SF Bay Area Events: Wed June 10 evening + all of Thu June 11

Coverage: Wed June 10, 5 PM onward — Thu June 11, 2026, full day.

No tech events tonight (normal mid-week post-conference lull), but Wednesday evening has a full cultural card: rock, punk, comedy, and a circus. Thursday opens up across the board — Belle & Sebastian plays If You're Feeling Sinister in full at The Masonic, the Mission hosts its monthly street party, Laverne Cox brings her memoir to Sydney Goldstein Theater, and the Exploratorium opens its summer exhibition for its first after-dark night. The standout tech events are both restricted: ClickHouse + Hex is full/waitlist, and Vector Space Day SF costs $199.

Wednesday, June 10 — evening (5 PM onward)

Quick scan

Event	Time	Venue	Access	Tickets
La Bamba — Fogcutter Film Series	5:30 PM doors / 7 PM film	4 Star Theater, Inner Richmond	Free (RSVP)	DoTheBay
SF miniFEST	5:45 PM–11:45 PM	Above DNA Lounge, SoMa	$22–$31, 21+	DoTheBay
Guajiron triple bill	6:30 PM	Make-Out Room, Mission	$15	DoTheBay
Vetch, Tripoli + Hoarse	7:00 PM	Kilowatt, Mission	Free, 21+	DoTheBay
Cobb's Comedy Showcase	7:30 PM	Cobb's Comedy Club, North Beach	18+	DoTheBay
Hedwig and the Angry Inch	7:30 PM	NCTC, 25 Van Ness Ave	Ticketed	DoTheBay
San Miguel Fraser + Singing The Bones	7:30 PM doors	The Lost Church, Mission	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Dear San Francisco circus	7:30 PM	Club Fugazi, North Beach	Ticketed, ages 5+	DoTheBay
Searows at The Independent	8:00 PM	The Independent, Lower Pac Heights	$33.50–$110.08	DoTheBay
Helen Hong at Punch Line SF	8:00 PM	Punch Line SF, Financial District	18+	DoTheBay
Flawed Mangoes at Cafe du Nord	8:00 PM	Cafe du Nord, Castro	All ages	DoTheBay
Jeff Rosenstock at Bottom of the Hill	8:00 PM doors / 9:00 PM music	Bottom of the Hill, Potrero Hill	$10 early bird / $15.81–$30.81	DoTheBay
SF Party — line dance night	8:00 PM	Verdi Club, Mission	$20, 21+	DoTheBay
Bad Education (35mm) at Roxie	8:10 PM	Roxie Theater, Mission	Ticketed	DoTheBay

Wednesday evening picks

La Bamba (Fogcutter Film Series Vol. 22) is the most complete evening package on Wednesday: doors at 5:30 PM, live opening set by Flaco el Jandro (whose 2025 EP Salaztlán landed on Vogue México's 30 Best Latin Music Albums list) at 6 PM, then the 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic at 7 PM. Host Chuck Prophet (formerly of Green on Red, songs covered by Solomon Burke and Heart) emcees. Free whiskey while supplies last at the 4 Star Theater. 1

Jeff Rosenstock at Bottom of the Hill is all-ages punk, doors at 8 PM, music at 9 PM. Early bird tickets were $10; advance runs $15.81–$30.81. If you want a sweaty, honest rock show on a Wednesday, this is the call. 2

Searows at The Independent drew enough demand for a second added show — Portland-based artist on the "Death in the Business of Whaling" US tour, support from Mori (New York). $1 from every ticket goes to PLUS1 for Palestinian humanitarian aid and LGBTQ youth services. Tickets $33.50–$110.08 (VIP soundcheck experience available). 3

Hedwig and the Angry Inch at NCTC continues its run through June 14 — 7:30 PM Wednesday. Bay Area performers trixxie carr and Samuel del Rosario alternate the roles of Hedwig and Yitzhak. SF Chronicle gave it its highest rating. If you haven't gone yet, this is the second-to-last week. 4

Bad Education (35mm) screens at 8:10 PM at the Roxie as part of "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair" (in partnership with American Cinematheque). Pedro Almodóvar's 2004 noir-melodrama stars Gael García Bernal in a triple role, set in Franco-era Spain. Spanish with English subtitles, 1h46m. Also co-presented by RoxCine and OUTlook. 5

Free punk at Kilowatt (7 PM, 21+): Hoarse, Tripoli, and Vetch on the bill. No cover. DIY poster aesthetic. 6

SF Party line dance at the Verdi Club (8 PM, $20, 21+): lessons at 8:30 PM and 10 PM, open floor requests all night. Leather-soled shoes or sneakers, no partner needed. 7

Thursday, June 11 — all day

Daytime

Civic Center Soundtrack at Fulton Plaza — free outdoor concerts with food trucks, 12–3 PM. This is the third season of the series, running every Tuesday and Thursday through October 2026. 8

Camellia Boutros plays the free lunchtime concert at Yerba Buena Gardens Great Lawn (Mission St between 3rd & 4th), 12:30–1:30 PM. Lebanese-Palestinian composer and multi-instrumentalist — Arabic psychedelic rock. 9

Arts.Co.Lab Community Arts Market opens at Ferry Building Terminal Plaza, 11 AM–6 PM, through June 14. Free, local artists, part of the World Cup Cultural Series. 10

World Cup watch — noon: The FIFA World Cup 2026 group stage kicks off with a packed SF day. Two options for Mexico's matches:

Underdogs Cantina (128 King St, SoMa): Mexico vs. South Africa, 12–3 PM, free with Eventbrite RSVP, 25+ TVs. 11
Al Pastor Papi (232 O'Farrell St): $1 tacos from noon until the Mexico vs. Saudi Arabia game ends. 12

Tech cluster

Belle & Sebastian 30th anniversary tour poster showing Tigermilk (June 10) and If You're Feeling Sinister (June 11) album covers side by side, with venue details for The Masonic San Francisco — Belle & Sebastian's 30th anniversary tour: one full album per night at The Masonic. Tonight is Night 2. 13

Agent Builders Breakfast — 8–9:30 AM in SoMa. Morning networking for AI agent founders and builders, hosted by Michael Ducker. 14

ClickHouse + Hex AI Hackathon — 9:30 AM–7 PM at 667 Howard St. This is FULL / waitlist (309 registered). One full day in-person: build something using both ClickHouse (OLAP database) and Hex (collaborative data notebook). Teams up to 5; solo builders welcome. Expert bar all day with both engineering teams on-site. Schedule: doors and coffee at 9:30 AM → kickoff + prompt reveal at 9:50 AM → hacking through 5 PM → demos at 5:05 PM → dinner and awards at 6 PM. Prizes: $1,000 grand prize + $500 ClickHouse Cloud credits + 30-day Hex trial; $500 second prize; $300 bonus for best OLTP+OLAP workload with Postgres; physical prize for best Gen AI app. Remote viewing via Zoom: [https://hex-[tech.zoom.us/j/85151976661](https://hex-tech.zoom.us/j/85151976661)](https://tech.zoom.us/j/85151976661](https://hex-tech.zoom.us/j/85151976661)). 15

Vector Space Day San Francisco (Qdrant-organized) — 8:30 AM–6:30 PM at The Midway (900 Marin St). 707 registered. Single-track full-day conference for engineers and researchers building with vector search and AI. Agenda tracks: Search & AI Retrieval, Agents & Memory, Edge & Robotics AI. Speakers from LlamaIndex, mem0, Neo4j, HubSpot, Adobe, Slack, Google DeepMind, Qualcomm, Arize, and TwelveLabs. Ticket price is ~$199 per GarysGuide. Check-in and breakfast at 8:30 AM, opening keynotes at 9:30 AM, happy hour at 5 PM. 16

Build with Cursor: San Francisco — 5–9 PM at the a16z SF office (address revealed on approval). 280 registered, approval required. Bring your laptop; comped Cursor credits provided. Cursor team members in the room. Schedule: 5 PM check-in → 5:45 PM team formation → 6 PM hacking → 8:15 PM demos (3 min each) → 8:30 PM judging and awards. Hosted by Ben Lang, Sunita Rao, Eric Zakariasson, and a16z. 17

Beyond Tokens: An AI Developer Meetup — 5:30–9 PM in SF. Presented by Bond AI — San Francisco and Bay Area, hosted by Sahar Mor. 14

AI Agents for Fintech Engineering Teams — 5–8 PM at the AWS Builder Loft, SF. Hosted by Aditya Rohit, Deep Barot, and others. Focus on AI agent deployment for fintech engineering use cases. 14

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Benchmarks — 6–8:30 PM in SF. Presented by Artificial Analysis, hosted by Emily, Ben Bayliss, and Wanda Wang (The AI Collective). Focus on coding agent evaluation methodology. 14

City on the Edge: SF's tech + culture evolution — 6 PM at Shack15, $25. A conversation on how SF's tech and culture have shifted together. 18

Thursday evening culture

DJ performing under red lights at a Late Night Editions event, NY Yankees cap and sunglasses, mixing board and speakers visible, gold sequined backdrop — Late Night Editions at the Legion of Honor — Etruscan artifacts, live DJ, Off the Grid food trucks. 6–10 PM. 19

Valencia LIVE! 2026 — 5–10 PM, free, all ages. Valencia St between 16th and 19th (Mission District, American Indian Cultural District). Live music curated by Carnaval SF, cocktails to go, restaurants, art, and shopping across three blocks. This is the second Thursday of the month series running May–October 2026. Also happening in the same stretch: a free Pride Month Clothing Swap in front of Community Thrift — bring clean, gently used apparel for all genders and ages. 20 21

Late Night Editions: The Etruscans at the Legion of Honor — 6–10 PM, 21+. After-dark access to The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy exhibition, with live DJ sets, Off the Grid food trucks, and specialty cocktails. GA is $35; VIP at $95 includes a tasting room with Ezeta Wine, joined by family descendant Jorge Hernandez and winemaker Eric Wright. Fiat Lux fine jewelry pop-up featuring Etruscan-symbol signet rings (a percentage of sales benefits the Fine Arts Museums). Discount code DOTHEBAYEDITIONS gives 20% off GA tickets online, limit 6 per transaction. Advance reservation strongly recommended — capacity is limited and tickets are nonrefundable. 19

Exploratorium After Dark: Life in Space exhibition poster — astronaut in white spacesuit floating weightless while holding an ice cream cone, exhibition dates June 11 – September 13, Pier 15 San Francisco — Exploratorium After Dark: *Life in Space* opens tonight for its first 18+ Thursday night. 22

Exploratorium After Dark: Life in Space (Opening Night) — 6–10 PM at Pier 15, 18+. The Exploratorium's summer exhibition opens tonight for its first adult Thursday night. 650+ interactive exhibits on what it takes for humans to survive in space, what other planets smell and sound like, and how to create your own alien. Exhibition runs June 11–September 13. 22

Empowered Fabulosity: Lip Sync Battle — 6–8:30 PM at Trellis Coworking & Events, SF. Pride fundraiser uplifting LGBTQ+ immigrants through performance, art, and collective action. Donation-based, $5 minimum suggested. 23

Rikki's 1st Anniversary Party — 6–10 PM, free. SF's first women's sports bar celebrates one year, DJ Christie spinning the full four hours, drink specials and giveaways. All welcome. 24

Belle & Sebastian Night 2 at The Masonic

After Tigermilk last night, the 30th anniversary North America tour moves to If You're Feeling Sinister in full — the 1996 album that put Belle & Sebastian on the map. Classic songs follow the full album set. Opener: Tyler Ballgame. Doors 7 PM, show 8 PM at The Masonic (California St). Presented by Live Nation / Another Planet Entertainment. Ticket prices were not confirmed from listing pages; check the DoTheBay or Ticketmaster link for current availability. 13

Other Thursday music options:

Naomi Scott (F.I.G Tour) at Bimbo's 365 Club, 8 PM. 25
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers (Indigo Park Tour) at Palace of Fine Arts, 8 PM. 25
Mr Tout Le Monde (Mirage album tour) at The Independent, 7:30 PM doors. 25
Brijean at Rickshaw Stop (Fell St), 8 PM. 25
Quintron + Miss Pussycat (New Orleans underground) at Kilowatt, 8 PM. 25

Laverne Cox + Pride picks

Laverne Cox in conversation with Cheryl Dunye — 7:30 PM at Sydney Goldstein Theater. Emmy-nominated actress and activist Cox discusses her debut memoir Transcendent, covering trauma, gender identity, transition, and healing. In conversation with filmmaker Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman, Lovecraft Country, Queen Sugar). SF Pride and City Arts & Lectures are offering free tickets for those for whom cost is a barrier, sponsored by Tom LeNoble and BMO — each free ticket includes a complimentary copy of Transcendent. Books available for pickup at Marcus Books Oakland for up to 7 days after the event. KQED will broadcast the conversation July 19, 21, and 22, 2026. 26

Shaped Bodies art opening at Public Works (Erie St) — 7 PM, free. Shaped Bodies by Ami Sepahpur, presented by Public Works and The Roll Up Gallery. 25

Thursday comedy

Hedwig and the Angry Inch at NCTC, 7:30 PM — continues through June 14. 4
Really Funny Comedians (Who Happen to Be Women) hosted by Kat Bird at Cobb's Comedy Club, 7:30 PM. 25
Helen Hong at Punch Line SF, 8 PM (night 2 of 4). 25
Secret Comedy Show at Mr. Mahjong's, 7:30 PM — The Spotlight Comedy's weekly Thursday night. 25

Full Thursday reference table

Event	Time	Venue	Topic	Access	RSVP / Tickets
Agent Builders Breakfast	8–9:30 AM	SoMa	AI / Founders	Open	Substack link
ClickHouse + Hex AI Hackathon	9:30 AM–7 PM	667 Howard St	AI / Data	FULL / waitlist	lu.ma/clickh-2ujv
Vector Space Day SF	8:30 AM–6:30 PM	The Midway, 900 Marin St	AI / Vector search	Paid, ~$199	lu.ma/vsd-sf
Camellia Boutros concert	12:30–1:30 PM	Yerba Buena Gardens	Music (free)	Free	Walk-in
Civic Center Soundtrack	12–3 PM	Fulton Plaza	Music + food (free)	Free	Walk-in
Mexico vs. South Africa WC watch	12–3 PM	Underdogs Cantina, 128 King St	World Cup	Free / RSVP	Eventbrite
$1 Tacos WC watch	Noon	Al Pastor Papi, 232 O'Farrell St	World Cup	$1/taco	Walk-in
Arts.Co.Lab Arts Market	11 AM–6 PM	Ferry Building Terminal Plaza	Arts (free)	Free	Walk-in
Valencia LIVE! Night Market	5–10 PM	Valencia St, 16th–19th	Street party (free)	Free	Walk-in
Pride Clothing Swap	5–10 PM	Valencia / Community Thrift	Pride (free)	Free	Walk-in
Build with Cursor: SF	5–9 PM	a16z office (approval)	AI / Coding	Approval required	lu.ma/walu483m
Empowered Fabulosity	6–8:30 PM	Trellis Coworking	Pride fundraiser	Donation ($5 min)	Funcheap
Late Night Editions: Etruscans	6–10 PM	Legion of Honor	Museum + DJ	$35 GA / $95 VIP, 21+	DoTheBay
After Dark: Life in Space	6–10 PM	Exploratorium, Pier 15	Science / Interactive	18+	DoTheBay
AI Agents for Fintech	5–8 PM	AWS Builder Loft	AI / Fintech	TBD	Substack link
Beyond Tokens AI Meetup	5:30–9 PM	SF (TBD)	AI / Dev	TBD	Substack link
AA Coding Agent Benchmarks	6–8:30 PM	SF (TBD)	AI / Benchmarks	TBD	Substack link
City on the Edge talk	6 PM	Shack15	Tech + culture	$25	Funcheap
Rikki's 1st Anniversary	6–10 PM	Rikki's SF	Nightlife (free)	Free	Walk-in
Laverne Cox in conversation	7:30 PM	Sydney Goldstein Theater	Pride / Memoir	Ticketed (free tix available)	cityarts.net
Mr Tout Le Monde	7:30 PM doors	The Independent	Music	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Cobb's Comedy: women comedians	7:30 PM	Cobb's Comedy Club	Comedy	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Secret Comedy at Mr. Mahjong's	7:30 PM	Mr. Mahjong's	Comedy	TBD	DoTheBay
Shaped Bodies art opening	7 PM	Public Works, Erie St	Arts (free)	Free	Walk-in
Hedwig and the Angry Inch	7:30 PM	NCTC, 25 Van Ness Ave	Theater	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Belle & Sebastian Night 2	8 PM (doors 7 PM)	The Masonic	Music	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers	8 PM	Palace of Fine Arts	Music	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Naomi Scott — F.I.G Tour	8 PM	Bimbo's 365 Club	Music	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Brijean	8 PM	Rickshaw Stop	Music	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Quintron + Miss Pussycat	8 PM	Kilowatt	Music	Ticketed	DoTheBay
Helen Hong — Punch Line SF	8 PM	Punch Line SF	Comedy	18+	DoTheBay

Looking ahead: Friday, June 12

Three free events worth putting on your calendar now:

Drag Me Downtown — 4:30 PM at the Ferry Building. Bobby Friday, King SlayHer, Lisa Frankenstein, and Miss Shugana lip-sync. Fort Point Beer Co. pours, El Porteño empanadas. Free, RSVP on Eventbrite. 27
Sundown Cinema: The Princess Bride — 8:30 PM at Dolores Park. SF Standard's free outdoor movie series kicks off its season with the 1987 classic. RSVP at sfstandard.fillout.com. Amazon gifts one winner their Wish List (up to $1,000). 27
Sunset Night Market: Dragon Boat Festival — 5–10 PM at Irving St & 20th Ave (Sunset District). Quarterly night market returns for the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival; dozens of food vendors and activities. Produced by Sunset Mercantile. 27

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