San Francisco news, openings, closings, and timely updates from SF Guide.
Portola has assigned its 60-plus artists to four stages for September 26 and 27 at Pier 80. Robyn and Dog Blood headline Saturday, Swedish House Mafia and Tiësto Sunday.
A light sculpture by the Filipino collective mumu, called 13°N, 122°E, is unveiled at Yerba Buena Gardens on September 4, 2026, with its light timed to sunrise and sunset in the Philippines.
RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me opens October 3, 2026 on Floor 7, with a $10 to $12 surcharge over general admission and a $75 Encore Pass for repeat visits.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass added Los Lobos, Mavis Staples, Lukas Nelson and Marty Stuart to its 2026 lineup on August 19. The free festival runs October 2 to 4 in Golden Gate Park.
The Legion of Honor opens Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light on September 5, 2026, nearly 50 historic photographs of the city, included with general admission and running through April 4, 2027.
San Francisco Opera opens its 104th season September 12 with Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, followed by the free Opera in the Park concert at Robin Williams Meadow on September 13.
Caltrans will fully close northbound US-101 through San Francisco’s Hospital Curve over Labor Day weekend, September 4 to 7, and again September 18 to 21, with southbound closures in October.
The 2026 Pokémon World Championships run August 28 to 30 at the Moscone Center with the finals at Chase Center, badges are sold out, and Howard Street is closed through September 1.
The Museum of the African Diaspora is closed through September 29, 2026 for exhibition installation and reopens September 30 alongside Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week.
SF Camerawork, the nonprofit photography gallery at Fort Mason Center, closed on August 16, 2026 after 52 years, citing rising costs and falling public funding.
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