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🪩😂🎭Comedy

1. 🎉SF’s Black-Owned Comedy Club: 1 Year Anniversary Party

Be among the few to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of THE FUNCTION – San Francisco’s only BLACK-OWNED full-time comedy club – bringing back stand-up comedy and nightlife to downtown San Francisco.

📅 Date:  Saturday, August 9, 2025 - 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm

📍 Location: The Function | 1414 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

2. 🎉 2025 “Comedy Lands” Block Party (Free Outdoor Comedy Fest w/ DJ + Vendors)

Join Music City San Francisco in association with the Lower Polk CBD, & Polk Neighbors in support of the Polk Corridor Community. At this special edition of the free Fern Alley Music Series, HellaFunny Comedy brings you “Comedy Lands,” a special day of free comic relief in the Lower Polk.

📅 Date:  Saturday, August 9, 2025 - 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

📍 Location: Fern Alley | Larkin St. and Polk St., San Francisco, CA

3. 🎉 “Mortified Live” – Embarrassing Diary Stories

Hear adults share their actual, embarrassing, & hilarious teen diaries live in front of total strangers. Check out the hilarious comedy/storytelling phenomenon that’s been selling out shows in the bay for almost 15 years.

📅 Date:  Saturday, August 9, 7:30–9:30 PM

📍 Location: The Continental Club | 1658 12th Street

💻 TECH

1. 🌍AI Coding Agents Hackathon

Join for the first official Lindy AI Hack at Lindy's HQ to build with the latest in no code AI agents, assistants, & workflows.

📅 Date: Aug 09 (Sat) , 2025 @ 09:30 AM

📍 Location: Venue, To Be Announced, San Francisco

2. 🌍 Built On Bedrock Demo Night 

Built on Bedrock demo nights. Join us for an exciting evening of Generative AI demos from local startups leveraging Amazon Bedrock.

📅 Date: Tues Aug 12th, 2025, Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm

📍 Location: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, 2nd Floor Courtyard Entrance. San Francisco, CA

3. 🌍 MCP Hackathon Launch Party

Join fellow AI developers & builders in a one-night event focused on the secure adoption of MCP & agentic AI.

📅 Date: August 12, Tuesday , 2025, 05:00 PM

📍 Location: The Pearl, 601 19th St, San Francisco

4. 🌍 “Are We Living Inside a Video Game?”

Rizwan Virk-an MIT computer scientist, leading video game pioneer, entrepreneur, film producer, venture capitalist, professor, & a founder of Play Labs @ MIT-is a leading authority on simulation theory. Now he comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to discuss the issues raised in his new book The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, & Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game.

📅 Date: August 13, Wednesday, 2025, 06:00 PM

📍 Location: Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco

👨‍👩‍👦 Family

1. 🎠Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile

Sunset Mercantile’s weekly outdoor market featuring farmers, ranchers, food trucks, live music, children’s activities, vendors, makers, merchants, artists, and local organizations. Bring the whole family for free seasonal art activities at the Sunset Mercantile Artship. Enjoy shopping an array of farm fresh produce, artisan goods. Listen to live music, meet your neighbors, and make connections!

📅 Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025 - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

📍 Location: Sunset Mercantile (Outer Sunset) | 37th Avenue between Ortega & Pacheco St., San Francisco, CA

2. 🎠 30th Bay Area Aloha Festival in San Mateo

The Pacific Islanders’ Cultural Association (PICA) returns with the 30^th Anniversary of the Bay Area Aloha Festival, taking place over two days of fun and family-friendly cultural activities on Saturday & Sunday, August 9-10, 2025, from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. at the San Mateo County Event Center. This year the popular cultural festival features live hula, contemporary and traditional Hawaiian and Tahitian music!

📅 Date: Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10, 2024; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

📍 Location: San Mateo County Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403

3. 🐉 “Foam & Fun” Kids’ Festival

The Village at San Antonio Center Park, Mountain View. An afternoon of summer fun featuring a giant foam party for kids, DJ music, and lawn games.

📅 Date: Saturday, August 9, 4:00 – 6:00 PM

📍 Location: Salesforce Park | 425 Mission St., San Francisco, CA

🎯 Outdoor & Adventure! 

1. 🎯 Flight Club: Adult Flight Night

Take full advantage of our 70+ trampolines — without the worry of running into (or launching) a 9 year old! Flight Club is House of Air’s exclusive 18+ takeover where the only thing flying through the air is you.

📅 Date: Thursday, August 14, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

📍 Location: House of Air Trampoline Park, 926 Old Mason St., SF

2. 🎯 Free Outdoor Summer “Movies on the Square” Redwood City (Godzilla x Kong)

Redwood City’s favorite outdoor movie tradition is back for 2025! Every Thursday evening for twelve weeks, starting June 5, 2025, Courthouse Square transforms into a magical open-air theater with free double features for all ages with Movies on the Square!

📅 Date: Thursday, August 14, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

📍 Location: Redwood City Courthouse Square | 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063

🎼 Music & Dance

1. 🎼 Outside Lands Music Festival

The Bay Area’s biggest music festival (multi-genre). Headliners in 2025 include Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Odesza. Also features gourmet food, art, and comedy tents.

📅 Date: Friday–Sunday, August 8–10

📍 Location: Golden Gate Park

2. 🎼  Second Saturdays at Union Square: Summer SEOULstice K-POP with SarangHello (SF)

Dance, party, and craft with your fellow K-POP friends and family at this all-ages free event! It will be a fun-filled day of K-POP music and goodies!

This event is part of the Second Saturdays ‘Round the World series, which showcases the many cultural traditions represented in San Francisco through a monthly day of themed music, dance, and crafts in Union Square Plaza.

📅 Date:  Saturday, August 9, 2025 - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

📍 Location: Union Square Park | Geary and Powell, San Francisco, CA

3. 🎼 Marcus Shelby Orchestra

Now in its 25th year, the Festival will run each and every week and weekend presenting 6 months of admission-free performances reflecting the rich cultures and creativity of the Bay Area. The 2025 full schedule has yet to be announced, but there’s typically events scheduled until November and is located between Mission and Howard Streets and Third and Fourth Streets in downtown San Francisco.  

📅 Date:  Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

📍 Location: Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade) | 773 Mission St., San Francisco, CA

🍧 Food & Beverages

1. 🎼 Star Trek Trivia in SF w/ Trek Triv (Bernal Heights)

Trek Triv’s Star Trek trivia night’s at Mothership in Bernal are the best way to meet new Trekkie friends and celebrate all things Trek.

On the first Tuesday of each month, form an away team and “engage” in 5 rounds of deep-dive Star Trek trivia, spanning Star Trek’s 50+ year history, including a picture round and the always-tricky audio round.

📅 Date:  Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

📍 Location: Mothership | 3152 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

🪩 Rave & Nightlife

1. 🎼 Boombox Cartel

An EDM show headlined by popular electronic trap DJ/producer Boombox with supporting DJs. Expect heavy bass and an energetic crowd.

📅 Date:  Sat, Aug 9 at 09:00 PM PDT

📍 Location: The Midway, San Francisco, CA

2. 🎼 Five Finger Disco: Two-Year Anniversary w/ Charles Hawthorne & DJ 80085

A Tribute to the Disco Diva w/ disco classics, soulful vocals, funky grooves, and modern remixes that'll have you moving all night long!

📅 Date:  August 9 · 9pm - August 10 · 1:50am PDT

📍 Location: White Horse Inn, 6551 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 United States

Your week is now officially stacked!

Pick, plan, and make some memories before everything’s gone.

Talk to you soon!

-Next In SF