One of San Francisco’s Oldest Thai Restaurants Shuts Down
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco
One of San Francisco’s Oldest Thai Restaurants Shuts Down
Richmond District staple Khan Toke earned praise for both its ambiance and classic Thai dishes
After 60 Years, SF's Renowned Edinburgh Castle Pub Closes
Bars, Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye
After 60 Years, SF's Renowned Edinburgh Castle Pub Closes
Scottish-themed dive bar on Geary Street closes its doors in the Tenderloin.
BART Finally Goes Contactless: Pay With Your Credit Card Starting Aug. 20
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation
BART Finally Goes Contactless: Pay With Your Credit Card Starting Aug. 20
Tap your credit card or debit card (or phone) and bypass clipper altogether
SF's Iconic 88-Year Old Restaurant "Original Joe's" Opens in East Bay
Brand New, East Bay, Eat & Drink
SF's Iconic 88-Year Old Restaurant "Original Joe's" Opens in East Bay
Walnut Creek's Broadway Plaza is now home to Joe's classic Italian-American comfort food
Fall Colors of the Bay: Where to See the Leaves Change | 2025
Fall, Outdoorsy
Fall Colors of the Bay: Where to See the Leaves Change | 2025
It's not Vermont, but there are plenty of places to see the leaves change in the Bay Area

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

11:00 am   Free Admission Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)   FREE
11:30 am   “Rooftop Jazz” Free Thursday Concerts at Salesforce Park (SF)   FREE
12:00 pm   People in Plazas: Jazz/Funk Concert (SF)   FREE
12:00 pm   Free Outdoor Writing Workshops at SF’s Salesforce Park (Every Wednesday)   FREE
12:30 pm   Free Rooftop Yoga at Salesforce Park (SF)   FREE
2:00 pm   Create Your Own Silhouette Collage: Free Art Workshop (YBCA)   FREE
3:00 pm   Castro Farmers’ Market 2025 (Every Wednesday)   FREE
4:00 pm   Golden Gate Park Free Outdoor Concert “Songwriter Wednesday”   FREE

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Wednesday, August 20

$1 Wing Wednesdays at Underdogs Cantina (SoMa)
Wednesday, August 20 – 4:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*No admission charge. Wings are $1 each.
| Underdogs Cantina
$1 Wing Wednesdays at Underdogs Cantina (SoMa)

Join us for Wing Wednesdays at Underdogs Cantina with $1 Wings from 4:30pm – Close! $1 Wing Wednesdays | 4:30pm to Close Underdogs Cantina, 128 King St. (Across from ballpark), SF FREE (No Cover) $1 WINGS from 4:30pm – Close Happy Hour from ...Every Wednesday

“Hook-Up Horror Stories” Stand-Up Comedy Show (SF)
Wednesday, August 20 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| The Function
"Hook-Up Horror Stories" Stand-Up Comedy Show (SF)

We’ve all had bad dates. Lets hear SF’s top comedians make you laugh about them! Bad dates make great comedy. 💘 First 50 RSVPs get in FREE – claim yours now (7p + 8:30p shows) Welcome to Tindervention—the stand-up show where SF’s top comedians spill their most outrageous dating ...Every Wednesday

$2 Taco Night + Happy Hour Comedy at Skylark (SF)
Wednesday, August 20 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP Required. 2 drink minimum. 21+
| Skylark Bar
$2 Taco Night + Happy Hour Comedy at Skylark (SF)

Join us for a night of laughter featuring Bay Area’s top rising comics! We showcase comedians that have been on Netflix, Comedy Central, Amazon, HBO… so come through and you may see the next big thing! HaHaHappy Hour Comedy at Skylark $5 beer, $2 tacos ...Every Wednesday

SF’s New Comedy Night: Free Tix + $3 Off Cocktails (8:30p Happy Hour Show)
Wednesday, August 20 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Function
SF's New Comedy Night: Free Tix + $3 Off Cocktails (8:30p Happy Hour Show)

SF’s Brand New “Happy Hour” Cheap Drinks Comedy Show (8:30PM) Late night laughs + happy hour drink specials w/ top HellaFunny comics at The Function – SF’s first black-owned comedy club Welcome to your new favorite new weeknight plan – comedy + happy hour drink ...

People in Plazas: Jazz/Funk Concert (SF)
Wednesday, August 20 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | 555 California
People in Plazas: Jazz/Funk Concert (SF)

This free annual outdoor music festival “People in Plazas” (PiP) puts on over 130 free lunchtime concerts featuring an array of different styles from July to September in over 15 different public plazas on or near Market Street from the Embarcadero to Fourth Street. “People in ...

Create Your Own Silhouette Collage: Free Art Workshop (YBCA)
Wednesday, August 20 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Create Your Own Silhouette Collage: Free Art Workshop (YBCA)
Create art inspired by our programming at this drop-in art workshop! All ages welcome, all materials provided.  Play around with shapes, color, and imagery by designing a figurative collage featuring silhouettes of yourself with friends, family, and community.
Castro Farmers’ Market 2025 (Every Wednesday)
Wednesday, August 20 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Castro Farmers' Market
Castro Farmers' Market 2025 (Every Wednesday)

Welcome back your favorite farmers to the corner of Market and Noe Streets as they offer their amazing citrus, tasty root vegetables, honey, flowers, baked goods, and beautiful leafy greens.  Castro Farmers’ Market Every Wed., April 2 – November 19, 2025 | 3p-7p Castro Farmer’s ...Every Wednesday

Golden Gate Park Free Outdoor Concert “Songwriter Wednesday”
Wednesday, August 20 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
Golden Gate Park Free Outdoor Concert "Songwriter Wednesday"

Illuminate and SF Rec and Park hosts 5th Season of Free Live Music at the Golden Gate Bandshell in 2025 with more than 125 performances are planned to celebrate the Bandshell’s 125th anniversary. The 2025 season will run through mid-November, featuring shows most Wednesdays, Fridays, and ...

Outdoor Happy Hour w/ Free Drinks for First 250 (Embarcadero Center)
Wednesday, August 20 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free RSVP required. Free drink or food for first 250 check-ins. 21+ only.
| The Urban Patio at Two Embarcadero Center
Outdoor Happy Hour w/ Free Drinks for First 250 (Embarcadero Center)
Embarcadero Center and Bar Car host an outdoor happy hour on the Urban Patio with signature cocktails, wine, and brews. The first 250 guests to check in receive a free drink or food item. Enjoy live music from Sofar Sounds and take photos in a ...
SF’s “Thirst Draft” Write Drunk, Edit Never Lit Night (Madrone Art Bar)
Wednesday, August 20 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*No cover, no drink minimum, no requirements of any kind -- just show up!
| Madrone Art Bar
SF's "Thirst Draft" Write Drunk, Edit Never Lit Night (Madrone Art Bar)
An event for writers — and for writing. Everyone gets the same prompt when they walk in the door. What ends up on the page is up to you. Here’s how it works: Interpret the prompt however you like but try to incorporate it in some ...
Discover Salvia: Free Film on Psychedelics (SF)
Wednesday, August 20 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*This event is free!
| Live Worms Gallery
Discover Salvia: Free Film on Psychedelics (SF)
In Western society, hallucinogenic shamanic plant medicines often spiral into abuse, legislation, and scientific restrictions. Salvia Divinorum is arguably the world’s most powerful naturally occurring psychedelic plant. Scientists have recently discovered new breakthroughs in neurobiology with this plant’s unique active molecule Salvinorin-A. In 1994 researcher ...
Free Film Screening – Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach
Wednesday, August 20 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free Admission, RSVPs are requested.
| Live Worms Gallery
Free Film Screening - Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach
Join us for a free screening of the documentary, Salvia: A Western Approach. In Western society, hallucinogenic shamanic plant medicines often spiral into abuse, legislation, and scientific restrictions. Salvia Divinorum is arguably the world’s most powerful naturally occurring psychedelic plant. Scientists have recently discovered new breakthroughs ...
Free “Women in Sports Journalism” Talk + Free Joyride Pizza (SF)
Wednesday, August 20 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, Donations warmly received
| KALW
Free "Women in Sports Journalism" Talk + Free Joyride Pizza (SF)
Hey Valkyries faithful! Join KALW’s Bounce podcast on Wednesday, August 20th for a live conversation and community gathering exploring women’s sports, culture, and movement-building in the Bay Area and beyond. This month’s episode, Through Her Lens: Women in Sports Journalism, spotlights the unique challenges and contributions of women covering ...
Laughs for T1 Diabetes Comedy Show + Free Cupcakes (SF)
Laughs for T1 Diabetes Comedy Show + Free Cupcakes (SF)
Join us for the always anticipated monthly and highly regarded Value Culture BOOM BOOM Comedy Showcase at the famous Boom Boom Room on Fillmore Street since 2023! This month we toast our superstar Stephanie Block for her birthday! Stephanie suffers from Type 1 Diabetes. In honor ...

Thursday, August 21

10% Off: “Bay Discovery Cruise” feat. Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island & More (May 23-Aug. 31)
Thursday, August 21 – 10:40 am - Ends at 4:30 pm | Cost: $39.60*
*10% off with code Funcheap10, normally $44
| Alcatraz Landing
10% Off: "Bay Discovery Cruise" feat. Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island & More (May 23-Aug. 31)

Alcatraz City Cruises is offering an exclusive 10% off to “Bay Discovery Cruise” with code Funcheap10 Bay Discovery Cruise: A National Park Tour – Join A Sightseeing Adventure On San Francisco Bay! This 90-minute sightseeing cruise is full of San Francisco icons, such as: The ...

Lunchtime Concert w/ B. DeVeaux + Mare (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025)
Thursday, August 21 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)
Lunchtime Concert w/ B. DeVeaux + Mare (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025)
WAM Local Sirens Presents: B. DeVeaux + Mare Thu, Aug 21 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Women’s Audio Mission bring Local Sirens to the Gardens for an afternoon of dynamic music. WAM’s Local ...
“Unstaged” SF’s Third Thursdays Block Party ✦ Live on Mid-Market (Aug. 2025)
Thursday, August 21 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Market Street (btwn 5th & 6th)
“Unstaged” SF's Third Thursdays Block Party ✦ Live on Mid-Market (Aug. 2025)

The returning free, monthly event series will inaugurate the new Mid-Market Entertainment Zone, starting Thursday, June 19, 2025! Happening the third Thursday of June, July, August, September, and October from 4-7p, UNSTAGED: Live on Mid-Market, brings a free, interactive monthly event that brings arts and ...

East Bay Outdoor Summer Comedy Festival 2025 (Live at Bay Street)
Thursday, August 21 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP for free raffle entry
| Bay Street Emeryville
East Bay Outdoor Summer Comedy Festival 2025 (Live at Bay Street)

HellaFunny, the Bay Area’s most popular comedy collective joins forces with Funcheap to take over Bay Street Emeryville’s newly reimagined dining terrace for a brand new FREE monthly outdoor comedy festival featuring some of the Bay’s top comics, plus loads of giveaways from Bay Street’s restaurants and shops. Admission is free, ...Monthly

Flight Club: Adult Flight Night for Ages 18+ at “House of Air” Trampoline Park (SF)
Thursday, August 21 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: $20*
*Pricing is Per Hour, House of Air Grip Socks are required to jump.
| House of Air
Flight Club: Adult Flight Night for Ages 18+ at "House of Air" Trampoline Park (SF)

Take full advantage of our 70+ trampolines — without the worry of running into (or launching) a 9 year old! Flight Club is House of Air’s exclusive 18+ takeover where the only thing flying through the air is you. Flight Club: Adult Flight NightThursdays: 6p ...Every Thursday

Hecklers Welcome: SF’s First Stand-Up Comedy Show That Invites Heckling
Thursday, August 21 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| The Function
Hecklers Welcome: SF's First Stand-Up Comedy Show That Invites Heckling

Welcome to Hecklers Welcome!, San Francisco’s only stand-up show where you get to talk back. This is not your average comedy night—this is a full-blown verbal brawl, where comics come ready to spar and the audience gets a license to heckle. Got jokes? Bring ’em. Got beef? Air ...Every Thursday

Free “HellaSecret” Comedy Night @ Secret Bar (Oakland)
Free "HellaSecret" Comedy Night @ Secret Bar (Oakland)

Get ready for our “HellaSecret” speakeasy comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up live comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This HellaSecret comedy show takes place in a ...

$5 Off: “San Francisco Tonight” Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)
Thursday, August 21 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $11.94*
*FUNCHEAP discount code for $5 off. Normally 17.12.
| Endgames Improv Theater & Bar (SF)
$5 Off: “San Francisco Tonight” Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)

Want to have fun this Thursday night? You’re invited to the city’s most current improv comedy show. Each show, SF Tonight creates new, original comedy out of audience selected headlines and tabloids! You’ll be greeted with newspapers, magazines, and scissors. Cut out any headline you’d ...Every Thursday

“Umoja” Free Street Fair + STI/HIV Testing (Bayview)
Thursday, August 21 – 9:00 am - Ends at 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Drop-In Center/ Mother Brown’s
"Umoja" Free Street Fair + STI/HIV Testing (Bayview)
The Umoja Health Access Point (Umoja HAP) is San Francisco’s first one-stop harm prevention and community health and wellness hub for Black communities. Join us at Bayview Drop-In Center (Mother Brown’s) to get access to FREE HIV/STI/HEP-C testing and other resources from local organizations! • STI/HIV Testing • Health ...
People in Plazas: Jazz/Soul Concert (SF)
Thursday, August 21 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | 333 Market St.
People in Plazas: Jazz/Soul Concert (SF)

This free annual outdoor music festival “People in Plazas” (PiP) puts on over 130 free lunchtime concerts featuring an array of different styles from July to September in over 15 different public plazas on or near Market Street from the Embarcadero to Fourth Street. “People in ...

“Unstaged”: Live on Mid-Market Filipinx Block Party (SF)
Thursday, August 21 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Market Street (btwn 5th & 6th)
"Unstaged": Live on Mid-Market Filipinx Block Party (SF)
Market Street Arts presents UNSTAGED: Live on Mid-Market, celebrating Filipinx arts and culture with Kultivate Labs on Thursday, August 21, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. Join this free, vibrant community event on Market Street between 5th and 6th Streets to experience an electrifying lineup of live ...
West Oakland’s Prescott Night Market (August 2025)
Thursday, August 21 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Prescott Night Market (July - October)
West Oakland's Prescott Night Market (August 2025)

The Prescott Night Market, presented by Prescott Market Hall, is a gathering place that comes alive once a month on Thursday nights from July to October 2025 from 6-9 pm. It unites residents, food makers, artisans, entrepreneurs, and local businesses in celebration of our rich ...

Free One-Night-Only Pop-Up Art Show + Punk Rock Karaoke (111 Minna)
Thursday, August 21 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*This is a free event. 21 and over.
| 111 Minna Gallery
Free One-Night-Only Pop-Up Art Show + Punk Rock Karaoke (111 Minna)
111 Minna Gallery and Studio Fallout Present “I Saw but I Did Not See” – A Solo Exhibition by Winston Smith 111 Minna Gallery and Studio Fallout are proud to present I Saw but I Did Not See, the first San Francisco solo exhibition by legendary ...
Free “Beats, Brews & Vines” Festival (Millbrae)
Thursday, August 21 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Downtown Millbrae
Free "Beats, Brews & Vines" Festival (Millbrae)
Join us from 5-8 PM August 21st for a free night of music and dancing on Broadway & Hillcrest in downtown Millbrae. Local talent Justin & Jeremy Garcia open at 5 PM, followed by Pride and Joy from 6-8 PM. Bring your friends, family, and ...
SF’s Sunset Dunes “Fogust” Block Party w/ 100 Free Posters
Thursday, August 21 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: FREE | Noriega and Great Highway
SF's Sunset Dunes "Fogust" Block Party w/ 100 Free Posters
Celebrate Fogust at the Sunset Dunes Merch Drop & Party on Noriega. The first 100 attendees receive a free Sunset Dunes poster, and the first 25 get a secret vintage gift. The event features live music, games, and an exclusive opportunity to purchase new merch. ...
Downtown Hayward’s Final “Summer Street Fest” of 2025
Thursday, August 21 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | B St and Main St in Downtown Hayward
Downtown Hayward's Final "Summer Street Fest" of 2025
This summer, there is still time to enjoy community fun in Downtown Hayward. The final Summer Street Party, celebrating the spirit of Hayward, takes place on the third Thursday of August and the community is invited for an evening of local entertainment and connection. Taking place on August 21 from ...