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Northern Lights May Dazzle Again Over Bay Area Skies Tonight (Nov. 12)
Outdoorsy, Wow Heads up, Bay Area. The Northern Lights are back. After lighting up skies across Novato, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, and San Rafael last night, the aurora borealis could return tonight (Wednesday, Nov. 12) thanks to a rare geomagnetic storm. When to look: 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. (best around midnight)Where: Look north and more...
Huge New Lighted Garden Trail Coming to SF (Winter 2025)
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Get Out: Events, Holiday Lights, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Wow San Francisco Botanical Garden will transform into a glowing after-dark wonderland this winter with Lightscape, an immersive holiday light and music trail that has wowed crowds in London, Chicago, Melbourne, and New York. From November 21, 2025 through January 4, 2026, visitors can wander a one-mile path with more than one more...
Rare Green Comet to Light Up Bay Area Skies Thru Nov. 3
Outdoorsy, Wow A newly discovered green comet is putting on a rare sky show over the Bay Area this week, and it won’t be back for more than a thousand years. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), first spotted by scientists at Arizona’s Mount Lemmon Survey in January, is making its closest swing past Earth more...
Giant 36-Ft KAWS Inflatable Sculpture Coming to SFMOMA Rooftop
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Wow San Francisco’s skyline is about to get a playful upgrade. Starting November 15, 2025, SFMOMA will host a massive 36-foot-tall inflatable sculpture by KAWS on its rooftop. Part of his global HOLIDAY project, the free-to-view COMPANION sculpture lets everyone enjoy his iconic characters from downtown or Yerba Buena Gardens. At the more...
SF Hosts Rare “Willie Mays” Museum for One Week Only (Until Sept. 27)
Local Icons, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Wow For one week only, fans can step inside a rare “pop-up museum” dedicated to the life and legacy of baseball legend Willie Mays. Nearly 450 items from Mays’ personal collection, including his two National League MVP awards, 1954 World Series ring, Gold Gloves, and even his high school diploma, are more...
Daredevils Take on Epic 1,600-Foot Highline at Golden Gate Bridge
Outdoorsy, San Francisco, Wow Over the weekend of September 5–7, 2025, a daring crew of highliners took on a 1,600-foot slackline suspended 75 feet above Kirby Cove, just west of the Golden Gate Bridge. This marked the longest coastal slackline in North America and only the second time it had been set up at more...
“California Henge”: San Francisco’s Natural Light Show (September 1-2)
San Francisco, Wow California Henge, San Francisco’s twice-yearly solar spectacle, is taking place September 1-2, 2025. Twice a year, San Francisco puts on a dazzling celestial show known as California Henge. In this phenomenon, the rising or setting sun aligns perfectly with the city’s street grid, casting a golden glow down California Street and illuminating more...
New Rooftop Concert Venue Coming to Downtown SF?
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Wow Empire, the independent SF-based record label behind artists like Kendrick Lamar and Cardi B, is planning a rooftop concert venue on top of its new headquarters in the Financial District. The label bought the historic One Montgomery building (at Post Street) for $22.5 million and just filed a proposal with more...
Ultimate Guide to SF’s Grateful Dead Summer Takeover
Artsy Fartsy, Local Icons, San Francisco, Wow San Francisco is going full psychedelic to honor the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, the iconic band born right here in 1965. In the lead-up to Dead & Company’s sold-out three-night run in Golden Gate Park (August 1-3), the city is paying tribute with art exhibits, live shows, and more...
SF City Hall Lights Up Tie-Dye for Grateful Dead (Aug. 3)
San Francisco, Wow 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. In honor of Grateful Dead’s 60th Anniversary, more...
SF Unveils New Dead-Inspired Psychedelic Buses
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation, Wow Muni is rolling out some serious Summer of Love vibes. Just in time for the Dead & Company shows in Golden Gate Park (August 1-3, 2025), SFMTA has wrapped two buses and one train in vibrant, psychedelic designs. The colorful vehicles – dubbed the “Psychedeli-bus” and the “Trippy Train” – are more...
SF’s Giant Rare Stinky “Corpse Flower” is Blooming!
Museums / Cultural Institutions, Wow Hold your breath! The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park has announced that one of their rare super smelly “corpse flowers” is blooming. Experience the incredibly large, notoriously stinky corpse flower bloom! Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Bloom Update: It’s happening! Our lovely Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum), Chanel, is blooming! This rare bloom only lasts for 2 days and smells more...
“California Henge”: SF’s Natural Light Show (April 8-10, 2025)
Artsy Fartsy, Downtown San Francisco, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Wow Big thank you to Stu Berman for sharing with us details about California Henge: San Francisco’s twice-yearly solar spectacle. Twice a year, San Francisco puts on a dazzling celestial show known as California Henge—a phenomenon where the rising or setting sun aligns perfectly with the city’s street grid, casting a golden more...
1950s SF Motel Transformed by Artists for One Weekend Only
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, Wow San Francisco’s stARTup Art Fair is one of the most unique art shows you’re likely to ever encounter. The Return of SF’s Most Unique Art Fair: stARTup Takes Over Hotel del Sol San Francisco’s beloved stARTup Art Fair is finally making its long-awaited return after a five-year pause, and it’s coming back with renewed more...
SF’s Spectacular 1,200-LED Light Show to Dazzle Civic Center
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Wow SPECTRA: A Dazzling New Light Installation Transforms San Francisco’s Civic Center San Francisco’s Civic Center is about to shine brighter than ever with the unveiling of SPECTRA, a groundbreaking LED art installation set to illuminate Fulton Plaza. This massive public art project, developed by local nonprofit Illuminate in partnership with the more...
