On October 8, 1933, San Franciscans gathered together atop Telegraph Hill to celebrate the creation of Coit Tower, a simple fluted tower rising high into the sky, designed by Arthur Brown, Jr. On October 8, 2013 San Franciscans will once again gather together to celebrate the Coit Tower spirit and the generosity more...

If you love the FuncheapSF website and all the free events we dig up, we’d love to ask you to take a few minutes and vote for FuncheapSF as “Best Overall Website” in the San Francisco Bay Guardian‘s annual “Best of the Bay” Readers Poll for 2013. The poll is long, over more...

The 30th Annual Folsom Street Fair, a true Only in San Francisco original, covers 13 city blocks filled with 400,000 people in their most outrageous leather/rubber/fetish attire enjoying the world’s largest leather fair. The festival features over 200 exhibitor booths selling fetish gear and toys, a massive live stage with top-name indie more...

Heroes and villains battle (and party) together within an urban theatrical landscape during an all-day street fair filled with seven stages of burning man camp-style entertainment, human hamster ball races, sexy robots, a super hero boot camp, a costume contest, and more on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Superhero Street Fair 2013 Saturday, September 28, 2013 more...

Celebrate fog — San Francisco’s most salient meteorological phenomena at the Exploratorium’s first-ever Fog Festival from noon to 5 pm on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Some events will occur in the free, public space in front of the museum. Museum admission is required for all other events. Bid adieu to Fog Bridge, more...

Most of us have periods of romance with the cities where we live. For Gary Kamiya, life-long San Francisco Bay Area resident—and co-founder of Salon—the romance has never died. There’s no question that Cool Gray City will make you fall more madly for San Francisco.  Cool Gray City of Love with author Gary more...

If you decide to break out the ta-tas on Sunday, you might have a lot of company.  It’s International “Go Topless” Day on August 25, 2013, a quasi-protest against the fact that men (and not women) can be topless started by a mildly insane UFO religious group called the Raelians. But never mind more...

If San Franciscans like to describe their city as “49 square miles surrounded by reality,” the visionary ideas that were too grandiose for even San Franciscans to consider remain some of the most fantastic designs for any city in the world. Imagine the Ferry Building surrounded by office towers, a grand casino on Alcatraz, more...

Join in a fun chase through San Francisco during the third annual Great Scavenger Hunt hosted by the Burning Man Project from noon to 4 pm on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Chase down and photo document all of the items on your list in teams of 3-6 for the chance to earn prizes and see more...

Check out BART’s “Fleet of the Future” when a full scale plywood mock up of two-thirds of a train car interior will be set up for free public viewing at MacArthur Station in Oakland from 2-7 pm on July 23-26, 2013. You can kick the tires (metaphorically… this thing is made of more...

Why go all the way to Spain to run with the bulls when you can stay right here in San Francisco and run with the bus? The 22 Fillmore, that is. Join Motion Starved and Athleta on Fillmore Street as they race the 22 Fillmore Muni Bus over the Fillmore Street hill more...

What’s your favorite local charity and why? Funcheap is always giving away free concert tickets, we thought we’d do something meaningful this time. Funcheap is going to give away $4,000 to one local charity this fall, and we wanted you to help us determine which charity should get the money. The only more...

Muni’s top bell ringing crewmen compete in the 50th Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest starting at noon on Thursday, July 11, 2013 in Union Square. The contest typically features an amateur competition followed by the main contest with Gripmen and Conductors battling it out for the title of World Champion Cable Car Bell Ringer. 2013 more...

Looking to get married with pride now that the Supreme Court struck down DOMA? Or do you know a same-sex couple wanted to get married in San Francisco? UnitySF (2222 Bush Street) is waiving their usual rental fees, for the entire month of July, and opening their beautiful space in the upscale more...

Head to the Castro to celebrate the Supreme Court rulings on Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) for a massive “Day of Decision” block party with two stages. The main stage will feature a DJ and speeches. The LGBT Performance Stage (19th and Castro) will be emceed by Donna Sachet and will more...