festival

No, not Channukah. This festival runs through New Year’s. It’s five free tours, one on bikes,that visit various dazzling light exhibits across the City. In galleries like Trillian+ Dodi in Hayes Valley and Anima in Mission Bay and public spaces like Yerba Buena, SFO and the Civic Center, there are well over a dozen of these […]

Who would have thought that with all the Ubers, cyclists and motorists filling City streets there would be any space for a dance festival? But that is exactly what is happening this Saturday and Sunday at the San Francisco Trolley Dances. For a $1 senior Muni pass hop on and off buses to see a free […]

Let Pasadena have its roses. Capitola is quite happy with its begonias, 43 acres of the blooming blossoms, and this weekend, the sweet little beach town honors them with its  64th Annual Begonia Festival. The highlight is the parade of begonia bedecked boats parading down Soquel Creek but of course there are arts, crafts, food, […]

People get ready to churn your booty at the 5th Annual Island Reggae Festival Saturday July 9 from 10am to 11pm at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. Tons of Jamaican food and merch, tattoo, car and dance showcases, carnival rides, a rugby tournament and plenty of live, help-I-can-stop-dancing music.$60.  

This is what we wait all year for. Golden, sweet peach pies, ice creams, cheese cakes, jams, cookies, dumplings, ice tea, milkshakes, even burgers,  chocolate covered peaches and of course all varieties of these ambrosial fruits dribbling down our chins. Welcome to the Marysville Peach Festival July 15 & 16 in its historic downtown. Stick around […]

Weather permitting you can head heavenward at the Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic on June 18 and 19 at Keiser Park in Windsor. Expect at least 30 wildly colorful, even comic, balloons to be soaring above the vineyards. Gates open VERY early at 4am and launching usually happens around 6. After the first lift […]

I’m hoping to locate my favorite oyster pizza this Saturday May 7 during the annual Oyster Festival at Sharon Meadows in Golden Gate Park from 12 to 6. 11 vendors will be tempting you with fresh, local bivalves and endless supplies of cocktail sauce and mignonette. If you’re insatiable about oysters there’s a huck and […]

Bay seniors who want to catch Petaluma before it becomes yet another wine burg can celebrate the days when it was the once-proud “Egg Capital of the World” on Saturday April 23 at the annual Butter & Egg Days Festival and Parade. Visit the charming Historic Downtown where there will be 4 blocks of food […]