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...

Let’s go for the sweep! Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for a huge game watch – game one of the National League Divisional Series. It’s a perfect time to play hooky, get food truck grub, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at SF’s biggest game more...

Sumo is an ancient Japanese tradition and martial art and it’s coming to San Francisco at this one-of-a-kind annual event in Japantown. Watch demonstrations, meet real sumo wrestlers, learn about sumo wrestling and watch actual matches from Sumo champions, weighing up to 600 lbs, outdoors in the Japantown Peace Plaza. Photo Credit: Joseph Schell | 7×7 2014 Sumo Wrestling Champions more...

San Franciscans will be hosting a fun day of Nude Beach Games. Think of this like the Olympics… javelin throw, discus, wrestling, “crab walks” – but just with all of your dangly bits exposed) at Baker Beach at noon on Saturday, October 4, 2014. Look for the Olympic torch and flame when more...

It’s an Orange October, AGAIN! Remember what happened in 2010 and 2012… every even year if you get our hint. Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for a huge game watch – the one-game Wild Card playoff game.  The San Francisco Giants Film crew will be out at this event. So come more...

The 2014 JanSport Bonfire Sessions are returning to San Francisco for a night of performances by Best Coast, Sonny & The Sunsets, and Meatbodies while you enjoy free frosty beverages (beer, we’re assumming) at SoMa StrEat Food Park on Saturday, October 4, 2014. Now they call this a “bonfire” session (their past tours have included more...

Want to be involved behind the scenes of one of San Francisco’s most amazing free events? The 2014 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival is one of the great gifts given to the city each year, and you can give back by choosing to volunteer for a shift (or two) to help more...

American Idol is back in San Francisco (well… technically it’s Daly City) looking for new talent to showcase for their upcoming 14th season which returns in 2014. Think you have it what it takes? American Idol Season 14 Audition Information Monday, September 29, 2014 | 7 am to 5 pm – Wristbands distributed around more...

It’s not even on The Chapel’s calendar, but you can still get into this private free concert night put on by Newcastle Brown Ale as part of their “Bartender Gigs” series. For this edition, Newcastle takes over one of San Francisco’s favorite clubs with the far-out and minimalist psychedelic pop of more...

What the heck is a Food Wagon Fandango? Put 12 of the best gourmet food trucks in SF together with some of the best local folk, bluegrass and hillbilly music outfits in the sunny, cheery heart of SoMa and you get the friendly felicitous phenomenon known as Foodwagon Fandango. Food Wagon Fandango Saturday, September 27, more...