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9 Festivals Coming to SF's Chinatown in Summer/Fall 20239 Festivals Coming to SF’s Chinatown in Summer/Fall 2023
By - posted 6/12/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco

San Francisco just announced a series of upcoming events, fairs and festivals in Chinatown to attract residents and visitors to shop and dine in the neighborhood this summer. This summer and into the fall, the series will also include weekend events on the upper plaza of the Chinatown Rose Pak Central more...

SF's Skateboarder Annual "Hill Bomb" at Dolores ParkSF’s Skateboarder Annual “Hill Bomb” at Dolores Park
By - posted 6/11/2023
Get Out: Events

Typically on a random early evening in early July, skateboarders take to the Dolores hill next to Dolores Park and fly down at breakneck speed (almost literally). When is the 2023 Dolores Park Hillbomb? We don’t know yet! But often it’s around the second Saturday in July (possibly the afternoon of July more...

SF's First Ever "Juneteenth Parade" Coming to Market St.SF’s First Ever “Juneteenth Parade” Coming to Market St.
By - posted 6/10/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Sponsored

The City is inviting you on its first ever San Francisco Annual Juneteenth Parade on Market Street on June 10, 2023! Join thousands of attendees, city leaders, and organizers for a beautiful day of rich culture, music, dance & purpose, featuring 10 floats, Classic Car Show & Corvette Caravan, live bands, Black more...

Bay Area’s “Soul Stroll” Returns for 2023 (May 20)Bay Area’s “Soul Stroll” Returns for 2023 (May 20)
By - posted 5/19/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Health & Wellness, Sponsored

The Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (BACHAC) is a grassroots community health organization focused on eliminating health disparities in underserved diverse communities across generations in San Mateo County. We are very excited about the return of Soul Stroll as an in person event and important fundraiser for BACHAC this more...

SF's First-Ever "I Love Tenderloin Week" 2023SF’s First-Ever “I Love Tenderloin Week” 2023
By - posted 4/30/2023
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Sponsored

I Love Tenderloin Week is the culmination of a grassroots groundswell from community partners who are producing a week-long Spring celebration of the neighborhood running April 30th – May 6, 2023  with 40+ venues and neighborhood organizations joining forces to create 18 different events – most of which are free. A more...

Huge Bay Night Market Coming Memorial Day Weekend 2023Huge Bay Night Market Coming Memorial Day Weekend 2023
By - posted 4/20/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events

626 Night Market is back! Coming to the Bay on Memorial Weekend 2023, enjoy over 250 things with family & friends! Everything tastes better at night. Bring family and friends to eat all your favorite snacks at the 626 Night Market (Previously called NorCal Night Market). Inspired by the famous open-air nighttime more...

$5 Outdoor Movie Night Coming to SF's Ferry Building (May 2023)$5 Outdoor Movie Night Coming to SF’s Ferry Building (May 2023)
By - posted 4/20/2023
Brand New, Get Out: Events, San Francisco

Join Fort Point for “Ferry Flicks” at the their Beer Garden every Friday in May 2023 at sundown. Tickets are $5 and include popcorn. All movies were set and/or filmed in San Francisco “Vertigo” May 5, 2023 – 8:03p “Bullitt” May 12, 2023 – 8:10p “It Came from Beneath the Sea” May 19, 2023 more...

SF Gets Brand New Night Market in 2023SF Gets Brand New Night Market in 2023
By - posted 4/9/2023
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, San Francisco

A brand new bi-monthly night market & block party is coming to Downtown San Francisco in the spring and summer of 2023 Enjoy 3 city blocks of Downtown full of music, dancing, delicious street food cuisine, cocktails and shopping from over 30 unique local artisans and retailers featuring Indian goods and more...

SF's 2023 "Bring Your Own Big Wheel" Race on Easter SundaySF’s 2023 “Bring Your Own Big Wheel” Race on Easter Sunday
By - posted 4/8/2023
Easter, Fun & Games, Get Out: Events

What’s that sound kids? It’s the sound of Big Wheels rolling.  Watch dozens of contestants at Bring Your Own Big Wheel (BYOBW) risk humiliation and serious injury racing their big wheels (those giant plastic tricycles from when we were kids – no rubber wheels allowed) down the crazy curvy Vermont & 20th more...

Bay Area Gets Brand New Summer Music Festival for 2023Bay Area Gets Brand New Summer Music Festival for 2023
By - posted 2/7/2023
Brand New, Get Out: Events

The Bay Area is getting a brand new music festival. Re:SET Bay Area is happening Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4 at Frost Amphitheater at Stanford. The music festival is curated by the artists themselves. Each headliner, LCD Soundsystem, Steve Lacy, and boygenius, chose their own supporting acts. Re:SET was conceived more...

17,000 Lights Illuminate SF's Iconic Embarcadero Center17,000 Lights Illuminate SF’s Iconic Embarcadero Center
By - posted 11/17/2022
Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored

Kick off the holiday season at the 36th Annual Building Lighting Ceremony & Carnival and watch as Embarcadero Center illuminates the San Francisco skyline with 17,000 holiday lights! 36th Annual Building Lighting Ceremony & Carnival Friday, November 18, 2022 | 4-7p Embarcadero Center, San Francisco FREE Celebrate the official start of the holiday season with more...

SF's Winterfest Beer & Comedy Friday Nights (2022)SF’s Winterfest Beer & Comedy Friday Nights (2022)
By - posted 11/4/2022
Get Out: Events, San Francisco

Speakeasy Ales & Lagers has been defiantly brewing small batches of beer in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood since 1997. Come celebrate this legacy with a special month-long “Novemberfest”-themed pop-up comedy festival every Friday night for four weeks only. RSVP for Secret Guestlist – Free $10-$20 Friday Nights starting September 23, 3022 – Four weeks more...

Noise Pop's 20th Street Block Party is Back for 2022Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party is Back for 2022
By - posted 10/15/2022
Community, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored

Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party is back and taking over the Mission in a new location with live music, food trucks, local vendors, and more on October 15, 2022. The event is FREE with RSVP, but you can snag Headliner Experience passes if you want go baller. This year’s community more...

"Winchester Mystery House" Halloween Haunt is Back for 2022“Winchester Mystery House” Halloween Haunt is Back for 2022
By - posted 9/26/2022
Bay Area Favorites, Get Out: Events, Halloween, Sponsored

Looking for one of the Bay Area’s scariest Halloween events? After two years of scaled back shows, the Bay Area’s premier Halloween haunt is back in full force for 2022 with an all-new storyline, new characters, and terrifying new scares – plus themed bars, games and more. New for 2022 An all-new more...

San Francisco's Opera at the Ballpark Returns (Nov. 11)San Francisco’s Opera at the Ballpark Returns (Nov. 11)
By - posted 9/16/2022
Artsy Fartsy, Get Out: Events, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Outdoorsy, San Francisco

Opening night for Verdi’s “La Traviata” will be bigger than ever with the return of Opera at the Ballpark, a free community event held at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. Enjoy your opera with a side of garlic fries, in one of the most scenic venues in town more...