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Vogue Theatre
3290 Sacramento St, San Francisco
Saturday, March 10th – Sunday, March 11th, 2018Two days of Bigfoot, Yeti and Swamp Ape movies and documentaries with Special Guest Speakers Loren Coleman, Seth Breedlove of Small Town Monsters, Peter Von Puttkamer of Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt for Bigfoot, Daniel Perez of the Bigfoot Times and Matt Ralston of Cryptozoologist!
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Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center
1753 Carroll Ave, San Francisco
Saturday, March 3rd, 2018
11:00am – 6:00pm | FreeThe free event, presented by Bayview Senior Services, will feature live music, vendor booths, a Kid’s zone, and a dazzling variety of food venues. Some of the offerings include fried chicken, catfish, oxtails, ribs, links, black-eyed peas, red beans and rice, greens, yams, mac & cheese, cornbread, sweet potato pie, peach cobbler, pound cake and other soulful delights–all of which will be sure to rival mama and grandmas’ down-home cooking.
Black Cuisine will also give soul food novices and chefs an opportunity to share their culinary talents by entering the Soul Food Cooking contest with winners receiving cash prizes. Last year’s festival drew more than 2,000 attendees and we anticipate that number increasing this year.
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Chinatown Community Street Fair:
Chinatown, San Francisco
Grant Avenue from California to Broadway
Saturday, February 24th – Sunday, February 25th, 2018
FreeNow in its 29th year, the Chinese Community Street Fair will be held on the weekend of the Southwest Airlines® Chinese New Year Parade. Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of San Francisco’s exhilarating Chinatown during one of the community’s most exciting times of the year. You will find over 120 booths and concessions making this a shopper’s paradise. The SF Chinese Chamber of Commerce has planned activities and entertainment for all ages. Enjoy Chinese folk dancing, opera, drumming and much more at the entertainment stage on Washington St. below Grant Ave. Make sure to get a family photo with the giant puppets, dragon and other memorable artifacts from the Parade!
Pier 39
Beach St & the Embarcadero, San Francisco
Saturday, February 10th – Sunday, February 18th, 2018
FreePIER 39’s iconic floral festival, Tulipmania, returns from February 10 – 18 with more than 39,000 blooming tulips and other seasonal garden favorites! As you immerse yourself in insta-heaven, be sure to share your photos using #tulipmania. Enjoy the flowers’ beauty and learn helpful gardening tips by taking free guided tours led by PIER 39’s Landscaping experts. The guided tours depart at 10am daily from the Crab Statue in the Entrance Plaza and end with a special treat from Trish’s Mini Donuts. Self-guided tours can also be taken any time during Tulipmania.
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San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show:
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco
Friday, February 9th – Sunday, February 11th, 2018
$15The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show, now in its 32nd year is the premiere show of its kind in the United States, welcoming over 70 dealers and featuring exciting exhibits presented by galleries from our Featured Country: Australia as well as other museum quality exhibitions.
This year’s Tribal & Textile Art Show comes along at an exciting time, when the fine arts environment has embraced the natural connection between tribal, modern, and contemporary. Some of the exhibitors are already exploring the dialogue between contemporary and tribal art in their galleries, with great fanfare.
AT&T Park
24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco
Saturday, February 3rd, 2018
11:00am, 3:00pm , 7:00pm | $38 (in advance)You will be in AT&T Park, solving puzzles, attempting to escape within 60 minutes!
Up to 2,000 players per game!
Each session is about 1.5 hours long (including introduction and solution walkthrough).
Doors open 45 minutes before your game times.
Players who arrive after the game has started will not be able to enter due to inconvenience to other players.
Postcard from Flickr user Leonard Bentley
The Regency Ballroom
1300 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Saturday, January 27th, 2018
12:00 – 5:00pmEnter the age-old question…Whatever to wear?! The Edwardian Ball Vendor Bazaar gathers the finest artisans, craftspeople, and merchants to make sure that you attend the Ball (and all your days thereafter) in the most exquisite style.
SF Sketchfest Comedy Festival:
various San Francisco venues
Thursday, January 11th – Sunday, January 28th, 2018SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, is a yearly celebration of sketch, improv, stand-up, musical and alternative comedy, bringing the best in headlining and up and coming comedy to the Bay Area every January.
San Francisco Public Library & City View at Metreon
100 Larkin St. / 135 4th St, San Francisco
Saturday, January 13th – Monday, January 15th, 2018
FreeThe Black Comix Arts Festival (BCAF) celebrates African Americans’ creativity in the comic arts and popular visual culture and is dedicated to the notion that all audiences deserve to be subject in the culture in which we participate. Our expanded three-day event includes a grand expo, kids activities, film screenings, panels and conversations, cosplay events and much more.
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Golden Gate Park
County Fair Building
9th Ave and Lincoln
Saturday, January 6th – Sunday, January 7th, 2018
FreeNorthern California’s Finest Selection of Postcards, Trade Cards, Stereoviews, Photography, Labels, Brochures, Victorian, Transportation & Sports Memorabilia, and All Manner of Curious, Beautiful and Interesting Old Paper!
