Bay Area Events in San Francisco

January Events

Continuing...

"Beach Blanket Babylon" The nation's longest running musical.
Club Fugazi, Website: www.beachblanketbabylon.com

Monday Jan 21, 2013

Grand Opening of the SF Jazz Center
The first stand-alone Jazz Center in the nation.
The 35,000 sq foot community and educational center opening at Fell and Franklin Streets in the Civic Center will offer 200 performances a year featuring performances by many of the great jazz musicians of America and the world
Information at www.sfjazz.org/center

February Events

Through Feb 10, 2013

"Allessandro Pessoli"
New drawings, paintings and sculpture.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Details at www.sfmona.org

Feb 6-10, 2013

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra presents:
Dutoit conducting Berlioz's "Te Deum"
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Through Feb 17, 2013

"Rudolph Nureyev: A Life in Dance"
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
Information at www.thinker.org

Feb 13-19, 2013

The renowned German Hamburg Ballet performing
"Nijinsky": An elaborate, full-evening fantasy on the life, loves and artistry of the legendary Russian dancer.
For more info contact www.sfballet.org

Through Feb 25, 2013

"Deities in Stone: Hindu Sculpture from the Collections of the Asian Art Museum"
Offsite exhibition at San Francisco International Airport gallery
Information at www.asianart.org

Through Mar 17, 2013

"Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie Antoinette"
Some of the greatest decorative arts from the Musee du Louvre, Paris, to the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, San Francisco These objects, owned and presented by French kings and queens, are rarely lent and many have never left France before. At the Legion of Honor, one of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
For more info contact www.thinker.org

Through Mar 31, 2013

"Magnolias in Bloom"
Nearly 100 rare and historic magnolias are blooming with fragrant, vibrant pink and white flowers in San Francisco's Strybing Arboretum in famous Golden Gate Park
Learn more at www.sfbotanicalgarden.org

Through Apr 28, 2013

"Between Frames: The Magic Behind Stop Motion Animation"
At the Walt Disney Family Museum in
The Presidio, San Francisco
For more info contact www.waltdisney.org

Through May 5, 2013

"Batik: Spectacular Textiles of Java"
Asian Art Museum, Civic Center, San Francisco
For more info contact www.asianart.org

Through May 27, 2013

"Kehinde Wiley/ The World Stage: Israel"
Part of the artist's bold series exploring the black diaspora. The portraits are complemented by a selection of historical Jewish textiles and works on paper from which the artist drew inspiration.
Featured at the wonderful Contemporary Jewish Museum, downtown San Francisco
For more info contact www.thecjm.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis"
This fascinating work, often dubbed the Dutch 'Mona Lisa", is the centerpiece of a small (only 35 works) choice exhibition of Dutch Golden Age paintings at the De Young Museum The works by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Nicolaes Maes, Carel Fabritius and others cover the range of this glorious era, with portraits, landscapes and seascapes, genre paintings, historical paintings and still lifes.
M.H.de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
For more info contact www.thinker.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Don't be Shy, Don't Hold Back: Works from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan"
At the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
For more info contact www.sfmoma.org

March Events

Feb 26 - Mar 10, 2013

Program 3 of the San Francisco Ballet Season
"Rites of Spring" honoring the centenary of Stravinsky's epochal score, "Guide to Strange Places" and "Beaux" round out the program
For more info contact www.sfballet.org

Friday Mar 1, 2013

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Mozart and Bruckner
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Mar 1-9, 2013

The San Francisco Ballet presents Program 4 of their Season
A dazzling program with the premier of "From Foreign Lands" choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher Wheeldon's most inspired ballet, "Within the Golden Hour", plus George Balanchine's romantic "Scotch Symphony"
For more info contact www.sfballet.org

Mar 21-28, 2013

A performance of John Cranko's "Onegin", a full length setting of Pushkin's stirring verse novel. This deeply passionate, Tchaikovsky- inflected work returns for an encore in the production rented from the National Ballet of Canada
For more info contact www.sfballet.org

Saturday Mar 30, 2013

Bobby McFerrin: Spirit you All
Hear Bobby McFerrin and his band in this one-night-only performance. Drawing from his past, Bobby celebrates the strength of generations of Americans, performing the songs commonly known as Spirituals.
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Through Mar 17, 2013

"Royal Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie Antoinette"
Some of the greatest decorative arts from the Musee du Louvre, Paris, to the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, San Francisco These objects, owned and presented by French kings and queens, are rarely lent and many have never left France before. At the Legion of Honor, one of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
For more info contact www.thinker.org

Through Mar 31, 2013

"Magnolias in Bloom"
Nearly 100 rare and historic magnolias are blooming with fragrant, vibrant pink and white flowers in San Francisco's Strybing Arboretum in famous Golden Gate Park
Learn more at www.sfbotanicalgarden.org

Through Apr 28, 2013

"Between Frames: The Magic Behind Stop Motion Animation"
At the Walt Disney Family Museum in
The Presidio, San Francisco
For more info contact www.waltdisney.org

Through May 5, 2013

"Batik: Spectacular Textiles of Java"
Asian Art Museum, Civic Center, San Francisco
For more info contact www.asianart.org

Through May 27, 2013

"Kehinde Wiley/ The World Stage: Israel"
Part of the artist's bold series exploring the black diaspora. The portraits are complemented by a selection of historical Jewish textiles and works on paper from which the artist drew inspiration.
Featured at the wonderful Contemporary Jewish Museum, downtown San Francisco
For more info contact www.thecjm.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis"
This fascinating work, often dubbed the Dutch 'Mona Lisa", is the centerpiece of a small (only 35 works) choice exhibition of Dutch Golden Age paintings at the De Young Museum The works by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Nicolaes Maes, Carel Fabritius and others cover the range of this glorious era, with portraits, landscapes and seascapes, genre paintings, historical paintings and still lifes.
M.H.de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
For more info contact www.thinker.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Don't be Shy, Don't Hold Back: Works from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan"
At the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
For more info contact www.sfmoma.org

April Events

Coming in April 2013

The Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco's Japantown
A Spring Street Fair featuring traditional Japanese cuisine, arts and crafts.

Apr 5-6, 2013

Bernard Labadie Conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Mozart and Handel program
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Apr 9-20, 2013

The San Francisco Ballet presents Program 6
Includes Act 3 of Petipa's "Raymonda", Val Caniparoli's "Ibsen's House" and Edwaard Liang's "Symphonic Dances"
For more info contact www.sfballet.org

Apr 11-22, 2013

The San Francisco Ballet presents Program 7
Balanchine's "Symphony in three Movements", Helgi Tomasson's ingenious 'Criss-Cross", and Possokhov's tragic version of "Francesca da Rimini"
For more info contact www.sfballet.org

Apr 14-15, 2013

Andras Schiff plays Bach on Piano
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Through Apr 28, 2013

"Between Frames: The Magic Behind Stop Motion Animation"
At the Walt Disney Family Museum in
The Presidio, San Francisco
For more info contact www.waltdisney.org

Through May 5, 2013

"Batik: Spectacular Textiles of Java"
Asian Art Museum, Civic Center, San Francisco
For more info contact www.asianart.org

Through May 27, 2013

"Kehinde Wiley/ The World Stage: Israel"
Part of the artist's bold series exploring the black diaspora. The portraits are complemented by a selection of historical Jewish textiles and works on paper from which the artist drew inspiration.
Featured at the wonderful Contemporary Jewish Museum, downtown San Francisco
For more info contact www.thecjm.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis"
This fascinating work, often dubbed the Dutch 'Mona Lisa", is the centerpiece of a small (only 35 works) choice exhibition of Dutch Golden Age paintings at the De Young Museum The works by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Nicolaes Maes, Carel Fabritius and others cover the range of this glorious era, with portraits, landscapes and seascapes, genre paintings, historical paintings and still lifes.
M.H.de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
For more info contact www.thinker.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Don't be Shy, Don't Hold Back: Works from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan"
At the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
For more info contact www.sfmoma.org

May Events

Coming in May 2013

San Francisco's 56th Annual Film Festival
More details to be found at www.sffs.org

May 2-11, 2013

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra presents the Beethoven Project
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

May 3-12, 2013

The San Francisco Ballet presents Program 8
The Company's first "Cinderella" in a generation comes from Wheeldon, who co-produced his work with the Dutch National Ballet. This version will borrow from both the Perrault and Grimm Brothers version of the tale.
For more info contact www.sfballet.org

Sunday May 5th, 2013

Cinco de Mayo Celebration in the Mission
This popular event includes dancing and parades.

Sunday May 19th, 2013

San Francisco's unique, an "only in San Francisco" event The 102nd running of the Bay to Breakers footrace

Through May 5, 2013

"Batik: Spectacular Textiles of Java"
Asian Art Museum, Civic Center, San Francisco
For more info contact www.asianart.org

Through May 27, 2013

"Kehinde Wiley/ The World Stage: Israel"
Part of the artist's bold series exploring the black diaspora. The portraits are complemented by a selection of historical Jewish textiles and works on paper from which the artist drew inspiration.
Featured at the wonderful Contemporary Jewish Museum, downtown San Francisco
For more info contact www.thecjm.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis"
This fascinating work, often dubbed the Dutch 'Mona Lisa", is the centerpiece of a small (only 35 works) choice exhibition of Dutch Golden Age paintings at the De Young Museum The works by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Nicolaes Maes, Carel Fabritius and others cover the range of this glorious era, with portraits, landscapes and seascapes, genre paintings, historical paintings and still lifes.
M.H.de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
For more info contact www.thinker.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Don't be Shy, Don't Hold Back: Works from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan"
At the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
For more info contact www.sfmoma.org

June Events

Coming in June 2013

Stern Grove Music Festival (open dates at this time)
The 76th season
Thousands attend performances of classical, jazz and ethnic music
Picnics encouraged

Early June 2013

The 2013 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon
Over 2,000 Athletes will attempt 1.5 mi swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco Yacht Club, a 18 mi bike run and an 8 mi run through Golden Gate Park
For more info contact www.escapefromalcatraztriathlon.com

Sunday Jun 9th, 2013

Haight Street Fair
Street Party with rock bands and ethnic foods

Jun 19-22, 2013

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra presents the Stravinsky Festival
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Jun 27 - Jul 2, 2013

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra presents West Side Story in concert
This is the first time an orchestra has performed the complete musical in a concert performance.
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis"
This fascinating work, often dubbed the Dutch 'Mona Lisa", is the centerpiece of a small (only 35 works) choice exhibition of Dutch Golden Age paintings at the De Young Museum The works by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Nicolaes Maes, Carel Fabritius and others cover the range of this glorious era, with portraits, landscapes and seascapes, genre paintings, historical paintings and still lifes.
M.H.de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
For more info contact www.thinker.org

Through Jun 2, 2013

"Don't be Shy, Don't Hold Back: Works from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan"
At the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
For more info contact www.sfmoma.org

July Events

Jun 27 - Jul 2, 2013

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra presents West Side Story in concert
This is the first time an orchestra has performed the complete musical in a concert performance.
For more info contact www.sfsymphony.org

Jul 4 - Sep 1, 2013

Louis Vuitton Cup Sailing Races
Sail races in the Bay of San Francisco leading up to the world famous America's Cup Match Finals in September
For Charter and ticket information for the public, contact by telephone 855-227-3201

August Events

Coming in August 2013

La Cocina
A weekend Street Food Celebration in its fifth year
Featuring specialty fare from over 80 vendors - each dish costing less than $8
For information on this Year's Street Food Festival go to www.lacocinasf.org

Aug 2013

OutsideLands Music and Art Festival
The 5th Annual Colossal Music Event
Featuring some of America's premier singers and bands
For a full list of bands and dates go to www.sfoutsidelands.com

September Events

Labor Day Weekend beginning September 2013

San Francisco City and County Fair at Fort Mason

Blues Festival

Three day Blues festival that is one of the largest outdoor festivals of its kind on the West Coast

Opera in the Park

Free Opera Concert in the Sharon Meadows in Golden Gate Park
Kicking off our world famous Opera Season

Chinatown Moon Festival

Held at the end of September in Chinatown

Sept 7-22, 2013

The America's Cup Finals
Watch the premier boat event of the decade as the best sailors in the world vie for the coveted America's cup, culminating in a best-of-nine series on San Francisco's waterfront, from Piers 27 to 29 to an area north of Alcatraz to a spot just beyond the Golden Gate Bridge.
For Carter and ticket information for the public, contact by telephone 855-227-3201

October Events

Oct 7, 21, 2013

Andras Schiff Plays Bach

Oct 30, 2013

"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" with Cameron Carpenter at the Organ

The San Francisco Symphony marks its 100th year on the world cultural stage. A celebration of blazing, brilliant artistry – it promises to be the kind of season that only occurs once a century. For Scheduled performances contact: www.sfsymphony.org

Sunday Oct 6, 2013

Castro Street Fair
Popular Street fair organized by the San Francisco Gay/Lesbian Community

Oct 12-14, 2013

Columbus Day Festival
Celebrating the City’s Italian Community in North Beach

Oct 12-14, 2013

Come see the Navy's famous "Fleet Week" featuring its amazing Air Show

Coming in October and December 2013

The 31st Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival
For the first time in the wonderful new Jazz Festival Hall that just opened in January of this year.
Details atwww.sfjazz.org

November Events

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December Events

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