📆 The Shortlist. Issue 19 - July 14-17, 2026
Welcome to The Shortlist! It’s your Tuesday snapshot of what to do with your kiddo in SF this week, plus a few highlights for the upcoming weekend. Short and sweet, every week.
All summer, keep an eye out for 🪣, it means that pick counts toward our Ultimate SF Summer Bucket List. How many can you check off?
📌 On the agenda 📌
Things that we are pinning to do with our kiddos this week.
All Week
$1 weekday family movies at Stonestown Galleria.
Watch the World Cup at one of the 2026 Thrive City Soccer Watch Parties and Viewings or at Pier 39’s Soccer with Sea Lions.
Visit Noe Valley Books to join in on the Where’s Waldo Local challenge and find Waldo while you support local businesses.
Tuesday 7/14
4:00-4:30 - Enjoy an afternoon of Dance & Creative Movement 4 Kids. (East Cut)
4:00-4:45 - Have a family sing and dance along at Music Magic Tuesday with JAMaROO Kids. (Mission)
4:30-8:30 - Celebrate Bastille Day downtown.
6:00-8:00 - Connect with Black moms at the Black Mama’s Wellness Group. (Dogpatch)
7:00 - Enjoy the enchanting and timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast the musical. (Civic Center)
Wednesday 7/15
9:30 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
9:30-10:15 - Bond with families at a developmental playgroup for toddlers (13-24 months). (Inner Sunset)
10:00 - Visit Sloat Garden Center for their kids week storytime.
10:00-10:30 - Go to an outdoor family storytime at Salesforce Park.
10:00-12:00 - Play and browse the Bookmobile at Presidio Tunnel Tops.
10:00-2:00 - Let your kiddo dig, water, explore and play in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
10:30-11:30 - Let your kiddo explore, play and build in nature at Nature Play. (Presidio)
10:30-11:00 - Have a mindful moment at the San Francisco Zoo.
11:00 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
11:00-12:00 - Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
11:45-12:45 - Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-5. (Visitacion Valley)
12:00 - Watch the semi-final of the World Cup at the Ferry Building.
12:00-2:00 - Listen to live jazz downtown while you enjoy a free egg tart.
1:00 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
1:00 - Enjoy the enchanting and timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast the musical.
1:00-5:00 - Get free services for children and teen at UMOJA Health Access Point (HAP).
1:15 - Learn how to communicate with your little one at a baby sign language intro class.
2:00-3:00 - Go on a Nature Hike with your little kiddo in West Portal.
2:00-4:00 - Learn how to make Simple Image Transfers at a free art workshop. (Yerba Buena)
3:30-4:30 - Make slime with your kiddo. (Japantown)
4:00 - Go on a Mom Walk in the Panhandle.
4:00-7:00 - Listen to free live music in Golden Gate Park.
5:00-6:30 - Connect with toddler parents at a toddler parent connection circle.
7:00 - Enjoy the enchanting and timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast the musical.
Thursday 7/16
9:00-10:30 - Attend a playgroup for kiddos ages 12-30 months. (Excelsior)
9:30 - Attend a playgroup for kiddos ages 12-30 months. (Visitacion Valley)
9:30 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
9:30-11:30 - Visit the SummerMobile at Glen Canyon Park.
10:00 - Visit Sloat Garden Center for their kids week storytime.
10:00-10:45 - Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (Salesforce Park)
10:00-2:00 - Let your kiddo dig, water, explore and play in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
11:00 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
11:00-12:00 - Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
11:00-12:15 - Moms, take a moment to breathe at a Postpartum Yoga class. (Mission)
11:00-12:30 - Attend a playgroup for kiddos ages 30-42 months. (Excelsior)
11:30-12:45 - Connect with other moms at a New Moms Group. (Inner Sunset)
12:00-1:00 - Play chess chess and enjoy a DJ set downtown.
12:00-3:00 - Listen to live music in Civic Center.
1:00 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
1:00-2:00 - Bond with newborn parents (0-6 months) at a new parent circle. (Mission)
2:00-3:00 - Learn how to transform plastic into pleather. (Portola)
3:00 - Have a movie day with your kiddo and watch Cars at the Walt Disney Family Museum. (Presidio)
3:30-4:30 - Bond with parents of growing babies (6 months-2 years) at a new parent circle. (Mission)
4:30-5:30 - Learn how to make play dough. (Ocean View)
4:30-6:30 - Make an upcycled canvas painting at Crafternoons in Union Square.
5:00-7:00 - Listen to free live music at the Ferry Building.
5:45-6:15 - Get swept up in the beauty and rhythm of Mexican folklórico dance with El Espíritu Bailarín.
6:00-8:00 - Get support navigating pregnancy and birth. (Mission)
6:00-8:00 - Celebrate community at a night with your neighbors. (East Cut)
6:00-9:00 - Go to a Limitless: A Film Series with your cinephile teen. (Yerba Buena)
7:00 - Enjoy the enchanting and timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast the musical.
7:00-7:30 - Get swept up in the beauty and rhythm of Mexican folklórico dance with El Espíritu Bailarín.
Friday 7/17
9:30 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
10:00 - Visit Sloat Garden Center for their kids week storytime.
10:00-1:00 - Enjoy a morning of music with your little kiddo at Little Bears Music Class for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers. (Chase Center)
10:00-2:00 - Let your kiddo dig, water, explore and play in the dirt at Bean Sprouts Family Days. (Golden Gate Park)
10:15-11:00 - Have a morning of music with your little one at Children's Music with Toby. (Inner Sunset)
11:00 - Take a parent & child art class. (Pac Heights)
11:00 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
11:00-11:30 - Enjoy Toishan Lions Dance Troupe (Kids’ Show) at Yerba Buena Gardens. 🪣
12:00 - Enjoy film with your cinephile teen at the Jewish Film Festival. (Laurel Heights)
12:00-12:30 - Enjoy Toishan Lions Dance Troupe (Kids’ Show) at Yerba Buena Gardens.🪣
1:00 - Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (Yerba Buena)
3:00 - Have a movie day with your kiddo and watch Cars at the Walt Disney Family Museum. (Presidio)
3:00-5:00 - Explore quintessential SF on a Welcome to San Francisco walking tour. (Embarcadero)
3:30 - Let your kiddo do an afternoon art class. (Pac Heights)
3:30-5:00 - Let your child’s creativity and imagination run wild at a Free Day of Play. (Mission)
4:00-5:30 - Connect with toddler parents at a toddler parents connection circle. (Mission)
4:30-7:00 - Listen to free live music in Golden Gate Park.
5:00-6:30 - Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
5:00-8:00 - Have an outdoor movie night at Blankets & Blockbusters: GOAT. 🪣
5:00-10:00 - Enjoy community and live music at Castro Night Market. (Castro)
5:30-7:00 - Learn how to Bollywood Dance at Salesforce Park.
6:00 - Experience Circus Bella’s new season, AH HA! featuring acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, clowns and the lively 6 piece All-Star Band. (North Beach)🪣
7:00-10:00 - Create art in community at Communal Table.
7:30 - Enjoy the enchanting and timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast the musical.

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📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend. More to come in our weekend guide!
All Weekend
Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum.
Enjoy the enchanting and timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast the musical.
Saturday 7/18
See Circus Bella AH HA and have a fun afternoon of carnival games at Hayes Valley Carnival. 🪣
Enjoy French food, art, culture and entertainment at the 7th Annual Celebrate Bastille Day SF Festival will be at Embarcadero Plaza.
Sunday 7/19
Experience Circus Bella’s new season, AH HA! featuring acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, clowns and the lively 6 piece All-Star Band at Salesforce Park. 🪣
Watch the world cup championship while your kiddo engages in sensory play at the Championship Match Tailgate & Watch Party Oogubi Family Zone.
Spend a day with community in the Mission at Sunday Streets.
Attend a Mommy + Me Flower Crown Workshop.

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