City Discoveries
Illuminate SF Festival of Light happens Thanksgiving 2017 through New Year’s Day 2018 and shines a light on San Francisco’s ever-expanding light art scene. Get your glow on during this two-month celebration during the longest nights of the year, featuring free light art tours, nighttime neighborhood walks, artist talks and participatory experiences.
Join in for the unveiling of “The Seed,” a new art light installation with changing colors from Aphidoidea in Jane Warner Plaza at Castro and Market. Music by Daphne Gooch String Quartet. “The Seed” Art Unveiling Friday, October 27, 2017 | 8pm Castro and Market, SF FREE Music starts at 7:30pm. Unveiling will be at 8pm. About more...
Strap on your helmets. You’re invited to the opening of San Francisco’s first bike park, McLaren Bike Park, on Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. McLaren Bike Park Grand Opening Saturday, October 21, 2017 | 10a-2p 2050 Sunnydale Ave., SF FREE The brand new park is located in McLaren Park at more...
Explore the historic Civil War-era Fort Point by candlelight and the stars on an evening tour with a park ranger as your guide. Candlelight tours are available most Saturday evenings typically around 6:30 pm from November to February. Along the way, you’ll be transported to the momentous era of the 1800s, experiencing first-hand the tales and more...
San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...
Each San Francisco neighborhood (defined by zipcode) can visit the California Academy of Sciences for free over a three-day weekend (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) in the spring and fall of each year. So that means as long as you have a driver’s license or other proof of residency, you can save yourself more...
Get on your bike and tour some of SF’s tastiest and unique cheese shops with exclusive guided tastings in what is knon as the The Tour du Fromage. All cheese and bike lovers are welcome to join the ride. Bring your bike and ride to some of the best independent cheese shops more...
Saturday, August 11, 2017 marked the 100-year anniversary of Muni’s J Church rail line. Still looking spry for a centenarian, the J has operated since 1917, and it still essentially runs along the same route down Market and Church streets, through Dolores Park and Noe Valley. While it’s not the oldest transit line more...
Popular urban hiking group, Hike It Up, returns for the first time in 2017 a Peaks and Pints hike. The 6 mile hike begins in Cole Valley on the corner of Parnassus and Willard Street, then it continues into Mt Sutro Forest (find the fairy gates). Then the hike tackles its more...
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will celebrate the opening of a new park at 17th and Folsom Street. Formerly a parking lot, the site has been transformed into a park, with features and amenities designed by the community members living and working in the surrounding area. The new name for more...
Skip the spendy (and crowded) brunch, and spend some quality time together with mom learning something new about the city you love. Mother’s Day Guided Walking Tours Sunday, May 14, 2017 All over San Francisco FREE, but donations are welcome. San Francisco City Guides will be offering 19 free guided walking tours on Mother’s Day. 9:00 am – Tenderloin more...
San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...
Almost a century after they welcomed their first Bay Area audiences, the Curran has just completed a massive 2-year restoration and renovation. Step inside the Curran for a whirlwind guided audio tour through the theater’s celebrated, star-studded past and a glimpse into the Curran’s innovative future. This is a rare event – more...
The Sunday closure of Kennedy Drive to automobile traffic has proven to be the most successful program of the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Thousands of San Franciscans and others from throughout the Bay Area and beyond flock to the park on Sundays when there are no cars. The closed more...
It’s been a wet winter and that means spring is going to be crazy good at the San Francisco Botanical Garden … the curators tell us that everything is budding up and looking very bountiful and beautiful. After four dry years, this winter has brought much needed rain to California, and some very wild flowers more...
