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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Outer Richmond’s Balboa Theatre celebrates its 89th Birthday with a silent movie, plus live ragtime and honky tonk music. $10 admission includes a champagne toast and birthday cake, plus a full entertainment lineup, featuring Chicago (1927), the magic of Al Catraz, music by Kitten On The Keys and Parlour Tricks, and more...

Celebrate Mardi Gras with a festive parade that will kick off at Octavia and Hayes (Place Pigalle), with a Second Line featuring several local brass bands and other musicians.  2015 Mardi Gras Parade Tuesday, February 17, 2015 | 5 pm Starts at Octavia & Hayes (Place Pigalle) FREE The 2015 parade features the Brass Mafia, Trashkan more...

Come meet your neighbors and make new friends at the annual Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Celebration in the Mission from 6-9 pm on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. There will be live samba drummers and dancers winding their way through the party, and you should dig out your costumes, masks and beads more...

Become sea lion savvy and learn more about California sea lions, marine life, and bay conservation on the annual “Sea Lion Encounter” in celebration of the anniversary of their arrival to Pier 39. The boisterous barking pinnipeds began arriving in droves shortly after the Loma Prieta earthquake hit San Francisco in October more...