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TreasureFest: Hawaii in July
By - posted 7/28/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready for a full on “Hawaii in July” festival as part of TreasureFest with 400+ vendors, 35+ food trucks and stalls and tons more – with 15,000+ joining the celebration every month. TreasureFest: Hawaii in July July 28-29 | 10am – 4pm California Ave. & Ave. N, Treasure Island, SF – Map $5 Entry more...

Pedalfest 2018
By - posted 7/26/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Pedalfest is a free celebration of bikes, cycling, food and family. Join everyone at Jack London Square for a day of bicycle shenanigans, an amphibious bike race, dare-devil stunts, art bikes, and live music on a pedal-powered stage and the most amazing collection of bicycles to be seen from vintage and more...

The “NorCal Night Market” is Here
By - posted 7/25/2018
Fairs & Festivals

NorCal Night Market aims to bring the electric spirit of night markets and taste of international cuisines to Northern California. Suitable for all ages, the festival will feature 150+ food and merchandise vendors, games, art and live music for two weekends. Attendees can munch on food from a diverse offering of more...

Oakland’s 40th Street Block Party
By - posted 7/14/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready to rock outdoors to great live music including punk, jazz, blues plus special guests and DJs curated by Broken Guitars and 1-2-3-4 Go Records and indulge in delicious local food, beer and wine at the 3rd annual 40th Street Block Party in Temescal (40th Street between Webster and Opal). The Food Homeroom Mac’n’cheese, Kenny’s Heart more...

SF’s Free Summer Market Street Concert Series
By - posted 7/4/2018
Fairs & Festivals

This free annual outdoor music festival puts on over 120 free lunchtime concerts featuring an array of different styles from July to October in over 15 different public plazas near Market Street stretched from the Embarcadero to Van Ness. “People in Plazas” 2018 Market Street Music Festival July 5 to October 3, 2018 | Most concerts more...

SF’s Soy & Tofu Festival
By - posted 6/24/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Come discover the “joy of soy” at the 8th annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival with live entertainment, a tofu eating contest. Cooking Demonstrations • Soy & Tofu Vendors • Soy & Tofu Dessert Competition • Live Performances • Soy Samples • Raffle • Food Trucks • Soy Education • Scavenger more...

SF’s NOW Festival
By - posted 6/23/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Come on out June 22-24, 2018 to co-create the best possible version of the panhandle community for one extraordinary week as the NOW Summer Festival takes over the neighborhoods around San Francisco’s iconic Panhandle (plus a few others all over the city). Join in for free events like build-your-own-boat race, flowers crowns, and their more...

Oakland’s LakeFest
By - posted 6/22/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Join the 1st Annual Lake Fest Oakland, presented by a passionate and talented team of organizers who have a love for producing large, free, public events in the City of Oakland. Many of the Oakland natives who grew up in Oakland, attended Oakland schools, and want to keep Oaklanders coming together more...

SF’s Summer Block Parties are Back
By - posted 6/21/2018
Fairs & Festivals

The Commons on Third Thursdays will activate UN Plaza, Fulton Street and Civic Center Plaza with three stages of music, food trucks, bars, bocce ball and other activities held on four nights, once a month through October, from 5 to 9 pm. “The Commons” is the name for the collective area comprising more...

64th Annual North Beach Festival
By - posted 6/16/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Considered one of the country’s original outdoor festivals, the North Beach Festival celebrates its 64th anniversary in historic North Beach. 2018 North Beach Festival Saturday & Sunday, June 16-17, 2018 | 10 am to 6 pm Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue, San Francisco FREE The festival site includes numerous quaint streets in the heart of the district including Grant more...

SF’s Newest Festival & Block Party
By - posted 6/8/2018
Fairs & Festivals

A San Francisco landmark, Ghirardelli Square is inviting the community to join the 1st Annual Ghirardelli Square Festival and street fair. 1st Annual Ghirardelli Square Festival & Street Fair June 9 to 10, 2018 | 10 am to 6 pm Ghirardelli Square, 900 N Point St, San Francisco FREE The streets of Polk and Beach will more...

SF’s Largest “Sunday Streets” is June 3rd
By - posted 6/3/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Sunday Streets (March – October 2018) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yogis, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. Sunday Streets June 3, 2018 more...

Sunday Streets Berkeley: 24-Block Party
By - posted 6/3/2018
Fairs & Festivals

Inspired by San Francisco, Berkeley will once again throw a giant street party; Shattuck Avenue will transform into a car-free haven for 24 blocks from Rose to Channing and from Durant to Telegraph. This is an epic mile-long street party where people can stroll, cycle, dance, and joyfully play (including well-behaved pets) in the closed more...

Union Street Music Festival
By - posted 6/1/2018
Fairs & Festivals

In its 42nd year, The Union Street Music Festival is one of San Francisco’s largest annual free events. For the 2nd year in a row, it will feature over 24 live bands sprinkled throughout the 5 blocks of the festival. The entertainment areas will showcase five different genres: Jazz, Blues, Country, more...

SF’s Newest Street Unveiling “Tony Bennett Way”
By - posted 5/30/2018
Fairs & Festivals

San Francisco’s singing ambassador, Tony Bennett, himself, will unveil his honorary street sign on Saturday, June 2nd in front of the storied Fairmont Hotel where his first public performance of the iconic classic “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” took place in December 1961. From Noon – 3pm on June more...