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Funcheap's Halloween 2013 Party Guide

At Funcheap, they have put together a big ol' hairy list of free and cheap Halloween events in the Bay Area for 2013 that they think you'll love. In addition to Funcheap's Free "Truck or Treat" Outdoor Dance Party on Halloween night, There's lots of free fun spooky events like a "flash mob" dance party, a zombie pub crawl, vampire blood drive, haunted houses, and more, plus with free cab rides home for anyone who's drunk too much blood.

(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Funcheap's 2nd Annual Halloween Dance Party
Thursday, October 31, 2013
5:00pm 'til late
SoMa StrEat Food Park, SF
FREE with RSVP

SF's only Halloween night outdoor bash. Expect 500+ costumed revelers, DJs spinning spooky tunes, trick or treating for adults, drink specials, spooky movies and more.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Free Cab Rides Home: Halloween Night
Thursday, October 31, 2013
10:00pm to 3:00am
San Francisco
FREE up to $35 cab fare

To help keep your drunken ass off the road, Berg Injury Lawyers will pay for your cab ride home anytime between 10 pm and 3 am as part of their "Safe and Sober" program.

(photo credit: Jeremy Brooks/Funcheap)
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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)2013 Scary Halloween Piano Concert
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
1:00pm
SF State Knuth Hall
FREE

SF State faculty pianists Inara Morgenstern and Victoria Neve will perform Halloween-themed music, an annual SF State tradition for more than 20 years.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Annual San Francisco City Hall Ghost Walk
Thursday, October 31, 2013
6:30 pm
San Francisco City Hall
FREE but donations accepted

This free spooky guided tour if SF's City Hall is only offered once a year on Halloween so you can learn about disinterred remains, paranormal activity, assassinations and other little known gory facts.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)San Francisco Zombie Pub Crawl
Thursday, October 31, 2013
9:00pm
Mission District: Meet at Picaro
FREE

Join the undead for a night of beer and brains on Halloween night in the Mission. Best zombie costume will win free shots.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Creatures of the Nightlife
Thursday, October 31, 2013
6:00pm to 10:00pm
California Academy of Sciences
$12.00

California Academy of Sciences hosts a special Halloween edition of "Nightlife" with drag show by Peaches Crhist, DJs and you'll learn the science behind zombies, warewolves and what brought Frankenstein to life.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)"Thriller" Zombie Flash Mob | SF
Thursday, October 31, 2013
6:30pm
Meet at Washington Square Park
FREE

A Thriller zombie flash mob will descend upon Washington Square Park and Union Square on Halloween night. Join the undead if you dare.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Halloween at Coit Tower
Thursday, October 31, 2013
8:00pm
Pioneer Park - San Francisco
FREE

A free Halloween happening at Pioneer Park by Coit Tower with dance, poetry, music and live art with live music from Wrapped in Plastic.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Spooky "Tiki" Halloween Party
Thursday, October 31, 2013
7:00pm
Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge - Alameda, CA
FREE

Spend your Halloween at a spooky tiki-themed Halloween bash on Alameda with live theremin, creepy tunes, a costume contest, and scary movies for Forbidden Island's annual Hulaween.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)"Starve a Vampire Day" Halloween Blood Drive
Thursday, October 31, 2013
8:00am to 4:00pm
San Francisco Financial District
FREE but reservations recommended

Annual blood drive at Embarcadero Center with costume contest, free food, goodie bags and raffles for free movie tickets and gift cards.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Mini Disneyland Haunted House
Thursday, October 31, 2013
6:00pm to 9:00pm
San Jose
FREE

One of the most fun "haunted" houses each year, The Albertson family gets the neighbors to help turn their house into an epic DIY non-spooky haunt. For 2013, they've turned their house into mini Disneyland complete with Jungle Cruise, It's a Small World and an Enchanted Tiki Room.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)The Haunted House of Horrors
October 26-31, 2013
5:00pm to 11:00pm most nights
The Old Mint - SoMa San Francisco, CA

For six nights of terror (October 26-31, 2013), The Old Mint in SF will be frighteningly transformed with tons of spooky props and decor into 25 chambers of terror, a scary corn mazes and over 30 soul-jarring scare actors.

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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)Halloween "Flashdance" Flash Mob Dance Party
Thursday, October 31, 2013
8:00pm
Secret Location in SF
FREE - Follow on Twitter for updates

An annual secret flash mob dance party pops up on a random street corner on Halloween night. Wear your costume, follow on twitter and join in the spontaneous fun.

(photo credit: Volker Neumann/Funcheap)
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(credit: sf.funcheap.com)6:66 Sunset-to-Sunrise Halloween Dance Party
Sunday, November 3, 2013
7:00am to 7:00pm
Secret Location in East Bay
FREE with RSVP

"If" you can figure out how to RSVP, you'll dress up in costume, bring a boombox and party from sunrise to sunset for the 13th annual Brass Tax Halloween outdoor dance party somewhere in the East Bay.

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Event listing curated for KPIX 5 by Johnny Funcheap, editor of FuncheapSF , a website and weekly e-guide that spotlights the Bay Area’s best free events.
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