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San Francisco Festivals - By Month
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Dates and details are subject to change. Always check with the organization or venue for updates.
San Francisco Summer Festivals 2009 - Ongoing
See the San Francisco Neighborhood Map for precise street locations.
San Francisco Improv Festival
2009 dates TBA - July & August
Weeks of improv training workshops, and public improv performances
Stern Grove Festival
June through August
2009 dates will post on May 1, 2009
Diverse performances and concerts, outdoors in a terraced landscape theater - free of charge
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
May to October
Free performances in a variety of genres including dance, music, and children's activities - at Yerba Buena Gardens
San Francisco Festivals - August 2009
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
July 23 to Aug 10, 2009
The world’s first and largest Jewish film festival, using film and media arts to foster cultural understanding.
San Francisco Aloha Festival
August 1 & 2, 2009
Presidio of San Francisco
Festival of arts from the Pacific Islanders’ Cultural Association
Nihonmachi Street Fair
August 8 & 9, 2009
Celebration of Asian and Pacific American communities with music, performances, food, drink and community information.
Bay Area Tap Festival
August 10 to 17, 2008
Celebrates the art of tap dance with classes, workshops and performances.
Golden Gate Renaissance Festival
August 22 & 23, 2009
Five acres of entertainment, merchants, sword fighting, jousting, magicians and mistrels, food and drink.
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
Aug 28 to 30, 2009
Golden Gate Park - Polo Field, Speedway, and Lindley Meadows
See Map of Golden Gate Park
Check website or sign up on the Outside Lands mailing list for updates on 2009 lineup
American Sailing League Championship Series
August 29 & 30, 2009
These 18’ customized sailboats are among the fastest in the sport today. Their races combine all of the athletic skill of the X-Games with the breakneck speed and spectacular wipeouts of NASCAR. All races will run in full view at the Bay end of PIER 39, with these skiffs reaching more than three times the speed of average sailing yachts.
San Francisco Mime Troup
Check website for 2009 performance updates
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