In visiting San Francisco, it seems almost impossible to find anything that would not hurt your pocket, from buying a house to grabbing a food on Valencia. That’s why we’ve made a list on the things you can do in San Francisco that won’t go beyond $20.

Free Things to do:

  1. Scan through Clarion Alley.(Mission, Between 17th and 18th Streets off Valencia)
  2. Have the Lion’s share.(Hayes Valley, Fatted Calf Butcher’s Demonstration)
  3. Meet and Greet with Yoda and Darth Vader. (Presidio, Letterman Digital Arts Center)
  4. Stroll from Bay to Breakers. (Embarcadero, SF City Guides)
  5. Beat the (Sunday) blues. (SoMa,SoMa StrEAT Food Park)
  6. Try cooking with the pros. (Embarcadero, Ferry Building)
  7. Buy DIY. (Hayes Valley, Urban Air Market)
  8. Go on gallery hopping. (Lower Haight, Art Walk)
  9. Be quirky. (SoMa, How Weird Street Faire)
  10. Nibble single-origin bars. (Mission, Dandelion Chocolate Tour)
  11. Tuck a pug. (Pac. Heights, Pug Sunday, Alta Plaza Park)
  12. Collect classic books. (Fort Mason, Friends of the San Francisco Public LibraryBook Sale)
  13. Try Archery. (Golden Gate Park, GGP Archery Fields)
  14. Go Skating. (Golden Gate Park, Skatin’ Place)
  15. Perform safe sax. (Mission, Amnesia)
  16. Wear your birthday suit. (Presidio, Baker Beach)
  17. Party the night or play Bingo. (Bernal Heights, The Knockout)
  18. Release your inner Whitney. with drink purchase (Duboce Triangle, Mint Karaoke Lounge)
  19. Shuck some oysters. (Mission, El Rio)
  20. Hock your CDs or catch free shows. (Haight, Amoeba SF)
  21. Visit a Festival. (Golden Gate Park, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass)
  22. Listen to some poems. (Golden Gate Park, Shakespeare in the park)
  23. Stalk writers and experience a different kind of festival. (Mission, Lit Crawl)
  24. Do a dragon dance for the first time. (Chinatown, Chinatown Street Fair)
  25. Watch a Keith Haring triptych. (Nob Hill, Grace Cathedral)
  26.  Explore Whoville. (Union Square, Dennis Rae Fine Art)
  27. Jam with the Doobie Brothers for free. (Stern Grove, Stern Grove Festival)
  28. Witness Backroom processings. (Mission, Adobe Books)
  29. Go off the Grid. Literally. Or not. (Fort Mason, Off the Grid)
  30. Experience glass elevators.  (Union Square, Westin St. Francis)
  31. Tea free taste? Why not! tastings (Inner Richmond, Aroma Tea Shop)
  32. March for equality.  (Embarcadero, SF Pride Parade)
  33. Laughing Yoga? That’s new. (Pac Heights, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine)
  34. Roadtripping. (Pac Heights, 2640 Steiner Street)
  35. See a Banksy Graffiti up close. (Jackson Square, 836M Gallery)
  36. Re-enact Full House and see Victorian houses., (Alamo Square, Painted Ladies)
  37. Feed the bookworm in you. (North Beach, City Lights Books)
  38. Experience the Fog Bridge. (Embarcadero, Pier 15 and 17)
  39. Every hour is Happy Hour. (Castro, Toad Hall)
  40. Catch the light show. (Embarcadero, Bay Lights)
  41. Read some rare prints. (SoMa, Prelinger Library)
  42. Drink the Kool-Aid. (Mission, LSD Museum)
  43. Feel the good vibes. (Nob Hill, Antique Vibrator Museum)
  44. Remember the good times. (Lower Haight, Harvey Milk Photo Center)
  45. See the creepy yet cute cemetery.  (Presidio, Presidio Pet Cemetery)
  46. Watch your favorite US baseball team. (SoMa, AT&T Park)
  47. Try the food samples after you shop. (Fishermans Wharf, Ghirardelli Square)
  48. Bike with a great view. (Presidio, Golden Gate Bridge)
  49. Take a lot og Instagrammable pictures and listen to a primo uomo sing a bel canto. (Union Square, Maiden Lane)
  50. Fight with your loved one, with just a pillow, of course. (Embarcadero, Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight)
  51. Experience Joey the Cat Skeeball. (San Francisco, Skeeball Tour of SF)
  52. Want a free lunch? All you have to do is to volunteer. (Mission, The Free Farm Stand)
  53. Slow dance, live bands and more. (Mission, Makeout Room)
  54. Another museum tour. (Embarcadero, Musée Mécanique)
  55. Get insider access. (Detour App)
  56. Find peace. (Lower Haight, SF Zen Center)

 

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