Outdoorsy
SF’s Japantown is Getting a Huge Makeover w/ New Cherry Trees in 2025
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco After years of planning, San Francisco’s Japantown Peace Plaza (1610 Geary Blvd.) is undergoing a big renovationstarting April 29, 2024 which will result in a more dynamic community plaza with new paving, plantings, and informal seating; a larger pagoda stage; an eternal flame; a Japantown History Walk; a new “water feature” more...
CA’s Brand New State Park (90 Miles from SF) Opens June 12
Brand New, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches California State Parks in partnership with Governor Gavin Newsom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and the California Natural Resources Agency are excited to announce on this Earth Day that California will open its newest state park in the San Joaquin Valley on Wednesday, June 12. The opening day coincides with more...
SF’s Brand New Live Outdoor Concert Series w/ 21 Free Concerts
Brand New, Outdoorsy, San Francisco, Things to Do San Francisco is getting a brand new outdoor concert series. Taking place between May and November 2024, the SF Live series brings arts and culture into our parks and plazas through free performances curated by live music and entertainment venues that showcase a variety of local, national and international talent. SF Live more...
Giant Pandas Coming to SF Zoo from China
Adorable, Brand New, Good News, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Just announced, giant pandas from China are coming to the San Francisco Zoo. It’s the first official residency for giant pandas in San Francisco in the city’s history. Mayor London N. Breed joined officials from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA), local leaders and members more...
SF’s Free Outdoor Movie Nights Return for 2024
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s popular outdoor movie night, “Sundown Cinema” returns to The City for its 6th season on May 17, 2024. Sundown Cinema will bring seven films and pre-show entertainment to seven SF parks across the city, including sing-alongs, car chases, home videos, and family-friendly hits. Sundown Cinema debuts Friday, May 17, more...
SF’s “Sunday Streets”: 7 Huge Block Parties Announced for 2024
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Get ready to hit the streets: Sunday Streets is back for a new season. Celebrate 16 years of Sunday Streets SF transforming San Francisco streets into car-free community spaces for all to enjoy at events across the City in 2024. The Sunday Streets SF family will bring free recreational activities, health more...
SF Just Got $8.1 Million to Transform Fillmore’s Buchanan Street Mall
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco has received an $8.1 million federal grant that will be dedicated to the renovation of three of five blocks of the Buchanan Street Mall Project in the Western Addition neighborhood. The funding will allow for the addition of many amenities including a performance stage and seating areas, a more...
Golden Gate Park Band Hosts 25 Free Summer Concerts for 2024
Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The Golden Gate Park Band presents its 142nd season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. That’s right, this 30-piece symphony has been playing free concerts in Golden Gate Park since 1882.
Bruce Lee Statue Coming to SF’s Chinatown?
Artsy Fartsy, Local Icons, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Stop Asian Hate Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that a determined group, led by Bruce Lee memorabilia collector Jeff Chinn, is actively collaborating with the Bruce Lee Foundation to bring a butt-kicking statue of the martial arts legend to San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite statues scattered globally, including in Hong Kong more...
SF’s UN Plaza is Getting a Mini Lighted LED Forest
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Beginning Friday night, January 26, 2024, elements from artist Charles Gadeken’s illuminated installation Entwined Meadow will dazzle visitors to UN Plaza with changing light and color, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. The nine shrub sculptures, each composed of hundreds of LED lights at varying heights, arrived at more...
GG Park’s Stow Lake Has a New Name: “Blue Heron Lake”
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Recreation and Park Commissioners recently approved changing the name of Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park to Blue Heron Lake. William W. Stow, the lake’s original namesake, was a State Assembly Member between 1854 and 1857 and served on the City’s park commission in the 1890s. He was also more...
SF Now Has 30 New Sidewalk Gardens
Brand New, Green, Outdoorsy, San Francisco San Francisco now has 30 beautiful new sidewalk gardens. Sidewalk gardens beautify neighborhoods, create a natural habitat for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators, reduce stormwater runoff, and increase the lifespan of adjacent trees. SF Parks Alliance took to Instagram to send a thank you to its volunteers for helping to beautify more...
The Bay Area Just Got 18 New Miles of Trails
Brand New, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Bay Area nature lovers, you’re in luck. The Bay Area just got 18 new miles of trails. The Tyler Ranch Staging Area provides new public access for pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle use on more than 18 miles of trails across 2,800 acres of protected open space on the Tyler Ranch and more...
Golden Gate Park’s Iconic “Stow Lake” Getting A New Name
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that a “short list” of new names for Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake has been released. The decision comes after years of scrutiny surrounding the lake’s namesake, William Stow – a 19th-century California Assemblymember, who expressed his antisemitism openly throughout his political career. more...
Here’s Which SF Parks Are Closed for Winter 2023
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department has announced winter closures in its parks. As we move into December, a number of parks have begun or will begin their annual winter closure in the near future: St. Mary’s Dog Play Area – November 27 to late – February 2024 Upper Douglass Dog Play Area more...
