Looking for FREE Fourth of July fireworks, parades, and family celebrations in the East Bay? Me too. I looked around and found the following info for 2010. This is not a comprehensive list. If you know of another (or a correction), I’d be happy to post it here, as long as it’s free. Alameda: 4th [...]
Here are a few free activities happening on the Peninsula for Independence Day, July 4th, 2010. I’m sure there’s more fun to be had for free or on the cheap but this list will get you started. (Have something to add? Please share): Redwood City: Redwood City Parade & Festival – Sunday, July 4, 2010, [...]
Looking for free 2010 Fourth of July activities and fireworks in Napa Valley or Marin? Here’s a list of North Bay festivities. (This isn’t a complete list — let me know if you’d like to add something): American Canyon: 4th of July Parade and Celebration – Sunday, July 4, 2010. Festival 10:30am – 6pm at [...]
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, [...]
The 10th Anniversary Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade and Festival will take place on April 10, 2010 to commemorate and celebrate the life and work of labor and civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez. This year marks the 17th anniversary of Cesar’s passing on April 23rd, 1993. Scheduled events include live music by several top [...]
Get ready to celebrate Japanese culture at the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, April 10-18. At this street fair in San Francisco’s Japantown, you’ll find a food bazaar featuring traditional Japanese fare and cooking demonstrations, a Japanese traditional arts and crafts fair, booths, and a children’s village. Entertainment stages will feature Japanese classical and folk [...]
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 [...]
The tenth anniversary Cinco de Mayo Parade and Celebration in Calistoga will take place on May 2, 2010, preceded by the Great Tamale Festival on Saturday, May 1, featuring great food, live music, art and dance, with an expanded line-up of activities. WHAT’S THE DEAL: Calistoga Cinco de Mayo Parade & Celebration & Tamale Festival [...]
Redwood City will host a Bicentenario celebration and parade in honor of Mexico’s Bicentennial. The festivities kick off with a parade. The main stage will feature live music from 4 different groups, and a community stage will showcase dancing, singing, and theatrical talent from local schools, churches and community groups. Plenty of family activities are [...]
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 [...]
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. EAST BAY Alameda County Veterans [...]
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 gathering [...]
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. [...]
