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MLK Jr. Day | 2014
By - posted 1/19/2014
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Halloween in Photos
By - posted 11/4/2013
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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...

Warriors Fan Fest
By - posted 10/26/2013
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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...

National Night Out 2013
By - posted 8/5/2013
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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...

San Francisco Fireworks
By - posted 6/27/2013
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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...

“Golden State Warriors Day” Celebration
By - posted 5/18/2013
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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...

Vote Funcheap: SF Weekly’s “Best of SF”
By - posted 5/7/2013
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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...

2013 Inauguration Parties
By - posted 1/20/2013
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Celebrate the second inauguration of President Barack Obama with telecasts from Washington D.C. on Monday, January 21, 2013 and events in San Francisco looking forward to the second term.

Merry Cheapmas!
By - posted 12/24/2012
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Wishing everyone a very Merry Cheapmas from Johnny and the Funcheap crew! If you’re in town for Christmas Day 2012, there’s lots of stuff to do. How about a free guided tour of the gorgeous Palace hotel? Free admission to the Contemporary Jewish Museum, a black sheep xmas potluck party , drink tequila and more...

Bollywood Flash Mob Day
By - posted 8/12/2012
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Celebrating the 20th Festival of India & Parade (which takes place in Fremont next weekend), come watch the Grand gala FlashMob on Sunday August 12, 2012 (Sunday) in San Francisco’s Union Square around 5pm. Festival of India Flash Mob Sunday, August 12, 2012 (5pm-ish) Union Square, San Francisco FREE >> Please note the exact time of more...

San Francisco Marathon
By - posted 7/26/2012
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There are several options for you, as a spectator, to see your runner or to cheer on them as they get closer to the finish line of the San Francisco Marathon on July 29, 2012 which starts at (gulp) 5:30am! San Francisco Marathon 2012 Sunday, July 29, 2012 Start time: 5:30am All over San Francisco FREE to more...

Summer Solstice 2012
By - posted 6/18/2012
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Come to Ocean Beach at the end of the longest day of the year on June 20, 2012 to celebrate the light and honor the turning of the Wheel of the Year back toward the darkness with a beach bonfire and pagan summer solstice ritual. Gather 7:30pm, ritual 8pm. Please bring more...

Free National Parks Week
By - posted 4/22/2012
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In the immortal words of John Muir: “You may close California’s parks, but you’ll never have our national parks. Hell, we’ll even make them free.” Okay so the conservationist didn’t say that but there are Free Entrance Days in the National Parks, special fee-free days that you should take advantage of to visit parks more...

Merry Cheapmas!
By - posted 12/24/2011
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Wishing everyone a very Merry Cheapmas from Johnny and the Funcheap crew! If you’re in town this 2011 Christmas weekend, there’s lots of stuff to do. How about FREE Coffee at Peet’s, a FREE “Jews for Dim Sum” potluck party, avoid talking with your relatives by taking them to $5 movies on Christmas Day more...

Talk Like a Pirate Day
By - posted 9/17/2011
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Scallywags and sailors alike unite every year on September 19 to don their seafaring finest and to lend their conversation some swagger in honor of International “Talk Like a Pirate Day.” This year the holiday falls on a Monday, which gives cubicle corsairs the chance to start off the workweek right more...