San Francisco Events by Month

Information about events in San Francisco and events in the San Francisco Bay Area, organized by month.

January
Sea Lions Return From Breeding Grounds
Berlin and Beyond Film Festival
Independent Film Festival
Chinese New Year Festival and Parade (Jan or Feb)
Critical Mass (still happening last Friday of the month?)

February
Chinese New Year Festival and Parade (Jan or Feb)
Pacific Orchid Exposition
California Antiquarian Book Fair
Annual Bon Appetit Wine & Spirits Focus
Historic Fisherman’s Wharf Classic Car Exhibit
Victorian Valentines
Ms. Chinatown USA Pageant

March
San Francisco International Asia American Film Festival
SF Jazz Spring Season
St. Patrick’s Day Parade (2010 was 158th)
San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
Street Performer’s Festival
Extraordinary Egg Hunt

April
Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
Dine for a Change
Bustamante Antiques Show and Sale
Cambodian New Year Festival
Sidewalk Arts and Crafts Show
Opening Day on the Bay
Spring BBQ and Wine Tasting
San Francisco Walk Against Rape
Great Train Robbery
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco Wine Auction

May
International Children's Festival
Anatriptic Arts Expo
Sea Music Festival Concert Series (on board historic ship Balclutha)
Asian Heritage Street Celebration
A La Carte & Art Festival
Evergreen Fine Arts Festival
Mural Awareness Month Festival
San Francsico Bay to Breakers Footrace
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibit
Civil War Battles and Encampment
San Carlos Fine Arts & Crafts Festival

June
Union Street Festival
Dine For A Change
The Great San Francisco Crystal Fair
Assorted Film Festivals
Fiesta Filipina
Summer Sailstice
North Beach Fair
World Environment Day
San Carlos Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
Haight Street Fair
SF Gay Pride Parade (last Sunday in June)
Ethnic Dance Festival
Harmony Festival (Sonoma County Fairgrounds)
Montclair Village Fine Arts Sidewalk Festival (Oakland)

July
Red Bull Streets of San Francisco (luge championship)
Fourth of July Music Festival (Pier 39, fireworks)
Fourth of July at Ghirardelli Square
Fillmore Street Jazz Festival
Mid-Summer Festival of the Arts
AIDS Walk San Francisco
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Biennial San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival
Mime Troupe in the Park (mid July, Washington Square Park)
Montclair Village Fine Arts Festival

August
AfroSolo Arts Festival
Burlingame ArtzFest
San Francisco Aloha Festival
Polynesian Pride Festival
ArtworkSF Café Show
Golden Gateway to Gems
Nihonmachi Street Fair
ACC Craft Show
Comedy Celebration Day
One Night Stand

September
Millbrae Art and Wine Festival
Chocolate Festival
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Half Moon Bay Wine BBQ
Art Bark Fest
Absolut a la Carte, a la Park
Fringe Festival
Japantown Anime Faire

October
Canine Film Festival
Castro Street Fair
Eat Local SF
Excelsior Festival
Fleet Week
International Vintage Poster Fair
Morgan Stanley Golf Invitational Tournament
Octoberfest By The Bay
Organic Beer and Wine Tasting
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
San Francisco Documentary Film Festival

November
Dia de los Muertos
Food for Thought
Home Entertainment Expo
San Mateo Harvest Festival
Duckhorn Wine Company's Holiday Tasting Experiences (Nov-Dec)
Tree Lighting Ceremony at Ghirardelli Square
Jazz Festival

December
Craft Showcase
Holiday Tree Lighting
Old First Concerts
Great Dickens Christmas Fair (Cow Palace)
San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker
Matzo Ball

See also:
More About Events in San Francisco
San Francisco for Visitors
California for Visitors