Old Events

Repository for old events in SF Bay Area:

• Friday, September 24

  • 7 PM (doors 6:30 for pre-registered): Free Opera in the Ballpark - watch SF Opera's Aida in AT&T Park

• Saturday, September 25

  • 11-6 Italian Festival in North Beach

  • 10-6 Polk Street Blues Festival

  • 8 PM free showing of The Big Lebowski in Delores Park

  • 12-8 Redwood City Salsa Festival

  • Free entrance to all National Parks

• Sunday, September 26

  • 10-6 Polk Street Blues Festival

  • 11-6 Cal Performances free shows including Philharmonia Baroque playing Mozart & Haydn, other classical and jazz

  • 12-5 Alice 97.3 "Now and Zen" free concert in Sharon Meadow (Golden Gate Park)

• Fri 10/1 to Sun 10/3 - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass free concerts in Golden Gate Park

• Thurs 10/7

  • 1-5 pm - Blue Angels arrive for Fleet Week

  • 6:30 pm - Giants vs. Atlanta at AT&T Park

• Fri 10/8

  • 1-4 pm - Fleet Week airshow rehearsal

  • 6:30 pm - Giants vs. Atlanta at AT&T Park

  • 6 pm to 2 am - Beats for Boobs concert/festival/fundraiser for Breast Cancer; tickets $25-35.

• Sat 10/9

  • noon-10 - El Cerrito Folk Festival

  • 1-4 - Fleet Week Blue Angels airshow (listen to broadcast on KSFO AM 560)

  • 5 pm - Stanford vs. USC at Stanford

• Sun 10/10

  • 11 to 7:30 (panel discussion at 2): Food & Tech, Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia founder) and other panelists discuss the impact of technology on food at the Ferry Building; free.

  • starting at 12:30 - North Beach Italian Heritage (Columbus Day) Parade

  • 1-4 - Fleet Week Blue Angels airshow (listen to broadcast on KSFO AM 560)

  • 1-5: Treasure Island Winefest features wines from Lodi County; discounted $33 (vice $55) tickets available as well as $25 for designated drivers. Also a good place to watch the Fleet Week airshow.

  • (1:30 Giants playoff game in Atlanta)

• Sat 10/16

  • (4:30 PM Giants vs. Phillies in Philadelphia)

  • $5 admission at the De Young Museum (open 9:30-5:15)

  • All day: Treasure Island Music Festival (tickets start at $67.50)

  • 9-5 Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival

  • 11-4 Potrero Hill Festival (Jazz, etc.)

  • 11-3 Yerba Buena Community Fair (various events, and free admission to SFMOMA)

  • 1-6 Taste of Fillmore (various restaurants/bars offering samplers; one ticket for all samplers is $25)

  • 3-4 and 6-7 Food Authors at Omnivore Books (foraged food and French cooking)

• Sun 10/17

  • (5 PM Giants vs. Phillies in Philadelphia)

  • 10-6 North Berkeley Spice of Life street fair and music festival

  • All day: Treasure Island Music Festival (tickets start at $67.50)

  • 9-5 Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival

  • 1-4 Swing Dancing in Castro District (free lessons & dancing)

• Tues 10/19

  • 1 PM Giants vs Phillies at AT&T Park (NLCS)

• Wed 10/20

  • 4:30 PM Giants vs Phillies at AT&T Park (NLCS)

• Thurs 10/21

  • 4:30 PM Giants vs Phillies at AT&T Park (NLCS)

  • 8 PM Prairie Home Companion live broadcast (Empire Theater, Century 9 & others)

  • 7 PM IvyPlus Cardinal Young Alumni event

• Fri 10/20

  • 5 PM Start of Come Out & Play San Francisco weekend (outdoor games)

• Sat 10/23

  • 4:30 Giants vs Phillies in Philadelphia

  • 10-2 Geek out at the Cal Science & Engineering Festival

  • 2 PM ...and/or bash Cal while watching the Stanford Homecoming Football Game (vs. Washington State)

  • 12-8 "Peninsula Oktoberfest" in Redwood City

  • 5 PM Bridge School Benefit Concert

• Sun 10/24

  • $45 dinner-and-movie/release party for Hereafter (Clint Eastwood film starring Matt Damon) in East Bay

  • 2 PM Bridge School Benefit Concert

• Mon 10/25 - 7:30 PM rebroadcast of Prairie Home Companion live broadcast (Empire Theater, Century 9 & others)

• Sat 10/30 - Cardinal Young Alumni Stanford vs. Washington viewing party

• Tues 11/2 - Dia Le Dos Muertos

• Thurs 11/4 - Cardinal Young Alumni trip to Anchor Steam Brewery

• Wed 11/3 at 11 AM Ticker Tape Parade for Giants' World Series Win, from Financial District to Civic Center

• Thurs 11/4

  • 6:30 to 10 PM - ArtPoint Paris by Night at the DeYoung - $100 (for ArtPoint members) or $135 includes McCall's catered dinner and VIP tours of Musé d'Orsay exhibit

  • 6 to 10 PM - Academy of Science NightLife (Hawaiian Night!) $12 ($10 members' guests)

  • 7 PM - Free concert for Scarlatti's 350th Brithday at Stanford (in Toyon lounge!)

• Fri 11/5

  • 6 PM Christopher Kimball of America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated book signing/talk at Ferry Building

  • 8 PM Philharmonia Baroque play Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Herbst Theater

Sat 11/6

• • REI Ridge Trail Day - help improve one of several trails around the Bay; sign up online (Mt. Tam or Sweeney Ridge, anybody?)

  • 10 AM - 7 PM SF Green Festival (environment, etc.) at SF Concourse

  • Noon until late: SF South Asian Film festival at the Castro Theater

  • 1-2 PM Tartine Bread Talk & Book Signing at Omnivore Books

  • 1-8 PM Berkeley's nerdy Science Wonderfest

  • 2 PM (& 8 PM) International Taiko Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

  • 4-7 PM Amsterdam Cafe Belgian Beer happy "hour" & possible going-out-of-business party

  • 5 PM Stanford plays Arizona at home

  • 7 PM US Pole Dance Federation Regional Championships (no, I'm not kidding!) at Fox Theater in Redwood City

  • 8 PM Philharmonia Baroque play Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Berkeley

Sun 11/7

• • Veterans (like me!) get a free entree at McCormick & Kuleto's or Spenger's

  • 7 AM SF Half Marathon, from Fort Mason across Golden Gate and back, while at the same time there's a half marathon and 5/10K at Mount Diablo

  • 10 AM - 4:15 PM More Berkeley Science Wonderfest

  • 11 AM - 6 PM SF Green Festival (environment, etc.) at SF Concourse

  • Noon to ~10 PM: SF South Asian Film festival at the Castro Theater

  • 3 PM International Taiko Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

  • 7:30 PM Philharmonia Baroque play Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Berkeley

Wed 11/10 at 7 PM - Rick Steves book signing/talk in San Rafael

Thurs 11/11 - Veteran's Day (events all around the area, including wreath laying at Stanford Memorial Auditorium)

Sun 11/14

start of Italian film festival

free 1 hour yoga classes between 9 and 5 at Sports Basement

10-5 Luxury Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason ...while just next door from 1-4 is the Bay Area Brew Fest

• Mon 11/15 at 7 PM - Harvard Economist & Public Policy expert Robert Putnam speaks at Stanford

• Wed 11/17 at 7 PM - Mole Tasting/Contest at Mission Cultural Center

• ...and ongoing until 11/20 are concerts for the SF Jazz Festival

• Mon 11/22 7-9 - Terra Madre Slow Food; Slow Food SF delegates to the Terra Madre show in Turin report on the experience

• Sat 12/4 (weather: chance of rain)

  • 11-12 Tartine Bread Book Signing @ SFMOMA

  • 11:30-3:30 Off the Grid McCoppin Hub - food carts

  • noon Pier 39 free Decadance performance (social dance performing group with several Googlers/Stanford people)

  • 12:30 and later: SF Santa Con "Santarchy" hundreds of Santa Suit-clad people crash bars, etc.

  • 2 Free Cheese Pairing & Cooking Demo at Macy's in Union Square

  • 3 Ghirardelli Square repeat Decadance performance

  • 3-4 free Chocolate Chip Cookie class at Omnivore Books

  • 3-7 Union Street Holiday Lights Festival

  • 4+ March/Nickel Beer Celebrating Prohibition's Repeal in SoMa

  • 5-9 Off the Grid McCoppin Hub - different food carts, including Creme Brulee at 105 Valencia from 6-8

  • 5:30-6:30 Presidio Holiday Lighting Ceremony

  • 5:30+ Tiburon Holiday Festival with iceskating rink

  • 6-9 Slow Crab Festival - a bit pricey ($60-65) but interesting event featuring very good Dungeness Crab cooked by California Culinary College and local beer

  • 6-9 Hayes Valley Holiday Party (& Fire Department Toy Drive)

  • 6-10 Hot Glass Cold Beer can watch your own glass get hand-blown and a beverage to fill it for $25

  • 7:30 Philharmonia Baroque plays Handel's Messiah in Berkeley

• Sun 12/5 (weather: likely rain)

  • 7 Philharmonia Baroque plays Handel's Messiah in Berkeley

  • 10-5 Stanford Club of SF Hike @ the Marin Headlands (free for members, $5 for non-members)

• Fri 12/10 Ozomatli @ the Fillmore (cool Cuban hip-hop group)

• Sat 12/11 3-4 Book Signing @ Omnivore Books: Cooking with Italian Grandmothers

• Sun 1/16

  • 10:30-12:30 Watersheds of Laguna Honda Tour, meet at Forest Hill MUNI Station

  • 1:30 Noe Valley walking tour

  • 3-4 PM Guide to West Coast Cheese author speaks (and showcases cheese) at Omnivore Books (3885a Cesar Chavez @ Church)

  • 3-4 PM Latin Jazz Quintet at Amoeba Music in Berkeley

  • 3:30 PM until they run out: Gumbo & Wine and jazz trio in Pacifica at Grape in the Fog bar & restaurant in Pacifica

• Mon 1/17

  • 9:30 Japanese Tea Garden tour (including free admission!)

  • 10-1 Lands End habitat restoration with Parks Conservancy (also see lots of other projects happening around the Bay such as 10-12 drop-in cleanup of Ocean Beach)

  • 11 MLK Day March & Parade starts at 4th & Townsend, ends at Yerba Buena Center...various other events (including free admission to some museums) as well

  • 2 PM Pacific Heights Victorians tour

  • 6 PM Free Improv Class from Endgames Improv at 414 Mason (just W of Union Square)

• Tues 1/18

  • 5:45-7:15 San Francisco Bites Foodie Discussion at Main Library

  • 6 PM SPUR (SF Planning + Urban Research) City Trivia - urban planning geek trivia at 654 Mission (@ New Montgomery)...must RSVP online ($20 non-members

• Wed 1/19 8 PM Nerd Nite on Lunar X Prize, Zombie Neuroscience, and Modern Mad Men (Rickshaw Stop at 155 Fell & Van Ness, $8)

• Thurs 1/20 6-10 PM Nightlife at Academy of Sciences "Fire and Ice" fire dancing and ice sculptures

• Through 2/5: SF Sketchfest

• Fri 1/21 at 6 PM Swing Lessons & Dance at De Young Museum (free)

• Sat 1/22

  • All weekend at the top of the hour 11-4 - Walk & Talk about Sea Lions of Pier 39 (free)

  • 12:30-1:30 History of the Bay Model talk/tour in Sausalito

• Sun 1/23

  • 2 PM Vivaldi trio sonatas at SF Conservatory of Music (near Civic Center, $25)

  • 7:30 PM Showing of the King's Speech followed by Q&A with the Director (Embarcadero Theater)

• Sat 2/5 11-4 and 6-11 ForageSF Underground Market

• Wed 5/18 7:30 Nerd Nite - Audio Guides, Magic, and Memory ($8, Rickshaw at Fell & Van Ness)

• Sat 5/21 Pie Ranch Barn Dance

• Sat 5/21 6-8 Underground Market 161 Erie St (just north of Mission & 14th), $5 at the door, must become a "member" online

• Sat 5/21 and Sun 5/22 Maker Faire - various DIY fun in San Mateo, $25 tickets online

• Sat 6/4 noon - Scavenger Dash - City-wide scavenger hunt, $99 registration for teams of 2

• June 25

  • 12-late Free Folk Festival at Presidio Middle School, also on Sunday

  • 9-4 Treasure Island Flea Market - free with this coupon, also on Sunday

  • 1-6 Noe Valley Summerfest

  • 1-6 Really Really Free Market in Dolores Park (bring something to give away, take something for free...)

• June 26

  • Jazz Mafia Symphony at Stern Grove Festival

  • SF Pride Parade

• thru July 3 - SF Opera performances (and more) of The Ring by Wagner

• July 10 - Stanford Club of SF hike at Point Reyes (Alamere Falls and Bass Lake)