Wednesday, December 31
New Year’s Eve Meditative Celebration: Rising Our Light Together (SF)
Come join us for an evening of Meditation, Renewal, and Conscious Celebration.
Ring out the Old and Ring in the New with an inspiring evening dedicated to collective luminous emergence.
A blissful event designed to release the past, set powerful intentions, and cultivate radiant energy for the ...
Candlelit Prayers for World Peace on NYE (SF)
Wednesday, December 31 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Kadampa Meditation Center San Francisco
Happy New Year! Close out 2025 with active compassion at Kadampa Meditation Center San Francisco before ringing in 2026.
Our Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Choma will give a talk on cultivating peace in our world by developing our own inner peace, and the power of making ...
SF’s Holiday Ice Skating Session at Union Square (New Year’s Eve)
Wednesday, December 31 – All Day |
Cost: $22 | Union Square Park
One of San Francisco’s favorite holiday traditions returns for the 2025-26 holiday season. Since 2008, The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square has delighted children and adults with its holiday-themed ice park located in Union Square. Gather your family and friends for a beloved ...
SF Chamber Orchestra’s Free New Year’s Eve Concert 2025-26 (Berkeley)
Wednesday, December 31 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | First Congregational Church (Berkeley)
Ring in the New Year with the SFCO and the exuberant music of three ground-breaking composers. Louise Farrenc was a concert pianist and composer who fought for women’s rights and would become the only female professor at the famed Paris Conservatoire during the 19th century. ...
Ring in 2026: Free NYE Orchestra Concert w/ SF Chamber (Berkeley)
Always Admission Free…because world class music belongs to EVERYONE! – New Year’s Eve
These concerts are in Memory of SFCO Founder, Edgar Braun and Ida Braun
Program
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, mvt. 4
Niccolò Paganini– Violin Concerto, mvt. 1
Lisa Saito – Debut Artist
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Ring in the New Year with ...
Skate New Year’s Eve at the Church of 8 Wheels (SF)
New Year’s Eve at the Church of 8 Wheels is one of those “Only in San Francisco” experiences!!! It’s time to celebrate 2025 and look forward to 2026 at the Church of 8 Wheels!!!
Come roll in the new year with us on roller skates!!! We ...
“Swedish House Mafia” Epic NYE Show at SF’s Pier 80
Wednesday, December 31 – 8:00 pm |
Cost: $99.95 | Pier 80
Wed 31 Dec 2025 – 8:00 PMGoldenvoice & NPU Live PresentSwedish House MafiaPier 80 Warehouse, San Francisco, CA, United States | Ages: 21 & Over
OnsaleFri 7 Nov 2025 – 10:00 AM
Doors OpenWed 31 Dec 2025 – 7:00 PM
THIS EVENT IS 21+ A VALID GOVERNMENT ISSUED ...
New Year’s Eve Sober Party (SF)
Happy New Year!!
Join us for a sober welcome to 2026, with music, games, snacks, and gratitude!
We will celebrate our fourth year at 2929 24th Street with music, snacks, games, and gratitude for our community and the dharma.
We’ll have an intention setting ritual as midnight approaches, ...
2026 Neon NYE Bash: Live DJ + Games for $10 (Emporium SF)
Wednesday, December 31 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am |
Cost: $10 | Emporium SF
Come Glow UP with us to kick off 2026 at Emporium’s legendary annual New Year’s Eve Party! This will be an electric themed night with plenty of neon themed goodies and surprises! Live countdown on our 50 foot movie screen.10 free tokens at entry, with ...
Neon Glow Up NYE Party: Video Games + DJ (Emporium SF)
Come Glow UP with us to kick off 2026 at Emporium’s legendary annual New Year’s Eve Party! This will be an electric themed night with plenty of neon themed goodies and surprises! Live countdown on our 50 foot movie screen. 10 free tokens at entry, ...
San Francisco New Year’s Eve Fireworks at Midnight (2025/2026)
Wednesday, December 31 – 11:59 pm |
Cost: FREE | Embarcadero
Ring in 2026 with San Francisco’s annual fireworks show over the Bay.
The big fireworks show will take place at midnight this year (December 31, 2025) on New Year’s Eve 2025/2026.
Say goodbye to 2025 and ring in the 2026 new year with 200,000 fellow bundled-up San ...
Thursday, January 1
Free First Thursdays at SF’s Museum of Craft and Design
There’s no better time to visit the Museum of Craft and Design than on their Free First Thursdays. Committed to making art, craft, and design accessible to everyone the Museum of Craft and Design is Free on the First Thursday of every month. . Museum of Craft and ...Monthly
PIER 39’s Dazzling 60′ Tree Lighting Show (New Year’s Day)
Thursday, January 1 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Pier 39
The Holidays are HapPIER at PIER 39! Get into the spirit of the Season at PIER 39 while shopping, dining and strolling The PIER. An awe-inspiring Christmas tree has welcomed millions of visitors at the Entrance Plaza of PIER 39 every holiday season since 1983 ...
SF’s DFT New Year’s Day: “Downtown First Thursdays” (2026)
DFT: NEW YEAR’S DAY EDITION. The DFT Street Party on 2nd St.
DFT is back for a full year of street parties in 2026! Kick off a brand new season and a brand new year of DFT on New Year’s Day. DJs – Live Performances – ...
Hecklers Welcome: SF’s First Stand-Up Comedy Show That Invites Heckling
Welcome to Hecklers Welcome!, San Francisco’s only stand-up show where you get to talk back. This is not your average comedy night—this is a full-blown verbal brawl, where comics come ready to spar and the audience gets a license to heckle. Got jokes? Bring ’em. Got beef? Air ...Every Thursday
Free Admission Day at SF Botanical Garden for New Year’s Day 2026
The San Francisco Botanical Garden is one of the most diverse gardens in the world. A unique urban oasis, the garden is a living museum within Golden Gate Park, offering 55 acres of both landscaped gardens and open spaces, and showcasing over 9,000 different kinds ...Monthly
SF’s Holiday Ice Skating Session at Union Square (New Year’s Day)
Thursday, January 1 – All Day |
Cost: $22 | Union Square Park
One of San Francisco’s favorite holiday traditions returns for the 2025-26 holiday season. Since 2008, The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square has delighted children and adults with its holiday-themed ice park located in Union Square. Gather your family and friends for a beloved ...
13th Annual “First Day” Hike at Jack London Stat Park (North Bay)
Jack London State Historic Park will kick off the new year with their 13th Annual First Day Hike and a “Gentler Version” of the First Day Hike, both on January 1, 2026.
The traditional trek can be either a personal challenge to make it to the ...
SF’s 12 ft. Tall “Sugar Castle” at the Westin St. Francis (Nov. 26-Jan. 2)
Thursday, January 1 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | The Westin St. Francis
The Westin St. Francis’ iconic Sugar Castle celebrates 20 years of holiday magic in San Francisco. This nearly 12-foot-tall, 1,000-pound masterpiece features more than 20 towers, 15 illuminated rooms, and a running train, bringing a whimsical French château to life in the heart of the ...
2026 NYD Ocean Beach Plunge + Naked Bike Ride (SF)
Thursday, January 1 – 10:30 am - Ends at 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Ocean Beach Great Highway & Taraval
It’s the 11th Annual New Years Day Polar Plunge and World Naked Bike Ride-San Francisco, Plunge & Beach Party.
Since 2011, the Riptide Bar on Taraval sponsored Polar Plunge that has drawn 400 or more people every year. It stands to reason several hundred will show ...
2026 New Year’s Day “Hatsumode” Japanese Shrine Visit (SF)
Thursday, January 1 – 11:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Konko Church of San Francisco
Come on by the Konko Church of San Francisco to experience your traditional Japanese New Year’s Day Shrine Visit, Hatsumode!
Come start the year off right and ring the traditional shrine bell for prosperity.
Write your wishes and prayers on a Shide (Sacred zigzag paper) and hang it on ...
San Jose’s New Year’s Day “Skate Under the Palms” Ice Skating
Located at 120 S. Market St., the downtown San Jose rink opens on Wednesday, November 26, and operates daily through January 19, 2026. Skate in true California style. A local tradition since 1994, Skate Under the Palms, formerly known as Downtown Ice in San Jose, ...
New Year’s (& Final) Day at San Jose’s “Christmas in the Park”
Christmas in the Park is an annual holiday tradition that takes place in the heart of downtown San José at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez. For over 45 years, this whimsical walk-thru event has brought people from all over the Bay Area together during the ...
SFMOMA’s “Free First Thursdays” Free Museum Day for Locals
All residents of the nine Bay Area counties are invited to spend a day at the museum on us! From noon–8 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month, Bay Area residents can enjoy SFMOMA’s galleries filled with lively and inspiring art and related events ...Monthly
Free New Year’s Day 2026 Huge Sand Art-Making at Ocean Beach (SF)
Welcome the New Year by creating a monumental, collaborative artwork at the beach. All ages and abilities welcome.
Free Huge Sand Art Creation on Ocean Beach w/ Artist Andres Amador (SF)
Andres Amador is an earthscape artist from San Francisco who is well known for creating massive ...
Free SF Chamber Orchestra Concert on New Year’s Day (Palo Alto)
Always Admission Free…because world class music belongs to EVERYONE!
These concerts are in Memory of SFCO Founder, Edgar Braun and Ida Braun
Program
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, mvt. 4
Niccolò Paganini– Violin Concerto, mvt. 1
Lisa Saito – Debut Artist
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Ring in the New Year with the SFCO and the ...
New Year’s Day at Oakland Zoo’s “Glowfari” 2025 Lights Festival
Glowfari returns in November 2025! This wildly popular, family-friendly experience features hundreds of ALL new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the Zoo. Each lantern tells the story of the ongoing journey of wildlife, the importance of every species on our planet, and Oakland Zoo’s commitment to ...
New Year’s Day at “Lightscape”: Immersive Holiday Light Trail
San Francisco Botanical Garden will transform into a glowing after-dark wonderland this winter with Lightscape, an immersive holiday light and music trail that has wowed crowds in London, Chicago, Melbourne, and New York. From November 21, 2025 through January 4, 2026, visitors can wander a ...
SF’s Epic “Photosynthesis” Light Show | Conservatory of Flowers
Light up the season with Photosynthesis, This beautiful light art installation was developed in partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and was designed by Lumigeek with music by Tim Digulla. The installation uses special projectors to transform the all-white glasshouse into a ...
