RSSFestivals | San Francisco Travel Blog - Part 12
Flavor! Napa Valley
Over the course of the past century, Napa Valley has routinely proven itself to hold as much potential for great wines as anywhere else in the world. In fact, it is now common knowledge that the best wines grown in this fertile California region easily rival the best wines grown throughout Italy and France.
20th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival
Cinema and San Francisco are no strangers to one another. Many of the world’s best and brightest filmmakers, stars, and enthusiasts hail from this great and wonderful city, and many continue to call it home. Perhaps it is the picturesque bay, a great counterpoint to the heat and sand of LA, or perhaps it is simply the rich culture that San Francisco fosters that attracts these movie magicians. Either way, when it comes to film, San Francisco has its finger on the pulse.
166th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade
We told you about the Mardi Gras events, so now it is only reasonable that we move on to the next day of drinking and good cheer heralded across the country: St. Patrick’s Day! In many ways, St. Patrick’s day is the true harbinger of spring, which is why so many people let themselves go, dress absurdly, and turn their personal volume knobs way, way up as they meander through the streets wearing emerald green and sporting shamrocks in their top hats.
Three Mardi Gras Events
You are possibly aware that this weekend is the official weekend when Mardi Gras will be celebrated around the country. While New Orleans is certainly home to the most famous Mardi Gras events and spectacles, San Francisco offers more than enough to compete. In preparation for this weekend, we want to highlight three separate events that will take place on Saturday, the 25th.
Black Cuisine Festival
As the spring preparations get underway in the Bay Area visitors and residents can begin filling their calendars with all the fun events and festivals that will start appearing with the same frequency and brilliance as the crocuses along Lombard Street. On March 4th, fans of soul food will not want to miss the annual Black Cuisine Festival held at the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center at 1753 Carroll Avenue. This event, which has been going on for several years, is well known for it tremendously delicious food offerings, it’s family-friendly atmosphere, and its wide array activities that will entertain, educate, and delight all who attend.
This year, the Black Cuisine Festival will feature scores of food vendors selling classic soul food items like fried chicken, oxtails, black-eyed peas, macaroni and cheese, sweet potato pie, catfish, and peach cobbler. Grab a plate and prepare to fill yourself on some of the best southern inspired delights you will ever taste! The Black Cuisine Festival is a chance for chefs who work in the soul-food tradition to dive deep into their repertoire, riffing on classics and also sharing their knowledge with the next generation soul food fanatics.
Also included this year is the Soul Food Cooking Contest. Come to watch chefs both new and experienced in the soul food world compete for prizes and cash as they whip up delicious dishes before your eyes. Not only will this contest result in numerous dishes of amazing food to taste, but you will also likely come away with new ideas to try out in your own kitchen for your family and friends.
The Black Cuisine Festival also features live music and entertainment provided by the Bay Area sensations Tony! Toni! Toné! This Grammy-nominated trio have been making inspiring R&B music since the 1980s and are continuing to fill the hearts and minds of their fans around the world with their smooth and inspiring sound.
The Black Cuisine Festival takes place on Saturday, March 4th. It runs from 11:00 A.M. Until 6:00 P.M. Entrance to the event is free, although advanced VIP tickets can be purchased from www.blackcuisine2017.eventbrite.com.
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15th Annual Human Rights Film Festival
March in San Francisco is the month where things in our great city start to really heat up. Festivals, wine tours, and spring extravaganzas of all stripes begin to unfold as the residents of the Bay Area celebrate Spring.
Bay Area Pet Expo
Are you a dog person? A cat person? Maybe you are neither, maybe parrots or rabbits are your thing. Regardless, if you like fuzzy creatures of any sort, things that bark or squawk or rustle around in wood chips looking for food, then the Bay Area Pet Expo is the place for you. Held on March 11th and 12th, the Bay Area Pet Expo takes place at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, only a short hop from San Francisco. Featuring unique vendors of pet products, live entertainment, and plenty of activities for the whole family (and your pets!), the Pet Expo will transform your dreary existence into a fuzz-filled weekend of cuddly wonder.
ZinEX: The World’s Largest Zinfandel Event
Over this past week we have spent a good deal of space on this blog highlighting some of the wine-centric events coming to the Bay Area over the next few months. In keeping with this pattern, we want to alert you to one more essential event for all the wine lovers out there. Known as the Zinfandel Experience (Zin EX, for short), this wine event is alone in its class: three days of exclusive Zinfandel tastings in three of San Francisco’s most iconic and loved places.
46th Annual Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival and Parade
Fall has descended onto the Bay Area, and even though we might not have the bursting colors of New England, we still like to offer up our happiness that the cooler weather is on its way, that sweaters are being taken out of closets and hats are being knitted by our lovers. For those of you in or around the Bay Area this weekend, we are excited to tell you about our first fall-specific event of the season: the 2016 Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival and Great Pumpkin Parade.
26th Annual Potrero Hill Festival
Our Second Fall Festival Highlight comes to us courtesy ofc House, nestled up at 953 De Haro St., in San Francisco itself. This event is the crown jewel of the Potrero Hill neighborhood’s yearly events, and because of this the residents of this beautiful and famous area of the Bay Area don’t hold anything back when it comes to ensuring that their festival will stick in the minds of its attendees.
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