Free Events
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!
Saturday, July 11
Free Bastille Day Festival w/ Tastings (Oakland)
Saturday, July 11 is our 9th Annual Bastille Day Celebration! We’re honoring French cuisine and culture with specials and tastings from all around the market: French wine, cheese and charcuterie, pastries and desserts, and much more. Admission is free—no ticket or registration required!
Meet the Author: Wayne Feinstein’s “Turning” Book Launch (Corte Madera)
Join us at Book Passage for an author event highlighting Wayne Feinstein and his debut novel, Turning. “Can a man grow a soul? This question, so emphatic in our cultural moment, animates Wayne Feinstein’s insightful novel, Turning. The journey he maps so vividly is arduous and, in the end, brings ...
Quarter Finals World Cup Watch Party
Get ready to catch all the match moments as the World Cup quarter finals go down live with food and beverage specials and fun activations!
FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal Watch Party at Hotel Shattuck Plaza
Experience every thrilling moment of the FIFA World Cup Quarterfinals at Hotel ...
SF’s 2026 Shakespeare in the Trash: Bard Goes Rubbish
Hark! Your Friends’ Basement Theater Company and SOMA West Community Benefit District approach with joyous news.
Come witness a motley crew of players conjure scenes from the Bard within the confines of a scrapyard!
Friday, July 10th: 6:30pm
Saturday, July 11th: 2pm
Saturday, July 11th: 6:30pm
Sunday, July 12th: 2pm
See now the stately Elizabethan ...
Free Dogpatch Block Party + Line Dancing (SF)
The Dogpatch Music Series returns to the Minnesota Flyover for a free outdoor block party featuring live music, line dancing, face painting, tacos, games, and family-friendly activities. The event is open to all ages and is part of the One City Day after-party.
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SF’s 2026 Shakespeare in the Trash: Bard Goes Rubbish
Hark! Your Friends’ Basement Theater Company and SOMA West Community Benefit District approach with joyous news.
Come witness a motley crew of players conjure scenes from the Bard within the confines of a scrapyard!
Friday, July 10th: 6:30pm
Saturday, July 11th: 2pm
Saturday, July 11th: 6:30pm
Sunday, July 12th: 2pm
See now the stately Elizabethan ...
Free Book Talk: Secrets + Redemption in 1883 Texas (Corte Madera)
Please join us for readings by Roccie Hill from her book, The Wounds of My Father, with a Q&A hosted by Book Passage for this event organized by the Left Coast Writers. 1883, San Antonio—where the dying frontier collides with industrial ambition… For fans of sweeping historical dramas and morally ...
“San Francisco Mime Troupe” Live Summer Musical in the Park (2026)
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe returns for its 2026 season with free and lively performances in park settings around the Bay Area. San Francisco Mime Troupe | 2026 Free political theater & music in parks around the Bay Area Various dates: July 3 ...
Rock ‘n Roll Tribute Party: Outdoor Concert + Parking Lot Party (Alameda)
Join us for a concert & party in the parking lot!
July 11 Saturday 2-4:30pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church – 1910 Santa Clara Avenue Alameda, CA
Located in the parking lot at Chestnut Street & Santa Clara Avenue
A tribute to the very best of rock ‘n roll!
Tickets $10 (kids ...
Mind Space: Meditation without the Meditator
Come celebrate the release of Mind Space with author Ron Purser in conversation with Christian Swain (Pantheon Media).
In Mind Space, Ronald E. Purser, the international bestselling author of McMindfulness, turns meditation inside-out. The peace and clarity we seek through meditation, hopefully attained after a long ...
Free ArtSeed 20th Annual Show: Gaza Youth Art + Interactive Art (SF)
Come experience a first-of-its-kind creative exchange with Gaza youth and an interactive exhibition in San Francisco.
This summer, ArtSeed’s 20th Annual Open Call Exhibition brings a unique cross-cultural collaboration to San Francisco, bridging local creativity with the voices of youth abroad.
We are proud to partner with the Gaza Children ...
Dolly Parton Hoot 20th Anniversary w/ Bands & Sing-Along (El Rio)
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Dolly Parton Hoot at El Rio in San Francisco. This free event features live bands, sing-alongs, wigs, rhinestones, and homemade Dolly remixes by Jenny Hoyston. Hosted by Margaret Belton, the event invites attendees to dress up and enjoy an ...
Free Book Talk: The Wisdom of the Odyssey w/ Phil Cousineau (Corte Madera)
Phil Cousineau’s compelling new work, The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic, is an accessible companion to Homer’s Odyssey that illuminates its timeless lessons on change, resilience, and the search for home, written by acclaimed mythographer and cultural historian Phil Cousineau. By illuminating how Odysseus learns, adapts, ...
Free Summer Games + Soccer Art Wall (Mountain View)
Celebrate summer with high-energy fun and creative expression. Enjoy interactive games, a lively performance by Andy Z, and contribute to a soccer-themed community art wall. Join us on Saturday, July 11th from 4–6pm in the park. Activities available while supplies last. Event is free to ...
“Tamale Lady Day” Celebration 2026: Outdoor Party, Concert, Film (Zeitgeist)
Tamale Lady Day 2026. Saturday, July 11 at Zeitgeist Beer Garden in the Mission.
Join us in celebrating the life and legacy of Virginia Ramos, The Tamale Lady SF.
Experience an evening of great live music, films and even delicious hot-n-steamy tamales. Bands start at 4:20 PM featuring:
Vaxxines, ...
Free Gallery Night: Aina Clotas’s ‘The Backwards Race’ (SF)
Ryan Graff Contemporary is delighted to announce The Backwards Race, a solo exhibition from Aina Clotas.
Opening Reception with the artist July 11, 5–9 PM
Ryan Graff Contemporary
804 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.ryangraffcontemporary.com
Spanish artist Aina Clotas’s paintings position the human body as both evidence and mystery: a ...
Free Patrón Tequila Tasting (Rocks Den)
Curious about Patrón?
Stop by and sample a variety of tequilas while learning a little more about what goes into every pour.
Saturday, July 11
5:30-8:30pm
Future of Us Festival “Between Beats” Night (The Faight)
An experiment in music, movement, memory, and collective imagination.
What to Expect
Part archive. Part conversation. Part dance floor.
Between Beats explores the dance floor as memory, as meeting place, and as possibility. Through stories, conversation, and movement, we’ll explore how feeling more at home in our bodies can ...
Free Sunsara Taylor Talk: A Whole New Way to Live + Revolutionary Change (Berkeley)
Sunsara Taylor Speaking Tour
We Need and We Demand:
A WHOLE NEW WAY TO LIVE
A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM
You see the increasing madness. It eats at you.
Will you dare learn the way out?
COME HEAR A TALK BY SUNSARA TAYLOR
Why Come Hear Sunsara Taylor?
Because millions are driven from their ...
Art Opening: Emptiness is Form
Join us at SWIM Gallery on July 11, 2026 from 6-9 for the OPENING of Emptiness is Form, a solo exhibition by a multidisciplinary SF-based artist, Bay Ambrose Hill. Working across ceramic sculpture, painting, photography, video, performance, and installation, Hill draws on nearly two decades ...
