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Wednesday, May 20

Free “Dance Outdoors w/ Rhythm & Motion” at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Wednesday, May 20 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade)
Free "Dance Outdoors w/ Rhythm & Motion" at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Wed, May 20 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm Crepe Myrtle Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens 3rd St. between Mission and Howard Sts. San Francisco, CA FREE | RSVP Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. More dates to be announced. Check back often for updates. Named San Francisco’s favorite dance workout by ...
“Biblio Bistro” Farmers’ Market Cooking School | UN Plaza
Wednesday, May 20 – 11:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | UN Plaza
"Biblio Bistro" Farmers' Market Cooking School | UN Plaza

Wondering how to prepare the beautiful produce that our local farmers are growing and selling at the Farmers Market? Come check out a live demonstration of how to sauté a featured vegetable at the Heart of the City Farmers Market with Biblio Bistro, the Library’s mobile ...Monthly

Free Art Workshop: Watercolor Affirmation Art (SF)
Wednesday, May 20 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Free Art Workshop: Watercolor Affirmation Art (SF)
Create art inspired by our programming at this drop-in art workshop! All ages welcome, all materials provided.  Design beautiful and empowering affirmation art inspired by the prompts in the exhibition “Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements.”
Free Live Voter Guide + Q&A w/ CalMatters (SF)
Wednesday, May 20 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | KALW
Free Live Voter Guide + Q&A w/ CalMatters (SF)
Join KALW & CalMatters for a live voter guide presentation that will answer your questions about the candidates & issues on the June ballot. Do you have questions about the election? Where do the governor candidates stand on the issues? What does the insurance commissioner do? Please ...
“A Greek Tragedy” Author Talk w/ Jeanne Carstensen (Mill Valley)
Wednesday, May 20 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Mill Valley Public Library
"A Greek Tragedy" Author Talk w/ Jeanne Carstensen (Mill Valley)
Join us for a special conversation with Jeanne Carstensen, author of A Greek Tragedy, the gripping true story of a devastating shipwreck during the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. In conversation with author Nina Schuyler. On October 28, 2015, a boat meant for only a few ...

Thursday, May 21

Lunchtime Concert w/ Larry & Joe (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Thursday, May 21 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Lunchtime Concert w/ Larry & Joe (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Thu, May 21 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA The pandemic spawned many unlikely musical connections, but the story of Larry & Joe continues to resonate long after lockdown lifted. Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and ...

Friday, May 22

SF City Guides Memorial Day Weekend 2026 (50+ Free Walking Tours)
SF City Guides Memorial Day Weekend 2026 (50+ Free Walking Tours)

It’s time to learn more about your city and get out and walk. San Francisco City Guides offers free walking tours just about every day. All tours are free and open to the public, but donations are welcome. Memorial Day Weekend Walking Tours 2025 | ...

“Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid” Block Party + DJs (Oakland)
"Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid" Block Party + DJs (Oakland)

The Town’s favorite block party, Friday Nights at OMCA, is back for the 2026 season, inviting the Bay to kick off the weekend with the crew—whether family, friends, or neighbors. Join us every Friday, April–October, at 5 pm for a free evening of live music, interactive activities, ...Every Friday

Saturday, May 23

Weekend Sessions w/ Las Cafeteras (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Saturday, May 23 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Weekend Sessions w/ Las Cafeteras (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Sat, May 23 | 2:00pm – 4:30pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA FREE | RSVP Opening Set from Discos Resaca Collective Blending the percussive Afro-Mexican tradition of son jarocho with electronic beats and cogent rhymes, Las Cafeteras have earned a global following ...
SF City Guides Memorial Day Weekend 2026 (50+ Free Walking Tours)
SF City Guides Memorial Day Weekend 2026 (50+ Free Walking Tours)

It’s time to learn more about your city and get out and walk. San Francisco City Guides offers free walking tours just about every day. All tours are free and open to the public, but donations are welcome. Memorial Day Weekend Walking Tours 2025 | ...

Sunday, May 24

SF City Guides Memorial Day Weekend 2026 (50+ Free Walking Tours)
SF City Guides Memorial Day Weekend 2026 (50+ Free Walking Tours)

It’s time to learn more about your city and get out and walk. San Francisco City Guides offers free walking tours just about every day. All tours are free and open to the public, but donations are welcome. Memorial Day Weekend Walking Tours 2025 | ...

SF City Guides Memorial Day 2026 (10 Free Walking Tours)
SF City Guides Memorial Day 2026 (10 Free Walking Tours)

It’s time to learn more about your city and get out and walk. San Francisco City Guides offers free walking tours just about every day. All tours are free and open to the public, but donations are welcome. Memorial Day Weekend Walking Tours 2025 | ...

Tuesday, May 26

SF History Night | Pacific Heights
Tuesday, May 26 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $10*
*$10 for non-members; free for SFHA members
| Congregation Sherith Israel Newman Hall
SF History Night | Pacific Heights

The San Francisco History Association hosts monthly talks which explore our city’s enchanting history in depth. Each month, a local history expert hosts a themed talk usually accompanied by a slide show with light refreshments. presentations cover a dizzyingly diverse variety of SF history ...Monthly

Wednesday, May 27

Free “Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion” at Yerba Buena Gardens
Wednesday, May 27 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Free "Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion" at Yerba Buena Gardens
Wed, May 27 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm Crepe Myrtle Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens 3rd St. between Mission and Howard Sts. San Francisco, CA FREE Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. More dates to be announced. Check back often for updates. Named San Francisco’s favorite dance workout by the magazines ...
Free Curator-Led Tour: Queer + Trans Movements Exhibit (YBCA)
Wednesday, May 27 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Free Curator-Led Tour: Queer + Trans Movements Exhibit (YBCA)
Join us to learn more about this exhibition exploring how queer and trans communities harness creativity to build culture, sustain one another, and strengthen movements. Meet co-curators Caro De Robertis and Tina Valentin Aguirre in the Grand Lobby. Free with registration.

Thursday, May 28

SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026 w/ “CMC Older Adults Choirs”
Thursday, May 28 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026 w/ “CMC Older Adults Choirs”
Thu, May 28 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA One voice can change the world, but when people sing together they transform themselves. Singers from the Community Music Center Openhouse LGBTQ+ Choir, directed by Zahra Rothschild, ...
Brian Copeland’s The Waiting Period
Thursday, May 28 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP at themarsh.org or just show up at the door!
| The Marsh (Berkeley)
Brian Copeland’s The Waiting Period
Winner 2015 Theater Bay Area Award Outstanding Production of a Solo Play This show is an unrelenting look at a ten-day period in Copeland’s life—the mandatory ten-day waiting period before he could lay his hands on the newly purchased gun with which he planned to take ...

Friday, May 29

“Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid” Block Party + DJs (Oakland)
"Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid" Block Party + DJs (Oakland)

The Town’s favorite block party, Friday Nights at OMCA, is back for the 2026 season, inviting the Bay to kick off the weekend with the crew—whether family, friends, or neighbors. Join us every Friday, April–October, at 5 pm for a free evening of live music, interactive activities, ...Every Friday

Wednesday, June 3

Ranch First Wednesday Open Community Day | Napa
Ranch First Wednesday Open Community Day | Napa

Come and walk-in every first Wednesday of every month from 3-5 pm in the spring, summer and fall, and from 2-4 pm in the winter. Ranch First Wednesday Open Community Day Every First Wednesday Connolly Ranch, 3141 Browns Valley Road, Napa FREE (RSVP requested but not required) $5 ...Monthly

Friday, June 5

Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble (Kids’ Show) at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026
Friday, June 5 – 11:00 am - Ends at 12:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens, Children’s Garden
Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble (Kids’ Show) at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026
Fri, Jun 5 | 11:00am – 11:30am Children’s Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens 799 Howard St. San Francisco, CA This children’s program has two shows: 11-11:30am with a repeat show 12-12:30pm. The Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble presents the pre-colonial music, dance and attire traditions of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and Kalinga, Northern Philippines. All ...
“Block Fest” Tenderloin Arts Festival & Free Art Making | SF
Friday, June 5 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
| CounterPULSE
"Block Fest" Tenderloin Arts Festival & Free Art Making | SF

Every first and third Friday of the month, locally sourced Artist Activators offer up free art making. Block Fest animates and celebrates the unit block of Turk Street with free arts activities, cultural offerings, community information, and discussion for the local residents, workers, and visitors. From ...Monthly

“Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid” Block Party + DJs (Oakland)
"Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid" Block Party + DJs (Oakland)

The Town’s favorite block party, Friday Nights at OMCA, is back for the 2026 season, inviting the Bay to kick off the weekend with the crew—whether family, friends, or neighbors. Join us every Friday, April–October, at 5 pm for a free evening of live music, interactive activities, ...Every Friday

Saturday, June 6

Poetry Workshop with Nia Pearl (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Saturday, June 6 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Poetry Workshop with Nia Pearl (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Jun 6 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA In trying times, poetry and music bring people together. Join Nia Pearl for one-of-a-kind outdoor poetry workshops inspired by the physical environs  of Yerba Buena Gardens. A gifted ...
Weekend Sessions w/ Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival)
Saturday, June 6 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 3:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Weekend Sessions w/ Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival)
Sat, Jun 6 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA FREE | RSVP For nearly five decades Gamelan Sekar Jaya has set the standard for Balinese music and dance in North America. The only foreign group ever awarded the ...

Sunday, June 7

Pride in Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026
Sunday, June 7 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Pride in Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026
Sun, Jun 7 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA FREE | RSVP An uproarious variety show manifesting the fabulous creative diversity of queer artistic expression, Pride in Yerba Buena! celebrates San Francisco’s LGBTQIA community with the best ...

Thursday, June 11

Lunchtime Concert w/ Camellia Boutros (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Thursday, June 11 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Lunchtime Concert w/ Camellia Boutros (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Thu, Jun 11 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA Some sounds could only emerge in San Francisco, like the Arabic psychedelic rock of Camellia Boutros. A first-generation Lebanese-Palestinian composer and multi-instrumentalist, she spent years performing on ...
Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem (SF Main Library)
Thursday, June 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:15 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Latino Room (lower level)
Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem (SF Main Library)
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests present at SFPL’s Monthly poetry reading. Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San ...
Brian Copeland’s The Waiting Period
Thursday, June 11 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP at themarsh.org or just show up at the door!
| The Marsh (San Francisco)
Brian Copeland’s The Waiting Period
Winner 2015 Theater Bay Area Award Outstanding Production of a Solo Play This show is an unrelenting look at a ten-day period in Copeland’s life—the mandatory ten-day waiting period before he could lay his hands on the newly purchased gun with which he planned to take ...

Friday, June 12

Coventry & Kaluza (Kids’ Show) at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Friday, June 12 – 11:00 am - Ends at 12:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Coventry & Kaluza (Kids’ Show) at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Fri, Jun 12 | 11:00am – 11:30am Children’s Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens 799 Howard St. San Francisco, CA This children’s program has two shows: 11-11:30am with a repeat show 12-12:30pm. Jamie Coventry is a harmonica addict and eccentric juggler. Natasha Kaluza is The Super Duper Hula Hooper. Together they are ...
All-Native Comedy Night: Good Medicine (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Friday, June 12 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
All-Native Comedy Night: Good Medicine (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Fri, Jun 12 | 6:30pm – 9:30pm Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA FREE | RSVP Co-founded by Oakland stand-up comic Jackie Keliiaa, the smash hit, all-Native comedy revue Good Medicine has sold-out venues around the country, including A.C.T’s Strand Theater. More than ...