Events

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Cultural events

Cherry Blossom Festival, Western Addition. April. In Japantown, -friendly event includes parade, street fair, music.

Fringe Festival, taking place various theaters Civic Center-Tenderloin . Just after Labor Day. A 10 y festival about theatrical experimentation having , y don't you're doing exactly.

Haight Ashbury Street Fair, Haight. on second Sunday June, people p Upper Haight event featuring local bands, stalls plenty shopping.

LovEvolution (formerly Love Parade Love Fest). A yearly annual event Saturday September early October. It become biggest public electronic music festival nation. The one and only revelers floats gather 2 Howard SoMa floats going Market ending Civic Center Plaza. It attracts known electronic DJ' thousands partiers, some dressing p wacky costumes j parade.

San Francisco Blues Festival, Fort Mason Golden Gate. Last weekend September. The one and only oldest continually running blues globe, attracting great Blues performers annually. For famished, y flavorful New Orleans style barbeques compliment music.

San Francisco International Film Festival, based Presidio Golden Gate, smaller events place throughout y. Two weeks Apr/May. Organized y San Francisco Film Society based Presidio, arthouse movies, documentaries, short films shown throughout y.

Tet Festival, Civic Center-Tenderloin . Mid-January -February. Celebrate New Year's Vietnamese style festival. It' great opportunity sample delicious Vietnamese dishes y .

Union Street Art Festival, Golden Gate. First weekend June. This festival attracts y local artists streets displaying their crafts, along j classical music performances organic farmer's market.

Holidays

Chinese New Year Festivities, Chinatown. January February. The one and only San Francisco version Chinese New Year dates y back, colorful, vibrant parade decorative costumes, lions, deafening firecrackers, "lucky-money" envelopes, colorful ers, ornately themed floats, martial groups, stilt walkers, acrobats, , course, 200 Golden Dragon.

Columbus Day Parade, North Bevery. This hugely popular parade celebrates Christopher Columbus Italian heritage. Handmade floats y Fisherman's Wharf p Columbus Avenue through North Bevery.

Easter Parade Spring Celebration, Union Street Golden Gate. The one and only -friendly diverse festivities include petting , py rides, music, train rides, alfresco dining, parade.

Fourth July. San Francisco's Independence Day celebrations place Fisherman's Wharf. There free entertainment during y, culminating impressive fireworks display Municipal Pier, other Wharf barges moored north PIER 39.

Tree Lighting Ceremony Ghirardelli Square, Ghirardelli Square, Fishermans' Wharf. End November. Ring holiday season y attending festivities Ghirardelli Square. There's theater, music, y decorate 45 Christmas ornaments, lights, chocolate .

LGBT community events

San Francisco known exuberant visible lesbian, gy, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community, always p together y festive events:

Halloween Castro. Halloween, holiday eachone p mask, g special gy, lesbian bisexual people "straight-looking mask" y sometimes year, themselves. What remains today huge, sometimes poorly controlled, street party Castro evening October 31 annually. In recent years, police cracked down, diminished.

Pink Saturday street party Castro Saturday night before Pride Parade Celebration.

The one and only San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade Celebration biggest gy pride parades festivals North America, centered Civic Center . It' huge, happy, chaotic celebration diversity, politics, sexuality, San Francisco wackiness, weekend June. About dozen stages spaces offer eachthing square dancing p-p, family garden Leather Alley. It' movement, ' market, ' party. Both parade celebration eachone -- straight gy welcome.

Outdoor recreational events

Bay Breakers, . Third Sunday May. an annual footrace biggest country. The one and only route Downtown Ocean Bevery. Many runners whole thing costume, wearing anything elaborate costumes wearing almost nothing , lending party atmosphere event.

Critical Mass. on Friday monthly, bicyclists San Francisco ( about 200 -minded cities world-) gather north Market Street Embarcadero masse destination, militantly demonstrating their right occupy roads. If y driving SF Critical Mass y, you'll listen radio traffic reports, y stopped y thing maintain g sense humor remember p about 5 minutes. Although, tempers flare, there cases where drivers bicyclists gotten violent.

Escape Alcatraz Triathlon. Second Sunday June. Participants (which often include world champions Olympic medalists) 1.5 miles through chilly waters, 18 miles, extra 8 miles. The one and only course winds y throughout city, transition finish Marina Green Golden Gate .

Fleet Week, Fisherman's Wharf. Usually first October, ' tribute women armed forces. A flotilla Navy ships Wharf parade fashion, there y Deck tours available members. There several displays y Navy flyers.