📆Issue No. 58 - March 7-8, 2026
Happy Friday, friends!
Just like on my computer, there are always a hundred tabs open in my brain. This week, they’ve all been pointed at SF. I’ve been narrowing down my favorite restaurants, businesses, activities, things to do with my kiddo, and everything in between. We’ll be sharing some of our favorite things on our social channels, but we want to hear from you too. What are your SF favorites and what are you currently loving to do with your kiddo(s) in the city? And if we could sit down with anyone behind the things you love, who would it be, and what would you want to ask? Reply here or reach us at [email protected].
Now, let’s get into the weekend. Enjoy!
Lunar New Year. Year of the horse celebrations continue with the Chinese New Year Parade happening tomorrow (Saturday) and the Community Street Fair happening all weekend. With temps expected to hit 70s this weekend, it’s the perfect opportunity to get outside and soak up some culture and community.
⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan
Saturday:
40+ other events below!
Sunday:
30+ other events below!
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Saturday Highlights
Expand your understanding of sound at Sound Maze, an amazing installation that allows you to improvise on newly invented instruments.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, March 7, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
SFMoMA, 151 Third Street
Free for kiddos ages 18 and under
Learn playful Mexican Folklórico Dance moves at the Glen Park branch of the library.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, March 7, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
SFPL Glen Park, 2825 Diamond Street
Free
Get inspired by the incredible floral designs at Bouquet to Art (which ends this weekend) and create tissue paper flowers with your kiddo at Bouquets to Art Family Art Making 2026.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, March 7, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
Tickets from $24-$44
Enjoy line dancing, face painting, and the San Francisco Symphony at the Bayview branch’s 13th anniversary Celebration: Open House.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, March 7, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Bayview/Linda Brooks-Burton, 5075 Third Street
Free
Schedule
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Line Dancing with Pam
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM: Face Painting with Dana
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Refreshments
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: SF Symphony Community Chamber Concert

Sunday Highlights
Inspired by the work of fiber art legend Sheila Hicks, the Family Studio: Yarn-tastic! gives you and your kiddos an opportunity to create your own textile art.
Worth Knowing:
Sunday, March 8, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
SFMoMA, 151 Third Street
Free
Join GRAMMY-winning bilingual duo 123 Andrés to celebrate music, culture, and community with the whole family at Garden Rhythms: A Celebration of Latin American Music and Cuisine.
Worth Knowing:
Sunday, March 8, 1:00 PM –2:00 PM
Children's Creativity Museum, 221 4th Street
Free

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨
Ongoing:
Track Makers at the Children’s Creativity Museum
Japanese Tea Garden (Free for SF residents with ID)
Conservatory of Flowers (Free for SF residents with ID)
Magnificent Magnolias at the SF Botanical Garden (Free for SF residents with ID)
de Young Free Saturdays (Free for SF residents with ID)
Free Saturdays at the Legion of Honor (Free for SF residents with ID)
Cable Car Museum - Nob Hill
Luminous Landscapes, and Women's History Month at the Exploratorium
SFMOMA Scavenger Hunt and Bouquet to Art (ends this weekend) at SFMoMA
Saturday, 3/7:
10:00 - San Francisco: THE POUT-POUT FISH Screening - Japantown
10:00 - Petlenuc Interrupted: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
10:00-10:30 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Bernal Heights
10:00-11:00 - Activity: Mini-Makers - SFPL Mission Bay
10:00-4:00 - Reading Room + Recess Cart - Salesforce Park
10:00-4:30 - Community Street Fair - Chinatown
10:00-4:00 - Mobile Rec - SOMA Skate Park
10:00-5:00 - Sound Maze - SFMoMA
10:00-6:00 - Activity Zone - Union Square Alliance
10:15-11:00 - Activity: Family Music Circle - SFPL Potrero
10:15-11:00 - Storytime - Outer Village
10:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Sunset
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Excelsior
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Portola
10:30-11:30 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Marina
10:30-11:30 - Storytime: For Babies - SFPL Anza
10:30-11:30 - Saturday Science – Drop-in Science Workshop for Families: Erupt into Spring – Randall Museum
10:30-12:30 - Early Learning: Saturday Morning Playtime - SFPL Glen Park
11:00 - Roaring to Life: A Lion Dance Program - California Academy of Sciences
11:00-12:00 - Activity: Folklórico Dance - SFPL Glen Park
11:00-12:00 - Activity: Gardening (Teens) - SFPL Merced
11:00-12:00 - Presentation: Natural Presidio - SFPL Excelsior
11:00-12:00 - Workshop: STEM Fun - SFPL Main
11:00-12:00 - Storytime: For Babies -SFPL Park
11:00-12:30 - Activity: Magna Tiles - SFPL Chinatown
11:00-2:00 - Celebration: Open House - SFPL Bayview
11:00-4:00 - Bouquets to Art Family Art Making 2026 - de Young Museum
11:15 - Junior Scientist Adventure - California Academy of Sciences
11:15 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
11:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences
11:30-12:30 - Meet an Animal Ambassador - Randall Museum
11:00-12:30 - Family Event: Caregiver & Child Developmental Playgroups 2025-202606 - Mission
11:30-1:30 - Saturday Juggling Lessons - Union Square
12:00 - Petlenuc Interrupted: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
12:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
12:00-1:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: March Mathness - Exploratorium
12:00-4:00 - Workshop: National AIDS Memorial Quilt Repair & Panel Making Workshop - SFPL Main
12:45 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
1:00 - Tour of the Japanese Tea Garden - Golden Gate Park
1:00-2:00 - Free Community Performance: Bayview/Linda Brooks-Burton Library - Bayview
1:00-3:00 - Activity: Chess Club - SFPL Excelsior
1:00-3:00 - Activity: Crochet Tutorial - SFPL West Portal
1:00-4:00 - Afternoon Art – Saturday Drop-In Workshop for Families: DIY Stamps – Randall Museum
1:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences
1:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
2:00 - The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers - Z Space
2:00 - Petlenuc Interrupted: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
2:00 - Ocean Action: The Power of pH! - California Academy of Sciences
2:00 - Squid Dissection - Aquarium of the Bay
2:00-2:30 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Chinatown
2:00-3:00 - Activity: Craft Club - SFPL Sunset
2:00-3:00 - Workshop: Backyard Chicken Encounter with Fog City Gardener - SFPL Visitacion Valley
2:00-3:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: March Mathness - Exploratorium
2:00-3:15 - Activity: Don Quixote - Production Talk & Chair Dance with San Francisco Ballet - SFPL Main
2:00-4:00 - Workshop: College Essay Writing for Teens - SFPL Parkside
2:00-4:00 - Workshop: Go For All (Part I) - SFPL Main
2:00-4:00 - Workshop: LEGO Robotics - SFPL Main
2:00-5:00 - Activity: Origami Club - SFPL Bernal Heights
2:15 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
2:30-3:30 - Activity: Button Maker and Trivia Game - SFPL Noe Valley
3:00 - Penguin Feeding - California Academy of Sciences
3:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
3:00-3:30 - Park Ranger Campfire Talks - Presidio
3:00-4:00 - Performance: Storytelling, Music and Movement with Kirk Waller - SFPL Richmond
3:00-4:00 - Workshop: Recording Studio Orientation - SFPL Main
3:00-4:30 - Workshop: Tween Creative Writing Group - SFPL Western Addition
3:30 - Stingray Q&A - California Academy of Sciences
3:45 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
4:00 - Petlenuc Interrupted: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
4:00 - Organ Concert - Legion of Honor
4:00-5:00 - Workshop: Backyard Chicken Encounter with Fog City Gardener - SFPL Portola
4:30 - Big Astronomy - California Academy of Sciences
5:00-8:00 - Chinese New Year Parade - Union Square
7:00 - The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers - Z Space
Sunday, 3/8:
9:00-9:45 - International Women’s Day Awareness Walk/Run - Mission Bay
9:30-10:15 - Kid’s Yoga - Outer Sunset
10:00 - Petlenuc Interruped: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
10:00-1:00 - Family Studio: Yarn-tastic! - SFMoMA
10:00-4:00 - Drop-in Art Activities - Asian Art Museum
10:00-4:30 - Community Street Fair - Chinatown
10:00-6:00 - Activity Zone - Union Square Alliance
10:30 - Penguin Feeding (members only) - California Academy of Sciences
10:30 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show (members only) - California Academy of Sciences
10:30-11:15 - Family Yoga - Outer Sunset
10:30-11:45 - Sunday Soul Flow Yoga - Baker Beach
10:30-12:30 - Oogubi Hangouts - East Cut
10:30-4:00 - Mahjong at the Museum - Asian Art Museum
11:00 - New Japanese Clay Tour - Asian Art Museum
11:00 - Roaring to Life: A Lion Dance Program - California Academy of Sciences
11:00-12:00 - Learn How to Use a Scanning Electron Microscope - Exploratorium
11:00-12:00 - Free Sunday Morning Yoga - Noe Valley
11:00-12:00 - Meditation for Kids - Kadampa Meditation Center
11:00-2:00 - Free Chess and Mahjong Lessons - Civic Center
11:00-3:00 - BARK AT SPARK: POP UP - Mission Bay
11:15 - Junior Scientist Adventure - California Academy of Sciences
11:15 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
11:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences
12:00 - Petlenuc Interrupted: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
12:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
12:00-1:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: March Mathness - Exploratorium
12:00-2:00 - 2nd Sunday Serenades - Sunset Dunes
12:45 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
1:00-2:00 - Garden Rhythms: A Celebration of Latin American Music and Cuisine - Children’s Creativity Museum
1:00 - Tour of the Japanese Tea Garden - Golden Gate Park
1:00-3:00 - Community Music Hangout - Noe Valley
1:15-1:45 - Storytime: For Toddlers - SFPL Ingleside
1:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences
1:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
1:30-2:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Parkside
1:30-2:30 - Monthly Makers - Asian Art Museum
2:00 - SF Symphony Youth Orchestra - Civic Center
2:00 - Petlenuc Interrupted: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
2:00 - Collection Tour - Asian Art Museum
2:00 - Ocean Action: The Power of pH! - California Academy of Sciences
2:00 - Big Feed - Aquarium of the Bay
2:00-3:00 - Workshop: Recording Studio Orientation - SFPL Main
2:00-3:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: March Mathness - Exploratorium
2:00-3:30 - Activity: Alma Thomas, Learn and Paint - SFPL Mission Bay
2:00-3:30 - Workshop: Tiny Art - SFPL West Portal
2:00-4:00 - Workshop: College Pathways for Teens - SFPL Bayview
2:15 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
2:30-4:00 - Activity: Chess Club - SFPL Ingleside
3:00 - Penguin Feeding - California Academy of Sciences
3:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
3:00-3:30 - Park Ranger Campfire Talks - Presidio
3:00-4:00 - Workshop: Georgia O' Keeffe Painting - SFPL Merced
3:30 - New Japanese Clay - Asian Art Museum
3:30 - Stingray Q&A - California Academy of Sciences
3:45 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
4:00 - Petlenuc Interrupted: Kid-Friendly AR Adventure Story - Presidio
4:00-5:00 - Social: Tekken 8 - SFPL Main
4:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
4:30 - Big Astronomy - California Academy of Sciences
4:30-7:30 - Crucial Reggae Sunday - Golden Gate Park
7:00 - The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers - Z Space
🔭 On Our Radar
Grab your castanets for the family and sensory friendly Don Quixote dance-along at SF Ballet (March 15)
Afternoon of Ideas 2026 hosted by the Asian Art Museum and SF Public Library (April 11).
Found a spot that works for both you and the kiddos? Tell us, we want to know about it.
Until next week,
Jasmine
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