Free Performances from
May 6 to August 19 in downtown San Francisco

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival at a Glance

MAY

• John Santos Sextet + The Afro-Peruvian Coalition, Saturday, May 6, 1:00pm-3:30pm

• Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, Tuesday, May 9, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Ajyal Music Platform, Thursday, May 11, 12:30-1:30pm

• CO-LLAB Choir directed by Cava Menzies, Saturday, May 13, 1:00pm-2:30pm

• Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Thursday, May 18, 12:30-1:30pm

• Salsa at Jessie with Danilo Y Orquesta Universal, Thursday, May 18, 6:00pm-7:30pm

• CAAMFest: Directions in Sound presents Fanny, Saturday, May 20, 1-3:00pm

• Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD, Tuesday, May 23, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• CMC Older Adults Choir, Thursday, May 25, 12:30-1:30pm

• Theater Rhino’s Pericles, Friday, May 26, 6:00-8:00pm & Saturday, May 27, 1:00-3:00pm 

JUNE

• The Howard Wiley Show, Thursday, June 1, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Melissa Cruz Flamenco, Saturday, June 3, 1:00pm-2:30pm

• Anita Lofton Project, Thursday, June 8, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• SF Uke Jam: Summer UkeSplosion!, Saturday, June 10, 1:00pm-3:00pm

• Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, Tuesday, June 13, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Bongo Sidibe & the TonTons, Thursday, June 15, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Salsa at Jessie with Cabanijazz Project, Thursday, June 15, 6:00pm-7:30pm

• La Mezcla + Laura Rebolloso, Saturday, June 17, 1:00pm-3:30pm

• Native Contemporary Arts Festival, June 18, 12:00pm-3:00pm

• Jenny Lind Concert, Thursday, June 22, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Circus Bella’s Bananas, June 23, Noon and June 24, Noon and 2:15pm 

• Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD, Tuesday, June 27, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• ASTU, Thursday, June 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm

JULY

• Yosvany Terry & Gema Corredera; Arun Ramamurthy Trio, Saturday, July 1,1:00-3:30pm

• Rob Reich Swings Left, Thursday, July 6, 12:30-1:30pm

• Embodiment Project’s Get Free Festival, Saturday, July 8, Noon-4:00pm

• Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, Tuesday, July 11, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Big Trippin, Thursday, July 13, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Joe Bataan + La Doña, Saturday, July 15, 1:00pm-3:00pm

• KOHAKU, Thursday, July 20, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Salsa at Jessie with Karl Perazzo/Mike Spiro Y Su Conjunto Karabali, Thursday, July 20, 6:00pm-7:30pm

• Fiestas Fridas, Saturday, July 22, 1:00-3:00pm

• Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD, Tuesday, July 25, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Aki Kumar, Thursday, July 27, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• San Francisco Mime Troupe, July 29, 2:00-4:00pm

AUGUST

• La Gente SF, Thursday, August 3, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• AfroSolo Arts Festival presents Martin Luther McCoy, August 5, 1:00pm-2:30pm

• Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, Tuesday, August 8, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Salma El Assal & the Sudan Ensemble, Thursday, August 10, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Pistahan, Saturday, August 12 & Sunday, August 13, 11:00am-4:00pm

• Alessandro Penezzi & Fabiana Cozza, Thursday, August 17, 12:30pm-1:30pm

• Salsa at Jessie with Bululú, Thursday, August 17, 6-7:30pm

• YBG Dance Day, Saturday, August 19,  1:00pm-2:30pm

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Fall Series

• Additional programming to be announced this summer.

SEPTEMBER

• YBG ChoreoFest, Saturday, September 23 & Saturday, September 30, 1:00pm-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.

• RhythmALLogy, Friday, June 9

• Ka-Hon, Friday, June 16

• Circus Bella’s Bananas, June 23, Noon-1:00pm and June 24, Noon-1:00pm and 2:15-3:15pm (on the Esplanade)

• Unique Derique, Friday, June 30

• Chelle! & Friends, Friday, July 7

• Circus of Smiles, Friday, July 14

• René y Familia, Friday, July 21

• Calvin Kai Ku, Friday, July 28

• Caterpillar Puppets, Friday, August 4  

• Red Panda Acrobats, August 11

• 23rd Annual Halloween Hoopla, Saturday, October 28, Noon-3:00pm