SF City Guides
14+ Hours of Sunshine: First Day of Summer 2025 (June 20)
Holidays Friday, June 20, 2025, is the Summer Solstice—aka the official first day of summer and the day with the most daylight all year. Technically, summer begins at 7:42 PM PST, but with nearly 15 hours of sun, you’ll have plenty of time to soak it in. In San Francisco, the sun more...
SF’s Official Juneteenth Parade + City-Wide Celebrations (2025)
Celebrations, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Sponsored San Francisco is a world-class city and a premier global destination for Juneteenth festivities, including comedy show benefits, Father’s Day festivals, the 8-block Fillmore celebration and the main event: a flagship parade down market street and celebration in the heart of the City that engages, inspires and highlights unifying Black more...
Grateful Dead’s 60th Anniversary: 3-Day Concert Coming to SF’s Golden Gate Park
Brand New, Local Icons, San Francisco Thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for sharing the news that Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary concerts approved for Golden Gate Park. Get ready, Deadheads — the music is coming home. San Francisco just gave the green light for a massive 60th anniversary celebration for the Grateful Dead, and it’s happening right more...
SF’s New Pro Soccer Team Brings $10M Upgrade to Kezar Stadium
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Thanks to SFist for sharing the news about San Francisco’s brand new soccer team. A new men’s team, Golden City Football Club (GCFC), is set to launch in 2026 or 2027 and will call Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park its home. The team will compete in MLS NEXT Pro, a more...
SF’s Favorite Outdoor Movie Nights Ends After 20 Years
Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the disappointing news that one of San Francisco’s most beloved summer traditions is hitting pause for now. Sundown Cinema, the free outdoor movie series that has lit up parks across the city for more than two decades, has been suspended due to major financial struggles more...
Traffic Fix Coming to Golden Gate Park
Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Transportation If you’ve ever been stuck in a slow crawl trying to get into the Music Concourse garage at Golden Gate Park, relief may be on the way. Starting May 12, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, in partnership with the SFMTA, will begin a short construction project to improve more...
Downtown SF’s Big Free Summer Concerts Are Back
Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Get ready for another round of free outdoor concerts in the heart of San Francisco. Starting June 14, 2025 the city’s free concert series is back for its second year, bringing live music to downtown plazas all summer long. The first show kicks off with Back 2 Baysics, a daytime event more...
10 Great East Bay Parks for Spring Wildflowers
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy The East Bay Regional Parks are awash with colorful spring wildflower blooms. As winter turns to spring the east bay parks transform into a beautiful sight as wildflowers begin to bloom from about the end of March through beginning of May. Check out their new Wildflowers in Your Parks webpage dedicated to more...
San Francisco’s May Festivals & Street Fairs 2025
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous May festivals, street fairs, and events including San Francisco’s Carnaval, Bay to Breakers, and more you can look forward to this May 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more May events soon! Please note, this guide includes events from 2024; the 2025 more...
SF’s Biographical Play of Icon Superstar “Joan Crawford”
Brand New, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored A fast-paced 80 minute whirlwind biographical play about an icon whose legacy deserves a second look! Joan Crawford was a woman of contradictions, and this play is about both. 18+ Follow Young Joan forward in time from the start of her career in 1925 and mature Joan backwards from her death more...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is Back for 2025
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored The 2025 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 10, 2025 with La Santa Cecilia to kick off its 25th Anniversary Season. Now in its 25th year, the Festival will run each and every more...
SF’s Downtown Hoedown: New Country-Themed Monthly Block Party (May 1)
Block Party, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals Dust off your boots — a brand-new monthly street party is launching in downtown San Francisco. Starting May 1, 2025, Downtown Hoedown will take over Front Street on the first Thursday of each month through October. It’s part of the expanding Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) series, and it’s free and open more...
New Pop-Ups Opening in SF’s Empty Union Square Storefronts
Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Support the Bay More pop-ups and permanent shops coming to Union Square thanks to “Vacant to Vibrant” program. Downtown SF’s major storefront revival program, Vacant to Vibrant, is picking up steam with a fresh batch of pop-ups and permanent small businesses landing in Union Square and beyond. The program, launched in 2023 by the more...
Massive New Artist Hub Coming to SF’s Vacant Waterfront Pier 29
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, San Francisco Thanks so much to the San Francisco Chronicle for sharing that a massive waterfront warehouse on San Francisco’s Embarcadero is getting a new life as a cultural hub for local artists and creative events. The Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST), a nonprofit focused on preserving affordable spaces for arts and culture more...
Oakland Ballers Transform Rescued BART Car Into Snack Shack
Oakland BART’s old-school train cars may be retired, but not all of them are heading for the scrapyard. One just landed in the most unexpected of places—Raimondi Park, home of the brand-new Oakland Ballers pro baseball team—where it’s about to start a surprising second act… as a snack stand. On April 17, more...
