📆Issue No. 56 - February 21-22, 2026

Happy weekend, friends! Whether your kiddo is into art, music, science, nature or sensory play, this weekend has something for everyone. If the rain combined with days off from school (and parenting generally) have taught me anything, it's to plan more than you think you should. That’s why I’m flagging the Summer Resource Fair at the County Fair Building in this intro. Summer is coming, and now is the time to start thinking about what your kiddo might like to do with their two months of free time. Let’s get into the weekend!

Black History Month Programming is happening across the city all month long. This weekend’s activities include Lonnie Johnson Invention Lab, a musical performance by Destiny Muhammad, two art activities inspired by Alma Thomas (one in Noe Valley and the other in the Sunset), a Black History Month Healing Circle, a Black Choreographer Festival for all of the older kiddos that love dancing, the 16th Annual Bayview Black History Month & Lunar New Year Celebration, and a Lunar New Year x Black History Month Celebration at Florence Fang Community Farm. For those readers who happen to find themselves in Oakland this weekend, note that the Black Joy Parade is happening on Sunday.

With the year of the Fire Horse officially starting on February 17, there are also a ton of events happening for Lunar New Year this weekend. This weekend’s activities include three Lunar New Year storytimes; a Zodiac Animals for Movers storytime in Chinatown, Lunar New Year Storytime at Cal Academy, and New Moon, New Year storytime at the Exploratorium. Other Lunar New Year events include a performance by the Flying Angels Chinese Dance Company at SFZoo, Spring Festival at the Exploratorium, an Author Talk with Hien Le and The Ancient Music Orchestra of Xi’an International University at the Asian Art Museum, Lunar New Year Calligraphy, A Lion Dance Program at Cal Academy and, Lunar New Year Celebrations at Chase Center, Golden Gate Park, Florence Fang Community Farm as well as celebrations in the Sunset, Bayview, NoPA, and Ingleside.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

Saturday:

Sunday:

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Saturday Highlights

Activity: Farm Animals with Little Explorers Petting Zoo

Animal loving kiddos will have the opportunity to meet and greet 20 animals, including an alpaca, a potbelly pig, a tortoise, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks and bunnies. Don’t be surprised if you get requests to bring one home.

Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, February 21, 10:00am-12:00pm

  • SFPL West Portal, 190 Lenox Way

  • Free

Family Tour and Family Art Making

An educator-led tour of three exhibits from the permanent collection, followed by hands-on art inspired by Leilah Babirye. The tour is short enough to hold attention; the art-making window is long enough to actually finish something (or abandon it gracefully).

Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, February 21, Tour at 10:30am and Art Making from 11:00am-3:00pm

  • de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive

  • Free

SFJazz Family Matinee

The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir will be at SFJazz for a Black History Month celebration featuring Negro spirituals and contemporary gospel, with historical context woven throughout.

Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, February 21, 11:00am

  • SFJazz, 201 Franklin Street

  • Tickets start at $10

Spring Festival

Kick off the Year of the Horse with culture, creativity, and connection. The Exploratorium will be hosting a day of activities and crafts for the whole family. Hear real-life stories of rescue-to-hero horses. Make your own lion dance puppets, and discover the foundations of Chinese dance. Immerse yourself in traditions old and new, and maybe even create a few of your own.

Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, February 21, 11:00am-4:00pm

  • Exploratorium, Pier 15

  • Tickets start at $29.95

Oogubi Happy Hour: Glow

End your Saturday right with an elevated happy hour for you and glow-in-the-dark play for the kiddos.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, February 21, 4:30pm-6:30pm

  • Spark Social, 601 Mission Bay

  • Glow-in-the-dark party

  • Messy play

  • Sensory toys

  • Beer & wine garden

  • Food trucks

  • Tickets start at $32.98

Sunday Highlights

Sundays at the Asian Art Museum

Join children’s book author Hien Le for an engaging storytelling session and discover that Lunar New Year is celebrated in many unique ways.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, February 22, 11:00am

  • Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street

  • Tickets start at $14

  • Schedule:

    • 10:00am–4:00pm: Lunar New Year Drop-in art activities

    • 11:00am: Author Talk with Hien Le, author of “Lunar New Year: One Holiday, Many Celebrations”

    • 12:00: The Ancient Music Orchestra of Xi’an International University

Birdwatching & Nature Art for Families

An early-morning nature walk meets art class. Kiddos will have an oppotunity to explore the Botanical Garden with Feathered Friends Garden Adventure, then channel what they spotted into nature-inspired art.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, February 22, 8:30am-10:30am

  • San Francisco Botanical Garden

  • Tickets start at $50

Workshop: Makerspace for Kids

The library turning into a tech playground for creative kiddos, giving them the opportunity to learn how to 3D print, draw on procreate and game on the Nintendo Switch.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, February 22, 2:00pm-4:00pm

  • SFPL Main, 100 Larkin Street

  • Free

Performance: The San Francisco Symphony

Join San Francisco Symphony for a free chamber music concert. Enjoy an afternoon of music with cellist Anne Richardson, violinist Jessie Fellows and violist Katie Kadarauch.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, February 22, 2:30pm-3:30pm

  • SFPL Parkside, 1200 Taraval Street

  • Free

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 2/21:

Sunday, 2/22:

🔭 On Our Radar

Catch the stage adaptation of Dave Eggers’ The Eyes & the Impossible at Z Space (February 26-March15).

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Until next week,

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

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