The 28th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 11-21, 2010) features more than 130 films, videos, parties and events at different Bay area venues with different ticket prices. There’s also a Free Fair in Japantown on Saturday, March 13, called the Festival Forum, with a schedule of events that includes a free outdoor [...]
Adore books and the occasional free thought? Then take it to the streets … of San Francisco, that is, at the 15th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair in Golden Gate Park (March 13-14, 2010). While this particular book fair is sooo San Francisco, it attracts booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups from around the [...]
As if we need one more reason to party in the city, San Francisco’s 159th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival will draw thousands of people to the streets of San Francisco on March 13, 2010.
The event will provide plenty of Irish history, cultural clichés, and a full day of fun and festivities, including [...]
The Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade (March 13 and 14, 2010), at the Dublin Civic Center, has plenty of Irish entertainment planned along with the usual booths, vendors, carnival rides, and festival food. There’s also the annual pancake breakfast and a Shamrock 5k Run and Walk.
“With over 100 craft and commercial vendor booths, an [...]
It’s the slow season in Wine Country, but fields of mustard are blooming all over the hills and vineyards. During the upcoming Annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival (January 30 through March 27, 2010), a network of communities, businesses, and non-profit organizations welcome visitors to tastings, markets, and other special events. Hotels, restaurants, and shops encourage [...]
It’s the Year of the Tiger (Lunar Year 4708) and the 2010 Chinese New Year Flower Market Fair & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in San Francisco’s Chinatown are the first of several events scheduled in celebration of the Chinese New Year. The event, sponsored by Southwest Airlines, is always held on the weekend before the Chinese [...]
Free & cheap bluegrass concerts around the Bay — The 11th annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival (SFBOT) is a nine-day festival that takes place from February 12-21, 2010. Featuring Americana and roots music, the Festival produces over 30 shows at small clubs around the Bay Area, welcoming more than 5,000 music fans each [...]
PIER 39 Tulipmania returns to Pier 39 in February 2010. This free floral event features a lush display of colorful tulips on both levels of PIER 39. You can also join one of the free guided tulip tours. The tulip tour guides will point out the many tulip varieties such as Apricot Beauties, Texas Flames, [...]
The 2010 Russian Festival in San Francisco has a tag line that says it all: “Take a trip to Russia without leaving the Bay Area.” The Festival will take place January 29, 30 & 31, 2010, and they’re offering Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) tickets for Friday night (Jan 29). This year’s theme is [...]
A festival about soup? Why not? On Saturday, February 20, wander down to San Francisco’s Ferry Building, pay $1 for a hot cup of Ferry Plaza Farmers Market Minestrone Soup and learn about the history of soups throughout the world. You’ll pick up some great tips for making your own soup stock. The big soup [...]
Get ready to ring in the Year Of The Tiger with the 2010 Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco Chinatown. The parade features floats, firecrackers, extravagant costumes, and local color on the streets. The dramatic 201 ft long Golden Dragon at the end of the parade to the sound of 600,000 firecrackers is a [...]
If you’re in San Francisco and looking for a free way to entertain the family during the Lunar New Year in Chinatown this year, don’t forget about the Chinese Culture Center’s Annual Spring Festival Celebration, the largest indoor Lunar New Year extravaganza in SF’s Chinatown. The Center is a great place to celebrate the Year [...]
Mustard, Mud & Music — The Napa Valley Mustard Festival is still going strong, and now you can take advantage of special offers at a popular jazz and wine tasting event, Mustard, Mud & Music in Calistoga. Calistoga locals can get 25% off tickets and jazz packs. Everyone else can get tickets for 10% off [...]
Time to spruce up the home or get your garden going? Grab these 2 for 1 admission tickets and head over to the annual Marin Home Show in San Rafael.
The Marin Home Show is a two-day event at the Marin Center and Fairgrounds in San Rafael that showcases new home and garden projects. They’ll have [...]
The Vintage Paper Fair in San Francisco is coming around again on January 9 and 10, 2010, offering a fun trip back in time. The show features approximately 100 vendors showing off their vintage postcards, photos, valentines, photos, pinup art, posters and other paraphernalia. Some of the prices are cheap cheap cheap. Come early for [...]
The 10th Anniversary Oakland Holiday Parade, on December 5, is one of the premier children’s parades in the country. Favorite highlights will include Giant helium balloons, favorite cartoon and storybook characters (Curious George, The Raggs, Clifford, Berenstain Bears, Bob from Sesame Street), marching bands, decorated floats, and Santa Claus.
The 2009 Oakland Holiday Parade, aka the [...]
Holiday Lights & Sights Boat Parade 2009 — The oldest and largest lighted holiday boat parade on San Francisco Bay, featuring more than 100 boats festooned with lights and holiday decorations, will take place along the waterfront on Friday, December 11, 2009.
The parade will include members of the St. Francis Yacht Club, Fisherman’s Wharf Fishing [...]
Just in case you don’t have enough SF Bay Area holiday events to chose from on Dec 5, add the City of Pleasanton to your list of possible parades. The Pleasanton Hometown Holiday Celebration and Parade features another Bay Area tree lighting (by the Mayor of Pleasanton), along with the expected holiday shopping, entertainment, face [...]
No holiday lights listing would be complete without San Francisco’s Union Street Fantasy of Lights event on December 5.
Jugglers, live ponies dressed as reindeer, balloon artists and even a monkey will entertain holiday shoppers, visitors, and those of us who show up just to see the Victorians lit to the hilt. Candy cane stripes give [...]
The Parade of Lights and Winter Wonderland in Downtown San Rafael (November 27 — day after Thanksgiving) will feature its popular Holiday Marketplace with arts and crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities, and my favorite free activity, snow sledding. The parade is billed as “one of the largest holiday parades in the Bay Area” while maintaining [...]
