Fairs & Festivals
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is Back for 2025
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored The 2025 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 10, 2025 with La Santa Cecilia to kick off its 25th Anniversary Season. Now in its 25th year, the Festival will run each and every more...
SF’s Downtown Hoedown: New Country-Themed Monthly Block Party (May 1)
Block Party, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals Dust off your boots — a brand-new monthly street party is launching in downtown San Francisco. Starting May 1, 2025, Downtown Hoedown will take over Front Street on the first Thursday of each month through October. It’s part of the expanding Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) series, and it’s free and open more...
SF’s 175th Birthday Laser Space Cannon Light Show (TONIGHT!)
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Community, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy Illuminate Declares San Francisco the “City of Awe” which will Shoot Lasers onto City Hall Tonight to Celebrate the City’s 175th Birthday On San Francisco’s 175th birthday – which coincides with the local phenomenon of 415 Day – Illuminate, the nonprofit arts organization devoted to awe-inspiring public art, will unveil its latest more...
Off the Grid Is Back! Here’s Every 2025 Date for SF’s Iconic Friday Night Market
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Night Market, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco 🎉 Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason for 2025 – With a Massive Monthly Night Market + 110+ Vendors! After taking most of 2024 off, Off the Grid is making a huge comeback in 2025 — The beloved Friday night tradition at Fort Mason Center is back with a fresh more...
Fillmore Jazz Festival Back On for 2025 (After Sudden “Cancellation”)
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Fillmore Jazz Festival is officially back on for 2025—after a brief cancellation left the city stunned. Originally called off due to soaring production costs, the iconic festival is now returning over Fourth of July weekend thanks to a major financial more...
SF’s Newest Night Market is Coming to Valencia Street (Summer 2025)
Block Party, Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Night Market San Francisco to Launch Brand New Night Market on Valencia Street Starting May 8, 2025 Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the news that San Francisco is set to debut a brand new night market in the Mission District on May 8, 2025. A three-block stretch of Valencia Street, between 16th more...
1950s SF Motel Transformed by Artists for One Weekend Only
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, Wow San Francisco’s stARTup Art Fair is one of the most unique art shows you’re likely to ever encounter. The Return of SF’s Most Unique Art Fair: stARTup Takes Over Hotel del Sol San Francisco’s beloved stARTup Art Fair is finally making its long-awaited return after a five-year pause, and it’s coming back with renewed more...
Gilroy Garlic Festival Back for 2025 for First Time in 6 Years
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Good News Gilroy Garlic Festival Returns in 2025 After Six-Year Hiatus Gilroy’s most famous event is making a comeback. After a six-year absence, the Gilroy Garlic Festival is set to return from July 25–27, 2025, at a new location—Gilroy Gardens. This marks a fresh chapter for the beloved festival, which has long been more...
Earth Day Festivals & How to Volunteer
Fairs & Festivals San Francisco (and the whole Bay Area, for that matter) goes all out when it comes to Earth Day, but we love it. That’s why we live here, right? So if you’re looking for an opportunity to help out, give your time to the East Bay Regional Parks, join the World Naked more...
Outside Lands’ Eager Beaver Pre-Sale: March 5 (2025)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco It’s time to get ready for Outside Lands to take over Golden Gate Park on August 8-10, 2025 to get the heart of San Francisco pumping. There’s no official word on the headliners yet, but 3-Day Eager Beaver tickets get unearthed on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, for $485.05 ($425 + $60.05 fees), which more...
San Francisco’s Winter Festivals & Street Fairs (2024/2025)
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 2024. > Please note that we’ll be continuing to update our Winter Festivals & Street Fairs Guide for 2024. NOVEMBER 2024 2024 Día de los Muertos in the Sunset – Friday, more...
SF’s Huge Treasure Island Festival Not Happening in 2025
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Goodbye Unfortunately, TreasureFest, the popular monthly market with 10,000+ people over two days every month held on Treasure Island, has announced it won’t be returning in 2025. TreasureFest took to Instagram to announce the disappointing news: “Happy New Year! We hope you’ve had a wonderful start to 2025. We’re reaching out with some important more...
Stern Grove 2025 Dates Announced w/ First Big Headliner
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Typically, the Stern Grove Festival announces the full lineup in late April / early May. This year, they’ve In a rare occurrence, Stern Grove has announced its first big headliner for the 88th season way ahead of its typical festival announcement timeline. The Festival just announced that Oakland legends, The Pointer Sisters, more...
Massive Concert Coming to Golden Gate Park: Zach Bryan & Kings of Leon
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, San Francisco Saddle up San Francisco! Another Planet Entertainment (APE) today announced the next installment of the Golden Gate Park Concerts series with multi-Platinum, Grammy Award-winning performer Zach Bryan featuring special guests Kings of Leon, Turnpike Troubadours, Noeline Hofmann and more and more to be announced. This show, produced in association with AEG, takes place more...
Iconic SF Festival “How Weird Street Faire” Says Farewell After 25 Years
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news the unfortunate news that San Francisco’s iconic “How Weird Street Faire” is saying farewell. After more than two decades of bringing eccentric costumes and electronic beats to San Francisco, the How Weird Street Faire announced it will not apply for a permit to more...
