Weekend Trip to San Francisco

The Cherry Blossom Festival Grand Parade will be held on Sunday, April 19, 2009.

In Northern California we have taken up the popular love of the cherry blossom to stage a massive binational, bicultural celebration.

Each year, over 200,000 people attend this dazzling display showcasing the color and grace of the Japanese culture and the diversity of the Japanese American Community. Please join us and become a sponsor of this popular Japanese American community event.

What's in the Festival: The Street Fair will include a food bazaar, featuring traditional Japanese cuisine and cooking demonstrations, a Japanese traditional arts and crafts fair, and a children's village. Entertainment stages will feature performances by Japanese classical and folk dancers, martial artists, taiko drummers and others. Companies sponsor a high profile street fair area, a street fair booth, one of two entertainment stages or a combination of these.

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North Beach Festival (The)

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This festival celebrates Italian and Beat histories. You will notice the high spirits of the attendents as you …

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Columbus Avenue and Filbert Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
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+1 415 622 2361

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54th Annual Precious Cheese North Beach Festival
Saturday, June 14 and and Sunday, June 15, 2008
10 am - 6 pm. Free.

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Haight-Ashbury Street Fair

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It is not the Summer of Love, but it is one of the most colorful summer street fairs The City has to offer. There is …

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Stanyan & Waller Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
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+1 415 863 3489

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Haight-Ashbury Street Fair is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the cultural history and diversity of one of San Francisco's most internationally celebrated neighborhoods - The Haight-Ashbury District. For the last 28 years, HASF has produced the annual street fair that features arts and crafts, food booths, two musical stages and more. It also serves as a means for community groups and mercantile vendors to interact with the public and expand their base.

The street fair was developed in response to the re-birth of the economic and residential spirit of the community in the mid-1970's. With the assistance of the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first District 5 and openly Gay supervisor, a group of neighborhood merchants, activists and residents developed this organization with the idea of sponsoring a day long community celebration. The first Haight-Ashbury Street Fair was held on April 30, 1978, to the fanfare of the neighborhood and the City.

Since then, the street fair was moved to the second weekend in June where it has become a San Francisco cultural event. The two stages - Main Stage and Masonic Stage - hosts a variety of musical presentations that have featured such bands as the Jefferson Starship/Airplane, The Tubes, Metallica, and Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience) among others. It is also a showcase for up-and-coming artists and community musical groups.

The Haight-Ashbury Street Fair wishes to thank all of the residents, businesses, musicians, artists and street fair goers for their continual support and in providing a jovial, harmonious and inspirational atmosphere.

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