Today: December 1, 2021

SF’s Civic Center Plaza Holiday Tree Lighting 2021 The Civic Center Plaza Holiday Tree Lighting — a free, family-friendly event — returns Wednesday, December 1, 4-7pm! This festive event features holiday entertainment, “snow” flurries, festive bites and drinks, free holiday crafts from community organizations, and a toy giveaway for 400+ children! The night of festive ...

“Kick Black Comedy” Comedy Show (Oakland)

Come laugh with us at a new weekly comedy show at the Athletic Club Oakland every Wednesday at 8 PM. Our comics have performed with Dave Chappelle, Michael Che, and others, and have been featured on HBO, Comedy Central, and Netflix. Kick Black Comedy Every ...Every Wednesday

“HellaSecret” SF Outdoor Comedy Night & Secret Beer Garden (Marina)

We’ve got a new covered secret beer garden to introduce you to for HellaSecret – a new series of pop-up live outdoor comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This ...Every Wednesday

SF’s “World Tree of Hope” w/ 17,000 Origami Cranes (Dec. 1 – Jan. 8)

See the world’s most unique holiday tree at Grace Cathedral. The Rainbow World Fund (RWF) World Tree of Hope is the largest origami holiday tree in the world, standing over 23 feet tall and decorated with over 17,000 origami cranes and stars, each hand folded ...

Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour 2021 (Dec. 1-30) A longtime family tradition for many, The Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour showcases the creativity of the local business in Sausalito. Visitors can participate in the Gingerbread House Tour anytime throughout the month of December by downloading a map of participating locations, viewing the unique gingerbread ...

World AIDS Day: The Castro’s “Inscribe” Sidewalk Chalk Event (SF) Inscribe” on Castro Street between Market and 19th streets, starting at 10:30 a.m., offers the public the opportunity to honor those affected by HIV and AIDS by writing their names, using colorful sidewalk chalk, on Castro Street sidewalks.

Say Goodbye to Grace Cathedral’s Rainbow Steps for 2021 Grace Cathedral finally says goodbye to their gorgeous rainbow steps today, after 6 colorful months on the steps of one of SF’s most iconic buildings. We’ve been told the final full day for the steps is December 1, 2021 and that they’ll being to remove them ...

SF’s “Holiday Trolley” Hits the Streets with Treats (December 1-18) This year, the Shop and Dine in the 49 campaign promotes shopping at small businesses and neighborhood corridors throughout San Francisco. Beginning on Wednesday, December 1 through December 18, 2021, in partnership with neighborhood merchant associations, a trolley car with Shop and Dine in the 49 ...

“Misery Party” for the Holidays at Thriller Social Club (SF) For some people this is the most miserable time of the year. If you’re the likes “spreading cheer” consider yourselves uninvited from Thriller Social Club’s “Misery Party” on December 1st. That’s the new carnival-themed arcade bar in SoMa that took over the old Coin-Op space. To ...

Opening Night: “The Alterverse” Celebration of Poetry and Light (Golden Gate Park) Celebrate the opening of The Alterverse when James Weldon Johnson’s soaring words “Lift Every Voice” from the Black National Anthem are elevated and illuminated atop the revived Golden Gate Bandshell. Hear sculptor Dana King discuss Monumental Reckoning, her powerful installation which sits directly across the ...

Wednesday Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile (SF)

Sunset Mercantile, local producers of community based pop-up marketplaces, announced the relaunch of the Wednesday afternoon Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile 4pm-7:30pm on 37th Avenue between Ortega and Pacheco featuring farm fresh produce, unique artisan foods, delicious pop-up eateries, talented makers, local merchants, live ...Every Wednesday

Sausalito’s “Holiday by the Bay” Festival & Tree Lighting 2021 Sausalito’s Holiday by the Bay 2021 launches with a Christmas carol sing-along featuring the Little Willow Strummers, a unique ukulele group from the Sausalito Woman’s Club, a Christmas Tree Lighting, and fun activities all around town. Date: Wednesday, December 1st Time: 4pm Sing along 4pm Swing Dancing 6pm Tree ...

SF’s Union Square Chanukah Lighting w/ 25-Foot-Tall Menorah (4th Night)

Celebrate Chanukah 2021 with the 46th lighting of the 25-foot tall mahogany Bill Graham Menorah in Union Square. This San Francisco tradition, the brainchild of rock and roll concert promoter Bill Graham, begun in 1975. Lighting ceremonies take place from November 28-December 6, at approximately 4:30 ...

SF’s World AIDS Day + Golden Gate Park “Circle of Lights” (2021) World AIDS Day FREE public programming – An Evening of Lights & Remembrance in the Grove. A reading of the names ceremony begins at 5 pm as we gather together to remember those lost surrounded by the beautifully illuminate Grove at night until 9pm. The ceremony will be ...

Movember at Dirty Habit with Craft Cocktails by Benjamin Chapman Whiskey Dirty Habit, San Francisco’s sultry bar and restaurant located on the fifth floor of Hotel Zelos, is pleased to invite the public to their upcoming MOVEMBER event in partnership with Benjamin Chapman Whiskey on Wednesday, December 1 from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Celebrating Movember, which ...