ATTRACTIONS EVENTS BEYOND GETTING AROUND Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Various locations, 415-621-0556 sfjff.org SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY OPENING GALA HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park hardlystrictlybluegrass.com RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR Fort Mason Center renegadecraft.com Davies Symphony Hall, 415-864-6000 sfsymphony.org SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, 5K RUN/WALK The Embarcadero thesfmarathon.com GHIRARDELLI SQUARE CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL Ghirardelli Square ghirardellisq.com CASTRO STREET FAIR Castro St. castrostreetfair.org SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIP-HOP DANCE FESTIVAL Palace of Fine Arts Theater sfhiphopdancefest.com LITQUAKE AUGUST NIHONMACHI STREET FAIR Japantown, 415-771-9861 nihonmachistreetfair.org HAIGHT-ASHBURY STREET FAIR Haight St. between Masonic and Stanyan streets haightashburystreetfair.org Various locations litquake.org PIER 39 TREE LIGHTING 415-705-5500 pier39.com JERRY DAY SAN FRANCISCO OPERA IN THE PARK Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park 415-864-3330 sfopera.com SAN FRANCISCO ITALIAN HERITAGE PARADE AND FESTIVAL North Beach sfitalianheritage.org UNION SQUARE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park jerryday.org Union Square, 415-781-7880 visitunionsquaresf.com ARTSPAN/SF OPEN STUDIOS Various locations, 415-861-9838 artspan.org GHIRARDELLI SQUARE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY Ghirardelli Square ghirardellisq.com OUTSIDE LANDS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL Golden Gate Park sfoutsidelands.com AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL Chinatown moonfestival.org SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW Fort Mason Center sffallshow.org DECEMBER UNION STREET FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Union St. between Van Ness Ave. and Steiner St. unionstreetsf.com SEPTEMBER THE GIANT RACE Oracle Park, 415-972-1881 race-sfgiants.com FOLSOM STREET FAIR Folsom St. between Eighth and 13th streets folsomstreet.org NOVEMBER EMBARCADERO CENTER BUILDING LIGHTING CEREMONY Justin Herman Plaza Embarcadero Center embarcaderocenter.com Alive Coverage ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY Citywide, 415-874-2620 centersf.org/programs/archandcity OCTOBER FLEET WEEK SAN FRANCISCO Marina Green, 415-306-0911 fleetweeksf.org SAN FRANCISCO BALLET NUTCRACKER ILLUMINATE SF Various locations illuminatesf.com War Memorial Opera House 415-865-2000 sfballet.org
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