Fairs & Festivals
Cal Day 2012 is an annual festival where the entire University throws open its doors and puts on 300+ free lectures, performances, tours, concerts and more to showcase the campus, its students and the school’s programs. All events are free and open to the public (i.e. you don’t have to be more...
Sunday Streets is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration where the streets are closed to vehicles so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes… whoever can take over for an afternoon. Sunday, April 15, 2012 Great Highway and Golden Gate Park 11am to 4pm FREE Golden Gate Park: • JFK at 6th Ave.: Skatin’ more...
In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Jubilee takes place on Saturday, April 7, 2012 from 1-4pm at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park. The afternoon event serves as a preview of San Francisco Carnaval with a mini-parade, drum circle, conga line, Zumba more...
Rain or shine, San Francisco knows how to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (and the Friday before) with a good and cheap variety of block parties, pub crawls, festivals and parades . Here’s a few of our favorite 2012 St. Patrick’s Day themed events in San Francisco and the Bay Area. more...
Sunday Streets is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration where the streets are closed to vehicles so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes… whoever can take over for an afternoon. The Kick off event on March 11, 2012 takes place along the Embarcadero from Fisherman’s Wharf to more...
Fillmore Street comes alive with a neighborhood-wide Fat Tuesday party on February 21, 2012 for the 3rd Annual Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore festival. This annual outdoor event features free live jazz music and dancing in the Fillmore Center Plaza with Bobbie Webb accompanied by the Smooth Blues Crew, plus stilt walkers, jugglers and face painters. Fat Tuesday Celebration more...
Join thousands of music fans and over a dozen artists to celebrate the life of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass benefactor Warren Hellman who passed away in December. A public celebration and two stages of live music will take place on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Ocean Beach with musicians near and dear to more...
The holiday spirit is in the air and in San Francisco and all across the Bay Area towns are preparing for sparkling tree lighting celebrations, late night holiday shopping, visits from Santa Claus, and warm cups of free hot cocoa. Lucky for you, Funcheap has rounded up a selection of 2011 more...
Join San Francisco’s literary leaders and luminaries for this year’s Litquake, an annual literature festival that runs from October 7 till 15, where you can explore everything from the creative to the clandestine at events like a secret subterranean reading series and an interpretive poetry party. Made up of 500 authors more...
When the Blue Angels come to town for Fleet Week it’s just an annual marketing event for the military – after all, the Blue Angels stated mission is to “enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts.” But when you see these brave pilots buzz the city while flying just a few more...
Since giving CPR to concrete is probably very unappealing, the San Francisco Art Commission will revive the lifeline of the city by pumping arts and culture with the fall season of the ARTery Project along with the annual 24 Days of Central Market Arts Festival. As part of the projects, Central more...
The 2011 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents over 90 free outdoor events from May to October including music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, family festivals and children’s programs with artists from Africa, Bali, Italy, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, the Philippines, Sweden, China and the Bay Area. Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2011 May through October FREE and open more...
With an explosion of local eateries that can be found anywhere from street corners to BART stations, mobile food stands have become so popular that La Cocina’s 2011 San Francisco Street Food Festival is coming back yet another tempting time. Taking over 6 blocks of the Mission for a delicious day more...
The 2011 Nihonmachi Street Fair is a celebration of the Asian / Pacific communities in the Bay Area. On Saturday and Sunday, August 13th and 14th (11am – 6pm) in San Francisco’s Japantown, the fair will take to the streets again for a full weekend of live music, dance performances, more...
All summer long and well into the fall, San Francisco is hosting a series of free outdoor concerts and performance in the heart of the city – Union Square. The 2011 Jewels in the Square performance series features free live music, dance, movies, circus arts and other entertainment. All events are free more...
