Witness Bay Area creativity in overdrive when SFMOMA’s Soapbox Derby returns to McLaren Park for the first time in more than 40 years!

Experience the excitement for yourself on April 10 when a new crew coasts down the curving hill of McLaren Park’s Shelley Drive. Each racer gets their turn on the track as they descend one-by-one and compete for artist-designed trophies and delightfully unusual accolades, such as “Most Colorful” and “Most Amorphous.” Emceed by KQED’s Pendarvis Harshaw and ABC7’s Kumasi Aaron, the 2022 race includes dozens of local artists, organizations, and community members who have all been asked to dream big and design their own custom soapbox cars. If their art-on-wheels can roll, steer, and stop, anything is possible!

(Photo by Rudy Bender, courtesy of MOMA)