Chinese New Year Parade and Festival: Festival-goers might actually enjoy a dry Chinese New Year extravaganza this year. Leave those umbrellas and ponchos as home!
Weekend Top 5: Chinese New Year Parade, Pet Adopt-a-thon
Weekend Top 5: Giants FanFest, Men In Tights Super Bowl Show
As you'd expect, there are lots of Super Bowl festivities happening on Sunday. We've highlighted a couple, along with a few other non-sports items. Enjoy!
Halloween Weekend Events: 'The Hunger'/Twin Peaks', Trannyshack, Waldo Pub Crawl, and More!
There's certainly no shortage of frightful Halloween events going on this weekend for adults and kids alike. Here are a few choice happenings.
SFist This Weekend: Kidquake, Vagabond Craft Fair, Neighborhood Fairs Galore, and More!
Lots of folks will be heading to Treasure Island this beautiful weekend for some un-stressful concert-going. For those who want to stay close to home, there just might be a fair going on in your 'hood, or one nearby!
SFist This Weekend: IndieMart, Open Studios, Italian Heritage Parade, and More!
IndieMart: IndieMart celebrates Indian Summer with a "full fledged metal & psych rock fest, loaded with short sleeves a plenty, foxy ladies in fringe, summer BBQ, one too many beers and oh yeah, the best part- 100 rad vendors," including DIY-ers, makers, designers, screenprinters, illustrators, artists, typographers, vintage, a few carpenters, and foodies.
SFist This Weekend: Bring Your Own Queer, Rock Make Street Fest, Cardboard Tube Fighting, Duboce Park Tag Sale, & More!
Bring Your Own Queer (BYOQ): Local performers and icons will be shaking things up today at the annual Bring Your Own Queer music, arts and performance festival, including Juanita Moore, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Honey Soundsystem, Chica Boom, Titland, and more. The festival benefits Lyric.
SFist This Weekend: Bonehead BBQ, Atheist Film Festival, Alamo Square Flea Market, and More!
We've already told you all you need to know about tomorrow's Street Food Festival. Here's other stuff that might be less crowded.
SFist This Weekend: Sunday Streets and Tricycle Music Fest West, Pistahan Parade and Festival, Nihonmachi Street Fair, and More!
Kindie rock, jazz, and blues at Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin/Civic Center, Filipino culture and cuisine at Yerba Buena Gardens, Nihonmachi Street Fair in Japantown, Cuban and Brazilian music at Stern Grove, and a 10K to benefit San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
SFist This Weekend: The English Beat at Stern Grove, Phono del Sol Music Fest, Int'l Soccer Match, and More!
The English Beat and My First Earthquake at Stern Grove: The Stern Grove Festival presents yet another stellar show on Sunday. Check out SFist's interview with the English Beat's Dave Wakeling from earlier this year.
SFist This Weekend: Sunday Streets, Ice Cream, Women's World Cup, and More!
Unlimited Smileage Volunteer Party: Flavorpill and Ben and Jerry's have a cute idea here. Help beautify Buena Vista park -- cleaning up, planting flowers, pruning, and mulching -- while enjoying a free scoop of B&J's to the sounds of The Frail and DJ Hothobo. Be sure to RSVP for your free scoop!
SFist This Weekend: Stern Grove, Bicycle Music Fest, Juneteenth, Bring Your Own Dog, and More!
Stern Grove Festival: Classic R&Bers Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings kick off the 74th season of the Stern Grove Festival on Sunday with a Motown sound revival, along with special guest, French soul crooner, Ben L'Oncle Soul. Bring a picnic and get there early! It's bound to be packed.
SFist This Weekend: World Naked Bike Ride, Sunday Streets, Fillmore SummerFest, Santa Rosa's Harmony Festival, SF Mixtape Society
8th Annual World Naked Bike Ride: It seems like just yesterday (March) that there was one of these, but Saturday's global nude bicycle ride is anticipated to be the biggest one yet.
SFist This Weekend: Carnaval, Treasure Island Flea, Push Dance, The Dance Church, and Asian American Orchestra
Carnaval Festival & Grand Parade: Danny Glover is the grand marshal of the 33rd Annual Carnaval Parade. Accompanying him at the helm will be Giants’ mascot Lou Seal and the 2010 World Series trophy. Check out the festival all day on Saturday and Sunday, and the parade starts on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m.
SFist This Weekend: BlacKMahal at Yerba Buena Gardens, Bluegrass Pickin' Party, Maker Faire, Circus Center's Spring Carnival, and SF Underground Market
SFist already let you know about the big Rapture Party, ArtPadSF, and Sex Worker Fest going on this weekend. Here's even more stuff that's happening.
SFist This Weekend: Mission Sunday Streets, Cinco de Mayo Festival, Thrasher Ramp Jam, Free Comic Book Day, and Competitive Swinging
Sunday Streets: Take your mother on a tandem bike ride through the glorious Mission on Sunday for Mother's Day, unless it rains, that is. There's only a ten percent chance of that though, so odds are in mom's favor.
SFist This Weekend: Hunky Jesus Contest, Bring Your Own Big Wheel, John Waters B-Day Weekend, Earth Day, And Union Street Celebration & Easter Parade
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's HARE at Dolores Park: It wouldn't be Easter without the Hunky Jesus and Easter Bonnet Contests along with all the other fabulous tongue-in-cheek activities put on by San Francisco's beloved Sisters. There's something for all ages at Dolores Park on Sunday.
SFist This Weekend: SFO Terminal 2, Anarchist Book Fair, Green Festival, Cesar Chavez Festival, And Sunday Streets/Free Wall
SFO Terminal 2 Community Open House: BART on over to SFO and take a gander at the swanky new, state-of-the-art Terminal 2, featuring five new art commissions as well as the reinstallation of 20 works from the collection, including sculptures by international artists Arnoldo Pomodoro and Seiji Kunishima and paintings by important Bay Area painters such as Joan Brown, Willard Dixon, Roy de Forrest, Hassel Smith, Sam Tchakalian and others.
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Sorry this is so late folks! There are quite a few things going on this weekend that SFist already gave you a heads-up about, including the Disposable Film Festival, Shop for Japan, and the Artisan Cheese Festival in Petaluma. Yum! Here are some more things happening -- if you feel like leaving your cozy abode on this rainy weekend.
SFist This Weekend: Sunday Streets, Girls Rock, Vintage Fashion Expo, Zion I & The Grouch, And TL Walking Tour [Updated]
Sunday Streets: Sunday Streets kicks off its 2011 season this weekend on the Embarcadero. Run, bike, walk, skate, hula hoop, etc. to your heart's content along the waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf to Mariposa Street.
SFist This Weekend: St. Paddy's, SFIAAFF Extravaganza, Naked Cyclists, Cage Fights, and Ice Cream!
In addition to getting that emergency preparedness kit ready and checking out SFist's ongoing Tsunami coverage, here's some other stuff to do this weekend. Also, it's Spring Forward on Sunday. Hooray!
SFist This Weekend: White Elephant Sale, How-to Homestead, Found Footage Fest, Michael Showalter, and Beer-Soaked Snuggies
Oakland Museum White Elephant Sale: The much anticipated annual weekend-long rummage extravaganza in Oakland is finally here. Get you and your tote bags over there first thing tomorrow, as it gets picked over quickly. Or, if you like the bargains, go on Sunday afternoon. According to the sale's Facebook page, they just received some cool last-minute donations, including Olympic souvenirs from Russia, Spain, Alaska etc. and a baseball signed by the A's of the early 80's "when Billy Martin managed the team and Rickey stole the bases!" Check the plethora of gear here.
SFist This Weekend: Crab-Cracking 49ers, Park Branch Library Reopening, Amoeba Artists, Edible Perfume, And Noisy Pancakes
9th Annual Celebrity Crab Festival: See which San Francisco 49ers and local chefs can crack the most crab on Saturday at Union Square, preceded by a crab-cracking demo. There will also be a wine and beer garden, live music, and family entertainment. (Families are entertaining, aren't they?)
SFist This Weekend: Chinese New Year, TechShop Opening, Tulipmania, Bluegrass Workshops
Chinese New Year Parade and Fair: Does it rain during every Chinese New Year Parade? Find out tomorrow. There's also a community fair on Saturday and Sunday, featuring dance and music from throughout Asia, along with ancient and modern Chinese arts such as calligraphy, kite-making, and acrobatics.
SFist This Weekend: David Byrne, Cloris Leachman, Rooftop Concert, Coffee Crawl, Forage SF, and More!
IndieFest opens (the Dude abides), and Sketchfest closes with back-to-back events at the Castro: True Stories 25th Anniversary with David Byrne, featuring a screening and tribute to the cool and quirky movie musical, followed by Idol Worship: An Evening with Cloris Leachman, hosted by Peaches Christ and featuring a rare screening of High Anxiety.
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Thrill The World: It's finally here. Join thousands of people around the globe in breaking the World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller on Saturday.
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Potrero Hill Festival/The MAP Potrero Hill Exhibition: The 20th Annual Potrero Hill Festival takes place all weekend. During Saturday's event, Mobile Arts Platform will present visual art, video installations, performances, and spoken word.
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass rightfully steals the show this weekend, but here are a few more events. Even more can be found here.
FAIR: Get your dance on, eat, drink, and be merry, and watch live performances by a diverse range of musical and theater acts, including Pearls Over Shanghai and Jerry Springer Opera, at the Castro Street Fair on Sunday.
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There's so much going on this weekend, y'all, which is great, since the weather's going to be awesome. Here's a just a few things, among many, going on in addition to the big leather fest in SoMa.
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ALL WEEKEND: The annual Iranian Film Festival will showcase independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world. Vintage enthusiasts can be found at the Vintage Fashion Expo all weekend. Chinatown hosts the 20th Annual Autumn Moon Festival Street Fair. The 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival concludes this weekend with lots of shows in the afternoon and evening.

