What’s on in San Francisco

San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration photo

San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration

29 — 30 June 2024

Market Street, from Embarcadero to the Civic Center

As the world's most gay-friendly city, San Francisco celebrates gay and lesbian pride with a festive procession and numerous music stages. The parade features hundreds of themed ma…

San Francisco Carnaval photo

San Francisco Carnaval

25 — 26 May 2024

Mission District

Every Memorial Day weekend, the Mission District hosts San Francisco's version of the Mardi Gras celebrations with music and dancing, food and craft stalls, contests, street perfor…

Chinese New Year Parade photo

Chinese New Year Parade

TBC 2025

Chinatown

The New Year Parade is the highlight and focus of the two-week Chinese New Year celebrations that includes the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant, the Community Street Fair and the New Yea…

Haight Ashbury Street Fair photo

Haight Ashbury Street Fair

9 June 2024

Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury District

One of the city's most famous neighbourhoods, Haight Ashbury was the centre of the hippie movement in the 1960s, and the summer Haight Street Fair is a vibrant and colourful celebr…

North Beach Festival photo

North Beach Festival

15 — 16 June 2024

North Beach District; main stage in Washington Park

Every year 'Little Italy' celebrates San Francisco's oldest street festival with arts and crafts, a pizza toss competition, local delicacies, Italian street chalk art, cooking demo…

International Beer Festival photo

International Beer Festival

TBC 2025

Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason.

The biggest beer festival in the city is an annual event that features hundreds of beers from around the world, including Thailand, Japan, England and Germany, as well as local bre…

Monterey Jazz Festival photo

Monterey Jazz Festival

27 — 29 September 2024

Monterey Fairgrounds, Monterey

The Monterey Jazz Festival is one of the oldest and most famous annual jazz festivals in the world. Throughout the decades, some of the greatest names in jazz have played including…