Official site of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Free outdoor performing arts in downtown San Francisco
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Free RSVP The glorious sounds of pre-revolutionary Havana turn the Gardens into a Cuban dance party when Orquesta Akokán arrives with the irresistible grooves of mambo, son montuno, guarachas, cha cha cha and boleros. Created by Chulo Records producer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Plasse, arranger Michael Eckroth, and the great Latin singer-songwriter known as “El Sonero […]
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Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. Classes will be canceled in case of rain. Check back often for updates. Named San Francisco’s favorite dance workout by the magazines San Francisco and 7X7, Rhythm & Motion is a low-pressure, full-bodied dance workout class that balances the euphoria of a good party with the […]
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The Bay Area’s Cajun music scene includes a bevy of musicians dedicated to preserving Acadian cultural roots. Incendiary violinist and composer Tom Rigney has taken a different path. Deeply versed in fiery Cajun and zydeco two-steps, low-down blues, funky New Orleans grooves and heartbreakingly beautiful ballads and waltzes, he’s wrangled some of the finest musicians […]
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Free RSVP Movie begins at sunset (around 7:30pm) Movie Night returns to Yerba Buena Gardens with a screening of family favorite Coco! Enjoy San Francisco summer in September, and cozy up with family and friends on a journey following Miguel to the magical world of the ancestors. The perfect picnic awaits at nearby local restaurants […]
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Bassist Giulio Xavier Cetto has been the secret sauce on Bay Area bandstands for the past decade, supplying propulsion in a wide array of improvisational settings. In this power trio he’s joined by drummer Thomas Pridgen, a savvy and unrelenting sparkplug known for his work in rock bands The Mars Volta, Trash Talk and Fever […]
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Free RSVP Samora Pinderhughes believes that music can and must change the world, and he crafts his songs to reach the tender spots we all share. The Berkeley-raised composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist is known for both his consummate, conservatory-trained musicianship and the striking intimacy and radical honesty of his lyrics. He can […]
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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 […]
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Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. Classes will be canceled in case of rain. Check back often for updates. Named San Francisco’s favorite dance workout by the magazines San Francisco and 7X7, Rhythm & Motion is a low-pressure, full-bodied dance workout class that balances the euphoria of a good party with the […]
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A pop star, songwriter, activist and clarion advocate for Afro-Brazilians and the LGBTQIA+ community worldwide, Bia Ferreira makes no bones about the power of her music in the fight for justice. Riffing on the well-known umbrella term for post-bossa urban styles MPB (for música popular brasileira), Ferreira calls her music MMP (for música de mulher […]
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Free RSVP After last year’s near legendary debut at the YBG Festival there was no question about a return date for Movement Immigrant Orchestra. Co-founded by Ethiopian-American singer-composer Meklit Hadero and Italian-born percussionist Marco Peris Coppola, the Movement Immigrant Orchestra is a singular collective of Bay Area-based immigrant artists that brings together musicians from a […]
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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 […]
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Update 9/30/25: Due to weather conditions, the class on Wednesday, October 1 has been canceled. Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. Classes will be canceled in case of rain. Check back often for updates. Named San Francisco’s favorite dance workout by the magazines San Francisco and 7X7, Rhythm & Motion is a […]
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With her sumptuous voice, melodic invention and serious bebop chops, Lucía Gutierrez Rebolloso was not only the first artist from Mexico to enter the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2022 but at the tender age of 21, she won, launching a promising, unprecedented career. Performing under her first name, Lucía hails from Veracruz, […]
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Free RSVP Seating is first-come, first-served, very limited and prioritized for seniors and those with accessibility needs. Please come early to reserve a spot. Picnic blankets and low lawn chairs encouraged. Parangal is a San Francisco music and dance company devoted to sharing the wealth of traditional arts of the Philippines by preserving and promoting […]
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