Saturday, March 13th, 2010

SpaFinder Deal Days: $50 Spa Deals March 8-14

Sure, spa treatments are a luxury. But during SpaFinder Deal Days (March 8-14, 2010), more than 1,500 spas across the U.S. will drastically lower their rates to $50 for premium spa treatments. The kind of pampering you can get for this reduced rate includes everything from facials and pedicures to body wrap treatments and a [...]

Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Festival & Parade

The Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade (March 13 and 14, 2010), at the Dublin Civic Center, has plenty of Irish entertainment planned along with the usual booths, vendors, carnival rides, and festival food. There’s also the annual pancake breakfast and a Shamrock 5k  Run and Walk.
“With over 100 craft and commercial vendor booths, an [...]

Bay Area Baseball – Half Off Tickets

Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants baseball fans, this deal’s for you. Start watching baseball during Spring Training with half off tickets. These are for 2010 pre-season games and several games to follow. The games list below will be updated regularly with new deals. Get ‘em while they last.
WHAT’S THE DEAL: Tickets only $13 (reg. [...]

Harlem Globetrotters 2010 Tour – $7 Discount

Harlem Globetrotters special offer code — The Globetrotters are coming back around to the SF Bay Area in April 2010, and there’s a new promo code for a $7 ticket discount at several cities in or near the SF Bay Area including: Berkeley, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Daly City, Salinas, and Sacramento. The promo [...]

Circus Bella – Free One Ring Circus Performance

The Circus Bella offers FREE entertainment with one-ring circus acts like acrobats, clowns, slackwire, juggling and a circus band.
The 55-minute performance presents themes of befuddled authority, tripped up ambition, and triumphant physical feats by a self-appointed ringleader (the clown) who is foiled again and again by the other players who gracefully struggle through their [...]

GS Warriors Tickets – Big Discounts No Fees

Golden State Warriors – New Game Discounts! The Golden State Warriors will play Brandon Roy and the Portland Trail Blazers on March 11, and Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors on March 13 – and you can get tickets with big discounts and No Fees with the promo code below.
A few other places advertise similar prices, [...]

Dave Matthews Band – Tickets 15% off

Dave Matthews Band is coming to two Bay Area concert locations, Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View and Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord, for concert dates in August 2010. You can get 15% off tickets if you buy tickets before March 15 with the coupon code and link below.
Even Cheaper: get several dollars off the DMB [...]

Indoor Skydiving in the East Bay – 50% Off

“All the thrill of skydiving without the danger, expense, or restrictions.”
Want to experience human body flight? Now you can do it at half price. We’ve had a series of iFly SF Bay discounts posted here before. Now the half off deals are back — from two different sources to chose from.
iFly SF Bay is the [...]

SF Chamber Orchestra Family Concerts – Free

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Family Concerts are a great way for Bay Area families to discover and enjoy classical music in Berkeley, San Mateo, and San Francisco.
The upcoming April 2010 performances:
Family Concert III: So You Wanna Be a Conductor with members of Circus Bella
Everything you need to know to get a highly trained group of [...]

Free Cab Rides Home on St. Patrick’s Day 2010

If you live in San Francisco or the East Bay, you can get a Free Cab Ride Home on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17, 2010). The Safe and Sober Free Ride Home Program will run in Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco.
The cab rides come courtesy of Berg Injury Lawyers, the same folks who sponsor [...]

Oakland Art Murmur – Free First Fridays

If you enjoy Bay Area art walks, here’s a good one to go to: Oakland Art Murmur, a group of Oakland venues that have art receptions every first Friday of the month. You can enjoy the usual Art Walk experience, with some of the best art galleries opening their doors and offering complimentary appetizers, wine [...]

Parking on the Cheap in San Francisco & Oakland

Parking rates in the San Francisco Bay Area can really add up. Fortunately there’s a free resource that lets you instantly search and compare parking rates and locations in real time for daily and even monthly parking in San Francisco, Oakland, all airports, and dozens of other major cities around the U.S. The website BestParking.com [...]

Erykah Badu in Oakland – Visa VIP Deal

VIP tickets for Erykah Badu (Oakland) — Get tickets to see Erykah Badu at the historic Fox Theater in Oakland, on February 19th, 2010, for the general admission price — and sit in the VIP viewing area on the orchestra level. This is a Visa Signature Cardholder Exclusive Offer. Check your Visa card to see [...]

Diablo Ballet Special Ticket Offer

Here’s a sweet Ticket Offer especially for BAOTC readers from Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek. You can get $21 tickets (regular price $35, or $28 for the matinee) to “Inside the Dancer’s Studio” at Shadelands Arts Center (and there’s even free parking adjacent to the building) on February 26 & 2. [Missed this? Check back [...]

Berkeley Art Museum, Free Days, Discounts, Mixers

Every First Thursday, of every month, you can enjoy free admission to art exhibitions and public programs at The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film …

Patty Griffin, Pavement, The National, Zac Brown

Here’s a list of affordable Bay Area concerts with pre-sales coming up. While the general admission prices remain the same, you can get much better seats if you buy them during the presale period. Here are the codes:
Patty Griffin with Buddy Miller – Zellerbach Hall, 
Berkeley, CA
KFOG/Radio Presale – Downtown
Concert date: Mon, Apr 5, 2010, [...]

Buy/Sell/Trade at Amoeba Music, Berkely & SF

Amoeba Music, in Berkeley and San Francisco offers free free MP3 downloads and free in-store live music shows and events, with videos available online if you miss them–free, of course.
Sometimes you have to clear a shelf before updating your media library to reflect your evolving tastes. Amoeba Music is a favorite in the Bay [...]

Open Craft Night at Rock Paper Scissors Collective – Free

Knit, make jewelry, create cards, alter clothes, draw, collage, make whatever you want–or bring whatever DIY project you’re working on. There’s always an Open Craft Night at Rock Paper Scissors Collective, a great time to hang out with other crafters for inspiration, company, and fun. Don’t have a project? That’s okay–you can start one when [...]

Oakland Museum – Free Days

{Closed until May 2010} The East Bay’s Oakland Museum of California is free to the public every second Sunday. Oakland Museum’s permanent exhibits span three floors and portray California’s natural wonders, events, eras and people who have shaped the state, and the art that Californians have produced since artist-explorers first ventured into the Yosemite Valley.
DEAL: [...]

Circus Vargas Discount Tickets

UPDATE If you missed the dates for this 50% Off  Circus Vargas tickets deal, you may still be able to get a $10 discount coupon for a child’s ticket to Circus Vargas performances anywhere. Click here to print the coupon from CircusFolks.com.
DEAL 1: Half Price Tickets to Circus Vargas. Arena seating is $15 with [...]