Living - Activities - Periodic - San Francisco, California, USA
San Francisco has many annual or one-day special events, ongoing summer concert series, and recurring trade shows
- Auto Show: San Francisco International Auto Show; presented by the San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com; supported by the California Motor Car Dealers Association
- Bay to Breakers: Walking and running race; 12 km, from the Bay (Howard & Spear) to Breakers (Ocean Beach); supports a variety of charities
- Bluegrass Fest: San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival; week-long, multi-venue traditional music festival featuring national and local acts
- Blues Fest: San Francisco Blues Festival; longest continuously running blues festival in the United States
- Book Fest:
- Carnaval: Multi-ethnic music, dance, and artistry; two days of dancing Salsa, Samba, Reggae, Tango, Hip-Hop, Merengue, Calypso, Cha Cha Cha, Cumbia and Mambo
- Castro St Fair: Castro Street Fair; generates funds for charitable causes important to the Castro Community
- Chinese New Year: Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade
- Comedy Day: Free outdoor comedy; San Francisco's professional comedy community joins together for laughs
- Dia Meurtos: Annual Dia de los Muertos; Day of the Dead Procession & Altars; art, music, and ritual; honors ancestors and celebrates the present community
- Festa Coloniale Italiana: Francisco Italian Athletic Club; a celebration of Italian culture, tradition and community friendship in the heart of San Francisco’s historic North Beach district
- Film Indie: San Francisco Independent Film Festival
- Film Intl: San Francisco Film Society; presents the San Fancisco International Film Festival
- Fleet Week: Celebrates the United States Navy;
- Free Folk Fest: San Francisco Free Folk Festival
- Haight-Ash St Fair: Music, arts, crafts, food on Haight Street; Haight and Masonic to Stanyan Streets
- Intl Art Fest: San Francisco International Art Festival
- Jazz Fest SF: San Francisco Jazz Festival
- Moon Festival: San Francisco Chinatown Annual ATA Autumn Moon Festival
- Open Studios: Artspan; artists around San Francisco open their studios to the public
- Playwrights Fest: Bay Area Playwrights Festival; juried
- Pride Parade: San Francisco Pride; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade
- Rodeo: Grand National Rodeo; rodeo, stock, and horse show
- St Pat's Parade: Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade; United Irish Societies
- Shakespeare Fest: San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
- Stern Grove: Stern Grove Festival
- Tea Fest: San Francisco International Tea Festival
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