{"id":89847,"date":"2025-12-11T00:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89847\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T00:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:41:11","slug":"the-17-best-events-in-sf-this-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89847\/","title":{"rendered":"The 17 best events in SF this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holiday marketsSunset holiday night bazaar: (opens in new tab)<\/a> Friday, Dec. 12, 5 to 10 p.m.\u00a0Black holiday market: (opens in new tab)<\/a> Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\u00a0Root Division artist fair: (opens in new tab)<\/a>Saturday, Dec, 13, 12 to 5 p.m.\u00a0Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District\u2019s kinky holiday market: (opens in new tab)<\/a> Saturday, Dec. 13, 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.Holidays on Taraval: (opens in new tab)<\/a> Saturday, Dec. 13, 4 to 8 p.m.\u00a0Harvey Milk Center for the Arts holiday craft fair: (opens in new tab)<\/a> Sunday, Dec. 14, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This inaugural event will feature festive food, music, and more than 20 local merchants. A tie-dye clad Santa will be in attendance, of course.<\/p>\n

Date and timeThursday, Dec. 11, 5 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Polk Street will be a festive hub with Christmas carolers, special discounts at select businesses, and wine tastings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date and timeThursday, Dec. 11, 4 to 8 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The chorus performs holiday classics and contemporary anthems with a queer twist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Source: SF Gay Men’s ChorusDate and timeFriday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 13, 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019s bound to be something for everyone in Tape B\u2019s set that blends old-school dubstep with experimental beats and hip-hop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date and timeFriday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Get lost in the electro indie pop mixes of French musician and DJ Myd on one the few U.S. stops of his \u201cMydnight\u201d tour.<\/p>\n

Date and timeFriday, Dec. 12, 9 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A beloved tradition since 2002, Caltrain\u2019s Holiday Train returns with a new electric fleet, onboard appearances from holiday characters, commemorative paper tickets, and celebratory activities at the San Francisco station.\u00a0The southbound train departs at 4:50 p.m.<\/p>\n

Date and timeSaturday, Dec. 13<\/p>\n

In the market for a Penny Lane coat, Tiffany lamp, or \u201990s Levi\u2019s? At this indoor market, get all the satisfaction of scoring vintage finds without spending hours digging at the thrift store.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date and timeSaturday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Film nerds, rejoice! Watch the Hollywood Film Orchestra perform scores from \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d \u201cPirates of the Caribbean,\u201d \u201cDune,\u201d and others, accompanied by clips and laser projections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date and timeSaturday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Still reeling from the fact that you didn\u2019t score tickets to Chromeo\u2019s Stern Grove show? Get over it at the funk duo\u2019s DJ set at this festive venue.<\/p>\n

Date and timeSaturday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Are you too old for SantaCon? If your frontal lobe has developed \u2026 maybe. Whip out the Santa hats, bring donations for the SF Firefighters Toy Program, and hit the bars en masse for tradition\u2019s sake (or avoid Union Square and Polk Street like the plague).<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Paul Kuroda for The StandardDate and timeSaturday, Dec. 13, 12 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Santa\u2019s ditching his usual outpost at Macy\u2019s in Union Square but will be mobile during the two weekends of this holiday pop-up, featuring food trucks, music, themed drinks, and a marketplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TwoSource: Union Square AllianceDate and timeOpens Saturday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.\u00a0(runs through Christmas Eve)<\/p>\n

We could all use a laugh right now. Giggle your heart out at the New York comedian\u2019s show packed with jokes about the joys of womanhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date and timeSaturday, Dec. 13, 9:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A lot of great ideas have come out of our city, including Drag Story Hour, which has become a national sensation. Celebrate a decade of stories and self-expression with this day of literary activities.<\/p>\n

\"\"Source: Estefany Gonzalez\/The StandardDate and timeSunday, Dec. 14, 12 to 5:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following a screening of the 2000 rom-com \u201cHigh Fidelity,\u201d the star will take part in a conversation about one of his most iconic roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date and timeSunday, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spend the first night of the Festival of Lights spinning dreidels, enjoying an LED piano concert, eating doughnuts, and lighting the Hanukkah candles with views of the bay.<\/p>\n

Date and timeSunday, Dec. 14, 3 to 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Join fellow climbers at Movement Gym\u2019s screening of the inspiring film documenting Emily Harrington\u2019s historic ascent of Yosemite\u2019s El Capitan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date and timeSunday, Dec. 14, 6:30 p.m.\u00a0Sold-out events<\/p>\n

Tickets may not be available, but these great events are happening too. Congrats to all who are going, and happy ticket hunting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holiday marketsSunset holiday night bazaar: (opens in new tab) Friday, Dec. 12, 5 to 10 p.m.\u00a0Black holiday market:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[584,6720,2646,330,2031,101,103,102,104,106,105,5995],"class_list":["post-89847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-events","tag-holiday-shopping","tag-holidays","tag-music","tag-parties","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-union-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89847","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=89847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}