For the 15th annual How Weird Street Faire, SoMa will be filled with art and performances, vendors, tasty food and drinks, and all the colorful weirdness that San Francisco is famous for under the 2014 “Outer Space” theme. All ages are welcome, and space costumes are highly encouraged. There will be 10 stages of more...

NOW is a brand new community festival akin to a cross between [freespace] and SXSW – and they’ll be taking over the neighborhoods around San Francisco’s iconic Panhandle to produce a week of free events from April 27 – May 3, 2014. Hundreds of people will contribute to a neighborhood-wide explosion of more...

The 16th annual Bay Area National Dance Week runs Friday, April 25 – Sunday, May 4, 2014. The annual 10-day festival features over 600 free events throughout the Bay Area. Take dance classes and watch free performances in a wide range of styles including tango, Bharatnatyam, jazz, hip hop, ballet, traditional hula, fire dance, Samba, more...

Over 70 historic racecars will be on display on Mason Street on Sunday, April 27, 2014 from Noon and 6pm at the 2014 California Mille –  the largest free car show of its kind in America. Up to 10,000 fans are expected to come to Nob Hill to see Italian Consul more...

The 2014 Opening Day on the Bay shows off over 100 historic workboats, fireboats, towboats, classic and contemporary craft decorated to the 2014 theme “Visions.” This marks the official start of the San Francisco 2014 boating season. 97th Annual “Opening Day on the Bay” Boat Parade Sunday, April 27, 2014 (Noon to 3pm) Crissy more...

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the kabuki-inspired cross-dressing nuns-of-fun, host their 35th Easter Sunday in the Park on April 20, 2014 at Hellman Hollow in Golden Gate Park. There’s a family-friendly Children’s Easter celebration at 10 am, but the real fun follows after the kids head home with adult-friendly fare like more...

Let’s file this one under “unofficial.” There’s no permits issued, it’s not really legal, but usually the city tends to turn a blind eye when thousands turn up on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park on April 20th each year for a giant smoke out.  Let’s just pray for no federal more...

The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is said to be the second largest festival outside of Washington, D.C. to celebrate the blooming of cherry blossoms and is held at one of three remaining Japantowns in the United States. 47th Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Saturdays and Sundays, April 12-13 and April 19-20, 2014 Japantown (Post more...

The University of San Francisco hosts its 12th Annual Human Rights Film Festival from April 3-5, 2014. Films selected address human rights abuses in locations as varied as the U.S., Haiti, El Salvador, Indonesia, North Korea, Argentina, Palestine, Senegal, and Mexico. The issues highlighted include: political repression, torture, killings and disappearances, the more...

Visitors to Golden Gate Park are often astounded to stumble upon a herd of American bison browsing in a meadow in the park’s western end, but these huge, shaggy Great Plains denizens have been a beloved institution since 1892. And on one day a year, the Bison get let out of more...

Get ready for the final night of Funcheap’s big three-day St. Patrick’s Day weekend outdoor party  with exclusive Irish food truck specials, green beer, Guinness, free green beads, green beer, and live music all day. Funcheap’s St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Bash | 2014 – Mon. March 17, 2014 (5pm to 10pm) SoMa Streat Food Park, 428 11th 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...