Wild SF Walking Tours - Street Art Tour: Mission Murals and Graffiti

Explore the mural-filled alleyways and streets of the Mission on this artist-led tour.

See historic works and hear the stories behind them: how activism and art intersect in political works. Understand how the Mission District’s social movements shaped San Francisco into the revolutionary city it is today.

Learn how large-scale murals are created, how graffiti writing took off in the Mission, the significance of street art to the community, and the terminology of the spray can world. See stunning political street art, and understand how graffiti writers, feminists, Latinx communities and neighborhood activists have fought, and continue to fight, to keep the soul of SF alive in the face of gentrification, preserving local culture.

You will visit stunning alleys full of graffiti art, one of the oldest murals in the Mission, colorful memorials, the Lilac Alley Mural project, and many pieces of Street art that are central to the culture of the Mission district