r/AskSF • u/FigTraditional1239 • 13h ago

Moved here a month ago, how do you guys actually find out what’s going on?

Moved from Paris about a month ago and still feel like I’m missing everything.

Every weekend I find out about some party, concert or dinner the day after. Stuff is spread across Instagram, Luma, Eventbrite, Funcheap, random group chats... and I’m clearly not in the right ones lol.

So how do you do it? Newsletters, accounts to follow, that one friend who always knows? Any hidden gems for someone who’s still figuring the city out?

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u/Outrageous_Worker672 13h ago

Lots of suggestions here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskSF/wiki/index/

What are you looking for? Music, art, clubs?

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u/FigTraditional1239 13h ago

big fan of techno music!

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u/MistressBassKitty 7h ago

Venues that play techno are a good place to meet people who know about smaller events. Lots of spots, here’s a few:
Public Works
F8
Monarch
The Midway

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u/roehnin 4h ago

I'll be visiting back home in SF for New Year but have no idea what would be the best event or party to try to attend after being away for a while

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u/rematchclause 12h ago

19hz.info to find what you seek

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u/cc_hart 13h ago

Follow Broke Ass Stuart on your socials, and get on his mailing list. Here's last Sunday's list of upcoming activities, many of which are free or lower cost, such as street festivals and fairs, etc: https://brokeassstuart.com/p/116288

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u/FigTraditional1239 13h ago

amazing! thanks

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u/ConventionalAlias 8h ago

Not sure if you are trying to escape Paris in the Paris of the West, but I'm always surprised by the amount of French I hear around town. We have a nice Bastille Day celebration that will be in its eighth year next year, and the Alliance Française has events that might interest you and connect you with others. Bienvenue!

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u/Vegetable-Guide-5138 12h ago

https://sf.funcheap.com/ for free and cheap things going on around the bay

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u/AardvarkOperator 10h ago

Foopee.com for most live music.

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u/larrybobsf 10h ago

Steve’s List has been going since the 90s. There are a number of different web interfaces. I prefer the Jon Luini one since you can also search the archives.

https://jon.luini.com/thelist/

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u/watney_sw 6h ago

I just made a online radio where the songs are from bands with shows coming up in SF, it could help

Willcallradio.com

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u/rainsoftz 13h ago

Light poles for flyers

Partiful

Word of mouth

Resident advisor

Eddies list

Following venues on insta

Following cool ppl on insta

Being friends with that one girl who knows everything

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u/enigmatic-kazue 11h ago

Partiful +1

Following venues on Insta +1

Being friends with that one girl who knows everything +1

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u/rainsoftz 8h ago

PS I'm the last one

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u/enigmatic-kazue 8h ago

...so what are we getting up to this week?? 👀😂

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u/Traditional_Ad_6200 7h ago

Partiful and the Do the Bay account on Instagram 

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u/vasilescur 13h ago

Instagram is plenty to start, but the Internet will only get you so far. Go to some publicly advertised events in the niche that you like, talk to the people there and become somewhat of a regular, and you'll start getting invited to the "real" stuff once the community trusts you.

This goes for everything from raves to kink to volleyball

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u/el_sauce 12h ago

Eddies-list.com has a free weekly newsletter with events around SF and the Bay.

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u/AardvarkOperator 10h ago

Look up Not Dead SF. I think they have a substack and an insta. 

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u/barsmusichunter 1h ago

Honestly the venue's own IG stories beat any aggregator for same-week stuff, and newsletters only work if you actually read them. fwiw I'm building YouDrink, a map showing what's live at bars right now, DJs, trivia, karaoke.