SF Bay Area Events: Week of June 22–28, 2026
Config 2026 side events and Deep Tech Week dominate Mon–Wed; SF Pride Parade, Stern Grove, and the YC AI Growth Hackathon anchor the weekend.
The week divides cleanly into two halves. Monday through Wednesday, Config 2026 satellite events and Deep Tech Week pull the SF tech community into back-to-back mixers, demo nights, and pitch events — Wednesday peaks with the all-day Dual Tech Summit at the War Memorial Veterans Building. Then the city shifts gears entirely: Thursday kicks off Trans March weekend, Friday brings 200 LGBTQ+ couples to City Hall, and Saturday–Sunday the 56th SF Pride Parade takes over Market Street while Stern Grove opens its 2026 season with Japanese Breakfast. The YC AI Growth Hackathon straddles the handoff, running Saturday afternoon through Sunday at Y Combinator.
Full-week quick scan
| Day | Top pick | Venue | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 6/22 | Raisi × Carta Pitch Night — 427 going | Carta HQ, 333 Bush St FL23 | Free (token verify) |
| Mon 6/22 | BoltzMol-1, BoltzProt-1 & API Launch | SF (approval req.) | Approval required |
| Mon 6/22 | SPC Fireside: Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake) | SF (approval req.) | Approval required |
| Mon 6/22 | Metric, Broken Social Scene & Stars | The Masonic | Ticketed |
| Tue 6/23 | Deep Tech Underground (Alta/Stifel/Sequoia) | SF speakeasy (approval req.) | Approval required |
| Tue 6/23 | Agents After Hours — Harvey, Reducto, Browserbase | Browserbase HQ, 1 Post St | Approval required |
| Tue 6/23 | Warriors 2026 Draft Watch Party | Thrive City, Chase Center | FREE |
| Wed 6/24 | Dual Tech Summit 2026 — 34+ speakers, full day | War Memorial Veterans Building | Ticketed |
| Wed 6/24 | Design Meetup × Cursor × Entrepreneurs First | 501 Folsom St | Approval required |
| Wed 6/24 | Welcome to the Stratosphere (Cheat Codes) | The Pearl, 601 19th St | Ticketed |
| Thu 6/25 | 134th SF Hardware Meetup ⚠️ EVENT FULL | Humanmade, SF (waitlist) | Sold out |
| Thu 6/25 | She Ships: AI Agents in Production (Pride Edition) | SF / Persona HQ | FREE RSVP |
| Thu 6/25 | A$AP Rocky — Don't Be Dumb World Tour | Chase Center | Ticketed (~$96+) |
| Thu 6/25 | CMD by Mercury — DJ Zack Fox | SF (approval req.) | Approval required |
| Fri 6/26 | SF Annual Trans March & Festival | Dolores Park | FREE |
| Fri 6/26 | Drag Me Downtown (Pride drag show series) | Merchants Exchange Club | FREE RSVP |
| Sat 6/27 | YC AI Growth Hackathon (24-hr, starts 4pm) | Y Combinator, SF | Selective approval |
| Sat 6/27 | SF Dyke March & Rally | Dolores Park | FREE |
| Sat 6/27 | Galantis Midsommar Block Party | The Midway | Ticketed |
| Sat–Sun 6/27–28 | SF Pride Festival | Civic Center Plaza | FREE |
| Sun 6/28 | SF Pride Parade — 56th Annual | Market St, Beale → 8th St | FREE |
| Sun 6/28 | Stern Grove Festival: Japanese Breakfast 🎟️ | Stern Grove, 19th & Sloat | Lottery sold out |
| Sun 6/28 | Zedd Pride Weekend Block Party | The Midway | Ticketed (~$43) |
Monday, June 22 — Config week opens
The week starts with a tight cluster of early-evening tech events orbiting Config 2026 (Figma's annual design conference), alongside two deeper-signal opportunities for founders and scientists.
Raisi × Carta Pitch Night at Carta Global HQ
Monday, 5:30–8:30 PM · 333 Bush St FL23 · Free (token verification) · 427 going
Six to eight selected startups pitch 2–3 minutes each to an investor panel, with open networking before and after. Raisi is a founder-to-investor connection platform that claims it facilitated 21,000+ introductions since 2024 at a rate of one new connection every 50 minutes. The venue is Carta's Global HQ — floor 23. 1
BoltzMol-1, BoltzProt-1 & API launch party
Monday, 5:00–7:00 PM · SF (approval required) · Live demos + drinks
The Boltz team celebrates two simultaneous model releases: BoltzMol-1 (small-molecule hit discovery) and BoltzProt-1 (protein design), plus a production API. Builders working at the AI-biotech boundary — drug discovery, protein design, structural biology — are the clear target audience. 2
SPC Fireside: Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake)
Monday, 3:30 PM doors / 4:00–5:00 PM fireside · SF (approval required)
South Park Commons' "-1 to Now" series hosts Sridhar Ramaswamy, Snowflake CEO. Ramaswamy previously led AdWords and Google's advertising from $1.5B to $100B+, then co-founded Neeva (acquired by Snowflake) before becoming CEO. Doors close at event start — late arrivals not accommodated. 3
Config week design socials (Mon evening cluster)
Multiple lower-friction options for the design community, all 6:00–9:00 PM:
- DevTools Meetup — Design Engineering Edition hosted by Resend 4
- Designers & Machines June 2026 — monthly AI × design meetup 5
- Japan × Global Tech Meetup — bilingual pre-Config mixer 6
Culture Monday
Metric, Broken Social Scene & Stars (All The Feelings Tour) at The Masonic — 7:00 PM, ticketed. Three co-headlining Canadian indie bands. 7
Frameline50 — the 50th anniversary SF LGBTQ+ Film Festival — plays its final week at Roxie Theater and Castro Theatre through June 27. Monday screenings at Roxie include "San Francisco on the Queer Screen" (5:15 PM), "CAMP" (7:30 PM), and "The Passion According to G.H.B." (10:00 PM). 8
SF Black Film Festival opens at SF Main Library's Koret Auditorium — 12:30–4:30 PM, free. 9
Tuesday, June 23 — Deep Tech and a free Warriors draft party
Deep Tech Underground — Alta, Stifel & Sequoia
Tuesday, 5:30–8:30 PM · Lower Nob Hill speakeasy, SF · Approval required · 66 going
Alta Advisors (which has helped clients raise $390M+ with $2B+ combined enterprise value) hosts a happy hour at what the listing describes as a Blade Runner-themed speakeasy — pool table, full bar, craft cocktails. Stifel Bank and Sequoia are co-sponsors. For builders and backers in robotics, autonomy, space, hard tech, energy, mobility, and clean tech. Capacity limited; approval required. 10
Agents After Hours — Harvey, Reducto & Browserbase
Tuesday, 6:00–8:00 PM · Browserbase HQ, 1 Post St FiDi · Approval required
Three demo-stage companies present short talks: Browserbase (web automation for AI agents), Harvey (AI for legal), and Reducto (document AI). Format: 6:00–7:00 PM networking, 7:00–7:30 PM demos and company intros, 7:30–8:00 PM open networking. Food and drinks provided. 11
Warriors 2026 Draft Watch Party at Thrive City
Tuesday, 4:00 PM · Thrive City, outside Chase Center · FREE
Free outdoor draft watch party with Chalk Talk featuring Steve Kerr, DJ D Sharp, trivia, and a chance to win signed Warriors prizes. 12
Also Tuesday
Frameline50: "Stop! That! Train!" at Castro Theatre, 6:30 PM doors. 8
Civic Center Soundtrack at Fulton Plaza — 12:00–3:00 PM, free outdoor concert and food trucks (runs every Tue/Thu through October). 13
SF Neo-Futurists' "Infinite Pride" — 30 queer plays in 60 minutes, all-queer/trans cast. Tuesday at The Stud, 6:30 PM, $33.85. 14
Wednesday, June 24 — Dual Tech Summit anchors the day
Dual Tech Summit 2026 — full day
Wednesday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM · War Memorial Veterans Building, SF · Ticketed (token verify)
SVH Capital and Orbis86 Events present the week's most logistically ambitious event: a full-day conference bridging commercial tech with defense and public-sector buyers. 34+ confirmed speakers include Sam Eckholm (Forbes 30 Under 30 2026, creator of "Access Granted"), Peter R Dixon (CEO, Arkenstone Defense), and panelists covering AI, robotics, cyber, space, smart cities, and veteran innovation. Morning keynotes run 9:00 AM–12:00 PM; panels and afternoon workshops continue through 5:00 PM. The ClawCamp Campout runs concurrently inside the venue — hands-on personal AI agent sessions organized by the ClawCamp community, with speakers from Cognee, Nebius, and Aigo.ai. 15
Design Meetup × Cursor × Entrepreneurs First demo night
Wednesday, 5:30–7:30 PM · 501 Folsom St (doors close 6:00 PM) · Approval required · 188 going
EF-backed companies hold a combined estimated value of $16B+. Tonight's lineup is designer-heavy: John Bai (Cursor), Stephanie Zhou (Figma), Julia Ysabela Fernandez (Meta), Kenneth Kuh (Cursor), and Chloe Park (MagicPath) each present short lightning demos on what they've built and how their workflows are changing. Food and drinks provided; doors close promptly at 6:00 PM. 16
Welcome to the Stratosphere — Cheat Codes
Wednesday, 7:00–11:00 PM · The Pearl, 601 19th St · Ticketed (first-come at capacity)
Unicorner's bolt.new experience runs as an interactive carnival 7–9 PM — food, drinks, cotton candy, robots — then transitions at 9 PM to a live performance by Cheat Codes (the DJ trio behind "No Promises"). First-come, first-served even with a ticket; arrive early. 17
Also Wednesday
Agents & Bagels (Scalekit) — 8:00–9:00 AM, weekly agent builders breakfast meetup. 18
YBCA free admission day — Yerba Buena Center for the Arts galleries, 11:00 AM. 19
"Pride is a Laugh Riot 2026" at SF Eagle (398 12th St) — pay-what-you-can ($15–$30), 7:00–9:15 PM. Queer comedy and art show. 20
Thursday, June 25 — Hardware sold out, Pride picks hit stride
134th SF Hardware Meetup @ Humanmade — ⚠️ EVENT FULL
Thursday, 6:30–9:30 PM · Humanmade makerspace, SF · SOLD OUT (500 going) · Waitlist open
The 134th edition of the 10,500-member SF Hardware community runs as part of Deep Tech Week. Featured speakers: Valentina Ratner (CEO, AllSpice — AI agent for hardware design review, trusted by Fortune 100 companies) and John Larkin (Founder, Highland Technology). Community open mic for 2-minute demos. Waitlist at the link below — worth checking given the high speaker quality. 21
She Ships: AI Agents in Production (Pride Edition)
Thursday, 6:00–8:00 PM · SF/Persona HQ (address on registration) · FREE RSVP · 47 going
A Pride Month celebration of women building and shipping real AI systems. Five confirmed speakers from Temporal, Nooks, Telnyx, Render, and Persona with production-focused talks: Melanie Warrick (Temporal) on building durable AI agents; Payal Patel (Nooks) on full-cycle GTM agents; Sonam Gupta (Telnyx) on voice AI in production; Shifra Williams (Render) on a GitHub repo aggregate agent. Desserts and refreshments. 22
CMD by Mercury — DJ Zack Fox
Thursday, 7:00–9:30 PM · SF (approval required) · Approval required
Mercury (fintech for 300K+ companies) presents CMD — an immersive live music set described as translating financial orchestration into sound. DJ is Zack Fox (also a Mercury customer); creative technologist Mattaniah Aytenfsu also performs. Attendance limited; approval required. 23
A$AP Rocky — Don't Be Dumb World Tour
Thursday, 7:30 PM · Chase Center, SF · Ticketed (~$96 and up)
Major arena show during Pride weekend week. 24
SOMA Nights Neighborhood Block Party
Thursday, 5:00–9:00 PM · Folsom St between 6th–12th, SoMa · FREE
Monthly street party with food, pop-up vendors, art, and entertainment. Free to attend. 25
TRANSMARSH — free outdoor vertical dance (Tenderloin)
Thursday, 7:00–10:00 PM · Timbri Hotel facade, Turk & Taylor, Tenderloin · FREE
BODYSTORM premieres TRANSMARSH — a vertical dance performance on the hotel facade, celebrating trans existence as part of Trans March Weekend. 26
World Cup: USA vs Türkiye
Thursday, 7:00 PM game · Underdogs Cantina (128 King St) · Free RSVP · 25+ screens
USA faces Türkiye in group stage play. Main watch party at Underdogs; Pier 39 fan zone also active. 27
Friday, June 26 — Trans March and pre-Pride day
SF Annual Trans March & Festival at Dolores Park
Friday, 11:00 AM–7:30 PM · Dolores Park, SF · FREE
Annual Trans March with a main stage and a resource fair running 3:00–6:00 PM, followed by the march through the Mission. One of the weekend's most community-rooted free events. 28
200 Weddings — LGBTQ+ Pride Marriage Celebration at City Hall
Friday, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM · San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl · $111 license fee
Over 200 couples will marry in a special Pride celebration at City Hall. Public is welcome to watch the ceremonies. 29
Drag Me Downtown
Friday, 5:00–7:00 PM · Merchants Exchange Club, Downtown SF · FREE RSVP
San Francisco's Pride pop-up drag show series from the Downtown SF Partnership. 4 shows, 13 performers this week — 100% San Francisco acts. 30
SF Critical Mass
Friday, 6:00 PM meet / 6:30 PM ride · Embarcadero Plaza, foot of Market St · FREE
Last Friday of the month mass bicycle ride through SF streets. All are welcome. 31
Bay Bridge Waterfront Craft Fair
Friday–Sunday, June 26–28 · China Basin Park, SF · FREE (open 8:00 AM–6:00 PM daily)
Open-air waterfront showcase with handmade crafts and artisan goods from local makers at China Basin Park. Free all three days. 32
Also Friday
Pomplamoose at The Fillmore — 8:00 PM, ticketed. 33
SF Pride Heart of the City Art Show & Makers Market at Hunt & Gather — 5:00–9:00 PM, free RSVP. 34
Chinatown mural unveiling: Chinese Historical Society of America unveils a new mural honoring Wong Kim Ark (whose 1898 Supreme Court case established birthright citizenship) at 701 Grant Ave — 10:00 AM, free. 35
Electroluxx Pride 2026 at The Midway — 8:00 PM, ticketed. 36
Saturday–Sunday, June 27–28 — SF Pride Weekend
This is the week's dominant cultural event. The 56th SF Pride Celebration draws more than 1 million participants across the two days with six stages at Civic Center, 200+ parade contingents, and a theme of "Resistance in Action!" 38
SF Pride Festival — both days
Saturday & Sunday, June 27–28 · 11:00 AM–6:00 PM · Civic Center Plaza · FREE (donations encouraged)
Six stages at Civic Center for two full days. Free to attend; paid grandstand seating and Pride Pass options available (Pride Pass is sold out). 38
SF Dyke March & Rally
Saturday, June 27 · 10:00 AM · Dolores Park · FREE
Annual grassroots Dyke March and rally, a Pride weekend tradition in the park before the parade day. 39
Frameline50 — Final Saturday screenings
Saturday, June 27 · Castro Theatre · Per screening (varies)
The 50th anniversary festival closes Saturday. Morning block at 10:00 AM: "Homegrown Shorts, On the Sea, Fun in Shorts, Loves Company, Give Me the Ball!" at Castro Theatre. Saturday is the festival's final day after running since June 17. 8
YC AI Growth Hackathon — 24-hour, starts Saturday
Saturday, June 27, 4:00 PM – Sunday, June 28, 5:00 PM · Y Combinator, SF · Highly selective
Y Combinator's first-ever Growth Hackathon runs 24 hours, offering $15,000 in prizes across 6 tracks: Sales Cyborgs, AI Ad Factories, Agentic Analytics, Revenue on Autopilot, AI-Enhanced PLG, and Algorithm Hacking. Mentors from YC's best growth leads. Each participant receives $50 in OpenAI API credits; all projects must be open-sourced during the event. The overall winner may be invited to interview for YC's Fall 2026 batch. Applications are closed or highly competitive — the organizers noted they are "being extremely selective and reviewing every application closely." 41
Pride Saturday night picks
Galantis Midsommar Block Party at The Midway (900 Marin St) — doors 3:00 PM, ticketed. Swedish EDM duo Galantis headlines a Midsommar-themed outdoor block party during Pride Saturday. 42
"The Birdcage" Cinema Under the Stars at Union Square Plaza — 6:30 PM, free outdoor screening. Part of the summer movie series; pre-show entertainment before the film. 43
Killswitch Engage at The Warfield (982 Market St) — 6:30 PM, ticketed. With Machine Head, Iron Reagan, and Havok. 44
Gumbo Social's 4th Annual Bayview Block Party at 3rd St & Thornton Ave, Bayview — 11:00 AM–5:00 PM, free to attend (tasting tickets extra). 45
Pink Block Pride 2026 at The Great Northern (119 Utah St) — 12:00 PM, ticketed. 46
Bay Pride Amplified! at The Independent (628 Divisadero) — 7:30 PM doors, ticketed. Outside Lands × Dolores' presents. 47
Also Saturday: de Young Museum and Legion of Honor both offer free general admission to Bay Area residents on Saturdays (9:30 AM–5:15 PM; timed tickets required, Bay Area ID needed). 48
SF Pride Parade — Sunday, June 28
Sunday, June 28 · 10:30 AM start · Market Street, Beale St to 8th St · FREE
The 56th Annual SF Pride Parade starts at 10:30 AM from Market and Beale and runs the length of Market Street to Civic Center. 200+ parade contingents. The Pride Festival at Civic Center continues simultaneously 11:00 AM–6:00 PM. 38
Stern Grove Festival: Japanese Breakfast — Sunday
Sunday, June 28 · Noon doors · Stern Grove, 19th Ave & Sloat Blvd · FREE (lottery ticket required — sold out)
The Stern Grove Festival opens its 2026 season (89th year) with Japanese Breakfast — indie rock project of Michelle Zauner — plus guests Leenalchi and DJ Evie Stokes. The concert is free but required a lottery ticket registration that closed in May; this year's draw is sold out. 40 If you didn't enter the lottery, the adjacent Sloat Boulevard will have sound bleed; the park itself enforces the lottery entry.
Also Sunday
Zedd Pride Weekend Block Party at The Midway — 1:00 PM, ticketed (~$43). EDM headliner. 49
Golden Gate Park Band — "Around the World in 90 Minutes" at the Music Concourse, GGP — 1:00 PM, free outdoor symphony. 50
SF Pride VIP Party: Resistance in Action at Asian Art Museum — 12:00 PM, ticketed. 51
ExecuTorch × Meta × Qualcomm Hackathon (2-day, starts Sat) at The Web Data Loft — continues through Sunday 6:00 PM. On-device AI inference with Meta's ExecuTorch framework. 52
World Cup fan zones — active all week
Bay Area World Cup infrastructure stays live through the group stage. Key matches and viewing spots this week: 273753
| Match | Date/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina vs Austria | Mon 6/22, 10:00 AM | Underdogs Cantina, 128 King St |
| Mexico vs Czechia | Wed 6/24, 6:00 PM | Underdogs Cantina |
| USA vs Türkiye | Thu 6/25, 7:00 PM | Underdogs Cantina; Pier 39 fan zone |
| Argentina vs Jordan | Sat 6/27, 7:00 PM | Underdogs Cantina |
| Colombia vs Portugal | Sat 6/27, 4:30 PM | Thrive City at Chase Center |
Permanent free fan zones active daily: Pier 39 Bay End Stage (6 PM nightly), Thrive City at Chase Center, Spark Social SF (Mission Bay), Mission Rock / China Basin Park.
Free picks of the week
Japanese Tea Garden (Golden Gate Park) — free admission 9:00–10:00 AM on Mon 6/22, Wed 6/24, and Fri 6/26 (SF residents always free with ID; otherwise $12–$16). 54
YBCA galleries — free admission Wednesday, June 24. 19
The Whale's Tail beer/wine garden in Golden Gate Park — free entry, live music, food trucks, Saturday and Sunday 12:00–6:00 PM. 55
Summer Break in Yerba Buena free weekday activities: Tue 6/23 Tipsy Tuesdays (free silent disco + trivia, 3–6 PM); Wed 6/24 Crafting in Color (friendship bracelets, 11 AM–1 PM); Thu 6/25 giant soccer ball darts (11 AM–2 PM). All at Yerba Buena Lane. 56
Circus Bella's "AH HA!" world premiere at Yerba Buena Gardens (Great Lawn) — free outdoor circus with acrobatics and live music. Fri 6/26 noon, Sat 6/27 noon and 2:15 PM. ASL interpretation at Saturday shows. 57
Cover: SF Pride Weekend on Market Street — AI-generated image
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