Programs from Thu, Apr 24, 2014 – Thu, May 15, 2014

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Month

July 2026

Dance instructor leading an outdoor dance class on the Yerba Buena Gardens lawn,

Wed, Jul 29, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

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Thu, Jul 30, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

WAM Presents Local Sirens: Cilantro & Briana Marela

Unique Derique wearing a bright red, white and blue outfit, juggling two balls in the air.

Fri, Jul 31, 11:00am – 11:30am

Unique Derique (Kids’ Show)

Unique Derique wearing a bright red, white and blue outfit, juggling two balls in the air.

Fri, Jul 31, 12:00pm – 12:30pm

Unique Derique (Kids’ Show)

August 2026

Nia looking up at the sky with her notebook and pen in hand, sitting in front of her students

Sat, Aug 1, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Poetry Workshop with Nia Pearl

Two dancers in satin red and green costume, dancing outdoors on a brick path on a lawn, a brick building behind them

Sat, Aug 1, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day Two)

Collage photo of Sruti Sarathy, Siddique Ahmed, Suhail Yusuf Khan

Sun, Aug 2, 12:00pm – 5:00pm

Color Your Mind

Dance instructor leading an outdoor dance class on the Yerba Buena Gardens lawn,

Wed, Aug 5, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Fely in a white gown posing in front of the Palace of Fine Arts

Thu, Aug 6, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

AfroSolo Presents: Fely Tchaco

Edgardo Cambón wearing a grey straw fedora hat, glasses, dark blue shirt and grey vest, smiling, leaning to the side agains a bright red conga drum with black headphones on top of it.

Thu, Aug 6, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Edgardo Cambón – 40th Anniversary

Eddie dancing in traditional Native American regalia

Fri, Aug 7, 11:00am – 11:30am

Eddie Madril (Kids’ Show)

Eddie dancing in traditional Native American regalia

Fri, Aug 7, 12:00pm – 12:30pm

Eddie Madril (Kids’ Show)

4 people on a stage taking a selfie photo with a large crowd of audiences behind them off-stage

Sat, Aug 8, 11:00am – 5:00pm

Pistahan

4 people on a stage taking a selfie photo with a large crowd of audiences behind them off-stage

Sun, Aug 9, 11:00am – 5:00pm

Pistahan

A poet standing behind a microphone and stand, performing in front of a seated audience outdoors.

Tue, Aug 11, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Poetic Tuesday

Dance instructor leading an outdoor dance class on the Yerba Buena Gardens lawn,

Wed, Aug 12, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

A collage of the musician's portraits: to the left, Allesandro playing his 7-string guitar; to the right, Alexandre posing with his clarinet

Thu, Aug 13, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Brazil in the Gardens: Alexandre Ribeiro and Alessandro Penezzi

Joe smiling in between his puppets

Fri, Aug 14, 11:00am – 11:30am

Caterpillar Puppets (Kids’ Show)

Joe smiling in between his puppets

Fri, Aug 14, 12:00pm – 12:30pm

Caterpillar Puppets (Kids’ Show)

Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical facing up, arms raised up and partially obscuring their faces, in front of a bright blue backdrop

Sat, Aug 15, 2:00pm – 4:30pm

Helado Tropical

Dance instructor leading an outdoor dance class on the Yerba Buena Gardens lawn,

Wed, Aug 19, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

September 2026

Dance instructor leading an outdoor dance class on the Yerba Buena Gardens lawn,

Wed, Sep 2, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Obrayan Calderon smiling, wearing a red suit standing next to Dayron Calderon wearing a black suit, each holding out a trombone in one hand, smiling in front of a black background.

Thu, Sep 3, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Los Calderones

Illustration of the Black Panther mask of a background of a dark night sky

Sat, Sep 5, 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Yerba Buena Movie Night: Black Panther

Dance instructor leading an outdoor dance class on the Yerba Buena Gardens lawn,

Wed, Sep 23, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

October 2026

Drummers in colorful African regalia, smiling and performing on an outdoor stage

Sat, Oct 3, 11:00am – 4:00pm

African Arts Festival

Sun, Oct 4, 11:00am – 4:00pm

Litquake Out Loud + Book Fair

5 members of Quinteto Latino, front-facing, each smiling, some holding an instrument, standing in front of a white backdrop

Thu, Oct 8, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Quinteto Latino

Members of Oakland Rising performing on dark stage under magenta colored lights.

Sat, Oct 10, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Follow the Music

An instructor leading a dance class behind them in an outdoor court

Sun, Oct 11, 10:00am – 3:00pm

YBG Dance Day

A large group of people dancing in a friendship circle in the middle of the Yerba Buena Gardens esplanade lawn.

Mon, Oct 12, 12:00pm – 4:00pm

San Francisco Indigenous Peoples Day with special performance by Jeremy Dutcher

a close-up of Richard playing his saxophone

Thu, Oct 15, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Richard Howell’s John Coltrane Tribute

Joe Bataan wearing a black hat and white shirt, smiling

Sat, Oct 17, 2:00pm – 4:30pm

Joe Bataan

Sat, Oct 24, 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Afro-Filipino Jazz Project

Top view of a large crowd of kids and families dressed in costumes walking outside across the Children's Garden with tents and pumpkins and other Halloween decoration set up

Sat, Oct 31, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Halloween Hoopla

November 2026

B&B–YBC-GARDENS-FESTIVAL-WEBSITE-BANNER–SEASON

Fri, Nov 13, 4:00pm – 9:00pm

Bhangra & Beats Night Market