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San FranFREEsco has joined up with FunCheap to help hunt down the most interesting free (and cheap) events in the Bay Area.

These events are hand-picked by Becca Bandit of San FranFREEsco, which shares with you all the best FREE or almost free events and happenings in the SF Bay Area including concerts, parties, open bars, free food, free events, art openings, free museum admission, fairs, festivals and more.

Saturday, February 14

San Francisco’s Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight 2026
Saturday, February 14 – 5:45 pm - Ends at 7:45 pm | Cost: FREE | Embarcadero Plaza
San Francisco's Valentine's Day Pillow Fight 2026
Feathers fly at this fun, flash-mob type event which typically takes place annually on Valentine’s Day. It’s Pillow Fight. In the past, nearly 1,000 San Franciscans descended on Justin Herman Plaza with feather-stuffed pillows to run Braveheart-like at full speed at one another to lovingly beat ...

Saturday, March 7

SF’s 2026 Chinese New Year Parade
Saturday, March 7 – 5:15 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to watch (standing room or bring your chair); official parade bleacher seats start at $48
| Chinatown
SF's 2026 Chinese New Year Parade
Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair ...

Sunday, June 14

SFMOMA’s “Free Family Day” Free Museum Day (2026)
Sunday, June 14 – 10:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free for up to four adults accompanying each visitor 18 and younger.
| SFMOMA
SFMOMA's "Free Family Day" Free Museum Day (2026)
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) welcomes families and inter-generational audiences to the museum for its Free Family Day on June 14, 2026. The June 2026 Free Family Day will feature the newly refreshed Fisher Collection galleries on Floor 5. We’ll celebrate the colorful and vibrant ...