See more San Francisco event options for Memorial Day Weekend 2008:
- Bay Area Memorial Day Ceremonies
- Live Music Club Calendars
- May Museum Exhibitions
- May Theater Productions
- May Jazz & Blues
- About San Francisco - Event Board (in the Discussion Forum)
This is a selection of events happening in San Francisco on Memorial Day Weekend 2008 - May 23 to May 26
Carnaval San Francisco
May 24 and 25, 2008 - Grand Parade on May 25
On Harrison (between 16th & 23rd)
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
5th San Francisco International Arts Festival
May 21 to June 8, 2008
Check website for venues
The Truth in Knowing/Now: Threads in Time, Place, Culture - More than 40 performances
and three major visual arts exhibits being presented by more than 25 San Francisco
Arts organizations at multiple venues
Capsule Design Festival
May 25, 2008 - 11:00a to 6:00p
Hayes Valley Park at Octavia & Hayes Streets - See San Francisco Neighborhood Map
Features 160 clothing, jewelry, children's lifestyle and accessory designers - along with artists and musicians
Attack of the Killer B Movies
May 22 to 24, 2008
At The Dark Room - 2263 Mission Street (between 18th and 19th)
This weekend featuring The Bad Seed
San Francisco Birth & Baby Fair
May 24, 2008 - 10a to 3p
Fort Mason Conference Center - See Map to Fort Mason
Event for new and expecting parents in the Bay Area -- with representatives from many pregnancy, birth, parenting and baby-related resources, as well as workshops, demonstrations, and shopping
Theatre of Yugen's Worklights
May 25, 2008 - 3p to 5p
Casual monthly series for exploration of work-in-progress - with audience impressions and reflections - beer and popcorn provided
2nd Annual Croquet Party at Supperclub
May 24, 2008
Supperclub (657 Harrison)
Wall-to-wall grass croquet court will be filling Supperclub SF - $10 (adv) / 9p and after
Foggy Bridge Sunday Morning Wine Cruise
May 25, 2008 - 10a to noon
Regular spring sailing event aboard the USS Potomac, Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidential yacht - departs from San Francisco Ferry Building - Pier E
Mortified Live
May 22 and May 23, 2008 - 8:00p
Make-Out Room (3225 22nd Street)
For more information, see Profile of the Mortified Live show
Family Overnight at San Francisco Zoo
May 24, 2008
Wild Nights Family Overnight - "Hiding in Plain Sight" - Learn about camouflage, mimicry and other ways animals hide. Children must be six years old and accompanied by an adult. Fee: $75 adults (non-members), $65 children (6 to 18). Pre-registration required.
Comedy: Scantily Clad
May 23, 2008 - 9:00p
San Francisco Comedy College
Friday night showcase with lineup of local, San Francisco comedians - $10 (adults)
Marine Ecology Walk at Lands End
May 24, 2008 - 10a to 11a
Navy Memorial Parking Lot (near intersection of Point Lobos Avenue and El Camino del Mar)
See Map of Outer Richmond for street location
Naturalist Peter Winch leads informational walk on the area's coastal ecosytem
San Francisco Symphony: Brahms's German Requiem
May 21 to May 24, 2008
Davies Symphony Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: Gamelan Sekar Jaya
May 24, 2008 - 1:00p to 2:30p
Yerba Buena Gardens
Fifty performers of Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Bay Area's gamela ensemble) present the dances of Bali
Water Aid: A Myanmar Relief Event
May 22, 2008 - 7 to 10p
Mighty - See Mighty on the San Francisco Live Music Map
Spark is partnering with CARE International with event proceeds donated to CARE's Myanmar Cyclone Response Fund
MUSIC: Dianne Reeves
May 23 & 24, 2008 - 8:00p
Herbst Theater
Part of SF JAZZ Spring Season performances
ART: Midway Mecanique
May 23, 2008 - 5:00p to 9:00p / May 24, 2008 - 1:00p to 5:00p
SF Dump - 503 Tunnel Avenue, San Francisco
Reception for Paul Cesewski - part of the Artist in Residence program, using art to inspire people to recycle more and conserve natural resources