Events for May 17, 2025
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Saturday, May 17
SF’s Spark Play (2025)
Spark Play is Playworks Northern California’s annual community event that features a Community Recess experience that is free and open to the public –we will celebrate through play, connect through storytelling, and build community! Our community recess will include family-friendly games led by our expert play ...
“The People’s Garden” 3rd Annual Free Concert Series (Bayview)
San Francisco, let’s DANCE! Bayview’s The People’s Garden is returning for its 3rd Annual Free Concert Series! Put your boots on the ground May 17 & 24 from 12–2PM! The Peoples Garden is bringin’ the beats, the line dances, and the energy! DJ Mark DiVita ...
| 12:00 pm | Donation-Based Mat Pilates Class | $1* *Give what you can to help Pilates Sante raise money for brain tumor research. Our goal is to hit $1000!
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Bus Stop’s 125th Anniversary Block Party (SF)
Join us at Bus Stop’s 125th Anniversary Block Party!
Saturday, May 17th | 12pm-8pm | 1901 Union Street | FREE ADMISSION
Bus Stop, the beloved Cow Hollow sports bar is celebrating its 125th Anniversary with a Block Party for all ages on Saturday, May 17th from ...
| 12:00 pm | Spring Family Day: Art-making Fun (Richmond) | FREE |
SF’s 2025 Leap Imagination Fair (Golden Gate Park)
Leap Imagination Fair: where creativity and makers meet!
Leap Imagination Fair is an all ages annual arts and maker event benefiting arts education programs for 10,000 Bay Area students featuring maker vendors, creative activities, live performances and food trucks.
Leap Imagination Fair: Where Creativity and Makers Meet
Saturday, ...
May Art Market at Syzygy (SF)
Art market at Syzygy, hosting local artists with a framed gallery walls and in-person with tables and merch!
Civic Center Free 8-Hour Concert “Tenderloin Music & Arts Festival” (SF)
The second annual Tenderloin Music and Arts @psychedfest is back May 16-18, 2025 with over 100 bands, DJs, poets, and drag queens taking over the neighborhood for three days of free music and community celebration. Civic Center Concert Festival – Saturday, May 17 – Noon to ...
| 12:00 pm | In Bloom | $25 |
| 12:00 pm | Cypress Lawn’s Wine & Tasting Trolley Tour | $50* *All passengers must be 21+ Tour Includes: Trolley Ride - Wine Tasting - Light Lunch
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Sudan Culture Fest (Hayward)
The City of Hayward is partnering with the Sudanese Association for Northern California to present Sudan Culture Fest – a day of celebration and festivity in downtown Hayward!
Sudan is a country in North East Africa, with a diaspora population of around 1500 people in Northern ...
SF Giants’ Free “City Connect” Pre-Game Mission Rock Party w/ LaRussell (SF)
Attend the City Connect Community Event on Saturday, May 17, from noon to 4 p.m. in Mission Rock, just across McCovey Cove from Oracle Park. This free, all-ages celebration features live DJs, local food trucks and community booths.
Bay Area hip hop artist LaRussell will perform ...
Duboce “ParkJam” Free Summer Concert in the Park (2025)
Friends of Duboce Park is hosting Duboce ParkJam on May 17, 2025 from 12 to 5 PM! This free will bring live music to Duboce Park with performances from local musicians, songwriters, and groups, including:
Gayle Lynne and the Hired Hands gaylelynnandthehiredhands.com
Fiasco Florist @fiascoflorists
The Berrios Trio @berriosmusic
Pistachio ...
| 1:00 pm | 3rd Saturday Poetry in Chinatown | FREE |
| 1:00 pm | Peninsula Crime Novelists | $4* *Included with museum admission. $6 for adults, $4 for seniors. Purchase at the door.
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San Francisco “Scottish Fiddlers” at TJPA’s Salesforce Park
May 17th is World Fiddle Day! To celebrate, join the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers for a concert of rousing tunes from Scotland and beyond. This multi-generational string orchestra features fiddles, cellos, guitar and other instruments in a program featuring Scottish jigs, reels, strathspeys, and airs ...
“Jack London’s Greatest Hits” $10 Bar and Food Crawl (Oakland)
Jack London’s Greatest Hits Bar & Food Crawl is coming May 17
After the huge success of last year’s Jack O’ London Halloween Crawl (over 600 people came out!), we’re excited to bring the fun back to the neighborhood with a new twist: Jack London’s Greatest ...
| 1:00 pm | Presentation on Local Mystery Authors | $4* *Free for museum members, included with museum admission
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San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers at Salesforce Park
May 17th is World Fiddle Day! To celebrate, join the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers for a concert of rousing tunes from Scotland and beyond. This multi-generational string orchestra features fiddles, cellos, guitar and other instruments in a program featuring Scottish jigs, reels, strathspeys, and airs ...
2-for-1 Distillery Tour & Whiskey Tasting at Tripp Distillery (Pacifica)
Unfortunately Tripp Distillery has closed as of October 30, 2025. 🥃 Dive into the spirited world of Tripp Distillery with this exclusive Groupon deal that’s bound to elevate your weekends! 🌟 Embark on a tantalizing journey with a Distillery Tour and Tasting for two (whiskey ...
SF’s “Wine Walk” at Fisherman’s Wharf (2025)
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon strolling along San Francisco’s waterfront, sipping and savoring delicious wines from Northern California vineyards at the Fisherman’s Wharf Wine Walk on Saturday, May 17th!
Experience wine tastings from some of the region’s top wineries, alongside live entertainment from Circosphere performers, ...
| 1:00 pm | CuriOdyssey Weekend Workshop: Marine Marvels | $45* *Non-Member $55 each workshop; Member $45 each workshop
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“Oaklash” Drag & Queer Block Party in Old Oakland (2025)
The Oaklash Festival is the Bay Area’s favorite celebration of Drag and queer performance. This year’s eighth annual festival will feature a full weekend of nonstop DRAG including live performance, DJs, artists, music, dancing, vendors and more Friday May 16th – Sunday May 18th, 2025! ...
SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025 w/ Joe Bataan + Tall Tee
Joe Bataan + Tall Tee
Sat, May 17 | 2pm – 4:30pm
Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts.
San Francisco, CA
A Latin music legend since the mid-1960s, Joe Bataan was at the center of the New York City action as one of the early stars ...
SF’s “Trump Must Go Now” Rally & March (Civic Center)
Join the call from Refuse Fascism nationwide to raise an urgent and unifying demand:
TRUMP MUST GO NOW!
Not in 2026, not in 2028, – the time to act is NOW!
The Trump/MAGA fascist regime represents an unprecedented threat to the future of people here and all around ...
| 2:00 pm | “Escape To France” Youth Circus Production | $40* *Grab your tickets for either the 2pm or 5pm show through our Eventbrite.
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| 2:00 pm | Break Guinness World Record “Cocktail Shaking” at Gold Bar Whiskey Distillery (Treasure Island) | $28.52* *Limited Edition Cocktail Shaker
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Here to Stay in the Bay: Creatively Celebrating and Sustaining Trans Educators and Youth
In celebration of the publication of “The Adventures of Trans Educators: A Comic Book Issue”, Per Sia and Ali Blake will present a Drag Storytime-style reading from their comic “Socrates and Me” followed by a discussion and Q&A. Additional collaborators will share their contributions to ...
Every Saturday
Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Grab your yoga mat and come to Sports Basement Berkeley for some relaxing weekend yoga. Community classes take place every Saturday.
Free Community Yoga Class
Every Saturday | 10 am
Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA
FREE
Please BYOM (Bring Your Own Mat) and water bottle. All levels are welcome.
Updated 1/28/2020 ...
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Enjoy an hour-long walk on the rise, tragic fall, and modern rebirth of one of San Francisco’s most renowned historic landmarks.
Visit a contemporary swirl of shops and learn the history of ferries, freeways, and quakes. Meet at the foot of the stairs at the front ...
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Take yourself outside and into the beauty of this city’s heart and soul. Practice yoga under the trees and let the ocean air sooth and invigorate you. This class expertly blends breathing and movement, strength and grace, imagination and form.
You will gain a personal understanding ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it’s a comedy show that features established comedians from around the ...
“Critical Hit” Comedy Show | Oakland
Critical Hit is hosted by Erik Krasner, Hayden Greif-Neill and Jim McVeigh at It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies in Temescal for over 4 years and still going strong.
Every week, some of our favorite comedians are invited to perform. Along with the producers, you can ...
