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San Francisco Festivals and Fairs - May 2009
Dates and details are subject to change. Always check with the organization or venue for updates.
SF Jazz Spring Season 2009
Throughout the month - Mar 6 to June 21
Various venues in San Francisco
See SF Jazz Spring Schedule
San Francisco International Film Festival
April 23 to May 7
The Festival will be screening two hundred films (features and shorts) in venues around town. Check the website for schedule, tickets and video clips of selected films.
Quantum of Suck-Ass
James Bond May 2009
Every Sunday in May
Dark Room Theater (2263 Mission Street)
Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill, Die Another Day
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Begins May 2, through the summer
Yerba Buena Gardens - SoMa (See SF Map)
Music, arts, dance and children's programs through the spring and summer season
San Francisco Cinco de Mayo
May 2, 2009
Mission Dolores Park - Mission District (See SF Map)
Picnics, music, dance, arts
Norway Day Festival
May 2 & 3, 2008
Herbst Pavilion - Fort Mason (See Fort Mason Map)
Norwegian food, culture, music, fashion and activities
10th Annual How Weird Street Faire
May 10
Howard & 2nd (10 blocks from original location) - SoMa - (See SoMa on SF Map)
Noon to 7p - Seven city blocks of art, food, non-profit organizations, stages of music
Dog Day on the Bay
May 3
Hornblower Cruises
Proceeds benefit cats and dogs at the San Francisco SPCA
15th Annual KFOG KaBoom!
May 9, 2009
Pier 30/32
Festival featuring live music followed by fireworks
KUSF Rock ‘n Swap
May 10, 2009
McLaren Hall - on USF campus
10a to 3p - $3.00 (free for USF students) – giant record collectors fair
San Francisco Cocktail Week
May 11 to 18, 2009
At various venues and participating bars
Events include the Opening Gala, Farmers' Market Cocktails at the San Francisco Ferry Building, [iBar School - A Day of Education (Classes TBA), and North Beach Historical Cocktail and Bar Crawl
San Francisco International Comedy Festival
Dates and Info TBA
More than 20 international comics in five consecutive days of standup
Bike to Work Day
May 14, 2009
Join bike commuters in making a statement about the importance of the two-wheeled way - volunteers will cheer cyclists on at 26 Energizer Stations around San Francisco - plus Annual Bike Away From Work Party at the Rickshaw Stop – 6p to 10p
San Francisco Oyster & Beer Festival
May 16
Great Meadow at Fort Mason – Fort Mason (See Fort Mason Map)
Gates open at 11a - Show at noon
Demos, Shuck and Swallow Competition, Irish dancing, bands
ING Bay to Breakers 12K
Third Sunday in May - 17, 2009
Start at Howard & Beale – 8:00a
Finishes at Ocean Beach
Free to spectators - Runners (costumed and non-costumed) crowd the course in this San Francisco annual tradition
6th Annual San Francisco International Arts Festival
May 20 to May 31
Check website for venues
Multiple artists at multiple venues - $12 to $25 / full-time students & seniors $16
Carnaval San Francisco
May 23 & 24
On Harrison (between 16th & 22nd)
California’s largest multi-cultural celebration, drawing hundreds of thousands of people - two days of dancing, music, arts, entertainment, food and a grand parade on Sunday
Memorial Day Ceremony at the Presidio
May 25, 2009
10:30a parade at Presidio Main Parade Ground
11:00a - Program at SF National Cemetery at the Presidio
See Presidio on SF Map