This Week
in SF
A Labor Day bike race downtown, a free day at the Botanical Garden on Tuesday, and Flower Piano opening on Thursday.
Week of September 7 - September 10, 2026. Refreshed every Sunday. See our weekend roundup for Friday to Sunday.
All Week
Free garden mornings in Golden Gate Park
The San Francisco Botanical Garden is free for everyone daily from 7:30 to 9am. The Japanese Tea Garden is free during its first hour, 9 to 10am, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, which this week means Monday and Wednesday. Both gardens are in Golden Gate Park. Through September the Botanical Garden takes its last entry at 6pm.
Giants host the Cardinals at Oracle Park
The Giants open a home stand with three games against St. Louis: 5:10pm on Labor Day Monday, 6:45pm on Tuesday, and 12:45pm on Wednesday. There is no game on Thursday.
Timescapes at the California Academy of Sciences
Timescapes, a planetarium show about the deep past and possible future of California, premiered on September 4 and runs several times a day, included with general admission. The Academy is open on Labor Day, 9:30am to 5pm, with last entry at 4pm.
Monday, September 7
Il Giro di San Francisco turns 50
The Giro is a criterium bike race run on a closed circuit around Levi’s Plaza every Labor Day, and this is the 50th edition. Watching is free. Streets inside the circuit, including Battery, Sansome, Front, Greenwich, Union, Green, and Vallejo, are closed from 7am to 6pm.
Last day for two Asian Art Museum installations
FX Harsono: Writing in the Rain and the Lala Rukh sound work Subh-e-Umeed both close on Monday. The museum is open on the holiday from 10am to 5pm, then closed Tuesday and Wednesday, so this is the last chance to see either. A free collection tour starts at 2pm.
Tuesday, September 8
Free day at the San Francisco Botanical Garden
Admission is free for everyone on the second Tuesday of the month, all day rather than just the usual early hour. The garden is open 7:30am to 7pm with last entry at 6pm. Bean Sprouts Family Days, a drop-in program for kids, runs 10am to noon in the Children’s Garden.
People in Plazas: The Faultline Band
People in Plazas runs free lunchtime concerts in downtown plazas. Tuesday brings The Faultline Band, playing jazz and funk at 101 California, noon to 1pm.
Wednesday, September 9
People in Plazas: The Turnaround with Raquel Berlind
Latin jazz in the plaza at 555 California, noon to 1pm, outdoors and free.
Weezer at Chase Center
Weezer plays Chase Center on Wednesday, starting at 7:30pm. Muni adds 78X Arena Express service from the 16th Street BART station beginning two and a half hours before the show.
Thursday, September 10
Flower Piano opens in the Botanical Garden
Pianos go out across the San Francisco Botanical Garden for 11 days of music, September 10 to 20, with scheduled performances and open playing time. Entry is included with garden admission. The opening night celebration runs 4 to 7:30pm in the Celebration Garden, with La Gente SF playing 5 to 7pm; that part is inside the ticketed lounge, $75.
NightLife: For the Birds at the Academy
The Academy reopens Thursday evening for NightLife, this week on a bird theme with talks and DJs. Doors are 6 to 10pm with last entry at 9pm, and the event is for guests 21 and over with physical photo ID. Tickets are $26. Planetarium passes are $7 and sold separately.
People in Plazas: Robbie Hope
Soul at Rincon Center, noon to 1pm, free and indoors under the atrium.
Museum late nights on Thursday
Thursday is the long day at two museums. The Asian Art Museum runs 1 to 8pm, its one evening of the week, with Mahjong and Mocktails from 5pm and a free collection tour at 2pm. SFMOMA runs noon to 8pm; general admission is $30 for adults and free for visitors 18 and under.
Getting Around
Monday is Labor Day. Muni runs a Sunday schedule, parking meters are still enforced, and residential permit zones and weekday street cleaning are not. The Giro closes Battery, Sansome, Front, and several cross streets near Levi’s Plaza from 7am to 6pm. Caltrans keeps northbound US-101 at the Hospital Curve fully closed between Cesar Chavez Street and the 7th Street exit through Monday, with northbound I-280 and Potrero Avenue as the detours. In SoMa, Howard Street between 3rd and 4th is closed through Sunday, September 20 for the Dreamforce convention, and Howard traffic is detoured to Harrison or Folsom. On the three Giants nights and days, eastbound King Street between 2nd and 3rd closes around first pitch and again from the seventh inning, and meters near the ballpark charge a special event rate of $13 per hour. On BART, the 24th Street Mission elevator is out of service through September 18, and late night Yellow Line trains single track in Contra Costa County from September 8 to 11. Check SFMTA for alerts before you travel. For Friday through Sunday, see our weekend roundup, and for the rest of the month, our September 2026 guide.
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