📆Issue No. 71 - June 6-8, 2026

Happy Friday, friends!

This weekend has something for everyone. From neighborhood festivals to community art making, to three events highlighting the importance of bees. Whether your family wants to kickoff Pride month with a dance party at an Asian Art museum or taste summer fruit at the grand opening of the Hayes Valley Farmers’ Market, you’ll find it all below.

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?

Let’s get into it!

As always, if we missed your favorite happening around the city, reply here or find us at [email protected]. We’ll see you again in your inbox on Tuesday.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

All Weekend:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Monday events also included below!

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Weekend Highlights

  • Attend Festa Italiana, a free, family-friendly celebration of Italian food, wine, music, culture. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, 11:00AM-6:00PM

      • Stockton St & Filbert Street

      • Free

  • Attend the 48th anniversary of Union Street Festival, one of the longest running neighborhood festivals, and enjoy live music, dance, food, art, cocktails and mocktails, plus family-friendly games and activities. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, 11:00AM-7:00PM

      • Union Street from Fillmore to Gough Street

      • Free

Saturday Highlights

  • Celebrate reading and community at the Summer Stride Kick-Off Party. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6, 10:00AM-1:00PM

      • Bernal Heights Recreational Center, 500 Moultrie Street

      • Free

  • Join the Bayview community for a day packed with family fun, community connection, food trucks and more at Wild Wild West Carnival.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6, 11:00AM-12:00PM

      • Bayview YMCA, 1601 Lane Street

      • Free

  • Join Planet Bee Foundation for a free screening of National Geographic’s Secrets of the Bees and a bee garden tour at the Randall Museum. Meet the animals and see the model train while you’re there. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6, 11:00AM-1:00PM

      • Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way

      • Free

  • Attend Family Art Making at the de Young Museum to make a hands-on art project celebrating Lowrider Culture. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6, 11:00AM-3:00PM

      • de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive

      • Free

  • Learn about local birds and make a bird feeder at Birds in Nature with Pavitra Eshwar.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6, 11:00AM-3:00PM

      • SFPL West Portal, 190 Lenox Way

      • Free

  • Join the Boys and Girls Club, SFPL and the Excelsior community at XLCR Excellence Community Days.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6, 11:00AM-3:00PM

      • Norton St. and Mission St.

      • Free

  • Celebrate Giant Day at the Pier with family friendly activities, testing your fastball and meeting the Giants mascot Lou Seal.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, June 6, 12:00AM-4:00PM

      • Pier 39, The Embarcadero & Beach Street

      • Free

  • Attend Play on the Bay, a family friendly party with sensory play, live music, dance workshops and more.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 30, 12:00AM-4:00PM

      • Fisherman’s Wharf

      • Free

Sunday Highlights

  • Attend Sundays at the Asian Art Museum and enjoy a free, family-friendly day rave celebrating LGBTQ+ joy and community. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 31, 10:30AM-4:00PM

      • Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street

      • Free

  • Join Maker Studio Kids for Sunday Fun Days: DIY Button Making in Union Square. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, June 7, 11:00AM-2:00PM

      • Union Square

      • Free

    Join the Portola community for Dim Sum and a Car Show. 🪣

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, June 7, 11:00AM-3:00PM

      • San Bruno Ave and Burrows St.

      • Free

    Get up close and personal to creepy crawlies and eat mealworm chocolate chip cookies at InsectPalooza.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 31, 12:00PM-3:00PM

      • Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota Street

      • Free

  • Celebrate the diversity of California pollinators at Pollinator Day with pollinator art, nature observation, educational games, pollinated snacks, and a scavenger hunt at the Presidio Tunnel Tops.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, June 7, 12:00AM-4:00PM

      • Field Station at Presidio Tunnel Tops, 603 Mason Street

      • Free

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 6/6:

Sunday, 6/7:

Monday, 6/8:

🔭 On Our Radar

Celebrate Pride with other families at Mission Bay Family Pride. (June 13)

Let your little kiddo sell their crafts and learn about entrepreneurship at the Litte Entrepreneurs’ Mini Market. (July 10)

Take a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm at the Children’s Creativity Museum. (July 15-26)

Get ready for summer circus fun with Circus Bella.

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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