I
love this time of year, summer is just around the corner. I’m
getting out the sundresses, shorts and sandals. I plan on going to
free music in the parks, festivals, and children activities with my
granddaughter. I put together twelve events and festivals going on in
the Bay Area June 6th
& 7th. Also a
link for other events that you may enjoy. So dust off those summer
clothes and get out there and enjoy!
National
Trails Day 2015: Volunteer Outdoors Saturday, June 6 – 8:30 am |
Cost: FREE* | San Francisco Bay Area
Celebrate
National Trails Day, the nation’s largest celebration of trails and
the outdoors, in the Golden Gate National Parks on June 6, 2015. The
Trails Forever Team and partner organizations, One Tam, REI, and
American Hiking Society, will host a series of trail and habitat
service projects.
2015 Sand
Castle & Sand Sculpture Contest | Alameda Saturday, June 6 –
9:00 am | Cost: FREE* | Robert Crown Memorial State Beach Park
Start your
creative juices flowing and get ready to bring your shovel and
buckets to the beach to create a unique piece of art at the annual
Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest on Alameda’s Robert Crown
Memorial State Beach.
2015 Union
Street Festival June 6th
& 7 All Day | SF
The Union
Street Festival is one of San Francisco’s largest free annual
events and launches the start of the city’s summer street
festivals. Join more than 100,000 attendees in the heart of the
historic shopping and residential district of Cow Hollow.
Bank of
America Free Museum Weekend
Saturday,
June 6 – All Day | Cost: FREE* | San Francisco Bay Area
Holders of
Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit cards and debit cards get
free admission to six Bay Area museums and two Sacramento museums for
the first weekend each month. Bank of America Free Museum Weekend
First weekend of each month.
2015 Bay
Area Book Festival: Literary Block Party & Magic Book Castle |
Berkeley Saturday, June 6th
& 7th – All
Day | Cost: FREE | MLK Jr. Civic Center Park (Berkeley)
The
inaugural Bay Area Book Festival is a free world-class international
celebration of the past, present, and future of the book and taking
place indoors and outdoors in Berkeley. 300 diverse authors from the
Bay Area, California, the nation, and world, from prize-winners to
stellar emerging voices.
Noodle
Mania Zine-Making Workshop Saturday, June 6, 2015 10:30 am to 12:00
pm Oakland FREE Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre
(McLaren Park)
Celebrate
the art of sound. Megapolis Audio Festival is happening in Oakland.
Come be part of my collaborative zine, Noodle Mania.
Workshop
Description:
Make a zine,
share a true story, and eat noodles! Noodle Mania is a DIY audio
documentary art project that provides a forum in print, online, and
in person for people to share true stories about their lives and
practice art making.
Omino Day
2015: All Day DJ & World Music Festival SF Saturday, June 6 –
All Day | Cost: FREE | Saturday, June 6, 2015 |
9:30 am to 4 pm Jerry Garcia Amphitheater (McLaren Park)
Omino Day is
a free day-long outdoor music festival which provides a social,
musical, artistic, and cultural celebration for the families and
youth of San Francisco.
106th
Annual Cherry Festival & Parade: En Vogue Live | San Leandro
Saturday, June 6 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Downtown San Leandro
The San
Leandro Cherry Festival is a long-standing San Leandro tradition
celebrating the city’s past, present and future. The Cherry
Festival offers attendees the option to partake in food, a beer
garden serving local craft beers, live entertainment, handmade arts
and crafts, a special Kids Zone.
2015 Sub
ZERO Festival: Outdoor Music & Art Festival | San Jose
Saturday,
June 6 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | SoFA District (San Jose)
Come check
out the annual Sub ZERO Festival, a DIY, artistically bent,
hi/lo-tech mashup focused on emerging and present subcultures
thriving in the region, where street meets geek in San Jose’s SoFA
District on the first Friday and Saturday of June.
Off the
Grid: Presidio Picnic & Food Truck Party Sunday, June 7 – 11:00
am | Cost: FREE* | Main Post Lawn Off the Grid hosts a full season of
Picnic at the Presidio from 11 am to 4 pm every Sunday through the
fall at the Main Parade Ground Lawn. Expect yummy offerings available
for purchase from San Francisco’s favorite eateries and food
trucks, Mimosa and Bloody Mary drink kits.
La Peña
40th Anniversary Party: Puerto Rican Dance & Afro-Cuban Drums |
Berkeley Sunday, June 7 – All Day | Cost: FREE | La Peña Cultural
Center
La Peña
Cultural Center celebrates 40 years of art and activism in the Bay
and beyond throughout the month of June, kicking off with an open
house, a facility-wide art exhibit, free music and dance classes, and
more. “La Pena” means gathering place.
San
Francisco International Arts Festival: Final Day Sunday, June 7 –
2:15 pm | Cost: FREE* | Fort Mason Center
The Eyes and
Ears Foundation present the annual San Francisco Arts Festival
featuring two weeks of art programs, exhibits and performances
happening at the Fort Mason Center. The theme for 2015 is Bearing
Witness: Surveillance in the Drone Age and the events and exhibits.
LM
