Need plans? Oktoberfest, hip-hop night and more awesome events are going down this weekend in the Bay Area.
Explore the vibrant stretch of bars and businesses along this busy corridor at the Divisadero Art Walk. Cute boutiques selling everything from hand-crafted jewelry to skate accessories and wine will fling their doors open late, offering special sales and displaying work by local artists. Pick up drink and dinner specials as you make your way from Page to McAllister.
Photograph: Art by Max Dalton, Courtesy Spoke Art Gallery
Settle in for a weekend-long film series and snatch up a new poster from Spoke Art celebrating twee auteur Wes Anderson. From Bottle Rocket to Grand Budapest Hotel, the entire quirky catalog will be screened in all its candy-colored, Futura-laden glory. Whether you dress up as Herman Blume, Steve Zissou or Raleigh St. Clair, you are sure to find your crew at this event.
Schroeder's Oktoberfest Block Party
Listen to enough oompah music, chug enough beer and eat enough sausage to make such middling, everyday concerns like “Why is Oktoberfest in September?” disappear. Schroeder’s, one of the oldest restaurants in San Francisco, is here to help kick off the season with an all-out block party. Dance to tunes from the WonderBread 5, fill up on quintessential carbs and rock that lederhosen all night.
If you make fitness your business, head out to Crissy Field for a full day of wellness workshops, group classes and chances aplenty to snap a Golden Gate Bridge selfie with other hot bods. City Fit Fest will bring in world-class instructors to push gym junkies to the next level with bootcamps, circuit training, yoga and much more. Fuel up on nutritious food and drinks and unwind with live music and DJ sets.
Photograph: Courtesy Miss Cheesemonger
Everybody’s favorite allegedly addictive indulgence gets its own night out at this 3rd annual event hosted by the California Artisan Cheese Guild. Delectable dairy nibbles will be provided by local makers like Cowgirl Creamery, Point Reyes Farmstead and Cypress Grove; of course, cheese gets by with a little help from its friends wine and charcuterie, and plenty of those vendors will be on site as well. Pop a Lactaid and get to workin’ on your night cheese.
DJ Dave Paul is the man behind nightlife’s most popular poppy scenes, like The Prince and Michael Jackson Experience and That BIG 80s Party — and now add to his resume this weekend’s Classic Hip-Hop Night taking over Public Works. Pull out your freshest threads for this party featuring classics from the golden era of rap; that is: nothing post-dates 1999.
The Urban Air Market returns to the great outdoors with its biannual show in Hayes Valley's Patricia’s Green. Get amped way early for holiday season at this high style gift fair boasting many trendy baubles, fanciful apparel and glossy houseware. Break from shopping to tackle a DIY project of your own, grab a nibble and sway away to some live music.
Stand-up has always been the star at Comedy Day in Golden Gate Park. This free festival brings laughter to the great outdoors, hosting more than 750 comics and a half million devoted spectators since 1981. This being San Francisco, you never know who might drop in (Margaret Cho, Dave Chappelle and Dana Carvey are just a few luminaries who have popped up onstage) so pack yourself a picnic that will last the full five hours.