📆 The Shortlist. Issue 13 - June 2-7, 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.
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📌 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 6/2
Visit the Conservatory of Flowers for free. 🪣
Find the traveling bookmobile for storytime at Garfield Playground. 🪣
Enjoy a dance and creative movement class with JAMaROO Kids. (East Cut)
Join Music Magic Tuesday with JAMaROO Kids. (Mission)
Pay what you wish at the Cartoon Art Museum. (Fisherman’s Wharf)
Join a lactation support circle for parents and pregnant people. (Mission)
Learn how to communicate with your little one at a Baby Sign Language Intro Class. (Mission)
Attend a children’s music class. (Inner Sunset)
Join a playgroup for kiddos ages 12-30 months. (Excelsior)
Join Tummy Time, a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-12 months. (Visitacion Valley)
Listen to free live music in Civic Center.
Give your little one a chance to engage in hands on STEM activities at Tinker Tuesday. (Excelsior)
Go to a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-3. (Mission)
Connect with Black moms at the Black Mama’s Wellness Group. (Dogpatch)
See the Valkyries face off the Portland Fire at Ballhalla. (Chase Center)🪣
Wednesday 6/3
Grab your binoculars and join Golden Gate Bird Alliance on an early morning Birding Walk. (Salesforce Park)
SF Resident free day at the San Francisco Zoo. 🪣
Join the librarians from the Main Library for an outdoor storytime at Salesforce Park. 🪣
Join a toddler drum circle. (McCoppin Playground)
Take a parent & child art class. (Pac Heights)
Join Pop n Play, a playgroup for kiddos ages 30-42 months. (Portola)
Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
Get free health services for youth at the UMOJA Health Access Point. (Bayview)
Learn to make a yarn mandala at a free art workshop. (Yerba Buena)
Let your kiddo do an afternoon art class. (Pac Heights)
Join a free walking tour of the city's most significant Art Deco landmarks. (SoMA) 🪣
Connect with toddler parents and get all of your questions answered at a Toddler Parent Connection Circle. (Mission)
Thursday 6/4
Take a postpartum movement fusion (cardio+core) class. (Sutro Heights)
Attend a Postpartum Yoga class. (Mission)
Toddlers unite for outdoor musical fun with JAMaROO Kids at Toddler Thursday. (Salesforce Park)
Bond with newborn parents (0-6 months) or parents of growing babies (6 months-2 years) at a new parent circle. (Mission)
Listen to free live music in Civic Center.
Make Pom Pom Party Floral Poms at Crafternoons in Union Square.
Join a free walking tour of Cityscapes & Public Spaces. (Financial District) 🪣
Listen to free live music at the Ferry Building.
Go to a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-3. (Mission)
Bond with dads at a Fatherhood Group. (Inner Sunset)
See Janelle Monae DJ, drag performances and participate in fun activities for all ages at Downtown First Thursdays.
Friday 6/5
Attend a morning music class for toddlers and preschoolers. (Chase Center)
Join a toddler drum circle. (McCoppin Playground)
Attend the Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble’s Kids’ Show presenting the pre-colonial music, dance and attire traditions of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and Kalinga, Northern Philippines. 🪣
Take a parent & child art class with your toddler or have your older kiddo do an art class solo. (Pac Heights)
Let your child’s creativity and imagination run wild at a Free Day of Play. (Mission)
Feel the rhythm and move with community at an Afro-Brazilian drumming workshop. (Ingleside)
End the week with free live music in Golden Gate Park.
Join a K-Pop Demon Hunters watch party and sing along. (Civic Center)
Watch a drag performance at Drag Me Downtown, San Francisco's signature pop-up drag show. (Financial District)
Have a roller disco night with the kiddos. (Hayes Valley)
📆 Plan Ahead 📆
Things that we’re looking forward to this weekend. More to come in our weekend guide!
All Weekend
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. 🪣
Attend the Italian Street Festival, a free, family-friendly celebration of Italian food, wine, music, culture. 🪣
Saturday 6/6
Attend Family Art Making at the de Young Museum to make a hands-on art project celebrating Lowrider Culture. 🪣
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. 🪣
Attend Play on the Bay, a family friendly party with sensory play, live music, dance workshops and more.
Join the Friends of San Francisco Public Library for their 4th annual Book Sale Block Party.
Experience a live science demonstration with RJ Scaringe, Mark Rober & Science Bob at the R2 Block Party.
Pack your picnic blanket and enjoy an afternoon of Bluegrass and Old-Time music at the 2026 San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival.
Bond with other parents and get all of your questions answered at a New Parent Circle (newborn-1 year).
Bring your family and friends to enjoy a Spring Concert by the San Francisco Boys Chorus.
Sunday 6/7
Attend Sundays at the Asian Art Museum and enjoy a free, family-friendly day rave celebrating LGBTQ+ joy and community. 🪣
Get up close and personal to creepy crawlies and eat mealworm chocolate chip cookies at InsectPalooza.
Build community in a space where every part of your family is honored at a Queer Families Meet-Up.
Enjoy One Voice, a concert by the Young Women’s Choral Project.
Celebrate local Black-owned businesses at the 6th annual Juneteenth on the Waterfront.
Let your kiddo participate in an exciting afternoon of soccer fun with Super Soccer Stars at Sunset Dunes.
Join Mom Walk Collective SF + JAMaROO Kids Cow Hollow for a free music and movement class for kiddos and moms.
Celebrate Pride with Castro Art Mart and QTAPI Coalition at the QTAPI Block Party: Reinventing Refuge. 🪣
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.
👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.
Us this week
📖 Tabs We’ve Closed 📖
Things we’ve actually finished.
Bye! See you on Friday!
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