Fun & Games
Fight the bitter cold summers of SF by throwing on your classiest outfit and spending a fun afternoon at Ocean Beach from 12:30-4:30 pm on Sunday, August 18, 2013. Bring your sporting equipment, board games, water toys, sandcastle tools, kites, or anything you think would be fun to have at the more...
Kites aren’t just for kids any more. Experience the artistry of modern kite flying at the 28th Annual Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships. This annual festival for 2013 features giant creature kites as big as houses, high flying kite fights, plus free kite-making and candy drops for more...
Get on your dancing shoes for a festive Macklemore flash mob with hundreds of your new best friends on the streets of San Francisco on June 7, 2013. Show up at Powell Street BART (street level, not underground) at 6:45 pm and then have so much fun and see if more...
The Pacific Pinball Museum will display five vintage pinball machines from the electromechanical era of the 1970s at Alameda City Hall from May 28 through July 1, 2013, where they’ll be available to play for free between noon to 1:30 pm, Monday through Thursday. Opening Day Party: On Tuesday, May 28, 2013, more...
“April’s Fool” is Funcheap’s free carnival with beer, pizza, lawn games and live music atop the rooftop terrace of Lombardi Sports on April 20, 2013. “April Fool’s” Rooftop Spring Carnival Saturday, April 20, 2013 (11a-5p) Lombardi Sports Rooftop, Jackson at Polk, SF Free, but RSVP is required. You’ll play carnival games for a buck or more...
Klash, a new iOS app that lets you dare your friends into accepting fun challenges, is coming to San Francisco for one day to host a big water balloon fight in Dolores Park on Sunday, March 24, 2013. Just show up at 2pm near the tennis courts and get ready for a more...
Ripley’s Believe It or Not San Francisco Odditorium celebrates the 7th annual World Sword Swallower’s Day on February 23, 2013 at precisely 2:23:13 pm local time with free sword swallowing demonstrations. Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditoriums around the globe are hosting the event at the same time with simultaneous sword swallow more...
Feathers will fly at this fun, flash-mob type event which takes place on Thursday, Valentine’s Day 2013, just as the Ferry Building clock tower strikes 6 pm. It’s Pillow Fight! Nearly 1,000 San Franciscans descend on Justin Herman Plaza with feather-stuffed pillows to run Braveheart-like at full speed at one another more...
It’s exactly what it sounds like… a Drunken Spelling Bee with host Jimi Moran. Have a few drinks, and then try to spell ridiculous words without cheating and checking your iPhone. Get a letter wrong? You’ll have a to take a drink. Get the word right? You’ll move on to the more...
Do we really need to mention anything other than “robot dance party?” This awesomely groovy metallic robot plays music from six speakers in its chest for the merriment and bootie shaking of all. He’s danced at burning man but his home is Dolores Park on sunny weekend days. Robot Dance Party Sunday, more...
Jericho is an urban spy game with Nerf guns played sneaky in public settings all over SF like malls and parks, where everyone assumes the role of a spy like a giant secret game of Capture the Flag. Each team of “agents” will carry out missions where they will need to more...
Try your hand (literally) at the Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Pub Crawl starting in North Beach. Get lubricated on $3.50 drink specials, win prizes (like best athletic wear… ’cause you need great threads to show your RPS moves) and the tournament champ wins a $50 bar tab. Compete in Rock Paper Scissors tournament more...
If you still haven’t come out to play at SOMArts’ 2012 Come Out and Play exhibition, here is your last chance to check out the exhibit and play games. The gallery is free and open to the public Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 7pm through December 19, 2012. Our favorite game more...
The 25th Anniversary celebration of Street Fighter will culminate at the Grand Finals event at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame on Saturday, December 8th from 10am to 9pm. Admission is free, and the first 1,000 guests will receive goodie bags filled with exclusive Street Fighter collectibles. Fans can expect: A barrage of bonus more...
The top rated Game of Thrones podcast, Boars, Gore, and Swords, comes to Murphy’s Pub to record Please, Please, Don’t Kill Me, a gameshow based on Game of Thrones. Stand up comics compete to avoid beheading. With a turnip truck full of SF Sketchfest alum and a Comicon hall full of more...
