📆Issue No. 67 - May 9-11, 2026

Happy Friday, friends, and happy early Mother's Day to all the mamas out there! 🌸

As usual, this weekend is stacked. We're talking 200+ things to do across the city, from bike rodeos to KQED Fest to family friendly museum tours, plus a full lineup of ways to celebrate mom (brunches, flower pop-ups, macrame with the kids, and more).

Let’s get into the weekend!

Opening: Young Performers Theatre’s show Tunnel Top Travelers is opening this weekend at Fort Mason.

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:

Mother’s Day Happenings this Weekend:

Monday events also included below!

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Saturday Highlights

  • Lear about bike safety and ride bikes with community at San Francisco Bike Rodeo 2026.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, sessions at 8:30am, 9:00am, 9:30am, 10:00am and 10:30am. Each session is approximately 90 minutes

      • Stonestown Parking Lot

      • Free

  • Spend the morning touring the de Young at the Family Tour, Sky.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 10:30am

      • de Young Museum

      • Free

  • Spend the day celebrating community at the KQED Fest 2026 block party.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 11:00am

      • KQED Headquarters, 2601 Mariposa St

      • Free

  • Celebrate AAPI month with community at AAPI Families Wonderfest.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 11:00am-1:30pm

      • 949 Washington St

      • Free

  • Notice how the coastline is changing in real time at the Ocean Beach Noticing Lab.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 11:00am-2:00pm

      • Sunset Dunes @ Judah

      • Free

  • Have a museum day, including a tour, art activities, a screening of The Green Book and a discussion at Thrive @ MoAD.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 11:00am-5:00pm

      • Museum of African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street

      • Free

  • Celebrate and create amazing art at the 16th Annual Youth Arts Summit.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 1:00pm-4:30pm

      • Youth Art Exchange Studios at La Fénix, 1950 Mission Street

      • Free

  • Get ready for opera season at A Barber of Seville Family Experience for Kids.

  • Celebrate

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 2:00pm-4:00pm

      • Taube Atrium Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue

      • Free

  • Celebrate Youth Baseball Day at the Giants game against the Pirates. Don’t miss the pregame on-field parade.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, May 9, 6:05pm

      • Oracle Park

      • Tickets from $32

Sunday Highlights

  • Take inspiration from Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s BIG sculptures, let SCRAP guide you as you make giant versions of food and other objects using paper and everyday materials at Family Studio: Think BIG!

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 10, 10:00am-1:00pm

      • SFMoMA, 151 Third Street

      • Free

  • Celebrate Mother’s Day with storytime, salsa, cards, flowers and more at the Exploratorium.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 10, 11:00am-4:30pm

      • Exploratorium, Pier 15

      • Tickets from $29.95

  • Celebrate Mother’s Day with music, storytime, embroidery and more at the Asian Art Museum

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, May 10, 10:30am-4:30pm

      • Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street

      • Tickets from $14.00

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 5/9:

Sunday, 5/10:

Monday, 5/11:

🔭 On Our Radar

Have a night at the museum with your kiddo at the Penguins + Pajamas Sleepover (May 15).

Have a family day of hands-on art-making, collaborations with local artists and live performances at de Youngsters Day Out 2026 (May 16).

Listen to your favorite childhood songs with Laurie Berkner at the Palace of Fine Arts (May 16).

Go to a dino boogie dance party social with the family (May 17).

Celebrate music, culture and community at Carnaval SF (May 23 and May 24).

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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