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A Grateful Gathering at Yerba Buena Lane in San Francisco is an outdoor street happy hour event inspired by the music and culture of the Grateful Dead — the perfect kickoff for locals and visitors arriving for the Dead & Company shows in Golden Gate Park.
🎶 Live Grateful Dead-style live music by Jordan Feinstein & Friends
🚐 SnapFiesta Photo booth fun inside a classic VW bus
🎨 Live Art by San Francisco's own Matt Milano
🛍️ The Biss List Local vendors, colorful vibes, and more good times all around
🍽️ Support amazing nearby businesses like Tropisueño, Delarosa, Amber India, Feng Cha and more!
This event is part of the Yerba Buena Lane Entertainment Zone — a new San Francisco initiative celebrating public activation, culture, and joy in the heart of downtown.
🕓 Thursday, July 31 | 4PM–9PM
📍 Yerba Buena Lane, San Francisco
💸 Free | All Ages Welcome
🎉 Presented by non profit organization Value Culture with support from The Yerba Buena Partnership, The San Francisco Office of Workforce and Development, Mayor Daniel Lurie, and Friends!
The second annual Love Fest SF, a community arts and music event is taking place in San Francisco’s Tenderloin Neighborhood on Saturday August 2nd!
Experience an all day free music and arts festival with 4 stages spanning 2 blocks on Larkin Street between Eddy and O’Farrell from 11am-6pm featuring local DJs and artists in direct support of small businesses and love for the TL. FREE BLOCK FESTIVAL! Last year we broke "the doom loop" !
MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT:
BISI | BRUNCHLIFE | BUMBILICIOUS | CHILLBILL | DIALS | DJ APOLLO | DOOJ | IZIK | KENNY CORDEIRO | MAC VAUGHN | MARIPOSA | NEMO | NILE | NO ONE | OPULENT TEMPLE CAMP | PIGTAILS | THE FAIGHT COLLECTIVE | VINCENTATSEA
4 stages! OPULENT TEMPLE on Eddy Stage, PACIFIC ART CAR on O'Farrell , and BACK TO THE 90's on Willow, the "Banh Mi Boiler Room" Stage with the Faight Collective at Lee's Sandwiches.
Art Activations and more! The SF nightlife community is coming together for the city!
LoveFest SF will take place on Larkin Street in Little Saigon, home to some of the most popular restaurants in the area. Festival goers can support small immigrant businesses, including:- **Sweet Glory**: A popular cake shop that is women, immigrant, and LGBTQ-owned.- **Lers Ros Thai- **Pho2000**- **Golden Lotus**- **Los Yucatecos**- **Lapats Thai**- **Rainbow Market and Deli**
- **Lee's Sandwiches**- **J&D Hair Studio**: Get a fresh cut.- **Tilted Brim**: The Tenderloin’s official clothier.All these small businesses are located on the LoveFest festival site. Other participants include Barcar and more.
Love Fest SF is created by the Tenderloin Merchants Association led by Rene Colorado, Value Culture, a local non profit organization developed by San Francisco native and event entrepreneur Adam Swig, AW3 Technology’s William Schulz, and SF Vibe now joining the fun in 2025, plus Paul Breed and all the family helping make Love Fest SF happen on a shoestring budget.
This event is free and all ages. Attendees are welcome to chip in. Dress to express yourself. Taking SFMTA Public Transit is encouraged. The Tenderloin Community First Responder Safety Ambassadors (CFRSA) will be on site to greet visitors
Follow on Instagram: @lovefestSF
Contact: ivalueculture@gmail.com
*artists subject to change.
CRUCIAL REGGAE SUNDAYS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK MARCH - NOVEMBER 2025
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CRUCIAL REGGAE SUNDAYS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK MARCH - NOVEMBER 2025 🇯🇲🇧🇴🤘🏾🎶 🌴🇲🇱🎶
MONTHLY LATE SHABBAT AFTER PARTY PRESENTED BY VALUE CULTURE X JCCSF
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MONTHLY LATE SHABBAT AFTER PARTY PRESENTED BY VALUE CULTURE X JCCSF ✡️
Monthly 1st Friday Young Professionals Sephardic Shabbat
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Monthly 1st Friday Young Professionals Sephardic Shabbat 〰️
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3rd Wednesday's are the time to laugh with us at the BOOM BOOM ROOM, SF!
🤣 3rd Wednesday's are the time to laugh with us at the BOOM BOOM ROOM, SF!
VALUE CULTURE IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE INDIA BASIN WATERFRONT PARK’S EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
Value Culture’s Executive Director Adam Swig sits on the Cabinet Committee for the The India Basin Waterfront Park project. Support it and be a part of San Francisco History.
Value Culture’s
Artist in Residence works available in support of Value Culture
![Value Culture partners with SF Heritage on the third artist in residence at the historic Doolan-Larson home at the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets. This June and July, Jimmie Fails has moved into the residence of Benefactor Norm Larson who died and left it in the care of San Francisco Heritage.Best known as the lead actor in The Last Black Man of San Francisco, Jimmie Fails will have the three residential levels landmark to create.Previous artists in residence were local favorite artist Jeremy Fish and composer Ben Juodvalkis from Joe Goode Performance Group. The 1903 building is best known for its place in the cultural revolution of the '60s, at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury. Legend has it Janis Joplin roller skated in the addict while her girlfriend Peggy Caserta sold clothes to bands like the Grateful Dead in the storefront below.“It’s places like [the Doolan-Larson Residence] that spark my creativity and keep me inspired to make art. As a San Franciscan, I am truly honored to take on this residency." -Jimmie FailsThere will be a show in early October featuring Jimmie’s residency.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d5d9c10b08398000159ae75/1627099172210-SXC1UPUO9KUTO82NOHZW/unnamed-2.png)
Value Culture partnered with SF Heritage on the third artist in residence at the historic Doolan-Larson home at the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets in June and July 2021. Jimmie Fails moved into the residence of Benefactor Norm Larson who died and left it in the care of San Francisco Heritage.
Best known as the lead actor in The Last Black Man of San Francisco, Jimmie Fails utilized three residential levels landmark to create.
Previous artists in residence were local favorite artist Jeremy Fish and composer Ben Juodvalkis from Joe Goode Performance Group.
The 1903 building is best known for its place in the cultural revolution of the '60s, at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury. Legend has it Janis Joplin roller skated in the addict while her girlfriend Peggy Caserta sold clothes to bands like the Grateful Dead in the storefront below.
“It’s places like [the Doolan-Larson Residence] that spark my creativity and keep me inspired to make art. As a San Franciscan, I am truly honored to take on this residency." -Jimmie Fails
The show, “Seven by 7” was put on display at 1506 Haight St. in a temporary pop up gallery event space created by Value Culture in an empty storefront. There are six remaining of the 7 1/1 pieces for sale in support of Value Culture. 100 limited edition art books were created and autographed by Jimmie Fails. A limited number of copies are available for $50 each. Contact us for purchase.
