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Music Festival Weekend
By - posted 5/18/2016
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Everywhere you turn – San Francisco, East Bay or South Bay – you can hear great music all weekend long, and maybe even join in a jam or two. Check out what the Bay has to offer with bluegrass, indie, blues, hip hop, Latin and so many more genres presented at these more...

Oakland Greek Food Fest
By - posted 5/17/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Enjoy a mini-vacation spent in the midst of authentic Greek culture at the Oakland Greek Festival taking place at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the Oakland Hills. Find a plethora of Greek foods like Glyko pastries and warm lamb sandwiches, stroll through the marketplace (Agora), and take a few sprints around the more...

SFMade Week 2016
By - posted 5/8/2016
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SFMade Week 2016 is the annual weeklong celebration that champions locally made products, their makers and their people. The week features over 40 events at local factories and retailers, including factory tours, demos and shopping events. 2016 SFMade Week May 9 – 15, 2016 All over San Francisco Cost: Many events are free with an RSVP. Some more...

2016 Hip Hop in the Park
By - posted 5/7/2016
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The Bay Area hip-hop community comes together the first Saturday in May each year to enjoy live music, graffiti art, dancing, and DJing at the annual Hip Hop in the Park, a hip-hop festival run by the Students For Hip Hop at Cal, in People’s Park. 2016 Hip Hop in the more...

Jack London Square’s “Car-topia”
By - posted 5/7/2016
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Jack London Square rolls dozens of classics, retro models and modern muscle cars onto the Oakland waterfront, for a Car-topia auto extravaganza from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Car-topia Classic Car Show Saturday, May 7, 2016 – 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Jack London Square, Oakland, FREE – RSVP on more...

Taco-Chella 2016
By - posted 5/6/2016
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It’s Taco Time San Francisco! Your favorite festival is back courtesy of SoMa StrEat Food Park and FunCheapSF. Get ready for TacoChella & Lucha Libre! We’ve got a day celebrating Mexico’s best and most beloved street food plus delicious drink specials and TWO live Lucha Libre wrestling shows! Come early, more...

San Francisco Cinco de Mayo Festival & Block Party
By - posted 5/1/2016
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Enjoy Cinco de Mayo in the Mission with an annual all day family-friendly celebration held as a block party on Valencia Street with live music, cultural performances, and more. 12th Annual Cinco de Mayo Festival Saturday, May 7, 2016 | 10 am to 6 pm Valencia between 21st and 24th, Mission Dist., SF FREE The celebration will showcase more...

How Weird Street Faire
By - posted 4/30/2016
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For the 17th annual How Weird Street Faire, SoMa will be filled with art and performances, vendors, tasty food and drinks, and all of the colorful weirdness that San Francisco is famous for under the 2016 “The Cosmic Stew” theme. All ages are welcome. Boogie down to ten dance music stages with music by Symbiosis, more...

Stern Grove Festival’s 2016 Schedule Announced
By - posted 4/28/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The Stern Grove Festival has been throwing free concerts in the park every summer since 1938. If you don’t mind arriving early to spread out your blanket to stake your spot, it’s an excellent way to spend a relaxing Sunday in a beautiful park setting watching free performances from top touring acts and more...

Opening Day on the Bay
By - posted 4/25/2016
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Celebrate Opening Day on the Bay at the Treasure Island Sailing Center with free sailboat rides, kayaking, and stand up paddle boarding, plus enjoy music, family activities and food. 2016 Opening Day & National Safe Boating Day Saturday, April 30, 2016 | 11 am to 4 pm Treasure Island Sailing Center, 698 California Ave, #112, more...

How to Get Free Passes to the 2016 Art Market
By - posted 4/25/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Art Market San Francisco will return to the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this spring to celebrate its sixth edition. Following record breaking sales, city-wide partnerships, and attendance of over 25,000 visitors in 2015, the 2016 edition of Art Market San Francisco is pleased to present a significant selection of contemporary and more...

Opening Day on the Bay
By - posted 4/24/2016
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The annual Opening Day on the Bay shows off over 100 historic workboats, fireboats, towboats, classic and contemporary craft. This marks the official start of the San Francisco boating season. 99th Annual “Opening Day on the Bay” Boat Parade Sunday, April 24, 2016 | Noon to 2pm or 3pm View from Crissy Field to Pier 39, SF FREE more...

San Francisco’s Annual 1906 Earthquake Ceremony
By - posted 4/17/2016
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When the earthquake hit on April 18, 1906, it did so in the wee hours at 5:12 am. The cast iron Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street became a crucial meeting point and is now known as SF’s oldest surviving monument. Every year since, city officials and some survivors (and there are a dwindling more...

2016 Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
By - posted 4/16/2016
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The 2016 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, celebrating its 49th year, is said to be the second largest festival outside of Washington, D.C.. Each year, over 200,000 people attend this dazzling display celebrating the blooming of cherry blossoms at one of three remaining Japantowns in the United States. The Grand Parade will more...

2016 DogFest
By - posted 4/16/2016
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DogFest 2016 is a mutt-tastic festival at one of the most dog-friendly parks in the city and the biggest dog event in San Francisco. 9th Annual DogFest Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 11 am to 4 pm Duboce Park, Duboce and Steiner, SF FREE, but pre-registration ($20) is typically required for your dog to compete Watch doggies compete for more...