Join environmentally conscious people all over the globe by turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday night and instead light candles, or simply enjoy the dark of the night. The Golden Gate Bridge and The Bay Lights are going dark along with dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country more...

Come by and get a free hug in Market Street Plaza from 11 am to 1 pm on UN International Day of Happiness, March 20, 2014. Hugs are proven to release oxytocin, a hormone linked to feeling happy, so a group of happy huggers will be gathering to give free hugs in more...

Photo credit: Michael Moses Any day can be a holiday, and so for math nerds and pie lovers, March 14th is an extra special mathematical date. Pi (aka π) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter which comes out to roughly 3.14. So March 14th has been dubbed “Pi Day”-  a more...

In honor of The Bay Lights’ First Anniversary, The Ferry Building, MarketBar, KFOG-FM 104.5 and Illuminate the Arts will host a first anniversary celebration with artist Leo Villareal. Don lighted gear or wearable art and make your festive way to any place on the waterfront with a clear view of The more...

The Outer Richmond’s Balboa Theatre celebrates its 88th Birthday with a silent movie, plus live ragtime and honky tonk music on Sunday, February 23, 2014. $10 admission includes special drinks and birthday cake, plus a full entertainment lineup and a mini classic car show in front of the theater (as long as it doesn’t more...

Say “Da” and take a trip to Russia without leaving the Bay Area at the 26th Annual Russian Festival, a celebration of Russian food, dance, music and art. 26th Annual Russian Festival February 21-23, 2014 – Friday: 5-9:30 pm; Dance Party: 9:30 pm to 12:30 am – Saturday: 11 am to 10 pm – Sunday: more...

Ahhhh…It feels really good to finally have kicked those New Year’s Resolutions to the curb doesn’t it? I’m really glad we were able to help you do that. I mean, I feel like we really shared something, hell maybe we did. The end of the night is a little hazy. Anyways, more...

Were you at the Funcheap “Truck or Treat” 2013 Halloween Party at SoMa StrEat Food Park? It was amazing fun (while it lasted). We had a fortune teller, a dancing robot, a DJ in a full batman costume, Halloween food truck specials (cotton candy with mealworms, anyone?) blood red sangria, awesome tunes more...

Kick off the Warriors 2013-4 season with a free Warriors Fan Fest & Block Party on Sunday, October 27, 2013 from noon-5pm. Enter at 13th and Broadway. At this free block party & pep rally hosted by A.C. Green, fans can meet select Warriors players, Warriors legends, and get pumped by by Warrior Girls more...

Combat crime while meeting some new neighbors at the 30th Annual National Night Out, a crime prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in various cities around the Bay Area on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Neighborhoods host big block parties featuring cookouts, visits from local police and the sheriff, flashlight walks, contests and more, all with more...

Celebrate 2013 Independence Day with live music and entertainment all day in front of Pier 39 on July 4, 2013. When the sun goes down (and if the fog stays away), visitors will be treated to The City of San Francisco’s spectacular fireworks display over the Bay. 2013 Fourth of July Entertainment Thursday, more...

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee will celebrate Golden State Warriors Day by presenting a Key to the City to Stephen Curry for setting the all-time NBA record for three-pointers made in a regular season. The public is welcome to attend the civic celebration on at 11:30 am on May 21, 2013 more...

If you like all the events we dig up on Funcheap, we’d love to ask you to pretty please take a few minutes and vote for Funcheap as “Best Website”  in the SF Weekly’s annual “Best of the San Francisco” Readers Poll for 2013. The poll is long – nearly 100 questions more...