October Events October PIER 39 35th Anniversary Celebration Fireworks every Saturday night in October at 8:30pm. October 3 F3: Fall Fashion Fest Participating stores around Union Square stay open late to offer special promotions, discounts, refreshments, entertainment, 6-8 pm. FallFashionFestSF.com
OCTOBER 2013
900+ San Francisco artists in their studios. Various locations, artspan.org
Volume 24, #10 Press Run: 150,000 City Sights..................................................... 0* Sightseeing Tours.................................. 2^ Maps................................................................... 3(
October 13 Italian Heritage Parade and Festival sfcolumbusday.org
Fisherman’s Wharf / BART & Ferries........ 39 San Francisco (centerfold).................. 40-41 Union Square.............................................. 42 Golden Gate Park....................................... 43 Northern California................................... 44 MUNI Public Transportation..................... 45
October 17 - 31 Halloween Haunted House Jelly Belly Candy Company. Fairfield, (800) 953-5592
October Winchester Mystery October 4-6 House Flashlight Tours Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Weekends San Jose, Festival Free admission (408) 247-2000 concert. Over 40 artists: Jon Langford October 19-20 & Skull Orchard, Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Emmylou Harris, Festival (650) 726-9652 Bonnie Raitt, more! October 20 Golden Gate Park Nike Women’s Marathon October 6 Union Square to Castro Street Fair Golden Gate Park castrostreetfair.org October 24 - 27 October 11 Fall Antiques Show BaconFest San Francisco Fort Mason Center, Fort Mason Center, 989-9019 BaconFestUSA.com October 25 - 27 Oct. 12 - Nov. 10 Tribal SF 2013 Fort (Weekends) Mason Center, ArtSpan’s Open Studios sftribal.com r
OCTOBER CONVENTION SCHEDULE 1 – 3 BioMed Central.............................................................................. 300 1 – 3 Atlassian ................................................................................... 1,000 2 – 4 ESOP Association .......................................................................... 350 2 – 6 Infectious Diseases Society of America / IDWeek 2013............... 7,000 2 – 6 NBC Sports.................................................................................... 100 3 – 5 American Society for Surgery of the Hand................................. 3,400 8 – 10 Innovation World 2013................................................................. 800 12 – 16 American Society of Anesthesiologists.................................... 18,000 13 – 14 American Israel Public Affairs Committee................................... 1500 15 – 16 Code for America.......................................................................... 400 16 – 17 3% Conference.............................................................................. 350 16 Intuit............................................................................................ 350 19 – 22 American Academy of Pediatrics................................................ 9,000 19 – 23 Congress of Neurological Surgeons............................................ 7,000 22 – 23 Global Mobile Internet Conference 2013.................................... 2,500 22 – 23 HTML5 Developers Conference......................................................TBD 27 – 1 Cardiovascular Research Foundation........................................ 11,000 29 – 30 Green Power Conferences............................................................. 350
Dine & Drink............................................... 4^ Shops & Gifts.............................................. 5% Museums & Attractions.................... 6) Wine Country & Beyond................... 6% Nightlife & Entertainment............. 7! Transportation & Resources......... 7#
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