Stern Grove is trading its usual quiet for shrieks and sirens this Friday, as San Francisco's annual ScareGrove Halloween festival takes over the Parkside neighborhood with carnival rides, a haunted maze and a costume contest built for the whole family.
A Freewheeling Family Guide to the City by the Bay, Where the Best Adventures Aren’t Planned Travel writers can agree that one of the boons of the industry is collabing with professional marketers to map and agendize an alluring destination…
That fundraising push matters beyond one Saturday at the beach. Per St. Paul's School, the Sandcastle Classic is Leap's biggest fundraiser of the year, supporting arts education services the organization says reach 9,200 Bay Area students annually. Leap's own site notes…
The exterior of Bottom of the Hill, a music venue in San Francisco. When new owner Michele Bronson heard of the impending closure, she texted the story to her family. “The whole family was like, ‘Well, are you gonna buy…
Noise Pop's 2027 festival runs Feb. 18-28 across San Francisco, with Deerhoof, Lambchop, Here We Go Magic and a Castro Theatre debut. Tickets go on sale Friday. San Francisco's Noise Pop festival is coming back for its 34th year, and organizers just dropped…
Downtown Napa is bracing for its busiest day of the year as merchants along First Street prepare for Hometown Halloween, the free daylight trick-or-treating tradition that has drawn families to the district for more than two decades. Shop owners are…
A scenic destination for birthday parties and field trips alike is preparing to close for good in San Francisco's Presidio. "The Trust is required to be financially self-sufficient, and we understand they need to charge market rates for these buildings,…
The San Francisco Old Car Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2026, at Hellman Hollow, 800 John F. Kennedy Drive, with the event set to run until 4 p.m. The picnic welcomes cars, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles model year 2001 or older, and spectators can attend…
This year's theme is Techno-Fantasy, with YBCA noting the installations draw on discarded electronics, salvaged materials and forgotten B-movies for inspiration. Additional activations include tarot readers and psychics, a DIY costume-enhancement station and local DJs curated by Lower Grand Radio,…
San Francisco's new Embarcadero Park could get a large pavilion designed to serve as both a public passageway and an outdoor performance stage. The design team is bringing two concepts, including two variations of one concept, to the Civic Design…
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