Enter to win a pair of weekend passes to the 20th Annual Savor Sonoma Valley Barrel Tasting Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21, 2010. Two lucky winners will win a pair of weekend passes each to this delightful barrel tasting and culinary experience. The value of each pass is $55, a total value of [...]
The 28th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 11-21, 2010) features more than 130 films, videos, parties and events at different Bay area venues with different ticket prices. There’s also a Free Fair in Japantown on Saturday, March 13, called the Festival Forum, with a schedule of events that includes a free outdoor [...]
Adore books and the occasional free thought? Then take it to the streets … of San Francisco, that is, at the 15th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair in Golden Gate Park (March 13-14, 2010). While this particular book fair is sooo San Francisco, it attracts booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups from around the [...]
As if we need one more reason to party in the city, San Francisco’s 159th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival will draw thousands of people to the streets of San Francisco on March 13, 2010.
The event will provide plenty of Irish history, cultural clichés, and a full day of fun and festivities, including [...]
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 [...]
It’s the Year of the Tiger (Lunar Year 4708) and the 2010 Chinese New Year Flower Market Fair & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in San Francisco’s Chinatown are the first of several events scheduled in celebration of the Chinese New Year. The event, sponsored by Southwest Airlines, is always held on the weekend before the Chinese [...]
Free & cheap bluegrass concerts around the Bay — The 11th annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival (SFBOT) is a nine-day festival that takes place from February 12-21, 2010. Featuring Americana and roots music, the Festival produces over 30 shows at small clubs around the Bay Area, welcoming more than 5,000 music fans each [...]
The 2010 Russian Festival in San Francisco has a tag line that says it all: “Take a trip to Russia without leaving the Bay Area.” The Festival will take place January 29, 30 & 31, 2010, and they’re offering Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) tickets for Friday night (Jan 29). This year’s theme is [...]
Get ready to ring in the Year Of The Tiger with the 2010 Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco Chinatown. The parade features floats, firecrackers, extravagant costumes, and local color on the streets. The dramatic 201 ft long Golden Dragon at the end of the parade to the sound of 600,000 firecrackers is a [...]
If you’re in San Francisco and looking for a free way to entertain the family during the Lunar New Year in Chinatown this year, don’t forget about the Chinese Culture Center’s Annual Spring Festival Celebration, the largest indoor Lunar New Year extravaganza in SF’s Chinatown. The Center is a great place to celebrate the Year [...]
Mustard, Mud & Music — The Napa Valley Mustard Festival is still going strong, and now you can take advantage of special offers at a popular jazz and wine tasting event, Mustard, Mud & Music in Calistoga. Calistoga locals can get 25% off tickets and jazz packs. Everyone else can get tickets for 10% off [...]
The Vintage Paper Fair in San Francisco is coming around again on January 9 and 10, 2010, offering a fun trip back in time. The show features approximately 100 vendors showing off their vintage postcards, photos, valentines, photos, pinup art, posters and other paraphernalia. Some of the prices are cheap cheap cheap. Come early for [...]
Just in case you don’t have enough SF Bay Area holiday events to chose from on Dec 5, add the City of Pleasanton to your list of possible parades. The Pleasanton Hometown Holiday Celebration and Parade features another Bay Area tree lighting (by the Mayor of Pleasanton), along with the expected holiday shopping, entertainment, face [...]
The Parade of Lights and Winter Wonderland in Downtown San Rafael (November 27 — day after Thanksgiving) will feature its popular Holiday Marketplace with arts and crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities, and my favorite free activity, snow sledding. The parade is billed as “one of the largest holiday parades in the Bay Area” while maintaining [...]
The San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival at Treasure Island is a full weekend of world-class dragon boat racing, spectacular cultural performances, and family activities at the largest competitive dragon boat festival in the United States. This year, more than 100 dragon boat teams and 3,000 dragon boat paddlers from across North America will race [...]
Attention all pet lovers — the 2009 Pet Pride Day at Golden Gate Park is this weekend and Animal Care and Control of San Francisco is planning loads of animalistic activities. They’re having a parade of pets lead off by the San Francisco Mounted Police Unit at noon, followed by a pet trick contest, pet [...]
Woodstock 40th Anniversary Concert “West Fest” in Golden Gate Park, is a free concert featuring 42 bands, 3 stages and 26 poster artists. Solar domes, Alternative vehicles, Electric bikes, Native American Tipi Village, Sustainable Living Road Show, Conscious Art Gallery, Light Temple, Holistic Healing Section, Hooper Heaven, Rock’n Green Kids Zone and Eco Village vendors.
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Just found this message on Twitter. If you’re going to the Contra Costa Fall Faire on Sunday (November 15), in Antioch, show the twitter message on this page – http://twitter.com/ContraCosta – to get in free between 10am and 4pm:
The Oktoberfest By The Bay at Pier 48 in San Francisco isn’t free or cheap, but you can get a $10 discount off admission with a promo code. You can also get 2 for 1 tickets for Sunday, “German Day.” Come for the German beer & wine ($6), the traditional Bavarian dancing by the Nature [...]
The Tapestry Arts Festival in San Jose will showcase a variety of arts and crafts along with live entertainment featuring dance, theatre, blues, rock, jazz and classical music. You’ll also find the usual fun festival food (artichokes, calamari, barbecued meats, kettle corn, dessert crepes), a kids creativity zone, and a design for living home and [...]
