Come to the Presidio carve a free pumpkin and create your own Halloween decor from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, October 25-26, 2014. San Francisco Pumpkin Carving Festival October 25 & 26, 2014 Pershing Square, The Presidio, SF Free, but an RSVP is required. Free pumpkins from Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm in more...

Dress up your pet and head to the annual Pet Pride Day featuring on site adoptions, rescue partners, parade, food, kids activities, pet costumes and pet tricks in Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park. 2014 Pet Pride Day Sunday, October 26, 2014 | 11 am to 3 pm Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park, SF FREE This is more...

The Clarion Alley Mural Project celebrates 22 years of creating and showcasing public art by preserving the amazing murals on Clarion Alley nestled between Mission and Valencia and 17th and 18th. A DIY block party without corporate sponsorship, the annual Block Party features live and DJ music, street performance, film and more...

Whart Fest 2014 celebrates the legacy of San Francisco’s historic waterfront district and invites Bay Area locals to visit the district after the tourist season has ended and before San Francisco’s fabulous fall climate fades away. 2014 Wharf Fest Saturday, October 25, 2014 | 11 am to 9 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco FREE, but tickets are required more...

Thirty years ago, 34 artists painted 26 murals in the Mission District’s Balmy Alley to express their opposition to U.S. intervention in Central America and to celebrate Mission Culture and Identity. They called themselves the PLACA Collective (PLACA signifies “to leave a mark” among other meanings). Join the community Sunday, October more...

See a display of gigantic heavyweight champion pumpkins, two stages of entertainment, and the Great Pumpkin Parade at the annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. 2014 Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival October 18-19, 2014 | 9 am to 5 pm Historic Main Street, Downtown Half Moon Bay FREE 2014 highlights include: The world’s more...

Sunday Streets (March – October 2014) 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...

The 10th annual Lit Crawl will span over three hours in the Mission District’s Valencia Street corridor. Stroll the Mission and discover an astonishing 101 literary readings and events, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and more, in bookstores, bars, galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, community spaces, a bookmobile, a vibrator store, and more...

Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival. Fleet Week 2014 October 9-13, 2014 Northern Waterfront, SF FREE

In 2014, the world-renowned Noriega Street will be home to the first annual Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival (formerly Outer Noriega Street Fair) featuring six stages, over 10 food vendors, two beer gardens, over twenty live music acts, live art installations, a kids zone, a mobile petting zoo, and a pumpkin patch.  2014 more...

Northern California’s largest sandcastle building event, the 31st annual Leap Sandcastle Contest is a spirited competition between teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers and local elementary school students at Ocean Beach (just below the Cliff House). There’s also a community castle for everyone to join in to build. Photo credit: David Yu Leap’s 31st Annual Sandcastle more...

The 15th annual Litquake, features hundreds of authors and journalists in a myriad of separate events throughout San Francisco from October 10-18, 2014. >> Funcheap hosts our first Litquake event: “San Francisco on $0 a Day” during Litcrawl on Saturday, October 18th – FREE with RSVP Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature more...

Did you see an awesome set at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this year and want to relive it (without the heat and 500,000 people?) Or did you miss one of the concerts because you couldn’t get there in time, or there were too many awesome bands to see at once? Fortunately HSB recorded more...

October 3rd through the 5th marks the 2014 rendition of one of the largest (and free-est) music festivals in the country. Be one of 750,000+ at San Francisco’s own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2014 Three days, seven stages, over 100 artists Friday-Sunday, October 3-5, 2014 | 11 am-7 pm Hellman Hollow, more...

Every year, Alice 97.3 throws a big end-of-summer free concert in Golden Gate Park’s Sharon Meadow. The 2014 “Now & Zen” Fest features a lineup of adult-friendly rock that includes the Neon Trees, Matt Nathanson, American Authors and Linsey Stirling. In addition to the concert, there’s tons of vendors, food and specialty more...