Get Out: Events
The San Francisco Symphony’s 2012 edition of their annual free concert in the park takes place in Dolores Park and this year they’re also bringing in three-time Grammy Award-nominated Cuban jazz group Tiempo Libre to spice up selections from pieces like West Side Story and Rodeo. Pack a picnic and bring your family more...
San Francisco’s ambassadors of gypsy rock, Diego’s Umbrella captures California’s cultural multiplicity with enthusiasm, humor and decadence. These urban, gringo mariachis have performed more than 1,000 live shows, cloaked in elaborate homemade outfits. The band’s unforgettable performance has visually and aurally captivated diverse audiences around the globe. Influenced heavily by flamenco, more...
New York-born, San Francisco-based Aesop Rock (aka Ian Matthias Bavitz) is a critically acclaimed hip-hop artist/producer, recognized for his dense and abstract word play. His sixth studio album, Skelethon, marks the first entirely self-produced album for Aesop Rock. See him for free perform a mini in-store concert at Amoeba Music on Monday, July more...
We all know San Francisco has it’s Chinese, Irish, Italian and Russian roots… but French? Sure why not! Any excuse to close down an alley or two, drink tons of wine and party in the streets until the gendarmes take you away. Here’s ten fun, free (or cheap) ways for you to more...
Summer may not be warm in San Francisco, but it certainly heats up all of the events, fairs and festivals. July 2012 brings us a BDSM street fair, boozy bicycle showcase, a brand new Oakland literary festival called, “Beast Crawl,” as well as a series of summer festivals and performances by more...
Self-billed as “The World’s Most Creative Happy Hour,” bring a friend and paint a masterpiece at “So You Think You Can Paint?” at Club Six which opens up their walls every Thursday to all who want to paint. The concept is simple, you bring the artistic talent and they provide the space, more...
Wind down every Tuesday night this summer with a free wine tasting and screening of movies filmed at or around the historic Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in Nob Hill, along with other classic films. Throughout the summer of 2012 enjoy free screenings of classics like “North by Northwest”, “Singing in the Rain” more...
On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Pink Mammoth hosts their annual Burning Man pre-party in San Francisco to help raise money for this year’s Burning Man camp production in Black Rock City. Mighty will be transformed into an interpretation of PM’s Burning Man camp – a 6 1/2 hour dance party with the more...
Life. Death. The cosmos. What’s it all about? Phantoms of Asia is the Asian Art Museum’s contemporary art exhibition exploring spirituality and the afterlife, and you can see it after-hours at our MATCHA events. Our DJ-in-residence Vin Sol — remixer, producer, and music extraordinaire — will spin new sounds to more...
If you see a bunch of Jackie Chan wannabes this weekend performing amazing stunt-man like tricks you’ve probably stumbled upon the second annual SF Parkour International Jam. The free three-day event brings together parkour enthusiasts and freerunners (known as “traceurs”) from all over the Bay Area to perform like urban ninjas, vaulting over walls more...
Comedy Central is looking for 350 diehard comedy fans to join them at The Fillmore in San Francisco for four nights of FREE stand-up comedy live tapings of the legendary Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Series from June 20-23, 2012. The shows feature different standout comedians each night (Kyle Kinane, Eugene Mirman, Kristen more...
Comedy Central is looking for 350 diehard comedy fans to join them at The Fillmore in San Francisco for four nights of FREE stand-up comedy live tapings of the legendary Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Series from June 20-23, 2012. The shows feature different standout comedians each night (Kyle Kinane, Eugene Mirman, Kristen more...
Surfers and non-surfers alike are invited to celebrate International Surfing Day 2012 with the San Francisco chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. Enjoy summer solstice with friends, marine advocates and ocean enthusiasts as you clean up Baker Beach on June 20, 2012. Support our bay and Pacific Ocean by volunteering to participate more...
Join “Classical Revolution” the weekly chamber music night, at its weekly residency at the Mission District’s Revolution Cafe. Each week they feature different local and visiting musicians in our unique Chamber Jam format, where musicians get a chance to perform in a casual environment and audiences get to hear chamber music more...
Top Chef: The Tour is back again this year hitting 16 cities across the US including San Francisco on June 17, 2012 This year, Bravo is kicking things up a notch with an exciting cook-off between chefs, Quickfire-style, As usual, the FREE event will include live chef battles, several games, more...
