50 FREE Things To Do With Kids This July
/The fun continues thru July with more FREE events, festivals, crafts, music, movies, and more.
- Get Zen! Children’s Program at Green Gulch (7/1).
- Go to the largest FREE Jazz Festival on the West Coast at The Fillmore (6/30-7/1).
- Explore the Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail.
- Find out what’s next in the search for life beyond the Solar System at the Mt. Tam's Star Party (7/14).
- Get nostalgic with the Pop-up Drive-In Movies in Novato.
- Sing a Chanty aboard an historic ship (7/7).
- The Circus Center Juggling Club Sunday for age 8+.
- Stay up late every Friday with The Midnight Rollers "Friday Night Skate".
- Catch a 4th of July parade!
- KABOOM - it's the 4th of July!
- Walk the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral.
- Check out the guerrilla knitters at City Hall's UN Plaza.
- While you're at City Hall don't miss the Sound Commons in the UN Plaza from the Exploratorium.
- Music and fun antics happening' at Yerba Buena Gardens.
- Ding Ding Ding! Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest, Union Square, TBA.
- Flower Piano returns this summer to the SF Botanic Garden (7/5–16).
- Keep Rollin' Every Sunday at Golden Gate Park Roller Disco Party.
- Hear the sounds of the ocean at the Wave Organ.
- More free outdoor summer movies.
- With miles of prime coastline, enjoy a day at the beach.
- Learn about Marine Mammal Superheroes at the Marine Mammal Center (7/8 & 7/22).
- B-I-N-G-O was his name -oh!.
- Peruse The Renegade Craft Fair (7/14-15).
- Traffic free fun in the Mission with Sunday Streets (7/15).
- Sailboat Ride Day at the Cal Sailing Club in Berkeley (7/15).
- Take an easy hike.
- Golden Gate Park Band at the Spreckles Temple of Music in Golden Gate Park every Sunday.
- Get to know the Presidio during this two hour, in-depth experience on the Presidio Experience Tour(7/19).
- Visit the Randall Museum, a San Francisco treasures for kids.
- Kids Camp & Kids Days at Stern Grove.
- Find your foodies at the local farmers market.
- Geocache! Geocache! Geocache!
- Discover Andy Goldsworthy in the Presidio.
- Guided City Walking Tours with City Guides, Contact 557-4266, to discuss which tours are most appropriate for kids.
- Listen to great local music!
- View the complete bay-delta system at the Bay Model, Sausalito.
- Traditional Native American trade festival Big Time Festival in Point Reyes (7/21).
- Kidchella, Because Kids Get To Rock Too! (7/22).
- A summer tradition, San Francisco Symphony at Stern Grove (7/22).
- Walk a local Maze or Labyrinth.
- Get a taste of San Francisco on 49 Mile Drive.
- Living La Dolce Vita at Friday Nights on Main (7/27).
- Dig into your local library for summer library program events – musical performances, puppet shows, book clubs, movies, workshops, and more.
- Sci-Fi Film at the Mt. Tam Star Party, APOLLO 13 (7/28).
- Fly a Kite at The Berkeley Kite Festival (7/28-29).
- Tutu summer tradition, San Francisco Ballet at Stern Grove (7/29).
- Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower peaks the night of July 28 and morning of July 29.
- When the Giants are out of town, you can get into the Fan Lot at AT&T Park for free.
- San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s family concerts making classical music accessible to everyone.
- Early bird gets the worm. Visit the Japanese Tea Gardens every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 9am to 10am.