​⚡️The SF Market of the Future

​Overview

​In 50 years, how will you find food, clothing, art, and friends? In an age of rising inequality, AI disruption, climate change, and loneliness, we need to explore new ways to support each other.

​The Market of the Future is a goods marketplace, social experiment, community convening, and rebellion against dystopia. We are bringing together businesses and community groups who are already building a better future, one based on solidarity, sustainability, and reciprocity.

​What to Expect

​NO MONEY ALLOWED! All participants should bring an offering to the market. Your community will provide for you in return.

​There will be:

• ​Food & Drinks from Rainbow Grocery

• ​Clothes, Books & Other Goods from Strange Exchange

• ​A Repair Station by local artisans

• ​Activations: Mutual Bad Portrait Booth by Bad Art Club, Economic Soul Mapping by Aleda Johnson, and Sardine Games by Jen Cole

• ​Live Music by Mitch Rocket

​What to Bring

​Bring an item or two you think someone will like! Please only bring gently used, clean and functioning items. A repair station is available for small fixes and alterations.

​Options:

• ​Clothing

• ​Art and art supplies

• ​Plants

• ​Jewelry

• ​Books

• ​Small household items

​Parking & Transportation
Located in Civic Center in SF, The Nook can be easily accessed via Muni and Bart. Parking is limited but available in the public garages.

​Accessibility & Considerations
The venue is located on the second floor, accessible via stairs and elevator. Let us know if you anticipate needing any special accommodations, we are happy to support.

​Entry to the space is from the ground floor using a door code which will be shared prior to the event.

​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. With 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

​About the Future Culture Fellows Program

​The Future Culture Fellowship is a yearlong program that resources the people best positioned to shape the future of civic life in San Francisco: the community builders, artists, and grassroots visionaries already rooted in neighborhoods and traditions across the Bay. Fellows design and host original, science- and arts-centered experiences that reflect their unique perspectives on what's possible, and become part of a growing Future Culture Collective dedicated to making civic life in SF more vibrant, connected, and imaginative. The event you're signing up for was dreamed up by one of the 2026 Fellows.

​⚡ Meet your host: https://www.future-of-us.com/2026-fellows/john-lydon
⚡ Learn more about the Fellows Program: future-of-us.com/collective

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