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Drag Queens on Ice
By - posted 12/5/2017
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The Bay Area’s most colorful drag personalities will be returning to the ice for an evening of laughs, lip syncing and lipstick during the 8th annual Bay Area favorite, Drag Queens On Ice. Drag Queens on Ice Thursday, December 7, 2017 | 8-9:30 pm Union Square Park, SF FREE to watch The event is rain or shine. If more...

Union Street’s Fantasy of Lights
By - posted 11/30/2017
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Union Street kicks off its annual Fantasy of Lights holiday celebration, where young and old alike can enjoy festivities to begin the holiday season. Thousands of holiday lights set off the Victorians, transforming Union Street into a magical backdrop for Santa and a team of elves to celebrate along with jugglers, live more...

Free Winter Carousel Ride Night
By - posted 11/24/2017
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Put a “spin” on a classic holiday tradition this winter as the Children’s Creativity Museum lights up the Bay Area’s oldest and most beloved carousel in Yerba Buena Gardens. This historic carousel was constructed in 1906 and lived at Playland-at-the-Beach from 1913 to 1972 and moved to Yerba Buena Gardens in more...

Union Square’s Macy’s Tree Lighting
By - posted 11/24/2017
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Macy’s Great Tree in Union Square, San Francisco’s most recognized Christmas tree standing 83-feet tall, decorated with more than 43,000 twinkling energy-efficient LED lights and 700 shining ornaments, will be officially lit on Friday, November 24, 2017. 28th Annual Macy’s Great Tree Lighting Friday, November 24, 2017 | 5:30 pm Union Square Park | Geary and more...

Alcatraz’s Thanksgiving Sunrise Ceremony
By - posted 11/20/2017
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The International Indian Treaty Council presents Indigenous Peoples’ Annual Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, part of the San Francisco Ohlone Territory, on Thursday, November 23, 2017. Thanksgiving Sunrise Celebration Thursday, November 23, 2017 | 4 to 6 am Alcatraz Island, San Francisco FREE but you’ll need a boat ticket to get to Alcatraz Tickets to Alcatraz are $14 more...

The “Snowflakes are Market” Are Back
By - posted 11/19/2017
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The 10th Annual Market Street Snowflake Lighting ceremony will feature live performances as city officials will count down to the illumination of over 290 5×5 LED illuminated snowflakes on Market Street’s signature “Path of Gold” light poles in front of the cable car turn-around at Powell and Market streets. 2017 Snowflakes on Market Lighting Ceremony Monday, November 20, 2017 more...

Amoeba’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
By - posted 11/17/2017
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Amoeba SF turns 20 this November. To celebrate this Platinum Anniversary, they’re throwing a two-day party complete with live musical performances, DJs, flash sales, prizes, arts and crafts, a photo booth, Amoeba’s Platinum Drag Show, and more on Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18. Amoeba SF’s 20th Anniversary Celebration November 17-18, more...

Winter Fireworks Spectacular
By - posted 11/15/2017
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Kickstart the holiday season with awesome winter fireworks and enjoy a special free Disney on Ice performance on the outdoor ice rink in Justin Herman Plaza. After the performance, be sure to stick around for Embarcadero Center’s 31st Annual Building Lighting Ceremony when more than 17,000 lights illuminate the San Francisco skyline on four more...

SF’s Biggest Community Thanksgiving Dinner
By - posted 11/12/2017
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TEL HI’s Thanksgiving dinner has been a cherished tradition for over 25 years. This fantastic, free event typically brings together more than 500 neighbors and community members alike for a feast is being generously sponsored and prepared by Pier 2620 Hotel Fisherman’s Wharf and Boudin Bakery on Thursday, November 16, 2017. Free more...

Meet “Harvey’s Halo” The Castro’s New Rainbow Lights
By - posted 11/5/2017
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Illuminate is the San Francisco arts nonprofit behind The Bay Lights and the illumination of the Conservatory of Flowers for the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love as well as Harvey’s Halo and “Hope will Never be Silent” in the Castro to honor Harvey Milk. At 6 pm on November more...

Free Union Square Ice Skating Day + Free Ice Cream
By - posted 11/1/2017
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To commemorate ten years of outdoor skating at Union Square, you’re invited to a free all-day birthday celebration featuring complimentary ice skating and skate rentals, free ice cream scoops from Humphry Slocombe (featuring a custom flavor from 1-8 pm), a live art installation by local artist fnnch (noon ’til dark), and more...

SF’s “Fiesta on the Hill”
By - posted 10/21/2017
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Fiesta on the Hill will celebrate its 29th year with live bands, dancing in the street, street artists, pumpkin carving, petting zoos, a wide variety of food and more. This year we will join the San Francisco citywide celebration of the 50th Anniversary of “Summer of Love”. 2017 Fiesta on the Hill Sunday, more...

149th Italian Heritage Parade
By - posted 10/6/2017
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Come to one of the city’s oldest celebrations of heritage and the longest-running Italian-American parade in the nation – a bright and colorful San Francisco institution since it was established in 1868. 2017 Italian Heritage Parade Sunday, October 8, 2017 | 12:30 pm Fisherman’s Wharf to North Beach, San Francisco FREE The Parade action begins at more...

“Bay Day” is Here
By - posted 10/5/2017
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Bay Day is like Earth Day – but just for the San Francisco Bay. It is one official day every year for the entire Bay Area to come together and celebrate the Bay. Don’t be fooled by the bridges, levees, and city skylines—the Bay is wild and alive. In fact, it’s the more...

See the Castro’s New Rainbow Lights
By - posted 10/3/2017
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Illuminate is the San Francisco arts nonprofit behind The Bay Lights and the illumination of the Conservatory of Flowers for the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love as well as Harvey’s Halo and “Hope will Never be Silent” in the Castro to honor Harvey Milk. At 6 pm on November more...