San Francisco - California - page 200

Festivals & Events
February
Lunar New Year CULTURAL
( www.chineseparade.com )
Firecrackers, legions of tiny-tot martial artists and a 200ft dancing dragon make this parade
the highlight of San Francisco winters.
April & May
SF International Film Festival FILM
( www.sffs.org ; Apr)
Stars align and directors launch premieres each April at the nation's oldest film festival.
Bay to Breakers SPORT
( www.baytobreakers.com ; race registration $58-89.50; May)
Run costumed from Embarcadero to Ocean Beach (7.5 miles) on the third Sunday in May,
while joggers dressed as salmon run upstream.
June
SF Pride Celebration CULTURAL
( Jun)
A day isn't enough to do SF proud: June begins with International LGBT Film Festival
( www.frameline.org ; mid-Jun) , and goes out in style the last weekend with Pink Saturday's
Dyke March ( www.dykemarch.org ) and the frisky, fabulous, 1.2 million-strong Pride Parade
( www.sfpride.org ) .
August & September
Outside Lands MUSIC