Local Events, San Francisco

Local events speak for the community and San Francisco has plenty. Be sure to catch one or two local events while you’re here. (N.B. Some are up in my travelogues.) Here’s a listing. The links below will send you to the appropriate website to give you the exact dates and time.
FEB:
Chinese New Year Parade & Festival New Year date changes every year in lunar calendar.

APR San Francisco Film Festival ; Cherry Blossom Festival Japantown

MAY Cinco de Mayo, Bay-to-Breakers (see travelogue); Carnaval

SUMMER(June to Aug.) Stern Grove Festival MidSummer Music Festival

JUN Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade and Festival; Haight-Ashbury Street Fair More Info (415) 661-8025; North Beach Festival; Union Street Festival

AUG Nihonmachi Street Fair (Japantown)

SEP Shakespeare Festival (free); Opera in the Park (free); Folsom Street Fair; Blues Festival Ghiradelli Square Chocolate Festival; Autumn Moon Festival Chinatown

OCT Halloween weekend in Castro; Castro Street Fair; Italian Heritage Festival; Jazz Festival

NOV Day of the Dead Procession; San Francisco Book Festival

Picture below is from Bay-to-Breakers event.

I am pictured to the right, drunk and laughing, at something that would be hard to describe to another...