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2017 World Music Day Block Party
By - posted 6/14/2017
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Palo Alto World Music Day is an annual music festival that takes place on Father’s Day in Palo Alto on University Avenue, between Webster and High, which will be closed to traffic. 2017 Palo Alto World Music Day  Sunday, June 18, 2017 | 3-7:30 pm University Ave, between Webster and High, Palo Alto FREE The festival features 50+ more...

2017 “Salsa Sundays” Kickoff Block Party
By - posted 6/13/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Salsa Sundays is back for summer 2017 with a series of five block parties held every third Sunday of the month from June through October in the heart of Downtown Berkeley. Come and join in the fun at the best block party around. Expect free live music and dancing in the more...

40th Annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair
By - posted 6/10/2017
Fairs & Festivals

The annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair brings thousands of people to Haight Street between Stanyan and Masonic to shop over 200 outdoor vendors including food, green businesses, local artists, clothing, crafts, non-profits and more. 2017 Haight Ashbury Street Fair Sunday, June 11, 2017 | 11 am to 5:30 pm Haight Street (Stanyan to Masonic), more...

2017 Hot Air Balloon Classic at Sonoma County
By - posted 6/9/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Set your alarm early and make the beautiful drive to the north coast for the annual Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic in wine country. You’ll be treated to the dawn balloon launch off a field full of classic and character shaped hot air balloons. And hey, on the way home you can treat more...

2017 San Francisco Free Folk Festival
By - posted 6/9/2017
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Now in its 41st year, the San Francisco Free Folk Festival celebrates folk music and dance through free concerts and workshops from all over the world. Think of it as “Hardly Strictly,” but without the sunburn or the claustrophobia. 2017 San Francisco Free Folk Festival Saturday, June 10, 2017 | Noon to 10 pm Everett Middle School, 450 more...

“ChoreoFest” Contemporary Dance Festival
By - posted 6/7/2017
Fairs & Festivals

The inaugural Yerba Buena ChoreoFest highlights the spectacular strength, diversity, and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a three-day mini festival of site specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Co-Artistic Directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein, the inaugural ChoreoFest will feature nine local companies in three truly more...

2017 Total Wellness Festival
By - posted 6/6/2017
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Embarcadero Center will host the 14th Annual Total Wellness interactive health festival featuring health screenings, fitness demonstrations, health-related booths, a blood drive, raffle prizes, and more. Total Wellness Festival 2017 Thursday, June 8, 2017 | 11 am to 2 pm Street Levels of Two, Three and Four Embarcadero Center FREE Incorporating all facets of physical and mental wellness, more...

How to Hack Colossal Clusterfest
By - posted 6/3/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Colossal Clusterfest for Free? If you didn’t pay the $99.50 single day price tag for a ticket to Colossal Clusterfest, but still want to get in on the fun, you should be able to hear the live bands on both the Colossal Stage and the Piazza del Cluster Stage if you’re more...

“Napa Live: Inside Out” Music Festival & Crawl
By - posted 6/3/2017
Fairs & Festivals

This one is off the hook – a music crawl featuring 40 bands at 30 locations, such as stores, parks and patios, all within walking distance of each other. Performers span the musical spectrum, from Blues to bluegrass, rock and roll to reggae, and funk to fiddles. There will be more...

SF’s Thai Food, Art & Music Festival
By - posted 5/25/2017
Fairs & Festivals

After a hugely successful turnout in London and Los Angeles last year, Chang Sensory Trails makes the second stop on its global tour, returning to America for a second year running. This event is coming to San Francisco on the 27th of May, and aims to ‘deliver the unexpected’ by introducing more...

2017 Eastlake Music Festival
By - posted 5/23/2017
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Boogie down at The Eastlake Music Festival at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland which features local music, dance, indie arts and crafts, micro-brews and food trucks. 2017 Eastlake Music Festival Saturday, May 27, 2017 | 1 pm to 9 pm Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland FREE. Donations are appreciated. > 2017 Day Music Lineup Where Is Eastlake? In more...

2017 San Francisco Carnaval
By - posted 5/22/2017
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The 2017 San Francisco Carnaval Festival transforms Harrison Street into a wonderland. Come celebrate with us at the 39th annual Carnaval San Francisco, a free 2–day family festival in San Francisco’s Mission District over Memorial Day weekend. 39th Annual San Francisco Carnaval Festival May 27-28, 2017 | 10 am to 6 pm – Grand Parade: more...

2017 San Francisco Porchfest
By - posted 5/19/2017
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SF Porchfest is an afternoon of fun, music and community with around 60 bands on many porches, front stoops, backyards and other outdoor spaces in the Mission and lower Noe Valley – all genres, all ages, all free. 2017 SF Porchfest Saturday, May 20, 2017 | Noon to 6 pm All over the Mission & Noe more...

The Great San Francisco Sidewalk Sale
By - posted 5/18/2017
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Small businesses will offer a variety of sales, tastes and entertainment. Find your must-haves and more on sidewalks throughout San Francisco. In 2017, there are 13 neighborhoods participating on  May 20, 2017. The Great San Francisco Sidewalk Sale Saturday, May 20, 2017 All over San Francisco Free to Attend, bring cash for purchases. Sidewalk Sales Haight St Valencia Balboa Union St West more...

2017 “Presidio Twilight” Campfire Party
By - posted 5/17/2017
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Cozy up with Off the Grid at “Presidio Twilight” – a free weekly evening event on the Main Post Lawn from 5-9 pm every Thursday from mid-May to October.