SF City Guides
First Day of Summer 2023 in San Francisco: 11 Free Guided Walks
City Discoveries, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Summer Enjoy the longest day of the year and learn something surprising about the city you love. Play tourist on your own turf and explore San Francisco the best way possible – on foot with City Guides. Summer Solstice Walking Tours Wednesday, June 21, 2023 All over San Francisco FREE*, but donations are welcome Summer Solstice 2023 more...
SF City Hall Lights Up Rainbow for Pride 2023
LGBTQ+, San Francisco Every evening at sunset, over 220 state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures illuminate City Hall’s exterior. Normally, a soft white glow shows off the play of light and shadow on the full façade and dome. Frequently, special plaza façade lighting schemes honor or celebrate events, seasons, and holidays. City Hall will be lit more...
The Historic Fillmore District Hosts SF’s Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Sponsored The City is inviting you on its epic Juneteenth Freedom Celebration in the historic Fillmore District on June 17, 2023! Once deemed the “Harlem of the West,” the historic Fillmore District was an epicenter of black music and culture for years. Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, San Francisco is looking to more...
AT&T “Turn Up The Love” Tour Returns to SF for 2023
LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, Pride, San Francisco, Sponsored You’re invited to connect to the greatest LGBTQ+ musicians this summer with our compliments. The AT&T Turn Up The Love Tour is coming back to San Francisco! The San Francisco flagship store at 1 Powell St will include performances by Wrabel, Gigi Perez and Coco & Breezy, to spread the importance more...
SF’s Cinemark Century 9 Movie Theater Shutting Down Today
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open In a time of streaming and a tough business environment downtown, the Cinemark’s Century 9 San Francisco movie theater at the Westfield Mall on Market Street is closing its doors for the last time after today’s matinee shows. Want Free Movies? – Check out Funcheap’s Bay Area’s Complete Outdoor Movie Guide more...
Westfield Leaving SF’s Largest Mall
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open The once vibrant Westfield mall in downtown San Francisco is feeling more like a melancholic ghost town, as its owners, Westfield Group and Brookfield Properties, have decided to throw in the towel and bid adieu to Market Street and the 1.5 million square foot “San Francisco Centre”. With dwindling foot traffic, more...
SF to Host Huge Free Downtown Concerts in 2024?
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco Another Planet Entertainment (APE), the Bay Area concert production company behind venues like Fox Theater, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, announced Tuesday a proposal to bring free outdoor concerts to historic plazas in downtown San Francisco. The plan would bring musical acts to three more...
Huge 69-Foot Sculpture Unveiled at SF’s New Hilltop Park
Artsy Fartsy, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco By Lydia Sidhom Bay City News A 69-foot sculpture by internationally renowned artist Hiroshi Sugimoto was recently installed on Yerba Buena Island, next to Treasure Island in May of 2023 The sculpture marks the first artwork from the Treasure Island Arts Program, which dictates that public art equal to at least 1% more...
SF’s Massive “Pink Triangle” is Back for 2023 (June 17)
Community, Pride, Uplifting Get ready for the 2023 edition of the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in San Francisco. The past few years, the triangle was lit up with 2,700 LED lights by Illuminate, but for 2023 the Pink Triangle returns to its traditional pink canvas display w/ 175 bright pink tarps held more...
9 Festivals Coming to SF’s Chinatown in Summer/Fall 2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco San Francisco just announced a series of upcoming events, fairs and festivals in Chinatown to attract residents and visitors to shop and dine in the neighborhood this summer. This summer and into the fall, the series will also include weekend events on the upper plaza of the Chinatown Rose Pak Central more...
SF’s First Ever “Juneteenth Parade” Coming to Market St.
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Sponsored The City is inviting you on its first ever San Francisco Annual Juneteenth Parade on Market Street on June 10, 2023! Join thousands of attendees, city leaders, and organizers for a beautiful day of rich culture, music, dance & purpose, featuring 10 floats, Classic Car Show & Corvette Caravan, live bands, Black more...
100+ Units of “Affordable” Housing Coming to Civic Center in 2025
Brand New, Causes, Housing, San Francisco Mayor London Breed Celebrates Groundbreaking Of 112 Unit Affordable Housing Development Across From City Hall The Kelsey Civic Center will provide affordable homes and supportive services for San Franciscans of diverse abilities, incomes, and backgrounds San Francisco, CA — On June 8, 2023, Mayor London N. Breed and representatives from the California more...
Downtown SF’s Huge “Old Navy” to Close July 1st
San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Old Navy’s Iconic flagship Market Street store in San Francisco has less than a month to go. The huge 73,000 sq ft. store, which has held its spot at the corner of 4th and Market Street in downtown San Francisco since 1999 is set to close on July 1, 2023. Old Navy’s more...
Caltrain Runs Electric Trains for First Time in 160 Year History
Brand New, Transportation The electrification of Caltrain has reached another major milestone as electric trains operated under power from the overhead contact system (OCS) for the first time. Initial tests will be conducted between Santa Clara and College Park Stations on the Santa Clara Drill Track. Test runs will expand to the main track, more...
