Chalk it up to the luck of the Irish, but the sunshine is back in SF just in time for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Put on your finest green duds and follow the rainbow to find your pot of gold pint of beer at one of San Francisco’s annual St. more...

Jump over a bonfire (or watch others do it) in the ritual of “Chahr-Shanbeh Souri” as the Persian Center celebrates Nowruz, or Persian New Year to say goodbye to the darkness of winter and welcome the lightness of spring.  2016 Persian New Year Festival & Fire Jumping Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | 6-10PM more...

The United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco (UICC) and the United Irish Societies team up to throw a special Sunday block party with Irish bands and Irish dancing, Irish food and drinks for sale and face painting and jumpy castles for the kids. 45th Avenue Green Fest Block Party Sunday, March 13, more...

The Irish-American Crossroads Festival is an annual literary, musical, and cultural event that takes place every year in San Francisco during the month of March. It is a celebrated annual festival inviting the public to come together around inspired, creative, and relevant events regarding Irish and Irish-American history and culture.

You’re invited to celebrate the golden anniversary of the Asian Art Museum during their free 50th Anniversary Community Weekend. With captivating art, music, dance, artist demonstrations and more, this is an extravaganza you won’t want to miss. Since its founding in 1966, the Asian Art Museum has evolved into one of the world’s more...

Walk the red carpet into SoMa StrEat Food Park for Funcheap’s 2016 Oscars Party. Enjoy free popcorn, Oscar Bingo, an Oscar betting pool, champagne and beer specials, prizes, score free sneak preview movie passes, and several of SF’s tastiest food trucks. All-you-can-drink Champagne for $20? Yup! along with Pink Sangria cocktail specials from the bar. Funcheap more...

Head to Ocean Beach for a beautiful bonfire that kicks off with an optional meditation at 9 am near the water’s edge, followed by acoustic music at 10 am fireside. They’ll be at the end of Fulton Ave. by stairwell 17 at Ocean Beach from 9 am to 2 pm. LOCATION more...

Ripley’s Believe It or Not San Francisco Odditorium celebrates the 9th annual World Sword Swallower’s Day. Performances start around 1:45 pm with the official “Big Swallow” taking place at 2:27 pm to coincide with the day, February 27, 2016. San Francisco’s own performers are putting on a free show outside of the SF Odditorium. Matthew Bouvier more...

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. Typically over 100 groups will participate in the parade and many of the floats and specialty groups will be featuring the theme of this year’s more...

The Chapel is throwing a Mardi Gras concert with a free pre-party throughout The Chapel and The Vestry beginning at 5 pm featuring New Orleans food and drink specials, live music inside and on the street with MJ’s Brass Boppers doing a second-line, plus Fat Tuesday party beads and more. The Chapel Mardi Gras more...

SF’s bar workers work long shifts pouring drinks and dealing with lousy tippers, so it’s time for them to have a night for themselves at the annual Mid-Winter Bar Workers Ball. Broke-Ass Stuart and Anchor Brewing Company host this annual event with Broke-Ass Stuart supplying Anchor Steam beer for the first hour of the more...

The Bay Lights will be re-lit on January 30, 2016 in time to shine for Super Bowl 50 and beyond, thanks to generous private donors and an agreement between the non-profit Illuminate the Arts. Photography by Lucas Saugen Leo Villareal’s masterwork of public art of 25,000 lights LED attached to the bridge’s more...

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a mini traveling festival of free lion dancing performances at several San Francisco Public Library branches. 2016 Lunar New Year Lion Dancer Celebrations Saturday, January 16, 2016 10:15 – 10:45 am:  Chinatown/Him Mark Lai 11:15 – 11:45 am: North Beach 12:15 – 1 pm: Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial 1:15 – 1:45 pm: Presidio 2:00 – 2:30 pm:  Anza Library 3:00 more...

Super Bowl 50 is set to take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, home of the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, February 7, 2016. For the first time in Super Bowl history, the game will be branded with the Arabic numeral 50 instead of the Roman Numeral ‘L’. Of more...

Every year on the third Monday in January, over 15,000 attendees come to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Gardens to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Monday, January 18, 2016 | 11 am to 5 pm YBCA, 701 Mission St., San more...