San Francisco… land of the free. Here’s just the free stuff in SF and the Bay Area. Keep your wallet in your pocket and enjoy!
Friday, May 29
“The Best of Clement” 10-Block Celebration: Goodie Bags, Scavenger Hunt + DJs (SF)
Friday, May 29 – 1:30 pm - Ends at 4:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | One Richmond Office
About the event:
Join us on Clement Street for an afternoon celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with the Richmond community. Participating small businesses from 2nd to 12th Avenue are offering special deals, surprise bags, class discounts, and community engagement activities.
What to expect:
Lion dance
Calligraphy demonstration by Master Terry ...
2026 Future of the Bay Area Youth Market (Oakland)
Friday, May 29 – 4:30 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | California Hotel
Future of the Bay Area Youth Market is an outdoor, community-building event centering families and small businesses on May 29th in Oakland from 4:30-7pm. We are hosting a variety of youth vendors and performers from across the Bay Area! Our mission is to give as ...
GG Park’s Free Happy Hour Concert in the Park
Friday, May 29 – 4:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
Free live music is back in the park. Illuminate LIVE returns to the Golden Gate Bandshell in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, March 1, 2026, launching its sixth season of free outdoor concerts with more than 125 performances scheduled through mid-November. The long-running series has ...
Free Stir Reading Series w/ Joel Gion (SF)
Join us on May 29 for a special bonus edition of Stir featuring legendary musician Joel Gion. The evening begins with a 5pm hang at Café Suspiro, followed by a 6pm reading at Arc Gallery, right next to Café Suspiro.
$1 Drink Fridays: “Battle of the Decades” DJ Party (North Beach)
Fridays are now a little bit more awesome. Did someone say $1 drinks? Monroe in North Beach hosts “Battle of the Decades” DJ party and happy hour every Friday with a DJ spinning progressive tunes. Every hour is a different decade – with drink prices ...Every Friday
“Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid” Block Party + DJs (Oakland)
The Town’s favorite block party, Friday Nights at OMCA, is back for the 2026 season, inviting the Bay to kick off the weekend with the crew—whether family, friends, or neighbors. Join us every Friday, April–October, at 5 pm for a free evening of live music, interactive activities, ...Every Friday
Free Open Mic Night w/ Bay Area’s Best (SF)
Friday, May 29 – 5:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | KALW
Celebrate Bay Area poets, musicians, storytellers and showpeople. Who will win the performance of the night & be broadcast on KALW?
The Bay Area’s best performers shine at KALW’s Most Best Open Mic! Host Charlie Getter gathers a homegrown harvest of poets, musicians, and storytellers with ...
20th Annual “Music on the Square” Free Concerts Every Friday (Redwood City)
20 years ago, we said it was gonna be big. Turns out… we were just getting started. From Music on the Square to Shakespeare under the stars, Redwood City Events became more than a series. It’s the soundtrack of this city. And 20 seasons later? ...Every Friday
“Holding Queer Space” Art Exhibition at Sentro Filipino (SF)
Beginning at 6:00PM on May 29th, help us welcome Sentro Filipino’s first Exhibition of 2026. Awarded our Exhibition Grant, GAPA transforms our Rizal Hall with works by Queer and Trans Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) artists. This Opening Reception will be a momentous one that ...
San Francisco Critical Mass (Last Friday of the Month)
Friday, May 29 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Embarcadero Plaza
Critical Mass is a mass bicycle ride that takes place on the last Friday of each month in San Francisco. Meet and 6pm, ride at 6:30 pm from Embarcadero Plaza (foot of Market Street) and in cities around the world. Everyone is invited. No one is ...Monthly
Redwood City’s St. Pius Festival (May 29-31)
Celebrate 75 Years of Community at St. Pius Festival!
Kick off the summer in your cowboy boots with the St. Pius Festival “Home on the Ranch,” May 29–31, 2026. What began in 1951 on a ranch house has grown into a vibrant parish community. Celebrate this ...
Every Last Friday: Book Shop Comedy (SF)
Friday, May 29 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Adobe Books
The only Comedy Show in a bookstore! Join us for a night of laughs with some of the best comics in the Bay. EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH.
Hosted by the Amazing Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative, this is a different more intimate show. No ...
World Premiere of SF’s New “Silent Bells & Organ Pipes” Sound Sculpture (Grace Cathedral)
Friday, May 29 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Grace Cathedral
Please join us for the world premiere opening of 2026 Artist in Residence Bill Fontana’s project, Resonance, created especially for Grace Cathedral as the central event of his residency.
Resonance is a sound sculpture created with our silent bells and organ pipes. Fontana has created works with the ...
Stand-Up Comedy Show: Laughs at The Lariat Tavern (Belmont)
Stand-Up Comedy Returns to The Lariat Tavern, Friday, May 29th for this SPECIAL EVENT! After a long week of hard work it’s time to be entertained by the best Stand-Up Comedians in the Bay Area.
Welcome to one of the best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in the ...
Saturday, May 30
2026 Bay Area Book Festival in Downtown Berkeley (May 30-31)
As the Bay Area Book Festival (BABF) enters its 12th year, it stands as both a cultural celebration and a critical gathering space where activists, authors, and audiences can unite around today’s most urgent issues and uplift marginalized voices. We present first-rate live conversations with ...
Lakeshore Spring Festival (Oakland)
Saturday, May 30 – 11:00 am - Ends at 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Lakeshore District
Lakeshore Spring Festival, a celebration of Oakland’s Lakeshore District launches on Saturday, May 30th!
The Lakeshore District is excited to announce the inaugural Lakeshore Spring Festival ~ marking over a decade since the award winning district has hosted a festival or street fair. The result will ...
“Crazy Funny Asians” Free Comedy Showcase (SF)
Inspired by the blockbuster movie, see some of the Bay Area’s top comedians at San Francisco’s Crazy Funny Asians comedy showcase, presented by Funcheap and HellaFunny. Let’s celebrate the Bay’s Asian-American culture and heritage with laughs at SF’s brand new comedy club on Market St – ...Every Saturday
“Puff Puff Laugh” SF’s Cannabis Lounge Comedy Show (Moe Greens)
Puff Puff Laugh is Back! And now we’re on Saturdays! HellaFunny is taking over one of SF’s premier cannabis lounges, Moe Greens, for a night of “Puff Puff Laugh.” That’s right… it’s the only comedy show in San Francisco where you can (legally in California) get high ...Every Saturday
Free Tix: HellaSecret “Desi Comedy Night” Live in SF (7p + 9p)
It’s the return of San Francisco’s only weekly HellaDesi Comedy Night with HellaFunny and Funcheap at a HellaSecret comedy venue with easy access to BART. See a showcase of some of the Bay Area’s top comedians of Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Afghan, and South Asian descent ...Every Saturday
Seaweed Foraging + Cooking Demo (Sonoma Coast)
Learn how to identify, use, and sustainably harvest the bountiful seaweeds. Harvest up to 10 lbs of seaweed to take home and enjoy.
From ancient times to the present, seaweeds have been used by coastal people all over the world to nourish themselves and their gardens, as well ...
