Fairs & Festivals
Berkeley Kite Festival Canceled Due to Event Fee Hike
East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Thanks to Berkeleyside for sharing the unfortunate news that the long-running Berkeley Kite Festival has been canceled indefinitely. Sadly, Tom McAllister, who has organized the festival as a labor love for over 30 years, has stated that Berkeley has raised its special event fees exponentially, to the tune of $45,000, which more...
San Francisco’s Biggest Music Festivals in 2022 & ’23
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates The San Francisco Bay Area boasts a stellar array of annual music festivals and concert series, and the list keeps getting longer with new festivals joining the lineup. New on the scene this fall are the Portola Music Festival in San Francisco and Breakaway California in Oakland. These join heavyweights such more...
Oakland’s First Ever “Festival of Immersive Arts” (July 15-24)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Oakland Join us at a multi-weekend Festival featuring artists from the Bay Area & beyond. With four world premieres, art, music and exhibitions taking place throughout downtown Oakland’s Broadway corridor, OFIA highlights the potential of immersive art to build community and spark conversations about vital issues. Join us for the Festival’s inaugural more...
“Bastille Day” French Block Party Back in SF for First Time in 8 Years
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open “Bastille on Belden” Returns for First Time in 8 Years After a long break, San Francisco seems to be trying to claim back the title of “The Paris of the West.” Back in the 90s and 00s, French restaurant Cafe Bastille hosted a rollicking Bastille Day celebration crammed into downtown’s narrow more...
SF’s Massive “Pistahan” Filipino Parade & Festival Back for 2022
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates The Filipino American Arts Exposition host the return of their in-person celebration for the 29th annual Pistahan Parade and Festival for 2022. With the theme of “Homecoming: Reconnect with Our Roots and Community,” this year’s festivities will take place on Saturday, Aug. 13 and Sunday, Aug. 14, from 11 a.m. to more...
Golden Gate Park Voted “Best Festival Site” in the World
Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was just voted the Best Festival Site in the world in Billboard’s Top 50 Festivals of 2022, Ranked. Its superb location, just blocks from the Pacific Ocean, paired its founders’ top notch credentials, gives “Outside Lands a level of instant credibility within the live-music space” says more...
New California Garlic Festival Launches in Stockton (Aug. 13-14)
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals Sadly, the world-renown Gilroy Garlic Festival, that been a mainstay since the late 1970s, announced in April that it’s hung up its garlic for the last time. However, a brand new garlic festival has emerged dedicated to all things garlic. Hosted by the same organizers as the Annual Asparagus Festival, the more...
Check Out SF’s 75+ Free Outdoor Concerts (Summer 2022)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy “People in Plazas” is a free annual outdoor summer music festival that puts on over 75 free lunchtime concerts featuring an array of different styles from July to September in over 12 different public plazas near Market Street. “People in Plazas” 2022 Market Street Music Festival July, August, September, 2022 – Weekdays (Tuesdays more...
“Mr. Happy Face” Declared World’s Ugliest Dog at Bay Area Fair
Celebrations, Fairs & Festivals With a lolling tongue, googly eyes and a head of spectacularly stringy grey-white hair, Jeneda Benally’s Chihuahua-mix pooch would probably strike anyone as an excellent contender for the world’s ugliest dog. On a hot day in Petaluma Friday, it became official. The inaptly named “Mr. Happy Face” triumphed over nine other more...
SF’s 17th Annual Total Wellness Health Fair
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored On the first day of summer, Embarcadero Center will be hosting the 17th Annual Total Wellness Health Fair on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 from 11:00am – 1:30pm! Join us in Two Embarcadero Center and enjoy free giveaways, health screenings, and a live DJ to celebrate World Music Day! 17th Annual Total more...
San Francisco’s 2022 Pride Festival & Parade
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade is one of the largest LGBT gatherings in the nation. The two-day celebration is free and open to all. The Parade takes place on the last Sunday of June annually. San Francisco Pride Board of Directors announced that music legend and two-time Grammy more...
Two Bay Area Cities Celebrating Pride for the First Time in 2022
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, LGBTQ+, Pride Two Bay Area cities are hosting their very first official Pride events. In 2022, the North Bay town of Windsor hosts its first-ever Windsor Pride Festival on Saturday, June 25 from 2 to 9 pm. Held on the Town Green, join us for a day of live music, from Wonderbread Five more...
SF Hosting its Biggest Juneteenth Celebration Ever
Causes, Community, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Sponsored 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 celebrate. The city has put on Juneteenth events before, but nothing of this scale. Eight blocks of more...
This “U-Pick” Lavender Festival is Just 1 Hour from SF
Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy, Travel Hierbas y Flores is a joint venture between Morningsun Herb Farm and Soul Food Farm – two women farmers partnering up on all things lavender. Growing lavender and creating products from our lavender fields has been a way for us to share the beauty of our farms with customers and our more...
SF’s Biggest AIDS Quilt Display Ever is Coming (June 11-12)
Brand New, Causes, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, San Francisco, Uplifting The National AIDS Memorial will mark the 35th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt with an historic outdoor display in Golden Gate Park that will feature nearly 3,000 hand-stitched panels of the Quilt. The display will be the largest display of the Quilt in the U.S. in over a decade and more...
