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San Francisco’s Fall Festivals & Street Fairs (2025)

All the 2025 dates for 40+ of SF’s most fun fall festivals and street fairs including Dia de los Muertos, Free National Parks Day & more
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Autumn is here! Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous fall festivals, street fairs, and the best events you can look forward to this Fall 2025.

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SF’s “Kite by the Bay” Festival in the Park 2025

September 6, 2025 – SF (Candlestick Park) – FREE – Soar colorful kites against the bay breeze at Kite By The Bay, a free community day of kite-flying, ocean views, and family fun at Candlestick Point State Recreation Area.

Opera in the Park 2025

September 7, 2025 – SF (Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park) – FREE – Upwards of 15,000 bring their picnic blankets and wine to the park for this annual free outdoor concert by the San Francisco Opera for a delightful afternoon of arias, duets and more performed by the stars of the fall season. 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of this beloved Bay Area tradition.

46th Annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair

September 7, 2025 – SF (Haight) – FREE – The annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair brings thousands of people to Haight Street between Stanyan and Masonic to shop over 200 outdoor vendors including food, green businesses, local artists, clothing, crafts, non-profits and more plus two stages of live music.

SF’s Massive Free “Poolside Daytime Disco” DJ Party

September 7, 2025 – SF (Union Square) – FREE – Dance in the sunshine at the debut of Poolside’s Daytime Disco in Union Square, a free outdoor party led by Jeffrey Paradise bringing laid-back beats, summer vibes, and their signature “Daytime Disco” sound to San Francisco.

Bizerkeley Food Festival 2025

September 7, 2025 – Berkeley – FREE – Dig into the Bay Area’s biggest vegan event at the 5th annual Bizerkeley Food Festival, with 100+ vendors, live music, games, a fashion show, and family-friendly fun at the North Berkeley BART Station.

2025 Flower Piano: 12 Hidden Pianos in GG Park

September 12-21, 2025 – SF (Golden Gate Park) – FREE for SF residents – For 10 days, Flower Piano will once again transform San Francisco Botanical Garden for the 10th year into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.

SF’s “Fiesta de las Américas” 2025

September 13, 2025 – SF (Mission Dist.) – FREE – Fiesta de la Américas celebrates the culture, arts and music found from Patagonia to the Arctic Circle, with a particular focus on people of the Latino diaspora who have made San Francisco their home for generations. with festive Folkoric dancing, live music and more.

SF’s Huge Free Shaboozey Outdoor Concert

September 13, 2025 – SF (Civic Center) – FREE – Celebrate EMPIRE’s 15th anniversary with a free all-ages concert at Civic Center Plaza featuring Shaboozey, Fireboy DML, Red Leather, food trucks, vendors, and giveaways.

SF’s 44th Annual Comedy Day 2025

September 14, 2025 – SF (Golden Gate Park) – FREE – San Francisco’s original, longest-running, free, outdoor comedy concert in the world, Comedy Day in the Park is back to celebrate its 43rd anniversary with a five-hour free comedy show in the park with over 50 comedians.

SF’s Free Oktoberfest on Front Block Party

September 14, 2025 – SF (FiDi) – FREE – Celebrate Oktoberfest with steins of beer, German bites, live music, games, and a lively street party in the heart of downtown San Francisco.

Free Drive-in Movie Night

September 18, 2025 – Concert & San Jose – FREE – Enjoy a nostalgic night under the stars with free movies, music, games, $2 nachos, and family fun at West Wind Drive-In’s Free Movie Night in Concord and San Jose.

2025 San Francisco Greek Festival

September 19-21, 2025 – SF (Mission Dist) – FREE – “A Taste of Greece” returns for its 74th year with aromas of freshly made Spanakopita, Moussaka, Gyros, plus live Greek music and dancing.

SF’s Muni Heritage Weekend 2025

September 20-21, 2025 – SF (Embarcadero) – FREE – The annual Muni Heritage Weekend is an opportunity to ride special vintage transit vehicles that are rarely seen on the streets of San Francisco including vintage buses and the beloved Blackpool Boat Tram. Plus rides on all these streetcars will be FREE all weekend.

“Chuseok” Korean Harvest Festival 2025

September 27, 2025 – SF (Presidio) – FREE – The Annual Chuseok Festival is the Bay Area’s largest public event celebrating, showcasing, and promoting Korean culture, cuisine, music, arts, and community. The festival will have delicious Korean food (both traditional and fusion), exciting live performances from local Korean cultural performance groups, traditional Korean games and activities, and more.

“Corgi Con” Bay Area 2025

September 27, 2025 – Pleasanton – (Alameda County Fairgrounds) – $12 – Celebrate all things Corgi at the largest Corgi event in Northern Corgifornia.

Free National Parks Day 2025

September 27, 2025 – All National Parks – FREE – Enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park, and free admission aboard all of the historic vessels at the Hyde Street Pier of SF’s Maritime National Historical Park.

2025 Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival

September 27-28, 2025 – SF (Chinatown) – FREE –  The bustling streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown are transformed into a vibrant public celebration for the 34th Annual Autumn Moon Festival filled with arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, live music, local contemporary entertainment, mooncakes, lion dancing, and more family-friendly fun.

Folsom Street Fair 2025

September 28, 2025 – SF (Folsom) –  FREE* (but $10-20 donation suggested) – A true only in San Francisco original, typically covers over 13 city blocks filled with 250,000+ people in their most outrageous leather, rubber, and fetish attire enjoying the world’s largest leather fair.

51st Annual Castro Street Fair

Sunday, October 5, 2025 – SF (Castro) – FREE – Community street celebration that was founded by Harvey Milk in 1974 features hundreds of local artists, vendors, craftspeople, and multiple stages with live entertainment and dancing throughout the neighborhood.

2025 San Francisco Fleet Week

October 5-13, 2025 – SF (Northern Waterfront) – FREE – The annual Fleet Week airshow and festival is back with nearly a full week of events including ship tours, K9 showcases, ship tours and the three-day airshow running October 10-12, 2025 highlighted by the Blue Angels buzzing the city.

SF’s World of Dumplings Food Festival

Sunday, October 12, 2025 – SF (FiDi) – FREE – A free dumpling festival at the Ferry Building with 20+ vendors, live music, cooking demos, contests, and dumplings from around the world.

 

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2025 Italian Heritage Festival & Parade

Sunday, October 12, 2025 – SF (North Beach) – FREE – The San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade launched in 1868, and is now the longest continuously running Italian Heritage Parade in the United States. 

2025 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off

Monday, October 13, 2025 – Half Moon Bay – FREE – The excitement is building in Pumpkintown as the World’s Greatest Gourd Growers and their Goliath, mind-bending, Rhinoceros-sized orange orbs hope to squash the world record at the 52nd annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off –– the “Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs” –– in the World Pumpkin Capital, Half Moon Bay.

Alcatraz’s Sunrise Gathering for Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025

Monday, October 13, 2025 – SF (Yerba Buena) – FREE – A sunrise gathering on Alcatraz honoring the 1969–71 occupation by Indians of All Tribes, featuring ceremony, reflection, and cultural commemoration.

 

2025 Bearrison Street Fair

Saturday, October 18, 2025 – SF (SoMa) – FREE – Enjoy burly entertainment, including attendee competitions building off the fan-favorite wrestling stage and the buns-out deadlift competition.

50th Annual Potrero Hill R&B Festival 2025

Saturday, October 18, 2025 – SF (Potrero Hill) – FREE – Jam out to R&B music while we celebrate the Potrero community outdoors on 20th Street as we stretch out over 4 blocks with live music, food, family, and fun.

2025 Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival

Sat-Sun, October 18-19, 2025 – Half Moon Bay – FREE – The World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay celebrates with a smashing lineup of heavyweight champion pumpkins, four stages of stellar live music, the fantastically fun Great Pumpkin Parade, and tons more.

Sunday Streets “Phoenix Day” Block Party Day 2025

Sunday, October 19, 2025 – SF – FREE – SF’s biggest block party with over a dozen community-led block parties and activities happening across the city, there’s something for every San Franciscan and visitor to enjoy.

SF’s Official Diwali Celebration & Night Market

October 24, 2025 – SF (Downtown) – FREE – Bhangra and Beats’s season finale ends with a bang as San Francisco’s official Diwali celebration. Celebrate with a giant night market and block party spanning 4 city blocks with an array of South Asian vendors and food, plus performances.

 

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Bay Area Science Festival 2025

Saturday, October 25, 2025 – SF (UCSF, Mission Bay) – FREE – Massive, one-day-only celebration of all things science with 120+ hands-on experiences for all ages – taking place outdoors at Koret Quad’s expansive lawns, pine groves & research facilities. One block from Chase Center.

SF’s Annual Sandcastle Classic 2025

Saturday, October 25, 2025 – SF (Ocean Beach) – FREE – For one day, Ocean Beach is home to the largest sandcastle contest in Northern California; featuring dozens of jaw-dropping, supersized sand sculptures; plus there are food trucks and live music all day.

SF’s “Nightmare on Front Street” Halloween Block Party 2025

Friday, October 31, 2025 – SF (FiDi) – FREE – Experience a spook-tacular, free Halloween block party on Front Street with themed drinks, live music, DJs, costume contests, and eerie fun at multiple haunted venues.

“Halloween Hoopla” Kids Festival in the Park 2025

November 1, 2025 – SF (SoMa) – FREE – The 25th annual Halloween Hoopla returns with awe-inspiring performers from Circus Bella plus live music from the Circus Bella All-Star Trio. The Hoopla grand finale is the popular Halloween Costume Parade where all kids are welcome to join in their best Halloween looks.

Renegade Craft Fair Winter 2025

November 1-2, 2025 – SF (Fort Mason) – $5 Suggested Donation – Shop from over 250 artists at Renegade San Francisco featuring the best artist-made gifts, creative small biz goods, and handmade treasures, all in time for the holidays.

San Francisco Tea Festival 2025

November 1-2, 2025 – SF (Ferry Bldg) – FREE* – If you love tea, there’s probably no better event all year to attend. Explore and taste hundreds of teas from 30+ different tea makers. Vendors include established brands and local artisans. *Free tickets are sold out! GA Tickets start at $19 and include free tastings and a souvenir porcelain tasting cup.

SF’s 2025 Dia de los Muertos Festival of Altars

November 2, 2025 – SF (Potrero Del Sol Park) – FREE – Every November 2nd, Marigold Project produces the Dia de Los Muertos Festival of Altars to honor your ancestors and understand where we come from with community altar building at 8am, ceremony at noon, and performances at 5pm. Then you can join the Day of the Dead Ritual Procession that typically begins at 22nd and Bryant Streets.

2025 “Dia de los Muertos” 44th Annual Procession in The Mission

November 2, 2025 – SF (Mission Dist.) – FREE – Join the procession through The Mission to honor our ancestors, with Azteca Dancers leading the way, stopping at each main corner of the four stops and performing a ritual dance.

SF’s Holiday Ice Skating Rink: 2025 Opening Day w/ Free Ice Skating

November 5, 2025 – SF (Union Square) – $20 General Admission (includes skate rental) – One of San Francisco’s favorite holiday traditions returns for the 2025-26 holiday season. From November 5, 2025 through January 19, 2026, enjoy ice skating in San Francisco’s iconic Union Square plaza surrounded by festive lights and the sights and sounds of the season. Plus for Opening Day, the first 100 guests skate for free during the 5:30pm and 7pm sessions on November 5, 2025.

SF’s 10th Annual German Autumn Lantern Festival 2025

November 7, 2025 – SF (Presidio) – FREE – Celebrate the 10th annual “Laternenfest” and enjoy German food, student performances, lanterns, and a delightful evening stroll through Eureka Valley’s charming streets.

2025 San Francisco Street Food Festival

November 8-9, 2025 – SF (China Basin Park) – $12 – The “Best Food Festival in the Country” returns after a five-year hiatus to a new waterfront location where 25+ chefs celebrate La Cocina’s 20th anniversary with live music, artisans and more.

San Francisco Coffee Festival 2025

November 8-9, 2025 – SF (Fort Mason) – $31 – An immersive two‑day coffee showcase featuring over 100 curated roasters and exhibitors highlighting unique beans, flavor profiles, educational panels, and live music.

The San Francisco Fall Cider Fest 2025

November 8-9, 2025 – SF (SPARK Social SF) – $55 – Raise your glass and sip your way through unlimited pours of 30+ ciders featuring flavors like sweet honey-sage, agave ginger, sour blood orange, and tropical passionfruit. Indulge in all your fall food truck favorites, warm up by the fire pit with s’mores, and snap Insta-worthy shots at our awe-tumn photo ops, all while grooving to live beats.

 

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2025 “SF Tweed Ride” Dress Up Bicycle Party

November 8, 2025 – SF (Alamo Square Park) – FREE – The Tweed Ride is a dapper bicycle party through the streets of San Francisco. Don your best tweed and join the group ride which stops for a picnic along the route and ends with drinks.

Free National Parks Day

November 11, 2025 – All National Parks – FREE –  Enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park, and free admission aboard all of the historic vessels at the Hyde Street Pier of SF’s Maritime National Historical Park

41st Annual Great Dickens Christmas Fair 2025

November 22 – December 21, 2025 – Daly City (Cow Palace) – $45 (Adult General Admission Tix; discounts available) – The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is a one-of-a-kind immersive adventure into Victorian London. Dress up and attend an elaborate holiday party with hundreds of costumed players performing and interacting with patrons in over 140,000 square feet of theatrically-lit music halls, pubs, dance floors, and festive shops.

Indigenous Peoples’ Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering 2025

November 27, 2025 – SF (Alcatraz) – FREE (but adult boat tix to Alcatraz are $15) – The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony is an annual event held every year on Thanksgiving on Alcatraz Island, part of the San Francisco Ohlone Territory, to commemorate the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes. Typically, there are presenters on current and past Indigenous Peoples’ struggles to defend human rights, sovereignty, treaties, sacred sites, and traditional lands, plus drummers and dancers.

2025 Ghirardelli Square’s Holiday Lighting Ceremony

November 28, 2025 – SF (Ghirardelli Square) – FREE – Enjoy the annual holiday performance by the SF Boys Chorus, singing classic holiday tunes around the fountain in the Main Plaza. Warm up with a cup of peppermint hot cocoa as you experience the magical lighting of the Square and the iconic Ghirardelli sign.