SF’s New Monthly Block Party: “Downtown First Thursdays”

Into the Streets

Get ready, San Francisco, for the return of this brand new free monthly party coming back to Downtown SF.

A new, free, all-ages street party comes to Downtown SF every first Thursday of the month, from 5-10pm. Free kids activities, disco, two outdoor bars, live music, DJs, drag, food trucks, retail vendors, and more every first Thursday of the month.

DFT is Back SEPTEMBER 5! – SEPTEMBER 5 HIGHLIGHTS:

Experience a 60+ person orchestra, ballet, breakdance, whirling dervishes, a second line brass band, live jazz on an open air F-Train, and DJs (including San Francisco’s own, the legendary Spencer Brown) and much more!

Check out new, expanded outdoor drinking area at DFT! Take your beer or cocktails purchased at outdoor bars (at 2nd and Stevenson Street and 2nd and Natoma Street) roaming throughout the DFT footprint.

September 5 Special Guest Performer: Spencer Brown presented by The Midway 7:00 PM 9:00pm | at the Art Car Stage 2nd and Howard Street.

Register for Sep 5 DFT for a chance to win a FREE pair of two-day GA passes to Fresh Start, The Midway’s SF New Year Block Party!

• Applicable to Fresh Start: December 31, 2024 & January 1, 2024
• Limited to one email per giveaway entry
• Register via this form any time before Sept 5 at 10pm to enter.
• Winner will be chosen at random
• Winner will be notified and receive prize September 6, 2024.

Celebrate Transit Month in style and travel between UNSTAGED. Live on Mid-Market and DFT on the  F-Train as it becomes a mobile jazz venue, the Hotsy Totsy Club, created by Building 180 in collaboration with Mystic Midway. (UNSTAGED. Live on Mid-Market is an official partner event of DFT).

Grab a FREE ticket and register your email to be the first to know about what’s coming in September. RSVP also gets you access to discounted hotel stays from partners like the W San Francisco and the Hyatt Regency Downtown SOMA.

FREE MUSEUM ENTRY ON SEPTEMBER 5

SFMOMA
Bay Area residents get free access to SFMOMA on September 5.

Grab dinner at grace, located on the 1st floor of SFMOMA, from 5-8pm before you dance the night away at DFT. Happy hour is 3-5pm with a 50% discount on all wine.

Downtown First Thursdays is put together by Into the Streets, the group that organizes Bhangra & Beats, and the Civic Joy Fund, who did Summer of Music and SF is a Drag.

Happening every month until April 2025, they’ll close some streets on Second Street south of Market. They’ll set up open-air beer gardens operated by 111 Minna and Natoma Cabana and they’ll also make dance floors in alleys and set up stages for bands. The goal is to get 10,000 people from San Francisco to come every month.

Downtown First Thursdays
Every First Thursday
May 2, 2024 – April 3, 2025 | 5-10p
Second St. + Howard St., Downtown San Francisco (SoMa)
Free | All Ages – RSVP

• Get ready for disco in the streets, DJs, live music, drag, martial arts, fashion, street performances, and many more surprises.
• “The Biggest Disco Ball West of the Mississippi” < true as far as we know. 🙂
• The event takes place on 2nd Street (between Market and Folsom) and along neighboring alleyways on Jessie, Minna, and Natoma Streets.
• Nearby transportation: Montgomery Station (MUNI & BART)

Activations & Stages

• 111 Minna Gallery – KALW will host conversations, music, and more inside 111 Minna Gallery from 5pm-10pm.
• Discoteca on Minna Street (Outside 111 Minna Gallery) – Grace Towers will host an outdoor street discoteca on Minna Street, featuring Bay Area Performers and DJs playing a wide range of music genres including disco, salsa, reggaeton, house y más!
• The Art Car Stage (2nd at Howard st.) – OASIS Nightclub & Cabaret will start the party with drag, DJs, and more in the early evening and set the stage for special guest performers–brought to you by The Midway and Another Planet Entertainment–to close out the night.
• Dance Hall (Outside Natoma Cabana on Natoma at 2nd Street) – Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and A LITTLE x will bring you live music to get down to. Grab your partner and head to the Dance Hall for salsa, funk, and more grooves to keep you moving in the streets.
• Jams on Jessie (Jessie Street at 2nd Street) – Jessie Street comes alive with bands and live music brought to you by Noise Pop, plus some fun surprises and wandering street performances.
• Outdoor beer gardens – (Three locations – 21+) Enjoy delicious drinks outside at: Minna Street outside of 111 Minna Gallery and Natoma Street outside of Natoma Cabana (90 Natoma St.), 2nd Street outside of Tequila Mockingbird (86 2nd. Street).

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San Francisco–are you ready to party downtown?

Into The Streets is excited to announce the launch of a FREE, all-ages monthly party taking place the first Thursday of every month from 5-10pm in the streets of Downtown San Francisco, in partnership with the Civic Joy Fund, The East Cut CBD, Yerba Buena CBD, and 111 Minna Gallery.

This new street party will run monthly from May 2, 2024 to April 3, 2025, bring thousands of people downtown, and feature an exciting lineup of music, performance, food, shopping, and art.

Get ready for disco in the streets, DJs, live music, drag, martial arts, fashion, street performances, and many other surprises still to be announced!

The fun takes place on 2nd Street (between Market and Howard) and along neighboring alleyways on Jessie, Minna, and Natoma Streets.

Grab a free ticket and register your email to be the first to know about what’s coming to downtown!

Interested in being a vendor? We’re looking for food, retail, and more to make the streets come to life with the best of San Francisco. Visit www.intothestreetssf.com/vendors to sign up for updates on vending opportunities for this event.