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...

You’re invited to Art Beats, a three-day event that makes art  accessible and transforms the beautifully derelict Pier 70 into an art and performance spectacle from September 26-28, 2014. It’s a daytime art fair with workshops, performances and live art. At night, the lights go down and the DJs and the beats come out. > more...

The 31st Annual Folsom Street Fair, a true only in San Francisco original, covers over 13 city blocks filled with 400,000 people in their most outrageous leather, rubber, and fetish attire enjoying the world’s largest leather fair. 2014 Folsom Street Fair Sunday, September 21, 2014 | 11 am to 6 pm Folsom Street (8th more...

Part street food festival, part county fair, and part block party, the 2014 Eat Real Festival transforms Jack London Square into an epic food festival for three full days of food-centric fun and epicurious education, September 19-21, 2014. But eating is only part of the fun; they also show you how to make more...

The 19th Annual SF International Dragon Boat Festival is a free weekend of world-class dragon boat racing in the shadow of the new bay bridge, cultural performances, and family activities at the largest competitive dragon boat festival in the U.S. The festival features upwards of 130 dragon boat teams and 3,500 dragon boat more...

If you like lounging in the park, laughing your ass off with the distant smell of pot wafting through the air, then the 34th Annual Comedy Day might be the best way for you to spend a Sunday afternoon. The biggest single-day comedy event of the year in San Francisco is more...

From vanilla beans to caramel fillings, indulge in it all at the 19th Annual Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival happening in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square on September 13-14, 2014. Over 30 vendors generously donate sample-sized portions of their products to help raise money for Project Open Hand. And while it’s a little expensive to more...

Get ready for another wild, wonky day of bike philanthropy, beer, bikes and bemusement as New Belgium’s Tour de Fat 2014 stops in San Franicsco with live music, strange bicycle mayhem, lots of beer, and lots of recycling and composting. 2014 Tour de Fat Saturday, September 13, 2014 | Noon to 5 pm Lindley more...

The best way to experience and learn about the innovation economy is up close and personal and in its native habitat. NewCo is a mix between a business conference and artist’s open studio with the vibe of a music festival. San Francisco’s most innovative companies will open their doors to executives, entrepreneurs, investors, more...

Celebrated in Asia for more than 1,000 years, the 24th Annual Autumn Moon Festival will be held in Chinatown on September 6-7, 2014. For two days, historic Grant Avenue will be filled with arts and crafts booths, cultural exhibits, children’s activities, food, corporate sponsors, and multiple parades along historic Grant Avenue between California Street more...

The inaugural Haight Street Music & Merchants Street Festival hits the ground running with DJ sets from Talib Kweli and DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown (aka Ms. Erykah Badu herself), headlining 6 hours of music on 3 stages at this free, open street block party from noon to 6 pm on more...