🌟Local Kiddo SF

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Author

Jasmine Alves
June 13, 2025

📆Issue No. 21 - June 14-15, 2025

Happy Friday, friends! We’re a little tardy, but we promise, this issue will be well worth the wait. This weekend brings Father's Day festivities, zoo celebrations, cultural storytelling, and many different neighborhood festivals. Grab your walking shoes, bring your sense of wonder, and prepare for a Father's Day weekend that celebrates both family bonds and community spirit.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

All Weekend:

Saturday:

Sunday:

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💙Father’s Day Highlights💙

Saturday:

Sunday:

Saturday Highlight

Ever wanted to have a birthday party at the zoo? Now is your chance. Celebrate with a kids' dance party and watch animals enjoy the birthday-themed enrichment at this special zoo celebration featuring animal presentations, a live DJ, and crafts.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 10:00am-5:00pm

  • SF Zoo, 1 Zoo Rd

  • Tickets (SF Resident Rate):

    • Children (under 2): Free, Children (2-11): $19, Adults (12-64): $28

  • Animal enrichment presentations schedule:

  • 10:00am – Red Panda (Exploration Zone)

  • 10:30am – Lemurs (Lemur Forest) / Gorilla’s (Gorilla Preserve)

  • 11:00am – Birds Aviary (across Koala Crossing) / Goats (Family Farm)

  • 11:30am – Flamingo (by Lemur Cafe) / Baird’s Tapir (Puente al Sur)

  • 12:00pm – Giraffe (Acacia Plaza) & Zebra (North Savanna) / Orangutan (Great Ape Passage)

  • 12:30pm – Meet animals at the Animal Rescue & Conservation Center (Exploration Zone)

  • 3:30pm – Komodo Dragon (Komodo Crossing)

🚌 Getting There: Bart/Muni to SF Zoo, 18-46th Avenue to Sloat Blvd

Sunday Highlight

This is a playdate that dads and the kiddos will both enjoy. The kids get amazing sensory activities while dad can enjoy the beer garden and food trucks. Oogubi has transformed Parklab into an environment for play and connection.

Worth knowing:

  • 10:30am-12:30pm

  • Parklab Gardens, 1379 4th St

  • Tickets:

    • Children (10 months - 12 years): $47.99, Adults: Free

  • Water play is very popular, so don’t forget a change of clothes

  • Food trucks

  • Beer garden

🚌 Getting There: Muni to Mission Rock, 22-Fillmore

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 6/14:

Sunday, 6/15:

🔭 On Our Radar

Give your baby gear a new life at the Potrero Hill, Noe Valley or Richmond free baby item swap.

Support local businesses at the Richmond Night Market (June 21).

Celebrate Pride month with a family block party (June 28).

Found a spot that works for both you and the kiddos? Tell us – we read everything.

Until next week,

Jasmine @Local Kiddo — Because good taste doesn’t end at parenthood.

P.S. Forward this to that parent friend who still remembers what uninterrupted coffee tastes like. We've got spots for both of you.

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