Name: Litquake Festival
Start: 2022-10-16T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2022-10-16T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens

May 2022

Tue, Apr 12, 8:00am – Sat, Oct 29, 5:00pm

Jet Martinez Mural

Free

Back of a dance instructor on the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Stone Stage, arms stretched upwards. Facing a group of dance class students standing on the grass lawn, also with their arms stretched out.

Wed, May 18, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Women of Kitka all wearing red and black outfits, lined up and looking at the camera

Thu, May 19, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Songs for Ukraine: Kitka

Free

Carlitos Medrano looking up above him, surrounded by conga drums

Thu, May 19, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Carlitos Medrano & Sabor De Mi Cuba

Free

Sat, May 21, 12:30pm – 2:30pm

CAAMFest40 Directions in Sound: Pinays on the Rise

Free

Wed, May 25, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

DJ Lamont smiling and holding a vinyl record, standing in front of shelves packed with vinyl covers

Wed, May 25, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Lunch Breaks & Beats

Free

Thu, May 26, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Tiffany Austin

Free

Dancers and musicians of Gamelan Sekar Jaya on a stage, dressed in brightly colored Indonesian wardrobe

Sat, May 28, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Gamelan Sekar Jaya: Sudamala – World Premiere

Free

June 2022

Wed, Jun 1, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Mads Tolling wearing a blue suit, eyes closed and playing the violin

Thu, Jun 2, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Mads Tolling Quartet

Free

Chelle! & Friends band standing a white hallway, smiling

Fri, Jun 3, 11:00am – 11:30am

Chelle! & Friends (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jun 3, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Chelle! & Friends (Kids’ Show)

Free

Sat, Jun 4, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Diana Gameros

Free

Wed, Jun 8, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Mitch Woods in blue suit and fedora, sing and playing piano on a stage in front of his Rocket 88's band.

Thu, Jun 9, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s

Free

Tito Ramon and a puppet smiling in the puppet box

Fri, Jun 10, 11:00am – 11:30am

Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jun 10, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show (Kids’ Show)

Free

Photo collage of Reggie Workman, Richard Howell and Destiny Muhammad

Fri, Jun 10, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

A Tribute to Alice Coltrane: Jazz Legend Reggie Workman in Conversation with Richard Howell & Destiny Muhammad

Free

Members of Brooklyn Raga Massive sitting and playing music on a stage floor

Sat, Jun 11, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Alice Coltrane Tribute – Brooklyn Raga Massive ft. Reggie Workman

Free

Illustration of woman speaking and snapping her fingers. Speech bubble that says "Poetic Tuesday"

Tue, Jun 14, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake

Free

Wed, Jun 15, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Members of Rojai And The Pocket, all wearing sunglasses, standing in front of an urban art mural

Thu, Jun 16, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Rojai & The Pocket

Free

Thu, Jun 16, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

La Mixta Criolla

Free

Aaron Kierbel, enthusiastically playing the congo drum in front of a few smiling audiences.

Fri, Jun 17, 11:00am – 11:30am

RhythmALLogy (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jun 17, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

RhythmALLogy (Kids’ Show)

Free

Dancers of Na Lei Hulu dancing on a stage under a warm yellow light

Sat, Jun 18, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu: I OLA!

Free

Native women dressed in traditional Indigenous regalia, smiling and standing in Yerba Buena Gardens

Sun, Jun 19, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Native Contemporary Arts Festival

Free

Wed, Jun 22, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Wed, Jun 22, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Lunch Breaks & Beats

Free

Soprano Tessan-Maria Lehmussaari and pianist Silja Inkeri Levander.

Thu, Jun 23, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Jenny Lind Concert

Free

Adults and children of René y Familia holding instruments, smiling and standing in front of a garden fence.

Fri, Jun 24, 11:00am – 11:30am

René y Familia (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jun 24, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

René y Familia (Kids’ Show)

Free

Members of the colorful Circus Bella company dancing, tumbling and twirling in the Circus Bella stage, across from Jessie Square and the St. Patrick's church

Sat, Jun 25, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Circus Bella’s Flip * Flop * Fly

Free

Sat, Jun 25, 2:15pm – 3:15pm

Circus Bella’s Flip * Flop * Fly

Free

Wed, Jun 29, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Thu, Jun 30, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Queer Taiko

Free

July 2022

Ka-Hon band members each playing on their own cajon, performing outdoors in the Children's Garden

Fri, Jul 1, 11:00am – 11:30am

Ka-Hon (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jul 1, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Ka-Hon (Kids’ Show)

Free

Wed, Jul 6, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Black and white photo of Eva Salina standing Peter Stan, as he holds an accordion.

Thu, Jul 7, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Eva Salina & Peter Stan

Free

Coventry and Kaluza performing as a ventriloquist and a puppet

Fri, Jul 8, 11:00am – 11:30am

Coventry & Kaluza (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jul 8, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Coventry & Kaluza (Kids’ Show)

Free

SF Uke Jam leaders Cynthia Lin and Ukelenny singing and playing ukulele together on the YBG Festival stage

Sat, Jul 9, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

SF Uke Jam: Summer Ukesplosion!

Free

Tue, Jul 12, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD

Free

Wed, Jul 13, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Alaya Project musicians playing around a large tree, under it's branches.

Thu, Jul 14, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

The Alaya Project

Free

Performer Calvin Kai Ku wearing a white shirt and bright red tie and suspenders, in a leaping motion, smiling and holding a ukulele

Fri, Jul 15, 11:00am – 11:30am

Calvin Kai Ku (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jul 15, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Calvin Kai Ku (Kids’ Show)

Free

SF Mime Troupe performing on the YBG Festival Esplanade lawn in front of a large audience

Sat, Jul 16, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

San Francisco Mime Troupe

Free

Wed, Jul 20, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Thu, Jul 21, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Nomad Session

Free

Edgardo Cambon and his band, standing and smiling holding their instruments

Thu, Jul 21, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Edgardo Cambón: Un tributo a los 70’s

Free

Unique Derique wearing big glasses and a holding a walking cane and hat, with a silly smirk.

Fri, Jul 22, 11:00am – 11:30am

Unique Derique (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jul 22, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Unique Derique (Kids’ Show)

Free

Dancer wearing a pink wardrobe in a dance pose in front of a concrete wall in Yerba Buena Gardens

Sat, Jul 23, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day One)

Free

Wed, Jul 27, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Wed, Jul 27, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Lunch Breaks & Beats

Free

Thu, Jul 28, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

María José Montijo

Free

Clowns Mr. Moustache and Mr. Quick in red, white and black suits, one sitting on top of the other with silly looks on their faces.

Fri, Jul 29, 11:00am – 11:30am

Circus of Smiles (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Jul 29, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Circus of Smiles (Kids’ Show)

Free

Sat, Jul 30, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day Two)

Free

August 2022

Wed, Aug 3, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Tom Rigney smiling and holding a violin, other members of Tom Rigney and Flambeau band standing and smiling behind him.

Thu, Aug 4, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Tom Rigney & Flambeau

Free

Wayne Huey of the Red Panda Acrobats smiling whiling helping a young child spin a ball on their finger.

Fri, Aug 5, 11:00am – 11:30am

Red Panda Acrobats (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Aug 5, 12:15pm – 12:45pm

Red Panda Acrobats (Kids’ Show)

Free

Close up photo of singer Paula West singing passionately into a microphone, a bass played obscured behind her

Sat, Aug 6, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Paula West – Presented with AfroSolo Arts Festival

Free

Tue, Aug 9, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake

Free

Wed, Aug 10, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Thu, Aug 11, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Orchestra Gold

Free

Puppeteer Joe Leon performing with a mouse puppet

Fri, Aug 12, 11:00am – 11:30am

Caterpillar Puppets (Kids’ Show)

Free

Fri, Aug 12, 12:15pm – 12:30pm

Caterpillar Puppets (Kids’ Show)

Free

People dressed in colonial wardrobe performing Filipino folk dances and smiling on the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival stage.

Sat, Aug 13, 11:00am – 4:00pm

Pistahan

Free

Sun, Aug 14, 11:00am – 4:00pm

Pistahan

Free

Wed, Aug 17, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Thu, Aug 18, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Romero Lubambo & Chico Pinheiro

Free

Javier Navarette wearing shades and a hat playing congo drums outdoors with a band.

Thu, Aug 18, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Javier Navarrette’s Socially Distant Friends

Free

Wed, Aug 24, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Wed, Aug 24, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Lunch Breaks & Beats

Free

Thu, Aug 25, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lalin St. Juste

Free

Wed, Aug 31, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

September 2022

Black and white photo of Marcus Shelby leaning his left arm on a light post and holding an upright bass on under his right arm.

Sat, Sep 3, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Marcus Shelby New Orchestra: Blues in the City – World Premiere

Free

Wed, Sep 7, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Thu, Sep 8, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Cascada de Flores

Free

Joti Singh on a theater stage wearing an orange outfit with her right fist raised in the air, the words "Blood Ink" projected in red on the screen behind her

Sat, Sep 10, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Joti Singh: Ghadar Geet – World Premiere

Free

Tue, Sep 13, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD

Free

Wed, Sep 14, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Fito Reinoso in a white suit and white fedora hat, holding a mic while performing outdoors.

Thu, Sep 15, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Fito Reinoso y su Ritmo y Armonía

Free

Wed, Sep 21, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Wed, Sep 28, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Wed, Sep 28, 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Lunch Breaks & Beats

Free

Ahkeel Mestayer wearing a brightly colored shirt and hat, smiling and holding maracas in his hand on the YBG Festival stage, a blue banner behind him.

Thu, Sep 29, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Ahkeel Mestayer Quintet

Free

October 2022

Alleluia Panis outside on a beach under grey skies, wearing a black outfit, holding a red veil above her head wafting in the wind.

Sat, Oct 1, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Alleluia Panis: Nursing These Wounds – World Premiere

Free

Wed, Oct 5, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Aerial view photo a dancer performing on an outdoor stage at night, surrounded by a full audience watching.

Sat, Oct 8, 6:00pm – 10:00pm

Yerba Buena Night

Free

Performers and audiences from Indigenous People's day part of a friendship dance, holding hands and walking through the Yerba Buena Gardens lawn

Mon, Oct 10, 12:30pm – 4:00pm

San Francisco’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Free

Tue, Oct 11, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake

Free

Wed, Oct 12, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Dance Outdoors with Rhythm & Motion

Free

Sat, Oct 15, 12:00pm – 5:00pm

Litquake Festival

Free

Sun, Oct 16, 12:00pm – 5:00pm

Litquake Festival

Free