Fairs & Festivals
SF’s Union Square Ice Rink is Back for 2023-24 (Nov. 1 – Jan. 15)
Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco’s only outdoor ice rink, the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink returns to Union Square for the 2023-24 holiday season and will host favorite on-ice traditions including Learn to Skate, Drag Queens On Ice, Flashback Fridays, Simba Saturdays, Silent Skate, and Polar Bear Skate. SKATING SESSIONS AND HOURS (2023-24) The ice rink more...
SF to Host Up to 3 New Huge GG Park Concerts in 2024
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Plan for Concerts in Golden Gate Park and Downtown Plazas Approved New agreement will bring concert series to San Francisco annually for three years as part of the City’s economic revitalization efforts Today the City’s plans for a series of ticketed concerts in Golden Gate Park following Outside Lands Festival and three more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Unveils Final Lineup For 2023
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Parks & Beaches Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Unveils Final Lineup For 2023 Additions Include: Bettye LaVette, Big Richard, Buddy Miller, Cassandra Lewis, Dawes, deadramones, Della Mae, Dry Branch Fire Squad, The Go To Hell Man Band, The Jerry Douglas Band, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The West Texas Exiles, Jon Langford & The Bright Shiners, Laurie Lewis & more...
SF’s Fort Mason Food Truck Parties Back for Fall 2023 w/ 8 Themed Food Parties
Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco With Fogust behind us and beautiful Bay Area fall coming quick, Off the Grid is making its return to Fort Mason Center with 8 themed Friday night food fests between September 1 – October 27. Theme nights include a celebration of San Francisco, Asian holiday Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, a taco takeover, more...
How to Get Free BART Ticket for Outside Lands 2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Transportation After Caltrain suspended service between San Francisco and Millbrae Stations during the weekend of Outside Lands, BART is coming to the rescue. On Friday morning, BART announced that they’ll be providing free roundtrip BART tickets to Caltrain riders at the Millbrae Station on Saturday and Sunday from 10a-2p (or while more...
Here’s Every San Francisco Street Closed For Outside Lands 2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco Friday, Aug. 11 through Sunday, Aug. 13: Outside Lands will be held in Golden Gate Park from noon to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from noon to 9:35 p.m. on Sunday. Attendance of over 225,000 participants is expected over the course of the weekend. The event is expected to more...
SF Gets Brand New Waterfront Market (Starting August 6)
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco There’s a new market on the block, and it’s at your soon-to-be new favorite park! The San Francisco Parks Alliance are partnering with Sunset Mercantile to bring this new market series, The Park Market, to Dogpatch’s best kept secret, Crane Cove Park. Each themed market will feature local makers, live music, more...
SF Hosts Four Day “Civic Center Carnival” in August 2023
Fairs & Festivals, Fun & Games, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed announced today the upcoming arrival of Civic Center Carnival, a vibrant four-day carnival that promises to infuse the heart of the Civic Center with summer delights and thrilling family entertainment. Civic Center Carnival will kick off Thursday, Aug. 24 and run through Sunday, Aug. 27, on Fulton Street more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ First 2023 Lineup Hints
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates One of the largest, free-est and beloved music festivals in the country. Be one of over 750,000 attendees over the three-day musical extravaganza in beautiful Golden Gate Park. Save the date as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass makes its return for 2023. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2023 Friday- Sunday, September 29 – October 1, 2023 Six more...
Bay Area’s Complete Outdoor Movie Guide (Summer 2023)
Fairs & Festivals, Free Movie Screenings, Outdoorsy Summer means the weather (usually) gets a little warmer in the Bay Area and all the outdoor movie screens pop up. So get ready to bring a blanket, pack a picnic (and smuggle in a bottle of wine) and watch a movie under the stars. San Francisco Sundown Cinema 2023 San Francisco hosts more...
SF Hosts 2023 Frida Kahlo Festival (July 8-23)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco Frida Kahlo loved San Francisco, and Fiestas Fridas show how much we have come to love her in return, in our own unique style, of course. In the 10th year celebrating the inimitable painter (1907-1954), Fiestas Fridas features music, activities and numerous opportunities to demonstrate devotion. SF’s Fiestas Fridas 2023 Schedule of more...
SF’s Thrive City Hosts Free Outdoor “Pride Comedy Night”
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, LGBTQ+, Pride, San Francisco Thrive City invites everyone to this amazing free LGBTQ+ comedy festival at Chase Center on June 22nd! Outside and out loud is when breakthrough acts shine their brightest. Thrive City is tearing the roof off live entertainment with our can’t miss comedy lineup geared toward mature audiences. Pride Comedy Night presented by more...
The Historic Fillmore District Hosts SF’s Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Sponsored The City is inviting you on its epic Juneteenth Freedom Celebration in the historic Fillmore District on June 17, 2023! Once deemed the “Harlem of the West,” the historic Fillmore District was an epicenter of black music and culture for years. Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, San Francisco is looking to more...
SF to Host Huge Free Downtown Concerts in 2024?
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco Another Planet Entertainment (APE), the Bay Area concert production company behind venues like Fox Theater, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, announced Tuesday a proposal to bring free outdoor concerts to historic plazas in downtown San Francisco. The plan would bring musical acts to three more...
9 Festivals Coming to SF’s Chinatown in Summer/Fall 2023
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco San Francisco just announced a series of upcoming events, fairs and festivals in Chinatown to attract residents and visitors to shop and dine in the neighborhood this summer. This summer and into the fall, the series will also include weekend events on the upper plaza of the Chinatown Rose Pak Central more...
