{"id":470727,"date":"2026-09-21T09:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470727\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:08:14","slug":"the-wildly-popular-cake-picnic-is-returning-to-downtown-san-francisco-this-october-31-with-a-new-cookie-picnic-the-next-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470727\/","title":{"rendered":"The wildly popular \u2018Cake Picnic\u2019 is returning to Downtown San Francisco this October 31 \u2014 with a new &#8216;Cookie Picnic&#8217; the next day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1018_VSCO-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Cakes on a table\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/cake-picnic-2026-how-to-get-tickets\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/cake-picnic-2026-how-to-get-tickets\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Cake Picnic,<\/a> which has brought thousands of cakes together in various parks around San Francisco (and many other cities around the country), is officially returning this fall. The wildly popular picnics started small, but now sell out in a matter of seconds, with hundreds of attendees at each event.  The result is rows of tables covered in colorful, creative cakes, with attendees eager to try as many slices as they can get their hands on.<\/p>\n<p>Cake Picnic October 2026<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0373-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"cake\" class=\"wp-image-37059\"  \/>A previous Cake Picnic at the Legion of Honor. Photo by Dana Flynn<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdhnysRE7gy\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdhnysRE7gy\/?img_index=1\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Organizers announced<\/a> the Cake Picnic Fall 2026 tour, with the San Francisco event scheduled for October 31 from 11 am to 1 pm. The picnic will take over Levi\u2019s Plaza in Downtown San Francisco, just a short walk from the Embarcadero. Tickets are currently on sale as of September 20 at 6 pm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, organizers are also adding a Cookie Picnic the following day on November 1, 2026. The new picnic will also take place at Levi\u2019s Plaza from 1 to 3 pm on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0981_VSCO-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Cakes in front of the SF skyline\" class=\"wp-image-38309\"  \/>A previous Cake Picnic on Treasure Island. Photo by Dana Flynn<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To join one of the sugary picnics, you\u2019ll need both a ticket and a dessert (the event\u2019s motto is simple: No cake, No entry). Organizers emphasize that if you\u2019re not a baker, bringing a store-bought cake is totally acceptable. Then, people get boxes to put their cake slices in and have several minutes to choose which slices they want to try. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cake Picnic\u2019s fall tour will also make stops in New York and Los Angeles. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cakepicnictour.com\/sf-fall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.cakepicnictour.com\/sf-fall\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Tickets go fast,<\/a> so be sure to get yours soon.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The iconic Cake Picnic, which has brought thousands of cakes together in various parks around San Francisco (and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-470727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}