The Dew Tour Toyota City Championships is a free three-day action sports and lifestyle festival coming to San Francisco on October 11-13, 2013. The event features Skateboarding, BMX and FMX competitions with live music and the Dew Tour Experience where fans can get athlete autographs, interact with the Dew Tour sponsors, more...

Inspired by San Francisco, Berkeley will once again throw a giant street party as Shattuck Avenue will be car-free for 17 blocks from Rose Street to Haste Street for more than mile-long street party with cycling, skating, twister, break dancing, dodgeball, yoga, live music, free bike repair a puppet parade and more on more...

Some of the country’s most talented graffiti artists will compete in a live painting battle as part of the 6th annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle at Oakland’s deFremery Park during the Life is Living Festival from 10 am to 6 pm on October 12, 2013. Judges include Apex, Risk and Doze Green more...

2013 Event Update: POSTPONED: Leap’s 30th Anniversary Sandcastle Contest is postponed due to the government shutdown. Northern California’s largest sandcastle building event, the 30th 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 more...

A huge daytime costume party, the Castro Street Fair celebrates its 40th anniversary filling the streets of the Castro with several stages of entertainment, unique costumes, art and food. Bring a little of your inner freak to the festivities from 11 am to 6 pm on Sunday, October 6, 2013. Experience a full more...

October 4th through the 6th marks the 2013 rendition of one of the largest (and free-est) music festivals in the country: San Francisco’s own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Friday highlights: – Bonnie Raitt (5:45p), First Aid Kit (4:20p), Conor Oberst (5:45), Manchester Orchestra (Noon) Saturday highlights: – Paul Kelly (12:10p), Steve Earle (5:45p), Los Lobos more...

Every year Alice 97.3 throws a big end-of-summer free concert in Golden Gate Park’s Sharon Meadow. The 2013 “Now & Zen” Fest features a lineup of adult-friendly rock that includes OneRepublic, Goo Goo Dolls, Plain White T’s and Walk Off the Earth. In addition to the concert, there’s tons of vendors, more...

Novela Bar presents “Brews On The Block” – a showcase of local craft beers on Annie Alley in SoMa. The street fair also featured food trucks ( Savourie Streets & The Rib Whip), live music from hard-hitting blues and swing act Slim Jenkins and DJs from Motown on Mondays. The alley party is free and more...

Test-drive the latest electric vehicles as EV Week 2013 kicks off with a free two day festival and expo at Justin Herman Plaza on September 23-24, 2013. Test drive the Tesla Model S, Ford Fusion C-MAX Energi, Ford Fusion Energi, Ford Focus Electric, BMW ActiveE (DriveNow), Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius Plug-in, Toyota more...

San Francisco’s only free blues festival, the fourth annual Polk Street Blues Festival, takes place on upper Polk Street (from Broadway to California) on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, 2013. The festival will feature two main stages, a merchant marketplace, arts and crafts, gourmet food booths, a large family area, cafe seating more...

Tour de Fat 2013 will stop in San Franicsco on Saturday, September 21, 2013 with live music, strange bicycle mayhem, lots of beer, and lots of recycling and composting. The Bike Parade begins at 11 am with a bike cruise through Golden Gate Park with fabulous bike costumes, followed by a big festival more...

On October 26, 2013 the brand new non-profit, the 2013 ULUV Music Festival, will take place at 111 Minna Gallery and on Minna Street. The event will feature three stages with DJs and live music from over 40 local artists (including Bayonics, Non-Stop Bhangra, Luce, Cello Joe and more), and celebrate local art, more...

From vanilla beans to caramel fillings, indulge in it all at the 18th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival on September 14-15, 2013 And while it’s a little expensive to actually sample some chocolate ($20 for 15 chocolate samples, which you can purchase in advance), there are also plenty of free events to more...

Come to Casa de Cultura in Berkeley for a day-long party and ritual celebrating Brazilian Independence Day and annual lavagem procession, DJs, dancing, food, drinks, and lots of folks dressed in white from 9 am to 6 pm on September 1, 2013. Entertainment includes live Brazilian samba bands, a traditional procession, more...