{"id":15671,"date":"2014-03-10T02:26:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T09:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=15671"},"modified":"2014-03-10T02:26:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T09:26:34","slug":"bay-area-festivals-takin-it-to-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/bay-area-festivals-takin-it-to-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Festivals Takin&#8217; it to the Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/bapard.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Bay Area is a known for its cultures, cuisine and celebrations. Each year the three elements come together in festivals showcasing what San Franciscans and their neighbors do best&#8211;take it to the streets. Here are a few annual festival events to add to your memory bank:<\/p>\n<p><strong>MARCH\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>YOUNTVILLE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/yountville-taste-of.html\">Taste of Yountville<\/a> Saturday, March 15, 2014 &#8211; Noon-5p Washington Street<\/li>\n<li>BERKELEY: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/berkeley-persian-festival.html\">Persian New Year Festival<\/a> \u00a0Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 6-10p \u00a02029 Durant Ave.<\/li>\n<li>BELMONT: \u00a0Sidewalk Fine Arts Festival March 29 &amp; 30, 2014 \u00a0\u00a0pacificfinearts.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>APRIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: West Portal Sidewalk Fine Arts &amp; Crafts Fair April 4, 5 &amp; 6, 2014 \u00a0pacificfinearts.com<\/li>\n<li>MENLO PARK: Sidewalk Fine Arts Festival April 11, 12 &amp; 13, 2014 \u00a0pacificfinearts.com<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-easter-parade-festival.html\">Union Street Easter Parade<\/a> &amp; Spring Celebration Sunday, April 20, 2014 Union Street ~ Gough to Steiner \u00a0 10a-5p, Parade begins at 2p<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-cherry-blossom-festival.html\">Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival <\/a>April 12-13 and April 19-20, 2014 Cherry Blossom Parade Apr 20, 2014 Route: City Hall to Japantown, San Francisco Time: 1 p.m. start.<\/li>\n<li>PETALUMA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/parades\/petaluma-butter-eggs-parade.html\">Petaluma Butter &amp; Egg Days<\/a> Parade &amp; Celebration Saturday, April 26, 2014 10a-5p<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: Uncorked! The San Francisco Wine Festival Saturday, May 17, 2014 Ghirardelli Square and on Beach Street Between Larkin &amp; Polk Streets 1-6p \u00a0sresproductions.com<\/li>\n<li>WALNUT CREEK: Sidewalk Fine Arts &amp; Crafts Festival April 26 &amp; 27, 2014 \u00a0pacificfinearts.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MOUNTAIN VIEW: A la Carte &amp; Art May 3 &amp; 4, 2014 \u00a0 pacificfinearts.com<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-how-weird-festival.html\">How Weird Festival<\/a> \u00a0May 4, 2014 howweird. org<\/li>\n<li>SAN RAMON: Art &amp; Wind Festival May 25 &amp; 26, 2014 \u00a0pacificfinearts.com<\/li>\n<li>BERKELEY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/berkeley-chocolate-chalk-art.html\">Chocolate &amp; Chalk Art Festival<\/a>\u00a0 Saturday, May 31, 2014, 10a-5p (Rain Date, Saturday, June 7) Gourmet Ghetto North Shattuck Ave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bay Area is a known for its cultures, cuisine and celebrations. Each year the three elements come together in festivals showcasing what San Franciscans and their neighbors do best&#8211;take it to the streets. Here are a few annual festival events to add to your memory bank: MARCH\u00a0 YOUNTVILLE: Taste of Yountville Saturday, March 15, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15671"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}