Free Performances from May 7 to October 29 in downtown San Francisco

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

The 2022 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival announces the lineup of over 100 free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, children’s programs and every Wednesday, join Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion, 11am-12pm. The Festival will open on Saturday, May 7 at 1:00pm with Cuban percussionist Jesús Díaz y su Habana Afro-Cuban Ensamble with an opening set from Chulita Vinyl Club at 12:30pm. Now in its 22nd year, the Festival will run each and every week and weekend until October 29 and is located between Mission and Howard Streets and Third and Fourth Streets in downtown San Francisco.

APRIL

Blues in the City with Marcus Shelby and Dr. Rupa Marya MD, April 10, 1-2:30pm
Kitka Vocal Ensemble, May 10, 12:30pm-1:30pm
A Song of Triumph: The History of Black Music, April 23, 12:30-1:30pm
Yerba Buena Gardens Tree Tour, April 30, 1-3:00pm

MAY

Jesús Díaz y su Habana Afro-Cuban Ensamble; Chulita Vinyl Club, May 7, 1-2:30pm
Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD, May 10, 12:30pm-1:30pm
New Voices Bay Area TIGQ Chorus, May 12, 12:30-1:30pm
Ismail Lumanovski & Inspector Gadje ft. Frank London, May 14, 1-3:00pm
Kitka Vocal Ensemble, May 19, 12:30-1:30pm
Carlitos Medrano & Sabor De Mi Cuba, May 19, 6-7:30pm
CAAMFest 40 Presents, May 21, 1-2:30pm
Tiffany Austin, May 26, 12:30-1:30pm
Gamelan Sekar Jaya: Sudamala, May 28, 1-2:30pm

JUNE

Mads Tolling Quartet, June 2, 12:30-1:30pm
Chelle! & Friends, Friday, June 3, 11am and 12:15pm *
Diana Gameros, June 4, 1-2:30pm
Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88s, June 9, 12:30-1:30pm
Alice Coltrane Tribute: Brooklyn Raga Massive ft. Reggie Workman, June 11, 1-2:30pm
Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, June 14, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Rojai & The Pocket, June 16, 12:30-1:30pm
La Mixta Criolla, June 16, 6-7:30pm
Rhythmallogy, June 17, 11am and 12:15pm *
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu: I OLA!, June 18, 1-2:30pm
Native Contemporary Arts Festival, June 19, 12-3pm
Jenny Lind Concert, June 23, 12:30-1:30pm
René y Familia, Friday, June 24, 11am and 12:15pm *
Circus Bella’s Flip * Flop * Fly, June 25, Noon and 2:15pm *
Queer Taiko, June 30, 12:30-1:30pm

JULY

Ka-Hon, Friday, July 1, June 24, 11am and 12:15pm *
Eva Salina & Peter Stan, July 7, 12:30-1:30pm
Coventry & Kaluza, Friday, July 8, 11am and 12:15pm *
SF Uke Jam: Summer UkeSplosion!, July 9, 1-3pm
Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD, July 12, 12:30pm-1:30pm
The Alaya Project, July 14, 12:30-1:30pm
Calvin Kai Ku, Friday, July 15, 11am and 12:15pm *
San Francisco Mime Troupe, July 16, 2-4pm
Nomad Session, July 21, 12:30-1:30pm
Edgardo Cambón: Un tributo a los 70’s, July 21, 6-7:30pm
Unique Derique, Friday, July 22, 11am and 12:15pm *
YBG ChoreoFest, July 23 & 30, 1-3:00pm
María José Montijo, July 28, 12:30-1:30pm
Circus of Smiles, Friday, July 29, 11am and 12:15pm *

AUGUST

Tom Rigney & Flambeau, August 4, 12:30-1:30pm
Red Panda Acrobats, Friday, August 5, 11am and 12:15pm *
Paula West - Presented with AfroSolo Arts Festival, August 6, 1-2:30pm
Poetic Tuesday with Litquake, August 9, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Orchestra Gold, August 11, 12:30-1:30pm
Caterpillar Puppets, Friday, August 12 , 11am and 12:15pm *
Pistahan, August 13-14
Romero Lubambo & Chico Pinheiro, August 18, 12:30-1:30pm
Javier Navarette’s Socially Distant Friends, August 18, 6-7:30pm
Lalin St. Juste, August 25, 12:30-1:30pm

SEPTEMBER

Marcus Shelby Orchestra: Blues in the City, September 3, 1-2:30pm
Cascada de Flores, September 8, 12:30-1:30pm
Joti Singh: Ghadar Geet, September 10, 1-2:30pm
Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD, September 13, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Fito Reinoso y su Ritmo y Armonía, September 15, 6-7:30pm
Ahkeel Mestayer Quintet, September 29, 12:30-1:30pm

OCTOBER

Alleluia Panis: Nursing These Wounds, October 1, 1-2:30pm
Yerba Buena Night, October 8, 6-10pm
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 10, 12-4pm
Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, October 11, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Litquake Festival, October 15 & 16, 12:00pm-5:00pm
22nd Annual Halloween Hoopla on October 29, Noon-3:00pm

*Children’s Garden Series

Yerba Buena Children’s Garden is located at Howard & Fourth Streets. Two performances - 11:00am-11:30am and 12:15pm-12:45pm.

All programs take place outdoors in Yerba Buena Gardens, off Mission Street between 3rd and 4th Streets, and the Yerba Buena Children’s Garden located at Howard & Fourth Streets, San Francisco.

The organization will continue to closely follow all current and future COVID restrictions, protocols, and guidelines set by City and State public health departments.