Yerba Buena Gardens Festival This October
/ Ronnie Sharpe
Over 100 Free Performances from May 4 to November 2
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents FREE music, theater, dance, cultural events in downtown SF.
OCTOBER
In a city built on tall tales, hard-boiled prose, revelatory memoirs, and penetrating reportage, Litquake is the soul of San Francisco’s cultural life.
A wind quintet with an imperative mission, Quinteto Latino is a singular Bay Area-based chamber ensemble devoted to breaking down the racial and social barriers that have long plagued the classical music world.
Since launching in 2023 Follow the Music has been at the forefront of a rising movement promoting arts education around the Bay Area.
A party, a workout, a meditation and a communal celebration, Yerba Buena Gardens Dance Day is a portal to a joyous dance-filled world! Presented by YBG Festival and Rhythm & Motion, YBG Dance Day transforms the Gardens into an outdoor dance heaven where participants can sample dance in a variety of forms and flavors with some of the Bay Area’s most talented teachers.
Join us in celebration of San Francisco Indigenous Peoples Day with a magnificent profusion of Native American art, music and vendors.
The 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birthday has inspired dozens of performances across the Bay Area this year, but no artist is better equipped to evoke the legacy of the saxophone titan and spiritual seeker than Richard Howell.
Festival favorite Joe Bataan, a Latin music legend since the mid-1960s, returns to the Gardens for his third performance in the past four years.
Few artists have appeared at the Festival more frequently than flutist, percussionist and arranger John Calloway.
The 25th annual Halloween Hoopla is back with family-friendly frights and delights for kids under 10 and their adults!
