Fairs & Festivals
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week airshow and festival. Fleet Week 2012 October 4-8, 2012 Northern Waterfront, SF FREE
To mark the 20th Anniversary of the first Critical Mass ride, join in the week-long celebration September 23-30, 2012 of bike rides, art exhibits, movie screenings, and bike carnivals capped off with the big birthday on Friday September 28th – the Interstellar Critical Mass ride, which will be a giant, crazy, awesome evening ending in more...
Tour de Fat 2012 will stop in San Franicsco on Saturday, September 22, 2012 with live music, strange bicycle mayhem, lots of beer and lots of recycling and composting. The Bike Parade begins at 11 am from Lindley Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Live music from He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Yo-Yo People, more...
Heroes and villains battle (and party) together within an urban theatrical landscape, an all-day street fair filled with five stages of burning man camp-style entertainment, gladiator jousting, human hamster ball races, an action film fest, hero & villain costume contest and more. Superhero Street Fair 2012 Saturday, September 22, 2012 (2p-Mid) Cesar Chavez more...
An annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good, Rebar’s PARK(ing) Day is coming back to the city for 2012 on Friday, September 21. These city-wide mini-parks can be used as performance spaces, reading lounges or just resting places by passerbys, more...
The 17th Annual San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival is a free weekend of world-class dragon boat racing, cultural performances, and fun-filled activities for the whole family at the largest competitive dragon boat festival in the United States. >> The festival features upwards of 110 dragon boat teams and 3,500 dragon boat more...
October 5th through the 7th marks the 2012 rendition of one of the largest (and free-est) music festivals in the country: San Francisco’s own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The 2012 lineup has just been released – here’s our highlights: Patty Griffin, Les Claypool, Cowboy Junkies, Emmylou Harris, Chuck Prophet, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, more...
SFJAZZ Summerfest an annual series of free outdoor jazz concerts from June through October in parks and commercial centers throughout the Bay Area – all free and open to the public. SFJAZZ Summerfest 2012 Wednesdays, Sept 5—Oct 10 · 12pm to 1:30pm Levi’s Plaza, Between Battery & Bay Street, Off the Embarcadero FREE www.sfjazz.org/sfjazz-summerfest Wednesday, September 12 Classical Revolution Wednesday, September more...
From vanilla beans to caramel fillings, indulge in it all at the 17th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival on September 8-9, 2012. And while it’s a little expensive to actually sample some chocolate ($20 for 15 chocolate samples, which you can purchase in advance), there are alsoplenty of free events to enjoy like chef demonstrations from chocolatiers, cupcake more...
It may be the “official” end of summer, but the festival season is still going strong with tons of interesting fairs and festivals in San Francisco. September 2012 brings us a dragon boat festival, two free ways to see the Opera, sumo wrestlers, a night of fashion parties, a free Alanis more...
The SoMa StrEat Food Park hosts unique daytime DJ + Art + Food Truck party experience including fashion, music and food under the sun on Sunday of Labor Day Weekend 2012. Enjoy mouth-watering delights from a host of eclectic food trucks (for purchase) while six of SF’s finest DJs grace your more...
Japantown & New People hosts one of the country’s biggest J-Pop culture events of the year with the 2012 J-Pop Summit Festival – a two-day event taking place August 25 + 26, 2012 for about 70,000 people. J-Pop Summit Festival August 25-26, 2012 (11a-6p) Japantown Peace Plaza, SF – FREE (most outdoor activities are more...
Indie Mart is back for August 2012 and they’re closing down a street and filling it with 100+ vendors selling handmade, art, vintage, weird oddities, diy workshops, customizable items, the best of locally made, food vendors/ pop ups & some food trucks. Thee Parkside (kick ass dive bar in the path more...
Meet some of the best jugglers and unicyclists on the West Coast and watch in awe as they ply their craft at the 2012 Berkeley Juggling & Unicycling Festival. Pass along the joy and teach someone a new trick. And if you’re lucky enough to be just starting your journey more...
Experience the largest celebration of Filipino art, dance, music and food at the Pistahan Parade & Festival on August 11-12, 2012 at the Yerba Buena Gardens. Pistahan Parade Saturday, August 11, 2012 (11am) – FREE Witness a dazzling display of Filipino culture and traditions at this year’s Pistahan Parade down Market Street, from the more...
