San Francisco Events & FestivalsSan Francisco events & festivals are a long time tradition for locals and tourists alike!San Francisco has become home to the largest Gay Pride Parade, some of the country's best local farmers markets, music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, beer festivals, wine tastings- and anything and everything in between!  This
page is dedicated to giving you a monthly list of things to do in San
Francisco that are only in San Francisco. (...and the best part is that
so many of them are FREE EVENTS!!) ENJOY!! San Francisco Farmers MarketsSan Francisco Crocker Galleria Year-Round, Thursdays 11am - 3pm MUSIC Crocker Galleria 120 Kearny between Sutter & Post 800.806.3276 San Francisco Ferry Plaza Year-Round, Tuesday & Saturday Tues 10am - 2pm, Sat 8am - 2pm Ferry Building Plaza at Embarcadero & Market 415.291.3276 San Francisco Kaiser Year-Round, Wednesdays 10am - 2pm MUSIC Kaiser Permanente at Geary & St. Joseph Street 800.949.3276 San Francisco Park Merced June - October, Saturdays 10am - 2pm MUSIC In the Meadow at Serrano & Araballo Drives 800.806.3276 Free Year-Round San Francisco Events
January San Francisco EventsBerlin & Beyond Film Festival Daily January 14-20 $10 10am-9pm Castro Theater, Goethe Institute & Pt. Arena 415.263.8760 Grand
Zinfandel Tasting
Saturday January 30 $49-69 2pm-5pm Music Fort Mason Center 530.274.4900 February San Francisco EventsIndependent Film Festival Daily February 4-18 $10 Times Vary Castro Theater, Roxie Cinema & Women's Auditorium 415.820.3907 Arts of Pacific & Tribal Textile Shows Fri, Sat & Sun February 5-7, 12-14 $20 F,S 11am-7pm, Sun 12pm-5pm Ft. Mason Festival Pavilion Marina Blvd & Buchanan 310.455.2886 Wine & Wishes Saturday February 7 $150-300 5pm-11pm Music Treasure Island, Building 180, exit off the Bay Bridge 415.982.9474 SF Chronicle Wine Tasting Saturday February 20 $70 1pm-5pm Music Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd & Buchanan St 707.894.3992 Pacific Orchid Expo Fri, Sat & Sun Feb 26-28 $14 10am-6pm Music Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd & Buchanan St 650.548.6700 Chinese New Year Parade Saturday February 27 Free 5:30pm-9pm Music Starts @ 2nd & Market to Union Square to Chinatown 415.982.3071 March San Francisco EventsSan Francisco Jazz Spring Season Days Vary, March-June $10-35 Times Vary Music Various Venues, Herbst Theatre & Masonic Auditorium 415.788.7353 San Francisco Symphony Days & Dates Vary $15-30 8-10pm Davies Hall, Van Ness Ave. & Grove Chuck Sanger St. Patricks Day Parade Saturday March 13 Free 11am-5pm Music Begins @ 2nd St & Market, Ends @ Civic Center 415.675.9885 Contemporary Crafts Market Sat & Sun March 13 & 14 $7 10am-5pm Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd & Buchanan St 415.995.4925 Asian American Film Festival Daily March 12-22 $10 Call for times & locations 415.865.1588 Emerald Across the Bay 12K Sunday March 21 $35-40 8am-12pm Music Sausalito to Aquatic Park, Fisherman's Wharf 415.759.2690 April San Francisco EventsGolden Gate Park Band Concert Every Sun, April - Oct Free 1pm-3pm Music Music Concourse at Lincoln & 9th St 510.530.0814 Union Street Spring Celebration & Easter Parade Sunday April 4 Free Music 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Union Street ~ Gough to Steiner 800.310.6563 International Film Festival April 22-May 6 $12 Music Times Vary Castro Theater & Kabuki Theaters 415.561.5000 Bouquets To Art Mon-Sat March 19-24 $8 9am-5pm De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park 415.750.3504 ZooFest Fundraising Event Friday April 23 Amount TBA 6pm-Midnight Music Zoo Rd on Great Highway, South of Sloat Ave 415.753.7173 Petaluma Butter & Egg Days Parade & Celebration Saturday April 24 Free 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Historic Downtown Petaluma 800.310.6563 International Beer Festival Saturday April 24 $60 7pm-10pm Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd & Buchanan St sfbeerfest.com Opening Day Boat Parade Sunday April 26 Free & Dog Friendly 12pm-3pm Golden Gae Bridge to Pier 39 Waterfront 415.705.5500 New Living Expo Fri, Sat & Sun April 30-May 2 $15-20 Times Vary SF Concourse Exhibition Center, 8th & Brannan 415.382.8300 May San Francisco EventsYerba Buena Gardens Festival Weekends May-Oct Free Times Vary Music 3rd & 4th St between Mission & Howard 415.543.1718 Uncorked Wine Festival Saturday May 22 Free 1pm-6pm Music Ghirardelli Square on Beach between Larkin & Polk 800.310.6563 Carnaval San Francisco Sat & Sun May 29 & 30 Free 10am-6pm Music Harrison between 16th & 24th Streets 415.920.0122 Oyster & Beer Festival Say & Sun, Date TBA $15 11am-6pm Music Washington Square Park @ Union & Columbus 415.989.6222 June San Francisco EventsStern Grove Sunday Festival Every Sunday, June 20th - August 22nd Free 2pm-4:30pm Music 19th Ave & Sloat Blvd in Sigmund Stern Grove Park 415.252.6252 Union Street "Eco-Urban" Art Festival Sat & Sun June 5 & 6 Free 10am-6pm Music On Union St between Gough & Steiner 800.310.6563 Haight Ashbury Street Fair Sunday June 13 Free 11am-5:30pm Music Haight St. between Masonic & Steiner 415.292.323 North Beach Festival Sat & Sun June 19 & 20 Free 10am-6pm Music Washington Square Park @ Grant & Green Streets 415.989.2220 LGBT* Pride Parade Celebration Sat & Sun June 26 & 27 Free Noon-7pm Music Civic Center area on Market to Embarcadero 415.864.3733 *LGBT (or GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual people. The term has been adopted by the majority of LGBT community centers and LGBT media in most English‐speaking countries. wikipedia.com July San Francisco Events Filmore Jazz FestivalSat & Sun July 3 & 4 Free 10am-6pm Music Filmore St between Jackson & Eddy 800.731.0003 AIDS Walk Sunday July 18 Pledges 10am-6pm Music Begins & Ends Sharon Meadows in GG Park 415.615.9255 SF Theater Festival Sunday July 25 Free 11am-5pm Yerba Buena Center on Mission 415.543.1718 August San Francisco EventsAloha Festival Sat & Sun August 7 & 8 Free 10am-5pm Music Presidio Parade Grounds, Lincoln & Graham 415.281.0221 Nihonmachi Street Fair Sat & Sun August 14 & 15 Free 11am-6pm Music Japantown Area 415.771.9861 The San Rafael Food & Wine Festival Saturday August 14 Admission is Free All Day Food & Wine Tasting Pass $25.00 All Day Food Tasting Only Pass $15.00 12:00 NOON - 6:00 PM Falkirk Cultural Center San Rafael 800.310.6563 Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center 17th Annual Hillwide Garage Sale Saturday August 14 Free 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cortland Avenue ~ Bernal Heights 800.310.6563 American Craft Show Fri, Sat & Sun August 13-15 $12 F,S 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd & Buchanan St 800.836.3470 September San Francisco EventsSan Francisco Blues Festival Friday - Date TBAFree 12pm-1:30pm Sat & Sun - Date TBA $30-40 11am-6pm Music 415.979.5588 Portola Festival Sunday - Date TBA Free 10am-4pm Music San Bruno Ave between Bacon & Silliman 415.574.9170 Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival Sat & Sun Sept 11 & 12 $20+ 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM Music Ghirardelli Square 800.310.6563 Taste of Fillmore Saturday September 18 Free Admission, $20 "Tasting Wristband" Noon - 5:00 PM Music Fillmore St from Pine - California Streets 800.310.6563 A Taste of Downtown San Rafael Wednesday September 22 Free Admission, $25 "Tasting Wristband" 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Featuring a Free Movie @ 7:30 PM on A Street Between Fourth Street & Fifth Avenue ~ San Rafael, CA 800.310.6563 The Polk Street Blues Festival Sat & Sun, Sept 25 & 26 Free 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Music Polk Street from Pacific - Union Streets 800.310.6563 Folsom Street Fair* Sunday September 26 $7 11am-6pm Music Folsom Street between 7th & 12th *The Folsom Street Fair is an annual BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism) and leather subculture street fair held on the last Sunday in September and caps San Francisco's "Leather Pride Week". It was started in 1984 and is California's third largest spectator event and the world's largest leather event and showcase for BDSM products and culture.wikipedia.com October San Francisco EventsDocumentary Film Festival Daily - October 15-28 $10 Time Varies Roxie Theater, 16th & Valencia 415.820.3907 San Francisco Jazz Fall Season Daily -Date TBA $25-65 Times Vary Call for locations 415.788.7353 Oktoberfest by the Bay Thurs-Sun - Date TBA $15-25 Times Vary Music Fort Mason Center, Marina & Buchanan 888.746.7522 Hardly Strictly Blue Grass Fri, Sat & Sun October 1-3 Free 11am-7pm Music Golden Gate Park @ Speedway Meadows 415.522.0333 Open Artists Studios Saturdays & Sundays October 2-31 Free 11am-6pm Over 900 Artist's Studios, Maps available @ artspan.org 415.861.9838 Castro Street Fair Sunday October 3 Free 10am-6pm Music Castro & Market St 415.841.1824 Fleet Week & Blue Angels Sat & Sun October 9 & 10 Free 12pm-5pm Music Pier 39 Fisherman's Wharf at Beach St. 415.705.5500 The 22nd Annual Fiesta on the Hill Sunday October 17 Free 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Music Bernal Heights 800.310.6563 International Vintage Poster Fair Fri, Sat & Sun October 29-31 $15 Times Vary Fort Mason Center, Marina & Buchanan 800.856.8069 November San Francisco EventsFabulous Food Festival Sat & Sun Nov 6-7 Free 10am-5pm Music Concourse Exhibit Ctr,8th & Brannan Pier 39 Holiday Tree Lighting Sunday November 21 Free 12pm-9pm Music Pier 39 @ Fisherman's Wharf 415.705.5500 Turkey Trail Trott Thursday Nov 25 $28 8:30am-10am Polo Field Golden Gate Park, JFK & 36 ave 415.595.6934 San Rafael Parade of Lights & Winter Wonderland Friday November 26th Snow Sledding Noon - 8:00 PM Marketplace 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Parade at 5:30 PM Saturday November 27th Snow & Kids' activities 9:00 AM - Noon Fourth Street ~ A street to Lootens San Rafael 800.310.6563 Celebration of Craftswomen Saturdays & Sundays Nov 27- Dec 5 $8.50 10am-5pm Music Fort Mason Center, Marina & Buchanan 415.248.1373 Run Wild 5K & 10K Sunday November 28 $30-40 8:30 am-noon Music Golden Gate Park Music Concourse & Tea Gardens 415.759.2690 San Francisco Jazz Fall Season Daily - Date TBA $25-65 Time Varies Music Call for Locations 415.788.7353 December San Francisco EventsUnion Street Holiday Program (A month long celebration of holiday happenings) Holiday Event on Saturday, December 4 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM Union Street between Van Ness & Steiner, Fillmore Street from Union to Lombard 800.310.6563 Great Dickens Christmas Fair Saturdays & Sundays December 5-19 $20 11am-7pm Music Cow Palace on Geneva off Hwy 101 800.510.1558 KPFA Crafts & Music Fair Sat & Sun December 11 & 12 $10 10am-6pm Music Concourse Exhibit Center @ 8th & Brannon 510.848.6767 College Emerald Bowl Saturday - Late December $40-75 5:30pm-9pm AT&T Park @ 3rd & King St 415.947.2695 Go from San Francisco Events to Where to Go
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