Just because times are tough doesn’t mean you can’t still live a little.
Stick to your budget and like it with these 49 things to do in San Francisco for less than $20.
1. Slurp all the oysters at Toy Soldier. // $1 each, 11am through 9pm (or until they run out!), Monday through Friday (Financial District)
2. Catch something out-of-the-ordinary on screen at the Roxie. // $14 (Mission)
Catch something out-of-the-ordinary on screen at the Roxie for $14.(Courtesy of @roxie_theater)
3. Smell the flowers at the San Francisco Botanical Garden. // FREE to SF residents daily and to everyone the second Tuesday of the month, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. (Golden Gate Park)
4. Sing your heart out six days a week at The Mint SF or on Thursday nights at Karaokiki at El Rio. // FREE (Castro / Bernal Heights)
5. Get an immersive taste of SF history with SF City Guides. // FREE. (Citywide)
6. Get down with the Godfather of Skate at a Sunday Roller Disco Party. // FREE (Golden Gate Park)
7. Have drinks with a killer view from 3pm to 6pm every weekday at Hi Dive. // $3 PBRs, $8 well drinks/wine (Embarcadero)
8. See a free music, dance, or cultural performance from May through October at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. // FREE (SoMa)
9. Taste your way through a tour at the Dandelion Chocolate Factory. // $20 (Mission-Potrero)
10. Pick up your next read every Wednesday at the Main Library. // $3 to $6 per book (Civic Center)
11. Connect over a meal with SF’s favorite bon vivant at the brand new Broke-Ass Stuart Dinner Club. // $16.99 (Mission)
12. Dance your heart out at Inner Circle Thursdays at White Rabbit. // FREE with RSVP (Cow Hollow)
Learn about the creatures that come out after dark at the free Presidio Night Walk.(Courtesy of @presidiosf)
13. Learn about the creatures that come out after dark at the monthly Presidio Night Walk. // FREE with RSVP (Presidio)
14. Take a free ride across the bay to Treasure Island for an Off the Grid festival with incredible views. // FREE with free membership to the Treasure Island Social Club (Treasure Island)
15. Get your game on at Emporium's grown-up arcade. // Games cost 25 cents to $1 each (NoPa)
16. House a slice from one of SF’s most creative pizza joints, Outta Sight. Add a Busch Light for $2 between 3pm and 6pm. // $6.50 to $8 ($4 to $5 from 3pm to 6pm) (Chinatown location only)
17. Consume a little culture at Shakespeare in the Park. This season’s performance? Antony and Cleopatra. // FREE (Crocker-Amazon, and around the Bay)
18. Get a badass workout on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings with the November Project. // FREE (Locations vary)
19. Clear your mind with a seated group meditation at the San Francisco Zen Center. // FREE (Hayes Valley)
It's only $10 to check out the Counterculture Museum.(Courtesy of @counterculturemuseum)
20. Check out the Counterculture Museum. // $10 (Haight-Ashbury)
21. Light up a preroll and laugh out loud every Friday night at Moe Greens’ Stoner Comedy Jam. // $9 to $14 (Civic Center)
22. Might as well jump on Wednesday and Thursday nights at House of Air’s adults-only Flight Club. // $20 (Presidio)
23. Get a hoagie as big as your face at Jerry’s Roast Pork. // $13 (FiDi)
24. Dance it out during daylight hours at a Bombay Coffee Club Caravan party. // $10 (FiDi)
25. Tour Victorian grande dame, the Haas-Lilienthal House. // $10 (Pac Heights)
26. See a live concert at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell. // FREE (Golden Gate Park)
27. Dive deep into history at The Clift Royal Sonesta’s monthly “Making History Fun Again” lecture series. // FREE (Tenderloin)
28. Lend a hand building trails and restoring habitat around Laguna Honda Hospital every second Saturday. // FREE (Forest Hill)
Snuggle senior dogs six days a week at Muttville for free.(Droid Gallucci)
29. Snuggle senior dogs at Muttville’s cage-free, Ken Fulk-designed headquarters every Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 4pm. // FREE (Mission-Potrero)
30. See a classic film outdoors from June through October at Sundown Cinema. // FREE (Locations vary)
31. Recharge with a Saturday sound bath at the Living Church SF. // FREE with RSVP (Lower Nob Hill)
32. See the sea lion antics at Pier 39. // FREE (Fisherman’s Wharf)
33. Create at a Thursday Crafternoon in Union Square. // FREE (Union Square)
34. See world-class art at the Transamerica Pyramid Center’s Annex Gallery and Redwood Park. // FREE (FiDi)
35. Have an entire meal at Yamo. // $14-18 (Mission)
36. Play a round of mini golf at Stagecoach Greens. // $19 (Mission Bay)
Get in on a game at The Game Parlour for $10.(Courtesy of @thegameparloursf)
37. Get in on a game at The Game Parlour. // $10 (Inner Sunset)
38. Feel the groove at Madrone’s Motown on Mondays. // FREE before 8pm, $5 after 8pm (NoPa)
39. Pick up enough to share (or not) at Bob’s Donuts. // $13.50 for half a dozen assorted donuts (Lower Nob Hill + NoPa)
40. Add your name to the secret guestlist for Cobb’s Free Comedy Nights. // FREE with RSVP (North Beach)
41. Get in on the fun at the Downtown First Thursdays block party. // FREE with RSVP (SoMa)
42. Get some dim sum at Chinatown classic Good Mong Kok. // $1.80 to $3.80 for one to three pieces (Chinatown)
43. Unplug and hang out at Manny’s monthly Analog Night. // FREE (Mission)
44. Have a bonfire on Ocean Beach. // FREE
Drinks start at just $1 at Monroe's Friday night Battle of the Decades.(Courtesy of @lamtran)
45. Have a drink or four at Monroe’s Battle of the Decades every Friday from 5pm to 10pm. // $1 to $5 per well drink or domestic beer (North Beach)
46. Learn to play or get in on a game at Dragon Well’s Tuesday night Mahjong Lair. // $20 (Marina)
47. Stretch and build strength at a Sunday Community Yoga Class at Sports Basement. // FREE (Mission-Potrero)
48. Refresh your greenery at an SF Public Library plant swap. // FREE (Locations vary)
49. Go for a hike in the Presidio. // FREE (Presidio)
