Fairs & Festivals
SF’s 2024 Chinese New Year Parade w/ Awkwafina as Grand Marshall
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 24-25, 2024). Typically, nearly 100 more...
Bay Area 2023 Holiday Markets
Fairs & Festivals, Holidays Feeling festive? Get into the spirit at a local holiday market from pop-up shops to holiday strolls, night markets, and even traditional Christmas Markets like the German Christmas Market.
2023 Tree Lightings & Holiday Lights (San Francisco + Bay Area)
Fairs & Festivals, Holidays Bay Area shines bright for 2023! Get ready to be swept away by the magical glow of 2023’s tree lightings and holiday displays in San Francisco and the Bay Area! From the iconic Union Square tree to charming neighborhood illuminations, this year promises a season of dazzling festivities. Explore a wonderland of more...
2023 Holiday Festivities (San Francisco + Bay Area)
Fairs & Festivals, Holidays Embracing the holiday spirit in the Bay for 2023! Bay Area comes alive with vibrant holiday cheer as the season approaches. From dazzling lights to festive markets, the region offers an array of delightful festivities for locals and visitors alike. > Please note that we’ll be continuing to update our Holiday Festivities more...
San Francisco December Festivals & Street Fairs
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Winter is coming! Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous December festivals and street fairs including festive holiday lighting events you can look forward to this December 2023. > Please note that we’ll be continuing to update our December Festivals & Street Fairs Guide for 2023. Hayes Valley’s 33rd Holiday Stroll – more...
San Francisco’s Winter Festivals & Street Fairs (2023)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Winter is coming! Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous winter festivals and street fairs you can look forward to this Winter 2023. > Please note that we’ll be continuing to update our Winter Festivals & Street Fairs Guide for 2023. Día de los Muertos in the Sunset – Wednesday, November 1, more...
Oakland’s First Fridays Going On Hiatus Starting in January
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Oakland Thanks to KTVU for sharing the unfortunate news that Oakland’s First Fridays block party is going on hiatus. The popular, lively monthly street fair, happening on first Fridays, has announced they will be taking a break from the festival. Although attendance isn’t down, it receives between 15,000 to 35,000 attendees each more...
San Francisco November Festivals & Street Fairs
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Día de los Muertos in the Sunset – Wednesday, November 1, 2023 SF’s Holiday Ice Skating Rink: Opening Day – Wednesday, November 1, 2023 SF’s 2023 Dia de los Muertos – Thursday, November 2, 2023 Renegade Craft Fair – November 4-5, 2023 San Francisco Tea Festival – November 4-5, 2023 KOHO Japantown Film Festival – more...
SF’s Polk Street “Trick or Treat” Trail 2023
Fairs & Festivals, Halloween, San Francisco, Sponsored Join Discover Polk CBD, Russian Hill Neighbors, and Polk District Merchants for a family friendly Halloween event. Bouncy house, Halloween tunes, and a costume contest for kids, families, and dogs with fun prizes including gift certificates to your favorite Polk Street merchants. Don’t miss Storefront trick or treating on Polk between more...
San Francisco’s Fall Festivals & Street Fairs (2023)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Flower Piano: 12 Hidden Pianos in GG Park – September 8-12, 2023 Opera in the Park– Sunday, September 10, 2023 San Francisco Greek Festival – Friday-Sunday, September 15-17, 2023 44th Annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair– Sunday, September 17, 2023 42nd Annual Comedy Day (Golden Gate Park) – Sunday, September 17, 2023 (Tentative) “Ever Higher” Excelsior Arts more...
Bay Area’s Halloween Party Guide 2023
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Halloween Check out Halloween events around Bay Area for 2023 including a Halloween pub crawls, outdoor movies, art shows, haunted tours, insane block parties, family-friendly fun, haunted houses and more.
San Francisco October Festivals & Street Fairs
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events 49th Annual Castro Street Fair – Sunday, October 1, 2023 Fleet Week – October 4-9, 2023 27th Annual Middle Eastern Food Festival – October 7-8, 2023 115th Italian Heritage Festival & Parade – Sunday, October 8, 2023 Indigenous Peoples Day – Monday, October 9, 2023 Bearrison Street Fair – Saturday, October 14, 2023 Sunday Streets “Phoenix Day” Block more...
SF’s Huge “TreasureFest” Returns to Treasure Island in 2024
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Things to Do For the first time since November 2019, the massive “TreasureFest” makes its return to Treasure Island on February 24-25, 2024. Announced on September 19, 2023, Treasure Fest, a huge 18,000+ weekend festival will once again take over the eastern side of Treasure Island for 11 monthly weekend-long festivals starting in February more...
SF’s Union Square Ice Rink is Back for 2023-24 (Nov. 1 – Jan. 15)
Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s only outdoor ice rink, the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink returns to Union Square for the 2023-24 holiday season and will host favorite on-ice traditions including Learn to Skate, Drag Queens On Ice, Flashback Fridays, Simba Saturdays, Silent Skate, and Polar Bear Skate. SKATING SESSIONS AND HOURS (2023-24) The ice rink more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2023 (Sept. 29 – Oct. 1): Everything You Need to Know
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco 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 2023. Highlights for 2023 include Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The more...
