SF City Guides
IKEA’s New 23,000 Sqft Food Hall Opens This Week in SF
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco San Francisco’s mid-Market IKEA opened August 23, 2023, but the much anticipated adjacent 23,000-square-foot food market is finally opening on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the details. The two-level Saluhall is a Swedish-inspired, plant-forward food hall featuring 8 eateries, 3 bars, and a cooking school. You’ll have a choice more...
SF’s “Sunday Streets”: 7 Huge Block Parties Announced for 2024
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Get ready to hit the streets: Sunday Streets is back for a new season. Celebrate 16 years of Sunday Streets SF transforming San Francisco streets into car-free community spaces for all to enjoy at events across the City in 2024. The Sunday Streets SF family will bring free recreational activities, health more...
Massive Inaugural “Golden Gate Park Concerts” Just Announced
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco For the first time ever, a stand-alone concert is coming to Golden Gate Park. Introducing the inaugural Golden Gate Park Concerts, coming to the Polo Field in San Francisco’s historic Golden Gate Park on Saturday, August 17, 2024. Don’t miss the legendary System of a Down and Deftones performing under the stars more...
Oakland First Fridays is Back (Finally!) on April 12th
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening Oakland First Fridays returns on April 12, 2024. After a seasonal hiatus, the popular First Fridays block party was originally scheduled to return on April 5, 2024, however, due to forecasted rain, the organizers decided to postpone the event. Thankfully, with decent weather in the forecast, the organizers just announced that more...
SF’s Cafe Flore is Back After 4+ Years Closed
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Castro’s Cafe Flore is finally back after a long 4-year closure. The brand new Fisch & Flore soft opened on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in the former Cafe Flore space at Noe and Market. See a video the updated restaurant on Instagram at @fischandflore Thanks to SFist for sharing the details. After 47 more...
Beloved Cantonese BBQ Joint Leaves SF Chinatown After 40+ Years
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to Eater San Francisco for sharing the news that San Francisco’s legendary roast duck & pig takeaway joint Hing Lung Company has departed San Francisco Chinatown after 43 years at 1261 Stockton Street. Hing Lung Company shut up shop in Chinatown on April 7, 2024, but thankfully, it’s not your more...
Iconic “Asia SF” Dinner Show Will Stay Open 1 Extra Month
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, LGBTQ+, San Francisco Thanks KRON4 for sharing the news that the legendary dinner theater, Asia SF, will stay open for one extra month. Sadly, San Francisco’s pioneering transgender cabaret dinner show announced it was closing its doors at the end of March. The club initially announced its last dinner show would be Sunday, March more...
Every Night Market in San Francisco Bay Area in 2024
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals The San Francisco Bay Area is set to host a series of bustling, open-air markets in 2024. Bay Area Night Markets 2024 Downtown First Thursdays First Thursdays: May 2, 2024 – April 3, 2025 Second Street, Downtown San Francisco, CA Free | All Ages A brand new free, all-ages street party, running monthly from May 2, more...
Happy 154th Birthday to Golden Gate Park
Celebrations, City Insight, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Golden Gate Park, one of the world’s most iconic parks, turns 154 years old on April 4, 2024. More than a century-and-a-half ago, park engineer William Hammond Hall and master gardener John McLaren carved out an urban oasis from a vast, windswept expanse of sand dunes. The result: a verdant, more...
SF Just Got $8.1 Million to Transform Fillmore’s Buchanan Street Mall
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco has received an $8.1 million federal grant that will be dedicated to the renovation of three of five blocks of the Buchanan Street Mall Project in the Western Addition neighborhood. The funding will allow for the addition of many amenities including a performance stage and seating areas, a more...
San Francisco April Festivals & Street Fairs
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous April festivals, street fairs, and events including festive Holi celebrations, 420 at Hippe Hill, free National Parks Day, Cherry Blossom festivals, awesome celestial events, and more you can look forward to this April 2024. > We’ll be updating this guide with more April events more...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is Back for 2024
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The 2024 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 4 with Cuban soul from Pedrito Martinez. Now in its 24th year, the Festival will run each and every week and weekend until November 2 and more...
Free Monthly Museum Days
Get Out: Events, Museums / Cultural Institutions Whether the economy is strong or sour, most of the museums in San Francisco and the Bay Area throw their doors open once a month to allow free admission to all comers. Generally on the first Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of each month, these free days are often crowded, but if more...
San Francisco’s Spring Festivals & Street Fairs (2024)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Spring is blooming! Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous spring festivals, street fairs, and the best events you can look forward to this Spring 2024. > Please note that we’ll be continuing to update our Spring Festivals & Street Fairs Guide for 2024. MARCH 2024 Ocean Beach Bonfires Return for 2024 – March more...
Golden Gate Park Band Hosts 25 Free Summer Concerts for 2024
Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The Golden Gate Park Band presents its 142nd season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. That’s right, this 30-piece symphony has been playing free concerts in Golden Gate Park since 1882.
