Special Event
Holiday Hangout with COMPANION + Friends
Related Exhibition KAWS
HOLIDAY: SAN FRANCISCO
Thursday, Dec 4, 2025
Noon–2 p.m.
Yerba Buena Gardens
(directly across the street from SFMOMA)
Bring your friends, coworkers, and little ones and join us for a festive community celebration featuring music, sweet treats, giveaways, and more.
SFMOMA, Yerba Buena Partnership, and the W San Francisco Hotel invite you to enjoy an afternoon in Yerba Buena Gardens where you can get into the holiday spirit and snap some photos of KAWS HOLIDAY: SAN FRANCISCO (you can spot KAWS’s figure COMPANION on SFMOMA’s roof)! Tag @sfmoma and #KAWSHOLIDAY for a chance to win a gift bag*.
Step inside SFMOMA to experience the KAWS: FAMILY** exhibition and explore the full collection of pop culture–inspired characters created by KAWS.
*Giveaways are first come, first served.
**KAWS: FAMILY is a surcharged presentation that requires a timed ticket for all visitors. All tickets will be available for purchase online.
While you’re in the neighborhood, make a day of it by exploring the following events:
4–8 p.m.
– Gift Lab at SFMOMA First Thursday when General Admission is free for Bay Area residents from 4–8 p.m.
– Parol Lantern-Making Workshop at YBCA
After 5 p.m.
– Downtown First Thursday on Second Street
7 p.m.
– Bay Area Then: Ovarian Trolley & Wife Concert at YBCA