Fairs & Festivals

Summer is the best time in San Francisco for fairs and festivals. Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous summer festivals, street fairs, and the best events you can look forward to this summer 2024. MAY 2024 SFMOMA Free Community Day – May 4, 2024 25th Annual How Weird Street Faire – May more...

Flower Piano is back! Find hidden pianos in SF’s Botanical Garden. Flower Piano is set to return to the Botanical Garden this September 2024 for 10 days—September 13-22, with a special opening night event on September 12—doubling the duration from last year and spanning two weekends! In the final days of summer more...

Hold onto your banjos! Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just dropped the first part of its 2024 lineup. The beloved (and completely free) San Francisco festival returns to Golden Gate Park for 2024 from October 4th to 6th, and they’ve got some real headliners to kick off the excitement. Among the first wave more...

Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous July festivals, street fairs, and events including the Fillmore Jazz Festival, SF’s 4th of July Fireworks show, San Francisco’s Free Folk Festival, The Bay’s Huge “626 Night Market” and more you can look forward to this July 2024. > We’ll be updating this guide more...
Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous June festivals, street fairs, and events including San Francisco Pride, the 70th annual North Beach Festival, the 2024 season opening of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets and more you can look forward to this June 2024. > We’ll be updating this guide with more June more...
The Stern Grove Festival returns for its 87th season having presented free concerts in the park every summer since 1938. 2024 Stern Grove Festival June 23 – August 25, 2024 | 2-5 pm Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd., SF FREE Stern Grove Festival’s 87th season of admission-free concerts kicks off on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Concerts take place more...
Like a mini Hardly Strictly Bluegrass taking over an entire neighborhood, Pickin’ on the Polk is a free block party & concert in the Discover Polk Community Benefit District – April 27, 2024. For 2024, this special festival will temporarily transform Polk Street into a free, all-day bluegrass, jazz, rock and more...
Get ready to hit the streets: Sunday Streets is back for a new season. Celebrate 16 years of Sunday Streets SF transforming San Francisco streets into car-free community spaces for all to enjoy at events across the City in 2024. The Sunday Streets SF family will bring free recreational activities, health more...
For the first time ever, a stand-alone concert is coming to Golden Gate Park. Introducing the inaugural Golden Gate Park Concerts, coming to the Polo Field in San Francisco’s historic Golden Gate Park on Saturday, August 17, 2024. Don’t miss the legendary System of a Down and Deftones performing under the stars more...
Oakland First Fridays returns on April 12, 2024. After a seasonal hiatus, the popular First Fridays block party was originally scheduled to return on April 5, 2024, however, due to forecasted rain, the organizers decided to postpone the event. Thankfully, with decent weather in the forecast, the organizers just announced that more...
The 2024 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 4 with Cuban soul from Pedrito Martinez. Now in its 24th year, the Festival will run each and every week and weekend until November 2 and more...
Thanks to SFGATE for sharing the news about this new free monthly party coming to Downtown SF starting May 2, 2024 with the hopes of drawing 10,000 people each month. On Tuesday, March 13th, a meeting was held for local shop owners and people who work for the neighborhood to announce more...
San Francisco’s Irish Center hosts a series of St. Patrick’s Day festivities for 2024 with live rollicking Irish music, Irish pipers, Irish dance troupes, plus traditional Irish food and beer. Friday, March 15, 2024 / 8pm to 10p / $15 Irish Center SF’s Friday Night w/ The Hooks These SF-based Sligo brothers are more...
A bi-monthly night market & block party is back to Downtown San Francisco in the spring and summer of 2024 with up to 15,000 expected to attend! Enjoy 3 city blocks of Downtown full of music, dancing, delicious street food cuisine, cocktails and shopping from over 30 unique local artisans and more...
Chinatown night markets are back! Kicking off March 8, 2024, and continuing the second Friday of the month throughout the rest of the year. Chinatown Night Market 2024 Every Second Friday | 5:30-9p Grant Ave. from Sacramento to Jackson, San Francisco FREE The Civic Joy Fund is at it again, kicking off a renewed emphasis more...