Thursday, December 4
SF’s Free DFT Block Party: “Downtown First Thursdays” (December 2025)
Thursday, December 4 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | 2nd St & Howard St
DFT (Downtown First Thursdays) is a free, all-ages monthly street party hosted in Downtown San Francisco, taking place on every first Thursday of the month from 5pm to 10pm. Get ready for disco in the streets, DJs, live music, drag, fashion, street performances, and more. ...Monthly
Bernal Heights Holiday Stroll 2025 (SF)
Thursday, December 4 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Bernal Heights
Join us for our annual Holiday Stroll along Cortland on Thursday, December 4th from 5-8:00. We will have live music outside the library, Vega’s Pizzeria, Vino Rosso and a Mariachi group strolling from Seafood Station to 3rd Cousin. Santa will again be at the Bernal ...
Friday, December 5
Japanese Tea Garden’s Free Admission Hour (Golden Gate Park)
The Japanese Tea Garden provides visitors from around the world with an opportunity to experience the natural beauty, tranquility, and harmony of a Japanese-style garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California ...Every Friday
“Light Up Your Holiday” + 2025 Tree Lighting (Napa Valley Museum of Art & Culture)
Friday, December 5 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The MAC
The MAC is pleased to announce its upcoming Light Up Your Holiday at The MAC (The Napa Valley Museum of Art & Culture)
celebration, taking place December 5th, featuring a special Christmas Tree Lighting event on Friday, December 5 from 4PM to 7PM. The Christmas tree ...
Hayes Valley’s 35th Annual Holiday Stroll (2025)
Friday, December 5 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Hayes Valley
Join your neighbors for the Hayes Valley Holiday Stroll! Hosted by the Hayes Valley Merchants Council and the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, the event takes place Friday, December 5, 2025, from 5–9pm.
This free community celebration is made possible by sponsorships from The Chris Larsen Fund, ...
Mare Island Light Night 2025: Tree Lighting, Free Hot Cocoa & Live Music
Friday, December 5 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | 1024 Nimitz Avenue
Join us for a festive evening as we light the tree. Enjoy free hot chocolate and cookies. This year, we are thrilled to have the Voena Children’s Choir will perform for us.
Plus, the dance floor returns. Get ready for some holiday fun! (Check out last ...
Final “Oakland First Fridays” Street Festival of 2025
Friday, December 5 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Telegraph & 27th
Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month from 5-9:30pm for five huge blocks on Telegraph Avenue between 27th Street & 22nd Street. Photography from @skyhighoakland via Oakland First Fridays Oakland’s KONO district (Koreatown/Northgate) springs to life ...Monthly
Saturday, December 6
SF’s Sunset Holiday Mercantile 2025
Saturday, December 6 – 11:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco County Fair Building
Come Eat, Drink, Shop, Play, Connect, and Be Local at the 10th Annual Sunset Holiday Mercantile at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park! Sunset Holiday Mercantile in 2025 which features TWO DAYS (December 6-8, 11a-5p) of artisan makers and vendors, plus live music, ...
Oakland’s “Rockridge Holidaze” Holiday Stroll & Celebration (2025)
You are invited to sip, sample, and shop your way through a joyous evening in Oakland’s Rockridge district.
Check people off your holiday list by taking advantage of special offers, pop-up vendors, kids’ activities, and a community craft fair. Bring the whole family to experience music ...
San Leandro Historical Railway Society: Free Model Train Show + Porch Sale (Dec. 6-7)
Fun for All Ages! Come and enjoy our Open House and Model Train Show. We will have porch sale and varied prize raffle. We have two great operational layouts inside and outside (weather permitted). FREE ADMISSION. Event Days and Times: Saturday, December 6th – 10 ...
“Fiesta Saturdays” w/ Elote, Street Tacos + Homemade Spiked Horchata (Oakland)
Saturday, December 6 – 11:00 am - Ends at 11:59 pm |
Cost: FREE | Plank
Get ready to spice up your Saturdays with Fiesta Saturdays on December 6, 2025! Enjoy a vibrant celebration each first Saturday of the month with:
Elote
Tamales & Sopes
Beer Specials
Street Tacos & Tortas
Homemade Horchata (Original & Spiked)
Latin Music
Double Arcade Bonus
Free King Tides Walk + Science Talk (Palo Alto)
Join the EV in a fun (free!), interactive learning experience which will teach you about what King Tides are and why they are exciting! The event will include a brief hands-on science talk about the tides, and then a gentle walk through the Baylands. Highest ...
Sunnyvale Holiday Market + 26th Annual Tree Lighting (2025)
Holiday Market with Sip Shop Eat & 26th Annual Tree Lighting
Step into the holiday spirit at Cityline! ✨ Join us for a festive day filled with local shopping, live entertainment, and community cheer — all leading up to Downtown Sunnyvale’s beloved 26th Annual Tree Lighting.
Here’s ...
“Rockridge Holidaze” BART Plaza Festival + Market (Oakland)
You are invited to sip, sample, and shop your way through a joyous evening in Oakland’s Rockridge district.
Check people off your holiday list by taking advantage of special offers, pop-up vendors, kids’ activities, and a community craft fair. Bring the whole family to experience music ...
2025 Holiday Tree Lighting at Yerba Buena Gardens: Roller Skating & Free Carousel Rides
We’re lighting a giant Coastal Redwood again! Come enjoy with cocoa, activities, and prizes.
Come out to Yerba Buena Gardens for a festive evening filled with holiday cheer. Watch as the magnificent holiday tree, a living coastal redwood on our Great Lawn, lights up the night sky, bringing ...
Cypress Lawn’s 2025 Holiday Lighting Event (Colma)
Celebrate the holiday season with us as we light up our Lakeside Columbarium with beautiful holiday lights. Bring your family and friends to enjoy the festive atmosphere. We will even have a visit from Santa Claus. Don’t miss this special event filled with joy and ...
Renegade Orchestra at the Winchester Mystery House (San Jose)
The Renegade Orchestra and Winchester Mystery House will be joining forces for the first time to present a rockin’ holiday concert out on the grand lawn.
This show will be very family-friendly and accessible to fans of many different genres.
Admission includes not only the Renegade Orchestra ...
Sunday, December 7
Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile
Sunday, December 7 – 9:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Sunset Mercantile (Outer Sunset)
Sunset Mercantile’s weekly outdoor market featuring farmers, ranchers, food trucks, live music, children’s activities, vendors, makers, merchants, artists, and local organizations. Bring the whole family for free seasonal art activities at the Sunset Mercantile Artship. Enjoy shopping an array of farm fresh produce, artisan goods. ...Every Sunday
SF’s Sunset Holiday Mercantile 2025
Sunday, December 7 – 11:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco County Fair Building
Come Eat, Drink, Shop, Play, Connect, and Be Local at the 10th Annual Sunset Holiday Mercantile at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park! Sunset Holiday Mercantile in 2025 which features TWO DAYS (December 6-8, 11a-5p) of artisan makers and vendors, plus live music, ...
“Manny’s Neighborhood Trash Cleanup” w/ $1 Beer & Free Yoga Classes, Free Fries (SF)
Tired? Sunday Funday. Wired? Sunday done-day. Make our neighborhood better, brunch with cool people (sorry not sorry, we’re biased), get deals to some fave local spots, and wrap it up before the Sunday Scaries hit with an easy hour of picking up trash around our ...Every Sunday
San Leandro Historical Railway Society: Free Model Train Show + Porch Sale (Dec. 6-7)
Fun for All Ages! Come and enjoy our Open House and Model Train Show. We will have porch sale and varied prize raffle. We have two great operational layouts inside and outside (weather permitted). FREE ADMISSION. Event Days and Times: Saturday, December 6th – 10 ...
“Castro Art Mart” Mini Block Party on Noe St. (Every First Sunday)
Sunday, December 7 – 11:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Market & Noe
The Castro Art Mart Features LGBTQ Artists, Live Music, and Drag Performances every 1st Sunday of the month on Noe St and Market St (Next to the Lookout Bar), 11-5pm. Come enjoy this Free, Family & Friendly event hosted by Castro Merchants, while supporting local artists, ...Monthly
Golden Gate Park Sunday Roller Disco Party (SF)
Sunday, December 7 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Skatin' Place
There is a place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park that is heaven for Bay Area inline skaters and roller skaters who like to boogie to the funky beat on wheels. The Godfather of Skate brings his mobile DJ unit and plays groovy tunes for ...Every Sunday
SF’s Free “Sundays at the Beach” Chair Yoga Day (Great Highway)
Sunday, December 7 – 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Great Highway
Welcome to Sundays at the Beach! With help from @avenuegreenlight and our friends across the neighborhood, we’re excited to bring free community events to Great Highway Park every weekend for the next year. 1st Sunday: Chair Yoga, 2pm @ Irving 2nd Sunday: Live Music, 1-3 ...Monthly
Fuego Queer House Party
Fuego is back
This is a high energy dance party with a live drummer playing along side the DJ’s spinning Latin house, house, EDM, & Dembow.
Daytime Edition:
Dec 7th // 3p-8p // @elriosf
2025 Mt. Diablo Beacon Lighting Ceremony for Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Sunday, December 7 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 5:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Cal State East Bay - Concord Campus
The Eye of Diablo
Commemorating Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Please join us on December 7 at the California State University East Bay Concord Campus, 4700 Ygnacio Valley Road, Concord, for the annual Beacon lighting ceremony. Parking is free.
3 PM: USS Arizona Reception and Exhibit
3:45 PM: Ceremony Begins ...
2025 Mt. Diablo Beacon Lighting Ceremony for Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Sunday, December 7 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 am |
Cost: FREE | Mount Diablo State Park
The Eye of Diablo
Commemorating Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Please join us on December 7, 2025 at the California State University East Bay Concord Campus, 4700 Ygnacio Valley Road, Concord, for the annual Beacon lighting ceremony. Parking is free.
3 PM: USS Arizona Reception and Exhibit
3:45 PM: Ceremony ...
Monday, December 8
Japanese Tea Garden’s Free Admission Hour (Golden Gate Park)
The Japanese Tea Garden provides visitors from around the world with an opportunity to experience the natural beauty, tranquility, and harmony of a Japanese-style garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California ...Every Monday
Tuesday, December 9
San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Free Day (2nd Tuesdays)
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
Wednesday, December 10
Japanese Tea Garden’s Free Admission Hour (Golden Gate Park)
The Japanese Tea Garden provides visitors from around the world with an opportunity to experience the natural beauty, tranquility, and harmony of a Japanese-style garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California ...Every Wednesday
