free Muni on MLK Day 2019 | SF |
FREE*
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| 11:00 am | 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March/Parade | SF |
FREE |
| All Day | 2019 Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival: MLK Monday | SF |
FREE |
| 3:00 pm | Tour of Diego Rivera’s 1st US Mural | Union Square |
FREE*
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| 7:00 pm | Win Tix: 22nd Annual “Bringing the Noise” for Dr. MLK Jr. | SF |
WIN |
| 7:30 pm | 2019 SF Fresh Festival | Jan 7-24 |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Haight Street Trivia, Comedy, Gaming & Free Pizza Night | Milk Bar |
FREE |
| 8:00 pm | “Resistance is Fertile” Free Comedy Night | SF |
FREE |
| 8:00 pm | Super Smash Bros Tourney: Booze, Comedy & Video Games | SF |
FREE |
| 8:30 pm | “Classical Revolution” Chamber Music Jam | Mission Dist. |
FREE*
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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Be an extra in a new movie starring Adam Devine (Workaholics, Pitch Perfect).
The production team is seeking music loving extras in their 20s and 30s to be Kid Cudi concert goers more...
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| 12:00 pm | SPCA Pop-Up: Free Pet Behavior Services | SF |
FREE*
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| 7:00 pm | North Beach Comedy Thing: Free Pizza, Cheap Beer & Giveaways | SF |
FREE*
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| 7:30 pm | 2019 SF Fresh Festival | Jan 7-24 |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Milkin’ It: Tuesday Night Free Comedy | Upper Haight |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | “Udder Hilarity” Free Comedy Show | Hollow Cow |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | PizzaHacker Free Comedy Night | SF |
FREE*
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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SF Restaurant Week is a 9-day celebration of our world-class dining community when frugal foodies get to eat their way through nearly 130 restaurants around San Francisco. Participating restaurants will offer more...
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| 6:00 pm | 2019 International Data Privacy Day | SF |
FREE*
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| 7:30 pm | Royale-ty Check: Free Music & Comedy Night | The Royale |
FREE |
| 7:30 pm | Shaping SF Lecture: Before SF “Spanish/Mexican Period” | Mission Dist. |
FREE |
| 7:30 pm | 2019 SF Fresh Festival | Jan 7-24 |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | The Premise: Free Intimate Stand Up Comedy | SF |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | World Class Comedy: Free Comedy Showcase | SF |
FREE*
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
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Escape the winter doldrums with a trip to Tropical NightLife, where our three-story rainforest is just one of the places you’ll find tropical paradise vibes.
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| 6:00 pm | Exploratorium After Dark: Radioactive | Pier 15 |
$19.95*
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| 6:00 pm | Free Vegetarian Dinner Night | SF |
FREE |
| 7:00 pm | Win Tix: Nashville Singer-songwriter: Lera Lynn | Swedish American Hall |
WIN |
| 7:30 pm | “I Wish I Was Happy” Hour Comedy Show | SF |
FREE*
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| 7:30 pm | 2019 Fresh Festival: Dance, Music, Performance | Final Day |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Haight Ashbury Comedy Night | Milk Bar |
FREE*
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| 8:00 pm | Win Tix: Space Rock Trio: Duster | Great American Music Hall |
WIN |
| 9:00 pm | Win Tix: 4th Annual Fog City Magic Fest | EXIT Theatre |
WIN |
| 9:00 pm | La Piñata: Free Latin Party & DJ Night | Mission |
FREE |
Friday, January 25, 2019
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Friday, January 25 – 8:00 am |
Cost: FREE | Market and Montgomery
Delight, amuse and confuse your fellow humans on their way to work.
The organizers will provide free poster boards and markers. You’ll write “FREE (WHATEVER YOU WANT)” and offer an experience, some words, more...
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| All Day | 1930s San Francisco Scale Model | SF |
FREE |
| 3:00 pm | Free Sightglass Coffee Cupping | SoMa |
FREE*
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| 5:30 pm | San Francisco Critical Mass |
FREE |
| 7:00 pm | San Francisco Beard & Mustache Club | Mission Dist. |
FREE |
| 7:00 pm | Feral Fourth Fridays Urban Square Dance & Live Music | SF |
$5*
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| 7:30 pm | Win Tix: SF Sketchfest: “Bring the Rock” w/ Greg Behrendt | Swedish American Hall |
WIN |
San Francisco is super spendy to live in, but there’s always a ton of fun, free & cheap things to do… if you know where to look. Here’s our calendar of upcoming fun, yet affordable, events.
