Fairs & Festivals
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a mini traveling festival of free lion dancing performances at several San Francisco Public Library branches. 2017 Lunar New Year Lion Dancer Celebrations Saturday, January 7, 2017 10:30-11 am: Main Library 11:30 am-12:30 pm: Chinatown/Him Mark Lai 12:30-1 pm: North Beach 5:00-5:30 pm: Anza Library 4:00-4:30 pm: Sunset Saturday, January 14, 2017 11:00-11:30 pm: Merced 4:00-4:30 pm Portola Saturday, January 21, more...
Enjoy free live music while you wait for your flight, or just drop by to hear some great local musicians at the annual You Are Hear music festival at SFO Int’l Airport. Different live performers for each session will perform at various locations throughout the airport. “Sounds of the Season” Winter SFO Music Festival December more...
“SantaCon” or “Santarchy” is San Francisco’s annual city-wide Santas-only pub crawl happening on Saturday, December 10, 2016. This flash mob-type event brings together hundreds of slightly sober people dressed in Santa costumes parading around the city, visiting landmarks drinking at bars, and causing general mayhem. And just so you know, wearing a santa more...
Come experience the amazing talent of student performance groups, an explosive commemoration of the history of the Axe, and much more. 2016 Cal Big Game Rally Friday, November 18, 2016 | 6 pm Greek Theater, Gayley Rd, Berkeley FREE Come join the entire Cal community for the hottest and most exciting event of the year, the Big Game Rally. This more...
Get started on that holiday list early as the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market returns to Fort Mason. Expect over 300 talented makers ranging from holiday inspired stationery and gift wrap, unique and one-of-a-kind jewelry, apparel and shoes, to eco-friendly furniture, prints and posters, housewares and much more. 2016 Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market November more...
Experience the widest selection of products and services to work green, play green and live green – from food, fashion and health, to energy, construction and design at the Green Festival, featuring something for everyone interested in living a more sustainable and healthier life. 2016 Green Festival San Francisco November 11-13, 2016 Pier 35, The more...
The 3rd Annual Bayview Harvest Festival, hosted by NOW Hunters Point and Imprint.City is a free community celebration of the fall. Bayview Harvest Festival Saturday, November 12, 2016 | 10am to 3pm Cargo Way at Jennings Street, SF FREE Live music from Bayview’s own Donald Seastrunk with The Best Intentions Free pony rides Petting zoo Fresh produce Food trucks This more...
You’re invited to watch as the finest dance companies based in Northern California present dances and music from around the globe including India, Argentina, Africa and more hoping for a coveted spot in the 2017 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. It’s a perfect family outing, good for all ages. 2017 Ethnic Dance more...
Come on out to co-create the best possible version of the Panhandle community for one extraordinary week during the 2016 NOW Fall Festival taking over the neighborhoods around San Francisco’s iconic Panhandle (plus a few all over the city). Experience some of their events featuring music, games, discussions, and more. Most of the events more...
Wharf Fest returns to San Francisco’s iconic waterfront neighborhood. For the fourth year in a row, Fisherman’s Wharf invites Bay Area locals to come enjoy the neighborhood after the crowds of visitors have subsided but before the fabulous fall weather fades away. 2016 Wharf Fest Saturday, October 22, 2016 | 11 am more...
Come on down to Clarion Alley Mural Project, nestled between Mission and Valencia and 17th and 18th, and check out the murals while listening to some great tunes as well. In the spirit of Clarion, it’s free for everyone. They are taking donations to help buy paint for next year and more...
Wharf Fest returns to San Francisco’s iconic waterfront neighborhood. For the fourth year in a row, Fisherman’s Wharf invites Bay Area locals to come enjoy the neighborhood after the crowds of visitors have subsided but before the fabulous fall weather fades away. 2016 Wharf Fest Saturday, October 22, 2016 | 11 am more...
Sunday Streets (April – November 2016) 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. Plus there’s an opening more...
The 12th annual Lit Crawl will span over three hours in the Mission District’s Valencia Street corridor, featuring dozens of literary readings and events, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and more, in bookstores, bars, galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, community spaces, a bookmobile, a vibrator store, and a police station. It’s 99 events, more...
Northern California’s largest sandcastle building event, the 34th annual Leap Sandcastle Contest is a spirited competition between teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers and local elementary school students at Ocean Beach (just below the Cliff House). There’s also a community castle for everyone to join in to build. Leap’s 34th Annual Sandcastle Contest Saturday, October 15, more...
