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July 2026 Free Art Workshops
Celebrate summer with no-cost art workshops featuring a rotating slate of creative activities. This month includes watercolor landscapes, portrait prints, simple image transfers, flower applique embroidery, and clay tile carving. All supplies are provided, and you can take your finished piece home.
Yerba Buena Center for the ArtsJenerator
Jenerator returns to the Golden Gate Park Bandshell for a full band show as part of San Francisco’s largest free concert series. Presented by Illuminate Live in partnership with San Francisco Recreation and Park, the series is free to all and runs from March through October. The more than century-old bandshell provides a historic setting for the music. The Anna Jae Trio opens the program, and Anna Jae will also lend her voice to Jenerator’s set. This appearance marks the group’s third consecutive year with the series.
Golden Gate Park Band ShellFamily Movie Night + Expressive Arts
A family movie night at Bill Sorro Community includes a screening of Monsters, Inc., plus a hands-on art activity where attendees craft monster creations with air dry clay. All neighborhood families are welcome.
Bill Sorro CommunityTotally Tubular Festival
Totally Tubular Festival brings a multi-artist bill to The Castro in San Francisco, featuring Thomas Dolby & The Lost Toy People, A Flock of Seagulls, The Motels, The Producers, Animotion, The Escape Club, and Tommy Tutone. An Another Planet Entertainment presale is available with the password lastcall, and presale tickets are only available online. A general on sale follows.
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