📆 The Shortlist. Issue 14 - June 9-14, 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 6/9
Find the traveling bookmobile for storytime at Koret Playground. 🪣
Go to a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-3. (Mission)
Join a lactation support circle for parents and pregnant people. (Mission)
Attend a children’s music class. (Inner Sunset)
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)
Join Music Magic Tuesday with JAMaROO Kids. (Mission)
Enjoy a dance and creative movement class with JAMaROO Kids. (East Cut)
Connect with Black moms at the Black Mama’s Wellness Group. (Dogpatch)
See the Valkyries face off the Phoenix Mercury at Ballhalla. (Chase Center)🪣
Wednesday 6/10
Take part in magical outdoor activities with Salesforce Park's resident fairies from Happily Ever Laughter at Whimsy Wednesday. (Salesforce Park)
Take a parent & child art class. (Pac Heights)
Learn how to use a scanning electron microscope. (Pier 15)
Learn to make 3D Collage at a free art workshop. (Yerba Buena)
Listen to free live music in Golden Gate Park.
Let your kiddo do an afternoon art class. (Pac Heights)
Join a free walking tour of 1840s SF & The Legacy of America's "First Black Millionaire. (Financial District) 🪣
Thursday 6/11
Take a postpartum movement fusion (cardio+core) class. (Sutro Heights)
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 Felt Fortune Cookies at Crafternoons in Union Square.
Listen to free live music at the Ferry Building.
Listen to free live music in Civic Center.
Let your kiddo create a series of fun chain reactions and see where their imagination takes them with Rube Goldberg Machines.
Go to a playgroup for kiddos ages 0-3. (Mission)
Bond with dads at a Fatherhood Group. (Inner Sunset)
Enjoy a neighborhood celebration of live music and family friendly activities at Valencia Live!
Friday 6/12
Attend a morning music class for toddlers and preschoolers. (Chase Center)
Attend the Coventry & Kaluza (Kids’ Show) to enjoy comical characters, music and circus skills. 🪣
Take a parent & child art class with your toddler or have your older kiddo do an art class solo. (Pac Heights)
Go to a free pop-up music class with JAMaROO Kids. (Mission)
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. (Pacific Heights)
Watch a drag performance at Drag Me Downtown, San Francisco's signature pop-up drag show. (Financial District)
Join soccer fans for a Soccer Fan March to the Thrive City’s Soccer Watch Party: USA vs Paraguay.
Enjoy an original piece by young choreographer Sophia West as part of her residency as part of 836M’s Young Artist Program. (Embarcadero)
Celebrate Pride with the Giants as they face off the Chicago Cubs. (Oracle Park)
Celebrate community with food, live music, arts & crafts, games and more at Chinatown Night Market.
Enjoy a night of food, culture, music and community at the Sunset Night Market: Dragon Boat Festival. (Sunset)
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
Celebrate the San Francisco Zoo’s 97th birthday with music, arts & crafts, fun puppet show & ventriloquist shows, costumed characters and animal enrichment.🪣
Celebrate the opening of the Exploratorium’s new summer exhibition at the Life in Space Festival.🪣
Saturday 6/13
Join community for carnival games, rides, live music and more at the Fillmore’s 80th Annual Juneteenth Festival. 🪣
Grab your blanket for a cozy outdoor movie night to watch Back to the Future.🪣
Spend the afternoon at Cartooning for Kids or Cartooning for the Whole Family at the Cartoon Arts Museum.🪣
Let your kiddo make their own loteria icon at Fiesta en La Calle. 🪣
Enjoy a fun day of food, games, face painting and more at Bayview Children’s Day.🪣
Spend World Knit in Public Day at the Botanical Garden.
Celebrate the opening of the Dragon Boat Festival in Chinatown.🪣
Sunday 6/14
Play, draw and receive free giveaways at SFMoMA’s Free Family Day: Line, Shape, and Color.🪣
Celebrate the start of the 18th season of Sunday Streets with community, connection and fun. 🪣
Celebrate Pride at the Inner Sunset Flea Market. 🪣
👀 On Our Feed 👀
Posts, threads, and content that made us stop scrolling.
📖 Tabs We’ve Closed 📖
Things we’ve actually finished.
Bye bye bye! Be back on Friday!
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