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“Unstaged” SF’s Third Thursdays Block Party ✦ Live on Mid-Market (Juneteenth 2025)

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Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Market Street (btwn 5th & 6th) | Market Street at 5th Street, San Francisco, CA

Free / RSVP

“Unstaged” Third Thursdays Block Party ✦ Live on Mid-Market (SF)

The returning free, monthly event series will inaugurate the new Mid-Market Entertainment Zone, starting Thursday, June 19, 2025!

Happening the third Thursday of June, July, August, September, and October from 4-7p, UNSTAGED: Live on Mid-Market, brings a free, interactive monthly event that brings arts and performances to Market Street between 5th and 6th Street, activating the new Mid-Market Entertainment Zone

UNSTAGED: Live on Mid-Market
Third Thursdays | 4-7p
– June 19, 2025 – Juneteenth Celebration w/ SF Black Wall Street – RSVP
– July 17, 2025
– August 21, 2025
– September 18, 2025
– October 16, 2025

Market Street btwn 5th and 6th St., SF
FREE

NEW FOR 2025! – Grab a drink and hit the street! June’s UNSTAGED is Mid-Market’s first Entertainment Zone event. Our 21+ friends can enjoy an adult beverage while they explore art and performers up and down the block. Under 21? All good! The event is all ages.

Drinks for purchase at: The Red TailThe WarfieldThe Timbri Hotel and Saluhall

Each event runs from 4 to 7 p.m., activating the Mid-Market Entertainment Zone with an array of performances, interactive installations, and culinary experiences. With the Entertainment Zone activated, community members can visit local bars and restaurants within the zone, purchase drinks, and enjoy them outside.

For more information about UNSTAGED and to stay updated on upcoming performances and activities, visit unstaged.org or follow @marketstreetarts on social media.

Check out 2024 Event Photos below:

UNSTAGED is back for 2025! This free, interactive, arts and live performance experience takes place on Market Street every Third Thursday. UNSTAGED features live bands & DJs, buskers and makers, immersive soundscapes, culinary experiences, breakdance battles, and interactive art in the Mid-Market Entertainment Zone— Market Street between 5th and 6th.

This season kicks off on June 19, 2025 with the help of our friends at SF Black Wall Street. Join us in celebrating Juneteenth, Black art & artists, and the creativity of the community from 4-7 PM.

FEATURING:

✦ Black Excellence, Fashion and Music by Mario B

Red Lotus

Highway Grizz

Afterthought and the Top Chefs ft. Alien Mac Kitty

The music & dancing of Samba Funk

The Twilight Brass Band

Denim Art with Holy Stitch!

Lonnie “PopTart” Green and the Strutters ft. Demons of the Mind

✦ Hip-hop DJ & breakdance battle with All The Way Live

✦ Just added: Soulfulness Line Dancing with Code Tenderloin

✦ Just added: Tenderloin Blackness Community Portraits

✦ Just added: Food demo from Mo’Raysha Pouoa at Cookery Skola in Saluhall

✦ Just added: Curated Kiosk by Visual Artist, Malik Seneferu

✦ And more to come…

NEW THIS YEAR ✦ Grab a drink and hit the street! June’s UNSTAGED is Mid-Market’s first Entertainment Zone event. Our 21+ friends can enjoy an adult beverage while they explore art and performers up and down the block. Under 21? All good! The event is all ages.

Drinks for purchase at: The Red Tail, The Warfield, The Timbri Hotel and Saluhall

PLUS: The first 200 attendees to register can claim a free $20 food & beverage voucher to spend at local Mid-Market establishments on June 19.

UNSTAGED. Third Thursdays Live on Mid-Market. Presented by Market Street Arts an initiative of the Mid Market Business Association & Foundation.

Visit Unstaged.org for details, event photos, eats and drinks, and to plan your afterparty.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE
Categories: *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, Block Party, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, In Person, Juneteenth, Live Music, Night Market, Sponsored, Theater & Performance
Address: Market Street at 5th Street, San Francisco, CA