San Francisco - Fun & Entertainment

The temporary outdoor Just Add Music permits have bars’ and venues’ parklets bustling, but nearby residents are lodging complaints, often with dog-whistle grievances over “thuggy” crowds.

A hairy situation will be developing Saturday in South of Market, with live music, DJs, and wrestling, but the Bearrison Street Fair pre-parties start beefing up on Friday.

Whips and chains will take a backseat to masks and vaccination cards, as safety precautions force the Folsom Street Fair to rebrand this Sunday’s proceedings as “Megahood2021.”

A famous Bay Area festival that brings thousands of visitors to Half Moon Bay every fall has been canceled for a second straight year due to coronavirus.

From a literary estate to a seal colony, and from the canopy of the redwoods to (of course) wine tasting, Hoodline's Bay Area Day Trips series is enjoying the pleasures of Sonoma County this week.

Celebrate Liberty, Equality and Fraternity while indulging in some French food, music and drinks at these Bastille Day celebrations around the Bay Area.

SF's music venues are finally popping back alive, and the beloved Divisadero spot The Independent makes its resurrection official on Friday, July 9 with a show by Bay Area soul, psych-rock, and R&B band Con Brio. 

Fireworks displays in a number of cities are canceled again this year, but there are still plenty of spots to view fireworks this Fourth of July, including San Francisco and other locales around the Bay.

The “green bus” and ferry operators of Golden Gate Transit would love for you to visit Marin County this weekend, so they’re making the rides free.

San Francisco and Santa Clara counties are both offering up a chance to score sports or other event tickets to people who get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The old combination of Don Johnson and Cheech Marin is bringing new life to downtown San Francisco, in the form of gunshots and exploding cars for the “Nash Bridges” made-for-TV movie.

At long last, the Mission District's beloved indie movie house, The Roxie Theater (3117 16th St.), has a reopening date and a reopening movie: 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988).

The new hybrid digital/pipe organ that has been in the works for the grand Castro Theatre for about six years is finally about to become a reality, and depending on how long it takes to ship from Pennsylvania and how long it takes for movie theaters to safely reopen in San Francisco, it may arrive just time for the Castro's next public screenings.

The Tenderloin's infamous O'Farrell Theatre closed last month without fanfare, and whether you believe in the freedom of speech when it comes to pornography and adult performers or not, you should know that this place was one of a few in San Francisco that started it all.

The whole city was vibrant and damn near magical for weeks before the big night as visitors poured into town just to take their place in one of the greatest costume parties on earth. It was Halloween in the Castro, and it is now the stuff of legends.

Beginning Dec. 1, Peacock Meadow will be illuminated by 2,000 LEDs that will be entwined within and surrounding three sculptural trees. “Entwined,” as it’s called, is an installation by Bay Area artist Charles Gadeken, and it is part of a small series of activities to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Golden Gate Park during the pandemic.

Wade Joffrion and Greg Price's Corona Heights "storybook house," the 1917 brick-clad cottage at 45 Upper Terrace, is regularly the most-decorated house in the neighborhood and a seasonal highlight for passersby at Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Halloween — and this year's display is worth a detour.

Learn about nature photography, experience one artist's interpretation of the pandemic in a studio tour, or listen in on an author talk.

Learn how to write a good resume, join a belly dance class or tune in to an open mic night.

Join a vinyasa class, experience the Autumn Moon Festival or listen in on a session with a legendary jazz musician.

Celebrate Emperor Norton, learn about a San Francisco disco legend, or get an update on COVID-19 on the six-month anniversary of San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order.

Join a ballet class, learn about classical rabbinic texts or discover the plants and animals of Cape Town.

Tune in to a seated meditation, learn about the history of the Fillmore district or have some fun during a comedy night.

Learn about Diego Rivera's San Francisco murals, attend a city-hopping drag show or hear about transcendent art.

Hear a talk from the former U.S. Surgeon General, get the scoop on coastal biodiversity or learn how voting can go mathematically wrong.