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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
The annual Taiwanese American Cultural Festival will once again be held in Union Square. Over 10,000 people from all across the Bay Area attend this event yearly to experience the vibrancy of Taiwanese culture through food, music, performances and fun workshops. 25th Annual Taiwanese American Cultural Festival Saturday, May 13, 2017 | 10 am to 5 more...
Celebrate Native American cultures through traditional songs, dances and events during the three-day Stanford Powwow, held rain or shine, every Mother’s Day Weekend, in the Eucalyptus Grove on Stanford campus. The event is open to the public and overnight camping spaces are available. There is no pre-registration, and registration is done on a more...
Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, and the 18th ongoing historic counter-cultural gathering of How Weird. Once again to celebrate peace, dance in the streets, be inspired by art, shop exotic stores, make new friends and greet old ones, generate waves of joy, and expand consciousness. For the more...
Between May and October in 2017, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents over 75 free performances on three outdoor stages in Yerba Buena Gardens. Admission is free and entertainment includes music, theater, dance, cultural events, educational and children’s programs.
Enjoy Cinco de Mayo in the Mission with an annual all day family-friendly celebration held as a block party with live music, cultural performances, and more. This year they will also be hosting a Beer Garden for all attendees 21 and over. The festival is attended by an average of 6,000 people yearly. 13th Annual more...
