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Music Medicine Returns to Yoshi's on July 30 to Benefit UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

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The 16-year-running benefit concert series returns to Yoshi's Oakland with all proceeds going to the Patient Care Fund…

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The Pink Triangle Came Down From Twin Peaks Sunday Night — Until Pride 2027

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The 31-year-old Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks wrapped its 2026 run Sunday night.

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SF Pride's 56th Parade Stepped Off Clean Sunday — 300 Contingents, TGNCI+ Marchers Up Front, Aly & AJ After

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The 56th SF Pride Parade went off Sunday on Market Street — 300-plus contingents, 35,000–40,000 marchers, TGNCI+…

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After Being Chased From the Trans March, Scott Wiener Got Cheers at SF Pride Parade

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Sunday's 56th annual SF Pride Parade on Market Street brought tens of thousands out for what amounted to a reset after…

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Boston's Iskwelahang Pilipino Rondalla Comes to Oakland — Free at OACC on July 12

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The acclaimed Boston Filipino ensemble brings a two-act concert of Philippine folk and musical theater to the Oakland…

Yesterday

USA vs. Bosnia Is Wednesday. San Pedro Square Has 20,000 RSVPs — and a History of Locking People Out.

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The official U.S. Soccer watch party for Wednesday's Round of 32 is free, but prior USA matches filled San Pedro Square…

Yesterday

The SF Dyke March Rolled Through the Mission Saturday — and Its "Dykes Only" Section May Have Seen Its Last Year

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Saturday's Dyke March filled Dolores Park and pushed through the Mission, with pole lessons in the lower section and a…

Yesterday

Great America Is Still Open — Don't Write Its Obituary Yet

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California's Great America is not closing this year.

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50 Years Ago, They Rode to the Front. They Haven't Left.

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The Women's Motorcycle Contingent marks its 50th year leading the SF Pride Parade on Sunday.

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The Sponsors Are Back — Just Not the Ones Who Bailed in 2025

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SF Pride went into 2026 with a $300K hole from last year's corporate walkouts.

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Corpse Flower 'Scarlet' Is Blooming at the Conservatory of Flowers — But Only Until Tonight

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A titan arum named Scarlet opened Wednesday evening at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park.

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(un)PTO's Monday Hike Is the One You Can Muni To

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The Bay Area's weekday hiking group for laid-off workers heads into Golden Gate Park on June 29 — 6.8 miles, mostly…

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Free Sunday Market in Sebastopol Doubles as a Blacksmith Guild's Public Debut

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The Sonoma County Blacksmith Guild holds its soft-launch at the Sebastopol Grange Hall on Sunday, June 28 — free…

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USMNT vs. Bosnia Is Tuesday. The South Bay Has a Full Weekend Plan Before Kickoff.

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With USMNT's first home-soil World Cup knockout match since 1994 set for Tuesday at Levi's, two days of organized…

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Mexico Goes to Knockout Soccer Monday. Show Up at San Pedro Square Early or Watch from Home.

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Mexico's first elimination match is Monday, June 30, at 6 p.m.

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SF Pride Kicks Off Tonight With a 4.1-Mile Laser Down Market Street

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The 56th annual SF Pride weekend starts Friday night with a rainbow laser installation stretching from Ferry Plaza to…

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SF Pride Lands This Weekend With One Million Expected — And World Cup Fans Are Already Here

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Organizers say the city could see one million people over Saturday and Sunday, with an unprecedented overlap of Pride…

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The Fillmore Jazz Festival Schedule Is Out: Who to See July 4 and 5

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The 2026 schedule is live — Kim Nalley closes Saturday, Lavay Smith anchors Sunday, and Minnie Bell's is on the pour.

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SF Opera Goes All-In on Pride Tonight — Sapphira Cristál Hosts, Juanita MORE! Closes It Out

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The San Francisco Opera Orchestra plays a Pride concert at War Memorial Opera House tonight, June 26, at 8 p.m.

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Fillmore Jazz Festival Lineup Drops: Lavay Smith and Kim Nalley Close the Weekend

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The 2026 Fillmore Jazz Festival schedule is now live — Kim Nalley closes Saturday, Lavay Smith closes Sunday, and Roger…

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GKIDS Brings the Evangelion 30th Movie Fest to 18 Bay Area Theaters in July

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GKIDS is screening Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion on back-to-back nights — July 21…

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Berkeley This Weekend: Free RPG Day at Games of Berkeley, $5 Circus Science at the Lawrence, and The Marsh Turns 21

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A three-day Berkeley run that's mostly free: national Free RPG Day lands at Games of Berkeley on Saturday with a bonus…

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Hyphy Holiday at Crybaby Oakland Benefits Immigrant Justice on the 4th

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Crybaby Oakland's late-night July 4th party sends a portion of proceeds to the California Collaborative for Immigrant…

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Cat Town Oakland Brings Kitten Pairs to Rockridge Pet Food Express This Saturday

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Cat Town Oakland runs a Saturday drop-in kitten adoption at Pet Food Express in Rockridge — 2:30 to 5pm, no appointment…

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Mexico-Czechia at San Pedro Square: Fans Arrived at 10 a.m. for a 6 p.m. Game

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Wednesday's watch party at San Pedro Square ran from Switzerland-Canada all the way through Mexico-Czechia, with…

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Birdhouse Comedy Night Brings a Full Lineup to a Judah Street Gallery This Thursday

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Monthly comedy-plus-gallery night at Birdhouse Gallery, 2548 Judah Street, runs Thursday June 25 from 8–9:30 p.m.

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True Skool Launches Elevation, a New Soulful-House 1st Fridays at Golden Ratio in Oakland

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Bay Area DJ institution True Skool brings Renoir aka Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist to Golden Ratio for a new monthly…

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South Bay July 4: San Jose Goes Drones, and the Free Hack for Great America's Fireworks

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San Jose is running a drone light show this Fourth of July after the 2025 Yolo County warehouse explosion wiped out…

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TRANSMARSH Is Dancing on the Side of a Tenderloin Building This Pride Weekend — Two Nights, Free

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A free outdoor vertical dance performance staged on the Taylor Street facade of the Timbri Hotel runs Thursday and…

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