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Event Calendars by locals:
SF Weekly Calendar of Events
San
Francisco Visitor and Convention Bureau Calendar of Events
SF Station Calendar of Events
San Francisco Bay Area Arts
Yelp! Calendar of Events
San Francisco Chronicle Calendar of Events
Inside Bay Area Calendar of Events
See also:
Things
to do in San Francisco Bay Area
San
Francisco Airport Shuttle
San Francisco Transit
Festivals and stuff:
Bay to Breakers
Bay To Breakers is a 12K (7.46 miles) course. From sea level at the
Embarcadero the course rises steeply along Hayes Street Hill. Around the
2.5-mile mark runners climb an 11.15% grade between Fillmore and Steiner,
bringing them to the highest point in the race, approximately 215 feet above
sea level. The remainder of the course gradually flows downhill alongside
the Panhandle and through Golden Gate Park.
http://www.baytobreakers.com/ The San
Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival
features concerts by many great local and out-of-town bands. And don't
miss the square dance, kids' show, and special banjo, fiddle, and clogging
workshops!
http://www.sfbluegrass.org/ San Francisco Blues Festival
(415) 979-5588 for recorded Ticket & Festival information
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 460608, San Francisco, CA 94146-0608
Produced by Tom Mazzolini
http://www.sfblues.com/ San Francisco Chinese Parade
San Francisco: Named one of the world's top ten parades, the Southwest
Airlines Chinese New Year Parade is the largest event of its kind outside of
Asia. Since 1958, the parade has been under the direction of the Chinese
Chamber of Commerce. Over 100 units will participate in the Southwest
Airlines Year of the Monkey parade. A San Francisco tradition since just
after the Gold Rush, the parade continues to delight and entertain the many
hundreds of thousands of people that come to watch it on the street or tune
in to watch it on television.
http://www.chineseparade.com/ San Francisco Comedy Day
Comedy Day is a free outdoor comedy "concert" featuring nearly 30
of today's top performers. It was founded as a way for Bay Area comics
to say thank you to comedy fans for their support and to The City that has
nurtured so many comedians. Since 1981, more than 500 of the world's
funniest performers have given the gift of laughter to over a half-million
people at Comedy Day.
http://www.comedyday.com/ The East West Shrine Game
The East West Shrine Game has never been "just another football game.
"The Shrine Game is the Premier All-Star Game in America, and has a
long history of distinguished players and coaches in the Game.
http://www.shrinegame.com Fashion Market of San Francisco
http://www.fashionsanfrancisco.com/ San Francisco International Film Festival
http://www.sffs.org/ Resfest Digital Film Festival
http://www.resfest.com/ San Francisco Fleet Week
http://www.fleetweek.us/ The San Francisco
Free Folk Festival
The San Francisco Free Folk Festival was conceived in 1976 by the San
Francisco Folk Music Club, which staged it for the first two years at the
Hall of Flowers. It then moved to Fort Mason, where it remained for 13
years, before moving to the John Adams campus of City College until that
venue became too small. Several years ago, the festival moved to its current
home at Roosevelt Middle School. Last year, between 2,000 and 3,000 people
attended the event. It takes about 200 volunteers to stage the Festival.
http://www.sffolkfest.org/ Annual Haight-Ashbury Street Fair
Annual Haight-Ashbury Street Fair kicks off a day of music, arts and crafts
and food on Haight Street from Masonic to Stanyan Streets in San Francisco,
CA . The fair will begin at 11 a.m. and run until 5:30 p.m. Two stages
provide entertainment all day long with guest artists, local bands and
community groups reaching larger audiences. The main stage is located at
Stanyan and Haight Streets while the second stage is located at Masonic
Avenue and Haight Street. Each stage provides a variety of musical
presentations that range from rock, punk, reggae, jazz to blues, big bands
and other musical presentations. Each stage provides a list of scheduled
guests. Throughout the day, the five-block area of the fair provides
fairgoers with a variety of foods and beverages, crafts, arts and access to
the neighborhood's various businesses which showcase the diversity and
spirit that makes this district, the Haight-Ashbury, famous.
http://www.haightstreetfair.org/ San Francisco
International Art Exposition
Fort Mason, San Francisco
Featuring more than 100 international galleries representing more than 2,000
artists, this year's show is an eclectic collection of modern and
contemporary artwork in a variety of artistic styles and media that range
from painting, drawing, photography and printmaking to sculpture, video,
installation and mixed media.
http://www.sfiae.com/ Nation's
Oldest Italian Heritage Parade (Columbus Day Parade)
Highlights include dozens of handcrafted parade floats featuring Bay
Area businesses, community groups, and Italian organizations; local high
school Italian clubs and marching bands; special appearances by
"Christopher Columbus" and Queen Isabella and Her Court; festive
open-air dining and Italian wine and food specials at North Beach
restaurants lining the Parade route; performances by a variety of
traditional Italian musicians and performance artists; and special
appearances by Bay Area and Italian-American celebrities.
http://www.sfcolumbusday.org/ San Francisco Jazz Festival
Hailed by The London Observer as "probably the best jazz festival in
the world," the San Francisco Jazz Festival is a two-week celebration
of today's best music. Every fall the Festival presents a phenomenal array
of jazz concerts, from the classic to the avant-garde, gathering the legends
of today and the rising stars of tomorrow in premier venues throughout San
Francisco and the Bay Area.
SFJAZZ is the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and the
6th largest performing arts organization in the Bay Area. Dedicated to
encouraging the growth of jazz and jazz audiences in San Francisco and
beyond, SFJAZZ presents a wealth of year-round programs, including the
internationally acclaimed San Francisco Jazz Festival, the SFJAZZ Spring
Season under the artistic direction of renowned saxophonist Joshua Redman,
as well as numerous community outreach and education programs.
http://www.sfjazz.org/ San Francisco Chinatown Hosts
Annual ATA Autumn Moon Festival
Every year the Moon Festival
features live entertainment, arts and crafts, food and drink, and several
parades.
http://www.moonfestival.org North Beach Parade
A celebration of San Francisco's Little Italy and Home of the Beat
Generation. Original, Juried Arts & Crafts, World Champion Pizza Toss,
Multiple Entertainment Centers, Cooking Stage, Cheese Carving, Alternative
Rhythm & Blues and Pop Rock, Salsa and Swing Stage with Dance Floor,
Animal Blessings.
http://www.sfnorthbeach.org/festival/ GRAND NATIONAL RODEO, HORSE AND STOCK
SHOW
http://www.grandnationalrodeo.com/
Stern Grove Festival
Stern Grove was purchased by Rosalie M. Stern and given as a gift to the
City of San Francisco in 1931, in memory of her husband Sigmund, a prominent
civic leader. George Greene originally homesteaded the Grove - a tract of
sand dunes and marshes - in the 1840's. The Greene family planted the first
eucalyptus trees in the Grove and built the Trocadero Inn, a popular
recreation spot until its closure in 1916.
Marveling at the Grove's natural acoustics, Mrs. Stern determined that the
site would be preserved as a park in which the public could enjoy
admission-free music, dance, and theater performances. On June 4, 1932,
Stern Grove was dedicated. Two weeks later, the San Francisco Symphony
played the first concert in the Grove. Mrs. Stern, then President of the San
Francisco Recreation Commission, formed the non-profit Stern Grove Festival
Association in 1938, stipulating that all concerts were to be free to the
public and designed for everyone's enjoyment. The organization's mission
guides the Festival to this day:
http://www.sterngrove.org/
The Webby Awards
Presented by The International Academy of
Digital Arts and Sciences, The Webby Awards is the leading international
honor for the worlds best web sites.
http://www.webbyawards.com/
San Francisco International Asian
American Film Festival
http://asianamericanmedia.org/ San Francisco Carnival
http://www.carnavalsf.com/
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