The Stern Grove Festival celebrates the season of free Sunday concerts featuring renowned music and dance groups set in a beautiful outdoor amphitheater in the heart of San Francisco. Presented by the North Beach Business Association. San Francisco's oldest street fair delights with juried arts and crafts, live entertainment, Italian street painting, kids’ chalk art area, animal blessings, gourmet food booths, beverage gardens and other surprises. local event includes musical performances, a car show, arts and crafts, children’s activities and a variety of food vendors. commemorates the announcement of the end of slavery in the U.S.
The oldest known celebration among African Americans across the U.S. Juneteenth Celebrationįillmore District between Geary and Eddy streets The longest-running, largest and most widely LGBTQ cinema film exhibition in the world, screens groundbreaking documentaries, features, touching short films and cinematic classics. Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival This celebration of African American cinema and the African cultural diaspora showcases a diverse collection of films from emerging and established filmmakers more than 10,000 films have been screened from around the world since the inaugural festival in 1998. Annual San Francisco Black Film FestivalĪfrican American Art and Culture Center and other Bay Area Venues The 5k starts and finishes in San Francisco. The 12k features a point-to- point journey starting in Sausalito, running across the Golden Gate Bridge, and finishing in Aquatic Park. Music, arts, crafts and food are the mainstay of this event celebrating the cultural history and diversity of one of San Francisco's most internationally celebrated neighborhoods, Haight-Ashbury.
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This event finds a dozen galleries and institutions open for free in the Yerba Buena Gardens art district. Spring India DayĪ celebration of the colorful and exuberant Indian culture, this annual event features a traditional Indian wedding ceremony, henna artists, Bollywood dancing, music and enticing food booths. Showcases new films that reflect the lives of queer women of color and address the vital social justice issues that concern multiple communities.
With more than 60 studio tours and 75 events throughout the week featuring tech inventions to culture changing products, human centered design, and emerging fashion to international architecture, San Francisco Design Week is an opportunity to experience the region’s unique design talents, impact and innovations. San Francisco Jazz Festivalįor more than 30 years, SFJAZZ presented the San Francisco Jazz Festival in venues around the Bay Area with the opening of the SFJAZZ Center in 2013, the festival is now concentrated in the Center and the surrounding neighborhood and offers more than 30 shows. The Union Street Music Festival brings the sound of summer to historic Union Street, this festival features local bands, arts and crafts booths, food and beverage gardens, community groups and unique sponsors. Union Street between Gough and Steiner streets, 80 Those traveling to the parade from within SF can take SF Muni, which will be re-routing three lines around the Civic Center Plaza.All dates and locations are subject to change and should be confirmed with sponsors before making travel plans. Riders should expect large crowds at Embarcadero Station before 10:30 am and large crowds all day at Civic Center Station. BART will be increasing service to carry attendees to and from the celebration.īART will open at 8:00 am and run five-line service until 8:00 pm with special event trains. BART and Muni trains will drop off passengers directly on the parade route. Public transit is the best way to get to the parade, according to the BART website.
McAllister from Van Ness to Leavenworth.This is the schedule for street closures: Some streets will be closed on Thursday and Friday and as late as Monday. For Sunday’s parade, Market Street will be closed from the Embarcadero at around Steuart Street to 8th Street. Civic Center Plaza and the surrounding streets will be closed on Saturday and Sunday for the Annual San Francisco Pride Celebration.