Things to Do in San Francisco

Festival / Arts Festival

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Jun 20 through Oct 27, 2013 Yerba Buena Gardens The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival celebrates arts and culture with free community programming that seeks to enhance the quality of parks and open spaces in the San Francisco Bay Area. Artistic excellence, inclusion, and diversity are at the ... more

Beach / Outdoor Activity

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Party Earth Review Incredible views of the Golden Gate Bridge are undoubtedly the main draw for tourists, but postcard vistas aren’t the only reason to go to Baker Beach. A nude section, hiking trails, dense coastal forest, and a varied history all help visitors feel like they’ve escaped the bustle of the urban landscape, while the beach ... more

Fair / Carnival / Street Fair

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Jun 20–Jul 7, 2013 Alameda County Fairgrounds (Pleasanton, CA) The Alameda County Fair is an annual summer event in Pleasanton, CA, east of San Francisco. For more than 100 years, the fair has provided fun for the whole family. Taking place over three weeks in June and July at the Alameda County Fairgrounds ... more

Culture / Nightlife Area

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Party Earth Review Arguably the first – and easily the most famous – gay neighborhood in the country, the Castro first experienced the tides of LGBT activism during the 1970s, and nowhere is this history more alive than along its namesake main drag. Emporiums for libidinous shoppers are easy to find – especially with ... more

Dance Festival / Arts Festival

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Jun 20–22, 2013 Z Space The Fresh Meat Festival is an annual summer event in San Francisco that highlights performances by dance companies, bands, musicians, and comedians who identify themselves as queer or transgender. Held over three days in June, Fresh Meat ... more

Art Gallery / Bar / Club / Lounge

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Party Earth Review With its Burberry-plaid and gold-plated AK-47 over the bar and a mirror-covered bomb standing in for a disco ball, Madrone Art Bar already eschews the typical club look. Add to this a jumbled hodgepodge of paintings, sculptures, and video displays, a few snaking wooden chandeliers, and wildly varied music, and it’s no wonder ... more

Comedy Show / Stand-Up Comedy

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Jun 20–22, 2013 Punchline Comedy Club

Bowling Alley / Lounge

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Party Earth Review As the Giants toss their balls about inside nearby AT&T Park, bowling alley-cum-lounge Lucky Strike offers fans a trendy upscale spot to eat, drink, and keep the spirit of sport rolling. Racks of literature have been swept away from this former Borders bookstore and replaced with a dozen lanes, a restaurant, flashy pop ... more

Dance Festival

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Jun 20–30, 2013 City Hall Dance lovers and culture hounds enjoy a month of performances from around the world at the annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Held through June, the 2013 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival takes place at participating venues throughout ... more

Bar / Brewery

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Party Earth Review Teeming with tanks of soon-to-be beer in a sprawling space that holds more than two hundred people, Southern Pacific Brewing is a station-sized temple to local brew. Celebrating the Mission’s industrial past – SP rail once passed through the area – this warehouse-turned-bar and brewery boasts a lofted indoor dining area ... more

Comedy Show / Stand-Up Comedy

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Jun 20–23, 2013 Improv (San Jose, CA)

Outdoor Activity / Park / Plaza

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Party Earth Review Although Union Square’s name technically refers to its 1850s-era beginnings as a place where pro-Union rallies were held prior to the Civil War, today it is better known for its surrounding blocks full of shopping options, live theater, restaurants, boutiques, and hotels. Six department stores, including high ... more