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SF events 2024.11 Nov PA
Sat Nov 2 Day of Dead SF
Dia de Los Muertos 2024 Potrero del Sol park SF
FuncheapSF.com 8a-6pm FREE 25th san Bruno
SF events 2024.12 Dec
SF Sat Dec 14 Santacon.info 2nd Sat Dec SF
Grant and Green SF 1 block SE of WashSqPark
Polk St SF @ California Pine Bush Sutter Post
12-5pm Santa gather in Union Square crowd builds to several 100 12- 5 p.m.. 
5pm wander off and bar hop.  Gap in time here to Highpoint fill-in later peak hours 7 8 9 PM-2am @ Polk, NorthBeach 

All other Santa locations in SF pale in comparison to these two focal points for Santas
I have investigated most all of them and they were all sparse 2000s 2010s so def small now:
Upper Haight. 9th Lincoln. 16th st Valencia. Union St might be distant 3rd. Not sure. Nd data

Santacon lags today CloudFare Verify human no
Santacon SF Twitter dormant since 2016 oops


Halloween NYE always fun super safe Castro SF
        SFstation.com fun events SF.Funcheap.com
Castro St SF Fair 2025 1st Sun Oct 5 2025 11-6+
Castro Bars Dance Clubs Restaurants all eve 2a

NYE SF station:
Several NYE events often @ usual venues
119 Utah SF great northern
161 Erie SF Public Works
Jessie 1874 Old Mint Mission @ 5th St SF
900 Marin SF The Midway SF

DO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN CAR SF above 4
Honestly Castro SF A and Palo Alto A+ Safer

CASTRO @ 18th st SF Safest night life bar none
So if you wanna dance a little bit and hop bars, Castro is OK and free before 9pm in the 2010s when folks were out and about 
But that still leaves a half dozen little clubs 12 bars

All are Bars: 18th St: hand stamp >9 in out ok

18th St
Toad Hall and Mix both on 18th st SF @ Castro have outdoor smoking patio. The Cafe Mkt too. 

4146 18th St SF Toad Hall Fun. Social. Easy. 
dancing at Toad Hall.  Pool table @ Mix 50/50 

20s plenty patio seats tables smoking 

4149 18th St SF The Edge 90/10 M/F 20s-40s

Market St
2369 Market St SF The Cafe DJ dancing Club! $
50/50 M/F 20s. Outdoor Smoking Patio. Dance!
Large Club. Cover. Smoke on sidewalk. 

3600 16th St SF @ Market Lookout Balcony 30s 75/25 M/F some dance little rare possible. DJ $
Large Bar. Adequate floor for dance. Sometimes
Mostly just Bar. Often private functions in back
Huge L shape Balcony with Ashtrays. Views SF

2344 Market St SF Beaux DJ dancing Club! $$$60/40 75/25 90/10 100/0 M/F diff eves 20s 
Med Large Club. Cover. Smoke on sidewalk. 

18th St FREE 
4086 18th St SF The Mix Terraced Smoking Patio Benches 2 Bars. Excellent for sit and talk
Fun. Social. Easy. Excellent flow. Pool table 50/50 60/40 M/F 20s 30s 40s in outs ok free<9

4067 18th St SF Midnight Sun VJish 90/10 MF 

4049 18th St SF Moby Dick Pool Table 75/25

Castro Free
440 Castro SF Gay Bar 95/5 M/F 20s30s40s50

401 Castro SF Twin Peaks classic Gay Bar 20-50s distinguished martinis well dressed

Closed :( 
QBar 456 Castro SF never re opened :( 80%F 20s Lesbian dance club
Badlands 18th St big VJ dance club closed 2020 or 2021 :( 70/30-60/40 M/F 20s 30s 40s

This info all from 2010s. Feedback helpful. Thx

So sorry will try to rewrite before NYE in map order 6 variable parameters to rank all fun
patio smoke dance club 20s packed hoppin map
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SF events 2025
Bay to Breakers Sun May 18 2025 Haight GG Park Panhandle to Spreckles lake JFK 30th Ave 
DykeMarch Sat Jun 28 Dolores Park 10K peeps 
Pink Sat Eve Castro 5p-2am. Pride Sun Jun 29
4th of July Poer 39 Fishermen Wharf Hyde St SF 
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Sept Oct GG Park F-Su

Upper Haight St SF after Bay to Breakers Best
Bonfires ocean Beach aft BaytobreakersGGpark

Bonfires oceanBeachaft HardlyStrictlyBluegrass 

SF events 2025 NorCal Fest

2025 copy from 2024.11.01

Apr 2025 LucidityFestival.com North Shore Lake San Antonio Monterey Co ?

LIB must move out of Bakersfield. Dust fungus. 
May LIB Lightning in a Bottle Bakersfield ?
Trees? Water? Hot?. Monterey was so lovely
Also, beware Reddit discussion many people contracted valley fever from breathing, the Bakersfield dust many ill for months
1 guy died. Before he passed he said it was the worst illness he’d ever had. He was CV19-
I try to stand up up wind from dust bowl dance floors. 

Aug 11-6p JerryDay.org McLaren Park SF Free 
I was so sad to see a photo this year with no dancing in front of stage
Dance floor was 25% destroyed by new double handicap ramp. 
Hundreds of people wanted to use the Dancefloor
I doubt hundreds of wheelchairs, if any wanted to access stage from Dancefloor  
Sorry. ADA has gone too far. 
Hippies used to dance. Dancing was vital.
Dancing prevented wheelchairs. 

What did shoplifters inflation and lawless crime spree do to SF? 
Ca prop 36 will undo prop 47 which helped to set criminals free for example prop 47 raised shoplifting felony threshold from $400 to $950
Also discouraged prosecution of thieves. 


SF events JerryDay.org Sat Aug 3 McClaren park
LoveFest Aug 3 Larkin @ Eddy SF 11-6 Sat Aug  3
Do not leave valuables in car spotcrime.org 
Crème of the crop for evening SF street parties: 
If you wish to view streets on festive eves: 
Castro is the safest. And most fun on Sat eve before Pride June, Halloween and NYE. 
Haight Street is most fun after bay to breakers May, Haight Street fair July and after Bluegrass festival Oct 4-6 wknd F SA Su 
Oct Ocean Beach bonfires West of GG park are the most fun after Bluegrass festival especially Saturday evening. 
9th Ave @ Lincoln is also fun after Bluegrass, and after bay to breakers
Mission St 24th st festive after Carnaval, Cinco de Mayo 

Then each SF st festive after each 11-6 festival
Union st.  Fillmore Jazz fest.  North beach fest. 
Polk st and Grant and Green are most fun on Santacon second Saturday in December. 
Beach st was fun after 4th July now vacant. 

Valencia St daytime is most fun on Sunday streets for pedestrian skate fair fest all ages

These Can be the most fun ways to familiarize yourself with streets and neighborhoods

Howard Street at 1st/ 2nd aft HowWeird festSep 

Folsom St btwn 7th/12th st after FolsomStSep

Critical mass bike ride and bike party SF excellent rides to view SF in a fun flowing costumed group of people, especially on Halloween when you get to bicycle preview all of the parties and or neighborhoods you might return to evening.



PA events 2025.10 Oct

Oct 31 Halloween Jobs Waverly Santa Rita Palo

Oct 31 Halloween Marissa Meyers 551 Addison

1,000 people Halloween Oct 31 for kids
2101 Waverley St Palo Alto, CA 94301
Gift of Laurene Powell Jobs ( Steve Jobs Widow )
By Approx 15/20 houses in several blocks party pedestrians only also provide trick-or-treat, festive, haunts fog, special lights, live band music crazy yards

Lorraine Powel Jobs
LPJ bought a$70M house Laurel Terrace SF so
Unknown if she keeps PA house and or how long
Most expensive house ever bought an SF

2101 Waverly st Palo Alto @ Santa Rita Oct 31
100 Waverly Oaks Palo Alto Lots of Candy Fog Machine Colorful LED garden lights Dry Ice spooky decor at end of cup de sac gift of Larry Page cofounder of Google 20 houses
Waverly Washington Santa Rita N California Ave Palo Alto 

Palo Alto Events Oct 31 LPJ 4-9p Yahoo X CEO Marissa Mayers Oct27Sun Oct31Thu
551 Addison St Palo Alto
6-9 larry page waverly oaks Cul De sac founder google
Live Band 2121 Waverly 6-9
6-10 LPJ Waverly Santa rita
2014 2017 Peakyears Oct31

LPJ weekends larger crowd than 1000 people weekday crowd 2023 Tue 2024 Thu 

Christmas Tree Lane Fulton St Palo Alto South East of Embarcadero to Seale
2 weeks. Xmas Eve best. 
Saturday before Xmas 2023
Stanford Chorus Carolers

Inflation sucks
Hugh Hefner bought the Playboy mansion in LA for $1M just a few decades ago 
And that was the most expensive house ever in LA too at the time setting a record. WTF
AS I understand. did I mention
Inflation sucks

Hollywood Flashback: In 1971, Hugh Hefner Paid $1M for His Playboy Mansion. The 22,000-square-foot estate, which has a zoo license and year-round fireworks permit,

2016 The Playboy Mansion has sold for $100 million. That's about half of Hugh Hefner's original asking price, $200m although it's still enough to make it the most expensive home ever sold in

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