Fairs & Festivals
Night Bloom: Hot Air Balloon Experience – Saturday, January 12 & 19 | Sunday, January 13 & 20 | 7 pm – Oxbow Commons (weather pending) Napa Valley’s majestic hot air balloons will be uniquely displayed as part of this year’s Art After Dark experience. Several tethered hot air balloons will light up more...
SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, is a yearly celebration of sketch, improv, stand-up, musical and alternative comedy, bringing the best in headlining and up and coming comedy to the Bay Area every January. 18th Annual SF Sketchfest January 10-27, 2019 See the full 2019 SF Sketchfest schedule and list of performers. The 2019 lineup includes more...
The College Football Playoff Championship is coming to San Jose and the whole Bay Area can celebrate. Part of the celebration includes the AT&T Playoff Playlist Live, their signature concert series taking place January 4-6, 2019. The AT&T Playoff Playlist Live concert series will bring three days of music, sponsor giveaways, ESPN broadcasts more...
Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month from 5-9p. for five huge blocks on Telegraph Avenue from West Grand to 27th Street. Oakland’s KONO district (Koreatown/Northgate) springs to life with for this event, with galleries, artist collectives, street artists, local culinary more...
Take part in Northern California’s largest sandcastle building event which features a spirited competition between teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers and local elementary school students at Ocean Beach on Saturday, November 3, 2018. The theme for the 36th annual Leap Sandcastle Contest is “Building Bridges.” There’s also a community castle for everyone to join in more...
Each year, Epiphany Productions transforms the city’s streets into stages through San Francisco Trolley Dances, a series of free contemporary dance performances along a Muni line. San Francisco Trolley Dances, now in its 15th anniversary season, is a two-day, free (with Muni fare) public performance curated by Epiphany Dance Theater artistic director more...
The 2018 LitCrawl will span over three hours in the Mission District’s Valencia Street corridor, featuring dozens of literary readings and events, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and more, in bookstores, bars, galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, community spaces, a bookmobile, a vibrator store, and a police station. One of the most anticipated more...
Bring your dog and join the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for a free, fun, dog-themed rally to get out the vote for the November 6 elections. Speakers, a dog for president and a dog costume contest, voter registrations, dogs available for adoption, and more. Bark the Vote Saturday, October 20, 2018 | 10am more...
San Francisco’s legendary annual Litquake festival features hundreds of authors, poets and journalists in a myriad of separate events throughout the Bay Area. It’s all meant to foster interest in literature for people of all ages, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing.
It’s a block party. Bluxome Street Fair is a celebration of Bluxome Street Business and the SOMA Community. Enjoy food, family-friendly activities, a dog run, live music, and local vendors. Come one, come all. Bluxome Street Fair Sunday, October 14, 2018 | 11 am to 4 pm Bluxome St, Between 4th & 5th, more...
See a display of gigantic heavyweight champion pumpkins, four stages of entertainment, and the Great Pumpkin Parade at the annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. 2018 Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival October 13–14, 2018 | 9 am to 5 pm Historic Main Street, Downtown Half Moon Bay FREE The Great Pumpkin Parade more...
SPCA is celebrating 150 years of serving San Francisco’s animals and the people who love them. Come join the street party with it’s latest theme, “Cuddle Me.” SPCA “Cuddle Me” Festival October 13, 2018 | 10 am to 3 pm San Francisco SPCA, 201 Alabama St, SF FREE (RSVP is required) 2018 SPCA “Cuddle Me” Activities Free Adoptions Purina more...
A huge daytime costume party, the Castro Street Fair is once again filling the streets of the Castro with several stages of entertainment, unique costumes, art, and food. Bring a little of your inner freak to the festivities and experience a full day of live music, strange performances, and live DJs. 45th Annual more...
Sunset Piano Block Party is back this year and bigger than ever. Enjoy tasty food and craft beers from one of San Francisco’s most scenic viewpoints in Potrero Hill, while listening to live piano performances by amazing local musicians. In addition to Sunset Piano, they’ll have local craft beer from Harmonic Brewing, more...
If you like lounging in the park, laughing your ass off with the distant smell of pot wafting through the air, then the 38th Annual Comedy Day might be the best way for you to spend a Sunday afternoon. The biggest single-day comedy event of the year in San Francisco is more...