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The Whale’s Tail

JFK Promenade / Pioneer Drive

The pop-up Garden Bar is back for 2026! Come on by and enjoy a drink, tasty food, lawn games, and free live music!

Through October, the Whale’s Tail is open Saturdays and Sundays (and select Monday Holidays) from 12pm to 6pm at the 14th Avenue East Meadow just west of the Rose Garden and situated across from a community favorite: Street Whale. Swing by for drinks, music, food trucks, art, and the atmosphere of Golden Gate Park!

View the event schedule here.


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Illuminate rallies large groups of people together to create impossible works of public art that, through awe, free humanity’s better nature.

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NPU Inc. provides venues and spaces unique, often iconic, experiences that delight guests and patrons.

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