16 Group Activities in San Francisco (2026)
Bachelorette parties, birthdays, friends' nights and family reunions.
Updated October 2026. Sixteen group activities in San Francisco sorted by the group you are planning for: a bachelorette party, an adult birthday, a friends' night out, or a family reunion with three generations at one table. Nine are private craft workshops at our SoMa and Financial District studios or at your rental house; seven are the sails, games and nights out people book around them.
Group Activities • San Francisco
Private sessions start at eight guests and cost $59 to $89 a head with materials; smaller groups block-book seats in a public class.
16 group activities, by occasion
Updated October 2026.
Four ideas for each occasion. Our own workshops are marked; the rest are the things San Francisco groups book on the same weekend. Every entry has where, price, group size and who it suits.
Bachelorette parties
Daytime, hands-on, and something to take home; the bar comes after.
Perfume blending for the bride and her party
KraftStoriesEach guest blends her own eau de parfum from top, heart and base notes, and the bride's bottle becomes the wedding-day scent. Ninety minutes in the Financial District loft, then the Embarcadero is two minutes away for the next stop.
- Where
- Financial District · 405 Sansome St
- Price
- $79 per person, all materials
- Group / time
- 6–30 · 1.5 hours
- Best for
- The elegant half of the weekend; the photos look like a magazine.
Candle making with a scent bar
KraftStoriesOne hour blending a fragrance from 40+ oils and pouring a soy candle each, so the party leaves with matching favours it made itself. The SoMa studio is five minutes from Caltrain for guests arriving from the Peninsula.
- Where
- SoMa · 360 Ritch St
- Price
- $59 per person, all materials
- Group / time
- 6–40 · 1 hour
- Best for
- Saturday afternoons before dinner in the Mission; the easiest format to schedule.
Sunset sail from Pier 39
A catamaran under the Golden Gate Bridge with the city behind you, on a public sunset sail or a private charter for the whole party. Dress for wind even in August.
- Where
- Fisherman's Wharf · Pier 39, Dock J
- Price
- About $60–80 per person; private charters from about $2,000
- Group / time
- Up to about 45 · 1.5–2 hours
- Best for
- The one photo everyone keeps; book weeks ahead for weekends.
Kabuki Springs on a women-only day
Japantown's communal bathhouse runs women-only days on a set schedule: hot pool, cold plunge, sauna and steam in a quiet room. Book the whole group in advance and go the morning after the big night.
- Where
- Japantown · 1750 Geary Blvd
- Price
- About $40–60 per person
- Group / time
- Up to about 10 comfortably · 2 hours
- Best for
- Recovery mornings; check the day-of-week schedule first.
Birthday parties (adults)
For the birthday where you want to do something, not just sit somewhere.
Rug tufting birthday
KraftStoriesEveryone gets a tufting gun and a design, and the birthday person's rug gets the group's handprints on the back. Two and a half hours, loud and physical, with a cake break in the middle if you bring one.
- Where
- SoMa · 360 Ritch St
- Price
- $89 per person, all materials
- Group / time
- 6–45 · 2.5 hours
- Best for
- Ages 12 and up; the birthday that becomes an object in the apartment.
Turkish mosaic lamp party
KraftStoriesGlass tiles and beads set onto a lamp globe over two and a half hours, with the room going quiet around the halfway point. Calmer than tufting, and every guest leaves with a lamp.
- Where
- SoMa · 360 Ritch St; Financial District for bigger groups
- Price
- $79 per person, all materials
- Group / time
- 6–60 · 2.5 hours
- Best for
- Milestone birthdays and mixed-age groups, including parents.
Escape room, then dinner in the Marina
Palace Games' large rooms inside the Palace of Fine Arts take groups of six to ten per room, with several rooms running in parallel for bigger parties. Chestnut Street's restaurants are a ten-minute walk.
- Where
- Marina · Palace of Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon St
- Price
- About $50–65 per person
- Group / time
- 6–30 · 90 minutes
- Best for
- Competitive friend groups; book two weeks ahead for a Saturday.
Private bowling at Mission Bowling Club
Six lanes, a real kitchen and a bar in a Mission warehouse, with lane reservations for groups. Half the party plays and half talks, which is the right ratio for a birthday.
- Where
- Mission · 3176 17th St
- Price
- About $40–70 per person with food
- Group / time
- 8–40 · 2 hours
- Best for
- Casual evening birthdays; reserve lanes early for weekends.
Friends and girls' nights out
Groups of four to twelve who want a plan that is not another bar.
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Evening tufting or candle class, then the Mission
KraftStoriesBook a block of seats in a public evening class in SoMa: tufting if the group wants energy, candle making if it wants an hour and a glass of something afterwards. Public classes seat up to 12, so a group of six to eight usually has the room to itself.
- Where
- SoMa · 360 Ritch St
- Price
- $59–89 per person depending on the class
- Group / time
- 4–12 · 1–2.5 hours
- Best for
- Thursday and Friday nights; no private booking needed under 12.
Terrarium workshop and a wine bar in Hayes Valley
KraftStoriesBuild a closed glass ecosystem each at our SoMa studio, then take the N-Judah three stops to Hayes Valley's wine bars. Terrariums travel well in a tote bag; rugs do not.
- Where
- SoMa · 360 Ritch St
- Price
- $59 per person, all materials
- Group / time
- 4–40 · 1.5 hours
- Best for
- Plant people; a calmer night out.
Exploratorium After Dark
Thursday evenings the Exploratorium is adults only with a bar and six hundred hands-on exhibits. Wander in a pack, split up, regroup at the bar. No booking a venue, no host.
- Where
- Embarcadero · Pier 15
- Price
- About $20–25 per person
- Group / time
- Any size · 2–3 hours
- Best for
- Thursdays; the cheapest good night out on this page.
Off the Grid at Fort Mason
Friday nights from spring through autumn, dozens of food trucks, a bar and a band on the Fort Mason lawn by the water. Everyone eats something different and nobody argues about the restaurant.
- Where
- Marina · Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd
- Price
- $20–40 per person
- Group / time
- Any size · 2 hours
- Best for
- Big loose groups; check the season dates.
Family reunions and mixed ages
Grandparents, teenagers and the cousins who are 'not creative' all at one table.
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Private candle or terrarium workshop for the whole family
KraftStoriesCandle making and terrariums are the two formats that work for ages six to eighty at the same table: no sharp tools, one hour to ninety minutes, and everyone leaves with something. Private sessions can mix the two.
- Where
- SoMa · 360 Ritch St, or your rental house anywhere in the Bay Area
- Price
- $59 per person, all materials
- Group / time
- 10–60 · 1–1.5 hours
- Best for
- Reunion weekends; the afternoon that is not a restaurant.
Ferry to Sausalito and back
The Golden Gate Ferry from the Ferry Building to Sausalito, lunch on the water, and the ferry back, with the bridge and Alcatraz on the way. Strollers and wheelchairs are fine, and nobody has to drive.
- Where
- Embarcadero · Ferry Building
- Price
- About $15 per person each way; kids and seniors less
- Group / time
- Any size · half a day
- Best for
- Three generations at once; clear days.
Golden Gate Park day: Academy of Sciences and the Japanese Tea Garden
The Academy's aquarium, rainforest and planetarium absorb the children for four hours; the Tea Garden next door absorbs the grandparents for one. Meet at the Music Concourse for lunch.
- Where
- Golden Gate Park · Music Concourse
- Price
- About $40–55 per adult for the Academy; the Tea Garden is a few dollars
- Group / time
- Any size · a full day
- Best for
- The one-big-thing day of the reunion; the Academy is open every day of the year.
Giants game with a group block
Oracle Park sells group blocks with seats together, and the view level is cheap enough to bring everyone. Garlic fries, the Bay behind right field, and three hours where the family sits in a row. April to September.
- Where
- Mission Bay · 24 Willie Mays Plaza
- Price
- From about $25 per person
- Group / time
- 10–100 · 3 hours
- Best for
- Summer reunions; bring layers for the evening games.
Public classes seat up to 12 and can be block-booked for groups under that size without a private booking. Studio events are alcohol-free; Turkish tea, coffee and baklava are provided on request.
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