Summer Festivals 2009

Going's keeping you in the loop all summer long with the best of the best in festivals. From Lollapalooza to Wine Tastings, Dance Parties to Film Fests, we've got it all. So lather on the SPF30 and rally the troops -- it's gonna be a busy summer!


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    30th Annual Parade of Lights and Winter Wonderland
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    Shannon
    11/27, 7PM
    Fourth Street ~ A Street to Lootens San Rafael, CA Downtown San Rafael will once again host its annual holiday Parade & Winter Wonderland. In its 31st year, the event features a Holiday Marketplace w...
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    19th Annual Union Street Fantasy of Lights
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    Shannon
    12/5, 7PM
    “Fantasy of Lights” is the month long celebration of events and programs happening this season on Union Street between Van Ness & Steiner and adjoining Fillmore Street from Union to Lombard. ...
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    CAAM International Asian American Film Festival
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    Shannon
    The Center for Asian American Media presents its 27th Annual International Asian American Film Festival!  This 10 day event is the country's largest Asian Film Festival and will feature around 120 new f...
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    SF Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival 2009
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    Shannon
    4/11 - Mon, 12PM
    Every year we are joined by hundreds of performers from both Japan and California to give our thousands of spectators a taste of the Japanese culture. Throughout the two weekends, the streets of Japantown becom...
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    San Francisco International Film Festival
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    Shannon
    4/23 - Thu, 12PM
    Founded in 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in the Americas. Held each spring for two weeks, the International is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic di...
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    ING Bay to Breakers
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    Shannon
    5/17, 8AM
    Bay to Breakers started 98 years ago, and is an annual 12k race from the San Francisco Bay to Ocean Beach (where the waves break ). Join the 75,000 participants in this great tradition that helps several charit...
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    The Con Film Festival
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    Shannon
    5/8 - Thu, 12PM
    Film Forum presents a two week festival dedicated to the most famous cons ever to be on the silver screen.
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    38th Annual College of Marin Film Festival
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    Shannon
    5/22, 6:30PM @ College of Marin , free; donations welcome
    Reception at 6:30 PM Films at 7:30 PM Admission: Free; donations accepted Parking: $3 in campus lots Audience votes for "Viewers' Choice" Awards Hosted by College of Marin Film Program & Cinema L...
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    12th Annual edt.POP Electronic Music Festival
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    Shannon
    5/23, 7PM
    SKILLS  is proud to bring you the 12th installment of POP and it's going to more spectacular then ever before!  This years  etd.POP  features the who's who in the Electronic Dance Sce...
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    Carnaval San Francisco 2009
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    Micah
    5/23 - Sun, 10AM @ Carnaval 2009 , FREE!
    THE BEAT OF CHANGE IS IN THE AIR! SAN FRANCISCO CARNAVAL 2009  CELEBRATES REVIVAL AND CHANGE California’s Largest Annual Multi-Cultural Ce...
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    29th Annual Soupstock Concert - Food not Bombs
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    Shannon
    5/23 - Sun, 7PM @ Jerry Garcia Amphitheater , free; donations accepted
    Soupstock is a concert and convergence celebrating 29 years of Food Not Bombs, providing a forum for planning future actions amid economic crisis. It will be held May 23-24, 2009 in San Francisco, Californi...
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    San Francisco Greek Film Festival
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    Shannon
    5/18 - Sun, 12PM @ Delancey Screening Room
    Welcome to the Sixth Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival, a gateway to the rich and vibrant culture of contemporary Greece through cinema. The Festival will run from Monday, May 18 thr...
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    5th Annual Sonoma Jazz Festival
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    Shannon
    5/24, 7PM @ Field of Dreams
    A "sister festival" to the prestigious Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival, Sonoma Jazz + is a four day, Memorial Day weekend celebration of world-class music, food and wine steeped in the relaxing ambiance of Ca...
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    Young at Art Festival
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    Shannon
    5/15 - Sun, 9:30AM @ M.H. de Young Museum , Free!
    The San Francisco Unified School District proudly unveils Young at Art ; a 9-day celebration of student creativity in visual, literary, media and performing arts hosted by the world renowned de Young Mu...
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    Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival
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    Lisa
    5/30, 10AM @ North Shattuck Avenue , FREE!
    CHOCOLATE & CHALK ART FESTIVAL Berkeley, CA -- The sidewalks along North Shattuck Ave. in the Gourmet Ghetto in Berkeley are the target of artists young and old, professional and greenhorn during ...
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    Asian RockFest 2009
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    Shannon
    5/30, 7PM @ Slim's , $15
    The annual Asian Rock Fest comes to San Francisco in 2009. Founded in New York City in 2004, the Asian Rock Fest has been bringing together established Asian American artists from all over the US. It aims to ...
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    Maker Faire Bay Area  2009 - 4th Annual
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    Make
    5/30 - Sun, 10AM @ San Mateo County Expo Center , $10 youth, $15 student, $25 adlt
    The World's Largest DIY Festival.  A family friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and t...
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    SF International Arts Festival 2009
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    Shannon
    5/20 - Sun, 12PM
    May 1, 2009, San Francisco. With their work visas secured and their airline tickets in hand, performing arts groups from ten countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are heading to San Francisco for the Sixt...
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    UNION Design Festival in Hayes Valley
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    Shannon
    5/31, 11AM @ Hayes Valley Park
    130 carefully chosen designers of all sorts of clothing, accessories, textiles, paper goods. Outdoors, in the street. In sunny fantastic Hayes Valley, full of restaurants, more designer's shops, and incredible pastr...
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    International Arts Festival
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    Daniel
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