Japantown hosts one of the country’s biggest J-Pop culture events of the year with the 2014 J-Pop Summit Festival, a two-day event taking place  for more than 80,000 people. J-Pop Summit Festival Sat & Sun, July 19-20, 2014 | 11 am-6 pm – Japantown Peace Plaza, SF Sat, July 19, 2014 | Noon – 8:30pm more...

Although San Francisco may not be known specifically  for its French culture (Italian, Irish and Chinese, maybe…), don’t tell that the francophiles that pack the streets of downtown for block parties each Bastille Day weekend. Bastille Day is sort of like France’s equivalent July 4th – an historical day commemorating more...

Celebrate the rich cultural heritage of San Francisco’s Japantown at the 2014 Japan Day Festival from noon to 5 pm on July 13, 2014. Visit Japantown to explore the delicate might of Japanese art and music. Performances range from taiko, martial arts, koto and also include interactive traditional arts and crafts activities. 2014 Japan 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 Fifth Annual Salsa Festival on the Fillmore in San Francisco is a free, two-day extravaganza featuring salsa lessons, live music, and free huge outdoor dance party at the Fillmore Center Plaza on July 11-12, 2014. The outdoor festival takes place on the historic Fillmore Street between Eddy and Post Street, and starts at 7:30 pm each night with dance more...

Explore the culture and heritage of Mongolia at this annual folk music, dance and food celebration. But most people come to see the traditional Mongolian wrestling (make sure to check out the wrestlers’ amazing underoos) along with demonstrations of archery and tug of war. Mongolian Naadam Festival Saturday, July 12, 2014 | more...

This free annual outdoor music festival puts on nearly 140 free lunchtime concerts of all styles from July to October in 15 different public plazas stretched from the Embarcadero through the Castro. Funcheap is proud to be a media sponsor of the 2014 festival. 2014 “People in Plazas” Market Street Music Festival July more...

Celebrate Independence Day weekend and your right to eat lots and lots of bacon at the San Jose Bacon Festival of America on July 4-5, 2014. The fest is revamped and rebooted with an exclusive fireworks viewing area on the 4th, plus double the food trucks, double the bands, new booths, more...

The whole city seems to explode into a rainbow burst of music, dancing and excitement the last weekend of June for Pride. Hundreds of thousands line the streets and descend on the annual downtown parade and festival making it the largest LGBT celebration in the country. The two-day bash takes place in more...

Art meets politics in a fleet of floats, vehicles, and marchers along Market Street during the San Francisco Pride Parade, one the nation’s largest LGBT events, starting at 10:30 am on Pride Sunday. Bring a rainbow flag and come cheer on dykes on bikes, bears in straps, trannies in gowns, and others from SF’s colorful LGBT more...

As if you needed a reason to head to sunny and scenic Golden Gate Park, Top 40 radio station Alice @ 97.3 offers up a free concert featuring Us the Duo, MAGIC, Ingrid Michaelson and Kodaline. Besides the music, Alice offers good vibes, food trucks, fun activities and more Alice’s Summerthing 2014 Sunday, June 22, more...

A summer series of free community events breathes new life into an historic shipyard and iron works in Dogpatch. During the daytime, the waterfront site is taken over by a vintage market, car show and pop-up roller disco for all ages. At night, it’s playtime for adults with a 1920s cocktail party more...

ULUV Music Day is a connected set of free, public music events with 100+ artists performing in parklets, parks, BART Stations, the Ferry Building and other public spaces on the 21st of June to celebrate music and the people who create it. The day’s highlight is a 6pm Music Flashmob at Dolores Park more...

Now in its 38th year, the San Francisco Free Folk Festival is a two-day music and dance festival, similar to “Hardly Strictly Bluegrass,” but indoors. The festival celebrates with five stages of non-stop folk of all kinds from all over the world. There are over 60 free live concerts, a folk film festival and over 50 more...

The Stern Grove Festival has been throwing free concerts in the park every summer since 1938. If you don’t mind arriving early to spread out your blanket to stake your spot, it’s an excellent relaxing Sunday in a beautiful park setting to hear free music ranging from Smokey Robinson to Andrew more...