Fairs & Festivals
The Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade is a mid-week celebration of stupidity, so wear something silly, bring your solo socks, spare pennies and losing lottery tickets and gather with all the other stupids at the foot of Market Street to do the silliest walk of all. 37th Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade Wednesday, April more...
Jump over a bonfire (or watch others do it) in the ritual of “Chahr-Shanbeh Souri” as the Persian Center celebrates Nowruz, or Persian New Year to say goodbye to the darkness of winter and welcome the lightness of spring. 2015 Persian New Year Festival & Fire Jumping Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | 6-10 more...
The Royal Exchange will throw their annual block party with traditional Irish fare, live music, and plenty of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day proper, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. The 2015 Block Party begins at 3 pm and around 5 pm, the live music typically kicks off with party band Wonderbread 5 on Front more...
Erin go Bragh! Few things go together better than St. Patrick’s Day and Guinness, so get ready for a big all-day St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Funcheap throws a massive 11-hour kickass St. Patrick’s Day party with $4 Guinness on tap, 10+ food trucks with amazing Irish specials, and live music all more...
Come and learn how to participate in the St. Patricks Day Parade Dog Contingent. For the Love of Dog USA and Frida the SF Dog Mayor are hosting a meet and greet for you and your dogs at Doc’s Clock. They will have complete details as to where to meet on the more...
Photo: David Yu The West Coast’s largest Irish event celebrating Irish history and culture, the 164th Annual San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival, attracts some 100,000 revelers every year and is one of the city’s most popular events. 164th San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival Saturday, March 14, 2015 – Parade: Starts at 11:30 more...
Sunday Streets (March – October 2015) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. >> Funcheap is more...
Explore San Francisco’s amazing history at the annual San Francisco History Expo at The Old Mint with over 50 local history groups, genealogists, small museums, and libraries creating “mini-museums” and exhibits. In addition, there will be historic films, special programs, and more. 5th Annual San Francisco History Expo – Saturday February 28, 2015 | 11 more...
On February 21, 2015, a free, day-long community event will honor the 100th anniversary of the opening opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) and will kick-off a year of Centennial events from noon to 10 pm. PPIE Community Day Festival Saturday, February 21, 2015 | Noon to 10pm Palace of Fine Arts, SF FREE Noon: Opening Ceremony under more...
Fillmore Street comes alive with a neighborhood-wide Mardi Gras party during the annual Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore with a free blues concert and free New Orleans-style parade. Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore Tuesday, February 17, 2015 | 5 pm Fillmore Center Plaza (near Ellis), San Francisco FREE, but a $10 wristband gets you access to food more...
Each year, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair takes place the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, so that families can come to the flower fair and purchase their traditional holiday plants, flowers and fruits. 2015 Chinese New Year Flower Fair – Saturday, February 14, 2015 | 10 am to 8 pm – Sunday, more...
The highly anticipated 2015 SF Sketchfest returns to San Francisco with over two weeks of top notch comedy, improv and stand-up. Funcheap lets you in on the best deals of this year’s festival, plus all the comedy you can handle for under $20 bucks per show. 2015 SF Sketchfest January 22 – more...
Bring your pet (yes, pets are allowed) to the Bay Area Pet Expo with pet friendly exhibitors and rescue groups, live demonstrations in obedience training and pet care, a costume contest, giveaways and more. Bring your dog, bird or even lizard – just make sure you have proof of current immunizations (if applicable) and more...
The Bay Area Mycological Society and the National Park Service at Point Reyes National Seashore bring you the 10th Annual Point Reyes Fungus Fair. Mushrooms will be on display at the Bear Valley Visitor Center and visitors will be invited to attend free lectures presented by Dr. Tom Bruns, Dorothy Beebee more...
