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Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Pete the Cat, the Musical! (2 Shows Per Day)
10am - 3pm / The Creativity Theater
Sun
19
Apr
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10 Opening Weekend
10am - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
19
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Sunset Sound System
11am - 7pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sun
19
Apr
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
MAKE! with SCRAP: Abstract Shapes
11am - 2pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
19
Apr
Outdoors
LINES Ballet Family Experience
2pm - 3:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sun
19
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
LINES BALLET + esperanza spalding: LEGACY
5pm - 7pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sun
19
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
20
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Barbary Coast Jazz Band
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Mon
20
Apr
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Imagination Unleashed!
5:30pm - 9:30pm / Children's Creativity Museum
Tue
21
Apr
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
21
Apr
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
21
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
The Local Edition Jazz Orchestra
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Tue
21
Apr
Arts & Culture • Health & Beauty • Outdoors
Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion
12pm - 1pm / Crepe Myrtle Garden
Wed
22
Apr
Arts & Culture
Free Art Workshop: Nature Stencil Art
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
22
Apr
Food & Drink
Yerba Buena Neighborhood Happy Hour
4pm - 6pm / Novela
Wed
22
Apr
Arts & Culture
Screening of Short Films from “Conjuring Power”
5pm - 8pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
22
Apr
Arts & Culture
Kona's Sunset Trivia Night
6pm - 8pm / Kona's Street Market
Wed
22
Apr
Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Ian Santillano
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Wed
22
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Verve Quintet
8:30pm - 11:30pm / Local Edition
Wed
22
Apr
Food & Drink
Mahjong Society at InterContinental SF
5pm - 7pm / InterContinental San Francisco
Thu
23
Apr
Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Pepe Jacobo's Latin All Stars
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Thu
23
Apr
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Architecture x Architecture: A Conversation on the Implications of Machine Learning on Architecture
6pm - 9pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
23
Apr
Arts & Culture
RAWdance Spring Benefit ’26
6pm - 9pm / 111 Minna Gallery
Thu
23
Apr
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
23
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Blue Note Jazz Revival Quartet
8:30pm - 11:59pm / Local Edition
Thu
23
Apr
Arts & Culture • Outdoors
Bay Area Dance Week: One Dance
12pm - 1pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
24
Apr
Arts & Culture
Lesbian Power
5:30pm - 7:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Fri
24
Apr
Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - The Good Bad
6pm - 2am / The Grove SF
Fri
24
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Magic School Busk
8:30pm - 11:59pm / Local Edition
Fri
24
Apr
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Toxica Party
10pm - 11:59pm / City Nights
Fri
24
Apr
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Pete the Cat, the Musical! (2 Shows Per Day)
10am - 3pm / The Creativity Theater
Sat
25
Apr
Conventions
WHCE 45th Anniversary: 2026 Woman of the Year Gala
6pm - 11:59pm / Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
Sat
25
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Wobbly World
8:30pm - 11:59pm / Local Edition
Sat
25
Apr
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Family Studio: Lines That Move
10am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
26
Apr
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Pete the Cat, the Musical! (2 Shows Per Day)
10am - 3pm / The Creativity Theater
Sun
26
Apr
Arts & Culture • Books • Shopping
Authors in Conversation- Loving the Fire with Deborah Santana
2pm - 3:30pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sun
26
Apr
Events
Wine Down Drink Up Book Club
6:30pm - 8pm / Wine Down SF
Mon
27
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
27
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Le Jazz Hot Quartet
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Mon
27
Apr
Conventions • Networking
Sage Future 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
28
Apr
Conventions • Networking
Stripe Sessions 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
28
Apr
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
28
Apr
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
28
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
The Local Edition Jazz Orchestra
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Tue
28
Apr
Arts & Culture • Health & Beauty • Outdoors
Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion
12pm - 1pm / Crepe Myrtle Garden
Wed
29
Apr
Arts & Culture
Free Art Workshop: Portrait Cut-Out
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
29
Apr
Arts & Culture
Modern Queer Tarot
5pm - 8pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
29
Apr
Arts & Culture • Visit
Art Bash 2026
6pm - 11:59pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Wed
29
Apr
Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Jerry & The Jerks
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Wed
29
Apr
Arts & Culture
Kona's Sunset Trivia Night
6pm - 8pm / Kona's Street Market
Wed
29
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
WestSide Jazz Club Band
8:30pm - 11:59pm / Local Edition
Wed
29
Apr
Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - The Good Bad
6pm - 2am / The Grove SF
Thu
30
Apr
Arts & Culture
Film Screening: Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: Planet Mike
6pm - 8pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
30
Apr
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
30
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
GamperDrums FunkJazz
8:30pm - 11:59pm / Local Edition
Thu
30
Apr
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Steve Lucky and The Rhumba Bums
8:30pm - 11:30pm / Local Edition
Fri
1
May
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Banda Rave
10pm - 11:59pm / City Nights
Fri
1
May
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Pete the Cat, the Musical! (2 Shows Per Day)
10am - 3pm / The Creativity Theater
Sat
2
May
Health & Beauty
Senior Smiles and Wellness Health Fair
10am - 1pm / Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry
Sat
2
May
Arts & Culture
Film Screening: Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: George’s Sphere
2pm - 4pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sat
2
May
Arts & Culture
Student Art Exhibition & Book Release Fundraiser
6pm - 10pm / 111 Minna Gallery
Sat
2
May
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Pete the Cat, the Musical! (2 Shows Per Day)
10am - 3pm / The Creativity Theater
Sun
3
May
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
MAKE! with SCRAP: Klee Masks
11am - 2pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
3
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
4
May
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Music Match Up - Wine Down Faves
6:30pm - 8pm / Wine Down SF
Mon
4
May
Conventions
REPLAY, by Temporal.io
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
5
May
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
5
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
5
May
Arts & Culture • Health & Beauty • Outdoors
Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion
12pm - 1pm / Crepe Myrtle Garden
Wed
6
May
Arts & Culture
Free Art Workshop: Shape Stamps
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
6
May
Arts & Culture
Bead Weaving Workshop
5pm - 7pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
6
May
Events
Downtown First Thursdays
5pm - 10pm / 111 Minna Gallery
Thu
7
May
Arts & Culture
Film Screening: Anselm
6pm - 8pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
7
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
7
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Downtown First Thursdays
7pm - 11:59pm / Downtown First Thursdays on Minna
Thu
7
May
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink
Circle of Ruin at Tequila Mockingbird
6pm - 11:59pm / Tequila Mockingbird
Fri
8
May
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Bichota Party
10pm - 11:59pm / City Nights
Fri
8
May
Arts & Culture • Visit
Thrive@MOAD
11am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
9
May
Events
Workshop: Button Hole Binding
12pm - 3pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
9
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Season Opener: Hermán Olivera y Orquesta Taíno
2pm - 4:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
9
May
Arts & Culture • Books • Shopping
Authors in Conversation- Authors in Conversation - Overground Railroad:
2pm - 3:30pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
9
May
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Family Studio: Think BIG!
10am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
10
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
11
May
Nightlife
Barbary Coast Jazz Band
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Mon
11
May
Arts & Culture • Outdoors
Poetic Tuesday
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Tue
12
May
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
12
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
12
May
Arts & Culture • Health & Beauty • Outdoors
Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion
12pm - 1pm / Crepe Myrtle Garden
Wed
13
May
Arts & Culture
Free Art Workshop: Silhouette Landscape Collage
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
13
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Hella Fitzgerald x Honor Brass Band
8:30pm - 11:30pm / Local Edition
Wed
13
May
Outdoors
Bike to Wherever Day
7:30am - 6:30pm / Yerba Buena
Thu
14
May
Arts & Culture
Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal Member Previews
12pm - 2pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Starts
14
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Aireene & The Itch
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
14
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
14
May
Outdoors
Horizon: Heaven on Earth
9am - 9pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
15
May
Food & Drink
Wine Down 10th Anniversary!
6:30pm - 9pm / Wine Down SF
Fri
15
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Kamrin Ortiz & His Knock Outs
8:30pm - 11:30pm / Local Edition
Fri
15
May
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
No Quema Baddie
10pm - 11:59pm / City Nights
Fri
15
May
Events
Workshop: Binding Made Simple
12pm - 3pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
16
May
Arts & Culture
New Queer Cinema x Trans New Weird: Queer Vigilantes
1pm - 3pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
16
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Hailu Mergia
2pm - 4:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
16
May
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Visit
Hat Party
11am - 3pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
17
May
Arts & Culture
On Creative Courage: Artists in Conversation
2pm - 4pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
17
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
18
May
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
19
May
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Music Match Up - We Love the 90's Trivia
6:30pm - 8pm / Wine Down SF
Tue
19
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
19
May
Arts & Culture
Gregangelo Museum Pop-Up
11am - 2pm / San Francisco Visitor Information Center
Wed
20
May
Arts & Culture • Health & Beauty • Outdoors
Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion
12pm - 1pm / Crepe Myrtle Garden
Wed
20
May
Arts & Culture
Free Art Workshop: Watercolor Affirmation Art
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
20
May
Arts & Culture
Willie Alexander III
6pm - 8pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
20
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Larry & Joe
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
21
May
Arts & Culture • Visit
Larry Sultan — Water Over Thunder: Selected Writing Live
6pm - 8pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
21
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
21
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Las Cafeteras
2pm - 4:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
23
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
25
May
Events
Bead Weaving Workshop
2pm - 7pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Starts
26
May
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
26
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
26
May
Arts & Culture • Health & Beauty • Outdoors
Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion
12pm - 1pm / Crepe Myrtle Garden
Wed
27
May
Arts & Culture
Free Art Workshop: 3D Paper Flowers
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
27
May
Arts & Culture
Curator-Led Tour of “Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements”
6pm - 7pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
27
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Community Music Center Neighborhood Choirs
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
28
May
Comedy
Wine Down Drink Up Book Club
6:30pm - 8pm / Wine Down SF
Thu
28
May
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
28
May
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
1
Jun
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
2
Jun
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
2
Jun
Arts & Culture
Gregangelo Museum Pop-Up
11am - 2pm / San Francisco Visitor Information Center
Wed
3
Jun
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
4
Jun
Arts & Culture
Drag For Your LIFE!
7pm - 9pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Thu
4
Jun
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Downtown First Thursdays
7pm - 11:59pm / Downtown First Thursdays on Minna
Thu
4
Jun
Arts & Culture • Outdoors
Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble (Kids’ Show) -2 Shows
11am - 12:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
5
Jun
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Poetry Workshop with Nia Pearl
12pm - 1pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
6
Jun
Arts & Culture
New Queer Cinema x Trans New Weird: Teen Death Drive
1pm - 3pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
6
Jun
Arts & Culture • Outdoors
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
2pm - 3:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
6
Jun
Arts & Culture • Outdoors
Pride in Yerba Buena!
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sun
7
Jun
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
8
Jun
Conventions
Visa Payments Forum (VPF) 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
9
Jun
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
9
Jun
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
9
Jun
Arts & Culture • Nightlife • Outdoors
Camellia Boutros
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
11
Jun
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
11
Jun
Arts & Culture • Comedy • Family Fun • Outdoors • Visit
Coventry & Kaluza (Kids’ Show) - 2 Shows
11am - 12:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
12
Jun
Arts & Culture • Comedy • Outdoors
Good Medicine
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
12
Jun
Arts & Culture • Visit
Thrive@MOAD
11am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
13
Jun
Events
Workshop: Rebinding Paperbacks
12pm - 3pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
13
Jun
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
15
Jun
Food & Drink • Nightlife
Trvia Night!
6pm - 8pm / Rec Room by East Brother Beer Co
Tue
16
Jun
Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
16
Jun
Arts & Culture
Artist-Led Tour of “Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements”
6pm - 7pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
17
Jun
Arts & Culture
The Prince of Homburg: A Solo Exhibition by P. Staff
11am - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
14
Jun
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - John Alexander
5pm - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Through
30
Apr
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Rachel Simon Marino
5pm - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Through
30
Apr
Arts & Culture
Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements
11am - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
23
Aug
Arts & Culture
Diedrick Brackens: gather tender night
6pm - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
23
Aug
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Michael Gregory
5pm - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Starts
7
May
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Darren Waterston
5pm - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Starts
7
May
Arts & Culture
Air Between Us: A Vertical Dance Experience by Megan Lowe Dances
7pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Starts
8
May
Conventions
APA 2026 Annual Meeting
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
16
May
Conventions
Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) 52nd Annual Convention
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
21
May
Conventions • Networking
Snowflake Summit 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
1
Jun
Conventions • Networking
Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
15
Jun