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Jasmine Alves
October 10, 2025

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📆Issue No. 37 - October 11-13, 2025

Happy Friday, friends! The skies above San Francisco are already roaring as Fleet Week takes over the waterfront this long weekend. From jaw-dropping air shows and waterfront festivals to neighborhood concerts, world music and dance with the SF Symphony, Italian heritage celebrations, and creative zine-making at SFMoMA, we've curated four days of experiences that blend military spectacle with cultural richness and artistic creativity. Whether your crew is ready to watch fighter jets soar over the bay, dance to global rhythms, celebrate Italian culture in North Beach, or make a zine at SFMoMA, you'll find the perfect way to explore, celebrate, and marvel in this issue.

If you have a kiddo 0-5 years old, then this is for you. Did you know that your kiddo could receive a free book every month because of a partnership between Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, SF Department of Early Childhood and SF Public Library? Visit this link to register your child for this incredible literacy program.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

All Weekend:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Monday:

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Weekend Highlights

✈️ Fleet Week Spectacular

The Bay Area's most thrilling military celebration returns with four days of incredible air shows, waterfront festivities, and neighborhood concerts. Watch the Canadian Snowbirds perform death-defying aerobatics while exploring maritime exhibits and military demonstrations.

Worth Knowing:

Friday, October 10:

Saturday, October 11:

Sunday, October 12:

Monday, October 14:

Best Viewing: Marina Green for air shows, Fisherman's Wharf for Fleet Fest

  • Perfect for families who love aviation, military history, and thrilling performances

  • FREE admission to most Fleet Week events

  • Bring blankets, snacks, and sunscreen for outdoor viewing

Saturday Highlights

Experience interactive art, cultural programming, and family-friendly activities at the Museum of the African Diaspora's free community day, celebrating Black creativity, community, and cultural expression.

Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, October 11, 11:00am-5:00pm

  • Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street

  • Free

  • 12:00pm-2:00pm - Family art activity led by teaching artist Nicole Dixon

  • 1:00pm - Family-friendly tour of the exhibitions

  • 2:00pm-3:30pm - Join Kumu Māhealani Uchiyama for a presentation where she will share her research on Pōpoloheno - Songs of Resilience & Joy.

Journey across continents through music and movement as the San Francisco Symphony presents a family concert exploring global dance traditions. Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, October 11, 2:00pm

  • Davies Symphony Hall, 200 Van Ness Ave

  • $19.50-$89.00

  • Recommended for ages 5-12

  • Explores dance traditions from around the world

  • Perfect introduction to world music for kids

  • Interactive and engaging format for families

Sunday Highlights

Create your own zine inspired by the San Francisco Art Institute stories at this special free family day. Explore contemporary art and make your own artistic publications to take home.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, October 12, 10:00am-1:00pm

  • SFMoMA, 151 3rd Street

  • Free

  • Zine-making activities

  • Perfect for creative families who love making art and storytelling

  • Take home your own artistic creations

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Friday, 10/10: 

Saturday, 10/11: 

Sunday, 10/12:

Monday, 10/13:

🔭 On Our Radar

Enjoy a beautiful jazz concert at SFJazz’s Family Matinee w/ Andre Thierry (October 18).

Join the bike bus for a community ride from the Dahlia gardens to Sunset Dunes (October 19).

See Blippi, Meekah and friends at the Palace of Fine Arts (October 19).

Celebrate Diwali at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market (October 19).

Give your kiddos a sensory play Halloween at OOGUBI WONDERLAND: LIL SORCERER’S OKTOBERFEST (October 19). (use code SPARK10 for 10% off)

Celebrate Halloween in Hayes Valley with a pet parade, trick or treating and a screening of Wicked (October 25).

Carve pumpkins in Duboce Park (October 26).

Decorate your pumpkins at the Candlestick Point pumpkin patch (October 25).

Visit the Mission Bay Harvest Festival for a pumpkin patch, smores, costumes and more (October 25).

Celebrate spooky season at the Halloween Night Bazaar (October 31).

Join the Halloween costume parade and see the circus at Halloween Hoopla at YBG Festival (November 1).

Found a spot that works for both you and the kiddos? Tell us – we read everything.

Until next week,

Jasmine @Local Kiddo — Because good taste doesn’t end at parenthood.

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