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Fillmore Jazz Festival Returns July 4-5: Free, 12 Blocks, What You Actually Need to Know
PublishedThe West Coast's largest free jazz festival takes over Fillmore Street on the Fourth of July weekend — 10am to 6pm both…
ScentFest Brings 110 Perfumers — and a 4,000-Year-Old Scent Archive — to Fort Mason This Weekend
PublishedThe West Coast's first international consumer fragrance festival runs June 26–28 at Gateway Pavilion, with 110-plus…
LakeFest Oakland Returns to Lake Merritt This Saturday — Three Stages, Road Closures, Take BART
PublishedThe 7th Annual LakeFest Oakland lands on June 27 with Grammy headliner Eric Bellinger, Mistah F.A.B.
Music Jam SF: This Tuesday Night, You're in the Band
PublishedA participatory community jam session in SoMa — bring your instrument, get a song list in advance, and play with 40…
Paramount Movie Classics Are Back in Oakland — $10, 35mm, and a Mighty Wurlitzer
PublishedThe Paramount Theatre's beloved Friday-night classic film series is back after a hiatus — all-ages, $10 tickets, 35mm…
Oaktown Thursdays Is a Free Monthly Block Party in Downtown Oakland — Next One Is July 16
PublishedA new free series takes over Telegraph Avenue near Latham Square on the third Thursday of each month, 5–9 PM, through…
The Bicycle Film Festival Rolls Into SF This Saturday — Three Programs, One Day at Gray Area
PublishedThe 26th Annual Bicycle Film Festival hits Gray Area's Grand Theater on June 27 with three back-to-back short-film…
SF Pride Is This Weekend. Here's How BART, Muni, and the Ferry Are Getting You There
PublishedSF Pride's 56th annual parade and celebration lands June 27–28 with 500,000 expected attendees.
SF's Dragon Boat Festival Came Back After 11 Years. Three Thousand People Showed Up.
PublishedSan Francisco's Dragon Boat Festival returned to Lake Merced last weekend — its first full run since 2015 — drawing…
Bomba Estéreo Packed Stern Grove. Here's How to Still Get In This Summer.
PublishedYesterday's Bomba Estéreo show drew a massive crowd to the free festival at 19th & Sloat.
Sonoma County Just Got Its First Dyke March
PublishedHundreds marched through downtown Santa Rosa on Sunday for the first-ever Sonoma County Dyke March — a deliberately…
Make Music San José Takes Over the City Today With 218 Free Acts
PublishedThe annual summer-solstice music festival is running right now across downtown San Jose and citywide neighborhoods —…
On Pride Sunday, Trailhead Gays Is Taking Over a Patch of Dolores Park
PublishedThe free outdoor community group for gay men hosts a daytime campout in Dolores Park on June 28 — a low-key alternative…
Steel Beach Party Aboard the USS Hornet: A July 4th BBQ on an Aircraft Carrier
PublishedThe USS Hornet museum in Alameda is throwing a Steel Beach BBQ on July 4th — live music, food, free island tours, and a…
San Pedro Square Is Getting a 4th Screen — in Time for Mexico on Wednesday
PublishedWatch party organizers are adding a fourth outdoor screen stretching north to St.
SF's Juneteenth Weekend Isn't Over — The Bayview Festival Runs Through This Afternoon
PublishedThe fourth annual SF Juneteenth Market Street Parade drew thousands downtown on Saturday.
Cultura FC Brings Its Football Design Market to Jack London Square This Week
PublishedThe self-described "Football's Design Conference" takes over Bloc 15 for two days of global football-culture vendors…
Longfellow's Annual Yard & Free Sale Is Happening Right Now — 50 Stops, North Oakland
PublishedThe Longfellow Community Association's annual neighborhood-wide yard sale runs today, Saturday June 20, from 10am to…
It's Official: USMNT Plays the Round of 32 in Santa Clara on July 1
PublishedThe USMNT is confirmed for a Round of 32 match at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium in Santa Clara on July 1 at 5 p.m…
Alameda County Fair Opens in Pleasanton — Three Weeks Left, Here's What It'll Cost
PublishedThe Alameda County Fair opened Friday at the Pleasanton fairgrounds and runs through July 12.
Türkiye Lost in 64 Seconds. The Fans Had Come From Four Continents to Watch.
PublishedParaguay's Matías Galarza scored 64 seconds into Friday night's Group D match at SF Bay Area Stadium, and thousands of…
San Pedro Square Boosted Security for Today's Turkey-Paraguay Watch Party After 30,000 Showed Thursday
PublishedFollowing a 30,000-person crowd for Thursday's Mexico-South Korea match, San Jose has significantly expanded security…
Bay Area Black Expo Draws Thousands to Emeryville for Juneteenth
PublishedThe third annual Bay Area Black Expo packed Bay Street Emeryville on Friday with more than 100 Black-owned businesses…
USA 2-0 Australia, and Pier 39 Had the Best Seat in San Francisco
PublishedUSA beat Australia 2-0 on Friday as crowds gathered at Pier 39's free waterfront fan zone.
Ferry Fest Returns July 12: Noise Pop's Free Birthday Party at the Ferry Building
PublishedThe Ferry Building marks 128 years with a free, all-ages waterfront festival on July 12 — Bay Area live music, vintage…
Reparations Turns Six Tonight at August Hall, with Sapphira Cristal Headlining
PublishedThe Juneteenth drag institution that Nicki Jizz started as a Twitch stream in 2020 marks its sixth birthday tonight at…
Free Bike Valet at Gate C: How to Ride to the World Cup at Levi's
PublishedFour matches remain at Levi's Stadium through July 1.
Downtown Hayward Gets a Free Latin Jazz Festival on Saturday
PublishedThe Hayward Latin Jazz Festival takes over B and Main streets on Saturday, June 27, from 11 a.m.
49 Searchlights, One Per Square Mile, Are Shooting Up From Civic Center Starting Saturday
PublishedIlluminate's "7X7" puts 49 searchlight beams above Civic Center Plaza from June 21 through July 4 — one per square mile…
San Jose Scales Up for Tonight's Mexico Watch Party — Kickoff Is at 1 A.M.
PublishedCity officials expect 25,000+ at San Pedro Square and Sharks Way overflow for Mexico-South Korea, with metal barriers…