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Free outdoor performing arts in downtown San Francisco

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Litquake Out Loud + Book Fair

Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts., San Francisco

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. The region’s largest literary festival returns in 2025, celebrating the exuberantly creative literary community from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Come explore a curated spread of small presses and literary magazines […]

Free

*No Show Today, Postponed* – Mornings in Jenin Musical: A Playlist

Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts., San Francisco

Update 8/12/25: This program has been postponed and we look forward to presenting it at a later date. Thank you for your understanding. Please continue to follow YBG Festival and check our calendar for upcoming events for the rest of our festival season. Offering a preview of the songs from the groundbreaking new theater production […]

Free

Poetic Tuesday

Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts., San Francisco

Sharing works that delight, provoke, inspire and rouse, the Poetic Tuesdays series turns lunchtime into an oasis of creative expression. Lighting up Jessie Square with a fabulously curated line-up of poets and musicians, Poetic Tuesdays offer a vivifying midday breather for neighborhood groups, students, office workers on break and out-of-towners looking for respite from The […]

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A guest on traditional, unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Land.
VENUE: Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St. between 3rd and 4th Sts., San Francisco
OFFICE: Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, 760 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103
PHONE: (415) 543-1718