Get Out: Events
Whether you’re prone to pub crawls, on the hunt for something family friendly, or in the mood for a festive parade – there’s something fun and frugal for everyone this for Easter weekend. Embrace those bunny ears and read on for FunCheap’s five event picks for ways to celebrate Easter 2012 more...
Sailors and scallywags alike will gather for an evening of sea songs and chanteys for the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s monthly chantey the first Saturday night of each month at 8pm. These free, famous gatherings where park rangers lead the public in traditional sea-faring tunes and lots of socializing, will more...
The San Francisco Zoo, Northern California’s largest zoological park and conservation center, periodically offers free admission for San Francisco residents. When is the next free zoo day for SF residents? The free days are often the first or second Wednesday of the month. But dates often announced on VERY short notice as more...
Help celebrate Avengers vs. X-Men with a special Tuesday night sale of the epic showdown between the biggest names in the Marvel Universe at Mission Avengers vs. X-Men #1 will go on sale promptly at 8pm. And then they’ll be geeking out the rest of the night with some cool freebies, snacks and more...
Speakeasy Brewery is a great place to spend a Friday happy hour… with probably the freshest pint in the city. And now they’re busting into the weekend! FuncheapSF presents Speakeasy’s “Saturday Beer Blowout” on March 31st – a one-night-only bash with live music, games, brewery tours, food trucks, cheap beer and small more...
Fifteen hand-picked companies representing the automotive, solar, wind, building materials, energy efficiency and smart grid industries will run the show, displaying their coolest products and illustrating this year’s theme: “The Power of Global Partnerships”. The two-day 2012 Cleantech “Eco City“ festival will take place on March 27 and 28 on Justin Herman Plaza, in more...
The San Francisco Gallery Art Walk is a free, self-guided, and public event centered around the Union Square art galleries on Post and Sutter. Held Saturday, March 24th, from 12pm to 5pm, the Winter Art Walk enables you to peruse each of the nine galleries on the itinerary and discover hundreds more...
You say you wanna dance with somebody? Here is your chance to show your love for Whitney Houston and show San Francisco your moves. Whitney Houston Flash Mob Day Friday, March 23, 2012 Market & Castro, SF – Show up: 6:15p – Performance: 6:30p Want to Participate?: 1) Watch the awkward instructional video and learn the dance. Don’t worry, more...
Join Drambuie Liqueur – a blended Scotch whisky libation of herbs and heather honey – for an epic clash of the cocktails at a bar near you, as local master mixologists compete to see whose Rusty Nail remix reigns supreme. Try cocktails from top bartenders and compete in bar games. In more...
Yoshi’s San Francisco may have the big out-of-town headliners in their main room, but for a peek at some of the Bay Area’s best local jazz talent, they’ve opened up their jazz lounge for free live music seven nights a week (usually 6:30p to 11p) as part of Yoshi’s Local more...
The Creators Project will transform Fort Mason into a colossal two-day indoor art and technology festival featuring towering multimedia art installations, film screenings, and panels. Although there’s no live music on Sunday, there’s still tons to do with artworks on display all weekend, and over the course of the festival we’ll be screening films and hosting more...
Stuck in SF when all the fun is happening in Austin? Sub Pop records will be at Monarch in SoMa on Friday, March 16, 2012 livestreaming their SXSW Records showcase from Austin on the big screen featuring Niki & the Dove, Spoek Mathambo and THEESatisfaction with Claude VonStroke in house in SF to keep more...
Too many yoga classes are like slow forms of Pilate: meant only as physical exercise. If you want something far more contemplative, closer to yoga’s original spiritual nature, come to Yoga on the Labyrinth Tuesday nights inside Grace Cathedral. Yoga teacher Darren Main incorporates live music into the practice, adding more...
Want to play a little bingo and win some prizes while breaking a sweat? Play “Bicycle Bingo” a weekly series at Oakland’s Actual Cafe where the bingo machine is actually a hacked-together bicycle contraption built by Monkey Likes Shinythat shuffles and dispenses the bingo balls. Plus volunteers from the audience get to ride the bike to more...
The White Elephant Sale has taken one person’s trash and recycled it into someone else’s treasure for more than 50 years. The biggest rummage sale in Northern California, the White Elephant Sale is housed in a 96,000-square-foot warehouse arranged into 17 departments with millions of items from vintage clothing to sporting goods, jewelry, art, furniture, more...
