Native Contemporary Arts Festival | SF

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SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025

The 2025 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 10, 2025 with La Santa Cecilia to kick off its 25th Anniversary Season.

Sunday, June 16, 2019
SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025

A beloved Father’s Day tradition celebrating the creativity of North America’s indigenous peoples, the 20th Annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival showcases a diverse program of native music, dance, spoken word, artist vendors and native crafts.

Native Contemporary Arts Festival
Sunday, June 16, 2019 | Noon to 3 pm
Yerba Buena Gardens (Esplanade), 773 Mission St., SF
FREE

Curated by Janeen Antoine

Welcome – Lakota Harden

Opening Prayer – Kanyon Sayers-Rood 
Dance – Javier Stell-Fresquez & Ivy Monteiro
Music –  Calina Lawrence  
Dance – Winnama Ba-Kay Yachma Pomo Dancers
Dance/Drum – All Nations Drum / Medicine Warriors
Talk & Song – Lakota Harden
Dance – Dancing Earth Dance Troupe
Music – Desirae Harp
Music – Sweetwater Singers
Music – Bobby Young Project 
Closing Prayer – L Frank 

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