Farley’s at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Photo by “Slim Jim” – 153mph this year.

Mark your calendar now for Farley’s 18th Annual Pet Fest!
Saturday, October 25th at 1pm

October Events

Thursday, October 2nd – Live Music: Ben Barns performs a morning solo show of classical music on the violin and viola, 9:30 AM

Tuesday, October 7th – Artist of the Month Reception: “What We Bought“, How long would it take you to write down every single item you purchased today? This week? This month? This is what 12 CCA graduate students set out to do. Come see their personal reflections and artistic reactions chronicled within the walls and window boxes of Farley’s. A collaborative art project produced by California College of the Arts graduate students. 7pm.

Thursday, October 9th – Live Music: Come hear Daniel Berkman perform live music on the Kora, a West African harp, 8pm. http://www.infinitescope.com/kora/index.shtml

Saturday, October 11th - Open mic comedy night, hosted by Liz Grant (www.lizgrant.com). Discover new and veteran comics in SF’s hopping comedy scene as they try new material at the only open mic in the city on Saturdays. Newbies warmly welcomed! Show starts at 7:30pm.

Thursday, October 16th – Live Music: Ben Barns performs a morning solo show of classical music on the violin and viola, 9:30am.           

Sunday, October 19th – Live Music: “President Breakfast”, check out these masters of funk, 2pm.

Wednesday, October 22nd - Live music: "Soul Delights". Check out a video of a past performance at Farley’s (courtesy of Ben Fong-Torres), 8pm.

Saturday, October 25th – Farley’s 18th Annual Pet Fest, with Christopher Irion’s photo booth (11am), the famous parade (1pm), and live music by the Nancy Wright Trio (2pm), and it’s all a special benefit to raise funds for the Potrero Branch of the Public Library.

Saturday, October 25th - Open mic comedy night, hosted by Liz Grant (www.lizgrant.com) – special guest MC! Discover new and veteran comics in SF’s hopping comedy scene as they try new material at the only open mic in the city on Saturdays. Newbies warmly welcomed! Show starts at 7:30pm.

Thursday, October 30th - Pumpkin carving contest call for entries. Farley’s Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest, open to all ages, no rules, no entry forms. All pumpkins must be submitted by 10pm, Thursday, Oct 30. Prizes for all!

Friday, October 31st (Halloween) - Potrero Hill Parents Association sponsors an evening of “trick or treat” for kids. Come see the 200+ kids in costume take-over 18th Street; 6pm.

Artist and Window Box Display of the Month

How long would it take you to write down every single item you purchased today? This week? This month? This is what 12 CCA graduate students set out to do. Come see their personal reflections and artistic reactions chronicled within the walls and window boxes of Farley's throughout the month of October. What We Bought A collaborative art project produced by California College of the Arts graduate students Anna Adair, Jaime Austin, Elisheva Biernoff, Ellen Black, Sunghee Chang, Alicia Escott, Matthew Gordon, Cameron Kelly, Elyse Mallouk, Rebekah May, Ashley Lauren Saks, and Imin Yeh.

News

Pet Parade

Farley’s 18th Annual Pet Fest, is Saturday, October 25th with live music, by the Nancy Wright Trio. Parade begins at 1pm on 18th St at Arkansas and proceeds up 18th St. to Texas St. where trophies will be awarded.

Photo Booth

Photographer, Christopher Irion, will be onsite at 18th & Texas St. for the Pet Fest, 11AM-3PM, with his famous photo booth to take pictures of pets and kids in costume. All portraits will be part of the November art show at Farley's and given out for free at the Closing Party.

Potrero Branch of the Public Library Fundraiser

Remember to bring your checkbooks to the Pet Parade! We’re raising all we can to help furnish and equip the Potrero Library for the 21st century. Join us for this once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of the renovation of this beloved neighborhood resource. For more information about the Potrero Library Campaign or to contribute, donate online at www.friendssfpl.org.

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin carving contest call for entries. Farley’s Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest, open to all ages, no rules, no entry forms. All pumpkins must be submitted for entry by 10pm, Monday, Oct 30. Prizes for all!

The Manager’s Corner – by Jillian

The month of October brings with it some changes. Hopefully some warmer weather before we head directly into fall, but also some changes here at Farley’s As of October 1st, due to rising costs, we will be increasing prices on many of our beverages.  On the upside—house coffee, hot tea, lattes and cappuccinos will remain the same price and as always, you can come up and get your free refill.

The biggest event of the year is coming up! For those of you who love Halloween and have pets, this is your party. Saturday, October 25th we will be hosting our annual pet parade. This is the one day when you will see a Chihuahua in a tutu walking down 18th street. Come on out and join us!

Some of you may have already noticed our new addition. Or maybe you have noticed that the music sounds particularly good. We now have a good old-fashioned turntable! To celebrate our love of all genres of music, we will be hosting our first-ever music drive. Here’s how it works:

1. Beginning October 1st, there will be a collection box on the counter where you can drop off mix CDs in exchange for a free cup of drip coffee. Any music genre is accepted.

2. The CD must be in a case and accompanied by a track list and your name.

3. One CD per customer, so no you can’t make a CD everyday and get free coffee every day.

4. Also, we don’t want the CD your ex made for you when you still liked each other. That’s just awkward.

5. Once you drop off your CD, we own it.  No originals, please.

6. So dig through your music collection or iTunes, and help us save the world one 80’s song at a time!

To add another freebie to the Farley’s repertoire, we will be setting out a bin of perfectly readable magazines for free! There’s just one hitch—the cover has been torn off. The magazine bin will be located next to the coffee grounds bin. Have fun rummaging!

Last, but not least, I can’t forget the coffee of the week.  October 1st through 7th we will be serving the favorite Organic Mexican Dark Roast in addition to Jack’s House Blend.

See you in the shop!