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Arts & Culture
The Odyssey
12am - 11:59pm / AMC Metreon 16
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture
Summer Break in Yerba Buena - So You Think You Can Soccer?
9am - 12pm / Yerba Buena Lane & Jessie Square
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture
La Gente SF - Free Concert
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
LIMITLESS: A Collection of Short Films
4pm - 7pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Folklórico
5:45pm - 7:30pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
16
Jul
Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove -DJ Joe Lyle
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Rooftop Radio: Noise Pop
8pm - 11pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
16
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture
Toishan Lions Dance Troupe (Kids’ Show) - 2 Free Shows
11am - 12:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture
Summer Break in Yerba Buena - Bhangra Dance Classes
3:30pm - 4:30pm / Yerba Buena Lane & Jessie Square
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - DJ Maryzelle
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
The World of Black Film: Screening + Book Signing
6:30pm - 7:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Esto no tiene nombre
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music: Kamrin Ortiz & His Knock Outs
8:30pm - 11:30pm / Local Edition
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Reggaeton Throwback: World Cup Edition
10pm - 11:59pm / City Nights
Fri
17
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Sat
18
Jul
Events
Reggae Festival
12pm - 5pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
18
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Esto no tiene nombre (2 Shows)
2pm - 9:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
18
Jul
Arts & Culture
Event: Reception, Open House and Panel Discussion
5pm - 8pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
18
Jul
Arts & Culture
Modern Family Party at Sentro Filipino
6pm - 8pm / Sentro Filipino: The San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Sat
18
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove -Sami Stevens
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Sat
18
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music: Oakland Jazz Funk Project
8:30pm - 11:59pm / Local Edition
Sat
18
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Sun
19
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Family Studio with the San Francisco Public Library
10am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
19
Jul
Events
Finals Watch Party @ Yerba Buena!
11am - 4pm / The Great Lawn
Sun
19
Jul
Events
FIFA Watch Party
1pm - 4pm / 111 Minna Gallery
Sun
19
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Esto no tiene nombre
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sun
19
Jul
Arts & Culture
Matthew Holt at Shelby's Rooftop
5pm - 9pm / Shelby’s Rooftop
Sun
19
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
20
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music: Barbary Coast Jazz Band
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Mon
20
Jul
Arts & Culture
Book Club: Bernal Readers, To Kill a Mockingbird
2pm - 4pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Tue
21
Jul
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
21
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Stu Crew
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Tue
21
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Yerba Buena Speaker Series
6pm - 8pm / Children's Creativity Museum
Tue
21
Jul
Arts & Culture
Wine Down Pop Culture Trivia
6:30pm - 8pm / Wine Down SF
Tue
21
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
21
Jul
Conventions
AMD Advancing AI
9am - 6pm / Moscone Center
Starts
22
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Wed
22
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Art Workshop: Flower Applique Embroidery
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
22
Jul
Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Rhonda Sauce
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Wed
22
Jul
Conventions
SF Politics 101 with Joel Engardio
6pm - 7:15pm / SPUR
Wed
22
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music: Verve Quintet
8:30pm - 11:30pm / Local Edition
Wed
22
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Thu
23
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Iwa Daiko - Free Concert
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
23
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
LIMITLESS: A Film Series - Mami Wata
4pm - 7pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Thu
23
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Le Jazz Hot
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Thu
23
Jul
Arts & Culture
Film Screening - A Thing Brilliant and Powerful: Films on Gesture, Paint, and Painting
6pm - 9pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
23
Jul
Events
Film Screening: Punching the World (Mit der Faust in die Welt schlagen)
6pm - 8pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Thu
23
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
23
Jul
Arts & Culture
Hadestown: The Musical
12am / AMC Metreon 16
Fri
24
Jul
Arts & Culture
Chennai Love Story
12am / AMC Metreon 16
Fri
24
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Fri
24
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Nightlife
René y Familia (Kids’ Show) - 2 Free Shows
11am - 12:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
24
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Bhangra & Beats Night Market
4pm - 9pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
24
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Austin Wazz of Analog Dog
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Fri
24
Jul
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Noche de Tribaleras
10pm - 11:59pm / City Nights
Fri
24
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Sat
25
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Artist Talk & Reception - EAP Presents Demetri Broxton: Ancestral Echoes
2pm - 3:30pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
25
Jul
Arts & Culture
Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day One)
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
25
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Morgan Harrison
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Sat
25
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music: Cosmo Alleycats
8pm - 11:30pm / Local Edition
Sat
25
Jul
Arts & Culture
Old MacDonald's Farm (3 Shows Per Day)
9:30am - 2pm / The Creativity Theater
Sun
26
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Family Studio: Matisse Landscapes
10am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
26
Jul
Arts & Culture
Watercolor Workshop: Feeling First, a Matisse Study
2pm - 4pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
26
Jul
Arts & Culture
Wine Down Drink Up Book Club
6:30pm - 8pm / Wine Down SF
Mon
27
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
27
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music: Le Jazz Hot Quartet
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Mon
27
Jul
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
28
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove -Sami Stevens
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Tue
28
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
28
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music: The Local Edition Jazz Orchestra
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Tue
28
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Art Workshop: Clay Tile Carving
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
29
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Austin Wazz of Analog Dog
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Wed
29
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Tour of “Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements”
6:45pm - 7:45pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
29
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music: The Art Khu Quartet
8pm - 11pm / Local Edition
Wed
29
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
WAM Presents: Local Sirens - Free Concert
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
30
Jul
Arts & Culture
Wine Down - Craft For a Cause
5pm - 7pm / Wine Down SF
Thu
30
Jul
Arts & Culture • Family Fun • Nightlife
LIMITLESS: A Film Series - BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
6pm - 9pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
30
Jul
Arts & Culture
Discussion - Works on Paper Book Club: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
6pm - 8pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
30
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Tori Roze w/Johnny Alexander
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Thu
30
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
30
Jul
Arts & Culture
Unique Derique (Kids’ Show) - 2 Free Shows
11am - 12:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
31
Jul
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - The Good Bad
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Fri
31
Jul
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music: Kiana Melendez & Band
8:30pm - 11:59pm / Local Edition
Fri
31
Jul
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Leo Seazon
10pm - 11:59pm / City Nights
Fri
31
Jul
Family Fun
Multicultural Festival
10am - 1pm / Yerba Buena Children’s Garden
Sat
1
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Free Poetry Workshop with Nia Pearl
12pm - 1pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
1
Aug
Arts & Culture
Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day Two)
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
1
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Color Your Mind - Free Concert
12pm - 5pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sun
2
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
3
Aug
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
4
Aug
Conventions
Student Housing as Urban Catalyst: Evolving Strategies to Support Academic Institutions
5pm - 6:30pm / SPUR
Tue
4
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
4
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Phillip B. Williams Poetry Reading
6:30pm - 7:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
5
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
AfroSolo Presents: Fely Tchaco - Free Concert
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
6
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Downtown First Thursdays
3pm - 8pm / Downtown First Thursdays on Minna
Thu
6
Aug
Arts & Culture
Free Admission on First Thursdays to MOAD
5pm - 8pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Thu
6
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Yerba Buena Salsa Nights - Edgardo Cambón
6pm - 7:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
6
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
MoAD & Young Black Femmes SF present An Evening of Reflection
6pm - 8pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Thu
6
Aug
Arts & Culture
Film Screening- The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
6pm - 8pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
6
Aug
Events
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
6pm - 8pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Thu
6
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
6
Aug
Arts & Culture
Ice Cream Man
12am / AMC Metreon 16
Fri
7
Aug
Arts & Culture
Eddie Madril (Kids’ Show)- 2 Free Shows
11am - 12:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
7
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Opening Night Celebration for “GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain”
6pm - 9pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Fri
7
Aug
Arts & Culture • Health & Beauty
Free Admission at MoAD
9am - 3pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
8
Aug
Arts & Culture
Pistahan - Free Show
11am - 5pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
8
Aug
Arts & Culture
Workshop: Japanese Stab Binding
12pm - 2pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
8
Aug
Arts & Culture
Pistahan - Free Show
11am - 5pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sun
9
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
10
Aug
Arts & Culture
Poetic Tuesday - Free Performance
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Tue
11
Aug
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
11
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
11
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Performance - A Ritual for the Flying: Galactic Etchings with Sage Ni’Ja Whitson
6pm - 7:30pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Wed
12
Aug
Events
GaHee Park & Dorothy Dávila in Conversation
6:30pm - 7:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
12
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Brazil in the Gardens: Alexandre Ribeiro and Alessandro Penezzi - Free Concert
12:30pm - 1:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
13
Aug
Events
OH, THIS UNSPEAKABLE VOID (Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke)
6pm - 8pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Thu
13
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
13
Aug
Arts & Culture
Six: The Musical Live!
12am / AMC Metreon 16
Fri
14
Aug
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Caterpillar Puppets (Kids’ Show)- 2 Free Shows
11am - 12:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
14
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Helado Negro + Reyna Tropical - Free Concert
2pm - 4:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
15
Aug
Events
Diaspora Dinner: Sips & Soul
6pm - 9pm / The St. Regis San Francisco
Sat
15
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
17
Aug
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
18
Aug
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Yerba Buena Speaker Series
6pm - 8pm / Children's Creativity Museum
Tue
18
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
18
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Creative Power Moves
6pm - 7:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
19
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
20
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
24
Aug
Arts & Culture
Book Club: Bernal Readers, Fahrenheit 451
2pm - 4pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Tue
25
Aug
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
25
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
25
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
27
Aug
Conventions
Pokémon World Championships 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
28
Aug
Arts & Culture
Workshop: Rebinding Paperbacks
12pm - 3pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
29
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
31
Aug
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
1
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
1
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Downtown First Thursdays
3pm - 8pm / Downtown First Thursdays on Minna
Thu
3
Sep
Arts & Culture
Free Admission on First Thursdays to MOAD
5pm - 8pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Thu
3
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Yerba Buena Salsa Nights - Los Caldarones
6pm - 7:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu
3
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
3
Sep
Arts & Culture
Yerba Buena Movie Night
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
5
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
7
Sep
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
8
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
8
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
10
Sep
Arts & Culture
Workshop: Limp Wrapper Binding
12pm - 2pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
12
Sep
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- UNBOUND: Art, Blackness & the Universe
9am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Through
16
Aug
Arts & Culture
Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements
5pm - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
23
Aug
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Diedrick Brackens: gather tender night
5pm - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
23
Aug
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Matisse's Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal.
12pm - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Through
14
Sep
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Exhibit- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs
5pm - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Through
28
Feb
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- Tales of San Francisco
6pm - 6pm / Moscone Center
Through
15
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Art Installation: Jake Elwes: Zizi in Motion: A Deepfake Drag Utopia (Movement by Wet Mess)
5pm - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Through
6
Sep
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Exhibit- The Hinabi Project: The Art of Philippine Textile
5pm - 5pm / Sentro Filipino: The San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Through
11
Sep
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- Ancestral Echoes — Crops of Empire
10pm - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Through
16
Aug
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Summer Highlights
5pm - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Through
27
Aug
Arts & Culture
Gahee Park: Behind the Curtain
5pm - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Starts
7
Aug
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Liam Everett
5pm - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Starts
10
Sep