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We’ve stacked 18 events so good they’ll murder your “I’ll just stay home” excuse — comedy that’ll have you choking on laughter, beats that shake your bones, and nights so wild your group chat will never recover.

Craving chaos, soul hits, or just something that feels too real? This is your neon sign.
Your next “hell yes” moment is waiting. Tap in, let’s raise some beautiful trouble. ✨💃

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🪩😂🎭Comedy

1. 🎉SF’s New Comedy Night: Free Tix + $3 Off Cocktails

Late night laughs + happy hour drink specials w/ top HellaFunny comics at The Function – SF’s first black-owned comedy club

📅 Date:  Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm

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

2. 🎉 Laughs for T1 Diabetes Comedy Show + Free Cupcakes

Join us for the always anticipated monthly and highly regarded Value Culture BOOM BOOM Comedy Showcase at the famous Boom Boom Room on Fillmore Street since 2023!

📅 Date:  Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 8:00 pm

📍 Location: Boom Boom Room | 1601 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA

3. 🎉 Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse

Experience live standup comedy at its finest at Comedy Oakland, 2016-2023 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll

📅 Date:  Thursday, August 21 · 8 - 9:30pm PDT

📍 Location: Quinn's Lighthouse, 1951 Embarcadero Oakland

💻 TECH

1. 🌍Booked to Speak: A Masterclass for Coaches, Consultants, Leaders & Experts

If you're a leader, coach, consultant, or expert who's tired of being the best-kept secret in your industry—this is for you.

You've built something meaningful. Your work, your method, and your knowledge matter. But when it comes to getting on stages, getting seen, and getting booked... it still feels hit and miss.

And frankly? You're not here for just applause. You're here to create traction, trust, and long-term opportunities.

📅 Date: August 19 at 10AM

📍 Location: Online

2. 🌍 Built for AI, Startups & Serious Momentum 

Step SF is where Silicon Valley meets the world, featuring visionary voices, bold founders, and sharp investors shaping the future of AI, deep tech, and global innovation. Most tech events give you slides and sales pitches. Step San Francisco gives you something else entirely: fresh ideas, fresh air, and a founder-first atmosphere built for real conversations. Think music, energy, and the kind of interactions that lead to REAL momentum.

📅 Date: Thursday, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

📍 Location: The Midway, 900 Marin St, San Francisco, CA

3. 🌍 Build Your Faceless AI Business

You know, I've always found immense satisfaction in building something meaningful from the ground up, whether it's a project or a peaceful moment in the garden. And the beauty of the digital age is that you can now build a thriving business from scratch, with AI as your powerful, silent partner. Imagine creating income without needing a single product idea or even a public persona!

📅 Date: August 20, Wednesday

📍 Location: Online

4. 🌍 San Francisco AI & Entrepreneurs Networking Event

Join Stellar Socials for San Franciso Top AI & Entrepreneur Networking Event! This event brings together ambitious entrepreneurs, startup founders, investors, tech professionals, and innovators ready to connect, collaborate, and grow their business network.

📅 Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

📍 Location: Soundtrack 3192 16th Street San Francisco

👨‍👩‍👦 Family

1. 🎠Bay Nature Hike: Fire Mitigation at Tilden

Meet the Civicorps Forestry Corps members and EBRPD Acting Fire Chief Khare Helae and learn about their work removing ladder and surface fuels, thinning small trees, and creating burn piles. Tilden Regional Park is a priority location to reduce fire hazards, as it is located in a high fire severity Wildland Urban Interface adjacent to the communities of Oakland, Berkeley, Orinda, and El Sobrante.

📅 Date: Sunday, August 24 from 9am - 11:30am

📍 Location: Wildcat Canyon Road in Tilden Regional Park

2. 🎠 The 29th Annual Valhalla Renaissance Faire

Step back in time and immerse yourself in a world of knights, maidens, and magic at the 29th Annual Valhalla Renaissance Faire!

📅 Date: Saturday and Sunday, August 16-17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

📍 Location: 1175 Melba Drive South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 United States

3. 🐉 Japanese Tea Garden’s Free Admission Hour

The Japanese Tea Garden provides visitors from around the world with an opportunity to experience the natural beauty, tranquility, and harmony of a Japanese-style garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

📅 Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 9:00 am to 10:00 am

📍 Location: Japanese Tea Garden | 75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA

🎯 Outdoor & Adventure! 

1. 🎯 Bay Nature Hike: Dune Restoration

Join Bay Nature and MK Anthonisen of the Parks Conservancy for a dune restoration site visit where we will discuss what it takes to restore a dune ecosystem, the threats dunes face, and some of the animals that live there on . Phoebe Parker-Shames, Presidio Trust Wildlife Ecologist, will join as well to talk about Silvery Blues and their restoration in the dunes of SF. This event is inspired by the piece “Along With Its New Beach, Ocean Beach Gets a New Dunescaping” by Jillian Magtoto, written earlier this year. This event is free for Bay Nature members.

📅 Date: Saturday, August 16 from 10am - 12:30pm

📍 Location: Mountain Lake Park

2. 🎯 Swimming in the Bay

If you've been wanting to swim the Bay but haven't known where to start, this is the talk for you! Susan and Sylvia will share insights from their swimming experience, and will discuss the history of the sport and the ways open water swimming helps connect swimmers to each other and to nature. This talk is inspired by Susan's piece from our Summer 2025 Print Issue.

📅 Date: Wednesday, August 20 from 12pm - 1pm

📍 Location: Bay Area

🎼 Music & Dance

1. 🎼 Let It Happen: Tame Impala Dance Party

Let It Happen makes it's S.F. debut!

📅 Date: August 23 · 9pm - August 24 · 2am

📍 Location: Bergerac 316 11th St. San Francisco, CA 94103

2. 🎼  Cozy - Day Party - R&B HipHop - San Francisco - The Endup

Your favorite R&B party is back in SF for a pop-up day party, for the girlies!

📅 Date:  Sunday, August 17 · 4 - 9pm

📍 Location: The EndUp, 401 6th Street San Francisco

🍧 Food & Beverages

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 17, 2025 - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE

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

🪩 Rave & Nightlife

1. 🎼 Nelly

Nelly, is a rapper, singer, and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album Country Grammar, of which the featured title track and the single "Ride wit Me" were top ten hits. The album peaked at number one the Billboard 200, and became Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album Nellyville produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland), along with the top five single "Air Force Ones" (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics).

📅 Date:  Fri, Aug 22 at 10:00 PM PDT

📍 Location: Temple San Francisco, SF, CA

2. 🎼 BayAreaKev

Join us at LVL55 inside Temple San Francisco on Saturday, August 23rd, for an electrifying evening. Nestled within the heart of San Francisco's dynamic nightlife scene, this event stands as a beacon for all music aficionados looking for a night of high-energy entertainment and unforgettable moments.

📅 Date:  Sat, Aug 23 at 10:00 PM PDT

📍 Location: Temple San Francisco, SF, CA

Your week is now officially stacked!

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

Talk to you soon!

-Next In SF