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San Francisco Pride Parade
By - posted 6/26/2015
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Art meets politics in a fleet of floats, vehicles, and marchers along Market Street during the San Francisco Pride Parade, one the nation’s largest LGBT events, starting at 10:30 am on Pride Sunday. Bring a rainbow flag and come cheer on dykes on bikes, bears in straps, trannies in gowns, and others from SF’s colorful LGBT more...

SF Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling
By - posted 6/26/2015
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In a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court issued Friday, same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states. Read the actual Supreme court ruling. While this doesn’t change things much in California (it was already legal here and in 36 other states), we should get ready for a big celebration more...

“Pink Saturday” Block Party in the Castro
By - posted 6/25/2015
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The night before the Pride Parade, The Pink Party takes over the streets of the Castro by closing them to cars and then pumping multiple sound stages to celebrate a long-time tradition of bringing a fabulous, queer and community-focused street party to raise money for local, LGBT non-profit organizations. Photo Credit: Erin more...

SF’s City Hall 100th Birthday Celebration in 30 Seconds
By - posted 6/20/2015
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San Francisco City Hall celebrated its 100th birthday with a big 5-hour celebration on Friday, June 19th highlighted by a fantastic LED light show on the facade of City Hall. Couldn’t make it to Civic Center for the event? Here’s the entire light show in just 30 seconds. The biggest cheers for more...

SF Botanical Garden 75th Anniversay
By - posted 5/30/2015
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2015 marks 75 years since San Francisco Botanical Garden opened to the public as a place of beauty, learning and inspiration. To honor this anniversary, they’ve designed a day just for you. Enjoy free admission for all – normally $7 for non-SF adult residents. The celebration features family activities, giant puppets and a sing-a-long, more...

San Francisco Carnaval
By - posted 5/21/2015
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The 2015 San Francisco Carnaval Festival (May 23-24, 2015 from 10 am to 6 pm) transforms Harrison Street into a wonderland of food, music, dance, art, crafts. The 2015 theme is Agua Sagrada, which is Spanish for “sacred water.” It symbolizes the universal reverence for the most basic element of life.. Photo credits: Oliver Klink more...

Bike To Work Day 2015
By - posted 5/13/2015
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It’s the 21st annual Bike to Work Day so grab your bike and join tens of thousands of people pedaling to the office on Thursday, May 14, 2015. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition hosts a robust Bike to Work Day event with 22 Energizer Stations with snacks and bike doctors, plus more...

Urban Putt’s Birthday: 1/2 Price Mini Golf
By - posted 5/3/2015
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Urban Putt, SF’s fantastical, high-tech 14-hole indoor mini-golf course, is throwing a two-day party for its first birthday. Urban Putt 1st Anniversary Party May 4-5, 2015 | 4pm to close 1096 South Van Ness Ave. @ 22nd St., SF On Monday May 4 and Tuesday May 5, 2015 they are sharing the love with: 1/2-price games – more...

People’s Park 46th Anniversary
By - posted 4/25/2015
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People’s Park will celebrate its 46th Anniversary with music, speakers, dancing, drumming and free food, catered by Food not Bombs, from noon to 6 pm on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Come out and enjoy a day in the park, celebrate another trip around the Sun for the world’s most unique social more...

Walk to Work Day
By - posted 4/7/2015
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San Francisco was the nation’s first city to officially launch Walk to Work Day  – walking just 15 minutes of your commute counts and your efforts be rewarded with some free goodies. Be a part of this fun and festive day of encouragement celebrating the most healthy, sustainable form of transportation: walking. Walk more...

Easter 2015 Guide for San Francisco
By - posted 4/2/2015
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Corn Dog Day 2015
By - posted 3/17/2015
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March 21st  is National Corn Dog Day for 2015! At the biggest “Corn Dog Day” festival in the country for 2015, Funcheap brings you SF’s best food truck corn dogs plus PBR specials. Corn Dog Day always coincides with the first weekend of March Madness; there’s about 7-8 hours of NCAA Tournament action on the more...

Farewell to The Bay Lights (For Now)
By - posted 3/4/2015
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The Bay Area will be a little darker for the next 11 months. The monumental LED sculpture, The Bay Lights, must be removed from the western span of the Bay Bridge in early March to allow for maintenance of the cables.  But, thanks to generous private donors and an agreement between the non-profit Illuminate the Arts more...

Chinese New Year Parade
By - posted 3/3/2015
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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...

Ferry Building “1915” Lighting Ceremony
By - posted 3/3/2015
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Celebrate the ceremonial re-lighting of the Ferry Building in honor of the centennial of the 100th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. For the duration of the 1915 Exposition the Ferry Building was festooned with lights, a beacon proudly proclaiming “1915” to the world. This lighting will be recreated in a civic more...