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Summer Solstice: The Longest Days of the YearSummer Solstice: The Longest Days of the Year
By - posted 6/21/2023
Celebrations

First Day of Summer 2023 in San Francisco: 11 Free Guided WalksFirst Day of Summer 2023 in San Francisco: 11 Free Guided Walks
By - posted 6/21/2023
City Discoveries, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Summer

Enjoy the longest day of the year and learn something surprising about the city you love. Play tourist on your own turf and explore San Francisco the best way possible – on foot with City Guides. Summer Solstice Walking Tours Wednesday, June 21, 2023 All over San Francisco FREE*, but donations are welcome Summer Solstice 2023 more...

SF City Hall Lights Up Rainbow for Pride 2023SF City Hall Lights Up Rainbow for Pride 2023
By - posted 6/20/2023
LGBTQ+, San Francisco

Every evening at sunset, over 220 state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures illuminate City Hall’s exterior. Normally, a soft white glow shows off the play of light and shadow on the full façade and dome. Frequently, special plaza façade lighting schemes honor or celebrate events, seasons, and holidays. City Hall will be lit more...

June Street Fairs & FestivalsJune Street Fairs & Festivals
By - posted 6/19/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events

46th Union Street Festival – Saturday & Sunday, June 1-2, 2024 10th Anniversary Bay Area Book Festival – June 1-2, 2024 Fillmore Summer Fest Kick-Off – Saturday, June 3, 2023 San Francisco Kung Fu Day – Saturday, June 3, 2023 11th Annual Soy and Tofu Festival – Saturday, June 3, 2023 Festa Coloniale Italian Street more...

Where to Go Berry Picking in the Bay Area in Summer 2023Where to Go Berry Picking in the Bay Area in Summer 2023
By - posted 6/18/2023
Outdoorsy, Things to Do

Want fresh, juicy berries? It doesn’t get any fresher than straight from a Bay Area farm. Escape the city and spend the day in the country. There are lots of local farms near San Francisco where you can pick your own berries. Plus, a lot of the farms grow veggies too, more...

The Historic Fillmore District Hosts SF's Juneteenth Freedom CelebrationThe Historic Fillmore District Hosts SF’s Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
By - posted 6/16/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Sponsored

The City is inviting you on its epic Juneteenth Freedom Celebration in the historic Fillmore District on June 17, 2023! Once deemed the “Harlem of the West,” the historic Fillmore District was an epicenter of black music and culture for years. Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, San Francisco is looking to more...

AT&T "Turn Up The Love" Tour Returns to SF for 2023AT&T “Turn Up The Love” Tour Returns to SF for 2023
By - posted 6/15/2023
LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, Pride, San Francisco, Sponsored

You’re invited to connect to the greatest LGBTQ+ musicians this summer with our compliments. The AT&T Turn Up The Love Tour is coming back to San Francisco! The San Francisco flagship store at 1 Powell St will include performances by Wrabel, Gigi Perez and Coco & Breezy, to spread the importance more...

SF's Cinemark Century 9 Movie Theater Shutting Down TodaySF’s Cinemark Century 9 Movie Theater Shutting Down Today
By - posted 6/15/2023
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open

In a time of streaming and a tough business environment downtown, the Cinemark’s Century 9 San Francisco movie theater at the Westfield Mall on Market Street is closing its doors for the last time after today’s matinee shows. Want Free Movies? – Check out Funcheap’s Bay Area’s Complete Outdoor Movie Guide more...

Westfield Leaving SF's Largest MallWestfield Leaving SF’s Largest Mall
By - posted 6/14/2023
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open

The once vibrant Westfield mall in downtown San Francisco is feeling more like a melancholic ghost town, as its owners, Westfield Group and Brookfield Properties, have decided to throw in the towel and bid adieu to Market Street and the 1.5 million square foot “San Francisco Centre”. With dwindling foot traffic, more...

SF to Host Huge Free Downtown Concerts in 2024?SF to Host Huge Free Downtown Concerts in 2024?
By - posted 6/14/2023
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco

Another Planet Entertainment (APE), the Bay Area concert production company behind venues like Fox Theater, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, announced Tuesday a proposal to bring free outdoor concerts to historic plazas in downtown San Francisco. The plan would bring musical acts to three more...

Huge 69-Foot Sculpture Unveiled at SF's New Hilltop ParkHuge 69-Foot Sculpture Unveiled at SF’s New Hilltop Park
By - posted 6/12/2023
Artsy Fartsy, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco

By Lydia Sidhom Bay City News A 69-foot sculpture by internationally renowned artist Hiroshi Sugimoto was recently installed on Yerba Buena Island, next to Treasure Island in May of 2023 The sculpture marks the first artwork from the Treasure Island Arts Program, which dictates that public art equal to at least 1% more...

SF's Massive "Pink Triangle" is Back for 2023 (June 17)SF’s Massive “Pink Triangle” is Back for 2023 (June 17)
By - posted 6/12/2023
Community, Pride, Uplifting

Get ready for the 2023 edition of the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in San Francisco. The past few years, the triangle was lit up with 2,700 LED lights by Illuminate, but for 2023 the Pink Triangle returns to its traditional pink canvas display w/ 175 bright pink tarps held more...

9 Festivals Coming to SF's Chinatown in Summer/Fall 20239 Festivals Coming to SF’s Chinatown in Summer/Fall 2023
By - posted 6/12/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco

San Francisco just announced a series of upcoming events, fairs and festivals in Chinatown to attract residents and visitors to shop and dine in the neighborhood this summer. This summer and into the fall, the series will also include weekend events on the upper plaza of the Chinatown Rose Pak Central more...

SF's Skateboarder Annual "Hill Bomb" at Dolores ParkSF’s Skateboarder Annual “Hill Bomb” at Dolores Park
By - posted 6/11/2023
Get Out: Events

Typically on a random early evening in early July, skateboarders take to the Dolores hill next to Dolores Park and fly down at breakneck speed (almost literally). When is the 2023 Dolores Park Hillbomb? We don’t know yet! But often it’s around the second Saturday in July (possibly the afternoon of July more...

SF's First Ever "Juneteenth Parade" Coming to Market St.SF’s First Ever “Juneteenth Parade” Coming to Market St.
By - posted 6/10/2023
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Sponsored

The City is inviting you on its first ever San Francisco Annual Juneteenth Parade on Market Street on June 10, 2023! Join thousands of attendees, city leaders, and organizers for a beautiful day of rich culture, music, dance & purpose, featuring 10 floats, Classic Car Show & Corvette Caravan, live bands, Black more...