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Downtown First Thursdays Funded For 2026 With $2 Million From Chris Larsen, Gap Heirs

The success of the past year and a half of Downtown First Thursdays events has encouraged the event's backers to go full-throttle into next year, guaranteeing that the monthly street party will go on.

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Downtown First Thursdays Announces Extension of Event Through End of Year

Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) celebrated a full 12 months of monthly parties on Thursday night with Mayor Daniel Lurie and around 18,000 people in attendance.

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Things Things To Do This Week: Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul At Eid Street Fair

March 31-April 6: Eid Street Fair in the Tenderloin, featuring rapper MC Abdul and a multicultural bazaar; LARAAJI and The Sea & Cake's Sam Prekop at Grace Cathedral; First Thursdays/Fridays; and a skate photo exhibit.

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Thousands Turn Out for Toro y Moi DJ Set at Downtown First Thursdays

In case you missed it, singer, songwriter, and producer Chaz Bear aka Toro y Moi was the headliner at Downtown First Thursdays last night, and a major crowd showed up for the day-after-New-Year's-Day event.

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F Train to Become Mobile Jazz Club For New Mid-Market First Thursdays Block Party

The scope of activities happening in downtown San Francisco on the first Thursday of every month just got bigger with UNSTAGED, a new Mid-Market block party being put on by Market Street Arts. And it will turn the F-line streetcar into a boistrous, mobile jazz venue.

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Locked Out in the City: What to Do?

We lucked out this time, but it got us thinking, What would we do if there is a next time we find ourselves out of our abode with no keys, [update] no money,