Festival Updates
POSTPONED: NorCal’s Largest Halloween County Fair is Coming for 2022
East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Sponsored This event has been postponed for 2022 Get ready for a haunted house, costume contests, pumpkin patch, free kids treats and more. It’s the 3rd Annual “Kids Scream Zone” at the Contra Costa County Health & Wellness Festival, Oct 29, 2022 inside the Contra Costa Fairgrounds. It’s the largest Halloween County more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Drops 2022 Lineup Additions
Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just announced the fourth round of additions to their highly anticipated live return to San Francisco, CA’s Golden Gate Park on September 30-October 2. The three-day, multi-stage, free music festival today adds Elvis Costello, Steve Earle & The Dukes, The Travelin’ Mccourys, Bob Schneider, Moonalice, Cymande, Arooj Aftab, more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Drops New Lineup Updates
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just announced a second round of artists to their highly anticipated live return to San Francisco, CA’s Golden Gate Park on September 30-October 2. The three-day, multi-stage free music festival, who last month announced an initial list of participants, announced their next list of performers including Emmylou Harris, more...
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...
“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...
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...
Ani DiFranco Replaces Liz Phair at Stern Grove Festival + More Tix Available (6/26)
Bay Area Updates, Festival Updates, San Francisco Before the weekend hits, I wanted to share some exciting news – Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco will be now headlining this Sunday’s Stern Grove Festival concert on June 26. She will be joined on-stage by previously announced Bay Area-based acts Peaches Christ and DJ LadyRyan. Widely considered a feminist icon, 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...
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...
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...
Unfortunately, the Haight Ashbury Street Fair was scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 12, but just 10 days before the festival, the organizers suddenly announced that the festival will be postponed. “The 43rd annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair will be postponed until later this year. With the hiatus over the more...
SF’s Summerfest Kick-Off is Back (June 4th)
Community, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, Sponsored Grillin’ in the ‘Mo” is Back in Person! Free Blues Concert & Family Bar-B-Q Niecey, Living Single and Yolandra Rhodes will headline this year’s in person “Grillin’ in the ‘Mo” at Hamilton Recreation Center on June 4th. After 2 years of COVID, The Village Project is back in person with our more...
TICKET ALERT! Stern Grove RSVPs Open May 31st at 2pm
Bay Area Favorites, Festival Updates Stern Grove Festival is returning in 2022 to celebrate its 85th season of hosting free concerts in the park. The festival kicks off June 12, with concerts every Sunday through August 14. RSVPs for 2022 open up 12 days prior to every show – always at Tuesdays at 2pm. The first RSVP more...
