🌟Local Kiddo SF

Your weekend plans, handled.

Author

Jasmine Alves
May 30, 2025

In partnership with

📆Issue No. 19 - May 31- June 1, 2025

Happy Friday, friends! The weekend ahead signals the official start of summer with a spectacular lineup of outdoor celebrations, creative workshops, and vibrant community festivals. From pollinators to pride, art-making to insect exploration, we've curated experiences that capture the season's spirit of growth, discovery, and celebration. June arrives with longer days, warmer sunshine (yes, even through the fog), and that distinctive San Francisco energy where every neighborhood seems to bloom with possibility. Pack your sunscreen, bring your curiosity, and prepare for a weekend that perfectly embodies why raising kids in this city means never running out of fun adventures.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

Saturday:

Sunday:

Learn AI in 5 minutes a day

This is the easiest way for a busy person wanting to learn AI in as little time as possible:

  1. Sign up for The Rundown AI newsletter

  2. They send you 5-minute email updates on the latest AI news and how to use it

  3. You learn how to become 2x more productive by leveraging AI

Saturday Highlights

The Children’s Fair is a wonderland of carnival games, face painting, live entertainment, and community spirit that celebrates the joy of childhood while bringing neighbors together.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 12:00pm-3:00 pm

  • 100 Whitney Young Circle

  • Free admission

  • Carnival games with prizes

  • Live music and performances

  • Local food vendors

  • Community resources available

🚌 Getting There: 15-Bayview Hunters Point, 19-Polk, and 24-Divisadero

Celebrate the crucial relationship between plants and their pollinating partners through hands-on activities, educational stations, and nature exploration that brings ecological concepts to life in the stunning Tunnel Tops setting.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • Presidio Field Station, 601 Old Mason Street

  • Free admission

  • Pollinator art

  • Nature observations

  • Face painting

  • Educational games

🚌 Getting There: 28-19th Avenue, 30-Stockton, and 43-Masonic

Grab a brew and your kiddo too for this unique family art-making workshop where you’ll be creating personalized portrait collages using mixed media techniques.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 2:00pm-4:00pm

  • The Beer Hall, 34 Mason Street

  • Free admission

  • Food available for purchase

  • All art supplies provided

🚌 Getting There: Bart/Muni to Powell Street, 5-Fulton, 9-San Bruno, 7-Haight/Noriega, and 21-Hayes

Sunday Highlights

This inclusive celebration welcomes families of all configurations to experience pride festivities designed specifically for children, featuring a book giveaway, rainbow crafts, and community building.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 10:00am-5:00pm

  • SPARK Social SF, 601 Mission Bay Blvd North

  • Free admission

  • Book giveaway

  • Coloring station

  • Bounce house

  • Family-friendly drag story time

  • Live music and performances

  • Food trucks with kid-friendly options

🚌 Getting There: Bart/Muni to King Street or Mission Rock, 1-California, 15-Bayview Hunters Point, 22-Fillmore, and 29-Sunset

The monthly free admission day features the special exhibition "Dream State: Works in Progress" alongside family storytelling sessions, hands-on art activities, and guided tours designed to make Asian art accessible and engaging for young visitors.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 10:00am-5:00pm

  • Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street

  • Free admission

  • "Dream State: Works in Progress" special performance

  • Family storytelling: 11am (ages 3-6), 1pm (all ages)

  • Museum architecture tour at 12pm

🚌 Getting There: Muni to Civic Center, 5-Fulton, 6-Haight/Parnassus, 7-Haight/Noriega, and 21-Hayes

This neighborhood celebration transforms SoMA streets into a garden party featuring local vendors, live music, flower arranging workshops, and family activities that highlight the area's growing community spirit.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 11:00am-3:00pm

  • Victoria Manalo Draves Park, 16 Sherman Street

  • Free admission

  • Mini yoga

  • Face painting

  • Children's gardening activities

  • Yummy treats

🚌 Getting There: Muni to Civic Center, 5-Fulton, 6-Haight/Parnassus, 7-Haight/Noriega, and 21-Hayes

This bug-focused celebration brings together live insect exhibits, educational activities, and hands-on experiences that transform children's relationships with the tiny creatures that share our world.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 12:00pm-3:00pm

  • Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota Street

  • Free admission (feel free to make a donation to the organization)

  • Live insect exhibits and demonstrations

  • Insect-themed crafts and activities

  • Try mealworm chocolate chip cookies

🚌 Getting There: Muni T to 23rd St, 19-Polk, and 55-Dogpatch

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 5/31:

Sunday, 6/1:

🔭 On Our Radar

Experience young voices at the San Francisco Boys Chorus Spring Concert (June 7).

Celebrate and be inspired by artists who have lived and worked in SF at SFMoMA’s Free Family Day: Hometown Heros (June 8).

Have a dance party with your favorite animals at Zoobilation (June 14).

Go on a date while your kiddos practice their gymnastic skills at AcroFun Night (June 14).

💌 Love Local Kiddo? Know about an event that we didn’t feature? We thrive on your feedback! Reply to this email with your thoughts, event suggestions, community bulletin posts, or sponsorship inquiries. We partner with family-friendly brands that don't sacrifice cool factor—email [email protected] to collaborate. 

P.S. Forward this to that parent you overheard at the playground looking for new play date activities.

How'd we do? Take our 5-second survey:

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.

Click the option that fits, and feel free to tell us why. We read every response because we're nosy like that.