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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

DOIN’ IT IN THE PARK 2010, a free family-friendly Bay Area BBQ in McClaren Park, San Francisco, is a great way to spend a Sunday (September 5) on Labor Day weekend. You’ll find plenty of fun stuff to do, including an all-star DJ line up that will have you dancing all day long. They’re handing [...]

Want to learn more about the Bay Area’s sharks, crabs, fish and sea stars? The Marine Science Institute’s Aquarium Spotlight Days (coming up October 16, 2010) gives you and your family an opportunity to view and participate in hands-on activities at the Institute’s aquarium and teaching facilities on the shores of Redwood Creek. On Aquarium [...]

Want to get $4 tickets to see Toy Story 3, Inception, The Kids Are Alright, Eat Pray Love … ? If you like to go to the movies but don’t like how the ticket prices add up, this AMC Theaters $4 movie ticket deal will save you up to $8.50 per ticket (although a surcharge [...]

Update 8/15/10: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Discount — Everyone Pays the Kids’ Price, and other discounts. Six Flags is now advertising their lowest price of the season for all-day passes — which is about a $20 discount–But when you factor in fees, there’s a better deal or two. Here’s how to get the best Six [...]

On Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day (September 25, 2010) you can get in FREE to hundreds of participating museums. San Francisco Bay Area museums on the list include Cal Academy, CJM, Chabot Space & Science Center, Hiller Aviation, Coyote Point Museum, and several others. Don’t just show up at a museum, though. You need to fill [...]

The genie steals the show in this delightful stage version of Disney’s Aladdin at Berkeley Playhouse, a program of the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Regular tickets are $33, but you can get them for $15 (plus $5 fees). This west coast premiere of Disney’s animated tale features all the familiar characters and songs [...]

The 2010 Mountain View Art & Wine Festival (September 11-12, 2010) is a free event expected to draw more than 200,000 arts lovers to Silicon Valley’s epicenter. The multicultural celebration features the work of 600 professional artists and craft makers, live music, festival food and premium wines, microbrews and margaritas, an organic and green products [...]

In San Francisco, Fort Mason Center’s “Off The Grid” is the new happening place if you’re in need of an after-5 Friday food frenzy. Have a beer, listen to live music, and feed your taste for local street food all in one place, from the city’s stellar assortment of mobile food vendors. Admission is free. [...]

The 2010 Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival (September 18-19, 2010), at Santa Clara’s 52-acre Central Park, will feature local artists, fine wines and mico-brews, international foods, and live entertainment on three stages. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend this free annual event. Central Park offers a spectacular setting for the community festival, [...]