📆 The Shortlist. Issue 15 - June 16-19, 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
Free weekday admission for children at San Francisco Zoo during the month of June.
$1 weekday family movies at Stonestown Galleria.
Tuesday 6/16
2:00-4:00 - Visit the SFPL bookmobile at Sunset Dunes.
3:00-4:00 - Meet reptiles and amphibians with Tree Frog Treks. (Eureka Valley)
3:00-5:00 - Give your little one a chance to engage in hands on STEM activities at Tinker Tuesday. (Excelsior)
3:45-4:45 - Join a Luau Party at Jamaroo Cow Hollow Kids Club.
4:00-4:30 - Join Music Magic Tuesday with JAMaROO Kids. (Mission)
4:00-4:30 - Enjoy a dance and creative movement class with JAMaROO Kids. (East Cut)
4:30-5:30 - Use household ingredients to make Ocean Slime. (Bernal Heights)
6:00-8:00 - Connect with Black moms at the Black Mama’s Wellness Group. (Dogpatch)
Wednesday 6/17
10:00-10:30 - Join librarians from the San Francisco Public Library's Main Children's Center lead a special weekly family storytime for toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers. (Salesforce Park)
10:00-12:00 - Visit the SFPL bookmobile at Presidio Tunnel Tops.
10:30-11:30 - Go to a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-3. (Mission)
11:00-12:00 - Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
12:00-2:00 - Enjoy live Jazz on the plaza with La Familia Latin Jazz Trio. (Downtown)
1:30-3:00 - Make unique Salt Paintings with your little one. (Marina)
2:00-4:00 - Learn yarn weaving at a free art workshop. (Yerba Buena)
3:00-4:30 - Tinker, build, create and innovate with Mission Science Workshop's Tinkering Truck. (Potrero)
4:00-5:00 - Make DIY Slime with your little kiddos. (Excelsior)
4:00-7:00 - Listen to free live music in Golden Gate Park.
5:00-6:00 - Connect with toddler parents at Toddler Parents Connection Circle. (Mission)
7:00 - See the Valkyries face off the Dallas Wings at Ballhalla. (Chase Center)🪣
Thursday 6/18
9:30 - Take a postpartum movement fusion (cardio+core) class. (Sutro Heights)
9:30-11:30 - Visit the SFPL bookmobile at Glen Canyon Park.
10:00-10:45 - Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (Salesforce Park)
10:00-11:30 - Put your baby in a carrier and go to a Cardio Dance and Stretch Class. (Mission Bay)
11:00-12:15 - Moms, take a moment to breathe at a Postpartum Yoga class. (Mission)
11:00-1:00 - Join a free walking tour of city spaces and public places. (Downtown) 🪣
12:00-3:00 - Listen to free live music in Civic Center.
1:00-2:00 - Bond with newborn parents (0-6 months) at a new parent circle. (Mission)
1:00-2:30 - Tinker, build, create and innovate with Mission Science Workshop's Tinkering Truck. (Excelsior)
2:30-4:00 - Tinker and explore engineering and physics using a variety of materials. (Sunset)
3:30-4:30 - Bond with parents of growing babies (6 months-2 years) at a new parent circle. (Mission)
3:00-4:30 - Join a free walking tour of 1840s SF & The Legacy of America's "First Black Millionaire. (Financial District) 🪣
4:00-6:00 - Meet other families and make new friends at a Family Happy Hour.
4:30-5:00 - Join team Mexico fans for a march from Pier 48 to Thrive City ahead of the Soccer Viewing Party.
4:30-6:30 - Make upcycled canvas paintings at Crafternoons in Union Square.
5:00-7:00 - Listen to free live music at the Ferry Building.
5:30-7:00 - Bond with dads at a Fatherhood Group. (Inner Sunset)
6:00-9:00 - Go to Thrive City’s Soccer Watch Party: Mexico vs. Korea.
Friday 6/19
10:00-1:00 - Attend a morning music class for toddlers and preschoolers. (Chase Center)
11:00 - Take a parent & child art class. (Pac Heights)
11:00-11:30 - Join the party, move your feet, sing along and join a Mardi Gras parade at the Chelle! & Friends kids show. 🪣 (Yerba Buena)
12:00 - Put your little one in a carrier and join a Mommy & Me Pilates class. (North Beach)
12:00-12:30 - Join the party, move your feet, sing along and join a Mardi Gras parade at the Chelle! & Friends kids show. 🪣(Yerba Buena)
3:00-9:00 - Join a Juneteenth Block Party at Fillmore Fridays.
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)
4:30 - Watch a drag performance at Drag Me Downtown, San Francisco's signature pop-up drag show. (Financial District)
4:30-7:00 - End the week with free live music in Golden Gate Park.
5:00-6:30 - Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
5:30-7:00 - Feel the rhythm and move with community at an Afro-Brazilian drumming workshop. (Ingleside)
5:00-10:00 - Celebrate Pride with local food, vendors, live entertainment and more at Castro Night Market. 🪣
7:00 - See the Valkyries face off the Minnesota Lynx at Ballhalla. (Chase Center)🪣

📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend. More to come in our weekend guide!
All Weekend
Enjoy food, entertainment, kid friendly activities and more at the 70th Annual North Beach Festival.🪣
Saturday 6/20
Have fun and connect with your family as educators lead a Heros Family Tour at the de Young Museum. 🪣
Enjoy carnival games, kid friendly activities and more at the Vis Valley Summer Soiree.
Celebrate Pride, Juneteenth and summer at the Library Day at Yerba Buena Gardens.
Celebrate Native music, dance and artisans at the Native Contemporary Arts Festival.
Celebrate community and meet your neighbors at the Richmond Night Market
Learn how to Geocache and go on a scavenger hunt around the Parkside neighborhood.
Grab your blanket and head to Union Square for an outdoor screening of K-Pop Demon Hunters. 🪣
Sunday 6/21
Celebrate Father’s Day with shopping, Babies & Brews in the Mission.
Enjoy live music, food, a kids zone and more at the Juneteenth Bayview Father’s Day Festival.
Explore art, learn Mahjong and create embroidery at the Asian Art Museum. 🪣

👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.


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