RSA week isn’t just the conference. It’s a city-wide security meetup disguised as a conference.
You effectively get two overlapping ecosystems:
• Official RSAC events — Welcome Reception, CyBEER Ops, Expo Pub Crawl
• Off-site parties and meetups — vendor events, VC mixers, community gatherings
Most of the real networking happens off-campus, typically around SoMa and Union Square, with hotspots like:
- SPIN (Cloudflare Experience Hub)
- Temple Nightclub
- Hawthorn
- The Warfield
- The San Francisco Mint
If you want to meet the people actually building security tools — engineers, security leaders, founders — this is where they’ll be.
This guide lists the most relevant RSAC week parties and side-events, ordered by date.
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| Opening Night: Kick-off your Bsides & RSA Week |
Pre-week mega kickoff party |
6:00–10:00 PM |
Bain Capital Ventures (with Foundr, Neublock.io, Cogent) |
450 Pacific Ave, San Francisco |
RSVP
|
| BsidesSF 2026 Happy Hour |
Badge-week happy hour mixer |
5:30–8:30 PM |
Formal (with Scanner, Cotool) |
149 Maiden Ln, San Francisco |
RSVP
|
| RSA Warmup |
VC warmup networking |
12:00–3:00 PM |
XPS Ventures |
Norms Place, 356 Hartz Ave |
RSVP
|
| Aikido Security Meetup |
Security builders meetup |
TBC |
Aikido Security |
TBC |
Invite Only |
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| BSides San Francisco |
Hands-on community security con |
9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
BSides San Francisco |
Metreon |
RSVP |
| (un)official BSidesSF Rooftop Afterparty |
Open-bar rooftop afterparty |
5:00–7:30 PM |
Aikido (with Chainguard, Sublime, Tailscale, Torq) |
Chotto Matte San Francisco • 50 O’Farrell St |
RSVP |
| BSidesSF Party |
Official BSidesSF party |
6:30–9:30 PM |
Vega |
Participant Hall (address TBC) |
RSVP |
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| BSides San Francisco |
Hands-on community security con |
9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
BSides San Francisco |
Metreon |
RSVP |
| (un)official BSidesSF Rooftop Afterparty |
Open-bar rooftop afterparty |
5:00–7:30 PM |
Aikido (with Chainguard, Sublime, Tailscale, Torq) |
Chotto Matte San Francisco • 50 O’Farrell St |
RSVP |
| BSidesSF Party |
Official BSidesSF party |
6:30–9:30 PM |
Vega |
Participant Hall (address TBC) |
RSVP |
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| RSAC LoyaltyPlus & First-Timer Reception |
Official opening networking reception |
4:30–7:30 PM |
RSAC |
San Francisco Marriott Marquis (Level 2, Atrium) |
RSVP |
| Calm Before the Storm |
Large pre-RSAC mixer |
6:00–9:00 PM |
Aspiron Search (plus partners) |
Local Edition • 691 Market St |
RSVP |
| Pre-RSAC CISO Mastermind Dinner |
Invite-only CISO dinner |
6:00–9:00 PM |
Gigamon |
Upscale restaurant near Moscone (TBC) |
RSVP |
| Pre-RSAC with Spades: Cybersecurity for National Security |
Natsec-focused networking |
4:30–7:00 PM |
Spades Institute (with Rapidfort) |
Private venue near Fisherman’s Wharf (TBC) |
RSVP |
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| CyBEER Ops Networking Reception |
Craft beer early-stage opener |
4:15–6:00 PM |
RSAC |
RSAC Early Stage Expo (campus location per RSAC agenda) |
RSVP |
| Cloudflare Partner Reception at RSAC 2026 |
Partner networking at SPIN |
4:00–6:00 PM |
Cloudflare |
SPIN • 690 Folsom St #100, San Francisco, CA 94107 |
RSVP |
| Exclusive CISO Dinner |
Invite-only CISO dinner |
6:00–8:30 PM |
Delve + Aikido |
Prelude • 333 Battery St |
RSVP |
| Cloudflare After Dark at RSAC 2026 |
Executive networking + ping pong |
7:00–10:00 PM |
Cloudflare |
Cloudflare Experience Hub at SPIN • 690 Folsom St #100 |
RSVP |
| AI After Dark Party |
Customer party + Busta |
8:00–11:00 PM |
Abnormal AI + Cyera |
The Warfield • 982 Market St |
RSVP |
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| RSAC Closing Celebration |
RSAC closing keynote celebration |
2:30–3:30 PM |
RSAC |
Conference campus (venue specifics TBC) |
RSVP |
| AI Security Mixer | MEACS x AISECA |
AI security community mixer |
2:00–5:00 PM |
AI Security Alliance + MEACS |
Delah Coffee • 370 4th St |
RSVP |
| CyberSeed Founders Happy Hour |
Founder happy hour send-off |
4:00–6:00 PM |
CyberSeed (sponsors include Erebor, Orrick) |
San Francisco (address shared upon approval) |
RSVP |
| Cyber Founders Club RSAC 2026 Dinner |
Founders dinner, approval required |
6:00–9:00 PM |
Cyber Founders Club |
San Francisco (address shared upon approval) |
RSVP |
| After RSAC 2026: Debrief & Destress in Napa |
Post-conference Napa wind-down |
Time TBC |
Cybersecurity Marketing Society + Priority Experiences |
Napa Valley (address shared upon approval; bus from SF) |
RSVP |
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| RSAC Closing Celebration |
RSAC closing keynote celebration |
2:30–3:30 PM |
RSAC |
Conference campus (venue specifics TBC) |
RSVP |
| AI Security Mixer | MEACS x AISECA |
AI security community mixer |
2:00–5:00 PM |
AI Security Alliance + MEACS |
Delah Coffee • 370 4th St |
RSVP |
| CyberSeed Founders Happy Hour |
Founder happy hour send-off |
4:00–6:00 PM |
CyberSeed (sponsors include Erebor, Orrick) |
San Francisco (address shared upon approval) |
RSVP |
| Cyber Founders Club RSAC 2026 Dinner |
Founders dinner, approval required |
6:00–9:00 PM |
Cyber Founders Club |
San Francisco (address shared upon approval) |
RSVP |
| After RSAC 2026: Debrief & Destress in Napa |
Post-conference Napa wind-down |
Time TBC |
Cybersecurity Marketing Society + Priority Experiences |
Napa Valley (address shared upon approval; bus from SF) |
RSVP |
Fri, Mar 27, 2026
| Event Name |
Description |
Time |
Sponsor / Host |
Location |
RSVP |
| Deep Agents Hackathon – RSAC 2026 |
In-person agent-building hackathon |
Doors 9:30 AM |
tokens& (with AWS Builder Loft) |
San Francisco (address shared upon approval) |
RSVP |
RSA days are for the expo floor. RSA nights are for the real networking. Grab your badge, RSVP early, and pace yourself—San Francisco is about to become the unofficial capital of cybersecurity parties. See you there!
