Festival Updates
SF’s 2024 Chinese New Year Parade w/ Awkwafina as Grand Marshall
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 24-25, 2024). Typically, nearly 100 more...
Oakland’s First Fridays Going On Hiatus Starting in January
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Oakland Thanks to KTVU for sharing the unfortunate news that Oakland’s First Fridays block party is going on hiatus. The popular, lively monthly street fair, happening on first Fridays, has announced they will be taking a break from the festival. Although attendance isn’t down, it receives between 15,000 to 35,000 attendees each more...
SF’s Huge “TreasureFest” Returns to Treasure Island in 2024
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Things to Do For the first time since November 2019, the massive “TreasureFest” makes its return to Treasure Island on February 24-25, 2024. Announced on September 19, 2023, Treasure Fest, a huge 18,000+ weekend festival will once again take over the eastern side of Treasure Island for 11 monthly weekend-long festivals starting in February 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...
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...
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...
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...
SF’s “Sundown Cinema” Outdoor Film Nights Return June 8th
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Free Movie Screenings, San Francisco Sundown Cinema returns for 2023 just in time for another summer in San Francisco. This free outdoor movie series, the only one of its kind in the Bay Area, will feature seven films in seven parks across San Francisco, beginning with 1978 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (filmed in San Francisco!) more...
Stern Grove RSVPs Open May 18 at 2pm Sharp
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival for free summer concerts in the park is stellar. Now it’s time for you to RSVP so you don’t miss out. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th at 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open more...
SF to Host Huge 65,000-Strong Golden Gate Park Concerts in 2024?
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Mayor London Breed today announced that the City is planning to bring more summer concerts to Golden Gate Park beginning in 2024. If approved, the two to three days of headliner-driven events would be held on the weekend following the annual Outside Lands festival. Essentially it will be like part more...
Stern Grove 2023 Lineup Just Dropped… And it’s Amazing
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival for free summer concerts in the park is stellar. Now it’s time for you to RSVP so you don’t miss out. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th at 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open more...
Golden Gate Park Band’s 2023 Free Sunday Park Concerts (Apr. 30 – Oct. 1)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The Golden Gate Park Band, presents its 141st season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. That’s right, this 30-piece symphony has been playing free concerts in Golden Gate Park since 1882. For 2023, there are 25 free weekly concerts that take place most Sundays at 1 pm and usually end between 2:30 more...
SF’s Cherry Blossom Parade is Finally Back After 4 Years
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Welcome to the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, one of California’s most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions and the biggest on the West coast. Since 1968, the Festival serves to cultivate the continued alliance between Japan and the United States using culture as its bridge. Each year, over 220,000 people attend more...
