Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day 2015 at this one-day-only event with a bevy of food trucks serving up their unique versions of Grilled Cheese sandwiches at SoMa StrEat Food Park on Sunday, April 12, 2015. Wash it all down with beer ($3 PBR) and bottomless Mimosas throughout the event. We’ll also be offering an exclusive tasting ticket allowing you to try more...

The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, said to be the second largest festival outside of Washington, D.C., celebrates the blooming of cherry blossoms at one of three remaining Japantowns in the United States. 48th Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival – April 11-12, 2015 | 10 am to 5 pm – April 18-19, 2015 more...

Market Street runs through the heart of our beautiful city, yet it can feel uninviting and disconnected. The Market Street Prototyping Festival aims to bring together people from different neighborhoods and backgrounds for three days of temporary installations ranging from performances spaces, relaxation zones, dynamic art pieces, and more. Market Street Prototyping more...

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the kabuki-inspired cross-dressing nuns-of-fun, host their 36th Easter Sunday in the Park at Hellman Hollow in Golden Gate Park. There’s a family-friendly Children’s Easter celebration at 11 am, but the real fun follows after the kids head home with adult-friendly fare like the Easter Bonnet Contest, burlesque, more...

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...