Fairs & Festivals
SF Lowrider 40th Anniversary Exhibit & Cruise (Sept. 18)
Artsy Fartsy, Celebrations, Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco A free art exhibit opening on Tuesday in San Francisco’s Mission District aims to highlight the history of lowrider vehicles — a celebrated form of expression for Latinos in the U.S. The exhibit is being put on by the San Francisco Lowrider Council as part of the organization’s 40th anniversary celebration more...
Oakland Hosts CA’s First Ever Legal “Sesh”
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Oakland Harborside & Smoakland present Market Daze 2021 feat. Hiero and Friends. California’s 1st Legal Sesh Market Daze, is a cannabis marketplace for legally licensed brands like Korova, Smoakland, Sublime, and many more! Come out to chop it up with some of your favorite cannabis brands and retailers like Harborside, Blunts + more...
John Waters’ “Halloween Meltdown” Music Fest in Oakland (Oct. 16-17)
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Oakland, Reopening Get your costumes ready for Halloween Meltdown, an outdoor music festival hosted by John Waters, live in the flesh, at Mosswood Park in Oakland, October 16-17, 2021. You’ll have a ghoulishly good time with live sets by Osees, The Gories, Seth Bogart, The Mummies and many more. Plus, there will be more...
SF’s 153rd Italian Heritage Parade Returns to North Beach (Oct. 10)
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening One of the San Francisco’s oldest celebrations of heritage and the longest-running Italian-American parade in the nation returns October 10, 2021. Thanks to The Chronicle for breaking the news it’s the first major parade to return to San Francisco since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Serving as the Grand Marshall is Graziano Cerchiai, owner of the historic more...
Golden Gate Park’s New Free 2021 Outdoor Concert Series
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy Golden Gate Bandshell welcomes back live performances with a diverse lineup of musicians to play free concerts at historic landmark. Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell’s iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco more...
Oakland Symphony’s Free Outdoor Waterfront Concerts
Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy, Things to Do Pick up a delectable assortment of prepared foods and fine wines from Rocky’s Market and relax in the open-air with friends at the Brooklyn Basin with four free outdoor concerts featuring musicians from the Oakland Symphony in one-time-only musical configurations and special instrumentation performing site-specific repertoire. Please note that longtime Oakland more...
SF’s Free Outdoor Movies are Back Starting August 27
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Free Movie Screenings, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Sundown Cinema is back, and just in time for San Francisco summer. Enjoy food, drinks, and film selections that celebrate the unique character and beauty of our city’s parks and neighborhoods. From now through October, Sundown Cinema is bringing five iconic films to five parks across SF, beginning with Sister Act more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Cancels 2021 Golden Gate Park Festival
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open We probably all thought this news was coming, but Thursday morning Hardly Strictly Bluegrass made it official: For the second year in a row organizers are canceling the in-person festival at Golden Gate Park for 2021 that was originally scheduled for October 1-3. But it’s not all bad news. HSB will more...
SF’s Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival Returns September 11-12
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening Plagued by the pandemic, xenophobia, and crime, Chinatown has had one rough year. Nonetheless, tourists are starting to return and things are beginning to return to normal. To enliven their spirit, the community can look forward to its traditional annual Autumn Moon Festival. Once again, the streets of historic Chinatown will more...
Castro Street Fair Returns October 3, 2021
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening Although the Fair may look a little different this year, pending potential guidance from SFDPH, the Castro Street Fair returns in person on Sunday, October 3, 2021. 2021 Fair details are still forthcoming. The Fair is always the first Sunday in October from 11 am to 6 pm. History of Castro Street more...
Bay Area Summer Festival Guide 2021 (Updated)
4th of July, Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Things are feeling close to back to normal, so that means that many traditional summer fairs and festivals are returning for the first time in more than a year. Here’s our upcoming list big fun events to look forward to! 2021 Summer Festivals / Bay Area Updated 8/17/21 June 2021 San Mateo County Fair more...
Headliner Stevie Nicks Drops Out of BottleRock 2021
COVID-19 Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, What's Closed / What's Open Legendary singer Stevie Nicks announced yesterday that she was dropping out of her headlining Friday night slot at Napa’s BottleRock festival that was scheduled for September 3rd due to COVID concerns. The Fleetwood Mac star said that while she is vaccinated she wants to be “extremely cautious” and is cancelling all more...
SF’s New Outdoor Summer Festival at Chase Center
Fairs & Festivals, Free Movie Screenings, Get Out: Events, Sponsored Thrive City, the 3.2 acre plaza surrounding the Chase Center hosts a free series of events throughout the summer including happy hours, DJ events, lectures, farmers markets, comedy shows, outdoor movies and Warriors-themed celebrations – all free and open to the public. The plaza features tons of seating and picnic areas, more...
Last Chance $15 Tix: TreasureFest (Deadline July 31)
Deals, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Sponsored Celebrating its 10th anniversary, TreasureFest is back with its largest festival ever on September 18-19, 2021. After countless weekends of good times over the past decade, TreasureFest has outgrown Treasure Island and set their eyes on an expansive, easily accessible, open-air location to celebrate 10 years – The Marin Center in more...
SF’s Comedy Day in the Park is Back Sept. 19
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Things to Do San Francisco’s original, longest-running, free, outdoor comedy concert in the world, Comedy Day in the Park is back to celebrate its 40th anniversary. If you like lounging in the park, laughing your ass off, then the 40th Anniversary Comedy Day might be the best way for you to spend a Sunday afternoon. The more...
