Official site of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Free outdoor performing arts in downtown San Francisco
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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival’s 2026 season will be dedicated in honor of Marcelo Avilés and his lifelong work of supporting artists. Before the season begins, join us in community for a joyful celebration of Marcelo at Yerba Buena Gardens. A short program will be held outdoors at the Great Lawn stage. Chairs available, blankets or […] |
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Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. More dates to be announced. 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 challenge of learning […]
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Free RSVP Opening Set from Batey Tambó Yerba Buena Gardens Festival kicks off with a salsa dance party featuring the great New York sonero Hermán Olivera y Orquesta Taíno. At the center of NYC’s Latin music scene since the late 1970s, Olivera is known for keeping company with the greatest instrumentalists in salsa and Latin […] |
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Sharing works that delight, provoke, inspire and rouse, the Poetic Tuesdays series turns lunchtime into a sumptuous literary repast. Lighting up Jessie Square with a fabulously curated line-up of poets and musicians, Poetic Tuesdays offer an invigorating midday breather for neighborhood groups, students, office workers on break and out-of-towners looking for respite from The City’s […] |
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Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. More dates to be announced. 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 challenge of learning […]
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Aireene Espiritu creates music that embraces folks from all over. Born in the Philippines and raised in the Bay Area, she’s a veteran singer/songwriter who’s honed an extensive book of original songs combining Afro-Caribbean and African rhythms, American folk forms, bluegrass techniques and gospel music fervor. As a young musician she absorbed the sounds of […] |
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Hailu Mergia is no longer able to perform on May 16, 2026. Free RSVP When it’s time to get a party started, Howard Wiley gets the call. The Oakland saxophonist has been a mainstay on the Bay Area music scene since he was a teenager, and now he’s taken up the […] |
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Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. More dates to be announced. 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 challenge of learning […]
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The pandemic spawned many unlikely musical connections, but the story of Larry & Joe continues to resonate long after lockdown lifted. Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of música llanera, the celebratory harp-driven national music and dance of the South American nation. Joe Troop grew up in North Carolina’s Piedmont and […] |
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Free RSVP Opening Set from Discos Resaca Collective Blending the percussive Afro-Mexican tradition of son jarocho with electronic beats and cogent rhymes, Las Cafeteras have earned a global following with their infectious live performances. Emerging from an East Los Angeles community center in the mid-aughts, the group has taken their electric sound around the world, […] |
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Wednesdays at Noon. Free RSVP encouraged, drop-ins are welcome. More dates to be announced. 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 challenge of learning […]
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One voice can change the world, but when people sing together they transform themselves. Singers from the Community Music Center Openhouse LGBTQ+ Choir, directed by Zahra Rothschild, and CMC 30th Street Choir, directed by Martha Rodriguez-Salar, perform popular and folkloric music from the Americas with the accompaniment of pianist Jennifer Peringer and other musicians. The […] |
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This children’s program has two shows: 11-11:30am with a repeat show 12-12:30pm. The Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble presents the pre-colonial music, dance and attire traditions of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and Kalinga, Northern Philippines. All trained in the traditional manner by indigenous Philippine culture bearers, the Manilatown musicians and dancers take pride in introducing young people to […]
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This children’s program has two shows: 11-11:30am with a repeat show 12-12:30pm. The Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble presents the pre-colonial music, dance and attire traditions of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and Kalinga, Northern Philippines. All trained in the traditional manner by indigenous Philippine culture bearers, the Manilatown musicians and dancers take pride in introducing young people to […] |
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Free RSVP In trying times, poetry and music bring people together. Join Nia Pearl for one-of-a-kind outdoor poetry workshops inspired by the physical environs of Yerba Buena Gardens. A gifted teacher and charismatic performer, she leads participants through hands-on activities centered on observing, reflecting and writing in response to the nature around them. All ages […]
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Free RSVP For nearly five decades Gamelan Sekar Jaya has set the standard for Balinese music and dance in North America. The only foreign group ever awarded the Dharma Kusuma, Bali’s highest honor for artistic achievement, the Berkeley-based company is credited with helping spark a cultural renaissance in Indonesia that continues today. Commissioning leading Balinese […] |