SF City Guides
SF’s Free “Sundown Cinema” Outdoor Movie Series is Back (June–Oct. 2026)
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s free outdoor movie tradition is back with a full season for 2026. The Sundown Cinema series has just announced its lineup, bringing family-friendly films to parks across the city from June through October. After a scaled-back return in 2025, the full program is back this year. The long-running outdoor more...
San Francisco’s May Festivals & Street Fairs 2026
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 2026. > We’ll be updating this guide with more May events soon! Please note, this guide includes events from 2025; the 2026 more...
SF’s Gorgeous “Peak” Cherry Blossom Bloom is Here
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, San Francisco, Spring Flowers, Wow One of spring’s most fleeting spectacles is happening right now in Golden Gate Park. The Japanese Tea Garden hit peak cherry blossom bloom on March 20, 2026, which means this is the week to go. About 60 cherry trees are flowering in rolling waves of pink and white, and SF residents more...
Oakland to Transform Vacant Lot Into $16.9M Waterfront Park
Brand New, New Parks, Oakland, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches A long-vacant industrial lot along Oakland’s shoreline is getting a major transformation. The East Bay Regional Park District is turning a 7-acre site on San Leandro Bay into a brand new waterfront park, with construction set to begin this summer and a grand opening expected in summer or fall 2027. The project more...
“The Bay Lights” Returns After 3 Years Dark
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Reopening, San Francisco After nearly three years of darkness, The Bay Lights are officially set to return to the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with a Grand Lighting scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2026. Arts nonprofit Illuminate just announced that the 1.8-mile installation by light artist Leo Villareal has been fully more...
Bay Area Oceanfront State Park Could Triple in Size
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Pescadero’s Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park could get a major expansion. The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), a Palo Alto-based nonprofit, plans to donate 132 acres of oceanfront land just south of the lighthouse to California State Parks. The addition would increase the park from 75 acres to more...
Viral Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka to Lead SF Cherry Blossom Parade
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco San Francisco’s Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival has announced its 2026 Grand Marshal, and it’s a familiar face if you’ve spent any time on comedy TikTok or Netflix lately. Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka will lead this year’s Grand Parade, the festival’s biggest annual event through the heart of the city. The parade takes place more...
SF’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations 2026
Celebrations, Get Out: Events Break out the green gear. St. Patrick’s Day weekend is taking over the Bay Area. From massive parades and street festivals to lively block parties and pub crawls, the region is going all out with Irish music, dancing, pints of Guinness, and plenty of shamrock-themed fun. Across the Bay Area, St. more...
H Mart’s First East Bay Store Opening w/ Korean Food Hall (Mar. 26)
Brand New, East Bay, Groceries / Supermarkets After a long wait, H Mart is finally opening its first East Bay location in Dublin. The popular Korean grocery chain will open its new store at 7884 Dublin Blvd. with a grand opening on Thursday, March 26 at 10 a.m.. The store will operate daily from 8 a.m. to 10 more...
SF’s Giant New Interactive Word Sculptures in Golden Gate Park
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s Golden Mile just got even more playful. Two new interactive public art sculptures, SMiLE and KiND, have been installed along Golden Gate Park’s famous Golden Mile stretch. Created by Bay Area artist Reuben Rude in collaboration with Illuminate and funded by The Big Art Loop, the oversized WordPlay sculptures more...
SF’s Annual Easter In the Park & Hunky Jesus Contest 2026
Bay Area Favorites, Easter, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s most delightfully irreverent Easter tradition is back. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are taking over the north end of Mission Dolores Park on Sunday, April 5, 2026, for their annual Easter in the Park celebration, and yes, it’s as chaotic, joyful, and fabulous as you’ve been hoping. Festivities kick more...
Oakland Throws Big Homecoming Rally for Olympic Gold Medalist Alysa Liu (March 12)
Celebrations, Community, East Bay, Oakland Oakland is rolling out the welcome mat for hometown Olympic champion Alysa Liu with a free community rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Thursday, March 12, 2026. The celebration will honor Liu’s Olympic gold medal win and welcome the Oakland native back to the city that watched her rise from a more...
75,000 Hand-Built Kites Are Flying Into SFMOMA
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco 75,000 hand-built kites are coming to San Francisco and you can walk right under them for free. A massive new installation, Jacob Hashimoto: Giant Arc, is transforming the free public Roberts Family Gallery at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art into a floating canopy of color, pattern, and light. The more...
June Street Fairs & Festivals 2026
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous June festivals, street fairs, and events including San Francisco Pride, the annual North Beach Festival, the 2026 season opening of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets and more you can look forward to this June 2026. > We’ll be updating this guide with more June events more...
125+ Free Concerts Coming to Golden Gate Park in 2026
Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Free live music is back in the park. Illuminate LIVE returns to the Golden Gate Bandshell in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, March 1, 2026, launching its sixth season of free outdoor concerts with more than 125 performances scheduled through mid-November. The long-running series has quietly become one of San Francisco’s biggest more...
