📆Issue No. 73 - June 20-22, 2026
Happy Friday, friends, and Happy Father’s Day to all of the Dads!
This weekend is packed with reasons to get out of the house and explore SF. From NASCAR Days at Pier 39 to bug-filled outdoor adventures to night markets across the city, there's something for everyone.
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?
Closing: Phantom of the Opera will have its last SF show on Sunday, June 21.
Did you know…
That Californians can download a California Historian Passport for free and use it for unlimited visits to participating California State Parks from Juneteenth (today) until the end of 2026? Use this link to download the California Historian Passport.
That you can discover 35 parks, beaches, and nature-filled places across the city, and collect stickers at select locations along the way with a FREE San Francisco Nature Adventure Map? Stop by the Library Day at Yerba Buena Gardens tomorrow, June 20, to get your map!
The Scarlet the Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum) at the Conservatory of Flowers will bloom any day now? The bloom only lasts for 2 days, so in addition to regular daytime hours, the Conservatory of Flowers will be offering special after-hours access.
That the Randall Museum is opening a new Nature Exploration Area? Join the Nature Exploration Area Ribbon Cutting tomorrow, June 20.
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:
70+ other events below!
Sunday:
50+ other events below!
Monday events also included below!
Father’s Day Happenings
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Weekend Highlights
Get an up-close look at a real race car on display for epic photo ops NASCAR Days at The PIER!
Enjoy food, entertainment, kid friendly activities and more at the 70th Annual North Beach Festival.🪣
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, 11:00AM-7:00PM
Columbus and Green Streets
Free
Saturday Highlights
Have fun and connect with your family as educators lead a Family Tour: Heroes at the de Young Museum. 🪣
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 10:30AM
de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
Free
Learn how to Geocache and go on a scavenger hunt around the Parkside neighborhood.
Explore native bees and the cool Green Hairstreak butterfly in a buzzing urban garden at Native Bee Garden Tour: Green Hairstreak Corridor with Nature in the City.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 11:00AM
2100 15th Avenue
Free
Celebrate Pride, Juneteenth and summer at the Library Day at Yerba Buena Gardens. Don’t forget to pick up your Nature Explorers Map!
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 11:00AM-2:00PM
Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard Street
Free
Enjoy carnival games, kid friendly activities and more at the Vis Valley Summer Soiree. 🪣
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 11:00AM-2:00PM
Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park, 251 Leland Avenue
Free
Enjoy the 4th Annual Juneteenth Citywide Parade through the heart of the city and spend time at the Kids Zone powered by Target.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 11:00AM
Market Street & 2nd Street, 580 Market
Free
Explore the fantastic lives of beetles, millipedes, hissing cockroaches, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more at Insect Discovery Lab with SaveNature.Org.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 11:30AM-12:30PM
SFPL North Beach, 850 Columbus Avenue
Free
Observe California native bees at Find Your Biobliss: Beeing in Nature At Tunnel Tops.
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 12:30AM-3:00PM
Field Station at Presidio Tunnel Tops, 603 Mason Street
Free
Enjoy an outdoor storytime at Through the Garden Gate Storytime with Author Sharon Rose at the San Francisco Botanical Garden.🪣
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 1:00PM-2:00PM
San Francisco Botanical Garden, Great Meadow
Free
Celebrate community and meet neighbors at Glen Park Night Market.🪣
Worth Knowing:
Saturday, June 20, 3:00PM-8:00PM
Kern Street, Diamond to Brompton
Free
Celebrate community and meet your neighbors at the Richmond Night Market. 🪣
Grab your blanket and head to Union Square for an outdoor screening of K-Pop Demon Hunters. 🪣

Sunday Highlights
Explore art, learn Mahjong and create embroidery at Sunday for Families at the Asian Art Museum. 🪣
Worth Knowing:
Sunday, June 14, 10:30AM-4:00PM
Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street
Tickets from $14
Celebrate Pride at the San Francisco Zoo. 🪣
Worth Knowing:
Sunday, June 21, 11:00AM-3:00PM
San Francisco Zoo, Sloat Boulevard at The Great Highway
Tickets from $20

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨
Ongoing:
Track Makers at the Children’s Creativity Museum
Japanese Tea Garden (Free for SF residents with ID)
Conservatory of Flowers (Free for SF residents with ID)
SF Botanical Garden (Free for SF residents with ID)
de Young Free Saturdays (Free for SF residents with ID)
Free Saturdays at the Legion of Honor (Free for SF residents with ID)
Cable Car Museum - Nob Hill
SFMOMA Scavenger Hunt at SFMoMA
Life in Space and Being Human at the Exploratorium
Saturday, 6/20:
8:00 - San Francisco Dragon Boat Festival Friendship Races - Lake Merced
8:00-9:00 - Birding the Hill - Randall Museum
9:00 - Weekend GGP Walk with Mom’s Walk Collective - Golden Gate Park
9:00-10:00 - Kids Storytime - Noe Valley
9:00-10:00 - Nature Exploration Area Ribbon Cutting - Randall Museum
9:00-11:00 - Community Art Making on the Beach - Let's Make Monumental Art Together - Ocean Beach
9:30 - Musical Storytime: Frances England - Outer Sunset 🪣
10:00 - iNaturalist Mobile Lab - California Academy of Sciences
10:00 - Peace, Love and Soul Food Juneteenth Block Party - Visitacion Valley
10:00-10:30 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Bernal Heights
10:00-11:00 - Workshop: Build It - SFPL Mission Bay
10:00-11:30 - Dads Group: In-Person - Mission
10:00-12:00 - Activity: Saturday Morning Playtime - SFPL Potrero
10:00-12:00 - Street Soccer San Francisco Summer of Football: Netherlands vs Sweden - East Cut
10:00-2:00 - Pet Food Express Fun & Fitness Fest - Little Marina Green
10:00-3:00 - Excelsior Science Workshop Open Saturday - Mission
10:00-4:00 - Reading Room + Recess Cart - Salesforce Park
10:00-4:00 - Secondhand Saturdays - Outer Sunset
10:00-6:00 - Activity Zone - Union Square Alliance
10:00-10:00 - NASCAR Days at The PIER! - Pier 39
10:15 - Sensory Storytime - California Academy of Sciences
10:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
10:30 - Penguin Feeding - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
10:30 - Family Tour: Heroes - de Young Museum 🪣
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Sunset
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Portola
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Excelsior
10:30-11:30 - Saturday Drop-in Science Workshop for Families: A Bug’s View - Randall Museum
10:30-11:30 - Activity: Creative Saturdays - SFPL Presidio
10:30-11:30 - Activity: Parkside Geocache Scavenger Hunt - SFPL Parkside
10:30-11:30 - Storytime: for Babies - SFPL Anza
10:30-11:30 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Marina
10:30-11:45 - Summer Solstice Beach Mashup : Everdance Fitness X Outdoor Yoga SF - Baker Beach
10:30-12:30 - Early Learning: Saturday Morning Playtime - SFPL Glen Park
11:00 - Detective Mole’s Mystery: A Sensory Adventure - California Academy of Sciences
11:00-11:30 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Main
11:00-12:00 - Activity: Gardening - SFPL Merced
11:00-12:00 - Storytime: For Babies - SFPL Park
11:0-12:30 - Activity: LEGO Free Play - SFPL Chinatown
11:00-1:00 - Father’s Day Flash - Inner Sunset
11:00-1:00 - Native Bee Garden Tour: Green Hairstreak Corridor with Nature in the City - West Portal
11:00-2:00 - 4th Annual Juneteenth Citywide Parade - Downtown
11:00-2:00 - Vis Valley Summer Soiree - Visitacion Valley
11:00-2:00 - Social: Library Day at Yerba Buena Gardens - Yerba Buena
11:00-4:00 - Sábado Gigante: Mission Lotería BART Plaza Takeover - Mission
11:00-6:00 - AniMachi Market - Japantown
11:00-7:00 - North Beach Festival - North Beach
11:00-7:00 - Black Family Reunion at the AAACC - Fillmore
11:15 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
11:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
11:30-12:30 - Meet an Animal Ambassador - Randall Museum
11:30-12:30 - Presentation: Insect Discovery Lab with SaveNature.Org - SFPL North Beach
11:30-1:30 - Saturday Juggling Lessons - Union Square
12:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
12:00-1:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: Space is the Place - Exploratorium 🪣
12:00-2:00 - Street Soccer San Francisco Summer of Football: Switzerland vs. Qatar - East Cut
12:00-3:00 - Native Contemporary Arts Festival - Yerba Buena
12:00-4:00 - Rebel Soul Fest 2026 - Golden Gate Park
12:00-5:00 - Babies & Brews - Mission
12:00-6:00 - The Whale’s Tail - Golden Gate Park
12:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
12:30-2:30 - Workshop: Father's Day Card Making - SFPL North Beach
12:30-3:00 - Find Your Biobliss: Beeing in Nature At Tunnel Tops - Presidio
12:45 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
1:00 - Mint Tea & Melodies - California Academy of Sciences
1:00 - Phantom of the Opera - Civic Center
1:00-2:00 - Saturday New Parent Circle: Newborn - 1 year!- Mission
1:00-2:00 - Through the Garden Gate Storytime with Author Sharon Rose - Golden Gate Park 🪣
1:00-2:30 - Workshop: Budgeting 101 for Teens - SFPL West Portal
1:00-3:00 - Ladio Head - Lakeside Village
1:00-3:00 - Activity: Chess Club - SFPL Excelsior
5:00-7:00 - Kick It at The Crossing: World Cup Viewings - Germany vs Ivory Coast - East Cut
1:00-4:00 - Flint Street Block Party - Castro
1:00-4:00 - Afternoon Art – Saturday Drop-In Workshop for Families: Pin Button Design - Randall Museum
1:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
1:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
1:30-3:30 - Social: Juneteenth Healing Circle - SFPL Visitacion Valley
2:00 - Sensory Trivia - California Academy of Sciences
2:00- Squid Dissection - Aquarium of the Bay
2:00-2:30 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Chinatown
2:00-3:00 - Performance: The San Francisco Symphony - SFPL North Beach
2:00-3:00 - Presentation: Insect Discovery Lab with SaveNature.Org - SFPL Glen Park
2:00-3:00 - Workshop: LED Lanterns for Kids - SFPL Ortega
2:00-3:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: Space is the Place - Exploratorium
2:00-3:30 - Activity: Turkish Story Hour - SFPL Potrero
2:00-5:00 - Banda Sin Nombre presents: Hubris at the Park - Salesforce Park
2:15 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
2:30 - Ingleside Workshops: Bike Repair - Ingleside
3:00 - Penguin Feeding - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
3:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
3:00-3:30 - Park Ranger Campfire Talks - Presidio
3:00-4:00 - Workshop: Recording Studio Orientation - SFPL Main
3:00-4:30 - Social: Solstice Celebration - SFPL Sunset
3:00-5:00 - Street Soccer San Francisco Summer of Football: Brazil vs. Morocco - East Cut
3:00-5:00 - An Afternoon of Chamber Music - Civic Center
3:00-8:00 - Glen Park Night Market - Glen Park
3:30 - Lagoon Senses - California Academy of Sciences
3:45 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
4:00 - Organ Concert - Legion of Honor
4:00 - Cinema on the Square - KPop Demon Hunters (Sing Along) - Union Square 🪣
4:00-6:00 - Lunar Highway Band - Lakeside Village
4:00-8:00 - Heart of the Richmond District Night Market - Richmond
4:30 - Big Astronomy - California Academy of Sciences
5:00-7:00 - Kick It at The Crossing: World Cup Viewings - Ecuador vs Curacao - East Cut
5:00-9:00 - A Bay Curious Adventure: History in Bloom - Conservatory of Flowers
7:30 - Phantom of the Opera - Civic Center
Sunday, 6/21:
8:00 - San Francisco Dragon Boat Festival Friendship Races - Lake Merced
8:30-10:30 - Bird Curious: Birding in the Garden - Golden Gate Park
9:00-11:00 - Kick It at The Crossing: World Cup Viewings: Spain vs Saudi Arabia - East Cut
9:30-10:15 - Kid's Yoga - Outer Sunset
10:00 - iNaturalist Mobile Lab - California Academy of Sciences
10:00-4:00 - All Day Drop-in Art Activities - Asian Art Museum
10:00-6:00 - Activity Zone - Union Square Alliance
10:00-10:00 - NASCAR Days at The PIER! - Pier 39
10:15 - Sensory Storytime - California Academy of Sciences
10:30 - Penguin Feeding (members only) - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
10:30 - Big Astronomy (members only) - California Academy of Sciences
10:30-11:15 - Family Yoga - Outer Sunset
10:30-11:45 - Summer Solstice Soul Flow - Baker Beach
10:30-4:00 - Mahjong at the Museum - Asian Art Museum
11:00 - Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries - Asian Art Museum
11:00 - Detective Mole’s Mystery: A Sensory Adventure - California Academy of Sciences
11:00-12:00 - Learn How to Use a Scanning Electron Microscope - Exploratorium
11:00-2:00 - Sunday Fun Days with the Walt Disney Family Museum - Union Square 🪣
11:00-2:00 - MAKE! with SCRAP: Drawing with Instructions - SFMoMA
11:00-3:00 - Celebrate Pride - San Francisco Zoo 🪣
11:00-6:00 - Juneteenth Bayview Father Day Festival 2026 - Bayview
11:00-7:00 - North Beach Festival - North Beach
11:15 - Junior Scientist Adventure - California Academy of Sciences
11:15 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
11:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
11:30-1:30 - Members-Only Film Fest: Arrival - Exploratorium
12:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
12:00-1:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: Space is the Place - Exploratorium
12:00-2:00 - Street Soccer San Francisco Summer of Football: Belgium vs Iran - East Cut
12:00-6:00 - The Whale’s Tail - Golden Gate Park
12:45 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
1:00 - Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries - Asian Art Museum
1:00 - Phantom of the Opera - Civic Center
1:00 - Mint Tea & Melodies - California Academy of Sciences
1:00-2:30 - Golden Gate Park Band: Juneteenth & Father's Day - Golden Gate Park
1:00-3:00 - Street Soccer San Francisco Summer of Football: Netherlands vs. Japan - East Cut
1:00-4:00 - Social: Afternoon Board Games - SFPL Sunset
1:15-1:45 - Storytime: For Toddlers - SFPL Ingleside
1:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
1:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
1:30-2:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Parkside
2:00 - Sensory Trivia - California Academy of Sciences
2:00 - Collection Tour - Asian Art Museum
2:00 - Ocean Action: The Power of pH! - California Academy of Sciences
2:00 - Big Feed - Aquarium of the Bay 🪣
2:00-3:00 - Storytime Science for Kids: Space is the Place - Exploratorium
2:00-3:00 - Activity: LEGO Robotics - SFPL Sunset
2:00-3:00 - Activity: Buttonmaking for Pride Month - SFPL Noe Valley 🪣
2:00-3:00 - Activity: Father's Day LED Paper Circuits - SFPL Merced
2:00-3:00 - Activity: Puppy Dog Tales - SFPL Visitacion Valley
2:00-3:00 - Workshop: Recording Studio Orientation - SFPL Main
2:00-3:00 - Workshop: Sandcastle Bath Bombs - SFPL Golden Gate Valley
2:00-3:30 - Father's Day Paper Circuit and Card Making - Mission
2:00-3:30 - Social: Family Game Time - SFPL West Portal
2:00-4:00 - Celebration: Opening Reception of Drawn to Painting - SFPL Portola
2:00-4:00 - Workshop: Mandarin for Beginners - SFPL Marina
2:00-4:15 - Film: Superman - SFPL Glen Park
2:15 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
2:30 - Collection Tour - Asian Art Museum
2:30-4:00 - Activity: Chess Club - SFPL Ingleside
3:00 - Penguin Feeding - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
3:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
3:00-3:30 - Park Ranger Campfire Talks - Presidio
3:00-5:00 - Street Soccer San Francisco Summer of Football: Uruguay vs Cape Verde - East Cut
3:00-5:00 - Mozart to Mendelssohn : Chopin & Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 - Civic Center
3:30 - Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries - Asian Art Museum
3:30 - Lagoon Senses - California Academy of Sciences
3:45 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
4:00-5:00 - Social: Nintendo Switch Sports - SFPL Main
4:00-6:00 - Street Soccer San Francisco Summer of Football: Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador - East Cut
4:30 - Big Astronomy - California Academy of Sciences
4:30-7:30 - Crucial Reggae Sundays - Golden Gate Park
5:00-9:00 - A Bay Curious Adventure: History in Bloom - Conservatory of Flowers
6:00-8:00 - Kick It at The Crossing: World Cup Viewings: New Zealand vs Egypt - East Cut
Monday, 6/22:
9:30 - Tour of the Japanese Tea Garden - Golden Gate Park
10:00 - iNaturalist Mobile Lab - California Academy of Sciences
10:00 - Imagination Mondays - Union Square
10:00-10:30 - Activity: Monday Morning Play - SFPL North Beach
10:00-11:00 - Social: Monday Fun Day Family Dance Party - SFPL Glen Park
10:00-12:00 - Activity: Monday Morning Play - SFPL North Beach
10:00-12:00 - Pollinator Week Bioblitz at Bret Harte Elementary School - Bayview
10:00-10:00 - NASCAR Days at The PIER! - Pier 39
10:15 - Sensory Storytime - California Academy of Sciences
10:15-10:45 - Storytime: For Babies - SFPL Visitacion Valley
10:15-10:45 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Western Addition
10:30 - Penguin Feeding - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
10:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Babies - SFPL Main
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Babies - SFPL Sunset
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Families - SFPL Ortega
10:30-11:00 - Storytime: For Toddlers - SFPL Portola
10:30-11:10 - Music Magic Monday (All Ages) w/ JAMaROO Kids - Mission
11:00 - Detective Mole’s Mystery: A Sensory Adventure - California Academy of Sciences
11:00-12:00 - Storytime: For Babies - SFPL Richmond
11:15-11:45 - Storytime: For Toddlers - SFPL Noe Valley
11:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
11:30 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
11:30-12:30 - Storytime: For Toddlers - SFPL Ingleside
11:30-1:00 - FREE Day of Play! - Mission
12:00 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
12:15-1:15 - Services: Lunch at the Library - SFPL Main
12:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
1:00 - Tour of the Japanese Tea Garden - Golden Gate Park
1:00 - Mint Tea & Melodies - California Academy of Sciences
1:30 - Coral Reef Dive - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
1:30 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
2:00 - Sensory Trivia - California Academy of Sciences
2:00- Squid Dissection - Aquarium of the Bay
2:00-3:00 - Presentation: Lizard Lady Reptiles - SFPL Noe Valley
2:00-3:30 - Workshop: Fake Cake Photo Frames - SFPL Ortega
2:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
3:00 - Penguin Feeding - California Academy of Sciences 🪣
3:00-3:30 - Park Ranger Campfire Talks - Presidio
3:30 - Incoming! - California Academy of Sciences
3:30 - Lagoon Senses - California Academy of Sciences
3:30-4:00 - Storytime: For Toddlers - SFPL Park
3:30-5:00 - Workshop: Intergenerational Mandarin Classes - SFPL Potrero
3:45 - Tiny Chef, Big Impact: The Show - California Academy of Sciences
4:00-5:00 - Activity: Watercolor Painting - SFPL Excelsior
4:00-7:00 - Bookmobile: SummerMobile at JFK Promenade - Golden Gate Park
4:30 - Big Astronomy - California Academy of Sciences
4:30-5:30 - Activity: Improv Theater Games - SFPL Glen Park
6:00-7:00 - Prenatal Yoga Flow: In Person - Mission
7:00 - Valkyries vs. Sparks (Commissioner’s Cup) - Chase Center
🔭 On Our Radar
Let your little kiddo sell their crafts and learn about entrepreneurship at the Little Entrepreneurs’ Mini Market. (July 10)
Ignite your inner child with the power of imagination at Le Petit Cirque: People's Circus Theatre - Youth All-Star Show. (July 10-12)
Have a slumber party at Oracle Park. (July 13)
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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