Celebrations
Free Asian Art Museum Lunar New Year Celebration
Celebrations Welcome the Year of the Rat with dancing, art-making and storytelling at our annual Lunar New Year Celebration. This year’s celebration features a student performance of classical Chinese music and readings from Amy Ma about the zodiac calendar and Year of the Rat characteristics — who knows, you may discover something more...
MLK Jr. Day Festival, March & Parade 2020 (San Francisco)
Celebrations Every year, the Bay Area celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of festivals, marches and celebrations highlighted by a march and festival near the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Most of the events are organized by the NorCalMLK Foundation. Getting There – Monday, January more...
A 150-Foot Ferris Wheel is Coming to Golden Gate Park in 2020
Celebrations An illuminated 150-foot observation wheel is among the attractions being planned for Golden Gate Park’s 150th anniversary in 2020. The wheel will provide riders with sweeping views from the ocean to downtown San Francisco and is roughly as tall as the de Young Museum’s observation deck. The observation wheel will launch more...
Bay Area Winter Fireworks & Lighted Boat Parade
Celebrations The Sausalito on the Waterfront Association hosts their annual Lighted Boat Parade along the waterfront. Watch dozens of brightly lit and beautifully decorated boats parade along the shoreline by the Spinnaker, Sausalito Yacht Club & Ferry Landing. 2019 Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade & Fireworks Saturday, December 14, 2019 | 5 pm to 8 more...
SF’s Epic 100+ Lowrider Cruise of the Mission
Celebrations No matter where you are in SF, you’ll probably be able to catch a glimpse of over 100 of San Francisco’s most decked out lowriders cruising all over the city. Mexican Independence Lowrider Car Show Sunday, September 15, 2019 | 11 am to 5 pm 24th Street, San Francisco FREE to watch Car Show – more...
SF’s Epic Origami Festival
Celebrations At the annual Origami-Palooza, watch origami experts fold paper into seemingly impossible shapes, and enter your creations into the Origami Challenge contest. Anyone and everyone, from young to old, to beginner to experienced, can learn to create amazing things with paper. 2019 Origami-Palooza Sunday, August 25, 2019 | 11 am to 4 pm East Japan more...
Celebrate Oakland’s First Rainbow Crosswalks
Celebrations Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Oakland’s first Rainbow Crosswalks, along with Oakland Pride & our amazing Upper Telegraph community. There will be Queer First Fridays DJs and Dance Party, Drag shows, food, drinks and more. And although there’s still a long road ahead, this event also celebrates that the City more...
SF’s Massive Free Filipino Festival
Celebrations Celebrate the Pistahan Parade & Festival in San Francisco on August 10 and 11. Billed as the largest celebration of Filipino Americans in the U.S., experience the best of Filipino art, dance, music and food at the Pistahan Parade and Festival. The two-day event, organized by the Filipino American Arts Exposition, is more...
2019 Dahlia Show: SF’s Official Flower Celebration
Celebrations The Dahlia Society of San Francisco will hold their annual Dahlia Show at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, August 17, 2019, and from 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday, August 18, 2019. The Dahlia is the official flower of more...
SFO’s Free Terminal 1 Sneak Preview Party
Celebrations Join in to celebrate the grand opening of SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1 (serving JetBlue and Southwest starting July 23) and the upcoming opening of the Grand Hyatt at SFO. SFO is hosting a special Community Day and you’re invited for a free sneak peek inside the new Harvey Milk more...
Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
Celebrations Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, with Neil Armstrong taking the historic first steps on the moon 6 hours later. The first steps on the moon took place at 7:56pm Pacific Time. Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, more...
SF’s “Festival of the Chariots”
Celebrations You are invited with family and friends to participate in this 53rd “Ratha Yatra” in San Francisco. The “Festival of the Chariots,” known throughout India as the “Ratha Yatra” festival, has been performed for thousands of years in Puri, India, and today it is celebrated in all major cities throughout the more...
SF Lights Up for Pride
Celebrations We just can’t help ourselves this time of year…. everything lights up like a rainbow in the lead up to Pride! Here’s how San Francisco is showing off. City Hall Lights Up Every Year Conservatory of Flowers Has Pride Power Coit Tower? Standing Tall with Pride Not yet confirmed for 2019, but they have lit up many more...
SF’s Summer Solstice Lighting
Celebrations Put some flowers in your hair and come celebrate the start of summer with an amazing night of music in Golden Gate Park at the iconic Conservatory of Flowers. The City will revel in another free concert in the Park and as the longest day of the year slides into night, more...
Corgi Con: 1,000 Dog Beach Paw-ty
Celebrations The NorCal Corgi Con is a wonderfully bizarre beach day bash for dogs (and their pawrents) that brings together hundreds of enthusiastic Corgis, their owners and wannabes too on Ocean Beach in San FranCorgsco. 2019 Corgi Con Saturday, June 15, 2019 | 10 am to 2 pm Ocean Beach, below Cliff House (Between Stairwell 2 and more...
