Free Shakespeare Returns to McLaren Park for Labor Day Weekend

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Antony and Cleopatra plays two weekends at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater

Free Shakespeare in the Park comes back to Sunnyside’s doorstep this Labor Day weekend, as the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival opens a five-performance run of Antony and Cleopatra at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park.

It is the festival’s 44th year of free outdoor Shakespeare and its 14th season at McLaren Park. The production is a rare one: Antony and Cleopatra is staged far less often than the company’s usual repertory, making this a chance to see a seldom-performed play close to home.

The story follows Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra as they are pulled between love and duty, through passion, ambition, political intrigue, and betrayal. Along the way, audiences can decide for themselves: Is it love at first sight for Antony? Who is the shrewder politician? Is the messenger treated fairly? And what, exactly, is the worm?

All performances begin at 2 p.m.

  • Saturday, September 5 — Preview
  • Sunday, September 6 — Preview
  • Monday, September 7 (Labor Day) — Opening night; Sunnyside neighbors are gathering for this performance
  • Saturday, September 12
  • Sunday, September 13

Where: Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, McLaren Park, 40 John F. Shelley Drive, San Francisco — on Shelley Drive between Cambridge and Mansell streets.

Transit and parking: MUNI #29. Auto parking is available in the lot and along Shelley Drive.

No tickets required. Admission is free and no reservations are needed. Come as you are, bring family and friends, and pack a picnic if you like.

Bring your own food. There are no food concessions at these performances, so plan to bring a picnic or dishes to share.

Kids are welcome. A crafts table on site lets children make their own fancy headdress.

Pets are welcome if leashed, well-behaved, and under control.

Souvenir posters. The first 10 guests at each performance who take a selfie can take a poster home.

After McLaren Park

The production moves downtown later in the month, with 2 p.m. performances at Sue Bierman Park — Washington and Drumm streets, across from the Ferry Building near Embarcadero Four — on Saturday, September 19; Sunday, September 20; Saturday, September 26; and Sunday, September 27.

More information is available at sfshakes.org.

2026 Sunnyside Pop-Up Market and Garage Sale

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SNA is hosting our first Pop-Up Market and 2026 Annual neighborhood Garage Sale on September 19th from 10am to 2pm! We are excited to collaborate with Civic Joy Fund and Kwik & Convenient to bring neighbors out and have a fun time on the central intersection of Monterey and Foerester!

There will be 2 elements:

  1. Pop-Up Market at 600 Monterey Blvd featuring live music, children’s corner, and independent makers.
  2. Garage sales hosted by neighbors all around Sunnyside out of their garages.

SNA will have a tent and table at the Pop-Up Market to meet neighbors, register new members, and distribute garage sale maps. Come say hi!

If you are interested in being a vendor, please apply here by 8/22 at 11:59pm

If you are interested in adding your garage sale to the official map, please register here by 9/17 at 12pm

Please join us for quarterly Sunnyside Clean and Green on Saturday 8/15 from 10am to 12pm!

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Thanks to our wonderful neighbors, we had a great year of Clean and Green on Circular Ave and helped remove over 80 bags of trash from our neighborhood! We are kicking off this year’s cleaning on Saturday, May 16th from 10am to 12pm. Please RSVP if you can join for any of our quarterly Clean and Green this year!

Besides the regular trash pickers and bags, we will also have some yard bags so we can do some weeding. So come with your garden gloves if you’ve got some! We would also love to have someone step up to be the cleanup captain in future quarterly cleanups as the Board is now working on a couple other new initiatives for the neighborhood. Please reach out if this is of interest!