Every year
Annual events in San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area events that come back every year — fairs, festivals, parades, and traditions worth planning around. Each guide links to this year's dates as soon as they're announced.
- Hayes Valley Carnival — San Francisco, every July
- Bastille Day SF Festival — San Francisco, every July
- Japan Day — San Francisco, every July
- Teddy Bear Picnic Day at Fairyland — Oakland, every July
- Alameda County Fair — Pleasanton, every June–July
- Nihonmachi Street Fair — San Francisco, every August
- Fremont Festival of the Arts — Fremont, every August
- Jerry Day — San Francisco, every August
- Watsonville Strawberry Festival — Watsonville, every August
- Gravenstein Apple Fair — Sebastopol, every August
- Sonoma County Fair — Santa Rosa, every August
- Gizdich Ranch Apple Picking — Watsonville, every September