Poetry Readings & Reggae Music On Your Lunch Break | Yerba Buena Gardens

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SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2023 (May 6 – October 28)

The 2023 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 6 at 1:00pm with John Santos Sextet + The Afro-Peruvian Coalition.

Now in its 23rd year, the Festival will run each and every week and weekend until October 28 (fall programs to be announced) and is located between Mission and Howard Streets and Third and Fourth Streets in downtown San Francisco.  

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2023

May 6 – October 28, 2023
Plus pre-festival events throughout April 2023
Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission btwn Third and Fourth, SoMa, SF
FREE

Directions & Parking | Admission-Free Seating | Performance Times | See the Full Calendar

Tuesday, June 14, 2016
SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2023 (May 6 – October 28)

Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation.

Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.

Your poets for the day:

• Mộng-Lan
• Muqdad Majeed
• Lisa Gluskin
• Brian Tierney

Musical guest:

• Today’s performance features Rafael Bustamante Sarria and Marlon Aldana of La Gente. Creating a unique multilingual blend of cumbia, reggae, hip-hop, and salsa, La Gente has toured all over the world and recently released their fourth studio album entitled Borderless.

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