📆Issue No. 69 - May 23-25, 2026

Happy Friday, friends! What are your plans for Memorial Day Weekend?

If you’ll be in the city, it will be a little quieter, but there is still plenty to keep the family busy, including Carnaval all weekend in the Mission, a free community day at SFMoMA, Star Wars Day at Oracle Park, and a new lineup of programming at the California Academy of Sciences. Our friends at Maker Studio Kids are also hosting Makerz Camp: Science, Sewing & Building on Monday. We've rounded up everything else that's open for the holiday so you're not caught off guard.

Enjoy the long weekend! 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:

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Saturday Highlights

  • Join Spire School for a Children's Storytime and Activity at Black Bird Bookstore and Cafe.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 23, 9:30AM

      • Black Bird Bookstore and Cafe, 4541 Irving Street

      • Free

  • Have a morning of music and toddler dance parties at Rivian Kids: Sunny Side Toddler's Concert.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 23, 10:00AM-11:00AM

      • Rivian, 340 Fell Street

      • Free

  • Let your little kiddo get outside to make art, socialize, and have fun at Makerz Potion Play Playdate with Maker Studio.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 23, 10:30AM

      • Patricia’s Green Picnic Area, 499 1/2 Hayes Street

      • Free

  • Celebrate K-Pop Day at the Zoo with music, dance and festivities.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 23, 11:00AM-3:00PM

      • San Francisco Zoo, Sloat Blvd at The Great Highway

      • Tickets from $22

  • Enjoy dance performance of movement, memory, and transformation as the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company shares excerpts from its acclaimed work WHEEL.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 23, 12:00PM-12:30PM

      • de Young, Osher Sculpture Garden, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive

      • Free

  • Let your tennis curious kiddo join the USTA NorCal for Red Ball for All Day at Spark Social.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 23, 2:00PM-6:00PM

      • SPARK Social SF, 601 Mission Street

      • Free

  • Have a fun dance party and be silly with your little one at Social: Family Dance Party.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 23, 4:00PM-5:00PM

      • SFPL Bernal Heights, 500 Cortland Avenue

      • Free

Sunday Highlights

  • Celebrate culture and community through dance, music and visual arts at the 2026 Carnaval San Francisco grand parade.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 24, 10:00AM-2:00PM

      • Parade begins at the corner of 24th and Bryant streets

      • Free

  • Celebrate the opening of Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal at the SFMoMA’s Free Community Day.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 24, 10:00AM-5:00PM

      • SFMoMA, 151 Third St

      • Free

  • Celebrate Star Wars Day as the Giants play the Chicago White Socks.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 24, 1:05PM

      • Oracle Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza

      • Tickets from $24

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 5/23:

Sunday, 5/24:

Monday, 5/25:

🔭 On Our Radar

Go to a family festival in Bayview (May 30).

Found a spot that works for both you and the kiddos? Tell us, we want to know about it.

Until next week,

Jasmine

P.S. Forward this to a parent who is still trying to figure out what to do during their kiddo’s wake window.

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