Future of Us: After Party!

The Grand Finale!
We invite you to join us for a special evening of live music, rooftop views, and a final look at 100+ original artworks illustrating community visions of what could be.
⚡ Ticket sales and donations directly support The Future of Us, a collaborative, coalition-led initiative managed by The Plenary, Co. (a 501(c)3 nonprofit). Your generosity helps fund the civic cultural infrastructure our future needs.⚡

About the Event:
The Future of Us has spent the last week marking the generational milestone of the US’s 250th anniversary by bringing our community together to elevate creative expression, civic voice, and shared visions for what's next.
Now, we invite you to celebrate the end of this inaugural journey, and the start of our year-round work to build a new kind of civic culture in San Francisco. Join us for the final toast and last look at everything this incredible community built together.
What to Expect:
Art Exhibits: Immersive installations featuring 100+ original works created by artists to turn real community visions – collected across our year-long Visions Tour – into future worlds you can feel.
Live Music: Live sets and performances curated by Nothin But Hits to turn our rooftop lounge into a space for joy, culture, and connection. Lineup coming soon.
Lounge areas: Cozy spaces with conversation prompts and reflection cards to spark conversation. Talking to strangers highly encouraged.
Gift Shop: Festival prints, custom candles, and limited-edition keepsakes – take a little of the future home with you.
Food & Drinks: Light snacks and local, non-alcoholic beverages.
Open Bar: Enjoy our rooftop + lounge bars.

Planning:
A Day in Dogpatch
Think of Future of Us HQ as a pop-up civic third space. You are welcome to show up and stay a while, or come and go throughout the day. Enjoy the rooftop, hang out in the lounges, and make sure to put aside plenty of time to browse the stories and visions dreamed up by your neighbors across the country.
New to Dogpatch? This neighborhood is a hybrid of the best of SF – art meets science, history meets the future, nature meets design.
Eat, drink, play & shop at Building 12
Check out beautiful Bayside Parks and Green Spaces
Learn more about all the wonderful food, drink, and activities the neighborhood has to offer
Parking & Transportation
Street parking is available but limited. We recommend rideshare or public transportation. The Pearl is easy to reach by Muni and a short walk from the T-Third line.
Accessibility & Considerations
The HQ is wheelchair accessible; the event spans three floors, including both stairs and elevators. The exhibits are largely visual, but written materials are currently only available in English. Accessibility is important to us – if you have specific accommodation requests, please reach out to future@theplenary.co to discuss what's possible.

⚡ About the Future of Us Festival
Launching on America's 250th anniversary, the inaugural Future of Us festival is a 10-day celebration of civic imagination and possibility. We're turning community-sourced, expert-crafted visions of the future into art, storytelling, and participatory experiences. Curated by a coalition of artists, scientists, storytellers, and civic builders, the festival features 100+ events spanning every corner of the city (floral labyrinths, speculative future worlds, dance parties with a purpose, and neighborhood meet-ups), it's a living exploration of what a more creative and generative civic culture could feel like. Organized around four themes (Green Futures, Social Futures, Science & Tech Futures, and Media Futures), Future of Us is breaking down the barriers between art, ideas, and each other, and everyone is invited to co-imagine what comes next.
⚡ Learn More: future-of-us.com
⚡ Check out the Schedule of Events: future-of-us.com
⚡ Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/futures.us
About the Organization
Future of Us is stewarded by The Plenary, Co., a 501(c)3 civic arts and sciences nonprofit based in Dogpatch, and co-led by a coalition of partners. All donations are tax-deductible. Make a donation here.