Events & Tours

Upcoming San Francisco Bay Area Events

6/11 - Free “Escape From Alcatraz” Escape Room Day - This Monday marks the 56th anniversary since three Alcatraz criminals – Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris – escaped from America’s most notorious prison. You’ll be locked in a cell on Alcatraz and have just 60 minutes to escape until the guards’ shift charge. Madame Tussauds: Bart from the Millbrae station to Powell St station. Walk 2 minutes to Powell St & Market St. Take troley to Taylor St & Bay St. Walk 5 minutes to 145 Jefferson St 

6/12 - Free Admission Day | San Francisco Botanical Garden - The San Francisco Botanical Garden is one of the most diverse gardens in the world. A unique urban oasis, the garden is a living museum within Golden Gate Park, offering 55 acres of both landscaped gardens and open spaces, and showcasing over 8,000 different kinds of plants from around the world. SF Botanical Garden: Bart from the Millbrae station to Glen Park station. Walk 1 minute to Bosworth St & Diamond St. Take bus 44 to 9th ave & Lincoln way. Walk 1 minute to 1199 9th Ave 

6/13 - 2018 “San Mateo County Fair” Free Day (Before 3pm) - Get ready for unique family fun at the 2018 San Mateo County Fair. Talk to the animals, wander through the lush rainforest, cheer on the racing pigs, spin, twirl and swirl in the carnival and bump in the bumper cars. Bust a move at the free celebrity concerts. Savor your favorite fair delicacies. San Mateo County Fair: Walk to El Camino Real & Murchison Dr. Take ECR bus to El Camino Real & E 25th Ave. Walk 4 minutes to 2495 S Delaware St San Mateo, CA 94403.

6/14 - 2018 San Mateo County $3 Day + $3 “Taste of the Fair” - Get ready for unique family fun at the 2018 San Mateo County Fair. Talk to the animals, wander through the lush rainforest, cheer on the racing pigs, spin, twirl and swirl in the carnival and bump in the bumper cars. Bust a move at the free celebrity concerts. Savor your favorite fair delicacies. San Mateo County Fair: Walk to El Camino Real & Murchison Dr. Take ECR bus to El Camino Real & E 25th Ave. Walk 4 minutes to 2495 S Delaware St San Mateo, CA 94403.

6/15 - Outdoor Vertical Dance Show on Cadillac Hotel - In partnership with the Tenderloin Museum, Flyaway Productions presents the world premiere of Tender (n.): A Person Who Takes Charge, a site-specific aerial dance celebrating 100 years of “outcast activism” in the Tenderloin. Cadillac Hotel: Bart from the Millbrae station to Civic Center station. Walk 7 minutes to 380 Eddy St San Francisco, CA 94102.

6/16 - 2018 Presidio Kite Festival - Let your imagination soar at this colorful, family-friendly festival featuring all things kite happening at the Presidio Main Parade Ground.Presidio Paradise Grounds: Bart from the Millbrae station to Montgomery St station. Walk 2 minutes to 103 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104.

6/17 - 2018 Comic-Con Geeky Craft Show Expo - Bring your dad and come explore toys, jewelry, apparel, home decor, and more made by local crafters at this Free, family-friendly celebration of comics, gaming, sci-fi, and more. Plus, Howtoons, San Francisco-based maker of STEAM-focused, creative kits with comics, will provide free make-and-take craft activities for kids and families. Gallery 308 (Fort Mason): Bart from the Millbrae station to Powell St station. Take trolley to Hyde St & Bay St. Walk 17 minutes to 2 Marina Blvd San Francisco, CA 94123.

Museums

04/1-08/19 - Japan Galleries in Focus - The Japanese collection is second in size only to Chinese among the museums collections. Its fifty-five hundred Japanese art works, including ceramics, baskets, paintings, and prints, range from as early as 3000 BCE to the twenty-first century. Asian Art Museum: Bart from Millbrae station to Civic Center station. Walk 2 minutes to 200 Larkin St San Francisco, CA 94102.

3/24-8/12 - Cult of the Machine - Characterized by highly structured, geometric compositions with smooth surfaces, linear qualities, and lucid forms, Precisionism a style that emerged in America in the teens and flourished during the 1920s and 1930s reconciled realism with abstraction, and wed European art movements, such as Purism, Cubism, and Futurism, to American subject matter to create a streamlined, machine aesthetic with themes ranging from the urban and industrial to the pastoral. de Young Museum:  Bart from Millbrae station to Glen Park station. Walk to Bosworth St & Diamond St. Take bus 44 towards the Richmond District. Walk Concorse Dr 0.1 miles.

3/10-8/12 - Paris 1913: "La Prose du Transsibrien" and the Flowering of the Avant Garde - By 1913, Paris had been for more than a decade the epicenter of artistic revolution in Europe. That year, artist Sonia Delaunay and poet Blaise Cendrars collaborated on La Prose du Transsibrien et de la petite Jehanne de France. Legion of Honor: Bart from Millbrae station to Daly City station.Walk 1 minute to Daly City Bart station. Take bus 57 to Skyline Blvd & Sloat Blvd. Arrive at Legion of Honor 100 34th Ave San Francisco, CA 94121.

3/10-8/12 - Lunar Society: Asian Art 101: Divine Bodies - During Thursday Nights, Lunar Society members can enjoy cocktails and a private tour of Divine Bodies with storyteller Jeff Byers. Ponder the power of transformation, the possibility of transcendence and the relationship of the body to the cosmos in this special exhibition. Asian Art Museum: Bart from Millbrae station to Civic Center station. Walk 2 minutes to 200 Larkin St San Francisco, CA 94102.

5/19-10/28 - René Magritte - René Magritte (1898–1967) was one of the most intriguing painters associated with Surrealism, but he did not fully find his voice until after breaking ties with the movement. This exhibition, the first to look exclusively at Magritte’s late career, examines his most important bodies of work from the 1940s through the 1960s, and shows how they marked a fundamental shift in painting from Modernism to our own time. SF MOMA: Bart from the Millbrae station to Powell St station. Walk 6 minutes to 151 3rd St San Francisco, CA 94103.

Moscone Center

6/12-6/14 - Dockercon US 2018 - DockerCon is the community and container industry conference for makers and operators of next generation distributed apps built with containers. The three-day conference provides talks by practitioners, hands-on labs, an expo hall of Docker ecosystem innovators and great opportunities to share your experiences with other virtual container enthusiasts. Moscone Center: Bart from Millbrae station to Powell St station. Walk 7 minutes to Moscene Center 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103.

6/25-6/27 - DAC Design Automation Conference - DAC is the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of  electronic systems (EDA), embedded systems and software (ESS), and  intellectual property (IP). Moscone Center: Bart from Millbrae station to Powell St station. Walk 7 minutes to Moscene Center 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103.

San Francisco and Beyond the Bay Area Tours

Sit, relax and let somebody else do the driving... All tours pick up at our hotel at 7:45- 8:15 AM and drop off at the hotel is between 6:00 - 6:30 PM. See below for tour options and prices.  Contact the front desk to make a reservation.