The Lake Merritt Boating Center is celebrating National Safe Boating Week with free boat rentals and an open house. If past years are any indication, you can get ½ hour of free time floating around picturesque Lake Merritt. Lake Merritt Boating Center National Safe Boating Week Open House Saturday, May 17, 2014 – Free boat rentals 11 am to more...

On Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Häagen-Dazs will celebrate their annual Free Cone Day. Free cone day runs from 4-8 pm in any participating Häagen-Dazs shop across the country (including 3 in the Bay Area); ice cream lovers can enjoy a free scoop of their favorite flavor. For 2014, get your free cone at the San more...

Prep Cook, a new convenience food company, is giving away 500 free servings of Mac & Cheese to the first 250 people to arrive at their delivery truck at 5 pm on Monday, May 12 or Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Get there early and you’ll get to sample their “heat at more...

The Exploratorium will celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 11, 2014 by offering free admission to all visitors (not just for Mothers). All mothers—and especially Mamás Latinas—and their families are invited. Play with exhibits, enjoy mariachi music, make paper flowers, and join Exploratorium astronomer Dr. Isabel Hawkins and Mayan elder Doña María Ávila Vera for a special presentation on the more...

Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year when participating comic book shops give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. The comics you can get vary from store to store, but highlights from 2014 include exclusive comic books more...

Rubio’s wants to invite you and a friend to come to a tasting party where you can choose from a Grilled Chicken Enchilada with Fire Roasted Sauce or a Pan-Seared Shrimp Enchilada with Verde Sauce. Free Rubio’s Enchilada Tasting Parties May 1-May 4, 2014 – 6pm | 7pm | 8pm Rubios San Francisco, more...

Join BART for the annual free BART Blue Sky Festival at Justin Herman Plaza, thanking those who ride BART and recognizing eco-friendly Bay Area leaders, just in time for Earth Day. BART Blue Sky Festival Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 11 am to 2 pm Justin Herman Plaza, SF FREE Enjoy live music, carnival games with an eco-twist, more...

Feeling inspired to make someone’s day? Sign up to get free flowers and messages delivered by bike anywhere in San Francisco thanks to KIND granola bars and the Bicycle Film Festival. Free Flower Week – Deliveries take place April 21-24, 2014 – First Day to Order: April 17th San Francisco FREE Sorry! All flower deliveries are sold out. Order more...

Your time is up! The deadline to file your 2014 taxes is April 15th. Here’s a few tips for tax day along with a few freebies: Filing Extensions: – It’s super easy to file an extension as long as you don’t owe any money IRS / Federal Taxes – you need to file Form more...

To thank you for your recycling and composting efforts, Recology is giving San Francisco residents up to 10 gallons of free compost made from food scraps and plants collected in the City on April 12, 2014. Free, but RSVP is required. San Francisco is now 80 percent of the way to Zero Waste thanks more...

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s, and you know what that means… free ice cream for you. As long as you don’t mind waiting in really long lines, almost all Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops in the Bay Area (and around the world, for that matter) more...

Holders of Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit cards and debit cards get free admission to six Bay Area museums and two Sacramento museums for the first weekend each month. Bank of America Free Museum Weekend First weekend of each month FREE but BofA credit or debit card required Participating Museums include: Contemporary Jewish more...

Founded in 1895 in Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum is a landmark art museum to showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. The museum was designed by the renowned Swiss architecture more...

A “Little Free Library” works like the take-a-penny, leave-a-penny dish you see at liquor stores… only with books instead. Take a book you’d like to read, return it when you’re done and bring along any other books you’d like to contribute. There are thousands of these all over the country, but they more...

St. Patrick’s Day revelers in San Francisco can get their cab rides home paid for throughout the night because Alameda law firm Berg Injury Lawyers once again is sponsoring the “Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home” program. Free Cab Rides Home for St. Patrick’s Day 2014 Begins: March 17, 2014 | more...