For only the second time ever, the historic 1886 Haas-Lilienthal House will be transformed into Mayhem Mansion, a haunted house style attraction. Set in a Victorian-era house museum, ghoulish guides walk you through dimly lit parlors and passages on a “twisted tour of terror” replete with frightful encounters in unexpected places. 2014 is more...

The zombies will awaken. The spirits of the dead will rise to invade the streets of San Francisco at 2 pm on Saturday, October 25, 2014. So if you see a zombie, rather than letting him eat your brains, bring some canned food to donate to the food bank. 2014 San Francisco more...

It’s time for one more! Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for Funcheap’s  huge game watch – Come out to get food truck grub, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at SF’s biggest game watch! There’s both indoor and outdoor space with heated lamps. SF Giants vs. more...

San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...

On a dark, moonless night, the Orionids exhibit as many as 25 meteors per hour. These fast-moving meteors occasionally leave persistent trains. They sometimes produce bright fireballs, so watch for them to flame in the sky. If you trace these meteors backward, they seem to come from the Club of the more...

Each year, Epiphany Productions transforms the city’s streets into stages through San Francisco Trolley Dances, a series of free contemporary dance performances along a Muni line. For the price of a Muni ticket, you’ll get a “hop-on, hop-off” Muni tour to experience an extraordinary lineup of Bay Area dance luminaries performing outdoor, more...

Funcheap hosts its first ever Litcrawl event. This city is too damn expensive. So let’s talk about cheap eats, free things to do and finding amazing street scores. Get insider tips on surviving in SF even if you’re not a tech bazillionare featuring Johnny Funcheap, Broke-Ass Stuart (live via satellite), Brandon more...

Beat the Cardinals… Bring on the World Series! Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for a huge game watch – game four of the National League Championship Series. Come on by Wednesday night to get food truck grub, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at SF’s more...

Dreamforce is an annual conference and workshop put on by Salesforce.com full of vendors in the expo hall, free workshops, keynote speeches and networking with over 50,000 innovators across all industries at this annual expo for cloud computing and social enterprise. Dreamforce 2014 October 13-16, 2014 Moscone Center, SF Register for free tickets  – more...

Got the day off? Take a guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love on Columbus Day, Monday, October 13, 2014. 2014 Columbus Day Walking Tours 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden 10 am – Chinatown 11 am – Sigmund Stern Grove 11 am – Bawdy & Naughty 11 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History 1 pm more...

Wear your favorite Spider-Man apparel (sorry, no masks) and gain free admission to Madame Tussauds this Tuesday, October 14, 2014 as they bring Spider-Man to San Francisco on official Spider-Man Day 2014. Spider-Man Day Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – 11am to 6pm Madame Tussauds | 145 Jefferson St, San Francisco, CA FREE if you more...

The annual Decompression Heat the Street Fair is a reunion of sorts for Burning Man and a chance for newcomers to get a small taste of the Playa, but without all the dust.Come at Noon sharp to enjoy all the installations, performances, fire, dance, theme camps, circus arts, live music, more...

Celebrate Oktoberfest at SoMa StrEat Food Park and their communal picnic tables just like in Munich. Not just with awesome German microbrews and tasty German-inspired food truck dishes, but also with The Oktoberfest Games – sausage tossing, stein holding contests and beer barrel sip and spin. The 2014 Oktoberfest Games Saturday, October 11, more...

October’s Draconid meteor shower – sometimes called the Giacobinids – radiates from the fiery mouth of the northern constellation Draco the Dragon, with the peak dates on the evenings of October 7-8, 2014, starting at nightfall. Because the radiant is located so far north on the sky’s dome, this shower favors temperate more...

Test-drive the latest electric vehicles as EV Week 2014 kicks off with a free two day festival and expo  in Civic Center next to the Asian Art Museum at Fulton Street Plaza (between Hyde & Larkin Streets) on October 6-7, 2014. Pre-register to test drive the BMW i3, the latest Nissan LEAF, Honda Accord, more...