Presenting the new, open-air marketplace for local arts and culture. The San Francisco Arts Market debuts on Thursday, August 19, in UN Plaza, and will run every Thursday thereafter from noon to 8:00 p.m. throughout this summer & fall.
Visit 1182 Market St between Grove and …

Experience a night out on Divisadero for the monthly Divisadero Corridor Art Walk through lower haight, NoPa and Western Addition on Thursday September 2nd, 2010. From Haight to Geary, enjoy a night of art openings, live music, drinking and dining specials all along the corridor.
Art …

Capitola (near Santa Cruz) hosts their 58th Annual Begonia Festival on Labor Day weekend, September 3-6, 2010 that we think is worth the drive if you’re looking for a quick weekend getaway. The free four-day festival features a Sand Sculpture Contest, Horseshoe Tournament on the …

Huge crowds transform downtown Millbrae into the “Big Easy” with a Mardi Gras-style feast featuring two sun-splashed days of live music with headliners The Cheeseballs and Lovefool, a juried show with 250 professional artists and craftmakers showing their latest handcrafted wares, festive food and drink, …

Want to learn about beekeeping and making honey in Oakland? Khaled Almaghafi, 4th generation bee keeper, and owner of Queen Sheba Farms is a successful urban bay area bee keeper. He will be bringing a small colony for a live demo.
Source: SFBG

Staying close to home this Labor Day weekend? With people looking for more affordable, local leisure options, the Bay Area’s always popular free-admission festival circuit is more appealing than ever.
For some sun-splashed, Mardi Gras-style fun and a great entertainment value this Labor Day weekend, head …

The 7th Annual Ethiopian New Year Festival known as “Enkutatash” includes traditional dishes, national costumes, poetry, music, children’s programs, Reggae Band Selamta, West African Highlife Band, Ethiopian Musicians Haileye Tadesse, Neway Afardew, and much more.
Sun, September 5, 2010
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. …

Tiis weekend brings the 8th annual “Doin’ It In the Park” Free Labor Day Weekend BBQ with a full day of DJs from noon to sunset.  This family-friendly all day festival features free hotdogs burgers and veggie burgers (while supplies last), games, kids activities and …

The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is a California Certified Farmers Market operated by CUESA, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture. On Saturday, September 11th will be the “Tomato and Pepper Festival” with two seasonal cooking demonstrations.

11 am    Seasonal Cooking Demonstration – Joyce Goldstein, …

Since 1974, The Merchants, Restaurants, and Professionals, as well as the twin cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted the Solano Avenue Stroll, the East Bay’s largest street festival! The Solano Avenue Merchants Association invites you to come and see what makes Solano Avenue …

On September 15, 2010 Jack London Square in Oakland plays host to the “El Grito” 2010 Festival: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence. Join the City of Oakland, the Mexican Consulate, and the Spanish Speaking Citizens’ Foundation for a culturally rich (and free) festival featuring …

Meet over 30 local artists and take part in hands-on art activities, dance and yoga classes, mural painting, etc. Visit booths by organizations supporting community health. Sign up for on-going South and West Berkeley public art projects and learn about the connection between art, community, …

New People announces one of the nation’s biggest pop culture events of the year with the 2010 J-Pop Summit Festival. This one of a kind, all day event will feature the best in modern Japanese films, fashion, music art, retail design and pop culture this …

Sunday Streets is a city-wide event that takes place in different neighborhoods on Sundays throughout the Spring and Summer and shuts down city streets to traffic so that residents can take over for a day with all sorts of healthy and family friendly activities.

Sunday …

If you like lounging in the park, laughing your ass off and the distant smell of pot wafting through the air, then the 30th Annual Comedy Day in the Park might be the best way for you top spend a Sunday afternoon.
San Francisco’s professional …

The San Francisco Center for the Book hosts their 7th Annual “Roadworks” Street Fair. They’ll use a steamroller to make prints from large linoleum blocks carved especially for the occasion right on the street. The Roadworks Street Fair also features more than 80 artist vendors, …

The Festa Coloniale Italiana celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for generations and along Stockton St. between Union and Filbert Sts., there will be continuous live Italian music, pizza-toss demonstration, costumed dancers, mouth-watering calamari, sausages and peppers, cannoli, …

Beer! Music! Insane bicycle contraptions! Who could ask for more?
Follow your biking folly to Lindley Meadow on Sat., Sept. 25th to find a field of tasty New Belgium beer and a full day of cycling fun. The day begins with a Bike Parade …

October 1st through the 3rd marks the 2010 rendition of one of the largest (and free-est) music festivals in the country: San Francisco’s own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. This flurry of banjos (and many other instruments) will take place in Golden Gate Park and no tickets …

The San Francisco Folk Music Club presents the annual El Cerrito Free Folk Festival on Saturday, October 9, 2010. Open to the public, the daylong arts and music festival (noon to 10pm) is free and will be held at the historic Windrush School located at …

The 20th annual Potrero Hill Festival returns on Oct. 16, 2010 with a full day of delicious food, exciting performers, art and craft works from locals, and lots of activities for kids. The Potrero Hill Festival continues into the afternoon until 4:30 p.m. with a …

Sunday Streets is a city-wide event that takes place in different neighborhoods on Sundays throughout the Spring and Summer and shuts down city streets to traffic so that residents can take over for a day with all sorts of healthy and family friendly activities.

Sunday …