Fairs & Festivals
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025 (Oct. 3-5): Everything You Need to Know
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is one of the largest, free-est and beloved music festivals in the country. Be one of over 750,000 attendees over the three-day musical extravaganza in beautiful Golden Gate Park. Save the date as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass makes its return for 2025. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025 Friday- Sunday, October 3-5, more...
SF’s “Flower Piano” Festival is Back September 12-21
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, Sponsored Flower Piano is back! Find hidden pianos in SF’s Botanical Garden. Flower Piano is set to return to the Botanical Garden this September 2025 for 10 days—September 12-21, with a special opening night event on Friday, September 12. In the final days of summer and celebrating its 10th anniversary, Flower Piano will more...
San Francisco September Festivals & Street Fairs
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous September festivals, street fairs, and events including Opera in the Park, SF Botanical Gardens’ Flower Piano, Haight Ashbury Street Fair, Folsom Street Fair, and more you can look forward to this September 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more September events soon! SF’s more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Unveils First of 2025 Lineup
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, Parks & Beaches Hold onto your banjos! Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just dropped the first part of its 2025 lineup. The beloved (and completely free) San Francisco festival returns to Golden Gate Park, October 3-5, 2025, and they’ve got some real headliners to kick off the excitement. And in true Hardly Strictly fashion, this is more...
San Francisco July Festivals & Street Fairs (2025)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous July festivals, street fairs, and events including the Fillmore Jazz Festival, SF’s 4th of July Fireworks show, the Bay’s huge 626 Night Market and more you can look forward to this July 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more July events soon! JULY more...
San Francisco August Festivals & Street Fairs
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous August festivals, street fairs, and events including Free National Parks Day, Japantown’s Nihonmachi Street Fair, Jerry Day and more you can look forward to this August 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more August events soon! Jerry Day 2025 – August 2, 2025 51st more...
Chase Center Hosts Huge Free Outdoor Pride Comedy Show
Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco, Pride, San Francisco Outside and out loud is when breakthrough acts shine their brightest! Thrive City is tearing the roof off live entertainment with our can’t miss comedy lineup geared toward mature audiences. For the third year in a row, Pride Comedy Night presented by Accenture will feature special performances and comedic sets that will have more...
San Francisco’s Summer Festivals & Street Fairs (2025)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Summer is the best time in San Francisco for fairs and festivals. Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous summer festivals, street fairs, and the best events you can look forward to this summer 2025. MAY 2025 2025 Slavic Festival – May 2-3, 2025 The Bay’s Huge “626 Night Market” – May 2-4, more...
“No Kings Day” in the Bay Area: 40+ Anti-Trump Protests (June 14)
Causes, Community, Fairs & Festivals, Have Your Voice Heard, San Francisco No Kings Day in the Bay Area: 40+ Anti-Trump Protests on June 14, 2025 On Saturday, June 14, 2025, more than 40 protests are planned across the Bay Area as part of No Kings Day, a nationwide day of protest and march against Donald Trump on Flag Day and the same more...
Every Night Market in San Francisco Bay Area in 2025
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Night Market The San Francisco Bay Area is set to host a series of bustling, open-air markets and nighttime events in 2025. Please note, we’re continuing to update this guide. Here’s the latest, updated June 24, 2025. Bay Area Night Markets 2025 San Francisco Castro Night Market – Every 3rd Friday, 5-10p – 18th & more...
Downtown SF’s Big Free Summer Concerts Are Back
Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Get ready for another round of free outdoor concerts in the heart of San Francisco. Starting June 14, 2025 the city’s free concert series is back for its second year, bringing live music to downtown plazas all summer long. The first show kicks off with Back 2 Baysics, a daytime event more...
San Francisco’s May Festivals & Street Fairs 2025
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous May festivals, street fairs, and events including San Francisco’s Carnaval, Bay to Breakers, and more you can look forward to this May 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more May events soon! Please note, this guide includes events from 2024; the 2025 more...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is Back for 2025
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored 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. Now in its 25th year, the Festival will run each and every more...
SF’s Downtown Hoedown: New Country-Themed Monthly Block Party (May 1)
Block Party, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals Dust off your boots — a brand-new monthly street party is launching in downtown San Francisco. Starting May 1, 2025, Downtown Hoedown will take over Front Street on the first Thursday of each month through October. It’s part of the expanding Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) series, and it’s free and open more...
SF’s 175th Birthday Laser Space Cannon Light Show (TONIGHT!)
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Community, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy Illuminate Declares San Francisco the “City of Awe” which will Shoot Lasers onto City Hall Tonight to Celebrate the City’s 175th Birthday On San Francisco’s 175th birthday – which coincides with the local phenomenon of 415 Day – Illuminate, the nonprofit arts organization devoted to awe-inspiring public art, will unveil its latest more...
