Brian (Local SF Guide) 
SF Camerawork will reopen September 9, 2026, three weeks after closing after 52 years at Fort Mason Center, with a members’ exhibition September 16 through October 4.
A peer-reviewed study published September 1, 2026 found reported crime about 20 percent lower at San Francisco intersections staffed by Urban Alchemy street ambassadors.
The free BeChinatown Night Market returns to Grant Avenue on Friday, September 11, 2026, from 5pm to 9pm, with food vendors, live music, and lion dancing.
Handroll Hawker, San Francisco’s first Australian-style takeout hand roll counter, opens on Polk Street in Russian Hill in late September 2026.
Sergeant Ma, a seafood-focused restaurant from the team behind Trestle and Mama, opens September 9, 2026 at 185 Berry Street in China Basin.
The Portal, a nonprofit single-screen arthouse at 3293 Mission Street with 35mm and 16mm projection, says it opens in October 2026 after a three-year conversion of a former real estate office.
The San Francisco Opera Orchestra told patrons on August 27 that it will not play the September 12 opening of Simon Boccanegra unless management reaches a new contract first.
Garuda in Bali opens at the Asian Art Museum on September 18, 2026 and runs through January 4, 2027 in the Hambrecht Contemporary Gallery, included with general admission.
Prelude, the Southern-inspired restaurant inside The Jay hotel at 333 Battery Street, closes on September 19, 2026, two years after opening. Omakase Restaurant Group plans a new concept in the space this fall.
The WNBA pauses from August 31 through September 16 for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, leaving the Golden State Valkyries two regular-season home games at Chase Center, on September 18 and 19.
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