San Francisco · Oct 5–11, 2026
SF Democracy Week
The calendar
What’s happening in SF
SF Democracy Week is a decentralized community-created festival. This is a pilot, we just launched a few weeks ago, we’re building as we go (we’re a fan of values-grounded startups!), and events are being added in an ongoing way. Subscribe to the calendar to get updates (and our newsletter at the bottom of this page), or add your own.
We can build a thriving democracy and economy that supports broad-based human flourishing … let’s do this!
Take part
Ways to take part in SF
SFDW is a pilot, we’re building this together with the community, and there’s room for more. We’re also already thinking forward to this being held twice per year, to foster more discussions around how we might build a future centered around a revitalized and thriving democracy that supports human flourishing. Sign up now to stay connected for future activities as well.
Host an event
Offer a venue
Help organize
Bring your organization
If a call isn’t your thing, you can add an event or sign up as a partner without ever getting on Zoom.
Need an idea?
Steal any of these ideas
We think democracy should be both serious, and seriously fun. If you like the idea of hosting but don’t have an idea or event yet, feel free to take and adapt any of these.
Constitutional comedy night
There’s certainly a lot to laugh about, and cry about, and everything in between.
Civic improv
Audience proposes a local problem, the cast plays out the city council meeting.
Cross-partisan paddle tournament
Teams drawn at random. Talk politics only at the net.
Ballot measure potluck
Bring a dish, work through the measures nobody understands.
Local news trivia
Run it with a local newsroom. Loser buys the subscriptions.
A neighbors dinner
One rule: nobody talks about national politics. Or better, talk about them, and work on co-created solutions.
Precinct seat clinic
How to actually get onto a local party committee, either party.
A civic jam
A day of building things that make local civic life work better.
Or come up with your own, add your draft event, and we’ll see how we can support you.
Why here
Why San Francisco
More of the technology shaping public life gets built in the SF Bay Area than anywhere else, and there are surprisingly few rooms where people sit and talk about the positive and negative impact that tech is having, and can have, on our economy, country, and communities.
Running alongside SF Tech Week is deliberate. Democracy Week events that touch on tech can cross-post to both calendars and reach both crowds, so a conversation about AI and elections can be with people building the AI, and the people worried about it.
Community partners
Democracy Week & DW Accelerator community partners
Cross-partisan by belief and design. Any interested group can be a community partner for free.
Join in
Let’s build SF Democracy Week together
An event idea, an organization, a venue, a question, or just curiosity. All of it is welcome, and none of it needs to be figured out before you get in touch.
In Los Angeles instead? LA Democracy Week runs Oct 12–18.