22 fun events in SF this week, from circus picnics to flotilla dance parties 

Outgoers is a weekly column published in partnership with the event newsletter of the same name founded by Josh Constine. Each week, Outgoers texts readers a list of San Francisco events and activities worthy of their time. The Standard features those events, plus a few extra, every week. Sign up for Outgoers by clicking this link on your phone (a third-party service).

Celebrate the holiday with live music, breakdance battles, food demoes, and interactive installations.

Champions Grandwizzard Theodore and DJ Qbert lead a live panel, turntable performance, and community cypher.

Dress like your favorite storybook character and set sail for a three-day costumed flotilla party in Clipper Cove, with DJs playing on a circle of hitched boats.

Picnic while you watch acrobats, aerialists, and clowns at this one-ring, family-friendly, outdoor circus performance.

Three blocks of music stages, food vendors, and performances by Drag Race legends will blanket the 18th and Castro area ahead of Pride.

Poetry takes over the Mission for three days, with a walking tour of readings and art activations in cafes and bookstores across the neighborhood.

Foliage-covered wine bar Arcana hosts an extended debut set of Latin club beats.

Go deep with an open-to-close set of international beats from Goldcap in the center of The Foundry’s surround-sound warehouse.

The library’s gorgeous rotunda hosts an open house to celebrate local art and literature, with performances, story times, music from the SF Symphony, and the Comic Arts Fest.

Latin house phenom Hugel teams up with Amémé and others at this massive open-air party on Treasure Island with epic skyline views and optional ferry transport.

With the success of night markets across the city, Glen Park is getting its own with local art, DJs, food vendors, and family-friendly activities, right by the BART.

An indie dance party with rooftop views at a secret intimate venue.

The first of the Richmond’s summer night markets will transform Clement Street into a block party, with live music, street food, and a family zone.

A rare free concert at the glorious Great American Music Hall, featuring the SF Symphony, Blue Bear Rock Chorus, and DJ maDRE, celebrates the neighborhood’s resilience.

The Box Shop art yard lights up with flamethrowers, mutant bikes, DJs, and chaotic installations, so bring your own robots, clowns, and unsafe contraptions.

The U.K.’s Keep Hush teams up with the Vitamin1000 crew to lay down bass-heavy breakbeats, garage, and more British sounds.

Explore SF’s greenest hidden trails on an 8.6-mile trek through Sutro Forest, Glen Canyon, and Twin Peaks that starts with coffee and ends with ice cream.

Celebrate with a parade down Market Street, followed by block parties across SoMa, FiDi, the Tenderloin, and other neighborhoods.

Embrace Japanese culture with taiko, karate, shamisen, dance, origami, and calligraphy workshops surrounding Japantown Center.

The Phoenix Hotel is scheduled to close soon, so soak up one of its final patio poolside DJ sets with house producer Hayden James.

Delight in unlimited bites and drinks from 50 restaurants and beverage makers, with a focus on summer flavors.

Artists from a tech-forward gallery’s Creative Code Intensive program share interactive installations, audiovisual art, and mind-blowing digital storytelling.