Outgoers is a weekly column published in partnership with the event newsletter of the same name founded by Josh Constine. Outgoers texts readers a list of San Francisco events and activities worthy of their time. The Standard features those, plus a few extra, every week. Sign up for Outgoers by clicking this link (opens in new tab) on your phone (a third-party service).
Downtown First Thursdays block party (opens in new tab)
The monthly shindig fills Second Street with a headlining set by Raymix, plus DJs, bands, vendors, drag performers, and open-air bars.
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- Date and time
- Thursday, Sept. 4, 5 p.m.
Hump! Adult short film fest
Dan Savage’s legendary sex-positive indie festival returns with 22 silly, creative, and kinky short films that are much more art than porn.
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- Tickets (opens in new tab)
- Date and time
- Thursday, Sept. 4, to Saturday, Sept. 13
Off the Grid Fort Mason night market
SF’s biggest night market returns with food trucks, more than 100 vendors, DJs, and outdoor bars by the seaside. Come early to dodge the food lines.
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- Date and time
- Friday, Sept. 5, 5 to 10 p.m.
North Beach First Fridays art crawl
More than a dozen galleries, bars, and restaurants stay open late with art shows, musical performances, and poetry readings in the old Beatnik neighborhood.
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- Date and time
- Friday, Sept. 5, 5 to 9 p.m.
Bar Part Time block party
The Mission wine bar celebrates its fourth year with an extremely vibey sunset block party at Mercury Cafe (plus an after-party back at BPT).
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- Date and time
- Friday, Sept. 5, 5 p.m.
The North Face climb festival
A two-day rock-climbing fest with a 45-foot wall over water, pro and paraclimbing competitions, DJ sets, and a talk with Alex Honnold of “Free Solo.”
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- Date and time
- Friday, Sept. 5, and Saturday, Sept. 6
Direct to Earth warehouse party
A rave with two rooms of Funktion-One and EAW sound celebrating 14 years of the DTE crew, featuring international techno heavyweights spinning till the wee hours.
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- Date and time
- Friday, Sept. 5, 10 p.m.
Plaza Palooza with Fantastic Negrito
FiDi’s Levi’s Plaza comes alive with a plant market, food tastings, and a concert from Grammy winner Fantastic Negrito.
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- Date and time
- Saturday, Sept. 6, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Honey Dijon party at sunset
The global house icon throws her biggest SF party yet with a sunset set at Treasure Island’s Gold Bar, featuring sweeping views of the city.
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- Date and time
- Saturday, Sept. 6, 2 p.m.
SF Sapphic Pride block party
A new queer street fest takes over Harrison with drag, DJs, food trucks, tarot, and beautification stations running all evening.
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- Tickets (opens in new tab)
- Date and time
- Saturday, Sept. 6, 4 to 10 p.m.
Bay Area Rocks! Guardsmen benefit concert
A star-studded charity concert features host MC Hammer and members of Santana, Boston, Jefferson Starship, and more, raising funds for Bay Area kids.
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- Tickets (opens in new tab)
- Date and time
- Saturday, Sept. 6, 4 p.m.
Homunculus rave
The .NET Framework crew transforms a secret space into a surreal laboratory for a kooky night of techno and electro with Tom Marsi and more.
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- Date and time
- Saturday, Sept. 6, 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Mostly Cloudy baile funk rave
Brazilian DJ Kebra headlines this global club meets baile funk after-hours rave.
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- Date and time
- Saturday, Sept. 6, 10 p.m.
Haight Ashbury street fair
The 46th annual event fills the street with more than 200 vendors, dozens of bands on two stages, a skate jam, and a special kid’s area with a jumpy house.
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- Details (opens in new tab)
- Date and time
- Sunday, Sept. 7, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
World Arts West dance festival
The finale of the three-weekend festival features Filipino spirit ceremonies, Haitian dance workshops, and performances from Oakland’s Dimensions Dance Theater.
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- Register (opens in new tab)
- Date and time
- Sunday, Sept. 7, 1 p.m.
Opera in the Park
SF Opera celebrates the 50th anniversary of this free Golden Gate Park tradition with Eun Sun Kim conducting at Robin Williams Meadow.
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- Details (opens in new tab)
- Date and time
- Sunday, Sept. 7, 1:30 p.m.
Tech bro duel to fix ‘the ratio’
A parody showdown in Golden Gate Park in which oiled-up tech bros strap on giant inflatable boxing gloves to battle for honor, absurdity, and fixing “the ratio.”
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- Date and time
- Sunday, Sept. 7, 2 to 5 p.m.
Daytime Disco with Poolside
Union Square turns into a dance floor with a set from lounge rockers Poolside as part of SF’s free civic concert series.
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- Date and time
- Sunday, Sept. 7, 2 p.m.
‘Hole’: Experimental beach theater
The SF Neo-Futurists stage an outdoor, site-specific theater experiment in which the cast and audience dig a pit on the beach amid humor and drama.
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- Date and time
- Sunday, Sept. 7; Sunday, Sept. 14; Sunday, Sept. 21; 2 and 5 p.m.
Chinatown after dark: Decompression
The basement club Lion’s Den welcomes back Burners with a Nu Tekno party featuring DJs joined by live instrumentation.
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- Tickets (opens in new tab)
- Date and time
- Wednesday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.