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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Discount Tickets to SFMOMA’s Fisher Collection Features Previously Undisplayed Works from Andy Warhol–You can’t get this deal directly from the museum, but if you buy tickets online from the link below you can save $9. The SF Museum of Modern Art’s top two floors, including the Rooftop Garden, feature paintings, sculptures, photographs, and video works [...]

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 [...]

If you like wine tasting, you’ll find plenty of posts here about how to do wine country “on the cheap,” including a 40 percent off Wine Country Explorer discount card. I just found a new resource, eConcierges.com, that offers a page full of more than 25 print-and-go wine tasting coupons. Some coupons are good for [...]

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 [...]

UPDATE 8/23/10: Yoshi’s SF Discount Tickets have been added for several upcoming shows, some with tickets that are free (w/fees only), and some that are half price. Yoshi’s Jazz Club and Restaurant in San Francisco features two shows per night in a smoke-free atmosphere that welcomes all ages. Cocktail and dining service are available throughout [...]

The deals are growing at Restaurant.com with tons of new dining establishments added in Bay Area cities. So I thought I’d give you an extra heads up about this great opportunity to save. Dining out in Bay Area cities can take a bite out of your budget, but who wants to give it up? Not [...]