The 52nd Castro Street Fair Is Sunday, October 4
The Castro Street Fair runs Sunday, October 4, 2026 around Castro and Market Streets, with a $10 to $20 suggested donation at the gates and a 2026 theme of “Where We Belong.”
Brian (Local SF Guide)
Oktoberfest on Front Returns to the Financial District Friday, September 18
Oktoberfest on Front takes over Front Street in the Financial District on Friday, September 18, 2026, from 2 to 10pm. Entry is free with an RSVP, with three bars pouring more than 70 beers.
National Parks Are Free on Thursday, September 17, Including Muir Woods
Thursday, September 17, 2026 is a National Park Service fee-free day for Constitution Day. Muir Woods waives its $15 entrance pass, but the parking and shuttle reservation is still required and still charged.
Elevation Sky Park Opens at Pier 70 on September 19 With a Waterfront Festival
Elevation Sky Park San Francisco opens to the public at Pier 70 on Saturday, September 19, 2026, with Pier Play San Francisco, a 21-and-over waterfront festival headlined by BLOND:ISH.
Bruma, a Fog-Themed Cocktail Lounge, Opens at the Ritz-Carlton October 12
Bruma, a cocktail lounge named for the Spanish word for mist, opens October 12, 2026 in the lobby of The Ritz-Carlton at 600 Stockton Street on Nob Hill.
Wicked: Part One in Concert Plays the Orpheum on January 16, 2027
Wicked: Part One in Concert plays the Orpheum Theatre on January 16, 2027, a preview stop a week before the tour’s official premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Powell Street’s $40 Million Rebuild Is Now Set to Start This Fall
Construction on the roughly $40 million Powell Street Improvement Project between Market and Geary is now set to start in fall 2026, with a finish targeted for November 2027.
Sunset Dunes Is Getting Its First Playground, Shipwreck Cove, Later This Year
Shipwreck Cove, the first playground at Sunset Dunes on the former Great Highway, is under construction and expected to open before the end of 2026, San Francisco Recreation and Parks says.
Caltrain Adopts Its First Rider Code of Conduct, Effective October 19
Caltrain’s board approved the railroad’s first passenger code of conduct on September 3, 2026. A two-week education period starts October 5 and the rules take effect October 19.
San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Seawall Project Is Pushed Back to a Late 2029 Start
The SFPUC now says major construction on the Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project, which removes the Great Highway Extension and buries a seawall under a new dune, will not start until late 2029.
