Summer Guide: Things to Do in June

With longer days and more free time June is the perfect month to get out with friends and family to discover the best events San Francisco has offer. From live music and free street festivals to pool parties and club nights, here’s our list of the best events coming to the city by the bay…
Tue Jun 1 – Sun Jun 7: Negroni Week
120+ BARS & RESTAURANTS
Tue Jun 2: Summer Movie Nights
TOP OF THE MARK
Tue Jun 2: Check, Please! Bay Area Taste and Sip
SF DESIGN CENTER SHOWPLACE GALLERIA
Thu Jun 4: Dave Chappelle
COBBS COMEDY CLUB
Thu Jun 4 – Fri Jun 12: San Francisco Design Week
CITYWIDE
Thu Jun 4 – Sat Jun 6: Rob Schneider
PUNCH LINE COMEDY CLUB
Thu Jun 4 & Sun Jun 7: Warriors vs. Cleveland
ORACLE ARENA
Thu Jun 4 – Thu Jun 18: San Francisco Documentary Festival
ROXIE, BRAVA, VOGUE THEATER
Thu Jun 4: Six Great Writers destroy “Jurassic Park”
BOOKSMITH
Thu Jun 4: Palma Violets
BOTTOM OF THE HILL
Fri Jun 5 – Sat Jun 6: Sufjan Stevens
FOX THEATER
Fri Jun 5: Gatsby Cocktail Party
THE PAYNE MANSION
Fri Jun 5: Lenno, Kedd Cook btb Wilks
AUDIO
Sat Jun 6: Bank of America Free Museum Day
DE YOUNG, LEGION OF HONOR, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM
Sat Jun 6: Push The Feeling w/ Secret Circuit
UNDERGROUND SF
Sun Jun 7: Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon
MARINA GREEN
Sun Jun 7: Hushfest
OCEAN BEACH
Sun Jun 7: D’Angelo and The Vanguard
FOX THEATER
Sun Jun 7: All Day I Dream w/ Lee Burridge
TREASURE ISLAND
Sat Jun 6: BFD with Modest Mouse, Of Monsters and Men, Cold War Kids, Death From Above 1979, Martin Solveig, Best Coast
SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE
Sat Jun 6: SF Ethnic Dance Festival
PALACE OF FINE ARTS
Sat Jun 6: John Wentz Imprints Gallery Opening
HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY
Sat Jun 6: Matthew Dear 6 Hour Set
PUBLIC WORKS
Sat Jun 7: STRFKR (DJ Set) Jeffrey Paradise (Poolside)
PHOENIX HOTEL
Tue Jun 9: Litquake
YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL
Thu Jun 11: Modus Mecanique – Experimental Ballet
THE AESTHETIC UNION
Thu Jun 11: Resonance w/ Colleen (Cécile Schott)
EXPLORATORIUM
Thu Jun 11: Caked Up & Herobust (18+ event)
RUBY SKYE
Fri Jun 12: The New Mastersounds
THE NEW PARISH
Fri Jun 12: Juneteenth Festival
FILLMORE STREET
Fri Jun 12: Black and Brown Comedy Get Down
ORACLE ARENA
Sat Jun 13: Presidio Kite Expo
PRESIDIO PARADE GROUNDS
Sat Jun 13 – Sun Jun 14: North Beach Festival
NORTH BEACH
Sat Jun 13 – Sun Jun 14: West Coast Craft
FORT MASON FESTIVAL PAVILION
Sat Jun 13: Radical Presence – Black Performance in Contemporary Art
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Sat Jun 13 – Sun Jun 14: Waxaddicts Pop-Up Store
ISSO SF
Sat Jun 13: KMEL Summer Jam
ORACLE ARENA
Sun Jun 14: Stern Grove Opening Day w/ The Doobie Brothers
SIGMUND STERN GROVE
Sun Jun 14: Haight-Ashbury Street Fair
UPPER HAIGHT
Sun Jun 14: Sunday Streets
GREAT HIGHWAY
Sun Jun 14: 2nd Sunday Season Opener
TEMPLE NIGHTCLUB
Sun Jun 14: Werd. On the Street
THE MIDWAY GALLERY
Sun Jun 14: No Joy, GRMLN
BOTTOM OF THE HILL
Tue Jun 16: Billie Holiday Centennial Concert w/ Carletta Sue Kay
GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL
Tue Jun 16: Pins, Queen Kwong, Talkies
RICKSHAW STOP
Wed Jun 17: John Scofield Quartet w/ John Medeski
SFJAZZ
Thu Jun 18 – Sun Jun 21: Craig Robinson
COBBS COMEDY CLUB
Thu Jun 18 – Sat Jun 20: The Growlers
GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL
Thu Jun 18 – Sat Jun 20: Rory Scovel
PUNCH LINE COMEDY CLUB
Thu Jun 18: Shiba San
AUDIO
Fri Jun 19: A-Trak, Araabmuzik
1015 FOLSOM
Fri Jun 19 – Sat Jun 20: Purity Ring, Braids
FOX THEATER
Fri Jun 19: PuppetLand
MOJO THEATER
Sat Jun 20: Throne Boxing – Andre Ward vs. Paul Smith
ORACLE ARENA
Sat Jun 20: Members Only Water Rockets
CRISSY FIELD
Sat Jun 20: SF Summer Solstice Gathering
THE FACTORY
Sat Jun 20: Amtrac, Pomo
MEZZANINE
Sat Jun 20: Vans Warped Tour
SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE
Sun Jun 21: Zodiac Death Valley
HEMLOCK TAVERN
Sun Jun 21: Vibrator Museum Free Guided Tour
GOOD VIBRATIONS
Thu Jun 25: Pride NightLife
CAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Thu Jun 25: Human Anatomy Drawing Night
EXPLORATORIUM
Thu Jun 25: Tyler Oakley’s Slumber Party
THE WARFIELD
Fri Jun 26: Critical Mass
CITYWIDE
Fri Jun 26 – Sun Jun 28: The Largest Beat Generation Gathering in 20 Years
FORT MASON CENTER
Fri Jun 26: Circus Bell’s Mighty!
YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL
Fri Jun 26: Mono
THE INDEPENDENT
Fri Jun 26: Ryan Hemsworth
1015 FOLSOM
Fri Jun 26: Bootsy’s Rubber Band
THE FILLMORE
Sat Jun 27 – Sun Jun 28: SF Pride Parade and Festival
CIVIC CENTER
Sat Jun 27 – Sun Jun 28: Grateful Dead 50 Year Reunion
LEVIS STADIUM
Sat Jun 27: Pink Mammoth Block Party
MIGHTY
Sun Jun 28: Slayer
SHORELINE AMPHITEATRE
Sun Jun 28: SF Giants Hello Kitty Day
AT&T PARK
Sun Jun 28: Chuy Gomez + For The People Comedy Presents The Funny Drop
COBBS COMEDY CLUB
Tue Jun 30: Astronauts Etc., Chaz Bundick of Toro Y Moi (DJ Set)
RICKSHAW STOP
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There is always something fun going on in the city