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May 29, 2012

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SF / Oak / Sacto Bay Area :: 60,000 subscribers :: published by michaelD. communications    Monday, May 29, 2012


WINE COUNTRY CONCERTS  

Music on the vine

· Apr 29-Oct 21 | Thornton Winery Champagne Jazz Series

· May 25-Oct 6 | Mountain Winery Summer Concert Series

· June 1-2 | Huichica Fest 

· June 1-10 | Healdsburg Jazz Festival   

· June 30-Aug 3 | Robert Mondavi Concerts

· July 11-Aug 29 | The Concerts at Wente Vineyards 

· July 13-22 | Festival del Sole

· Aug 1-19 | Music in the Vineyards

· Sept 22-23 | Russian River Jazz and Blues Festival

 

[More wine events]

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ART, WINE & CRAFT STREET FAIRS/FESTIVALS 

Every weekend throughout the summer [Mostly Free]

MAY
· May 4 | Art Murmur First Friday Art Walk (Oakland)
* May 5 | San Francisco Cinco de Mayo
* May 5 | Cinco de Mayo Celebration (Berkeley)
* May 5 | Art & Wine Stroll Primavera (Danville)
· May 5-6 | A La Carte and Art (Mountain View)
* May 5-6 | Norway Day Festival  (SF)

· May 5-6 | Clayton Art And Wine Festival

* May 6 | Sunday Streets Mission (SF)

* May 10 | Wine and Chocolate Stroll (Danville)

* May 11-13 | Stanford Powwow

· May 12 | Passport to the East Bay Wineries
* May 12 | Fair Oaks Street Fair (SF)
* May 12 | May Madness 2012 (San Rafael)
* May 12 | Tiburon Wine Festival
* May 12-13 | Park Street Spring Festival (Alameda)
· May 12-13 | Alamo Jewelry, Fine Art & Craft Show
* May 12-20 | Young at Art (SF)
* May 13 | How Weird Street Faire (SF)
* May 17-20 | ArtMRKT (SF)
* May 17-20 | artPadSF (SF)
* May 17-20 | SF Fine Art Fair 
* May 18-20 | Festival of Greece  (Oakland)
* May 19 | Soul Stroll (San Mateo)
* May 19 | Ghirardelli Square Wine Festival ((SF)
· May 19-20 | Art On The Main (Walnut Creek) 
* May 19-20 | Himalayan Fair (Berkeley)
* May 19-20 | Bay Area Storytelling Festival (Richmond)
* May 19-20 | Fine Art in the Park (Los Altos)
* May 27 | Spring Antiques and Collectibles Faire (Pleasanton)
· May 27-28 | San Ramon Art & Wind Festival  
 
JUNE
* June-Aug | 1st Wednesday Street Party (Pleasanton)
* June 1 | Jack's Night Market (Oakland)
· June 2 | Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival (Berkeley)
· June 2-3 | Union Street Eco-Urban Festival (SF)
· June 2-3 | Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival
· June 2-3 | Sunset Magazine's Celebration Weekend (Menlo Park)
· June 2-3 | Walnut Creek Art and Wine Festival
* June 3 | Sunday Streets Mission (SF)
· June 3 | Cannery Row Block Party (SF)
* June 9 | Benicia Wine Walk
· June 9-10 | Live Oak Fair (Berkeley)
· June 9-17 | San Mateo County Fair
· June 10 | Haight Ashbury Street Fair (SF)
· June 16-17 | Danville Fine Arts Fair
· June 16-17 | Juneteenth in the Park (San Jose)
· June 16-17 | North Beach Festival (San Francisco)
· June 20-July 8 | Alameda County Fair
· June 22-24 | Fine Arts Sidewalk Festival (Oakland)
· June 23 | Festival in the Park (San Jose)
· June 23-24 | Pride Weekend (SF)
* June 30 | Ghirardelli Square KidsBash (SF)

 

JULY

* July 1 | Sunday Streets Mission (SF)

* July 6 | Jack's Night Market (Oakland) 

* July 8 | Temescal Street Fair (Oakland)

* July 12 | Danville Street Festival

* July 14 | Breastfest Beer Festival (SF)

* July 14 | JC Cellars Summer Open House (Oakland)

· July 14-15 | 33rd Annual Arts And Wine Festival (Los Altos)

* July 14-15 | Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival

* July 14-15 | Newark SummerFest

* July 21 | Hollister's Street Festival and Car Show

* July 21-22 | Connoisseurs' Marketplace (Menlo Park)

* July 22 | Sunday Streets Bayview/Dogpatch (SF)

* July 27-29 | Gilroy Garlic Festival

* July 28 | Benicia Fine Art & Jazz Festival

* July 28-29 | Park Street Art & Wine Fair (Alameda)

* July 28-29 | Redwood City PAL Blues and Arts Festival

* July 28-29 | Berkeley Kite Festival

* July 30-Aug 5 | SF Chefs 2012

* tbd | Urban Indi-go-go Vintage Party (Oakland)

* tbd | Pleasanton Downtown Wine Stroll

* tbd | Cotton Mill Studios (Oakland)

 

AUGUST

* Aug 4-5 | Nihonmachi Street Fair (SF)

* Aug 5 | Sunday Streets Mission (SF)

* Aug 9 | Danville Street Festival

* Aug 11 | Laurel Street Fair (Oakland)

· Aug 11-12 | Los Gatos Fiesta de Artes

* Aug 18 | Pedalfest (Oakland)

* Aug 23 | Art and Wine Stroll (Danville)

* Aug 25-26 | Oakland Chinatown Streetfest

* Aug 25-26 | Tiburon Art Festival  

· Aug 25-26 | Palo Alto Festival of the Arts

* Aug 26 | Sunday Streets Chinatown (SF)

* Aug 28 | Taste of First Street (Benicia)

* tbd  Urban Wine Xperience (East Bay)

* tbd | Pistahan (SF)

 

SEPTEMBER
* Sept 1-3 | Kings Mountain Art Fair (Woodside)
* Sept 1-2 | Scottish Highland Games (Pleasanton)
* Sept 2 | Oakland Pride
* Sept 7-9 | Bay Area Black Expo (Oakland)
* Sept 13-16 | Fall Boat Show (Oakland)
* Sept 21-23 | Eat Real Fest (Oakland)
* Sept 23 | Folsom Street Fair (SF)
* tbd | Taste of Temescal (Oakland)

 

OCTOBER

* Oct 6-7 | Los Altos Fall Festival

* Oct 13 | Park Street Classic Car Show (Alameda)

· Oct 13-14 | Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival

· Oct 20-21 | Danville Fall Crafts Festival 

* Oct 21 | Fiesta on the Hill (SF)

* Oct 21 - Sunday Streets Outer Mission/Excelsior (SF)

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MUSIC FESTIVALS & OUTDOOR CONCERTS   

Grab the blanket and picnic basket  

starting MAY
· Ongoing |
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· May 4-Aug 29 | Oakland City Center Concert Series
· May 6-Sept 27 | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (SF)  
· May 18 | Noche Latina (Walnut Creek)
· May 18-19 | Oakland Greek Festival    

* May 19 | Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival (Oakland)
· May 24-26 | San Francisco Offside Festival
· May 25-26 | I Love This City Festival (SF)
· May 26-27 | San Francisco Carnaval
· tbd | Concord Summer Music Series

starting JUNE
* June 1 - Aug 31 | Concert in the Park (Pleasanton)
·
 June 1-Aug 12 | Redwood City Summer Music Series
· June 2-July 1 | San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
· June 2-Sept 29 | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (SF)
· June 2 | Berkeley World Music Festival
· June 8 | Concerts at the Cove (Alameda)
· June 8 | Point Richmond Music Summer Concert Series  
* June 14-Aug 16 | SFJazz Summerfest (Palo Alto)
· June 17-Aug 4 | Stanford Jazz Festival
* June 21-23 | Spirit West Coast (Monterey - cancelled)
· June 22-24 | Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (Mendocino)
· June 24-Aug 26 | Stern Grove Festival (SF)
· June 20-Aug 29 | Jazz on the Plazz (Los Gatos)
· June 20-Aug 29  Sunnyvale's Summer Series Music + Market
· June 21-Aug 9 | Central Park Music Series (San Mateo)   
* June 24-Sept 23 | Jazz at Filoli (Woodside)  

· June 29 | Art & Jazz in the Garden (Walnut Creek)
· tbd | Mashups Summer Music Series (Oakland)
· tbd | Bluegrass for the Greenbelt (Oakland)

· tbd | Bayview Music Festival (SF)

 

starting JULY 

· July 4 | 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular with the San Francisco Symphony

* July 4 - Aug 5 | 101st Season of the Oakland Municipal Band

· Jul 7 | Jazz at the Lesher Center: Arturo Sandoval  

· July 7-8 | Fillmore Jazz Festival (SF) 

· July 6-Aug 24 | Blackhawk Plaza Summer Concerts (Danville)

· July 7-Aug 25 | Sunnyvale's Music Summer Series: Jazz and Beyond

* July 12-26 | Broadway Plaza Summer Jazz Concerts (Walnut Creek)

· July 13 | Concerts at the Cove (Alameda)

· July 13 | Point Richmond Music Summer Concert Series
· July 13-14 | Salsa Festival on The Fillmore (SF)

· Jul 14 | Jazz at the Lesher Center: Wesla Whitfield 

* July 13-Sept 16 | Woodminster Summer Musicals (Oakland)

· July 14 | Fountain Blues Festival

· July 19-29 | Midsummer Mozart Festival (SF)

· July 21 | Oakland Jazz Festival

· July 21-22 | Reggae on the River (Garberville)  

· July 27 | Bluegrass, Brats, & Beer (Walnut Creek)

· July 28 | Jazz at the Lesher Center: John Pizzarelli 

· tbd | Summer Concert Series (San Ramon)

· tbd | Flavors of Jazz Summer Music Series (Santana Row, SJ) 

 

starting AUGUST 

· Aug 4 |  Petaluma Music Festival 

· Aug 4 | Jazz at the Lesher Center: Wycliffe Gordon 

* Aug 4-5 | Art & Soul Oakland 2012

* Aug 9-23 | SFJazz Summerfest (SF)

· Aug 10 | Point Richmond Music Summer Concert Series 

· Aug 10 | Concerts at the Cove (Alameda)

· Aug 10-12 | San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 

· Aug 10-12 | Outside Lands Music Festival (SF) 

· Aug 25 | Slaughter by the Water (Richmond)

· Aug 31 | Arabian Nights (Walnut Creek)

· tbd | SF Jazz Summerfest at Union Square (SF)

· tbd | Art & Soul Festival (Oakland)

* tbd | San Jose Salsa Festival

 

 starting SEPTEMBER   
* Sept 9-Oct 10 | SFJazz Summerfest (SF)

· Sept 21-23 | Monterey Jazz Festival

* Sept 23-Oct 14 | Sundays in the Redwoods (Oakland)

· Sept 28 | Point Richmond Music Summer Concert Series  

· Sept 28 |  Rhythm, Cajun, & Blues (Walnut Creek)

· Sept 29-30 | Polk Street Blues Festival (SF)

· tbd | Earthdance (Vallejo)
· tbd | Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival (SF/Oakland)

· tbd | SF Jazz Summerfest at Union Square (SF)


starting
OCTOBER

 · Oct 5-7 | Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (SF)

 · Oct 13-14 | Treasure Island Music Festival 

 · Oct 19 | Oktoberfest (Walnut Creek)

WEEKLY REPEATERS 

They just keep coming

Dance | Dancing Under The Stars (Oakland)

Food | Bites Off Broadway (Oakland)

Food | Off The Grid (SF)

MORE SUMMER GUIDES   

If you just can't get enough

The Best Bay Area Summer Festivals

Pacific Fine Arts Festivals

Fairs and Festivals (SF Chronicle) 

East Bay Summertime Concert Guide (East Bay Loop)

Best in SF (Thrillist)

 

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