2014 Panhandle Festival

NOW is a brand new community festival akin to a cross between [freespace] and SXSW – and they’ll be taking over the neighborhoods around San Francisco’s iconic Panhandle to produce a week of free events from April 27 – May 3, 2014.

Hundreds of people will contribute to a neighborhood-wide explosion of community projects – pop-up parklets, scavenger hunts, workshops, free dinners, free flowers, bike-in movie nights and more.

Most events are free, but a few ask for donations or have nominal fees.

NOW Panhandle Festival
April 27 – May 3, 2014
Panhandle and surrounding neighborhoods
Most events FREE or for nominal donation

Please note: This is a preliminary schedule and events may be added or cancelled during the week. Please check nowsf.org for the latest updates.

Sunday, April 27

• 9:00 am – Beach Clean Up – Let’s kick the week off right by doing an old-fashioned beach clean-up. | Ocean Beach. Meet where JFK hits the beach | FREE
• 11:00am – Pop-Up Parklet – Students at USF host a pop-up parklet creating a public space out of a metered parking spot. They will give out food for donations in an attempt to raise awareness of the unused resources around us such as public spaces and leftover food as well as gather the community around a good cause. | Corner of Haight and Belvedere | FREE (Food donations accepted)
• 11:30am – Beets and Bass: Fresh Juicing and Dance Party
• 12:00pm – Golden Gate Park Sunday Roller Disco Party
• 12:00pm – Sprout Up: Environmental Education Games
• 1:30pm – Peace Patrol – Chalk the Street
• 2:00 pm – Pop-Up Body Energy Salon
• 2:00pm – Community Kick Ball
• 6:00pm – Plan in the NOW! with Brent
• 7:00 pm – The Cosmology of Play: A Salon
• 9:30pm – Sunday Session at Madrone

Monday, April 28

• 1:30pm – Peace Patrol – Silent Street Theater
• 2:00pm – Urban Wandering with Ryan
• 4:00pm – Clay Station with Anna
• 4:00pm – Yoga with Ashley featuring Papa Bear on Guitar
• 5:30pm – Bahkti Vinayasa Flow Yoga with Sita Devi
• 6:00pm – Game Night at Cyprian’s
• 6:30pm – Capoeira with Bill Tucano
• 7:40pm – Flow Jam

Tuesday, April 29

• 11:00am – Soil Therapy
• 12:15pm – Diggin’ for Good Dirt: A Neighborhood Research Project on Urban Agriculture
• 1:30pm – Peace Patrol – Compliment a Stranger
• 2:30pm – Chakra Yoga with Chelsea Shearer
• 6:30pm – Freedom from Full-Time: A Conversation on Making a Life Instead of a Living
• 7:00pm – Blue Grass and Brass Magic at Madrone
• 7:00pm – Church of 8 Wheels Roller Disco – LGBT Night
• 7:30pm – Ignite the Mic at the Center
• 7:30pm – Bike-In Movie Night

Wednesday, April 30

• 6:30am – The November Project – Free Fitness
• 11:30am – Burgers for Good at Greenburger’s
• 1:00 pm – Yoga with Brandi
• 1:30pm – Peace Patrol – Public Post-it-Notes
• 2:00pm – Urban Wandering with Ryan
• 7:00pm – Church of 8 Wheels Roller Disco – Skate Rolligion
• 7:30pm – Improv Class
• 8:00pm – How To Be A Feminist in the Bedroom

Thursday, May 1

• 11:00am – Soil Therapy
• 12:15pm – Diggin’ for Good Dirt: A Neighborhood Research Project on Urban Agriculture
• 1:00pm – NOW! Scavenger Hunt
• 1:30pm – Lemonade Stand Parklet
• 5:30pm – Spotlight on the Panhandle – A photo literary neighborhood walk by senseofplace LAB
• 6:00pm – Free Community Dinner: May Day Edition
• 7:00pm – Church of 8 Wheels Roller Disco – Guest DJ Night
• 8:00pm – After Dinner BroDown with Brother Grand and the Morrison Brothers of the Brothers Comatose

Friday, May 2

• 1:00pm – Free Flower and Flower Crown Workshop
• 2:30pm – USF Community Garden Happening
• 4:00pm – BYOB: Bring Your Own Blanket
• 5:30pm – Spotlight on the Panhandle – A photo literary neighborhood walk by senseofplace LAB
• 7:00pm – Friday Night Celebration at Cyprian’s

Saturday, May 3

• 12:00pm – NOW! Field Day in the Panhandle
• 2:00pm – Capoeira Roda with Capoeira Angola Quintal San Francisco
• 5:30pm – Spotlight on the Panhandle – A photo literary neighborhood walk by senseofplace LAB
• 7:00pm – Church of 8 Wheels Roller Disco – Black Rock City
• 9:00pm – Prince vs Michael Jackson DJ Party at Madrone