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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday November 11, 2009 is Veterans Day, and you’ll find plenty of events around the Bay to honor veterans (even if you missed the early San Francisco Veterans Day Parade on Sunday). Here’s how the San Francisco Bay Area is honoring the men and women who have served their country.
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Alameda County Veterans Day Parade [...]
Looking for Fourth of July fireworks, parades, and family celebrations in the East Bay? Here’s the list. (Let us know if we’ve missed anything):
Alameda – Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10 am 4th of July Parade, 12 noon to 4 pm Festival. No fireworks.
Antioch – Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7 pm 4th of July Parade and [...]
Looking for Fourth of July activities and fireworks in Napa Valley or Marin? Here’s a list of North Bay festivities:
American Canyon – Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4, 2009. 4th of July Festival all day in Community Park I. Fireworks at approx 9:30 pm.
Bodega Bay: Friday, July 3, 2009, free (small) 4th of July [...]
The Napa County Fair and Silverado Parade promises four full days of family fun in Calistoga. Held over the Fourth of July weekend, the festivities include the Fourth of July Silverado parade. This longstanding Calistoga tradition features antique cars, live bands, children’s groups, horses, motorcycles, colorful dancers, and traditional displays of patriotic spirit. The festival [...]
The theme of the 2009 San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade is the timely “In Order to Form a More Perfect Union.” This 39th anniversary event promises to provide over 200 parade contingents, 300 exhibitors, and more than a dozen community-run stages and venues, making the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade the largest [...]
The spectacular California Carnaval Street Festival and parade, in San Francisco, is California’s Largest Multi-Cultural Celebration, showcasing the best traditions in Latin and Caribbean culture. Of course there will be food involved, along with live music, dance, arts and crafts, including works created by the talented community of Mission District residents and Bay Area artists.
Don’t [...]
Here are a few Fourth of July activities happening on the Peninsula this weekend:
Foster City – Saturday, July 4, 2009, 9 am. 4th of July Parade followed by Independence Day family activities all day at Leo J. Ryan Park. Fireworks at approx 9:30.
Half Moon Bay – Saturday, July 4, 2009, 12 noon, 4th of July [...]
