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Hakone Matsuri Festival 2013

Ethnic Festival

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May 19 Hakone Estate and Gardens (Saratoga, CA) ... more Culture hounds from all over the Bay head to the annual Hakone Matsuri Festival. Held on a day in May, the 2013 Hakone Matsuri Festival takes place at the Hakone Estate and Gardens

21000 Big Basin Way
Saratoga, CA 95070

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Boogie on the Bayou 2013

Arts Festival / Food Festival

May 18–20 Downtown Campbell (Campbell, CA) ... more New Orleans might be thousands of miles away from San Francisco, but that doesn’t stop Bay Area residents from partying with the same spirit as their brothers and sisters in

Campbell, CA 95008

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Himalayan Fair 2013

Ethnic Festival

May 18–19 Live Oak Park (Berkeley, CA) ... more Held annually since 1983, the Himalayan Fair in Berkeley is a vast marketplace with more than 100 privately owned shops selling goods at booths, several food vendors featuring Tibetan

1301 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709

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18th Annual Jazz on Fourth

Music Festival

May 19 Fourth Street at Hearst Avenue (Berkeley, CA) ... more The free Jazz on Fourth is an annual benefit music festival that raises funds for the Berkeley High School jazz program. First held in 1996, the event has collected more than $150

Berkeley, CA 94710

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Maker Faire Bay Area 2013

Conference / Convention

May 18–19 San Mateo County Event Center ... more Maker Faire Bay Area is an annual celebration of innovation and creativity held in May at the San Mateo County Event Center in San Mateo, CA. Located a half hour south of San Francisco

2495 South Delaware Street
San Mateo, CA 94403

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San Francisco Sex Worker Film & Arts Festiv...

Film Festival / Arts Festival

May 18–26 Center for Sex & Culture ... more Kinky guys and gals of all sexual preferences head to the San Francisco Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival in the Bay Area every May. The San Francisco Sex Worker Film & Arts

1349 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

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Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festiva...

Festival

May 15–19 Yoshi's Oakland (Oakland, CA) ... more Founded in 1986 by aspiring comedian Tony Spires, the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival has become one of the largest live showcases of urban comedians in the world

510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA 94607

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Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festiva...

Festival

May 17–19 Yoshi's Oakland (Oakland, CA) ... more Founded in 1986 by aspiring comedian Tony Spires, the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival has become one of the largest live showcases of urban comedians in the world

510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA 94607

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56th Annual Vacaville Fiesta Days

Festival / Music Festival

May 20–27 Vacaville ... more Every year in May in California, Vacaville residents put their sun-block on and happily head outside to the Vacaville Fiesta Days. Vacaville Fiesta Days provides summer fun for the

California 95688

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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2013

Festival / Arts Festival

May 1 through Oct 27 Yerba Buena Gardens ... more The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival celebrates arts and culture with free community programming that seeks to enhance the quality of parks and open spaces in the San Francisco Bay Area

772 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

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Sacramento County Fair 2013

Fair / Carnival / Street Fair

May 23–27 Cal Expo (Sacramento, CA) ... more The 2013 Sacramento County Fair is a fun Memorial Day Weekend activity for the entire family! Established in 1937, the festival brings in nearly 90,000 attendees. Participants enjoy

1600 Exposition Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95815

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SF Offside Festival 2013

Arts Festival

May 23–25 ... more The SF Offside Festival celebrates the diversity and creativity of Bay Area jazz, bringing attention to homegrown talent in an effort to build a larger audience for the local jazz

Throughout the city

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San Francisco Festivals

Annual Festivals in SF

The Legendary Boonville Beer Festival Beer Festival
Every year in May
Uncorked! San Francisco Wine Festival Festival / Wine Festival
Every year in May
Tiburon Wine Festival Wine Festival
Every year in May
Livermore Wine Country Festival Wine Festival
Every year in May
Shit Kicking Memorial Day Outdoor Festival ... Music Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 27, 2013 3:00 pmAdd to Calendar
Sacramento Music Festival Music Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 24–27, 2013Add to Calendar
SF Offside Festival Arts Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 23–25, 2013Add to Calendar
Hawaiian May Day Festival Holiday Event / Arts Festival
Every year in May
A Fair to Remember Festival / Street Fair
Once a month from May to October | Next: Jun 16, 2013Add to Calendar
Bottle Rock Music & Arts Festival Arts Festival
Every year in May
Jazz on Fourth Music Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 19, 2013 12:00 pmAdd to Calendar
Hakone Matsuri Festival Ethnic Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 19, 2013 11:00 amAdd to Calendar
San Francisco Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival Film Festival / Arts Festival
Every other year in May | Next: May 18–26, 2013Add to Calendar
Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras Party / Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 25–26, 2013Add to Calendar
SF International Film Festival Film Festival
Held each spring for 15 days
Boogie on the Bayou Arts Festival / Food Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 18–20, 2013Add to Calendar
Uncorked! San Francisco Wine Festival Festival / Wine Festival
Every year in May
Moodtu Fest Music Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 25, 2013Add to Calendar
Asian Heritage Street Celebration Ethnic Festival
Every year in May
Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival Music Festival
Every year in May
Triple Rock: Firkin-Gravity Beer Festival Beer Festival
Every year in April
San Francisco Cinco De Mayo Festival Festival / Holiday Event
Every year in May
California Rejuvenation Festival Music Festival
Every year in May
Vacaville Fiesta Days Festival / Music Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 20–27, 2013Add to Calendar
Indieland Music Festival / DJ Event
Every year in May | Next: May 25, 2013 7:00 pmAdd to Calendar
San Francisco Popfest Music Festival
Every Memorial Day weekend | Next: May 24–26, 2013Add to Calendar
Healdsburg Jazz Festival Music Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 31–Jun 9, 2013Add to Calendar
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Festival / Arts Festival
Every year from May to October | Next: May 1 through Oct 27, 2013Add to Calendar
Whole Earth Festival Festival / Arts Festival
Every year in May
Funk out with R.O.C.K. Music Festival / Party
Every year in May or June | Next: May 31, 2013 8:00 pmAdd to Calendar
San Francisco Green Film Festival Film Festival
Every year in May/June | Next: May 30–Jun 5, 2013Add to Calendar
Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 15–19, 2013Add to Calendar
San Francisco Carnaval Arts Festival / Parade
Every year in May | Next: May 25–26, 2013Add to Calendar
Himalayan Fair Ethnic Festival
Every year in May | Next: May 18–19, 2013Add to Calendar
How Weird Street Faire Arts Festival
Every year in April or May
Norway Day Festival Ethnic Festival
Every year in May

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SF Festivals Overview

Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival 2013 - Arts Festival | Food & Drink Event | Music Festival | Wine Festival | Concert | DJ Event in SF

No one, no matter who they are or where they come from, will ever be able to say there aren’t a whole mess of festivals in San Francisco. The city by the bay seems to have a big celebration or parade popping up every week all over town, and chances are good that no matter where your particular tastes lie, you’ll be able to find an SF festival of interest.

The city’s gay pride festival alone attracts more than half-a-million people, and features live entertainment, guest speakers and hundreds of booths selling everything from rainbow flags to…you put that WHERE???

The annual 12K Bay to Breakers may be an intense race for some, but it’s more of a crazy parade for most participants who show up in full costume – or wearing nothing at all – to run from the Bay Bridge to the edge of Golden Gate Park, where the Footstock music festival then takes over.

Apart from having a name pretty much perfect for this eccentric city, The How Weird Street Faire in May is a creative showcase of music, performance art, and excellent exotic food that will entice hungry attendees of even the sanest demeanor, while the Fillmore Street Jazz Festival and North Beach Jazz Festival blanket San Francisco in bebop in July.

From waterfront fireworks and the Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival along Fisherman’s Wharf to the bondage-laden Folsom Street Fair to Oktoberfest by the Bay, San Francisco festivals cater to the extreme, the moderate, and everyone in-between.