Fairs & Festivals
June Street Fairs & Festivals (2025)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous June festivals, street fairs, and events including San Francisco Pride, the annual North Beach Festival, the 2025 season opening of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets and more you can look forward to this June 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more June events more...
“No Kings Day” in the Bay Area: 40+ Anti-Trump Protests (June 14)
Causes, Community, Fairs & Festivals, Have Your Voice Heard, San Francisco No Kings Day in the Bay Area: 40+ Anti-Trump Protests on June 14, 2025 On Saturday, June 14, 2025, more than 40 protests are planned across the Bay Area as part of No Kings Day, a nationwide day of protest and march against Donald Trump on Flag Day and the same more...
Every Night Market in San Francisco Bay Area in 2025
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Night Market The San Francisco Bay Area is set to host a series of bustling, open-air markets and nighttime events in 2025. Please note, we’re continuing to update this guide. Here’s the latest, updated May 22, 2025. Bay Area Night Markets 2025 San Francisco Castro Night Market – Every 3rd Friday, 5-10p – 18th & more...
San Francisco July Festivals & Street Fairs (2025)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous July festivals, street fairs, and events including the Fillmore Jazz Festival, SF’s 4th of July Fireworks show, and more you can look forward to this July 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more July events soon! JULY 2025 San Francisco 4th of July Fireworks more...
San Francisco August Festivals & Street Fairs
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous August festivals, street fairs, and events including Free National Parks Day, Japantown’s Nihonmachi Street Fair, Jerry Day and more you can look forward to this August 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more August events soon! Jerry Day 2025 – August 2, 2025 51st more...
Downtown SF’s Big Free Summer Concerts Are Back
Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates Get ready for another round of free outdoor concerts in the heart of San Francisco. Starting June 14, 2025 the city’s free concert series is back for its second year, bringing live music to downtown plazas all summer long. The first show kicks off with Back 2 Baysics, a daytime event more...
San Francisco’s May Festivals & Street Fairs 2025
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous May festivals, street fairs, and events including San Francisco’s Carnaval, Bay to Breakers, and more you can look forward to this May 2025. > We’ll be updating this guide with more May events soon! Please note, this guide includes events from 2024; the 2025 more...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is Back for 2025
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Sponsored The 2025 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 10, 2025 with La Santa Cecilia to kick off its 25th Anniversary Season. Now in its 25th year, the Festival will run each and every more...
SF’s Downtown Hoedown: New Country-Themed Monthly Block Party (May 1)
Block Party, Brand New, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals Dust off your boots — a brand-new monthly street party is launching in downtown San Francisco. Starting May 1, 2025, Downtown Hoedown will take over Front Street on the first Thursday of each month through October. It’s part of the expanding Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) series, and it’s free and open more...
SF’s 175th Birthday Laser Space Cannon Light Show (TONIGHT!)
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Community, Downtown San Francisco, Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy Illuminate Declares San Francisco the “City of Awe” which will Shoot Lasers onto City Hall Tonight to Celebrate the City’s 175th Birthday On San Francisco’s 175th birthday – which coincides with the local phenomenon of 415 Day – Illuminate, the nonprofit arts organization devoted to awe-inspiring public art, will unveil its latest more...
Off the Grid Is Back! Here’s Every 2025 Date for SF’s Iconic Friday Night Market
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Night Market, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco 🎉 Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason for 2025 – With a Massive Monthly Night Market + 110+ Vendors! After taking most of 2024 off, Off the Grid is making a huge comeback in 2025 — The beloved Friday night tradition at Fort Mason Center is back with a fresh more...
Fillmore Jazz Festival Back On for 2025 (After Sudden “Cancellation”)
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Fillmore Jazz Festival is officially back on for 2025—after a brief cancellation left the city stunned. Originally called off due to soaring production costs, the iconic festival is now returning over Fourth of July weekend thanks to a major financial more...
SF’s Newest Night Market is Coming to Valencia Street (Summer 2025)
Block Party, Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Night Market San Francisco to Launch Brand New Night Market on Valencia Street Starting May 8, 2025 Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the news that San Francisco is set to debut a brand new night market in the Mission District on May 8, 2025. A three-block stretch of Valencia Street, between 16th more...
1950s SF Motel Transformed by Artists for One Weekend Only
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, Wow San Francisco’s stARTup Art Fair is one of the most unique art shows you’re likely to ever encounter. The Return of SF’s Most Unique Art Fair: stARTup Takes Over Hotel del Sol San Francisco’s beloved stARTup Art Fair is finally making its long-awaited return after a five-year pause, and it’s coming back with renewed more...
Gilroy Garlic Festival Back for 2025 for First Time in 6 Years
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Good News Gilroy Garlic Festival Returns in 2025 After Six-Year Hiatus Gilroy’s most famous event is making a comeback. After a six-year absence, the Gilroy Garlic Festival is set to return from July 25–27, 2025, at a new location—Gilroy Gardens. This marks a fresh chapter for the beloved festival, which has long been more...
