Bay Area Summer's Best Festivals
Summer festival season to kicking into high gear with an incredible number of fantastic festivals worth getting on your calendar. So read on for a list of recommendations for fabulous festivals this summer.
JUNE
- June 4 Soy and Tofu Festival, Japantown
- June 4-5 Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley
- June 4-5 Union Street Festival, San Francisco
- June 5 Strawberry Festival, Mill Valley
- June 11-12 North Beach Festival, San Francisco
- June 11-12 Fairfax Festival
- June 11-12 Novato Festival of Art, Wine & Music
- June 12 106th Dipsea Race, Mill Valley
- June 12 Sunday Streets, San Francisco
- June 12 Haight-Ashbury Street Fair
- June 12 Temescal Street Fair, North Oakland
- June 18-19 Northern California Pirate Festival, Vallejo
- June 18-19 Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic
- June 18-19 KPFA Craft Fair, Richmond
- June 19 Native Contemporary Arts Festival, San Francisco
- June 24 Friday Nights on Main, Tiburon
- June 26 Japan Day Festival, San Francisco
- June 25-26 Italian Street Painting Marin, San Rafael
- June 25-26 San Anselmo Art & Wine Festival
- June 25-26 San Francisco Gay Pride Event
JULY
- July 2-3 Fillmore Jazz Festival, San Francisco
- July 16 Big Time Festival, Kule Loklo, Point Reyes
- July 10 Sunday Streets, San Francisco
- July 16 SF Anime & Cosplay Festival, San Francisc
- July 17 Sommerfest, German Tourist Club, Mill Valley
- July 23 Bark Around the Block, Berkeley
- July 29 Friday Nights on Main, Tiburon
- Jul 29-31 Gilroy Garlic Festival
- July 30 San Rafael Twilight Criterium
- July 30 Creative Arts Festival, Flax Art & Design, San Francisco
- July 30-31 Berkeley Kite Festival
AUGUST
- August 6 Novato Space Festival, Space Station Museum, Novato
- August 6 Maritime Day, Sausalito
- August 6 Beaver Festival, Martinez
- August 6-7 Nihonmachi Street Fair, Japantown, San Francisco
- August 6-7 San Jose Renaissance Faire
- August 6-7 Fremont Festival of the Arts
- August 12-13 Nostalgia Days Rod and Kustom Car Show & Cruise, Novato
- August 13 Inverness Fair
- August 13-14 Gravenstein Apple Fair, Sebastopol
- August 14 Jerry Day, San Francisco
- August 14 Pistahan, San Francisco
- August 14 Origami-Palooza & Paper Airplane Contest, San Francisco
- August 21 Sunday Streets, San Francisco
- August 26 Friday Nights on Main, Tiburon
- August 27 Heritage Day, 11am-4pm, China Camp State Park
- August 28 Streets for People, Fairfax
SEPTEMBER
- September 3-5 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito
- September 3-5 Gold Rush Days, Sacramento
- September 3-5 Scottish Highland Gathering & Games, Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton.
- TBD Point Reyes Annual Sand Sculpture Contest, Point Reyes
- September 10-11 Autumn Moon Festival, San Francisco
- September 10-11 Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival, San Francisco
- September 11 Sunday Streets, San Francisco
- September 17-18 Mill Valley Arts Festival, Mill Valley
- September 17-18 Dragonboat Festival, Oakland
- September 18 Kinderfest, German Tourist Club, Mill Valley
- September 21-25 The Berkeley Old Time Music Festival
- September 24 Blackie's Hay Day, Tiburon
- September 24-25 Bay Area Blues Festival, Martinez
- September 24-25 Wings Over Wine Country, Santa Rosa
- September 24-25 Much Ado About Sebastopol
- September 25 San Anselmo's Country Fair Day
- September 30 Friday Nights on Main, Tiburon