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Thursday, July 6

Stern Grove RSVPs Opens at 2p: Buddy Guy (8/6)
Thursday, July 6 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are appreciated. Advanced Tickets required
| Stern Grove
Stern Grove RSVPs Opens at 2p: Buddy Guy (8/6)

The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival just got released for free summer concerts in the park and it’s another stellar lineup. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th and 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open ...

Mucho Mambo: Monthly Salsa Dance Lesson & Party at Salesforce Park (SF)
Thursday, July 6 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*free to everyone
| Salesforce Park
Mucho Mambo: Monthly Salsa Dance Lesson & Party at Salesforce Park (SF)

Mucho Mambo @Salesforce Park (MM@SFP) invites you to join us for a monthly salsa dance event at Salesforce Park, located on the stunning rooftop of the SF Transit Center. Taking place on the first Thursday of every month from May through October, these free events ...Monthly

Friday, July 7

Free Golden Gate Park Concert Happy Hour Night
Friday, July 7 – 4:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
Free Golden Gate Park Concert Happy Hour Night

Live music will return for its third season at the Golden Gate Bandshell’s iconic stage with another series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the arts nonprofit Illuminate announced today. The series, Illuminate Live, which ...

South First Fridays Art Walk (San Jose)
Friday, July 7 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | SoFA District (San Jose)
South First Fridays Art Walk (San Jose)

Join an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA district (and beyond) every first Friday of the month. South First Fridays resumes June 4, 2021 – please note the hours depend on the gallery. Facebook seems to have the most updated ...Monthly

“Oakland First Fridays” Street Festival
Friday, July 7 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Telegraph & 27th
"Oakland First Fridays" Street Festival

Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month from 5-9 pm for five huge blocks on Telegraph Avenue from West Grand to 27th Street. Photography from @skyhighoakland via Oakland First Fridays Oakland’s KONO district (Koreatown/Northgate) springs ...Monthly

Redwood City Music on the Square 2023 (June 2 – Sept. 1)
Friday, July 7 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free! All Ages!
| Courthouse Square
Redwood City Music on the Square 2023 (June 2 - Sept. 1)

Welcome to Music on the Square 2023… featuring an exceptional summer of free outdoor concerts lined up from June 2 through September 1. Celebrate our 17th year with us by enjoying FREE music for fourteen weeks throughout the summer on Friday evenings! With top-quality local ...Every Friday

Sausalito “Jazz and Blues by the Bay” Festival (2023)
Friday, July 7 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Gabrielson Park
Sausalito "Jazz and Blues by the Bay" Festival (2023)

The City of Sausalito Park and Recreation Department is proud to present Jazz and Blues by the Bay in Gabrielson Park. June 2 – August 25 @ 6:30 – 8:00PM, and September 1, 8, and 15 @ 6:00 – 7:30PM The entire lawn will be ...Every Friday

Saturday, July 8

SF Symphony’s “Ratatouille” Film w/ Live Orchestra (July 8-9)
Saturday, July 8 – 3:00 pm | Cost: $45 | Davies Symphony Hall
SF Symphony's "Ratatouille" Film w/ Live Orchestra (July 8-9)
FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA: RATATOUILLE Sat, Jul 8 at 3:00pm – Tix start at $45 Sun, Jul 9 at 2:00pm – Tix start at $45 It’s an experience to savor as this Academy Award-winning film concert cooks up delectable moments again and again. Disney and Pixar’s Ratatouille plays ...
2023 San Francisco Free Folk Festival (Golden Gate Park)
Saturday, July 8 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Golden Gate Park (Bandshell)
2023 San Francisco Free Folk Festival (Golden Gate Park)
The San Francisco Free Folk Festival has been always been run by the San Francisco Folk Music Club. It’s been happening since 1977, when the first festival was staged at the Hall of Flowers. We’ve been known to have between 2,000 and 3,000 guests attending the ...
2023 Bay Area “Get Free” Hip Hop Dance Festival Closing
Saturday, July 8 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Gardens (Main)
2023 Bay Area “Get Free” Hip Hop Dance Festival Closing

Get Free is a free weeklong hip hop dance festival rooted in the artistry of freestyling, experimental battling, healing through community practices, and love for Black social dance and our Bay Area street community. This festival offers an opening showcase, 20 dance classes, 2 panels, ...

“Get Free” Hip Hop Dance Festival: Elements Day Party (2023)
Saturday, July 8 – 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
“Get Free” Hip Hop Dance Festival: Elements Day Party (2023)

Get Free is a free weeklong hip hop dance festival rooted in the artistry of freestyling, experimental battling, healing through community practices, and love for Black social dance and our Bay Area street community. This festival offers an opening showcase, 20 dance classes, 2 panels, ...

Sunday, July 9

Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile 2023
Sunday, July 9 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free Admission
| Sunset Mercantile (Outer Sunset)
Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile 2023

A weekly market featuring farmers, ranchers, food artisans, live music, children’s activities, vendors, makers, merchants, artists, and local organizations. Explore all the amazing local businesses surrounding the farmers market at sunsetstrong.com. You can find us every Sunday 9am-2pm year round on 37th avenue/Ortega and every Wednesday ...Every Sunday

2023 Inner Sunset Sunday’s Flea Market (SF)
Sunday, July 9 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free Admission: All Welcome
| Inner Sunset
2023 Inner Sunset Sunday's Flea Market (SF)

The Inner Sunset Flea is a grassroots-organized flea market, occurring monthly in the heart of San Francisco’s Inner Sunset neighborhood. The Flea features over 30 resident, artisan, nonprofit, and local business vendors as well as food, activities, and more. Inner Sunset Sunday’s Flea Market April ...Monthly

“Golden Gate Park Band” 2023 Free Symphony in the Park (2023)
Sunday, July 9 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are welcome.
| Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
“Golden Gate Park Band” 2023 Free Symphony in the Park (2023)

The Golden Gate Park Band, presents its 141st 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. For 2023 there are 25 free weekly concerts take place most Sundays at 1 pm, ...Every Sunday

“Lyle Lovett & His Large Band” 2023 Stern Grove Festival Free Concert in the Park
Sunday, July 9 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are appreciated. Advanced Tickets required
| Stern Grove
“Lyle Lovett & His Large Band” 2023 Stern Grove Festival Free Concert in the Park

The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival just got released for free summer concerts in the park and it’s another stellar lineup. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th and 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open ...

Wednesday, July 12

Free Golden Gate Park Outdoor Concert Night (2023)
Wednesday, July 12 – 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
Free Golden Gate Park Outdoor Concert Night (2023)

Live music will return for its third season at the Golden Gate Bandshell’s iconic stage with another series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the arts nonprofit Illuminate announced today. The series, Illuminate Live, which ...

Thursday, July 13

SF Symphony’s “Elgar & Rachmaninoff” Summer Concert (July 13-14)
Thursday, July 13 – 7:30 pm | Cost: $25 | Davies Symphony Hall
SF Symphony's "Elgar & Rachmaninoff" Summer Concert (July 13-14)
ELGAR & RACHMANINOFF Thu, Jul 13 at 7:30pm – Tix start at $25 Fri, Jul 14 10 at 7:30pm – Tix start at $25 – Frost Amphitheater, Stanford Edward Elgar welcomes you into his inner circle with the enchanting musical portraits of the Enigma Variations, led here by ...
Stern Grove RSVPs Opens at 2p: Patti Smith (8/13)
Thursday, July 13 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are appreciated. Advanced Tickets required
| Stern Grove
Stern Grove RSVPs Opens at 2p: Patti Smith (8/13)

The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival just got released for free summer concerts in the park and it’s another stellar lineup. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th and 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open ...

Oakland’s Free “Circus in the Park” 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Lincoln Square Park)
Thursday, July 13 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Donations accepted.
| Lincoln Square Park
Oakland's Free "Circus in the Park" 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Lincoln Square Park)

Bananas! – Circus Bella’s New One Ring Outdoor Circus Show for Summer 2023 Circus Bella is excited to announce their jubilant return to the Bay Area Parks from June 8 – July 16, 2023 with its 14thAnnual all new, open air, outdoor show: BANANAS! – ...

Friday, July 14

Win Tix: Charlie Wilson with Chaka Khan Live in Concert (Napa)
Friday, July 14 – 7:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Enter to win a pair of tickets
| Oxbow RiverStage
Don’t miss the special performance of the legendary Charlie Wilson with the iconic Chaka Khan. As the founder and lead singer of legendary GAP band, Charlie Wilson a.k.a Uncle Charlie has shown time and again that his music is sublime from chart-topping hits including You Dropped ...
Road Trip: Sacramento’s Free Summer 2023 Concerts (July 14)
Friday, July 14 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Cesar Chavez Plaza Sacramento
Road Trip: Sacramento's Free Summer 2023 Concerts (July 14)

Concerts In The Park Return May 5! We can’t wait to see you in Cesar Chavez Plaza every Friday night May 5 – July 28 (except July 7) from 5 – 9 PM. Concerts in the Park is always free and always fun with a ...

Oakland’s Free “Circus in the Park” 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Elmhurst Park)
Friday, July 14 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Donations accepted.
| Elmherst Park
Oakland's Free "Circus in the Park" 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Elmhurst Park)

Bananas! – Circus Bella’s New One Ring Outdoor Circus Show for Summer 2023 Circus Bella is excited to announce their jubilant return to the Bay Area Parks from June 8 – July 16, 2023 with its 14thAnnual all new, open air, outdoor show: BANANAS! – ...

Sausalito “Jazz and Blues by the Bay” Festival (2023)
Friday, July 14 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Gabrielson Park
Sausalito "Jazz and Blues by the Bay" Festival (2023)

The City of Sausalito Park and Recreation Department is proud to present Jazz and Blues by the Bay in Gabrielson Park. June 2 – August 25 @ 6:30 – 8:00PM, and September 1, 8, and 15 @ 6:00 – 7:30PM The entire lawn will be ...Every Friday

Saturday, July 15

SF’s “Second Hand Saturday” 2023 w/ Sunset Mercantile (Every Third Saturday)
Saturday, July 15 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free Admission
| Sunset Community Mercantile
SF's "Second Hand Saturday" 2023 w/ Sunset Mercantile (Every Third Saturday)

Come search for vintage treasures every third Saturday, April through November, 10 am to 4 pm, at Second Hand Saturday, an open-air vintage market located in the Outer Sunset at 37th Ave and Ortega. Second Hand Saturday: Vintage Market 2023 Every Third Saturday April to ...Monthly

SF Symphony’s “Aída Cuevas – Queen Of Mariachi” Summer Concert (2023)
Saturday, July 15 – 7:30 pm | Cost: $39 | Davies Symphony Hall
SF Symphony's "Aída Cuevas - Queen Of Mariachi" Summer Concert (2023)
AIDA CUEVAS – QUEEN OF MARIACHI Sat, Jul 15 at 7:30pm – Tix start at $39 The voice and charisma of Aída Cuevas have given rise to one of the most important careers in traditional Mexican and Latin American music. The Grammy Award-winning Queen of Mariachi takes ...
“Pub in the Park 2023” Inflatable English-Style Pub Day (Redwood City)
Saturday, July 15 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Red Morton Park
“Pub in the Park 2023” Inflatable English-Style Pub Day (Redwood City)

Spend a leisurely summer afternoon lounging in a park, while listening to bluegrass music, sipping delicious local brews and enjoying lawn games. During four Saturdays from June to September, we stock our British-style pub with quality beers and ciders on tap. Pub in the Park ...

SF’s Free “Circus in the Park” 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Hayes Valley)
Saturday, July 15 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Donations accepted.
| PROXY Hayes Valley
SF's Free "Circus in the Park" 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Hayes Valley)

Bananas! – Circus Bella’s New One Ring Outdoor Circus Show for Summer 2023 Circus Bella is excited to announce their jubilant return to the Bay Area Parks from June 8 – July 16, 2023 with its 14thAnnual all new, open air, outdoor show: BANANAS! – ...

Sunday, July 16

Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile 2023
Sunday, July 16 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free Admission
| Sunset Mercantile (Outer Sunset)
Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile 2023

A weekly market featuring farmers, ranchers, food artisans, live music, children’s activities, vendors, makers, merchants, artists, and local organizations. Explore all the amazing local businesses surrounding the farmers market at sunsetstrong.com. You can find us every Sunday 9am-2pm year round on 37th avenue/Ortega and every Wednesday ...Every Sunday

SF Symphony’s “Sound Of Music Sing-Along” Summer Concert (2023)
Sunday, July 16 – 2:00 pm | Cost: $25 | Davies Symphony Hall
SF Symphony's "Sound Of Music Sing-Along" Summer Concert (2023)
SOUND OF MUSIC SING-ALONG Sun, Jul 16 at 2:00pm – Tix start at $25 The smash-hit musical show that has been around the world comes to Davies Symphony Hall! Sing-along-Sound of Music brings the classic Julie Andrews film musical to the big screen in glorious technicolor, complete ...
SF’s Free Rooftop “Circus in the Park” 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Salesforce Park)
Sunday, July 16 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Donations accepted.
| Salesforce Park
SF's Free Rooftop "Circus in the Park" 2023 w/ Circus Bella (Salesforce Park)

Bananas! – Circus Bella’s New One Ring Outdoor Circus Show for Summer 2023 Circus Bella is excited to announce their jubilant return to the Bay Area Parks from June 8 – July 16, 2023 with its 14thAnnual all new, open air, outdoor show: BANANAS! – ...