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21st Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival
Who loves chocolate? Just about everyone! Which makes this weekend spectacular because, for the 21st year in a row, San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square will host its Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival. This means that you will experience chocolate in a completely new and in-depth fashion, complete with demonstrations by chefs, eating contests, and classes in making chocolate on your own.
64th Annual Begonia Festival in Capitola
Capitola may not be a town you are familiar with, but this Labor Day Weekend they are attempting to change all that with their Begonia Festival. As the name implies, this festival is dedicated to the beautiful flower with the many-colored blooms that calls many warm and tropical locations its home. In a tribute to the flower, the festival itself is a bold splash of light that goes a long way to brightening up the final moments of summer.
46th Annual Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
Looking for a great way to enjoy the weekend outdoors, taste some of the country’s best wine, listen to music, and let loose? Then you might just be ready for the Annual Millbrae Art & Wine Festival that will be returning to Downtown Millbrae this weekend for its 46th year. Few things in this world are as commonly paired as art and wine, but now you have the chance to experience it all while strolling down Millbrae’s picturesque downtown.
Egyptian King Tut Festival
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (August 26th, 27th, and 28th), the St. Antonius Coptic Church in Hayward will be hosting their extravagant and astonishing Egyptian King Tut Festival. Over the course of the three days, the parish of St. Antonius Coptic Church will take visitors back in time to Ancient Egypt, giving them a chance to enter a reconstructed Egyptian village and watch the inhabitants living their lives, cooking food, playing games, and selling their unique items in a bazaar like no other.
29th Annual Chinatown Streetfest
Chinatown is a name synonymous with mystery, adventure, excitement, and exuberance. We go there for the food, we stay there for everything else. What then could be better than an entire festival dedicated to the atmosphere and pleasures of Chinatown? This weekend, from August 27th and 28th, visitors and residents of Oakland will experience just such an event because, between Harrison Street and 11th Street, the 29th Annual Chinatown Streetfest will be in full and uncontrollable swing.
Caltopia Free Campus Festival at UC Berkeley
This Sunday and Monday get ready to head down to UC Berkeley for the 14th Anniversary of Caltopia, a huge (and free) festival that takes place on the campus and brings together scores of artists, musicians, exhibitors, demonstrations, and lots and lots of people having a great time.
Festival of the Sea
This Saturday, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park will put on a fun-filled festival in order to applaud the National Historical Park’s centennial as well as the recent restoration of the C.A. Thayer, a Schooner first launched in 1895. The day kicks off at 9:30am and runs until 5:00pm, and at 11:30am Brianna Thayer Mullins, an ancestor of the individual for whom the ship was named, and several relatives of J.E. Shields, the C.A. Thayer’s last captain, will re-dedicate the vessel during a special ceremony during which the sails will be raised and the ship renamed.
98th Annual Festa Coloniale Italiana
The Bay Area’s celebrations of cultures around the globe continues this weekend with the 98th Festa Coloniale Italiana in North Beach. Whether or not you possess any Italian heritage, this event will give you plenty to experience (and eat) throughout the entire day of August 20th (from 11:00am to 7:00pm).
Dragon Boat Festival in Oakland
This Sunday, August 14th, from 9:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon, Lake Merritt in Oakland will be the location of the 4th annual Dragon Boat Festival.
Filipino Cultural Festival & Parade
The Bay Area is the classic example of the melting pot that is the American city. Nothing proves this more than the summertime, when many of the numerous cultures present in San Francisco and the surrounding area come passionately forward to celebrate their heritage and share their history with thousands and thousands of others. This weekend, two linked events are coming to San Francisco that will give people a chance to experience Filipino culture in a way that we rarely can.
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