Check out these free, cheap, and discounted things to do in the San Francisco Bay Area over Labor Day weekend (September 4-6, 2010), including free days at Bay Area museums, National Free Fishing Day, half price tickets to the SFMOMA Warhol exhibit, and the last chance to see Peter Pan in the 360 degree theater [...]

Musician and human rights activist Michael Franti will host the 2010 Power To The Peaceful Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Speedway Meadow and The Fillmore (September 10, 11, and 12, 2010). The Saturday 9/11 events are FREE all day, with the nighttime afterparty an affordable $10. PTTP is one of the largest free [...]

The Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival in San Francisco (September 11-12, 2010) is a delicious event that’s free to attend, but the tasting ticket is available today only for half price — $10 (reg. $20) from one of the Daily Deals sites cropping up everywhere. With or without the tasting ticket you can enjoy the festival [...]

Disney On Ice: Mickey & Minnie’s Magical Journey is coming soon to San Jose (October 20-24, 2010). If you’re harboring little Disney darlings, check out this ticket discount straight from HP Pavilion. Bay Area On The Cheap readers can get $5 off tickets for the best lower or upper level seats available at the time [...]

The Fillmore Art Walk in San Francisco (Friday, September 10, 2010) is part of the 3rd Annual Independent Artists Week (September 5-11). The Art Walk, which celebrates The Fillmore’s rich art and music community, is curated by Robert Melton, an Infin8 Sync Network awardee, and will feature over 60 artists and 10 bands. WHAT’S THE [...]

California Academy of Sciences discount tickets are always a big hit here on Bay Area On The Cheap. So now the Academy is offering you their best deal ever during the month of September — 34% Off Tickets to the Platinum Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the museum. These VIP tickets sell out at the regular price [...]

California Academy of Sciences $20 Off VIP, or skip the line discount tickets — Cal Academy has so much to offer, we want to go again and again. Maybe that’s why it was named by Conde’ Nast Traveler as one of the ‘New Wonders of the World.’ Check out their cool new video tour. These [...]

The next fee-free days at U.S. National Parks will be September 25, 2010, 2010. More than 100 national parks will waive entrance fees for certain Free Days this year, including several in the San Francisco Bay Area, like Muir Woods, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, and some of our California favs like Yosemite National [...]

Achilles Tours gives the phrase “running around the city” a new twist. They give unique running tours of San Francisco, and offer a FREE “mystery fun run,” at a leisurely pace, every second Friday of every month. “We tell everyone where and when to meet, and the distance and difficulty level of the run, but [...]

UPDATE 8/30/10: Just added four new ticket discounts for MLB Baseball SF Giants games at AT&T Park. Tickets are still available foir Athletics / Red Sox games at Oakland Coliseum at around half off the regular price. Bay Area baseball fans, this deal’s for you. You can get discount tickets for up to half off [...]

If you own a Bank of America credit card, you can get in free to several San Francisco Bay Area museums the first weekend of every month. The B of A “Museums On Us” promo entitles one person per BofA card to free museum admission during the first full weekend of every month for 2010. [...]

Pre-Season Hockey: Phoenix Coyotes vs. San Jose Sharks Discount Tickets — Bay Area hockey fans love their Sharks. We adore them even more when we can get discount tickets to upcoming 2010-2011 games. Check back often for the latest SJ Sharks ticket deals, starting with a $20 off ticket discount for the September pre-season game: [...]

UPDATE 8/30/10: New iFly SF Bay Half Off discount. Want to experience all the thrill of skydiving without the danger, expense, or restrictions? Now you can do it for about half off at iFly SF Bay in Union City, CA. This is the only vertical wind tunnel of it’s kind in the San Francisco Bay [...]

UPDATE: Contest Over — and we have a winner: [Tom, look for my email]. If you didn’t win, see this new post for the best ever discount ticket for the California Academy Behind-The-Scenes Tour ($35 Off!). ~~~ The Platinum Behind-the-Scenes Tour at California Academy of Sciences gives you an all access VIP experience you’ll never [...]

A delightful new exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California is included as part of OMCA’s free day: PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation (July 31 – January 9, 2011). The PIXAR exhibit may also be discounted to Half Price later this week as another one of the Daily Deals (according to a source at the [...]

UPDATE 8/18/10: Last weeks to get discount tickets at $30 off for JM Barrie’s Peter Pan in San Francisco, with several dates available through August (the show leaves SF September 5). The spectacular new stage production of J M Barrie’s Peter Pan made its U.S. premiere over at San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza. Now you can [...]

UPDATE 8-30: Dreamgirls Discount Tickets: New dates and times added in San Francisco – You’ve seen the movie, now see it on stage in a brand new production at the Curran Theater in San Francisco, now through September 26, 2010. Get 35% off tickets with the  new ticket deal below. These are good seats on [...]

This weekend, you can get a more than half off a two-hour kayak rental in Sausalito or in Half Moon Bay. This will appeal to beginners (and families) who like to paddle around the calmer waters, and to experienced paddlers who can ride the surf in wilder waters. The vouchers are good all year. The [...]

Here’s a Labor Day weekend event (Saturday, September 4, 2010) that looks like fun, and you can get tickets for half price. the Day of Discovery Festival at Wente Vineyards in Livermore (about 35 minutes east of San Francisco). The good news is you can get tickets for only $14 (regular price is $29 to [...]

The 2010 Biketoberfest-Marin (Saturday, October 16, 2010) features bikes, beer, and food in Fairfax, birthplace of the mountain bike. Does it get any better? The free event includes a bike expo, vintage bike show, live music, more than dozen handcrafted beers from Northern California brewers, and plenty of activities for kids and families. While the [...]