Events·Scene
World Cup Season Is Coming — Time to Find Your Watch Party Crew
The World Cup is approaching, and if you're a soccer fan in San Francisco, you already know the drill: it's time to figure out where you're watching, who you're...
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What's on the calendar — and what's worth getting on a bus for.
Events
Comedy Sharks Wants to Make the Peninsula Funny Again
Look, we get it. The Peninsula isn't exactly the first place you think of when someone says "thriving comedy scene." Between the tech campuses and the strip mal...
Events
Valencia Live Returns: A Free Monthly Street Party That Actually Makes Sense
Here's something Valencia Street could use more of: a reason for people to actually show up and enjoy themselves. **Valencia Live**, the free monthly street pa...
Mission·
Events
The World Cup Is Coming to the Bay Area. The Fans Might Not Be.
The 2026 World Cup is supposed to be a once-in-a-generation economic windfall for the Bay Area. Levi's Stadium is hosting matches. Hotels are jacking up rates....
Events
Free Trivia Night at Black Hammer: The Best Thing Your Wallet Will Do All Week
In a city where a single craft beer can run you $12 and a night out requires a budget spreadsheet, Black Hammer Brewing is doing something almost radical: givin...
SoMa·
Events
Your Midweek Plans, Sorted: Free Cardio Dance and Free Hot Dogs
Look, we get it — San Francisco can feel like a city that rolls up the sidewalks early. As one local put it bluntly, "San Francisco isn't NYC, it's not a 24/7 c...
Union Square·
Events
Kitten Season Is Here: Bay Area Cat Rescue Pops Up in Sunnyvale This Week
Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about government overreach and budget disasters. Sometimes you just need to go pet a kitten. Bay Area cat resc...
Events
Your Week in Bay Area Entertainment: Oaklash, Goths, and Good Vibes
Look, we spend a lot of time here talking about what San Francisco gets wrong — the budgets that don't add up, the bureaucracy that moves at glacial speed, the...
Events
Yerba Buena Gardens Is Giving Away Free Events — Yes, Actually Free
Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about how San Francisco wastes your money. So when something in this city is genuinely, no-strings-attached fre...
SoMa·
Events
Bay to Breakers Proves SF's Best Institution Is Organized Chaos
There's no line item in the city budget for it. No committee approved it. No supervisor held a hearing about it. And yet, every year, Bay to Breakers delivers s...
Events
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Is Back — And It's Still Free, Which Is Basically a Miracle in SF
In a city where a mediocre cocktail runs you $19 and parking can cost more than a plane ticket, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival remains one of San Francisco's...
SoMa·
Events
Six Bucks for a Movie Under the Stars? The Bay Area Drive-In Deal You Shouldn't Sleep On
Here's something refreshing: entertainment in the Bay Area that doesn't require a second mortgage. Drive-in movie nights are rolling into Concord and San Jose,...
Events
Need a Laugh? Maddy Kelly Hits the Punchline This Week
If you've been doom-scrolling through City Hall budget reports and SFMTA delay notices (guilty), you probably need a night out that doesn't involve a public com...
Financial District·
Events·Scene
Free Market, Flash Tattoos, and Formal Wear: Vintage Prom Brings Small Business Energy to SF
If you've been looking for an excuse to dust off that thrift-store tux or the sequined dress you impulse-bought at Goodwill, your moment has arrived. Vintage P...
Events
Paper Folding: The One Government-Free Activity Left in San Francisco
Sometimes you just need a break from arguing about bus lanes, budget deficits, and whether your supervisor knows what a spreadsheet is. Enter: origami. A local...
Events
SF's Best Kept Secret: Free Entertainment That Doesn't Cost Taxpayers a Fortune
Here's something you don't hear often in a city where a one-bedroom apartment costs more than a mortgage in most of America: some of the best things in San Fran...
Events
Your Tax Dollars Already Paid for It: SF Botanical Garden's Free Days Are Back
Here's a rare case where the city actually gives something back to the people who fund it: the San Francisco Botanical Garden opens its gates for free on the se...
Golden Gate Park·
Events
BTS Hits Stanford Stadium and the Bay Area Is Losing Its Mind
BTS is playing Stanford Stadium this weekend, and if you somehow missed the memo, just look at the frenzy happening across Bay Area social media. Tickets are ho...
Events·Scene
Bay to Breakers Is Back, and SF Is Already Being Beautifully Weird About It
Bay to Breakers hasn't even started yet and San Francisco is already doing what San Francisco does best: organizing elaborate, chaotic nonsense with complete st...
Events
Free Your Hands (and Your Mind): Ace Makerspace Hosts Drop-In Fiber Night
In a city where a single cocktail can run you $22 and a yoga class will set you back $35, there's something almost radical about a completely free social gather...
Events
Anuv Jain Brings the 'Dastakhat' Tour to SF's Regency Ballroom
Indian indie darling Anuv Jain is bringing his "Dastakhat" tour to San Francisco's iconic Regency Ballroom, and if you're not familiar with the name yet, you mi...
Tenderloin·
Events
Crucial Sundays Are Back: Free Reggae in Golden Gate Park for 2026
Here's something San Francisco still gets right: free music in a world-class park, funded without dipping into your tax dollars. Reggae in the Park is returnin...
Golden Gate Park·
Events
Fog, Flowers, and a Rare City Freebie: Mother's Day in SF
Nothing says San Francisco Mother's Day quite like waking up to a thick blanket of fog — nature's gift wrap, if you will — and pretending you totally planned th...
Golden Gate Park·
Events
The Inner Sunset Flea Market and Why This Neighborhood Keeps Winning
The Inner Sunset Flea Market is back doing its thing — and if you haven't swung by yet, it's worth the trip for the vintage finds, local vendors, and the kind o...
Inner Sunset·
Events
A Free Talk on the Farmworker Movement — History Worth Knowing, Even If You Disagree
Somewhere in San Francisco this week, a free public talk is diving into the farmworker movement of the 1960s and '70s — one of the most consequential labor camp...
Events
Sun's Out, Fun's Out: Your Guide to Making the Most of SF This Week
Here's something San Francisco doesn't always let you have: a full week of sunny weather *and* a packed events calendar at the same time. Don't waste it. This...
Events
Treat Mom Without Torching Your Wallet: Free Mother's Day Events Across SF
Here's a radical concept for Mother's Day 2026: show your mom a great time without dropping $180 on a prix fixe brunch with bottomless mediocre mimosas. San Fra...
Events
KQED Fest 2026: A Free Block Party We Can Actually Get Behind
Look, we don't often find ourselves championing public media events around here — taxpayer-funded broadcasting isn't exactly our love language. But credit where...
Events
Fort Mason's Vintage Fair Proves SF's Real Economy Runs on Thrifted Ceramics and Old Denim
If you've ever wondered where all those perfectly curated "found objects" on your friend's floating shelf came from, the answer is probably an event exactly lik...
Marina·
Events
Lace Up: AAPI 5K Returns to Crissy Field
Few things in San Francisco bring people together without a city budget line item, a task force, or a three-year environmental review — but a good old-fashioned...
Presidio·