Get Out: Events
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...
Join JB Rumburg, Other Avenues’ Cheesemonger for the Tour du Fromage–a bicycle ride highlighting his favorite independent cheese shops in San Francisco. JB will share his cheese expertise and experiences by way of bicycle. The ride will take you to the far reaches of the fromage frontier–from Ocean Beach to North more...
LA’s Famous “Pancakes & Booze” Underground Art Show has made a home in San Francisco and is back in town March 2nd & 3rd for a two-day spectacle. For a $5 cover charge expect to see the works from over 75 underground and emerging artists, live body painting, live audio and more...
What do Death Cab for Cutie, White Stripes and The Shins have in common? They’ve all played at San Francisco’s Noise Pop Music Festival, now in its 20th year of blowing up bands that you might not have heard of yet, but could be huge in six months. So here’s your more...
Looking for a few cheap laughs? We’ve got a list of free comedy open-mics for every day of the week. The truly savvy will go to Brainwash on Thursdays during happy hour (5-7) to get in a couple of $5 pitchers of PBR before the free comedy open mic at 7, more...
The Noise Pop Photo Retrospective takes a look back at the past 19 years of Noise Pop Festivals: the artists, the fans and the clubs that have shaped the yearly event from what began as a single, sweaty night in a small club to the sprawling San Francisco institution it more...
The pictorial Left in the Dark: Portraits of San Francisco Movie Theatres celebrates twentieth century movie theatres and moviegoing through lush full-color fine art photographs and personal essays that offer both scholarly and literary appeal. Julie Lindow, editor of Left in the Dark, will introduce the book. Authors Katherine Petrin and R.A. McBride more...
The hardcore Patriots and Giants fans probably have already scoped out exactly where they are watching the 2012 Super Bowl and have their faces already. But for most everyone else, it’s about the food, the beer, the games and the commercials. Forget about the usual sports bars, this is all about who more...
KNBR’s 19th Giants FanFest takes place at AT&T Park, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The day includes live KNBR broadcasts on the field, player Q&A, free player autographs and places to take photos, a kids zone and more. Here’s your chance to meet players like Tim Lincecum, Buster Posey, Brian Wilson, Matt more...
On Saturday, February 4th at Mighty, come 8 Ballin’ with Burning Man Camp Pink Mammoth as they celebrate their 8 year anniversary. This epic 6-hour dance party begins with an open bar of PM’s signature sangria from 9pm-10:30pm. Pink Mammoth DJs Derek Hena, Gravity, JDubYa, Markie B, MoeMoe, and RawC will 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’re opening 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 annual SF Sketchfest Comedy Festival returns to San Francisco once again with 17 highly anticipated days of comedians, improv and stand-up. But there’s no need to break the bank for a few laughs. Read on for SF Sketchfest comedy, movies, and events for $15 or less between January 19 and more...
