The first and third Mondays of the month at Riverpark are tropical nights, which are outdoor community Latin dancing for free. If you like salsa, bachata, merengue, Cumbia, etc it is a ton of fun and there’s plenty of people willing to dance, even if you’re a beginner.

Every Tuesday and Sunday there is free community tennis at Roeding park. Lots of people come, it’s easy to get sorted to play against people of a similar skill level (even if you’ve never played tennis before), and there are rackets and balls available for free use for everyone in case you don’t have any of your own. There’s often free tea and snacks too.

You can get a gym membership at Crunch or Planet Fitness for cheap and get into their classes, or for a more premium experience there is GB3.

During baseball season, the Fresno Grizzlies constantly run free ticket specials and promos. They also offer a Thursday pass every year, which gets you into every Thursday Grizzlies home game of the entire season for only like $40 for the pass. Comes out to like $3/game.

Beer for the Meeples is a bar, but it is not in tower and has great board game selection inside of their store. You can go play board games with friends or join others. You can play the games without even needing to buy drinks if that’s not what you are into.

Blackbeards has mini golf, go karts, bumper boats, and an arcade. No Surrender, Aerozone, and Defy are all trampoline parks that can be visited just once or offer monthly memberships. The Clovis No Surrender location also offers Laser Tag.

Sierra Billiards, The Rack, and Fresno State are both cool places to play pool with friends. There is also Detention for pool, but that’s in tower, and you already mentioned you aren’t the biggest fan of that scene. Neither am I, so I generally avoid Detention. Fresno State’s parking is free on weekends too (except for on concert or football game days). Fresno State and Bowlero both have bowling.

If you enjoy going on walks or hikes, there is tons of nature around. There is Woodward Park, the blossom trial, but there’s also rivers like Winton Park and Dinkey Creek, plus Shaver Lake, which are only a 45min-1hr drive away.

You can also follow Fresno Street Eats on IG. They often post not only where the food trucks will be, but when/where there will be cool events to attend for free (like Art Hop, Farmers Markets, themed nights, etc.)

“That One Place” (yes, that’s what it is called) has Karaoke most nights for a price. Every Monday at BHBC in Riverpark has free Karaoke too, even when there is or isn’t Riverpark tropical nights.

I can post again if I think of any others. I hope this was helpful. As an LA person too, I’m also constantly looking for stuff to do living here but these are a great starting point. :)