San Francisco

San Francisco Comic Con:

Moscone Center West
747 Howard St, San Francisco
Friday, September 1st – Sunday, September 3rd, 2017

San Francisco Comic Con is a comic book convention located in San Francisco, California. San Francisco Comic Con is San Francisco’s largest, true comic con. Featured are exhibitors that cater to a wide-spectrum of interests including comic books, magazines, toys, games, Star Wars, Star Trek, anime, manga, cosplay, artwork, sketches and apparel. In addition, a roster of comic industry professionals, and comicdom-related celebrities are in attendance for attendees to meet and greet. As admission is kept reasonable for adults and FREE for children, the San Francisco Comic Con is a family-friendly convention.

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Asian Art Museum – Free Admission Day:

Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St, San Francisco
Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
10:30am – 2:00pm | Free

Discover and play as a family at the Asian Art Museum. On Family Fun Days, our gallery activities, creative art projects and immersive storytelling make art appreciation into a lively, family-friendly event. Themes and projects change regularly, so visit again and again.

Learn all about flowers, their symbolism and different ways to use flowers in art with ethnobotanist and teaching artist Deepa Natarajan. On Sep. 3 Natarajan will lead an educational workshop on flower pounding and dyeing.

10:30–11 AM stART Tour for kids ages 3–6
11 AM–2 PM art making and self-guided activities
1–1:45 PM storytelling for families

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San Francisco Improv Fest:

PianoFight
144 Taylor St, San Francisco
Friday, August 18th – Sunday, August 20th, 2017

The San Francisco Improv Festival celebrates and presents the best that improvisational theater has to offer in all its forms, with veteran and rising improv talent from the Bay Area and beyond. Our thirteenth festival features improvisers from the house teams of major improv schools to independent, regional troupes and duos that kick major ass. Support your faves, take some risks, and throw down with us. See you there.

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Chinatown Music Festival:

Waverly Pl (btw Washington & Sacramento, San Francisco
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
11:00am – 5:00pm | Free

This year, the Festival will feature the world debut of a newly commissioned composition by pianist and composer Jon Jang, and the theme of “Living Alleyways” to highlight the main arteries of the community and the vibrancy in the neighborhood through the arts. Nominated for the 2017 Robert E. Gard Award, a prestigious national award granted by the Americans for the Arts to projects that have integrated arts in the community in meaningful ways, the Festival is part of the “Chinatown Alleyways Project” and also part of Mayor Ed Lee’s $3 million initiative to spur economic development in Chinatown by demonstrating the neighborhood’s vibrancy and diversity through festivals and other cultural activities.  The Chinatown Music Festival was previously located at Portsmouth Square.

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Amadou & Mariam Playing:

Stern Grove
19th Ave & Sloat Blvd, San Francisco
Sunday, August 6th, 2017
2:00pm | Free

Amadou & Mariam are a GRAMMY-nominated duo from Mali whose unique “Afro-blues” sound has landed them on the stages of countless festivals around the world. The duo consists of married couple Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia, who are both blind and have been performing together since 1983.

Ibibio Sound Machine is inspired by the golden era of West-African funk combined with modern, danceable electronic beats.

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SF Jazz Concert John Luther Adams ‘Inuksuit’:

Sutro Baths
1004 Point Lobos Ave, San Francisco
Saturday, July 29th, 2017
1:00pm | Free

Described by The New York Times as “the ultimate environmental piece” and lauded by eminent New Yorker critic Alex Ross as “one of the most rapturous experiences of my listening life,” Inuksuit is an innovative composition for up to 99 percussionists placed singly or in small groups throughout a large open-air space. Named for the iconic human-shaped stone monuments erected by indigenous peoples of the Arctic to mark important locations, Inuksuit is intended to create a harmonious marriage of music and geography that allows the audience to create their own experience as they move within the vast performance area. As listeners’ walk, the balance between various musicians located within the space changes, mixed with the natural sounds of the environment – a primary aspect of the concept the composer calls “sonic geography.”

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Renegade Craft Fair:

Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion
2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco
Saturday, July 15th – Sunday, July 16th, 2017
11:00am – 6:00pm | Free

Hey San Francisco! We’re excited to return to Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion for our second Fair of the year with an incredible summer celebration of independent craft and design! Featuring a carefully curated roster of local and national maker and artisan talent the fair will include exciting interactive features, a vibrant lineup of food vendors, craft libations, DJ sets, DIY workshops, vintage treasures, photo ops, and all-around good times to provide a truly one-of-a-kind weekend shopping experience.

Enjoy breathtaking views of The Bay and explore a curated selection of modern handmade goods including jewelry and accessories, art, fashion, ceramics, candles, illustration, stationery, home decor, cookware, apothecary, and more.

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Gay Pride Parade:

Market Street from Beale to 8th, San Francisco
Sunday, June 25th, 2017
10:30am | Free

Resist regression, stand up against exclusion, demand equality, celebrate diversity. Join more than 240 parade contingents and thousands of spectators for the 47th Annual San Francisco Pride Parade and March.

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North Beach Festival:

North Beach District, San Francisco
Saturday, June 17th, Sunday, June 18th, 2017
10:00am – 6:00pm | Free

In its 63rd year, The North Beach Festival is considered one of the country’s original outdoor Festivals.
The event is situated in the historic North Beach District, known to locals and visitors alike as San Francisco’s Little Italy and the home of the famed beat generation. The Festival site includes numerous quaint streets in the heart of the district including Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue.
The event will feature over 125 arts and crafts booths, gourmet food booths, two stages of live entertainment, Italian street painting, beverage gardens, kid’s chalk art area and the blessing of the animals.

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