📆Issue No. 83 - August 22-24, 2026

Happy Friday, friends!

Hope everyone's settling into back to school season! This weekend is packed with activations at the Inner Sunset and Fort Mason Farmers’ Markets for kiddos, live music, art and a Little Market for last-minute shopping (and supporting local small businesses while you’re at it).

Also, we're launching our IRL social club for families: Field Trip Social Club. Here's your permission slip (if you already filled out our original Google form, we've got you). Hope to see you IRL!

We’re on vacation this week, so no Shortlist on Tuesday, but we’ll be back in your inbox next Friday. As always, if we missed your favorite happening around the city, reply here or find us at [email protected].

Let’s get into the weekend!

⚡ TLDR: The Shortlist

Saturday:

Sunday:

Monday events also included below!

Saturday Highlights

  • Explore a cute cafe and go to an outdoor storytime with a local author at Children's Storytime: Isabella Kung.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, August 22, 9:30AM

      • Blackbird Cafe, 4541 Irving Street

      • Free

  • Welcome the Snowy Plovers back to Ocean Beach at a Welcome Back Plover Party.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, August 22, 11:00AM-2:00PM

      • Sunset Dunes @ Judah, 1349 Upper Great Highway

      • Free

  • Listen to live music and lounge with your kiddo at Duboce ParkJam.

    • Worth Knowing:

  • Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of Japanese taiko drumming, bamboo flute music, and captivating folk tales at Performance: Japanese Taiko Drumming with Queer Taiko.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, August 15, 2:30PM-3:15PM

      • SFPL Eureka Valley, 1 Jose Sarria Court

      • Free

  • Support young filmmakers at the Noe Valley Girls Film Festival.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Saturday, August 22, 4:00PM

      • Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez Street

      • Free

Sunday Highlights

  • Go to a Family Studio: Abstract Shapes to create art inspired by Ellsworth Kelly’s artwork.

    • Sunday, August 23, 10:00AM-1:00PM

    • SFMOMA, 151 Third St

    • Free

  • Join a community rowing day with Rocking the Boat.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, August 23, 10:00AM-2:00PM

      • India Basin Waterfront Park, 900 Innes Avenue

      • Free

  • Let your kiddo test their engineering skills at a Zucchini Car Race.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, August 23, 10:45AM

      • Fort Mason Farmers’ Market

      • Free

  • Celebrate culture and community at Sunday Streets: Bayview Community Block Party.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, August 23, 12:00PM-5:00PM

      • Lane St between Thomas Ave and Underwood Ave

      • Free

  • Join San Francisco Aid for Animals for a for a paw-some Tea Party at the Zoo.

    • Worth Knowing:

      • Sunday, August 23, 1:00PM-3:00PM

      • San Francisco Zoo at Bernard Osher Grand Hall, 1 Zoo Road

      • Tickets from $44.52

✨The Full Rundown✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 8/22:

Sunday, 8/23:

Monday, 8/17:

🔭 On Our Radar

Meet other families and socialize at our Field Trip. (August 28)

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.

P.P.S. Want to partner with us? Have an event we should highlight? We work with brands that parents actually want in their lives (you know, the ones that don't make us choose between "kid-friendly" and "still cool"). Email us at [email protected] if that sounds like you.

Click the option that fits, and feel free to tell us why. We read every response because we're nosy like that.

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